APPENDIX I 



AVERAGE PRICES FROM 1259 TO 1700 ^ 

 CORN PER QUARTER. 



1259-1400 

 1401-1540 

 1541-82 

 1583-1700 



WHEAT. 



5 J. I lid. 

 ly. lohd. 

 39J. o|rt^. 



BARLEY. 

 4s. lid. 



^s. sfd 

 21 s. 4d. 



OATS. 

 2S. s^d, 

 2S. 2\d. 



SS' S¥' 

 1 3 J. lod. 



RYE. 

 4J. 4^^. 

 AS. 7\d. 



BEANS. 

 4 J. 2r,d. 

 ZS. c\d. 

 9 J. \\d. 

 22s. z\d. 



LIVE STOCK. 



OXEN. COWS. jj^^^Jg , SHEEP. LAMBS.^^^^^^^^^ BOARS. 



1259-1400 13J. i\d. 9J. 5^/. 16^. 4^. ^tc^f>^° 8^. 3J. 4J. yrt'. 



1 401 -1 540 

 1541-82 



moderate 

 increase 



55-f. 



1 4 J. 



32J. 



I J. 5^. 



unaltered ipo^erate ^ 

 increase ^ 



3J. to 



4J. 6</. 



great 



increase 



1 580-1640 



1583-1700 looj. 60s. {^^^f^]^ los. 7d 



^8 to ^15 



2s. to 



unaltered 6^. 



6s. 8d. _ 

 to 8s. 



great increase 



POULTRY AND EGGS. 



1259-1400 

 1401-1540 

 1541-82 

 1 5 83- 1 700 



HENS. 

 Sd.-ls. 



DUCKS. 

 2d. 

 2\d 

 AU 



9\d 



GEESE. 



3¥' 

 A¥' 



lod. 



2S. 



EGGS. 



/\hd. per 120 

 6\d „ 



?¥' „ 



3S' Id. „ 



WOOL. 



Per lb. 

 I 259-1 400 s^d. 

 1401-1540 s^d. 

 1541-82 y^d. 



1 583-1 702 gd.-is. 



CHEESE. 



4^d. per 7 lb. 

 ^d. per lb. 

 Id. „ 

 3¥' » 



BUTTER. 



4f </. per 7 lb. 

 id. per lb. 

 3d. „ 

 S¥' „ 



HAY. 



Per load. 



HOPS. 



Per cwt. 



3s. 8d. — 



unaltered i^s.ohd. 



gs. 6d. 26s. 8d. 



26s. 4d. 82s. gd. 



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

 and Prices, with some alterations. 



' Affri, 13J. 5rtf., cart horses, \gs. ^d. A good saddle horse about 1300 

 was worth £$. By 1580 it was worth ^10 to ;^I5, by 1700 ;if20 to ^25. 



