RULES FOR SERVANTS IN THE OLDEN TIME.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2164, 10 December 1875, Page 2

RULES FOR SERVANTS IN THE OLDEN TIME.

What would servants in the present day say to such a code of rules and regulations as was adopted 300. years ago in the household of Sir J. Harrington, the translator of " AristoP " A servant absent from prayers to be fined 2d; for uttering an oath, Id, and the same sum for leaving a door open; a fine of 2d from Lady-day to Michaelmas for all who are in bed after 7or out after 9; a fine of Id for any beds unmade, fire unlit, or candle box uncleaned after 8; a fine of 4d for any man detected teaching the children" qbscene wqrd.s; a fine qf |d f Qr any man waiting without a trencher, or who is absent at a meal; for any one breaking the butler's glass, 12d; a fine of 2d for any one who has not laid the table for dinner by half-past 10, or the supper by 6; a fine of 4d for any one absent a day without leave; for any nan striking another, a fine of Id; for any follower visiting.the cook, Id; a fine of id for any man appearing in, a foul shirl, broken hose, untied shoes, or. torn '4ou^- ; let; a fine of id for any stranger's roQta i left for four hours after he be dressed; a five of Id if the hall ha not cleaned-by"" Bin winter and 7in summer; the porter to bo fined Id if tho courj; gate be ijbi. shut during meals.; a foe of 3d if the stairs be not cleaned every Friday after diuuer. All these fines wero deducted by the steward at the quarterly payment of the men's wages,—City Press,