1783 03 01 : Labourers’ wages account

Update on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 6:50PM by Petra Mitchinson

01 Mar 1783. LABOURERS’ WAGES ACCOUNT. A very neat and clean detailed account for wages and hours worked, for the labourers at Edenhall Estate, Cumbria. 8” x 6”. Labourers from 17th. Febry. till 1st. March 1783. No. Labourer No. of Price Received by Wages Days per day £ S D _________________________________________________________________________ 1 John STORY 11½ 14d Ino. STORY’s m Mark - 13 6 2 Ed: NICOLSON 12 18d Ed: NICOLSON’s + Mark - 18 - 3 John POWLEY 12 18d [signed] John POWLEY - 18 - 4 Rd. HETHERINGTON 12 14d [signed] Richd HETHERINGTON - 14 - 5 Jos: WESTMORLAND 12 14 Jos: WESTMORLANDs X Mk - 14 - 6 Tho. RICHARDSON 7½ 7d [signed] Thos. RICHARDSON - 4 4½ 7 Thos. HOW 7 5d [signed] Thos. HOW - 2 11 8 Ino. SANDERSON 12 14 [signed] John SANDERSON - 14 14 9 His Wife 4½ 8 Do. - 3 6 10 Robt. CANNON 10 14 [signed] Robt CANNON - 11 8 11 Geor. ROOKEN 6½ 9 Geor. ROOKENs X Mark - 4 10½ 12 His Daughter 6 7 Do. - 3 6 13 Anne BLAIN 3½ 8 [signed] Ann BLAIN - 2 4 14 Sundry. Persons 6 12 Pd. at Penrith &c - 6 - ——————— 6 10 2 1st. March 1783. Placed to Sir Ph: MUSGRAVEs Accot. Six Pounds ten Shillings and two pence in full for Wages paid to the above Labourers &c. till this day by me [signed] Chrisr. DOBSON