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Wage rates: A list of men employed in His Grace's works at Woburn Abbey, park, woods, plantations etc., taken from the fortnightly journals ending 18 Nov. 1820; additions for 1821-2, 1825. (quarto booklet)

1820-25

From: 1820 To: 1825

P.1 carpenters, joiners, under William Roote 3 bricklayers etc. from George Chapman's jnal. (under Roote) 4 labourers etc. from James Millard's jnal. 5 woodmen & labourers from James Smith's jnal. 9 labourers under Robert Ireland 10 labourers under William Whitbread 12 labourers under George Sinclair in pleasure-ground & Froxfield garden 13 labourers under George Sinclair in kitchen garden 14 Crawley kilns Ru Boughton 14 on farms in hand under Mr. Todd (Park, Speedwell, Prisley, Hundreds) (Nearly 400 names; chief carpenter gets 30s.; joiner 21s.; labourers about 10s. or 11s.; boys less).

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Duke of Bedford,
Roote, William,
Chapman, George,
Millard, James,
Smith, James,
Ireland, Robert,
Whitbread, William,
Sinclair, George,
Boughton, Ru [?],
Todd

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