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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… It cannot conveniently be till after summer circuit and harvest. Pp. 3. Endd. S.P. Ireland 363, 65. 22 Sept. Farnham. …
Magna Britannia
… into this part of the island, lead us to expect a rich harvest of antiquities in Cornwall. The rude monuments of the …
Memorials of the Guild of Merchant Taylors
… again afore Midsummer, lest they should be hurt by the harvest men, and for hanging them up again after Midsummer, 6 …
Acts & Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland
… of mercatts, or labouring, speciallie in the tyme of harvest: And as they find in the premisses, to take ordour … places, especiallie be distractioun of labour, not only in harvest and seid tyme, bot also every Sabboth, be sisching …
Journal of the House of Lords
… of the Highways. Have you any Want of Hands during the Harvest? I think there is no Want. Have any Irish Labourers … with the Circumstance of the Irish attending to do the Harvest Work, and I desired them to speak nothing but the … Marks affixed. Three of them stated, "that during the late Harvest, and in some Degree during several preceding …
Journal of the House of Lords
… 8 0 Labourers Wages by Day, at 2 s. per Man 132 16 4 Ditto Harvest Work, Thrashing, and other Task Work 132 16 5 411 7 3 … Board 62 8 0 Labourers Wages by Day 2 s. 128 10 6 Ditto Harvest Work, Thrashing, and other Task Work 129 1 1 Draining … plashing Hedges, hoeing Turnips, working Hop Ground, Harvest Work, and mowing Stubble, and for other Work by the …
Journal of the House of Lords
… and Summer, with an additional 20 s. or 40 s. for the Harvest Months, was the common Price. Other Labourers may … into Work. What does an able-bodied Man earn in the Harvest Months generally? I think he will earn from 4 l. to 5 … Years every where, both on the Downs and in the Weald. The Harvest of the Year before last was one of the most expensive …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Employment for your Population? Not at all; not even in Harvest. We had Men that were doing nothing this Harvest but working on the Road. Has there been any …
Journal of the House of Lords
… the Farmers, but are employed during the Haytime and the Harvest, when they are sure to find Work; and at the End of …
Journal of the House of Lords
… answer. If by that are intended the Persons employed in Harvest, there may be a Hundred one Day, and very few the … at a lesser Rate of Wages. A Shilling a Day during the Harvest, which commonly lasts about Thirty Days, and … when they have it, it is supplied by the Master in Harvest Time; but it is not very much which is given to them. …