NOTE ON PRICES OP PROVISIONS, &e. 393 



each ; two women bring home 900 faggots on their backs for 

 7s. 6d., and Elizabeth Lawrence the " count-house women " gets 

 £2 10s. per annum as wages. At the stamps the laborers got 

 about 30s. j)er month, besides from 15s. to 18s. for "■ working in 

 sleeping time;" boys get 6s., and 3s. 6d. for working in sleep- 

 ing time. 



Skilled labour was also obtainable at low rates. The charge 

 for shearing 30 sheep is Is. ; a mason received Is. 6d. per day; 

 a smith put " two shoes to the grey mare " for lid. ; a surveyor 

 measured three fields for 3s. ; and a lawyer, Mr. Wm. Pearce, 

 conducted prosecutions for trespass against 4 men, and charged 

 only 13s. 



Horse labor, too, was cheap, being charged Is. per day per 

 horse. "^ 



Land Carriage, — Notwithstanding these low charges for the 

 labor of men and horses, the cost of land carriage was rather 

 higher than at present, indicating, no doubt, the bad state of 

 the roads, and the use of trains of mules instead of carts or 

 waggons. As an example, I may mention that the '' carriage of 

 oare to Truro Key " from St. Agnes cost 6s. per ton, and to 

 Calenick Smelting house 6s. 8d. per ton. The present cost is 

 about 5 s, notwithstanding, the fact that the labor of a horse 

 costs from 3s. 6d. to 6s. per day, and that of a driver 2s. 6d. in- 

 stead of about 9d. 



Mining Materials. — There are some interesting entries re- 

 lating to mining materials. For instance, it appears that stamp 

 heads weighed from 50 to 112 lbs., and cost from 2d. to 3d. per 

 lb., while the old ones were sold for l|d. or 2d. per lb. ; brasses 

 cost Is. per lb., 6d. being allowed for old ones; tin kieves were 

 4s. 6d. each; shovels Is. to Is. lid., shovel staves 2d. each; a 

 kibbal, 13s. ; fourpenny nails, 4d. per 100 ; a diluing sieve, 4s. ; 

 candles, 6d. per lb. ; rope, 4d. to 5d. per lb. ; powder, £3 13s. 

 per cwt. or near 8d. per lb. ; lime Is. per bushel. 



* In the account of receipts and expenses of rebuilding Bodmin Church, 1469 

 to 1472, we find the following rates of wages were paid : — 



Masons 6d per day. Laborers 3d per day. 



,, Assistants 4d. ,, Quarrymen 3d. „ 



Helyers or Slaters 5d. „ Lime was 3d. per bushel, Is. per 



Plasterers 5^d. „ barrel, Is. M. T^er quarter, is, 



to 4s, 5d. Tperpipe, 12s. per last. 



