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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