Midd. At the generall quarter sessions of the peace, of our Sovereign Lord the King, held for the County of Middlesex at Westminster in the said county, upon [...] next after the feast of Easter, (to wit) the [...] day of [...] in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. the [...]. The rates of servants, wages, labourers, workmen and artificers, (in pursuance of the statute of the fifth of Queen Elizabeth, in that behalf made and provided) are rated and assessed by the Justices of the Peace of the said county.... Middlesex (England) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B26819 of text R232568 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 20KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B26819 Wing M1969A Interim Tract Supplement Guide 190.g.13[202] ESTC R232568 ocm99888951

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 eng Broadsides -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Wages -- Law and legislation -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Early works to 1800. Middlesex (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800. eebo Midd. At the generall quarter sessions of the peace, of our Sovereign Lord the King, held for the County of Middlesex at Westminster in the said count Middlesex. 1665 2 2056 7 0 0 0 0 0 34.05 C The rate of 34.05 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-10 Sampled and proofread 2014-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

AT the Generall Quarter Sessions of the Peace , of our Sovereign Lord the King , held for the County of Middlesex at Westminster in the said County , upon 〈◇〉 next after the Feast of Easter , ( to wit ) the 〈◇〉 Day of 〈◇〉 in the Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Midd . Lord CHARLES the Second , by the Grace of God , King of England , Scotland , France , and Ireland , Defender of the Faith , &c. the 〈◇〉 The Rates of Servants Wages , Labourers , Workmen and Artificers ( in pursuance of the Statute of the Fifth of Queen Elizabeth , in that behalf made and provided ) are rated and assessed by the Justices of the Peace of the said County , at the said Sessions assembled , ( calling to their assistance some others of the discreet Inhabitants of the said County ) as hereafter followeth : And it is ordered by the said Justices , that the Sheriff of the said County shall cause the said Rates to be Proclaimed and Published according to the Statute in that Case also made and provided ; and that after such Proclamation and Publication made of the said Rates , that no person whatsoever ( which may be therein concerned ) shall ( this present Year ) presume to give , allow , demand , receive , or take any greater Wages then such as are mentioned in the said Rates ; neither shall any Master , or Mistress , entertain or put away any Servant , Workman , or Labourer ; neither shall any Servant , Workman , or Labourer , depart from any Master or Mistress , which may be mentioned or intended in the said Statute of the Fifth of Queen Elizabeth , or any other Statute in that behalf provided , without due observation of the said Statutes , under such pains and penalties as are therein respectively mentioned .

The Rates of Wages for Labourers and Artificers , published within the County of Middlesex , for the Year of our Lord , 166 〈◇〉

