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Inventory
taken upon the Death of John MAY of Worting, 1591

A True Inventory of all ye goods & chattels both moveable and unmoveable of John Maye of Worting late deceased being taken the last of July 1591

In the Hall
First the table in the hall...........................................................................................................
Item one square table, ii forms, two chairs & a cupboard...............................................
Item two andirons & a pair of cotterels, two pairs of pot-hooks, three broaches, two dripping pans, a fire-pan.................................................................................................

   
5s
6s 8d

5s

The Parlour
Item one joined bedstead..........................................................................................................
Item one feather bed & one feather bolster, two blankets & a coverlet, two pillows with pillowberes..........................................................................................................
Item a quilt & three quishes.....................................................................................................
Item one table with a frame, six stools, one livery cupboard & a pair of tables, a painted cloth & a form...............................................................................................................


20s

33s 8d
6s 8d

10s

The Loft over ye Hale
Item two bedsteads & a truckle bed.......................................................................................
Item three flock beds, three bolsters, three blankets & three coverlets.........................
Item one square table & livery cupboard & a form............................................................

16s 4d
50s
5s
The Other Loft
Item one bedstead, one truckle bed........................................................................................
Item one feather bed, one bolster, one blanket & a coverlets..........................................
Item one table with a frame, i form, one chair & a cupboard.........................................

10s
24s
10s
His Lodging Chamber
Item one joined bedstead, one truckle bedstead.................................................................
Item one feather bed, one bolster, two pillows with pillowberes & a coverlet..........
Item one flock bed, one bolster & one coverlet....................................................................
Item one square table, three coffers & a little form.............................................................

6s 8d
20s
10s
6s 8d
The Folks' Chamber
Item one flock bed, one bolster and a coverlet....................................................................
Item one chest, one side-saddle with a bridle & girths....................................................

10d
10d
The Store House
Item vi prongs, one bill, one axe, two saws with other lumber.....................................

12s
The Cellar
Item ten barrels & a powdering tub.......................................................................................

10s
The Buttery
Item two pots, one posnet & ii skillets..................................................................................
Item vi kettles................................................................................................................................
Item five candlesticks, two chafing dishes and a mortar................................................
Item leather bottles, vi stonen cups, ii dozen treen dishes..............................................
Item one cleaver, one chopping knife, one pair of shears with other lumber............
Item ii baskets, v dozen trenchers, i glass bottle................................................................
Item viii pewter pots, two dozen spoons, four salts.........................................................
Item xx pairs of pewter..............................................................................................................

8s 4d
8s
7s
4s
12d
2s
8s
8s
The Napery
Item sheets, ten pair....................................................................................................................
Item three tablecloths & ten napkins and two towels......................................................

30s
10s
His Apparel
Item his apparel...........................................................................................................................

24s
The Long House
Item a chest with other lumber................................................................................................

3s
The Loft over ye Hale
Item xxx lbs of wool....................................................................................................................
Item one handsaw, four augers with other lumber...........................................................

20s
10s
The Swain’s Chamber
Item a bedstead, one bed, one coverlet
Item one table...............................................................................................................................


6s 8d
The Brewhouse
Item one vat, one furnace, one kive........................................................................................
Item one cool vat, v keevers, ii upstands and three tubs.................................................
Item one mustard quern with other lumber........................................................................
Item two flitches of bacon.........................................................................................................
Item one well-rope & bucket....................................................................................................

15s
17s
4s
6s
2s
The Cutting
Item ii racks with certain boards............................................................................................
Item four harrows.......................................................................................................................

2s 6d
4s
The Stable
Item planks in the stable...........................................................................................................
Item four horses with their apparel.......................................................................................
Item one razor and a plough...................................................................................................
Item two cuttings.........................................................................................................................
Item certain copperware & pails and wood........................................................................

2s
£8
40s
3s
£3
Item viii hoggs & their shoots..................................................................................................
Item sheep, xxvii..........................................................................................................................
Item hay.........................................................................................................................................
Item wheat acres, xi & a half, & their halves of vetches...................................................
Item xvi acres of barley..............................................................................................................
Item xi acres oates & one acre peas........................................................................................
Item the glass................................................................................................................................
40s
£5
£10
£10
£8
£4
8s
Sum £79 7s 10d

Will
 

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