122 ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN ENGLAND, 



The wages of artificers, labourers, and servants, from Easter to 

 Michaelmas as followeth : 



A mower by the day, with meat 5</., without meat lod. 



A man reaper by the day, with meat 4^., without meat Sd. 



A woman reaper by the day, with meat 3^., without meat, 6d. 



A man haymaker by the day, with meat 3</,, without meat 6d. 



A woman haymaker by the day, with meat 2</., without meat 5</. 



A chief joiner by the day, with meat 6d., without meat icd. 



A joiner's prentice which hath not served four years, by the day, with 

 meat 3^., without meat id. 



A sawyer by the day, with meat 4^., without meat yd. 



A ploughwright by the day, with meat $d., without meat yd. 



A thatcher by the day, with meat %d., without meat gd. 



A hurdle maker by the day, with meat 5^., without meat yd. 



A horse collar maker by the day, with meat 5^., without meat gd. 



Item, among other labourers not before named, by the day, harvest 

 excepted, with meat 3^., without meat id. 



A freemason which can draw his plat work, and set cunningly, 

 having charge over others, by the day, with meat Sd., without meat 



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A rough mason which taketh charge over others, by the day, with 

 meat d., without meat gd. 



A master carpenter being able to draw his plat, and to be master of 

 works over others, by the day, with meat 8d., without meat i2d. 



An expert carpenter by the day, with meat ^d., without meat gd. 



A carpenter's prentice which hath not been prentice four years, by 

 the day, with meat %d., without meat id. 



A bricklayer by the day, with meat d., without meat gd. 



A bricklayer prentice by the day, with meat 3^., without meat id. 



A tiler or slater by the day, with meat 5</., without meat gd. 



A tiler's or slater's prentice by the day, with meat 3^., without 

 meat id. 



A plumber by the day, with meat 6d., without meat lod. 



A plumber's prentice not serving as prentice four years, by the day, 

 with meat 3</., without meat id. 



A glazier by the day, with meat 6d. t without meat lod. 



A glazier's prentice which hath not served four years, by the day, 

 with meat ^d., without meat id. 



The wages of artificers, labourers, and servants, from Michaelmas 

 to Easter as followeth : 



A chief joiner by the day, with meat 4</., without meat Sd. 



