Repository | Cheshire Record Office |
Level | Sub-section |
Reference | ZQAA |
Title | Assessments: Wage Rates |
Date | 1575 |
Description | Justices of the peace had a statutory responsibility to fix the wage rates for servants and labourers each year. Four rates are given in this assessment:wages by the year with or without meat and drink; and wages by the day with or without meat and drink. |
Extent | 1 volume |
Related Material | A wage assessmentfor 1597 has been preserved amongst the mayors' letters (ML/1/108). QAA/1 has been published in 'Cheshire Sheaf', 3rd series, volume. 58, 1963, nos.11047-48 |