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Slaney on Mural Expenditure. 



always bear in mind what the term shilling means at these 

 periods. 



We do not deem it necessary, therefore, to insert a com- 

 parative table of English money at various periods ; but shall 

 content ourselves with referring to Mr. Frederic Eden's 

 Table on this topic. In order, however, that our readers, 

 may be able to ascertain the relative value of the principal 

 articles of food, &c. at different periods, we shall extract the 

 following particulars from the appendix to Macpherson's 

 edition of Anderson's History of Commerce. 



£.. s. d. 



A. D. 





£. 



s. d. 



1230. 



Seed wheat, per quarter 



. 



4 





oats - - 



- 



3 





beans 



- 



2 11 





Cart horse 



- 



8 





Ox 



- 



8 





Cow 



- 



6 8 





Sheep 



- 



1 



1272. 



A labourer, per day - 



- 



IJ 





A harvest man 



- 



2 





Harrowing with one horse . 



10 



1275. 



Oats in Scotland, per boll 



- 



4 







r 



8 





Barley in ditto 



) 



or 







t 



10 





Wheat usually 



- 



1 4 





— — when scarce - 



- 



1 8 



1283. 



A slave and his family sold by 







the Abbot of Dunstable for 13 4 



1284. 



An ordinary horse in Berwick 1 

 A carcase of mutton in ditto, 









from Easter to Whitsunday 



1 4 





From Whitsunday to 



St. 







James's Day 



- 



1 





Thence to Michaelmas 



- 



10 





Thence to Easter 



- 



8 



1289. 



Wheat, per quarter - 



- 



6 





Rye 



- 



5 





Barley 



. 



3 





Beans and peas 



- 



2 8 





Oats 



- 



2 





A swan 



- 



3 4 





A duck 



- 



1 



129a 



An ox 



- 



6' 8 





A cow 



- 



5 





A heifer 



- 



2 





A sheep 



. 



1 



1300. 



Wheat, from - 3 



4 to 10 





Oats - 1 



8 to 



4 





Barley - 3 



4 to 



5 





Peas and bean* 1 



8 to 



6 





Rye 



- 



5 





Flour - - 4 



to 



9 





Sea-coal at Berwick 









per quarter - 



6 to 



6$ 





Oxen, carcase, from 5 



to 



8 





Horse-shoes, per 









hundred - ,0 8 



7 to 10 





Nails for them, per' 









thousand - 1 



3 toO 



1 8 





Milk goats, each 



- 



3 





Keeper of them, per day 



- 



2 





A primer for the Prince of 







Wales, now 15 years 11 







months old 



- 2 







1302. 



Wheat, per quarter 



- 



4 





Peas 



- 



2 6 





Oats 



- 



2 





A bull 



- 



7 4 





A cow 



- 



6 





A fat sheep 



- 



1 





An ewe 



- 



8 





A capon 



- 



2 





A cock or hen 



- 



0| 



1317. 



Wheat at Leicester, i 



m a 







Sunday 







4 



A. D. 



1317. Wheat on the Wednesday 



following - - 14 



in some other places - 2 13 



This year there was an early 



harvest, and wheat fell from 4 

 to - - - 6 



And oats from - - 3 4 



to - - - 5 



■ 1334, Keepers and porter of Wood- 

 stock Park, each, per day - 

 Gardener (onlyonementioned) 

 1351. By the statute of laborers, all 

 workmen were obliged to 

 serve for the same wages 

 which had been usual in 

 the ten years preceding; 

 and to receive their wages, 

 at the option of their em- 

 ployers, either in money or 

 in wheat ; but this was 

 never to be rated higher 

 than lOd. a bushel. 

 Weeders and hay -makers, per 



day - - - 



Mowers - - - 



Reapers in the first week' of 

 August, {2d. afterwards) - 

 ' For threshing wheat, rye, per 



quarter - - - 



barley, beans, peas, and 



oats - - - 



1351. A master free mason, per day 

 Master carpenters, masons, 

 tilers, thatchers, plasterers, 

 &c. - - - - - 



Inferior carpenters - - 



Their servants or boys - 



1373. Rent of a garden in the city 

 of London, measuring 95 

 by 9J ells, per ann. - 6 



1389. Bailiff - - - 13 



Chief labouring husbandman 10 

 Carter and shepherd, each - 10 

 Cowherd - - - 6 



Swineherd - - 



Plough-driver, at most - 



Woman labourer - - 



Dairy-woman - - 



All with clothing and diet. 



6 



7 

 6 

 6 6 



3 4 



2 



7 



18 



10 



12 



3 2 



2 



1407. Wheat, per quarter 

 Oats 



A cow ... 

 A calf 



A plough ... 

 A dung-cart complete 

 A pair of cart wheels 

 Wages of a thresher, per day 



1425. Wheat for making malt, per 



quarter - - 4 



Wages of a stone-cutter, per 



day - - - 4 



tiler and his 2 servants 10 



r— sawyer - - 4 



ploughman - - 1 



A quarter of an ox to salt - 1 4 



