Poor Book.

[Hugh Thompson]

An interesting book I found at the Internet Archives (address below) shows the monetary values of the time,
Hugh.:)
eg.
Average weekly wage.
Carpenter..10 shillings,2 and three quarter pence.
Mason..9 shillings,10 and three quarter pence.
Pair of Sawyers..19 shillings,one quarter pence.
Tiler or Slater..9 shillings,8 and three quarter pence.
Tiler's help..5 shillings, 3 and three quarter pence.
Artisan's Labourer..6 shillings,7 and three quarter pence.
Agricultural Labourer: first class..6 shillings, 4 and three quarter pence.

Transcription of the "Poor Book" of the tithings of Westbury-on-Trym, Stoke Bishop and Shirehampton from A.D. 1656-1698; with introduction and notes

http://www.archive.org/details/transcriptionofp00west

[Hugh Thompson]

Hi Finbar, it's good isn't it, I only wish that the Archives would get the one book I'm really after,
A HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF CONSTANTINE
in Cornwall
By Charles Henderson - 1937.
Maybe one day.|bowdown|
Hugh.:)

[Hugh Thompson]

Thanks Finbar, I'll have a good look at that tomorrow when I'm a bit more awake.
Hugh.

[benny1982]

Hi

Very interesting. I think most of us have ag lab ancestors but they fed the country and we have to admire them as they dug ditches, and weeded and did back breaking work in all kinds of weather from the blistering heat to the ice cold frost covering the fields and vegetation.

Ben