(according to Gregory King)
|
Number |
Ranks, Degrees, |
Heads |
Number of persons |
Yearly income per family |
|
160 |
Temporal Lords |
40 |
6,400 |
2,800 |
|
26 |
Spiritual Lords |
20 |
520 |
1,300 |
|
800 |
Baronets |
16 |
12,800 |
880 |
|
600 |
Knights |
13 |
7,800 |
650 |
|
3,000 |
Esquires |
10 |
30,000 |
450 |
|
12,000 |
Gentlemen |
8 |
96,000 |
280 |
|
5,000 |
Persons in Offices |
8 |
40,000 |
240 |
|
5,000 |
Persons in Offices |
6 |
30,000 |
120 |
|
2,000 |
Merchants and Traders by Sea |
8 |
16,000 |
400 |
|
8,000 |
Merchants and Traders by Sea* |
6 |
48,000 |
200 |
|
10,000 |
Persons in the Law |
7 |
70,000 |
140 |
|
2,000 |
Clergymen |
6 |
12,000 |
60 |
|
8,000 |
Clergymen |
5 |
40,000 |
45 |
|
40,000 |
Freeholders |
7 |
280,000 |
84 |
|
140,000 |
Freeholders |
5 |
700,000 |
50 |
|
150,000 |
Farmers |
5 |
750,000 |
44 |
|
16,000 |
Persons in Sciences and Liberal Arts |
5 |
80,000 |
60 |
|
40,000 |
Shopkeepers and Tradesmen |
4½ |
180,000 |
45 |
|
60,000 |
Artisans and Handicrafts |
4 |
240,000 |
40 |
|
5,000 |
Naval Officers |
4 |
20,000 |
80 |
|
4,000 |
Military Officers |
4 |
16,000 |
60 |
|
511,586 |
5¼ |
2,675,520 |
67 |
|
|
50,000 |
Common Seamen |
3 |
150,000 |
20 |
|
364,000 |
Labouring People and Out Servants |
3½ |
1,275,000 |
15 |
|
400,000 |
Cottagers and Paupers |
3¼ |
1,300,000 |
6.5 |
|
35,000 |
Common Soldiers |
2 |
70,000 |
14 |
| Vagrants |
30,000 |
|
||
|
849,000 |
3¼ |
2,825,000 |
10.5 |
|
|
511,586 |
Increasing the Wealth of the Kingdom |
5¼ |
2,675,520 |
67 |
|
849,000 |
Decreasing the Wealth of the Kingdom |
3¼ |
2,825,000 |
10.5 |
|
1,360,586 |
5,500,520 |