Note x — Chapter IX · [a] (continued 2)
Reading edition
I insert the following comparative table of English money from Sir Frederick Eden. The unit, or present value, refers of course to that of the shilling before the last coinage, which reduced it.
Value of pound sterling, present money. Proportion.
£. s. d.
Conquest, 1066 2 18 1½ 2·906
28 E. I. 1300 2 17 5 2·871
18 E. III. 1344 2 12 5¼ 2·622
20 E. III. 1346 2 11 8 2·583
27 E. III. 1353 2 6 6 2·325
13 H. IV. 1412 1 18 9 1·937
4 E. IV. 1464 1 11 0 0 1·55
18 H. VIII. 1527 1 7 6¾ 1·378
34 H. VIII. 1543 1 3 3¼ 1·163
36 H. VIII. 1545 0 13 11½ 0·698
37 H. VIII. 1546 0 9 3¾ 0·466
5 E. VI. 1551 0 4 7¾ 0·232
6 E. VI. 1552 1 0 6¾ 1·028
1 Mary 1553 1 0 5¾ 1·024
2 Eliz. 1560 1 0 8 1·033
43 Eliz. 1601 1 0 0 1·000