GOLD1350
year at Oxford

How much did a year at Oxford cost in 1350?

The record: £8 10s 8d, 1374.

About $25,000 in today's gold

4 years of a farm labourer's pay.

Board, clothing and instruction for a well-born student; a poor scholar managed on £2–£3. Source

Who could buy it

The lowest paid on each ladder of 1350 whose pay was enough:

On a day's pay

On a week's pay

On a month's pay

In other words, out of a farm labourer's reach: more than a whole year of his pay.

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