From: A Declaration of the State of the Colony and Affaires
in VIRGINIA, by Henry Briggs, London, 1622, republished by
Da Capo Press, NY, 1970.
The following list, reproduced from a chart added onto the
end of Mr Briggs book, was meant as a guide for prospective colonists.
This list reminds me of the ton of supplies required to be brought
to the Klondike in the Gold Rush of the 19th C.
While I will not pretend that this list is an accurate picture
of what a small landholder actually possessed in England of the
Early 17thC it does give an idea of what Mr Briggs thought they
should own.
Do not blame me for the inaccuracies of the math. I have reproduced
the numbers as they are given on the chart.
My apologies to those whose web browsers do not support tables
but to reproduce the chart as accurately as possible requires
that I use them.
Apparrell for
one man, and
so after the
rate for more. |
Apparrell.
|
li. |
s. |
d. |
| One Monmouth Cap |
00 |
01 |
10 |
| Three falling bands |
-- |
01 |
03 |
| Three shirts |
-- |
07 |
06 |
| One waste-coate |
-- |
02 |
02 |
| One suite of Canuase |
-- |
07 |
06 |
| One suite of Frize |
-- |
10 |
00 |
| One suite of Cloth |
-- |
15 |
00 |
| Three paire of Irish stockins |
-- |
04 |
-- |
| Foure paire of shooes |
-- |
08 |
08 |
| One paire of garters |
-- |
00 |
10 |
| One doozen of points |
-- |
00 |
03 |
| One paire of Canuase sheets |
-- |
08 |
00 |
Seven ells of Canuase, to make a bed and boulster, to be
filled in Virginia 8.s.
One Rug for a bed 8.s. which with the bed seruing for two men
hake is |
-- |
08 |
00 |
Fiue ells coorse Canuase, to make a bed at Sea for two men,
to be filled with straw, iiij.s.
One coorse Rug at Sea for two men, will cost vj.s. is for one |
-- |
05 |
00 |
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
04 |
00 |
00 |
|
For a family
of 6. persons
and so after
the rate for
more. |
Tooles.
|
li. |
s. |
d. |
| Fiue Broad howes at 2.s. a piece |
-- |
10 |
-- |
| Fiue narrow howes at 16.d. a piece |
-- |
06 |
08 |
| Two broad Axes at 3.s. 8.d. a piece |
-- |
07 |
04 |
| Fiue felling Axes at 18.d. a piece |
-- |
07 |
06 |
| Two steele hand sawes at 16.d. a piece |
-- |
02 |
08 |
| Two two-hand-sawes at 5.s. a piece |
-- |
10 |
-- |
| One whip-saw, set and filed with box, file, and wrest |
-- |
10 |
-- |
| Two hammers 12.d. a piece |
-- |
02 |
00 |
| Three shouels 18.d. a piece |
-- |
04 |
06 |
| Two spades at 18.d. a piece |
-- |
03 |
-- |
| Two augers 6.d. a piece |
-- |
01 |
00 |
| Sixe chissels 6.d. a piece |
-- |
03 |
00 |
| Two percers stocked 4.d. a piece |
-- |
00 |
08 |
| Three gimlets 2.d. a piece |
-- |
00 |
06 |
| Two hatchets 21.d. a piece |
-- |
03 |
06 |
| Two froues to cleaue pale 18.d. |
-- |
03 |
00 |
| Two hand bills 20. a piece |
-- |
03 |
04 |
| One grindlestone 4.s. |
-- |
04 |
00 |
| Nailes of all sorts to the value of |
02 |
00 |
-- |
| Two Pickaxes |
-- |
03 |
-- |
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
06 |
02 |
08 |
|
For a whole
yeere for one
man, and so
for more after
the rate. |
Victuall.
| Eight bushels of Meale |
20 |
00 |
00 |
| Two bushels of pease at 3.s. |
-- |
06 |
00 |
| Two bushels of Oatemeale 4.s. 6.d. |
-- |
09 |
00 |
| One gallon of Aquauitae |
-- |
02 |
06 |
| One gallon of Oyle |
-- |
03 |
06 |
| Two gallons of Vineger I.s. |
-- |
02 |
00 |
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
03 |
03 |
-- |
|
For a family
of 6. persons
and so for
more or lesse
after the rate. |
Household Implements.
| One Iron Pot |
00 |
07 |
-- |
| One kettle |
-- |
06 |
-- |
| One large frying-pan |
-- |
02 |
06 |
| One gridiron |
-- |
01 |
06 |
| Two skillets |
-- |
05 |
-- |
| One spit |
-- |
02 |
-- |
| Platters, dishes, spoones of wood |
-- |
04 |
-- |
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
01 |
08 |
00 |
|
For one man,
but if halfe of
your men
have armour
it is sufficient
so that all
have Peeces
and swords. |
Armes.
| One Armour compleat, light |
-- |
17 |
00 |
| One long Peece, fiue foot or fiue and a halfe, neere musket
bore |
01 |
02 |
-- |
| One sword |
-- |
05 |
-- |
| One belt |
-- |
01 |
-- |
| One badaleere |
-- |
01 |
06 |
| twenty pound of powder |
-- |
18 |
00 |
| Sixty pound of shot or lead, Pistoll and Goose shot |
-- |
05 |
00 |
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
03 |
09 |
06 |
|
| For Sugar, Spice, and fruit, and at Sea for 6. men. |
00 |
12 |
06 |
| So the full charge of Apparrell, Victual, Armes, Tooles,
and household stuffe, and after this rate for each person, will
amount vnto about the summe of |
12 |
10 |
-- |
| The passage of each man is |
06 |
00 |
-- |
| The fraight of these prouisions for a man, will bee about
halfe a Tun, which is |
01 |
10 |
-- |
| So the whole charge will amount to about |
20 |
00 |
00 |
|
Nets, bookes, lines, and a tent must be added, if the number
of people be greater, as also some kine.
And this is the vsuall proportion that the Virginia
Company doe bestow vpon thier Tenants which they send.
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