OFFICIAL SALARIES IN THE OLDEN TIMES.
John Kkox's stipend W^s 400 marks, which was equal (being before the de. pvociation of the coinage) to £4s4< Bs. lOd. sterling 1 . This appears a small sum, bat at the time a sheep was sold in Scotland for Is. Bd. sterling, Malmsey wine at 4d. per quart, and batter at Is. 4d. the stone. In the days of Knox the Judges of the Court of Session received less than £30 a-year. In 1845, the Chief Jastice of the Queen's Bench in England had a salary of £70. At the accession of Henry VIII. the Chief Baron of the Exchequer had £100 ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer's salary was £26 3s. 4d. Roger Ascham, as Latin Secretary to Queen Mary, had but £20 a-year.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2882, 29 July 1878, Page 3
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130OFFICIAL SALARIES IN THE OLDEN TIMES. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2882, 29 July 1878, Page 3
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