10l

Updated: May 10, 2025

To prevent the depression consequent on this reduction, Governor Wright suggested, that instead of so much per pound, as formerly, that the ten largest quantities should receive the highest, 50l., the next greatest parcel 45l., and so on, gradually decreasing with the decrease in weight, until you reached the lowest quantity, to which 10l. would be awarded; thus, while the expense would be greatly lessened to the Trustees, the stimulus of reward would be sufficiently sustained.

Thaddeus Mason Harris - Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe

I give and bequeath to the poor parishioners of the parish where God shall ordain me to have my dwellingplace at the time of my death, 10l., to be truly distributed amongst them by the discretion of mine executors. Item. I give and bequeath to my parish church for my tithes forgotten, 20 shillings. Item.

James Anthony Froude - History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II.