On December 31st 1665, Pepys writes in his diary of what a fortunate year he has had, increasing his wealth from 1300 pounds to 4400.
What social bracket would this have placed him in? Was he considered to be at the high end of middle class, or would this level of wealth be comparable to the top 1% of the top 1%, nobility etc? Was this typical for someone who held government office, and how rich would a lord at this time be?
That's an interesting question. I think he became quite rich. As I read the diary, I kept a look out for prices. Clothes were very expensive. I had the impression you could say a pound of the time would be worth roughly 200 now. So that would have meant 880 000 pounds. https://bilingualblogbilingue.blogspot.com/2019/05/10-reasons-you-wish-you-had-samuel.html