Esser. ss. The particular Rates of Wages of all manner of Artificers, Labourers and Servants, as well by the Day, with Meat and Drink, and without, as also by the whole Year, and in Gross, or by Task; made and set forth at the Quarter-Sessions of the Peace holden at Chelmesford in the said County, April 8. 1651. by the Justices of Peace there Assembled, according to a Statute made 29 Eliz. having a special Regard and Consideration to the Prizes at this time of all kind of Victuals, and Apparel, both Linnen and Woollen, and all other necessary Charges wherewith Artificers, Labourers and Servants have been more grievously charged with than in times past.
| By the day from Mid-March to Mid-September. | By the day from Mid-September to Mid-March. | By the whole year. | ||||
| With Meat Drink. | Without Meat and Drink. | With Meat and Drink. | Without Meat and Drink. | Wages. | Livery. | |
| A Master Free-Mason Masons. | 12d. | 18d. | 10d. | 16d. | 4l. | 10s. |
| A Master Rough-Mason having three under him | 10d. | 17d. | 8d. | 14d. | 3l. | 10s. |
| Servants and Apprentices above the Age of 14, and under 18, Carpenters and Sawvers. | 4d. | 10d. | 3d. | 7d. | 30s. | 8s. |
| A Master Carpenter having four under his Charge | 12d. | 18d. | 10d. | 16d. | 4d. | 10s. |
| Their JOurney-men and Servants above 18, and under 24 | 8d. | 14d. | 6d. | 12d. | 50s. | 8s. |
| Servants and Apprentices above 14, and under 24 | 6d. | 12d. | 6d. | 10d. | 24s. | 8s. |
| A Master Sawyer | 10d. | 16d. | 8d. | 14d. | 4l. 10s. | 10s. |
| His Labourer | 8d. | 14d. | 8d. | 12d. | 4l. | 8s. |
| Palers | 8d. | 12d. | 8d. | 12d. | 4l. | 10s. |
| Rivers of Pale and Clap-board and Lath | 10d. | 18d. | 8d. | 16d. | 4l. | 10s. |
| A Mill-wright | 12d. | 28d. | 10d. | 16d. | ||
| A Plow-wright and Cart-Wright | 10d. | 18d. | 8d. | 16d. | ||
| Cowpers | 10d. | 16d. | 6d. | 14d. | ||
| A Master Ship-wright having four under him Shipwrights. | 16d. | 2s. | 12d. | 16d. | ||
| A Hewer or Common Ship-wright | 10d. | 18d. | 8d. | 14d. | ||
| An able Clencher | 10d. | 18d. | 8d. | 14d. | ||
| An able Holder | 8d. | 14d. | 7d. | 12d. | ||
| A Master Calker | 14d. | 2s. | 10d. | 16d. | ||
| A Calker labouring by Tide | 10d. | 18d. | 8d. | 14d. | ||
| A mean Calker | 9d. | 16d. | 8d. | 14d. | ||
| A Master Joyner or Carver Joyner and Carver. | 10d. | 18d. | 8d. | 16d. | 4l. | 10s. |
| Servants and Apprentices above 18, and under 24, | 8d. | 14d. | 6d. | 12d. | 3l.10. | 10s. |
| Servants and Apprentices above 14, and under 24 | 6d. | 9d. | 5d. | 8d. | 33s.4d. | 6s. |
| A Master Bricklayer and Tyler, Bricklayers Tylers, Plaisterers, and Shinglers. Plasterer and Shingler | 10d. | 18d. | 8d. | 16d. | 4l. | 10s. |
| Second Bricklayers, Tylers and Slaters above 16 and under 24 | 8d. | 16d. | 6d. | 14d. | 2l. | 10s. |
| Servants and Apprentices above 12, Makers of Brick, Tyle, Burners of Lyme, Ashes and Wood. and under 24 | 6d. | 10d. | 5d. | 8d. | ||
| Makers of Brick and Tyle, Burners of Wood-ashes and Lyme | 8d. | 16d. | 6d. | 12d. | 3l. | 10s. |
| Their Servants and Labourers | 6d. | 11d. | 5d. | 10d. | 50s. | 10s. |
