CHAP. XII. 



PRICES OF WHEAT. 



345 



Year. 



a 1243 

 b 1244 

 b 1246 

 a 1247 

 a 1257 



Price per quarter in 

 money of that time. 



6 

 6 

 16 



13 



1 4 



d. 















4 







g 1258 a great famine, when 

 many people were 

 starved . .200 



a 1270 a famine, when, according to 

 Pecham as quoted by Fleet- 

 wood, " provisions were so 

 scarce that parents did eat 

 their own children," wheat 

 sold at 

 and sometimes at 



a 1286 early part of this yearO 



A storm which 

 fell on St. Marga- 

 ret's night brought 

 the price after that 

 to 



a 1287 . 



a 1288 



g 1288 . 



a 1289 was, according to 

 Stow, the hottest 

 summer ever known. 

 Wheat in London 

 in some parts 



a 1289 Wheat in some parts 



in other parts 



in the north- 

 west 



a 1290 . 



a 1294 . 



a 1295 



Price per quarter in 

 money of the pre- 

 sent time. 



. s. d. 

 . 18 

 . 18 

 .280 

 .200 

 . 3 12 



600 



14 8 



19 4 



080 



280 

 10 

 046 

 10 



060 

 050 

 040 

 030 



020 

 280 

 280 

 076 



