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 Linen 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.  12 d. 18 d. 10 d. 16 d. 4 l. 10 s. A Master Rough-Mason having three under him 10 d. 17 d. 8 d. 14 d. 3 l. 10 s. Servants and Apprentices above the Age of 14, and under 18, 
Carpenters and Sawvers.  4 d. 10 d. 3 d. 7 d. 30 s. 8 s. A Master Carpenter having four under his Charge 12 d. 18 d. 10 d. 16 d. 4 d. 10 s. Their Journeymen and Servants above 18, and under 24 8 d. 14 d. 6 d. 12 d. 50 s. 8 s. Servants and Apprentices above 14, and under 24 6 d. 12 d. 6 d. 10 d. 24 s. 8 s. A Master Sawyer 10 d. 16 d. 8 d. 14 d. 4 l. 10 s. 10 s. His Labourer 8 d. 14 d. 8 d. 12 d. 4 l. 8 s. Palers' 8 d. 12 d. 8 d. 12 d. 4 l. 10 s. Rivers of Pale and Clap-board and Lath 10 d. 18 d. 8 d. 16 d. 4 l. 10 s. A Mill-wright 12 d. 28 d. 10 d. 16 d.   A Plow-wright and Cart-Wright 10 d. 18 d. 8 d. 16 d.   Cowpers 10 d. 16 d. 6 d. 14 d.   A Master Shipwright having four under him 
Shipwrights.  16 d. 2 s. 12 d. 16 d.   A Hewer or Common Shipwright 10 d. 18 d. 8 d. 14 d.   An able Clencher 10 d. 18 d. 8 d. 14 d.   An able Holder 8 d. 14 d. 7 d. 12 d.   A Master Calker 14 d. 2 s. 10 d. 16 d.   A Calker labouring by Tide 10 d. 18 d. 8 d. 14 d.   A mean Calker 9 d. 16 d. 8 d. 14 d.   A Master joiner or Carver 
joiner and Carver.  10 d. 18 d. 8 d. 16 d. 4 l. 10 s. Servants and Apprentices above 18, and under 24, 8 d. 14 d. 6 d. 12 d. 3 l. 10. 10 s. Servants and Apprentices above 14, and under 24 6 d. 9 d. 5 d. 8 d. 33 s. 4 d. 6 s. A Master Bricklayer and Tyler, 
Bricklayers Tilers, Plasterers, and Shinglers.  Plasterer and Shingler 10 d. 18 d. 8 d. 16 d. 4 l. 10 s. Second Bricklayers, Tilers and Slaters above 16 and under 24 8 d. 16 d. 6 d. 14 d. 2 l. 10 s. Servants and Apprentices above 12, 
Makers of Brick, Tyle, Burners of Lyme, Ashes and Wood  and under 24 6 d. 10 d. 5 d. 8 d.   Makers of Brick and Tyle, Burners of Wood-ashes and Lyme 8 d. 16 d. 6 d. 12 d. 3 l. 10 s. Their Servants and Labourers 6 d. 11 d. 5 d. 10 d. 50 s. 10 s. A Plumber and Glazier 
Plumber and Glazier  10 d. 16 d. 8 d. 14 d.    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 6 d. 10 d. 5 d. 8 d. 30 s. 4 d. 6 s. 4 d. A Master Layer or Thatcher 10 d. 16 d. 8 d. 14 d. 3 l. 10 s. Their Servants 8 d. 13 d. 6 d. 12 d. 50 s. 10 s. Fellers and makers of Wood, 
Common Labourers.  Ditchers, Hedgers, and Thresher's, and all common Labourers; the time of Harvest excepted 8 d. 14 d. 6 d. 12 d. 3 l. 5 s. 10 s. Gardeners 
Gardeners.  8 d. 16 d. 7 d. 12 d. 3 l. 10 s. Scavelmen or Marsh-men 10 d. 18 d. 8 d. 15 d. 3 l. 10 s.  The Man Haymaker 8 d. 12 d.     The Woman Haymaker 5 d. 10 d.     Weeders of Corn 4 d. 9 d.     Mowers of Corn and Grass 10 d. 18 d.     A Fallower 6 d. 15 d.     The Man-Reaper 
Reapers.  12 d. 22 d.     The Woman-Reaper. 8 d. 14 d.     The best Servant Clothier being Journeyman 
Clothiers, with other men of Science or occupation     3 l. 10 s. 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 3 l. 16 s. The second Journeyman Weaver and Clothier 30 s. 8 d. A Journeyman Kember in Coxall above the Age of 24, 
Kimbers.  kembing and drawing every day 5 l. warp 2 l. 10 s. Householders their kembing or drawing by Task for every Warp with meat and drink 6 d.   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 50 s. 10 s. Tailors and Hosiers 8 d. 14 d. 6 d. 12 d. 50 s. 10 s. Shoemakers, Cutlers, Smiths, Farriers, Saddlers, Spurriers, Tanners, Cooper's 50 s. 10 s. Millers, Bakers, Brewers, Butchers and Cooks 50 s. 10 s. The second sort of the said Artificers 50 s. 8 s. Loaders of Corn and Meal to London 4 l. 10 s. Knackers, Coller-makers, Armourers 9 d. 18 d. 8 d. 14 d. 6 l.  A Bailiff of Husbandry taking charge, 
