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1. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk › currency-converterCurrency converter: 1270–2017 - The National Archives

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   Try our online currency converter and find out how many animals, stones of wool and quarters of wheat you can buy, and how much you could earn. The result of the calculation is intended to be...

   • Living in The 17th Century

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   • Living in The 14th Century

     Imports drained the economy of silver until the private...

2. blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk › 2013/04/10Lamplighters in British Newspapers – Blog #11 by Edmund King

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   Apr 10, 2013 · There are numerous reports of lamplighters in British newspapers. In an age of sinecures, awarded to allies of the monarch, the sinecure of chief lamplighter to his Majesty (George II) was worth 500 pounds per annum. Stamford Mercury – Thursday 22 February 1739 page 2 col. 2.

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6. blogs.bl.uk › free-to-view-online-newspapersFree to view online newspapers - The Newsroom blog

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   Aug 9, 2021 · The ‘free to view’ solution keeps the successful model in place, while making a significant and varied selection of titles freely available to all, to view and to download, without charge. There are 158 titles on offer, ranging from 1720 to 1880. The latter date is significant.

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   How much was a lamplighter worth in 1739?

   • There are numerous reports of lamplighters in British newspapers. In an age of sinecures, awarded to allies of the monarch, the sinecure of chief lamplighter to his Majesty (George II) was worth 500 pounds per annum. Stamford Mercury – Thursday 22 February 1739 page 2 col. 2 Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

   Lamplighters in British Newspapers – Blog #11 by Edmund King

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   When did Lamplighters become more organised?

   • The work of lamplighters may have become more organised towards the end of the 18 th century. In a notice dated the 27 th July 1793, the Commissioners of Northampton placed a notice in the Northampton Mercury asking for proposal to light the street lamps.

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   Did Lamplighters steal oil for street lights?

   • It is perhaps unsurprising to find lamplighters stealing oil intended for the illumination of street lights. Two reports of 1806 in the Northampton Mercury and in the Norfolk Chronicle report what happened when lamplighters were caught stealing, with harsh sentences being given.

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   How many lamps will be lighted?

   • “The number of lamps to be lighted are 324, which are to continue burning, on an Average, six hours each Evening, for 120 Nights, between the 23 rd of September next and the 6 th of April following; for which Purpose it is expected the Contractor provides three Lamplighters.” Northampton Mercury – Saturday 10 August 1793 page 1 col. 2

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8. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk › education › resourcesCurrency converter: 1270–2017 - The National Archives

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   Currency converter: 1270–2017. How much was £3 worth in the Tudor period? How does it compare to today? Use our currency converter to look up historical finances and place them in context...