In a message dated 22/04/2007 13:08:41 GMT Daylight Time, markandjanboyes@ntlworld.com writes: And below is what it comes up with in today's money - it only goes up to 2006. In 2006, £161 1s 10d from 1637 is worth £18,362.39 using the retail price index. _________________________________________________________________ According to "How Much is that Worth" by Lionel Munby (British Association for Local History) there are no figures for individual years for the Retail Price Index before 1800, and therefore it cannot be used as a simple multiplier applied to any particular sum of money in the past. Regards Stan Mapstone