ABSTRACT
From the foregoing, it should be no surprise that later views of English society emphasized the economic fortunes of constituent groups. These representations include those by Edward Chamberlayne (1692), Gregory King (1695–6), and from later periods, those by Joseph Massie (1759–60) and Patrick Colquhoun (1806), which are discussed in this chapter. To varying extents, these authorities attempted to calculate the incomes of these groups by using ambitious and speculative quantitative methods. In the process, they painted detailed portraits of the larger society. Scholars have been at pains to determine the accuracy of these calculations, even attempting to measure income inequality and economic growth from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. 1
