Note 36 — Chapter II
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Between 1511 and 1550 provisions seem to have risen about 60 p.c. in price, and there is a further rise in the next ten years of another fifty p.c.
Wheat the quarter. Barley. Oxen. Hens. Herrings.
s. d. s. d. s. d. d. s. d.
1511-1520 6 8¾ 4 0¼ 23 2 2 6 0¾
1521-1530 7 6 4 9 30 10¼ 3½ 6 7¼
1531-1540 7 8½ 4 11¾ 28 7½ 3¼ 6 8
1541-1550 10 8 6 2¼ 42 3¼ 5¾ 10 3
1551-1560 15 3¾ 10 0¼ 78 7½ 4¾ 11 0½
The rise in wages was barely 15 p.c. before 1550, though during the next ten years there is a rise of 30 p.c., so that the rise in wages is less than half that in the price of provisions.
Carpenter, average. Mason. Mason's labourer. Sawyers, pair. Tiler. Thatcher. Man. Plumber. Unskilled labour.
d. d. d. s. d. d. d. d. d. d.
1511-1520 6¼ 6 4 1 0 6 5¼ 4 6 3¾
1521-1530 6 6¼ 4¼ 1 0½ 6 6 4 6½ 4⅛
1531-1540 7 6¾ 4¼ 1 0½ 6½ 7 4½ 7 4
1541-1550 7 6¾ 4¾ 1 1½ 7½ 6½ 4½ 7½ 4⅝
1551-1560 10¾ 10 6¾ 1 5 9¼ — 6¼ 8½ 6
Hist. of Agric. and Prices, vol. IV. pp. 292, 355, 545, and 524.