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1587 Wheat, 64.?. per qr. (Smith). 



Land was commonly sold at ten years' purchase 

 (Hume). 



Great scarcity of corn (Pilkington) . 



St. Mary's Bridge, Derby, and some mills broken 

 down by a great flood (Lowe). 



1588 Wheat at Oxford, i^s. z\d. per qr. (Rogers}. 

 Abundant harvest (Rogers). 



May 30. Gale on the southern coast, which disabled 

 many ships of the Spanish Armada (Lowe). 



1589 It was enacted that no cottages should be erected 

 unless four acres of land were attached to them, and that 

 not more than one family should inhabit a cottage under 

 a penalty of ^10, and 40^. a month after so long as it 

 continued (Statutes at Large, 31 Eliz., cap. 7). 



1590 A comet (Townsend). 



1591 In spring an uncommon drought in Nottinghamshire. 

 It being succeeded this summer by strong westerly winds 

 and little rain. The Trent and other rivers were almost 

 without water. The Thames, historians say, was so dried 

 up, that a man might ride over it on horseback near 

 London Bridge (Thoresby). 



1592 A severe winter. Starved wolves entered Vienna and 

 attacked both man and beast {Chambers). 



Drought. Strong westerly winds (? Is this a double 

 entry ?). 



1593 Export of wheat allowed when not above 2os. per 

 qr. on a duty of 25. per qr. 



March 21. This year was an exceeding great tempest 

 of wind, which continued all the day long and did great 

 hurt in many places in blowing down of steeples, dwell- 

 ing-houses, barns, trees innumerable in every place. In 

 Alrewas, Staffordshire, seven barns were overthrown. In 

 Lichfield the tops of the steeples of St. Michael's and 

 St. Mary's were blown down (Lowe). 



1594 Great dearth of com. Wheat, gs. the bushel (Easton). 



