770 ON THE COST OF CARRIAGE. 



In 15965 five stone weight of wine is carried from London 

 to Worksop at the cost of 6s. 6d. Worksop is 146 miles from 

 London. The seventy pounds weight are carried at about i\d. 

 per pound, or los. 6d. the cwt., or about is. $d. per ton per mile. 

 Here again the parcel is comparatively small, and the respon- 

 sibility of the carrier considerable. In 1597 Eton College has 

 goods sent from London at 2s. the cwt. The rate is very 

 high, nearly 2s. per ton per mile. 



In 1600 Lord Pembroke buys a rundlet of sack, which is 

 said to weigh 81 Ibs., and has it sent to Chesterfield. Chester- 

 field is 150 miles from London, and Lord Pembroke pays id. 

 the pound for the conveyance of his wine, or at the rate of a 

 little over ii\d. per ton per mile. 



In the same year Lord Spencer has 4 cwt. of goods sent 

 down from London to Wormleighton. Now Wormleighton is 

 seventy-six miles from London, and Lord Spencer pays at the 

 rate of 4^. 8d. a cwt. for the carriage. The account does not 

 state what the goods were, but it appears that they were 

 dispatched in December, and were probably Christmas stores. 

 The rate is 93^. 4d. a ton, or nearly is. i\d. per ton per mile. 



In the year 1602 the same person has 9 cwt. sent from 

 London. He now pays only 3.9. 4d. per cwt., or about io\d. 

 per ton per mile. But in the same year he has, in May, 2 cwt. 

 24 Ibs. of sugar sent him at 4^. $d. the cwt., or at nearly 

 is. id. per ton per mile. 



In 1603 Corpus Christi College sends three loads of timber 

 to Burcot to be transmitted down the Thames. The cost by 

 the load is 4s. 6d., and taking the load as the ton, the carriage 

 is paid for at 6d. per ton per mile. 



In 1605 Cambridge has 20 cwt. conveyed from London, at 

 2s. 6d. Now Cambridge by the modern road is fifty miles 

 from London, and at this distance the College pays at the rate 

 of is. per ton per mile. 



In 1607 Shuttleworth, now at Gawthorp, has 8 cwt. of goods 

 sent him. Gawthorp must be at least 230 miles from London 

 by the old roads, for in a straight line it is nearly eighteen 



