3-5/8d. 4-1/2d. per 120
1401-1540 2-1/4d. 2-1/4d. 4-3/4d. 6-1/2d "
1541-82 4-3/4d. 4-3/4d. 10d. 7-1/2d. "
1583-1700 8d.-1s. 9-1/4d. 2s. 3s. 3d. "
WOOL. CHEESE. BUTTER.
Per lb.
1259-1400 3-5/7d. 4-1/2d. per 7 lb. 4-3/4d. per 7 lb.
1401-1540 3-5/7d. 1/2d. per lb. 1d. per lb.
1541-82 7-1/2d. 1d. " 3d. "
1583-1702 9d.-1s. 3-1/2d. " 4-1/2d. "
HAY. HOPS.
Per load. Per cwt.
1259-1400 3s. 8d. --
1401-1540 unaltered 14s. 0-1/2d.
1541-82 9s. 6d. 26s. 8d.
1583-1702 26s. 4d. 82s. 9d.
LABOUR.
Reaping Reaping Labourer per
wheat oats Mowing day without
per acre. per acre. per acre. food.
1261-1350 5-5/8d. 4-7/8d. 5-1/4d. 2d.
1351-1400 8-1/2d. 8-1/4d. 7d. 3d.
1401-1540 9-3/4d. 8-1/4d. 8-1/8d. 4d.
1541-82 --[756] -- -- 6-1/2d.
1583-1640 -- -- 1s. 7d. 8-1/2d.
1640-1700 -- -- 1s. 8d. 10d.
PRICE OF LAND PER ACRE.
To Rent. To Buy.
Arable. Grass.
1261-1350 4d.-6d. 1s.-2s. 12 years' purchase
1351-1400 6d. 2s. "
1401-1540 6d. 2s. 15-20 years
1541-82 slight increase unaltered
1583-1640 great increase 20 years
1641-1700 5s. 8s. "
1770 10s. 30 years
FOOTNOTES:
[754] Summarized from Thorold Rogers' prices in his _History of
Agriculture and Prices_, with some alterations.
[755] Affri, 13s. 5d. cart horses, 19s. 4d. A good saddle horse about
1300 was worth L5. By 1580 it was worth L10 to L15, by 1700 L20 to
L25.
[756] A decided increase, but prices fluctuate so much that it is hard
to strike an average.
APPENDIX II
TABLE SHOWING EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF
WHEAT AND FLOUR FROM A
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