APPENDIX B
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Bedfordshire.—Clopshill, 1795.[504]
Family of Six Persons.
Expences by the Week— £ s. d.
Bread, flour, or oatmeal, 0 7 6
Yeast and salt, 0 0 3
Thread and worsted, 0 0 2
Bacon or other meat, 0 1 6
Tea, sugar, and butter, 0 0 10½
Soap, 0 0 5
Candles, 0 0 5
Beer, 0 0 7
Total of the Week, £0 11 8½
Amount per Annum, £30 8 10
Rent, 1 10 0
Wood, 1 12 6
Cloaths, 2 2 0
Sickness, 0 5 0
Total Expences per Annum, £35 18 4
Earning per Week—
The man, £0 7 6
The woman, 0 1 6
The children, 0 4 0
Total of the Week, £0 13 0
Total Earnings per Annum, £33 16 0
N.B.—‘The Harvest earnings not included: they go a great way towards making up the deficiency.’
Dorset.—Sherborne, 1789.[505]
Family of Five Persons.
Expences per Week— £ s. d.
Bread, 0 3 0
Salt, 0 0 1½
Meat, 0 0 8
Tea, etc., 0 0 2[506]
Cheese, 0 0 7
Milk, 0 0 4
Soap, 0 0 2½
Candles, 0 0 6
Thread, etc., 0 0 1
Total, £0 5 8
Amount per Annum, £14 14 8
Rent, 2 0 0
Fuel, 3 18 0
Clothes, etc., 1 0 0
Total Expences per Annum, £21 12 8
Earnings per Week—
The man, £0 6 0
The woman, 0 2 6
Total, £0 8 6
Total Earnings per Annum, £22 2 0
Hampshire.—Long Parish, 1789.[507]
Family of Six Persons.
Expences per Week— £ s. d.
Bread or Flour, 0 5 0
Yeast and Salt, 0 0 3
Bacon or other Meat, 0 1 0
Tea, Sugar, and Butter, 0 0 6
Cheese, 0 0 5
Soap, Starch, and Blue, 0 0 2
Candles, 0 0 2
Thread, Thrum, and Worsted, 0 0 3
Total, £0 7 9
Amount per Annum, £20 3 0
Rent, Fuel (‘both very high and scarce’), Clothes, Lying-in, etc., 7 0 0
Total Expences per Annum, £27 3 0
Earnings per Week—
The man, £0 8 0
The woman, 0 1 0
Total, £0 9 0
Total Earnings per Annum, £23 8 0
Herts.—Hinksworth, 1795.[508]
Family of Six Persons.
Expences by the Week— £ s. d.
Bread, flour, or oatmeal, 0 10 5
Heating the oven, 0 0 4
Yeast and salt, 0 0 4
Bacon or pork, 0 3 4
Tea, sugar, and butter, 0 1 9½
Soap, 0 0 5
Cheese, 0 0 7½
Candles, 0 0 4
Small beer, 0 0 6¾
Milk, 0 0 4
Potatoes, 0 1 3
Thread and worsted, 0 0 4
Total of the Week, £1 0 0½
Amount per Annum, £52 2 2
Rent, 2 0 0
Cloaths, 6 5 10
Fuel, coal, wood, etc., 3 15 3
Births and burials, 1 3 6
Total Expences per Annum, £65 6 9
Earnings per Week—
The man, £0 9 2¾
The woman, 0 1 6
The children, 0 4 8
Total of the Week, £0 15 4¾
Total Earnings per Annum, £40 0 7
Northamptonshire.—Castor, 1794.[509]
Family of Six Persons.
Expences per Week— £ s. d.
Bread and Flour, 0 4 3
Salt, 0 0 1
Meat, 0 1 6
Tea, Sugar, and Butter, 0 1 1
Cheese (sometimes), 0 0 5
Soap ¼ lb., Starch, etc., 0 0 2½
Candles ½ lb., Thread, etc., 0 0 6
Total, £0 8 0½
Amount per Annum, 20 18 2
Rent, 1 15 0
Fuel and coals, 1 10 0
Clothing, 2 15 0
Lying-in, loss of time, etc., 1 10 0
Total Expenses per Annum, £28 8 2
Earnings per Week—
The man, £0 7 6
The woman, 0 0 10
The children, 0 0 4
Total, £0 8 8
Total Earnings per Annum, £22 10 8
N.B.—To the earnings may be added what is got by gleaning.
Norfolk.—Diss, 1793.[510]
Family of Six Persons.
Expences by the Week— £ s. d.
Bread, flour or oatmeal, 0 4 7½
Yeast and salt, 0 0 2
Bacon or other meat, 0 0 3
Tea, sugar, and butter, 0 0 9¼
Soap, 0 0 2¼
Candles, 0 0 3
Cheese, 0 0 5½
Milk, 0 0 6
Potatoes, 0 0 6
Thread and worsted, 0 0 2
Total per Week, £0 7 10½
Total per Annum, £20 9 6
Rent, 3 3 0
Fuel, 1 4 0
Cloaths, 2 3 0
Births, burials, sickness, 0 10 0
Total Expenses per Annum, £27 9 6
Earnings per Week—
The Man, £0 9 0
The Woman, 0 1 0
The Children, 0 1 6
Total, £0 11 6
Total Earnings per Annum, £29 18 0
N.B.—In 1795 the earnings of this family were the same but their expenses had risen to £36, 11s. 4d. On bread they spent 8s. a week instead of 4s. 7½d.