money notation, 1765

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Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 81 Send Message	Moira	Report	16 Jul 2008 13:24
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 81 Send Message	Thank you for your help. Sorry for not responding last night. I got called away and didn't have a chance to return. Thanks once again, Moira.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	InspectorGreenPen	Report	15 Jul 2008 18:58
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	If it was £1,000 then that would be equivalent of over £100,000 by todays reckoning. However at the time it would have seemed like far more money, as relatively speaking, earnings only about a tenth then of what they are now. Imagine living on £1,000 per year today?
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 6,427 Send Message	°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°	Report	15 Jul 2008 18:50
	Pre 1971 money was LSD therefore l is pounds
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 81 Send Message	Moira	Report	15 Jul 2008 18:42
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 81 Send Message	I have been lucky enough to find a newpaper report of an ancester's marriage in 1765. It states the bride had "a fortune of 1000l". Does the l mean pounds or some other monetry unit? My lot seemed to be quite well off back then, I wonder where all the money went! Cheers, Moira.