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WAGES ASSESSMENTS.
| County. | Reference. |
|---|---|
| Buckingham | Hamilton, A. H. A., Quarter Sessions Records from Queen Eliz. to Queen Anne. |
| Cardigan | Dyson, Humfrey, Proclamations of Queen Elizabeth. G6463 (331b.). |
| Chester | Harleian MSS., 2054 (3) f. 5 2b. |
| Derbyshire | Cox, J. C., Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals. |
| Devonshire | Hamilton, A. H. A., Quarter Sessions Record. |
| Dorsetshire | Sussex Archeological Collections, Vol. I., p. 75. |
| Essex | Ruggles, Thomas, History of the Poor, pp. 123-5. 1027 i. 1. |
| Gloucestershire | Rogers, J. E. Thorold, History of Agriculture and Prices. Vol. VI., p. 694. |
| Hertfordshire | Hardy, W. J., Hertford County Records. |
| Kent | Rogers, J. E. T., History of Agriculture and Prices. Vol. VII., p. 623. |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | Dyson, Humfrey, Proclamations. G6463 (77). |
| Lancashire | Rogers, J. E. T., History of Agriculture and Prices. Vol. VI., p. 689. |
| Lincolnshire | Hist. MSS. Com., Duke of Rutland, Vol. I., p. 460. |
| London | Lord Mayor’s Proclamations. 21 h. 5 (61). |
| Middlesex | Hardy, W. J., Middlesex County Records. |
| Norfolk | English Historical Review, Vol. XIII., p. 522. |
| Rutland | Archeologia, Vol. XI., pp. 200-7. |
| St. Albans | Gibbs, Corporation Records. |
| Somerset | Somerset Quarter Sessions Records. |
| Suffolk | Cullum, Sir John., History of Hawstead. |
| Warwickshire | Archeologia, Vol. XI., p. 208. |
| Wiltshire | Hist. MSS. Com. Var. Coll., Vol. I., p. 163. |
| Worcestershire | Hist. MSS. Com. Var. Coll., Vol. I., p. 323. |
| Yorkshire: East Riding | Rogers, J. E. T., History of Agriculture and Prices, Vol. VI., p. 686. |
| Yorkshire: North Riding | Atkinson, J. C., Yorkshire, North Riding Quarter Sessions Records, Vols. VI. and VII. |
FOOTNOTES
[1]. The term “individual wages” is used here to denote wages paid either to men or women as individuals, and regarded as belonging to the individual person, while “family wages” are those which cover the services of the whole family and belong to the family as a whole. This definition differs from the common use of the terms, but is necessary for the explanation of some important points. In ordinary conversation “individual wages” indicate those which maintain an individual only, while “family wages” are those upon which a family lives. This does not imply a real difference in the wages, as the same amount of money can be used to support one individual in comfort or a family in penury. In modern times the law recognises a theoretic obligation on the part of a man to support his children, but has no power to divert his wages to that purpose. His wages are in fact recognised as his individual property. The position of the family was very different in the seventeenth century.