GOLD1350
year's food for one adult

How much did a year's food cost in 1350?

The record: £2 a year, about 1380.

About $5,800 in today's gold

240 days of a farm labourer's pay.

A groom was fed for 1d a day, a yeoman for 3d; board of a loaf and a gallon of ale a day cost about £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, dear: months of work for a farm labourer.

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