[99] Do. No. 4276; 17 May, 1528.
[100] Do. No. 4239; 4 May, 1528.
[101] Hall, p. 745, quoted in Reign of Hen. VIII., Brewer, II. p. 261.
[102] Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII., Nos. 4043, 4058.
[103] The average prices of wheat were as follows:—
| 1520. | 1521. | 1522. | 1523. | 1524. | 1525. | 1526. | 1527. | 1528. | 1529. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. |
| 9 | 4½ | 7 | 8½ | 6 | 0¼ | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1½ | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2½ | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10¼ | 8 | 10 |
Thorold Rogers, Hist. of Agric. and Prices.
[104] The buying and selling of bread were under regulation, while law and custom required that the corn should be sold in the open market. As a rule it was supposed to be sold by the producer to the consumer, but certain licensed "dealers" or "badgers" were allowed to buy corn to sell again. A "forestaller" was one who bought corn or victuals while it was on the way to a port or market, and so did not give other buyers an equal chance; an "engrosser" was a dealer who bought up corn while it was growing, or purchased corn or victuals to sell again; and a "regrator" was one who bought corn or victuals and sold it again in the same market, or within four miles. 5 and 6 Edw. VI., c. 14.
[105] Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII., IV., No. 3587. 18 Nov. 1527.
[106] Thus one of the Wiltshire reports gives details of this kind parish by parish for the hundred of Amysbury. Parish of Boscum, three persons have grain; population of parish, 80. In Alyngton two persons have grain; population 70.... In the parish of Fiddelldene seven households, consisting of 114 persons, have grain, while sixty persons were without. Letters and Papers of Hen. VIII., No. 3665. 15 Dec. 1527. See vol. IV., App. 273.