On the Last Will & Testament of my 3xgreat-grandfather dated 1808 he had,along with land and property,£3500.
How much is that in todays money?
The money was obviously left to his children etc,but,unfortunately,my great-grandmother ended up losing the lot to a dodgy solicitor...THE SWINE!!
Anyway,as much as it will probably 'torture' me,it would still be interesting to know just how much my folk were actually worth all those years ago?
2007-02-05 00:44:06 · 3 answers · asked by Jacqui.S 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
According to the website I used £3500 in year 1800 would be worth £204,970-37 today.
To put it another way £3500 today was equivalent to £59-76 in year 1800.
A hell of a lot of money in those days.And yes what an unscrupulous solicitor! My condolences to you.
2007-02-05 01:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by the gunners 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I calculated it from average wages - approx £24000 pa today and from what I can find, around £35 per year in 1800. Factoring up £3500 by that difference, I get an answer of £2.4M at todays money.
2007-02-05 09:12:01 · answer #2 · answered by boojum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great question! according to a web site, listed below, that amount would be worth about £174,608.49in 2006. In 2007 dollars, it equals the tide sum of $341,473.02.
not bad, eh?
2007-02-05 08:55:43 · answer #3 · answered by westtexasboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