Eastriding in the county of york.  
A Certificate of the rate and appointment of the several wages for artificers, handicraftmen, husbandmen, labourers, seruants, workmen and apprentices of husbandry, within the Eastriding of the county of york, made and agreed vpon by John Hotham, Marmaduke Grimstone, Robert Constable, John Gaite, John Alrede, lancelot Alford, and John Readman Esquires, Iustices of peace within the Eastriding of the said county, at the general Sessions of peace holden before us at Dripoole, within the said county, the xxvi. day of April, in the xxxv. year of the reign of our most gracious sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God queen of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. according to the tenor and form of the act of Parliament in such case lately provided, as followeth.  

Seruants and Artificers of husbandry.  
bailiff of husbandry, that in these parts is called an ouerman, that is hired with a gentleman, or rich yeoman that doth not labour himself, but putteth his whole charge to his seruants, shall not take by the year for his wages with meat & drink, about xxxiii. s. iiii. d. and a livery, or vi. s. viii. d. for the same.  
A chief seruant of a husbandman that overseeth his seruants, and the chief shepherd or feoman of or to a gentleman, shall not take for his wages with meate and drink, above xxvi. s. viii. d. and a livery, or vi. s. viii. d. for the same.  
A Milner that is skilful in mending of hir Mill, shal haue by year xxvi. s. viii. d and a livery, or vi. s. viii. d. for the same.  
A seruant in husbandry that can mow or plough well, shall not take for his wages by year with meat and drink, above xxiii. s. iiii. d. and a livery, or vi. s. viii. d. for the same. And every other common seruant in husbandry, shall not take by year above xx. s. and v. s. for a livery.  
A young man between the age of xii. and xviii. yeeres, shall not take by the year with meat and drink, above xvi. s. and no livery.  
A woman seruant that taketh charge of brewing, baking, kitchen, milkehouse or malting, that is hired with a gentleman or rich yeoman, whose wife doth not take the pains and charge vpon her, shall not take wages by year, with meate and drink, above xvi. s. livery, iiii. s.  
A woman seruant that serveth an husbandman or feeman, or any other woman seruant shall not take by the year with meat and drink, above xiii. s. iiii. d and a livery, or iii. s. iiii. d. for the same.   

harvest work.  
A mower of grass or corn shall not take by the day with meat and drink, above iiii. d. without meat and drink, x. d.  
A shearer or bindeer of corn shall not take by the day with meat and drink, above ii. d. without meat and drink, v. d.  
No man shall take for the mowing of an acre of med●w, without meat and drink, above x. d. and for mowing of an acre of corn without meat and drink, viii. d.  
A haymaker, weeder, or looker of corn, shall not take by the day with meate and drink, above i. d. without meate and drink, not above iiii. d.  
A master tailor that shall make gentlemen or gentlewomen their apparel shall not take by the day above iiii. d. and other common tailers, not above ii. d. with meat and drink.   

Labourers of husbandry.  
every common labourer for ditching, paling, railing, hedging, threshing, & other common labourers, from the feast of all Saints, to the first of March, shal not take for wages by the day with meat and drink, above i. d. ob. and without meat and orinke, not above iiii. d. and from the first of March until the feast of all Saints, not above ii. d. by the day with meate and drink, and without meat and drink, not above. v. d.  
Threshing of a quarter of hard corn, not above viii. d. for a quarter of pease or beans, not above v. d. for a quarter of barley, not above iiii. d. a quarter of oats, not above iii. d. ob. without meat and drink.  
No man shall take for casting or setting of any ditch, having the quick wood ready laid beside him which ditch is no more then one yard and three quarters of a yard broad, and an ell deep, above iii. d. for every rod, and when the ditch is bigger or lesser, more or less, according to the quantity and rate.  
No man that scoureth two good graftes with a spade in a ditch shall take for one rod scouring above i. ob. and if he take there grafts, ii. d. and not above.  
No man shall take for making of a rough dry ston wall, having the ston laid by him, which wall is one yard and a half high, and half a yard thick, above xii. d. a rod, without meat and drink.   

Artificers and handicraftmen.  
A master Mason that taketh the charge of a mans building, having under him or them, one, two, or three men, that haue been two or three yeeres at the occupation, shall not take for wages for himself by the day at any time of the year, with meate and drink, above vi. d. and without meate and drink, not above x. d. and for every one that worketh under him, he shall not take by the day with meat and drink from the feast of Saint Michael the archangel to the xxv. day of March, not above iii. d. and without meat & drink, not above viii. d and from the xxv. of March until the feast of S. Michael the archangel, with meat & drink, not above iiii. d. & without meat & drink, not above viii. d.  
A master carpenter who taketh charge of building, that hath one, two or three men under him that haue been two yeeres at the science shal not take for wages by the day without meat and drink, not above x. d. and with meate and drink, above iiii. d.  
A Mason or other carpenter that hath but one man or none, and that are not master of a charge or of a building, but of other work, a showing, squaring, w●lling, or such like, or plumber, glazier, limeburner, couper, brickm●ker, thatchers, turners, bricklayers, scl●ters, ●nd tilers, shal not take by the day for wages with meate and drink from thee the Annunciation of our Lady until Michaelmas above iiii. d. and without meat and drink, above viii. d. and from the feast of Saint Michael the archangel until the feast of the Annunciation of our Lady, with meat and drink, not above iii. d. and without meat and drink, not above vii. d. except Thatchers, who may take iiii. d. by the day throughout the whole yee●e with meate and drink.  
A shipcarpenter shall not take for his wages by the day from the Annunciation of our Lady, until the feast of Saint Michael with meate and drink, above vi. d. and without meat and drink, not above x. d. & from the feast of S●int Michael until the Lady day in Lent, not above iiii. d. with meate and drink, and without, not above viii. d.  
A clincher shal not take for his wages by the day, from the Lady day in Lent until Michaelm●s with meat & drink, not above iiii. d. and without, not above vi. d. and from the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel until the Annunciation of our Lady not above iii. d. by the day with meate and drink, and without, not above vii. d.  
I holder shal not take for his wages by the day from the Annunciation of our Lady, until the feast of Saint Michael with meat and drink, not above iii. d. and without, not above vi. d. and from the feast of Saint Michael, until the Annunciation of our Lady, not above ii. d. by the day with meat & drink, and without meat & drink, not above. vi. d.  
All which said wages and liveries by us the said Iustices ranted in form aforesaid, we having consideration to the prices of all maner of victual, and other necessaries in these North parts do think indifferent and meet to continue within the Eastriding of the said county of york, for the year next to come.  
1593. july. 30. 
 God save the queen.    

Imprinted at London by the Deputies of CHRISTOPHER BARKER, Printer of the queens most excellent majesty.