| A Plumber and Glasier Plumber and Glasier | 10d. | 16d. | 8d. | 14d. | ||
| By the day from Mid-March to Mid-September. | By the day from Mid-September to Mid-March. | By the whole year. | ||||
| With Meat and Drink. | Without Meat and Drink. | With Meat and Drink. | Without Meat and Drink. | Wages. | Livery. | |
| Their Servants and Apprentices of the Age of 14, Layers of Roods and Thatchers. and under 24 | 6d. | 10d. | 5d. | 8d. | 30s.4d. | 6s.4d. |
| A Master Layer or Thatcher | 10d. | 16d. | 8d. | 14d. | 3l. | 10s. |
| Their Servants | 8d. | 13d. | 6d. | 12d. | 50s. | 10s. |
| Fellers and makers of Wood, Common Labourers. Ditchers, Hedgers, and Threshers, and all common Labourers; the time of Harvest excepted | 8d. | 14d. | 6d. | 12d. | 3l.5s. | 10s. |
| Gardners Gardners. | 8d. | 16d. | 7d. | 12d. | 3l. | 10s. |
| Scavel-men or Marsh-men | 10d. | 18d. | 8d. | 15d. | 3l.10s. | |
| The Man Hay-maker | 8d. | 12d. | ||||
| The Woman Hay-maker | 5d. | 10d. | ||||
| Weeders of Corn | 4d. | 9d. | ||||
| Mowers of Corn and Grass | 10d. | 18d. | ||||
| A Fallower | 6d. | 15d. | ||||
| The Man-Reaper Reapers. | 12d. | 22d. | ||||
| The Woman-Reaper. | 8d. | 14d. | ||||
| The best Servant Clothier being Journeyman Clothiers, with other men of Science or occupation | 3l. | 10s. | ||||
| The best Journeyman Weaver able to take and leave his Work as well in Cogshall, and such places, where fine Clothes are made as elsewhere | 3l. | 16s. | ||||
| The second Journeyman Weaver and Clothier | 30s. | 8d. | ||||
| A Journeyman Kember in Coxall above the Age of 24, Kimbers. kembing and drawing every day 5 l. warp | 2l. | 10s. | ||||
| Houshoulders their kembing or drawing by Task for every Warp with meat and drink | 6d. | |||||
| A weaver being an Housholder weaving by the Piece in great as he can agree with the Clothier | ||||||
| A Journeyman Tucker, or Fuller, and Sheerman, and Dyer | 50s. | 10s. | ||||
| Taylors and Hosiers | 8d. | 14d. | 6d. | 12d. | 50s. | 10s. |
| Shoomakers, Cutlers, Smiths, Farriers, Sadlers, Spurriers, Tanners, Coopers | 50s. | 10s. | ||||
| Millers, Bakers, Brewers, Butchers and Cooks | 50s. | 10s. | ||||
| The second sort of the said Artificers | 50s. | 8s. | ||||
| Loaders of Corn and Meal to London | 4l. | 10s. | ||||
| Knackers, Coller-makers, Armourers | 9d. | 18d. | 8d. | 14d. | 6l. | |
| A Bailiff of Husbandry taking charge, Servants of Husbandry. and able to discharge the same | 5l. | 10s. | ||||
| A Chief Hynde, the best Ploughman, Carter, Shepherd or Neatherd | 4l10s. | 10s. | ||||
| The second Hynde, Carter, or Servants in Husbandry | 3l.10s. | 10s. | ||||
| Apprentice at Husbandry at Meat Drink and Clothes | ||||||
| The best Woman-Servant being a Cook able to take charge of a Houshold | 50s. | |||||
| The Second Woman Servant | 40s. | |||||
| A Dairy-maid, or Wash-maid | 45s. | |||||
| A Chamber-maid | 45s. | |||||
| THe mowing of one Acre of grass after land measure Mowers and Haymakers | 20d. |
| The well making, clean taking and cocking of an Acre of Grass ready to carry | 2 s. |
| The reaping, or shearing, well bringing, cocking, or shocking of one Acre of Wheat, Rye, or Mixtling | 3s. 4d. |
