APPENDIX I 

 AVERAGE PRICES FROM 1259 TO 1700 l 



1259-14 

 1401-154 

 1541-82 

 1583-17 



CORN PER QUARTER. 



WHEAT. 



BARLEY. 



OATS. 

 2S. 5 j</. 

 2S. 2\d. 



5c CA/7 

 * 32"' 



RYE. 



BEANS. 



LIVE STOCK. 



PART PIGS 



OXEN. COWS. H ^ s>2 SHEEP. LAMBS. (GROWN)< BOARS. 



1259-1400 13.?. i\d. gs. 5</. \6s. 4(1. s ' ', 8d. $s. 4s. ~jd. 

 >4<*-540 rc^ ' ^.ered f # unaltered 6, 



1541-82 



55*. 



great 3^. to 2s. to 6s. 8d. 



increase 4^. 6d. $s. to 8^. 

 1580-1640 



1583-1700 loo*. 6os. ?.?? ios. 7d. 



great increase 



POULTRY AND EGGS. 



1 Summarized from Thorold Rogers' prices in his History of Agriculture 

 and Prices, with some alterations. 



2 Affri, 13-y. 5</., cart horses, 19.?. 4d. A good saddle horse about 1300 

 was worth ^5. By 1580 it was worth ^10 to ^15, by 1700 ,20 to ^25. 