Servants of Husbandry.  and able to discharge the same 5 l. 10 s. A Chief Hind, the best Ploughman, Carter, Shepherd or Neatherd 4 l10 s. 10 s. The second Hind, Carter, or Servants in Husbandry 3 l. 10 s. 10 s. Apprentice at Husbandry at Meat Drink and Clothes   The best Woman-Servant being a Cook able to take charge of a Household 50 s.  The Second Woman Servant 40 s.  A Dairy-maid, or Wash-maid 45 s.  A Chambermaid 45 s.   

Artificers and Laborers by Task, or in Great, without Meat and Drink.  THe mowing of one Acre of grass after land measure 
Mowers and Haymakers  20 d. 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 3 s. 4 d. The reaping or shearing of an Acre of Barley and Bullymong, binding and shocking 2 s. 6 d. The reaping, well binding and shocking of an Acre of Oats 2 s. 6 d. The reaping and well binding of an Acre of Beans 3 s. 8 d. The making of an Acre of Pease, Fitches and Tares 21 d. The Mowing of an Acre of Barley or Oats 
Mowing of Corn.  14 d. The follower making Bands, Raking, and laying the same 12 d. 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 hedge upon it after the rate of 16 foot and half to the Rod with gathering Sets for the same 14 d. The making of a Rod of ditch of like breadth and depth without Quick 6 d. The plashing of every Rod of Quickhedge. 2 d. The making of a Rod of an usual Hedge, the Stuff laid by 2 d. The felling of every Load of Bushes 16 d. The making of an hundred of Faggots, 
Felling and making wood.  Double hand 2 s. 6 d. Single band 20 d. The making of a thousand of Billet 18 d. The making a load of Talewood 8 d. The making of a load of Pole or other wood 6 d. The making of a hundred of Broom or Furz Faggots 22 d. Wheat and Rye the Quarter 
Threshing and Fowning.  22 d. Barley and Oats the Quarter 10 d. Beans, Pease, Bully 'mong and Tares 10 d. Plank the Hundred (viz.) 
Sawing.  six score 2 s. 6 d. Board the Hundred 2 s. 6 d, Slitting work the hundred 2 s. 6 d. Lath the hundred 
Riving.  4 d. Pale the hundred 12 d. Clap-board the hundred 4 s. 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 rail, after the rate of 16 foot and half to the Pole. 2 s. The making of a Plough all new with Meat and Drink 
Cartwrights.  1 s. 6 d. The Body of a Plough with Meat and Drink 10 d. The Heading or Bodying of a Plough with the handle with Meat and Drink 12 d. The making of a pair of Cart-wheels finding himself 8 s. The hewing of all the Stuff of the Body of a Cart finding himself 20 d. The making of the Body of a Cart finding himself 3 s 6 d. The hewing of every Gang of Fellies which contain 12 for wheels 1 s. 4 d. The Setting on of a Felly finding himself 8 d. The hewing and Riving of every Gang of spoak-tymber, the Gang containing 251 s. The felling, 
Making of Coals.  cutting, and blocking of a Dozen Coals, every Coal containing 24 Sacks and every Sack 4 Bushels 2 s. 4 d. The making of a Dozen of Coals 2 s. 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 2 s. 6 d. The striking, drying and setting on pillar every thousand Tile without Meat and Drink 10 d. The whiting and nealing of every M. Tyle without Meat and Drink 12 d.  
Place this between Fol. 240. and 241.  
This is the Order of Rates for the Wages of Artificers, Labourers, and Servants.