On 2009-06-18 11:50:21 +0100, moghouse said:

On Jun 18, 9:54*am, Sacha wrote:

And 3 x Greatgrandfather probably kept the moleskins to make a pair of
trousers! *;-) *Actually, 6d was quite a lot back in the 1800s, too!


When I first discovered that Zachariah was a molecatcher I wondered
how on earth he could afford to raise a family of 10 children on the
income. I then found out that the molecatcher was the best paid man in
the village - he had a retainer from the parish council of £100 per
annum as the pest controller (the PCC had to have a retained pest
controller by law).Then he had retainers from as many landowners as he
could get.Then he charged 6d a mole caught. Then he sold the pelts to
fur dealers who shipped them to USA by the million. Zachariah was also
the parish clerk. What I want to know is where did all the family
fortune he made go to?

Obviously an early example of a SKI. ;-) On a site called Measuring
Worth, I found this
Current data is only available till 2008. In 2008, £100 0s 0d from 1800
is worth

£5,409.30
using the retail price index.

£79,773.79
using average earnings.

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Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon