A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1911.
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'Social and economic history: Appendix 2', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton, (London, 1911) pp. 104-108. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol2/pp104-108 [accessed 25 April 2024]
APPENDIX II
| Year | Carpenters | Tylers | Thatchers | ||||
| Rogers' (fn. 1) Average | Rogers' Highest Price | Middlesex Wage | Rogers' Highest Price | Middlesex Wage | Rogers' Average | Middlesex Wage | |
| 1273–4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2d.–21/8d. | Edgeware,2d. |
| 1278–9 | — | — | — | — | — | 25/8d.–2¼d. 3d.–4½d.(with man) | Edgeware, 4½d. (with man) |
| 1300–1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2½d.–2d. 3¼d. (with man) | Teddington, 3½d. (with man) |
| 1311–12 | — | — | — | — | — | 25/8d.–3¼d. | Teddington, 3d. |
| 1314–15 | 3d.–37/8d. | 4d.–5d. | Isleworth, 4d. & 5d. | 5¾d.–7d. (with help) | Isleworth, 4d. | 3½d.–4d. | Isleworth, 4d. |
| 1320–1 | 3¾d. | 5d. | Isleworth, 4d. | — | — | 2¾d.–3½d. | Isleworth, 4d. |
| 1324–5 | 3½d. | 5d. | 10½d. a week | 5d. (with help) | 4d. (with man) | 3½d. | 2d. |
| 1335–6 | 33/8d. | 4d. | Teddington, 3½d. | 6d.–7d. (with help) | Teddington, 3d. | — | — |
| 1349–50 | 41/8d.–4¼d. | 5d.–7d. | Teddington, 4d. | — | — | 37/8d.–3¼d. 5d.–6d. (with man) | Paddington, 9d. (with man) |
| 1350–1 | 4¼d.–33/8d. | 7d.–4d. | Teddington, 6d. | — | — | — | — |
| 1351–2 | 4d. | 9d. (with man) | Isleworth, 6d. Teddington, 6d. & 4d. | 4d. | Isleworth, 7d. (with boy) | 3d.–3½d. 63/8d. (with man) | Isleworth, 7d. (with boy) Teddington, 3½d. |
| 1384–5 | 5d.–4¾d. | 5d.–6d. | Isleworth, 6d. | — | — | 4d. | Isleworth, 4d. |
| 1407–8 | 4¼d.–5¾d. | 5½d.–6d. | Sutton, 5d. (without food) | — | — | 4d.–5¼d. | Sutton, 5d. (without food) |
| 1433–4 | 5½d.–6d. | 6d.–8½d. | Harmondsworth, 6d. | — | — | — | — |
| 1434–5 | 5¾d. | 8½d. | Sawyer, 6d. Carpenter, 5d. | — | — | — | — |
| 1439–40 | 6d.–5¾d. | 7½d.–7d. | 6d. | 6d.–8d. | 6d. | 5d. | — |
Assessment Of Wages For The County Of Middlesex, Charles II
Artificers by the year, £10 12s.; second sort, £6 8s. Husbandmen, carters, and drivers: First sort, £8; second sort, £6; third sort, £4. Women servants, £4, £3, and £2.
Reports To Board Of Agriculture, 1794
Labourers, 1s. 6d. to 1s. 8d. a day; handy workmen near London, 2s. winter and summer.
Thrashing barley and oats, 2s. 6d. a quarter; wheat, 4s.
Common labourers by the week, 12s. to 8s.; 15s. at harvest time. Women, 5s. and 6s.
Rents in Middlesex vary a good deal from holding to holding, but the most usual rent for one virgate is 5s. (4s.–7s. 6d.) and for half a virgate 2s. 6d. (2s.) from the time of Henry III to Henry VI.