Edward Baker
c
1570 to c 1650 (estimated)
BAK000010C
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c 1570
Edward Baker may have been born, almost certainly in Coventry, in
or about 1570, the son of John Baker (BAK00009A).
1584
In his will
Sampson Baker (BAK00008) left a
condition that Edward’s father John provided Edward Baker (Sampson’s nephew and John's
son) with an annual rent charge of 5 marks from the Packington estate once
Edward turns 18, lasting for the rest of his life. In 1585 Elizabethan England, 5 marks
had an accounting value of £3 6s 8d. A mark was not a physical coin but
an accounting unit equal to exactly two-thirds of a pound sterling (or 13s d).
Five marks therefore equalled 800d (£3.33). A standard rural cottage could be
rented for about 60d a year, so 5 marks could cover over 13 years of rent. A
single cow cost roughly 72 to 108d, so 5 marks could purchase an small herd of 8 to 11 cows.
c 1650
Edward Baker may have died in or about 1650.