Diary of Walter Yonge from 1604 to 1628 Ed by G Roberts

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: of 500 and more; amongst which was bishop Montgomery's wife, and he himself escaped by reason he was then at the council in Ire- While on the subject of prices, it has appeared appropriate to insert some extracts from several sources, and also from an old journal kept by a town clerk of Barnstaple, quoted...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: of 500 and more; amongst which was bishop Montgomery's wife, and he himself escaped by reason he was then at the council in Ire- While on the subject of prices, it has appeared appropriate to insert some extracts from several sources, and also from an old journal kept by a town clerk of Barnstaple, quoted by Lysons. Ann. Dom.Wheat.Rye.Barley.Oats. . d. s. d.: . d. i. d. 1586 8 06 06 4 August 10 02 82 3? 1587 ) at Xmaa. j2 8?2 21 6 1588 2 8?1 80 11 before j4 51 61 6?Best beef, Id. per Ib.the end. t3 0 1590 6 8 1591 Provisions very dear. Pease andbeans in their cods, 12. a bushel. At Whit Sunday, for1594 5 03 03 01 6 a heifer that had newly calved,1595 9 0 The Earl of Bath, by order from6/. 6. 8d., i. e. 19 nobles.1596 -)s10 07 66 02 4 i 12 0?8 0? the Council, fixed at Barnstaple 15 0?12 63 8 a standard price. Any one selling above this price to sufferStandard.9 06 05 05 0Earl of Bath'sstandard.-N.B. Thisduress.1597 )18 014 013 04 10 being considered inadequate, in July. 20 0?15 0? no one of course brought corn1598 8 06 06 01 10 to market: it could not be1599 ]4 0 3 42 72 6 2 4? procured for money. Corn was ordered from Dantzic. See the1601 5 44 43 8? price in 1597, the next year.1602 8 86 45 01 10 1601 6 85 03 8?The deputy of the king's clerk ofthe market came about the county, and caused all corn to be sold by the Wi nchester measure. This was approved of by the magistrates; but people won- dered they should have done so,1621 2 8 ) 2 6 1 4 1 31 4- )Farmers murmured at these lowand they took it as a grievance.(2 0 )1 Q A O? ) prices. Land fell from 20 80 3O years' purchase to 16 or 17. o 8 0 O 54 The poor, who would have been1630 1637 5 0 4 64 6 4 04 6t glad a few years before of the coarse rye bread, trav...