These books were a help to me in understanding more about ancestors, right back to my 10x great grandfather and how he lived in the late 1500s.
George Taytt (Tait) was a bowyer (and a burgess of Perth) in Scotland in 1570. Although these are prices in England, it gives me a rough idea, and also how it compared to other craftsmen. Turning to the pages for Prices of Labour and 1570-71, and the cities were all the same, a bowyer gets 1/- (or 1 shilling) for a day's work.
There are indexes in the back, one for names of places and a general index. Also information on currency and weights and measures. The beginning of each section tells you how to read the charts.
This is an example of yearly wages, set down by the justices of peace in 1610 at Rutland, Oakham (between Nottingham and Peterborough)...
Relevant links
A history of agriculture and prices in England 1259-1793
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