Cost of Living and Dying in 1783

This table was copied as is from The Chilvers Coton Parish register.

Table of fees payable to the minister & clerk of the parish of Chilvers Coton	Minister		Clerk
	s	d	s	d
For every marriage by licence	5	6	2	6
ditto by banns	2	6	1	6
Publication of banns	1	-	-	6
Certificate of banns	2	6	1	-
Every burial - churchyard service	-	8	1	4
ditto non-parishioners	1	4	2	8
ditto - Church service	1	8	1	4
ditto non - parishioners
Every tombstone (if flat)	13	4	2	-
ditto (if upright)	6	8	1	-
Brick Grave	13	4	2	8
Every time the same is opened	6	8	2	4
On the death of every parishioner who hath made a will or died possessed of property to the amount of £20 a mortuary is due of	10	-	-	-
Ringing of the great bell clothed per hour	2	6	1	-
Every churching of a woman	-	6	-	2
Certificate of an entry in the parish register	1	-	-	6
Chilvers Coton 1 May 1783 per John Rennie Vicars (rector)

For the benefit of readers who are not familiar with pre - decimal currency
12 d (pence) = 1 s (shilling)
20 s (shillings)= £1 (pound)

1 Shilling in 1783 would be equivalent to about £4 today

A labourer would earn roughly £5 per annum