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Probate Inventory 1675

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SOME PROBATE INVENTORY ITEMS FROM A LOCAL

RESIDENT OF EAST ANGLIA DATED 3RD DECEMBER 1675

In the hall, 1 table, 1 livery cupboard, 1 other cupboard, 1 clock, a jack(a type of tunic),a spit (for roasting meat),6 joined stools, 6 chairs, hob irons (a poker), fire pan and tongs £4 0s 0d
1 feather bed and bedstead £5 0s 0d
1 trundle bed – a low bed on wheels that can be pushed under another i.e. for servants £1 0s 0d
A press and table, a coffer (strong box for valuables), a form (a bench with no back),3 stools and a chair £2 1s 0d
A silver cup and 2 silver spoons £2 10s 0d
In the buttery (where provisions were kept) – 2 brass pots, 2 kettles and 2 skillets (frying pans) £1 10s 0d
30 pieces of pewter (alloy of tin with lead or another metal) £2 0s 0d
In the other buttery, a table, and a boulting hutch (for sifting ingredients) £1 0s 0d
12 pairs of sheets, napkins and other materials £10 0s 0d
In the roof – 10 waye (1 waye was 256 lbs) of cheese £4 0s 0d
10 firkins (1 firkin was 9 gallons) of butter £10 0s 0d
In the back house – a copper (for washing clothes),   2 kettles and other items £1 0s 0d
In the dairy – 2 churns, 3 tubs, and 12 bowls £2 15s 0d
Bacon in the salt £1 0s 0d
A saddle and other such items £1 0s 0d
Hay in the barn £3 0s 0d
Wood in the yard £1 0s 0d
6 cows £18 0s 0d

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David Titmarsh

Heritage Day 2009

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