Food in the islands, especially European style food and drinks that are popular with Europeans, are generally expensive. The list contains food and drink as served in taverns and inns as well as basic ingredient costs. Prices are retail values.
Services are included in the list since many of them, like lodging, are associated with inns.
| SERVICES, FOOD & LODGINGS per night | £ | s | d | q | US Dollars |
| Ale, pint wt1lb |
5
|
$ .50 | |||
| Beer, pint wt1lb |
3
|
$ .30 | |||
| Honey Mead, pint wt1lb |
2
|
2
|
$ 1.00 | ||
| Wine, local glass |
1
|
1
|
$ .50 | ||
| Wine, European glass |
7
|
2
|
$3
|
||
| Rum, glass |
1
|
$ .10 | |||
| Brandy, glass |
10
|
$4 | |||
| Brandy, quality, glass |
1
|
5
|
$7 | ||
| Wine, local qt wt2lb |
10
|
$4 | |||
| Wine, local watered, qt wt2lb |
5
|
$2 | |||
| Wine, European bottle good quality |
2
|
$10
|
|||
| Wine, European bottle, excellent quality |
4 – 12
|
$20-$60 | |||
| Champagne, bottle | 1 | $100 | |||
| Rum, cheap 1qt | 10 | $1 | |||
| Rum, good 1qt | 5 | $2 | |||
| Brandy, bottle | 5 | $25 | |||
| Brandy, quality, bottle | 12 | $60 | |||
| Tea, mug | 2 | 2 | $ 1 | ||
| Coffee, mug | 1 | $ .40 | |||
| Chocolate, mug | 1 | $ .40 | |||
| Tobacco, loose 1lb | 5 | $2 | |||
| Water, qt wt2lb usually free | — | — | — | — | free |
| ½ Loaf of Bread |
1
|
$ .10 | |||
| Loaf of Bread |
2
|
$ .20 | |||
| Dozen Eggs |
6
|
1
|
$2.50 | ||
| Butter, 1lb |
5
|
$2 | |||
| Lard. 1lb |
2
|
2
|
$1 | ||
| Milk, quart |
2
|
$ .80 | |||
| Cheese, per lb |
10
|
$4 | |||
| Sugar, 5lb (Caribbean price) |
2
|
2
|
$1 | ||
| Flour, coarse milled 5lb |
1
|
1
|
$ .50 | ||
| Flour, fine milled 5lb |
5
|
$2 | |||
| Salt, per ounce |
2
|
2
|
$1
|
||
| Pepper, per ounce |
2
|
$10 | |||
| Fresh fruit assorted, per lb (Caribbean price) |
2
|
2
|
$1 | ||
| Vegetables assorted, per lb |
5
|
$2 | |||
| Potatoes per lb |
2
|
2
|
$1 | ||
| Beans per lb |
1
|
1
|
$ .50 | ||
| Beef per lb | 2 | $10 | |||
| Pork per lb | 1 | $5 | |||
| Mutton per lb |
10
|
$4 | |||
| Goat per lb |
7
|
2
|
$3 | ||
| Chicken/Duck per lb |
5
|
$2 | |||
| Fish per lb |
2
|
2
|
$1 | ||
| Shell fish per lb |
7
|
2
|
$3 | ||
| Rations, 1 meal,cheese,biscuit,dried meat wt1/2lb |
5
|
$2 | |||
| Waif meal, broth and bread |
1
|
1
|
$ .50 | ||
| Basic meal, generally vegetable stew & bread |
2
|
2
|
$1
|
||
| Good meal, as above includes meat, cheese & ale |
7
|
2
|
$3 | ||
| Bed & Basic meal, space on floor in common room |
5
|
$2 | |||
| Shared room & Basic meal, 4 to a room |
10
|
$4 | |||
| Private room & Rich meal, 2 to a room max |
1
|
7
|
2
|
$8 | |
| Bath, hot |
1
|
3½ | $ .75 | ||
| Soap, bar ¼lb |
1
|
1
|
$ .50 |
| measure | tuns | butts | puncheons | hogsheads | tierces | barrels | gallons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
tun |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
210 |
|
butt |
1⁄2 |
1 |
1 1⁄2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
105 |
|
puncheon |
1⁄3 |
2⁄3 |
1 |
1 1⁄3 |
2 |
2 2⁄3 |
70 |
|
hogshead |
1⁄4 |
1⁄2 |
3⁄4 |
1 |
1 1⁄2 |
2 |
52 1⁄2 |
|
tierces |
1⁄6 |
1⁄3 |
1⁄2 |
2⁄3 |
1 |
1 1⁄3 |
35 |
|
barrels |
1⁄8 |
1⁄4 |
3⁄8 |
1⁄2 |
3⁄4 |
1 |
26 1⁄4 |
|
rundlet |
1⁄14 |
1⁄7 |
3⁄14 |
2⁄7 |
3⁄7 |
4⁄7 |
15 |
