£1 in 1530 had a purchasing power of £328.80 in Dec. 1998, according to a statistical table compiled by the Bank of England. It is based on the Retail Price Index based at Jan 1987 =100 which does not take into account the cost of real property or the level of wages. This means that your 1,300,000 livre bribe today might be worth approx. £42,770,000. Barbara Holt ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:17 AM Subject: Re: [HWE] How much ? > It seems that I omitted the year of the quote > concerning the 1,300,000 livre "bribe". > > The year was 1532 and some wonderfully protective > bishops met the King to convince him that these > protestors should be dealt with. > > Kind Regards, > Peter Leroy > > ______________________________