Volume 1

Hertford County records.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1905-
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Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Hertford County records. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A woman reaping of come not more by the daye then with meate and drinke vd. And withowt viijd. Reaping, bindinge and layinge of wheate or rye in shokes well grown and not lidged by the acre ijd. Cockynge and workinge of pease by the acre ready to the carriage xd. Common laborers workinge by the daye and by greate. Threshinge and makinge cleane of wheate or rie by the quarter not above xijd. Threshinge and makinge cleane of barley by the quarter not above vjd. Threshinge and makinge cleane of pease by the quarter not above viijd. Threshinge and makinge cleane of otes by the quarter not above vjd. Laborers from the Annunciacon of our Ladye untill Michellmas not to have more by the daye then with meate and drinke iiijd. And withowt viijd. And same from Michellmas untill the Annunciacon of our Ladye not to have more by the daye then with meate and drinke iijd. And withowt vijd. Makinge of a good deade hedge by the rode or pole conteyninge xviii. foot and a-half to the pole not above ijd. Makinge of a pole of hedge and ditche owt of the grownd conteyn- ning in lenghte xviii. foote and a-half, beinge three foote depe, fower foote wide at the brim and one foote wide at the bottome and settinge the same with a doble quickesett and gathering the same quickesett not above vjd. Makinge of a pole of ditche conteynning in lenghte xviii. foote and a-half, in depthe tooe foote, three foote wide, not to have above iiijd. Abtifioers working by the daye from the annunciacon of our Ladye untill Michellmas. Masons, carpenters, joyners, wheelwrights, plowewrights, brick-