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Unskilled labour, id. per day (Rogers). 



Exportation of corn first allowed (Hume). 



January 9. A great tempest of wind and thunder 

 happened in the town of Leicester, which uncovered 42 

 bays of houses, and overthrew many, renting and tearing 

 them in pieces in a marvellous manner. 



July 8. In the morning a great tempest of lightning 

 and thunder, killing a woman and three kine near Covent 

 Garden. At the same time in Essex a man was torn all 

 to pieces as he was carrying hay, his barn was borne 

 down, and his hay burned. Both stones and trees were 

 rent in many places. In September was an earthquake 

 in divers places in this realm (Holinshed). 



Wages of a first class hind, ^8 ^s. %d. per annum 

 (Rogers). 



1564 Wheat has again fallen in price. At Cambridge it is 

 bought at 155. n%d. t whilst at Oxford the average is 



Wheat, IQS. io\d. ; barley, JS. -, oats, 5^. n|*/. ; peas, 

 *js. iod. ; malt, i$s. 4^. per qr. (Rogers). 



Weekly wages of a labourer fed at the common table, 

 from is. to is. gd. ; his maintenance, i\d. to zd. per day 

 (Rogers). 



September 20. Arose great floods in the river of 

 Thames, where through the marshes near adjoining were 

 overflowed and many cattle drowned. October 7. At 

 night, from 8 o'clock till after 9, all the north parts of the 

 element seemed to be covered with flames of fire pro- 

 ceeding from N.E. and N.W. towards the midst of the 

 firmament, where, after it had stayed nigh one hour, it 

 descended west, and all the same night seemed nigh as 

 light as it had been fair day (Holinshed). 



Severe frost at the close of December. On New Year's 

 Eve people went over and along the Thames on the ice 

 from London Bridge to Westminster. Football and divers 

 games played on the ice. January 3rd it began to thaw, 



