Note 109 — Chapter III · AGRICULTURE

Ibid., pp. 138-9. “The thatchers,” Best says, “have in most places 6d. a day & theire meate in Summer time, ... yett we neaver use to give them above 4d ... because their dyett is not as in other places; for they are to have three meale a day, viz. theire breakfaste att eight of the clocke, ... theire dinner about twelve and theire supper about seaven or after when they leave worke; and att each meale fower services, viz. butter, milke, cheese, and either egges, pyes, or bacon, and sometimes porridge insteade of milke: if they meate themselves they have usually 10d. a day.”