Item

Price In Pounds

Modern Dollars

Apples

3/farthing

3 / 40¢

Chickens

1d

$1.66

Butter

3/4d for 3 oz

1/4 lb / $1.66

Eggs

1d/6

6 / $1.66

Raisins

3d/pound

$4.96

Herring

3s/200

$59.40

Sugar

1s/pound

$19.80

Cinnamon

10s 6d/pound

$200.00

Ginger

3s 8d/pound

$72.68

Honey

2 groat / half gallon

$13.28

Loaf of bread

2d

$3.30

Meal at an inn

4-6d

$6.64-$9.92

Ale

1/2d/tankard

83¢ per tankard

French Wine

 

$20.00 a bottle

Playing Cards

2d

$3.30 a pack

Candles

 

48 / $64.74

Wooden Bowls

1d

$1.66

Wooden Spoons

1 farthing

40¢

Two pairs spectacles

6d

$9.92

Lodging

1d/night; 6d/week

$1.66 per night

Hiring a horse

1s/day or 2.5d/mile

$19.80

Night at the theatre

1-3d

$1.66-$4.98