|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prices:Price of the Quartern Loaf according to the Assize of Bread in London,
1812.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Month |
Shillings
|
Pence
|
| January |
1
|
5
|
| February |
1
|
4
|
| March |
1
|
5 ¼
|
| April |
1
|
6 ¾
|
| May |
1
|
6 ½
|
| June |
1
|
7
|
| July |
1
|
8
|
| August |
1
|
8
|
| September |
1
|
8
|
| October |
1
|
7 ¼
|
| November |
1
|
6 ½
|
| December |
1
|
6 ½
|
| Average |
1
|
6 ½ +
|
Note: Quartern Loaf: A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (G & C. Merriam Co., 1913,
edited by Noah Porter)
From T.R. Malthus "A Sketch of the State of Ireland, Past and Present" Edinburgh Review, July 1808.
"In England, at present, reckoning labour at ten shillings a week, the quartern loaf at a shilling, and allowing a half peck loaf a week to each individual, the earnings of a single man will support, on bread alone, five persons. With his weekly wages he will be able to purchase 43 pounds 7ounces of bread, his usual nourishment."
Source: The Annual Register, or, A View of the History, Politics,
and Literature for the Year 1812 London : Printed by R. Wilks for
W. Otridge and Sons, etal. (Publisher varies by year.) Published for
the years 1758-1837 in 80 vols.; illus., maps; 21-23 cm. Alternate titles
for some years include: Annual Register, or, a View of the History
and Politics of the Year... and New Annual Register, or General
Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year...
Succeeded by: Annual Register of World Events.
© Copyright 1995-2003, The Napoleon Series, All Rights Reserved.