Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776: June 2011 (Sixth) EditionReilly, S. A.
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Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776: June 2011 (Sixth) Edition
Reilly, S. A.
Law -- England -- History
The wage ceiling for servants is: bailiff of agriculture 23s.4d. per
year, and clothing up to 5s., with meat and drink; chief peasant, a
carter, chief shepherd 20s. and clothing up to 4s., with meat and drink;
common servant of agriculture 15s., and clothing up to 3s.4d.; woman
servant 10s., and clothing up to 4s., with meat and drink; infant under
fourteen years 6s., and clothing up to 3s., with meat and drink. Such as
deserve less or where there is a custom of less, that lesser amount
shall be given.
For laborers at harvest time: mower 4d. with meat and drink or 6d.
without; reaper or carter: 3d. with or 5d. without; woman laborer and
other laborers: 2d with and 4d. without.
The ceiling wage rate for craftsmen per day is: free mason or master
carpenter 4d. with meat and drink or 5d. without; master tiler or
slater, rough mason, and mesne [intermediary] carpenter and other
artificiers in building 3d. with meat and drink or 4d. without; every
other laborer 2d. with meat and drink or 3d. without. In winter the
respective wages were less: mason category: 3d. with or 4d. without;
master tiler category: 2d. with or 4d. without; others: 1d. with or 3d.
without meat and drink.
Any servant of agriculture who is serving a term with a master and
covenants to serve another man at the end of this term and that other
man shall notify the master by the middle of his term so he can get a
replacement worker. Otherwise, the servant shall continue to serve the
first master.
No man or woman may put their son or daughter to serve as an apprentice
in a craft within any borough, but may send the child to school, unless
he or she has land or rent to the value of 20s. per year.This was
because of scarcity of laborers and other servants of agriculture.
No laborer may be hired by the week.
Masons may no longer congregate yearly, because it has led to violation
of the statute of laborers.
No games may be played by laborers because they lead to [gambling and]
murders and robberies.
Apparel worn must be appropriate to one's status to preserve the
industry of agriculture. The following list of classes shows the lowest
class, which could wear certain apparel:
1. Lords - gold cloth, gold corses, sable fur, purple silk
2. Knights - velvet, branched satin, ermine fur
3. Esquires and gentlemen with possessions to the value of 800s. per
year, daughters of a person who has possessions to the value of 2,000s.
a year damask, silk, kerchiefs up to 5s. in value.
4. Esquires and gentlemen with possessions to the yearly value of 800s.
40 pounds - fur of martron or letuse, gold or silver girdles, silk corse
not made in the nation, kerchief up to 3s.4d in value
5. Men with possessions of the yearly value of 40s. excluding the above
three classes - fustian, bustian, scarlet cloth in grain
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