.E OF PRICES, &c. 



in Aberdeen 



A. D. 1575 Large plaice . . 



A capon ..... 

 A chicken, 5d to . • 

 A green goose, 1/^ to 



1576 IVheat 1 

 A Sheep S 



A new bible .... 

 A Book of common prayer 



A third part of the rents due to 

 colleges being made payable in com. 

 Wheat must not exceed . . . . 



Malt 



Beef and mutton 



Veal, stone 8dto . ' • • • • 



Eggs 



Larks 



Butter 



Ale and beer, gallon lei to . . . 

 Cream " . ; 



1554 PayofaprivategentlcmaninKin^\ 



James's horse guards . . . / 



1587 Wheat in London 



in other places .... 

 These prices w'ere occasioned by- 

 excessive exportation. 

 MiJiam. , peasen in the cods at London' . . 

 afterwards fell to ..... 

 Cherries were late, but after Lam- 7 

 mas so plenty as to sell for *. . J 

 Treasurer of the army .... 

 •with one per cent on the money 

 passing tlirough his hands. 

 Vice-treasurer of the army . . . 

 Three other paymasters, each . 



1555 Oat-meal at Aberdeen in time of a\ 

 famine J 



1590 Vl"-, {Holland 



Long silk hose of Naples . 

 A tawny beaver hat . . 

 A black beaver hat . 

 An ostrich fiather . . . 



Coals from 



raised by a combination of the 1 



owners to J 



1501 Wheat at Aberdeen 



isg3 Wheat might be exported, if noi 



above 



Peas, beans, if not above 

 Barley, malt, if not above . . 



1594 Ambassador to the States-general 

 besides traveling expenses. 



Librarian to the queen . . . 

 Wheat ......... 



to 



Rye ... 



1595 Wheat rose from 



to 



£0 



boll 





1 



quarter 



stone 



hundred 

 dozen 

 pound 



gallon 

 per ann. 

 quarter 



peck 



pound 

 per day 



boll 



ell 

 pair 



chaldron 



boll 

 quarter 



> 



per day 



per ann. 

 quarter 



'0 1 "J 



2 3 I Queen Elizabeth's Pro- 

 O 6 I grasses. 

 O I 9 J 



, „ „ ■) Records, qu. in Statistic. 

 ^ cal account of Scot- 



5 O ■ 

 O ' 



2 



7 



068 

 5 

 006 

 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 1 



land, V. ii, p. 537- 

 Archaeol. V. i, p. 16. 



Acts ISEliz. c. 6. 



MS. Bibl. Ilarl. n'. (50g, 

 published in Queen 

 Elizabeth's Pro<rresses. 



;> 



1 



Q 3 



O 



O 



O 



1 0' 



200 ]• ^^^^ J^c. VI, pari. 8, €• 

 137. 



3 4 

 5 4 



. Stow's Annales,pp. 1241;, 

 8 f 1243. 

 2 



1 

 19 8 1 



J 



10 

 6 8 



18 



. Foedera, V. xvi, p. 5. 



. Sinclair, V. ii, p. 538. 



MS. account in the Re- 

 gister office, qu. in 

 j Arnot's Hist, of Edin- 

 burgh, p. Q7. 



7 Maitland's Hist, of Lon- 

 f don, p. 274. 



Sinclair, V. ii, p. 538. 

 Act 35 Eliz. c. 7. 



1 Fcedera, V. xvi, pp. 241, 

 ^ 264. 



Stow's Annales, p. 1279, 



* Many pages are filled with fimilar articles for great 

 dinners ; but thefe may fuffice a« a fpccimen. It may be 

 noted that the queen's vifits raifed the prices of all provifions 

 much above their ufual rates. 



^■ Confidering the value ef money, we muft fuppofe that 

 neither peas nor cherries were generally cultivated. Even 

 within a few years bypaft peas have lometime been fold a: 



^d, and cherries at l^, in Londcn. 1 



