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At Durham in 1530 there were purchases of fresh 

 salmon at low prices, while in 1529 the King bought 

 five fresh salmon at is. each. 



Salmon was far more commonly sold salt and by 

 the barrel, also by the pipe. The Severn salmon is 

 best quality, and always takes the highest price. 



No salt salmon sold between 1421-1440, but nine 

 fresh were bought at is. each in 1437. 



Eels were purchased salt by the barrel, and its sub- Eels, 

 division, the stick ; price generally high. Eels were 

 frequently bought during the fifteenth century, but 

 ceased to be purchased in the sixteenth century. 



Bought in 1404 at 3^., in 1406 at is. i^d., in 1451 Salt Conger. 

 at 6d. each, in 1456 at is. t in 1527 at is. yd., in 1534 

 at 4s. 8d., and in 1537 at 5^. 



It is asserted pike was brought to England in 1537 

 (vide Albin), and carp imported in 1514 by Leonard 

 Maschal. However, the entries quoted show pike 

 and pickerell to have been in this country in the 

 fourteenth century. 



* d. 

 In 1404 cost 500 the hundred. Pike. 



1472 o 2 o each. 

 J 530 o 3 6 

 1531 ,,040,, 



Dentrice vary from 4^. to 3^. qd. each, though in Dentrice. 

 1435 half a hundred were bought at los. the hundred. 

 Dentriculi were cheaper ; sixty cost 4$. 6d. in 1452. Pentriculi. 



s. d. 

 Trout in 1429 cost 2 2j each. Trout. 



1530 o I Durham. 

 1533 o 74 Lewes. 



