140 RUEAL ECONOMY IN YORKSHIRE IN 1641. 



our haymakers drawe thacke in the mominges till the dewe bee 

 of, and soe have noe thacke drawne att that time. 



See more of this labour in the fower last leaves of this 

 booke. 



Shorte Rezhenibrances for Workemen's Wages. 

 Threshers are to have Gd. a day from that time wee gette all 

 in, till such time as all wheate and rye seed bee threshed, and 

 from that time till Candlemasse 4:d. a day ; from Candlemasse 

 till Lady-day od. a day ; and from that time till haj-time 

 beginnes 6d. a day ; mowers lOd. ; outliggers and traylers 

 of the sweath-rake 6d. ; binders have 8d. ; cutters of wood and 

 hedges, setters of wood and dykers, wallere, and all other day- 

 taile-men, have the same h}Te, and after the same manner, that 

 threshers have. Spreadere of mucke and molehills are (for the 

 most parte) women, boyes, and girles, the bigger and abler sorte 

 of which have usually 'Sd. a day, and the lesser sorte of them 

 2d. a day. Gardeners, and such as have skill in pruninge and 

 dressinge of trees, have usually one peunie, and sometimes 2d. 

 a day more than ordinary day-taile-men : John Pearson had 

 seaven pence. Harrowei-s have usually 3cZ., or 3(7. two quarters 

 a day, yett such as are both able and painefull have oftentimes 

 4cZ. a day, and boyes (for the most parte) not above 2d. two 

 quarters ; as for the custome with those kind of labourers, it is 

 not usuall either to augment or diminish tlieyre hyres, but looke 

 what they have in pease seede-time, they have the same wages, 

 and noe more, in barley seed-time. Wrights have usually \0d. 

 a day winter and summer, neaver fallinge nor risinge of theire 

 wages ; in some places they are meated, and then liave they 6(/. 

 a day, and theire meate ; but our mamier is to give them lOcZ. 

 a day and lett them meate themselves, and att noones to sende 

 them, nowe and then, a quart of the best beere to theyre din- 

 ners, and sometimes it hath beene conditioned with lltilphe 

 White that hee should have a cowe gate in the Sikes amongst 

 our owne kyne, and that hee shoulde pay but ISs. id. for sum- 

 meringe of her. Mole catchei-s* have usually I2d. a dozen for 



• The following is a note in a MS. copy of Peter dc Cresccns on Agrieulturc, 

 which belongs to the Grammar School at Appleby, Westmorlan'l. It is supposed to 

 be one of the books bequeathed by Reginald Uainbrigge. arehididasrulus, as he styles 

 himself in his will of 161.S. I have tlie nuthoritv of my revered Jriend and pre- 

 ceptor in antiquities, the Historian of North Durlium, for stating the date of the 

 manuscript to be about 14o0, and that from some Latin verses in praise of eheeso 

 as an excellent aid to digestion, and the name of the poet, it appeare to have belonged 

 to Shap Abbey. 



'* A(l reinoQuda talpaas. To kepp yam owtte of the eloaso. Take brymston nlym 

 and a moldwarppc yt is taken ij wekys before mydsom' or ij wekys after and byrn 

 je nioldwarpc wth aschyn wode and yan take the brymston and the alym and ya 