| The reaping or shearing of an Acre of Barley and Bullymong, binding and shocking | 2s. 6d. |
| The reaping, well binding and shocking of an Acre of Oats | 2s. 6d. |
| The reaping and well binding of an Acre of Beans | 3s. 8d. |
| The making of an Acre of Pease, Fitches and Tares | 21d. |
| The Mowing of an Acre of Barley or Oats Mowing of Corn. | 14d. |
| The follower making Bands, Raking, and laying the same | 12d. |
| The making and ditching of a Rod of new Ditch out of the whole ground four foot wide, three foot deep, and one foot and half in the bottom, double set with Quick, and Setting an hedg upon it after the rate of 16 foot and half to the Rod with gathering Sets for the same | 14d. |
| The making of a Rod of ditch of like bredth and depth without Quick | 6d. |
| The plashing of every Rod of Quick-hedge. | 2d. |
| The making of a Rod of an usual Hedge, the Stuff laid by | 2d. |
| The felling of every Load of Bushes | 16d. |
| The making of an hundred of Fagots, Felling and making wood. Double hand | 2 s. 6d. |
| Single band | 20d. |
| The making of a thousand of Billet | 18d. |
| The making a load of Talewood | 8d. |
| The making of a load of Pole or other wood | 6d. |
| The making of a hundred of Broom or Furz Fagots | 22d. |
| Wheat and Rye the Quarter Threshing and Fowning. | 22d. |
| Barley and Oats the Quarter | 10d. |
| Beans, Pease, Bully mong and Tares | 10d. |
| Plank the Hundred (viz.) Sawing. six score | 2s. 6d. |
| Board the Hundred | 2s. 6d, |
| Slitting work the hundred | 2s. 6d. |
| Lath the hundred Riving. | 4d. |
| Pale the hundred | 12d. |
| Clap-board the hundred | 4s. |
| The felling, Paling. cleaving and hewing of Pales, Posts, shores, and Rails, and setting up of every rod of 6 foot long Pale, not exceeding 7 foot with single rayl, after the rate of 16 foot and half to the Pole. | 2s. |
| The making of a Plough all new with Meat and Drink Cartwrights. | 1s. 6d. |
| The Body of a Plough with Meat and Drink | 10d. |
| The Heading or Bodying of a Plough with the handle with Meat and Drink | 12d. |
| The making of a pair of Cart-wheels finding himself | 8s. |
| The hewing of all the Stuff of the Body of a Cart finding himself | 20d. |
| The making of the Body of a Cart finding himself | 3s 6d. |
| The hewing of every Gang of Fellyes which conteyn 12 for wheeles | 1s. 4d. |
| The Setting on of a Felly finding himself | 8d. |
| The hewing and Riving of every Gang of spoak-tymber, the Gang conteyning | 251s. |
| The felling, Making of Coals. cutting, and blocking of a Dozen Coales, every Coal conteyning 24 Sackes and every Sack 4 Bushells | 2s. 4d. |
| The making of a Dozen of Coales | 2s. |
| The Digging of the Earth, Brick and Tyle-makers. the striking and burning every M. Brick without meat and drink, having Straw and all other necessaries laid by | 2s. 6d. |
| The striking, drying and setting on pillar every thousand Tyle without Meat and Drink | 10d. |
| The whiting and nealing of every M. Tyle without Meat and Drink | 12d. |
Place this between Fol. 240. and 241.
This is the Order of Rates for the Wages of Artificers, Labourers, and Servants.