[493] R.A.S.E. Journal (3rd Ser.), ii. 9.
[494] Horner, Inquiry into the Means of Preserving the Public Roads (1767), pp. 4 et seq.
[495] Victoria County History: Northants., ii. 250.
[496] Young, Southern Tour (ed. 2), p. 88.
[497] Tooke, History of Prices, i. 68. It is difficult to understand the price of the quartern loaf, 1s. 6d. in 1766, as wheat was only 43s. 1d. a quarter. Prices of wheat in these years were:
| s. | d. | |
| 1767 | 47 | 4 |
| 1768 | 53 | 9 |
| 1769 | 40 | 7 |
| 1770 | 43 | 6 |
| 1771 | 47 | 2 |
| 1772 | 50 | 8 |
| 1773 | 51 | 0 |
| 1774 | 52 | 8 |
| 1775 | 48 | 4 |
| 1776 | 38 | 2 |
| 1777 | 45 | 6 |
| 1778 | 42 | 0 |
| 1779 | 33 | 8 |
These returns differ from those of the Board of Agriculture; see Appendix III.
[498] Annals of Agriculture, iii. 366.
[499] Baker, Seasons and Prices, pp. 224 et seq.
[500] A. Stirling, Coke of Holkham, i. 249.