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Slaney on Rural Expenditure. 



1549. 

 From 

 1500 

 to 

 1511. 

 1500. 



PRICE OF PROVISIONS. 



Value in pre- 

 sent Money. 



PRICE OF LABOUR 



Daily Wages appointed 

 2 Hen. VII. A. D. 1495. 



Value in pre- 

 sent Money. 



1549 

 1550 



1575 



1587 

 1589 



1590 

 1593 



1597 



1598 

 1539 

 1001 



Le s- d.\& s. d. 



Wheat, per QuarterjO 3 1 5 0J 



Average of ditto 5 2*0 8 0J 



Average of Bailey... 3 4 ,0 5 



An Ox 



A Sheep.. 



11 8 18 0| 

 1 8 2 6| 



A large Ox 



Sheep 



Wheat, average. 



Barley 



Beef and Mutton, 



per lb 



Best fat Wether..... 



Best Wheat 



{"from 

 {.to 



Beef, per lb 



Wheat 



Wheat 



Wheat, from 



Wheat {«» 



Barley 



A Wether 



Sheep ™. 



Wheat 



Barley 



Wheat, exportation 



price 



Barley 



Wheat , 



Rye , 



Beef, the stone , 

 A fat Wether , 

 A fat Bullock..., 



A fat Sheep , 



Wheat , 



Ditto , 



A Mower, with diet 



Ditto without 



A Reaper or Carter 



with diet , 



Ditto without...., 

 Woman Labourer, 



or other Labour. 



ers, with diet 



Ditto without 



6 8 

 2 10 

 5 4 



01 

 4 4 



1 16" 9 

 3 103 

 7 3f 

 3 24 







1 



4 



18 6 



13 4 



6 8 



6 8 



1 1 

 13 4 



10 



12 







5 



15 



8 



ll 9 







I 10 



|1 

 4 2 

 19 

 13 

 6 



6 



1 1 



13 



1 

 12 



0* 748 

 0| 

 64 

 34 



1* 0. 105 



2 2 



14 

 19 



15 



5 19 6 



14 6 



18 



17 



2 3 

 1 4 

 1 

 |0 15 

 6 3 

 14 



18 



1 7 





 





 





 



No account of the 

 Wages of Labour 

 till 1575. 



Labourer without 

 diet 



d. g 

 4 



5J 



94 



44 



7| 



34 



64 



Thresher, ditto '0 



Ditcher, with dietO 

 Thresher, without 

 Labourer in a gar- 

 den 'o 



Ditto in an orchard |0 



Thatcher 'o 



Labourer in York-I 



shire. 

 Summer, with dietiO 

 withoutO 

 Winter, with diet 

 without 

 In Chester. 

 Servant Carpenter, 

 or Thatcher, with 



diet 



Smith or Sawyer... 



In Chester. 



The same as in 



1593. 



8 84 

 8 84 



4 4J 

 6 64 



3 34 



4 4| 



I q. 



2 2 2 

 5 54 



Labourer, without 

 diet , 











HO 1" q. 



4 44 2. 8 



q- 



1 1 0. 1 

 2 2 0. 2 



10 



10 0. 8 



price from 60s. a quarter to 40s., what would this signify 

 to the labourer, if, with this fall in the price of wheat, his 

 wages fell in the same proportion, or from 1 2s. to 85. a week ? 

 would he not, in fact, be worse off with wheat at 405. and his 

 wages at 8s., than he had been with wheat at 60s. and his 

 wages at 12s.? For, though we allow that a reduction in the 

 price of wheat might reduce in the same proportion, not only 

 his wages, but many things he was in the habit of purchasing, 

 yet there are some highly-taxed articles in this country, to 



