LABOUR AND IV AGES. 



boy 2s. In 1594 one coppersmith is paid is. 4d., and another 

 is. 8d. a day. Leading glass is paid at 3^. a foot in 1625, and 

 work at the clock-frame costs is. 6d. a day in 1623. In 1637 

 Eton pays a man who mends the organ 2s. 6d. a day, and in 

 1663 Winchester pays an organ-builder and his man, probably 

 Smith or Harris, 14^. a day for twenty-eight days. In 1645 

 King's College pays one artisan 2s. 6d. a day and two others 

 as. a day for mending a pinnacle. 



In 1603 brickmakers are paid by Eton at 35. id., and in 



1604 at 3-r. the thousand. Squaring and laying lead and iron 

 costs is. lod. a foot in 1610. Wall-making is sometimes 

 undertaken by the perch, at is. 4d. in 1593, at zs. in i594> 

 at is. 4d. in 1616, at is. 2d. in 1621, at 2s. gd. in 1627, and 

 at is. 4d. in 1666 and 1674. 



The tiler is sometimes paid by quantity. In 1594 and 

 1 60 1 he gets is. icd. a hundred, in 1607 2s. In 1621 the 

 slater is paid 2s. Sd. for laying a hundred square feet of slating. 

 In 1654 a square of tiling costs zs. 4d., that is I presume a 

 square of a hundred superficial feet l . 



Brass is cast at 4d. a pound in 1627 ; bell-metal at $d. in 

 1602, at 4d. in 1636, and 6d. in 1645. But in 1617 it is cast 

 at IQS. the cwt., in 1636 at us. The high price by the pound 

 is for small bells, 124 Ibs., 77 Ibs., and 164 Ibs. But in 1617 

 the quantity is 2343 Ibs., and in 1636 n cwts. 



Building is contracted for at 2os. a pole in 1646. In 1686 

 carpenter's work is taken at icd. a yard, and much of the work 

 done at the City churches and Westminster Abbey is paid for 

 on this principle. A tailor is paid is. a. day in 1630, is. $d. 

 and is. 6d. in 1636, and a person is engaged to mend arras in 



1605 at is. i\d. A mortar-mixer gets lod. a day in 1647, 

 and is. in 1648, a significant change. 



Pigs are gelded at $d. in 1608 and at 2\d. in 1654, and killed 

 at 6d. in 1611. A wheelwright is paid is. 4d. a day in 1601, 

 and with his man 2s. 6d. in 1610. Headed work costs Sd. 

 a yard and plain work 4d. in 1668. Hop-pickers (men) get 



1 See Tate's Modern Cambist, edit. 1856, p. 9. 



