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by sea and land, by means whereof many ships perished, 

 and much hurt was done in divers parts of the realm. 

 February 7. Kinnaston Hill, in Herefordshire, moved of 

 itself forty paces, carrying everything with it, and over- 

 throwing Kinnaston Chapel (Holinshed). 



The north end of the Stamford Town Bridge was borne 

 down by a flood and rebuilt (Stamford Paper). 



1571 Wheat rises considerably, and Oxford prices slightly 

 exceed Cambridge. 



Wheat, i2s. $\d.-, barley, 8s. \ oats, 5*. id.; peas, 

 TS. At\d. , malt, 8.$-. per qr. (Rogers). 



1572 Average price of wheat at Cambridge, 17^. lod. At 

 end of year the maximum price is recorded 26s. io\d. ; 

 probably the rise was caused by the prospects of harvest 

 of 1573. Oxford average is i2s. io|*/. 



Wheat, 13^. 6^d. ; barley, 9*. 4^. ; oats, 55. $\d. ; rye, 

 I2S. ; peas, los. $\d. ; malt, 8.r. ^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Unskilled labour, Sd. per day ; mowing grass, is. per 

 acre (Rogers). 



A great and sharp frost almost continually lasted from 

 before the Feast of All Saints' till after the Feast of the 

 Epiphany of our Lord, with sometimes great and deep 

 snows, and sometimes rains, which freezed as fast as the 

 same fell to the ground. Where through at many places 

 the arms and boughs of trees being overcharged with ice 

 brake off and fell from the stocks of the same trees. 

 Also the wind continued north and east till after the 

 Ascension Day, with sharp frosts and snows, whereby 

 followed a late spring (Holinshed). 



1573 The price of wheat very high. Eastern England does 

 not appear to have been compelled to such high prices as 

 the rest of the country. The average in the east is 

 iQ-f. 4j^., whilst in midland and south England 2$s. ^d. is 

 a common price. 



Wheat, 26s. 3! d. ; barley, us. %d. ; oats, 7*.; rye, 

 iSs. ; beans, los. TO//. ; malt, iSs. per qr. (Rogers). 



