|
Gregory King's English Population
Distribution by Social Class
for the Year 1688
Social
Rank |
Number
of Persons |
Number
of Families |
Annual Family Income (£) |
| Men Who Rule: |
|
|
|
| Aristocracy |
|
|
|
| Temporal Lords |
6,400 |
160 |
3,200 |
| Spiritual Lords |
520 |
26 |
1,300 |
| Gentry |
|
|
|
| Baronets |
12,800 |
800 |
800 |
| Knights |
7,800 |
600 |
650 |
| Esquires |
30,000 |
3,000 |
450 |
| Gentlemen |
96,000 |
12,000 |
280 |
| Citizens, Burgesses &
Yeomen |
|
|
|
| Government Office
Holders |
70,000 |
10,000 |
260 |
| Merchants & Traders
by Sea |
64,000 |
10,000 |
238 |
| Lawyers |
70,000 |
10,000 |
154 |
| Clergymen |
52,000 |
10,000 |
55 |
| Yeomen |
280,000 |
40,000 |
91 |
| Husbandmen |
660,000 |
120,000 |
55 |
| Tenant Farmers |
750,000 |
150,000 |
42 |
| Persons in Liberal
Arts/Sciences |
75,000 |
15,000 |
60 |
| Shopkeepers/Tradesmen |
225,000 |
50,000 |
45 |
| Artisans &
Handcrafters |
240,000 |
60,000 |
38 |
| Naval Officers |
20,000 |
5,000 |
80 |
| Military Officers |
16,000 |
4,000 |
60 |
| |
|
|
|
| Subtotals -
Men Who Rule: |
2,675,520 |
500,586 |
68 |
| |
|
|
|
| Men Who Do Not
Rule: |
|
|
|
| Common Seamen |
150,000 |
50,000 |
20 |
| Laborers/Out Servants |
1,275,000 |
264,000 |
15 |
| Cottagers/Paupers |
1,300,000 |
400,000 |
7 |
| Common Soldiers |
70,000 |
35,000 |
14 |
| Vagrants/Thieves/Gypsies,
etc. |
30,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
| |
|
|
|
| Subtotals -
Men Who Do Not Rule |
2,825,000 |
849,000 |
11 |
| |
|
|
|
| Totals - All
England |
5,500,520 |
1,349,586 |
32 |
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