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10th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… why all tillages are turned to sheepcotes is because that wool bears a better price than corn, which is occasioned because that all things made of wool are transported at all times and corn cannot be … commodity of corn in this kingdom is greater than that of wool. If corn be at 4s. the bushel, then the poor do never …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… woolgrower for that then there was a liberty to transport wool; but in 12 Regis there was a proclamation that no wool should be transported and now that makes the sole … should not have the same liberty as strangers. That wool is fallen from [f. 200] 30s. to 22s. a weight, and cloth …