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or his bailiff may assign to them, and to make good any loss or wilful default 

 due to mishandling or neglect of the cattle. Peirson is obliged to buy all his 

 rye, barley, or malt from his master, at the price obtaining in Bury market, 

 and to accept it in part payment of his wages. 



The agreement with the husbandman,"' Thomas Palfrey, closely resembles 

 the foregoing, except that Palfrey and his hired man (whose maintenance is 

 to be wholly at Palfrey's expense) are to occupy themselves ' in and about 

 the folding and manuring of the ground and all other their master's works 

 of husbandry and labour whatsoever.' Palfrey's remuneration is to stand at 

 jTS 3J. 4^. in money, and ^ii^ i6s. in house and land rent. He is to have 

 4 combs of rye at 8^. a comb, and 5 combs of barley at 6s. 8d. a comb at 

 the next harvest. His wife is to malt as much rye as her master requires 

 of her for his own use, ' she having for her pains a comb of rye, the said 

 Paul D'Ewes to find straw and carriage.' 



The wages of servants and labourers appointed by the justices of peace 

 at Bury Quarter Sessions in 1682 stand at the following rates : — "^ 



£ 

 6 



s. 

 O 



o 



10 



10 



2 



18 



d. 

 O 

 O 



O 

 O 

 O 

 O 



A bailifif in husbandry ...... 



A chief husbandman or carter ..... 



A second hind or husbandman or common servant above 

 eighteen years ....... 



A fourth under eighteen years ..... 



The best hired servants with meat and drink for harvest 

 An ordinary harvest man ...... 



For Day Labourers 



A man hay-maker with meat and drink 

 A woman hay-maker .... 

 Man reaper in harvest .... 

 A woman reaper ..... 

 A common labourer at other times ; in summer 



„ „ „ „ in winter 



Women and such persons ; weeders . 



Without meat and drink these wages were doubled. 



per annum 



£ 



o 



o 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 o 



d. 

 5 



3 



10 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 3 



At Friston in the south-east of the county in 1684 the payment for 

 such rural labours as setting a hedge was 2d. a rod, for a staked hedge id', a 

 rod."' In 1694 the gardener at the Hall received £^2 a. year. The wages of 

 the men employed in that typically East Anglian labour of cutting sluices 

 and mending forelands and sea-walls were is. 6 J. per day, reed-cutting (for 

 thatch) in the rivers also is. bd. a day."* In 1752"° carpenter's work was 

 paid at is. lod. a day, a bricklayer and his labourer received together 3^. 4^. 

 a day ; a bricklayer and his boy 3/. a day."* 



The rent of land at Friston at the close of the 17th century stood 

 according to the rotation of crops at 



Rye ground ......... 3^. 4<^. per acre 



Pasture and barley ........ los. „ 



Pasture and rye 

 Pasture and wheat 

 Barley, wheat, pasture 

 Pasture, hemp, or corn . 

 Turnips .... 



'" Harl. MS. 98, fol. 30. 

 '"Ibid. fol. 152. 



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'" CuUum, op. cit. 215. •» Add. MS. 22249, fo'- 158- 



»» Ibid. fol. 264. '" Ibid. fol. 266. '" Ibid. fol. 144. 



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