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From: "Barbara Holt" <>
Subject: Re: [HWE] How much ?
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:48:37 +1200
References: <20030914091743.18334.h004.c001.wm@mail.leroy.ws.criticalpath.net>


£1 in 1530 had a purchasing power of £328.80 in Dec. 1998, according to a
statistical table compiled by the Bank of England. It is based on the
Retail Price Index based at Jan 1987 =100 which does not take into account
the cost of real property or the level of wages.

This means that your 1,300,000 livre bribe today might be worth approx.
£42,770,000.

Barbara Holt

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: [HWE] How much ?


> It seems that I omitted the year of the quote
> concerning the 1,300,000 livre "bribe".
>
> The year was 1532 and some wonderfully protective
> bishops met the King to convince him that these
> protestors should be dealt with.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Peter Leroy
>
> ______________________________

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