here in the East Anglian region, in the early sixteenth century.

在十六世纪的东盎格鲁地区
In 1523, a tax was levied for which the return survived

一份1523年的政府征税申报单被留存下来
and so we know that Robert Jannys' personal tax return

从罗伯特·詹尼斯的个人纳税申报单可知
was bigger than the entire city of Rochester,

他一个人的纳税金额比罗切斯特整座城的还多
which was the biggest city down here in Kent.

罗切斯特市是肯特这里最大的城市
He was a plutocrat and there were men of such prodigious wealth

他只是众多富豪之中的一个而已
in all of England's major cities.

在英格兰的主要城市里都有类似的富豪
Beneath the urban elites were the average master craftsmen of the towns,

在这些城市精英分子之下的是工匠师傅
those who provided clothing, leather goods, metal wares,

那些裁缝师皮匠铁匠
and so forth from their own workshops.

诸如此类开作坊的工匠师傅
The principal distinction amongst these people

这些人是有明显区别的
was between those who were independent master craftsmen

自己有作坊的工匠师傅