Editing ALVATIA: Ingsby - Mill (section)

== Mill Economy ==

Annual Income
* fees from milling 466 d
* value of food, dairy, etc. produced on croft 20 d
* other income 20 d
**total income 506 d

Annual Expenses
* repairs to the mill and weir 50 d
* feeding 4 persons on "bread" diet 183 d
* taxes, rent, etc. 48 d
* tithes on cash income 24 d
** total expenses 305 d

Thus household discretionary income is 201 d per annum. Laurence has saved 240 d, kept in the locked chest in the loft. He owns a rusty sword and helmet, and a cheap shield, in bare compliance with the king's law. Jemima has saved 20 d of her own, kept hidden under a basket in the storage loft. The goods and furnishings of the mill have a total value of 60 d; the mill itself, with weir and grinding machinery, is worth 1800 d.

The mill charges 5% (one measure in twenty) of the grain ground.