Note 168 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
Dom. State Papers, Queen Elizabeth.
Norfolk and Suffolk, July 31st, 1572, Vol. 89, 1.
Norfolk. Suffolk.
Wheat 18s. Wheat 14s.
Rye 13s. 4d. Rye 12s.
Barley 7s. 4d. Malt 8s. 8d.
Western Counties, Vol. 88, No. 52.
Dorset. Somerset. Devon. Cornwall.
Best wheat 16s. a quarter 20s. 26s. 8d. 48s.
Seconds 13s. 4d. " 17s. 4d. 24s. 44s.
Rye 10s. " 16s. 21s. 4d. 32s.
Barley 6s. " 8s. 8d. 16s. 26s. 8d.
Abundant—able to export. Sent to Devon, but no more to spare.
It is difficult to compare the prices in Devon and Cornwall with the rest of the counties because the size of the bushel varied in Cornwall and was often twice as great as that used elsewhere; in Devon also the Winchester measures were not always used.