Note 648 — 1788.
Reading edition
As a curious specimen of the way in which things were managed in the early days of Methodism, the following extracts are given from “The Dales” circuit book, whose accounts extend from 1765 to 1791.
s. d.
“1765. Dec. 7. Thomas Rankin. Two meals, and horse one night 1 0
1766. March 29. John Ellis. Six meals, and horse three nights, shirt washed, and pennyworth of paper 2 10
” Sept. 28. Jeremiah Robertshaw. Twelve meals, and horse four nights, and shirt washing 5 3”
The reader can calculate how many meals a day were allowed to these godly men, and how much per meal. Besides these allowances for board, each preacher was entitled to receive, as quarterage, for himself £3; and, for his wife, if he had one, £2 10s.