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A History of the County of Leicester
… from his scanty earnings as the most expert and skilful workman'. 28 Two abuses arose from the system of frame … to him the advantages brought by the middlemen: If every workman had a separate account with the warehouse as they … labour. Beyond that, if it were to be adopted, and every workman were to come to the warehouse, the detail of it would …
A History of the County of Leicester
… forward his candidate, Joseph Burgess, editor of the Workman's Times, who claimed an intimate knowledge of the …
A History of the County of Leicester
… in 1778 it was said that the average net earnings of a workman, after frame rent and minor charges had been … 4 s. or 5 s. for a dozen worsted gloves, and that a workman of moderate skill could make two dozen a week. 248 … depressed. In 1830 it was said that a very industrious workman could make 2 dozen hoseapparently wrought hosea week, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
Survey of London Monograph
… from the Chapter Book and the accounts. In February 1671 a workman was to be engaged in laying the foundations. In April …
The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds etc.
… 22. Agreed that Hugh Pye, freemason, for that he is a good workman, shall have his franchise for 25 s. and the officers' …
The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds etc.
… about conduits, and the city being in want of such a workman, be for his trial set on work about the conduit, and … of money, and that Morcroft thereupon engaged a skilful workman to carry out the work; but that in consequence of this workman's death, and the sickness and old age of Morcroft, …
The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, etc.
… John Okes, of Beckley, glassmaker, said that he, being a workman in the glass-house at Beckley knew what glasses …
The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, etc.
… gard, and well knowen to be a very good and ingenious workman about the amendinge of waterworkes and havens" has, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… spies, or "intelligencers." He was, probably, an under-workman in the employ of Mr. Mordaunt, whose industry in …