ArtificersworkingbytheYear,findingthemselvesTools. Free Masons . Of the best sort 12l .   Or the second sort 8l . Carpenters . Of the best sort 12l .   Of the second sort 8l . Joyners . Of the best sort 12l .   Of the second sort 8l . Carvers . Of the best sort 12l .   Of the second sort 8l . Wheelwrights . Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 6l . Ropemakers . Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 6. l. Collermakers Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 6l . Bricklayers . Of the best sort 12l .   Of the second sort 8l . Tylers . Of the best sort 12l .   Of the second sort 8l . Black-smiths . Of the best sort 10. l.   Of the second sort 6l . Plowrights . Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 6l . Tanners . Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 6l . Curriers . Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 6l . Wind-millers . Of the best sort 8l .   Of the second sort 5l . Shoe-makers . Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 6l . Carvers . Of the best sort with meat and drink 18d .   Without meat and drink 2s . 6d   ●● the second sort with meat drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s . Bricklayers . Of the best sort with meat and drink 18d .   without meat and drink 2s . 6d .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s . Tylers . Of the best sort with meat and drink 18d .   without meat and drink 2s . 6d .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 12d .   without meat and drink 2s . Thatchers . Of the best sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 9d .   Without meat and drink 18d . A paire of Sawyers . With meat and drink 2s .   without meat and drink 4s .
ArtificersworkingbytheDayfromthemidstofSeptember,tothemidstofMarch. Free-Masons . Of the best sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 10d .   Without meat and drink 20d . Carpenters . Of the best sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat or drink 2s .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 10d .   Without meat and drink 20d . Of the second sort . Without meat and drink 2s .   With meat and drink 12d .
CommonLabourersandWorkmenbytheDay.   For mowing Corn and Grass by the day with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s .   For Reaping of Corn with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s .   For making of Hay with meat and drink 8d .   Without meat and drink 16d .   Labourers of the best sort from the midst of September to the midst of March with meat and drink 8d .   Without meat and drink 16d .   The same of the second sort with meat and drink 6d .   Without meat and drink 12d .   The same of the best sort from the midst of March to the midst of September with meat and drink 10d .   Without meat and drink 18d .   The same of the second sort with meat and drink 8d .   Without meat and drink 14d .   Mowing of Grass well grown by the Acre 2s . 6d .   Mowing of Barley well grown by the Acre 14d .   Mowing of Oats well grown by the Acre 14d .   Mowing of Beans by the Acre 2s . 6d Bakers being Furners . Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 6l . Butchers being Foremen . Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 6l . Brewers . Of the best sort 20l .   Of the second sort 10l . Sawyers . Of the best sort 12l .   Of the second sort 8l . Plaisterers . Of the best sort 12l .   Of the second sort 8l . Taylors , Of the best sort 8l .   Of the second sort 6. l. Glovers . Of the best sort 8l .   Of the second sort 6l . Turners . Of the best sort 10l .   Of the second sort 7l . Fletchers . Of the best sort 8l .   Of the second sort 6l . Sadlers . Of the best sort 8l .   Of the second sort 6l . Coopers . Of the best sort 8l .   Of the second sort 6l . Water-Corn Millers . Of the best sort 12.   Of the second sort 8l .
Artificers working by the Day from the midst of March, to the midst of September. Free-Masons . Of the best sort with meat and drink 18d .   without meat and drink 2s . 6d   Of the second sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s . Carpenters . Of the best sort with meat and drink 18d .   without meat and drink 2s . 6d .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s . Joyners . Of the best sort with meat and drink 18d .   Without meat and drink 2s . 6d   Of the second sort with meat drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s . Joyners . Of the best sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 10d .   without meat and drink 20d . Carvers . Of the best sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 10d .   Without meat and drink 20d . Bricklayers . Of the best sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 10d .   Without meat and drink 20d . Tylers . Of the best sort with meat and drink 12d .   Without meat and drink 2s .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 10d .   without meat and drink 20d . Thatchers . Of the best sort with meat and drink 8d .   Without meat and drink 18d .   Of the second sort with meat and drink 6d .   Without meat and drink 16d . A paire of Sawyers . With meat and drink 20d .   without meat and drink 3s .
Sawyersworkingbythegreat.   For sawing of Boards by the hundred , for every hundred 3s .   For sawing of slitting work by the hundred , for every hundred 3s .
HusbandmenandHi〈…〉servingbytheYear. Carters , or Drivers Of the best sort 8l .   Of the second sort 6l .   Of the third sort 4l . Hindes , or Husbandmen . Of the best sort 6l .   Of the second sort 4l .   Of the third sort 3l . Gardiners . Of the best sort 8l .   Of the second sort 6l .   Of the third sort 4l . Gardiners working by the day Without meat and drink 2s . 6d .   With meat and drink 18d .   Reaping , binding , & laying in shacks of Wheat or Rie well grown , and not very sore Lidge , by the Acre 6s .   Thrashing and making clean Wheat by the Quarter 2s .   The like for Rie by the Quarter 2s .   The like for Barly by the quarter 14d   The like for Oats and Beans by the Quarter 14d .   For pleshing of a good Quick-Hedge by the Rod 3d .   Making of a Hedge , Ditch , with double Quick-set , the Ditch being 2 foot and an half deep , 4 foot wide at the brim , and one foot wide in the bottom ; for every Pole the workman finding Quick 14d .   The same , the Ditch being two foot deep , 3. foot wide , and less then one foot in the bottom ; for a Pole 12d .   Scowring and paring the Bank of an old Ditch 3d .   Felling and making tall Wood by the Load 12d .   Felling and making Billet by the thousand 2s .   Felling and hewing Colewood by the dozen 20d .   Felling , making and binding of Faggots , and Brush , or Lash Baven by the hundred 2s . 6d .
WomenservingorworkingbytheYear,andbytheDay.   The best Woman Servant by the year 4l .   The second sort 3l .   The third sort 2l .   Women making Hay by the day with meat and drink 6d .   Without meat and drink 12d .   The same for Reaping Corn with meat and drink 6d .   Without meat and drink 12d .   The same for other Harvest Work with meat and drink 6d .   Without meat and drink 12d .