Price of food in the valley in the reign Elizabeth 1

Best butter 21/2d old pennies or 3d for per lb.

Beef was 1 1/2d per lb.

Eggs were 12 a penny.

Six chickens cost 15d

Pig 12d

Duck 5d (goose 4 times as much)

Craftsmen and labour 14th Century

Carpenter 3d per day (as per a mason)

Plumber and labourer 5d per day.

Ploughman 1d per week plus board and lodging.

Food in the 14th Century

A bull calf 12d

A ewe 16d

A hog 5s

A suckling pig 4d

Bull or milch cow 10s

Heifer 7s

Cheese 1/2d a lb

Butter 1/2d a lb

Salt 10d a lb (a luxury)

A cart 10s

A wagon 1s

Wine cost 53s 4d a hogshead (34 Gallons)