It will be seen that wages rose slowly before 1632, and then began to rise at a much more rapid rate, and that the wages of unskilled labour rose almost as much during the decade 1633 to 1642 as during the ten years in which the war was conducted.
[731] There were four clerks under the Town Clerk whose duties were defined in 1537. The youngest of these was to enter into the Journals acts of Common Council, degrees, proclamations and precepts and all other things necessary for the business of the City. Repertory ix. f. 251 b. quoted by Dr Sharpe, "Calendar of Letters from the Mayor and Corporation of the City of London 1350 to 1370." Intro. p. xxiv. seq.
[732] 14 Eliz. c. 5. See above, pp. 70, 97.
[733] The "Maioris Bocke for the Pore" and a second large book at Norwich entitled "The Booke for the Poore," have been already described. See note, p. 102.
[734] From "names" down to "weekelye" is written with a different ink from the rest of the entry and was apparently inserted at another time.
[735] A space is left in the manuscript.
[736] From "In" to "weekelye" is written in another ink.
[737] See above, pp. 89, 90.
[738] See above, p. 86.
[739] See above, p. 119.