Chapter XXVI: Appendix: IV

REPORT concerning scarcity from Norfolk, 1586 (_Dom. State Papers_, Queen Eliz., Vol. 191, No. 12).

The following is the Report returned to the Council by the justices of Norfolk on July 11, 1586, and also a part of one of seven certificates which they enclose. It is addressed on the back "To the right honourable our singuler good Lordes the Lordes of her Ma^{t's} most honourable priuie councell," and is endorsed "11 July 1586 Justices of peace in Norff. Price of graine."

"May yt please your honours, after the remembraunce of our humble duities to be aduertized; that for a further proceedinge in the accomplishm^t of your honourable l[ett]res concerninge the furnishing of the markets w^{th} corne, wee haue according to our former l[ett]res of the ix^{th} of June laste, mette here together this day for conference therein. And pervseinge all our notes and preceedings together, wee fynd that thoroughe oute this sheire by suche order as wee haue taken withe owners and farmers and also Badgers and buyers of corne and graine, the markets are by them plentiefullie sarued everie market day withe corne, and the same solde at resonable rates, viz. wheat at xxii s. the quarter, rie at xvi s., maulte at xiiii s. and barley at xii s. of whiche kyndes of corne, the poorer sorte are by perswasion sarued at meaner pryces. And so wee dowbte not but yt shall likwyse contynue acco(r)ding to our direction vntill yt shall please god that new corne may be vsed. And hereof thinking yt best in performaunce of our duities to aduertize your honours wee humblie take our Leave. From Attlebrigge the xi^{th} of Julie 1586.

Your ho: humble at comaundment

Willm. Heydon. Willm. Paston.
Clement Paston. Tho. Tomiested.
Natha. Bacon. Henrye Gawdye. Willm. Rugges.
Christ^r Heydon. Morr. Bernye. Henry Helmerton."

The following is a portion of one of the seven certificates enclosed:

Southgrenhoo "The certyficat of Willm. Hawke and
hundrethe Robt. Co(n)stable, Chieff Constables of y^e
said hundreth of all y^e corne and grayn
found by them vppon serche w^hin ye seid
hundrethe xxth of June 1586."

The report concerns twenty places of which North Pukenham is one.

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| | | Messelyng | Malt | Y^e No(m)ber | Y^e corne to |
| North Pukeh(a)m | Wheat | & Rye | barley | of y^e | (er)ve ye |
| | | | | Persons | m^rket |
+------------------+-----------+-------------------+-------------+--------------+--------------+
| Frances Reynolds | | l cobs | x cobs | 10 | |
| John Cuves | i cobs | iiij cobs | iij cobs | 3 | |
| John Constable | ii | iiij | iii | 7 | |
| John Egglynge | iiij | v | iij | 6 | |
| John Callibut | ii | iij | | 9 | |
| John Samlyng | v | v | | 4 | |
| James Wryght | ij cobs | viii cobs | v cobs | 6 | |
| | | iii cobs | iii cobs | | |
+------------------+-----------+-------------------+-------------+--------------+--------------+
| Sm^a totall | xvi^{co}. | iiij^{xx} ij^{co} | xxvii^{co}. | | |
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