[331] Liber Albus, Introduction by H. T. Riley, p. lxxxi.
[332] Liber Albus, Introduction by H. T. Riley, p. lxxix.
[333] These prices, obtained from the Liber Albus, are of great interest. Of course, it is necessary to bear in mind the great difference in the value of money. It is impossible to fix a uniform standard of comparison, but we may put the present value broadly at between twelve and twenty times that of the reign of Edward I., the latter being more likely to be a true one. It will thus be seen that much food was dearer in the Middle Ages than at present. A rabbit and its skin are considerably less valuable now, as also a partridge.
[334] Liber Albus, Introduction by H. T. Riley, p. lxxxii.
[335] Cal. Letter Book D, p. xix.
[336] Riley’s Introduction to Liber Albus, p. lxii.
[337] Riley’s Introduction to the Liber Albus, p. lxv.
[338] H. T. Riley’s Introduction to Liber Albus, p. lxxxviii.
[339] Ibid., p. lxxxix.
[340] Liber Custumarum, ed. Riley, p. lxx.