Servants' wages
Earning your Keep
By Charlotte Jordan
Accounts of William Barber, steward to the Radcliffe family of Hitchin, 1768. Barber kept accounts of servant wages and when they came into the Radcliffe's service: "Jane Bishopp, Housemaid, came to serve John Radcliffe Esq. April 26th at the yearly wage of eight pounds per annum"
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, Ref: D/ER F194