10 



trade on their<.v..cco.j.tand^.-te^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



dependent -"'^"'f J^^/lTsiUon to combine as 

 workmen were m a better pu en-^aged in 



teing a greater p.^opoH>on « *e^-- ^a^vi^ng for 



the P^rt«^"''^^*';^^',tessed -reater terrors for the 

 Its oj>3«^tastake^ossessed^„^^ ^^ ^^ the workmen 



«mployer>,. vy e "•"" . ^ ^s at the Palace 



^fVeXinsrrdlen^Uy of a strike amongst 



which until the middle of the l«h cent y 



ate, which deS™.*^'-''*^^:" P;!SfX so that by the 

 °T^X°l"th\":trytL'"SpltIiistq.u.lityof 

 end of the l.itn eeui."' j n„rl more a necessity 

 cinftsmen became more ^""^ '""(^^i^i ^„<i the 

 forobtammgmembersbipof he ^_ ^^^.^^ 



restrictions by which the '"«"'°Y; ^^d thus to 

 endeavoured to,.«««\f "l ^J^'^o^onolies of a few 



make the I'^nd'^-^" *'V' ."""''P'^^erous ; as a 

 families become more arid more n^^ ^^^^^^.^^ 



result -e fi°f^,^\i,*e'''„;eat power of the Craft 

 Ss *,l;:d"delne'r to ^eoi^ai.tively^^ 



century. „v,^erved that Ti-ade Unionism, 



scSaS^^S|^;-r--^^.ir?i:; 



s:-^^ri"s^"«^^pe-r.^r 



general trend was .^'^^^f'^'^^^Jd? ^hic'h were 

 the influence of the ° ^ C^aft ^«" ^^^3 Unions) 

 the prototypes of Present day ^^^^^ ^j 



their tendency was to laise tne ^^^ 



skill of the worst c«^ts men ^ that o^ ^^^^^ ^^^ 

 to-day tbe tendency IS *° ^^^'^ ,« even go so 

 Ijest to the le=«t s^j""V^ a^^'mble in the interests 



far as to ^JS'^^, |'f * ',Vat inta^als in the race of 



of labour to call a halt at mte" 



life to allow those laggards « ho t^.^^^^ 



"^^'" -Cthei ° eUow" Xen to catch up with 

 fhSe who, brtt exercise of greater skill and 

 pe? evifance lead, as they deserve to do 



>"ttr="tnrf^crae^witfiiiis 



^stT'^^.en^ly Of|.u;^^tV.^^g 



t^';;: :d cVei.d ^ the te- medi.^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Speaking f°«^f'Y'/_tiie„ the value of money 

 were paid '"•■'t*"'''!^ /^'',,;; they have been mthin 



z:i:^::^^^'y^°l^^^^^^^ ^he am^ of 



commodities it will p^chase ^^^ ^^.^.^^^ 



One f"thority states t^ar »^^ fluctuations 



tenor of prices and discarmn» e ^^^^ .^ 



«f cheapness and deai™^B,_,tvoiU^^P^^^^.^^^^ ^^^ 



the reigns of H^";y\7,t debasement of the com 

 ^'1' ^latTeHn WO !the ordinary price of wheat 

 ICil per'^.luarJer, barley and oats in proportion, 



rpt"dlt"^se,'upon their breed ^ze and 

 ■^ifforanimaHood^ande,^^^^^^^^^ 



—^t^^dt^^HrS 



Td ^Etw:rd%eFirsrs ^i^^alS^^^^^^^^ 



?St:fdiS^sa'^^ 



Xrt fifteen times as great as money at the 



P'-^h^^we^e, of course, many ajticle^. f^f "^ 

 f which did not correspond witli the gene™ 



fnanners and in the mode of l>v™g. 



Tt is difficult to conceive, m this age or '"J^" J- 



value of money then ^nd no 

 mediaeval times were --esai-ded a. princely^ 



The following extracts are for wages m 13ol . 



Haymakers, per day ^a- 



Keapers of corn ""• 



Master Carpenter ^ 



Master Mason ^°- 



Master Tiler ^°- 



Master Plasterers ... ■•■ ^*°%„^„_„.„ 



Others-eai-penters, masons, tilers, P|f terei-s 



. e what we sLuld caU ionrneymen, per day 2d. 



." T" ^;^f\7 *or'^'at aU,'^"tr.Lges 



Wding Eton College, Henry% I. (.1441). 



Freemasons, 3s. per week. rier week 



Khar^e'^frstdinga man to London -as 



''"The Caenstone importedfor building the chapel 



^^T^^I'Sri^omBoi^.^'^-;!^ 

 Maidstone, Is. per ton at the quarry an 

 per ton can-iage to Eton ^^^^j.^ the brick 



In the secondyear of thebuuomg ^^ 



'^'".h^'^SutTnctlyCtfon^d inthe amoiints . 

 ?re ^efv-^d^Jf y^acK 

 ;^s^t^d%V^'e^^Ts^;lrXiUdron.st™w, 



