Hello Gentle Spiders, I know monetary exchange sights have been discussed and posted before but I didn't save the postings. I have just purchased the new book on The Laces of Ipswich and there is reference to the cost of laces and the threads. I would like to 'get it in my head' how these prices relate to today. Also how many: pence in a shilling, shilling in a pound. The passage that generated these questions goes -
"Mr. Dodge was making a note to remind himself that lace was owed to him as payment for the debt. What is even more interesting about this entry is that the gentleman purchasing the chintz needed five weeks to return with the lace in hand. In all likelihood he needed the five weeks for the women in his household to produce the lace to pay the debt. The cost of the chintz was one pound, three shillings, four pence. This would have been a comfortable debt to pay with lace valued at approximately eighteen shillings per yard." So far the book is meeting my expectations and I am only up to page 18. Any help with this would be appreciated. Lorri Ferguson - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
