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Thomas Barker 1709 Inventory

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A True and perfect Inventory of the goods and Chattels of Thomas
BARKER Feb: ye Eleventh 1708 by Theophilus MAY & Robt STEVENS
Appraisers


In the fire Roome
£. s. d.
Impris. In the Chimney 2 pair of hooks 1 pair of tongs 1 fireshovel
1 Gridiron I toasting-iron a Chavingdish a lockiron 2 heaters
a jack 1 spitt 1 pair of handirons
02. 00. 00.
in ye other pt of ye room a dresser 2 Ovel Tables a falling-table 8 chairs 02. 05. 04.
6 peuter dishes a dos: of plates 4 porringers 6 spoons a Candle-cup
two salts 1 Tankard a warming pan a porringer with a cover
a dos & half of trenchers a pastipan two puding-pans 2 druges
a candle box a salt box a tin trunk
02. 15. 06.
In the Buttery
Itt. A salting-trough a dough-trough a dresser a Churn 4 barrels
3 tubs a cover a stoppail 2 other pails 3 kettles a porridg pott
2 meal-sives a seuter 3 bottles a fryingpan a cupboard a table
04. 01. 02
In the Best Chamber
Itt A Bedstead a set of Curtains & Curtain rods a feather bed 4 pillows
1 bolster a Rugg 2 Blankets a wooll-bed a Strawbed a Chest of drawers
an Ovel-Table a trunk nine Chairs nine pair of sheets ye window-
Curtains 4 table cloths 1 dos: & half of napkins 1 pair of Holland
and two pair of flaxon pillow drawers
12. 13. 06.
In ye Other Chamber
Itt A Bedstead a sett of Curtains & Curtain-rods 3 Blankets & a Hilling
a woollbed a strawbed 2 bolsters 3 Coffers a ladder a trundele bed
03. 13. 02.
In the shop
Itt The Anvill the Bellows & tove-iron a beckhorn a box-nol’d ye block
and anvil block ye beam & scales 2 Vices sledgehammers hand
hammers tongs shooing tools & all manner of Chisels & punches
att 4d the pound ye leaden weights att 2d ye pound new iron
horse shooes & nails & ye cole a gridston ye spindle trough & frame
13. 10. 10.
In ye Garret
Itt five scithes a Bedstead a hive to put Grain in
00. 15. 06.

his purse & wareing apparel 03. 00. 00.

his debt book 03. 05. 08.
In ye yard
Itt 1 Cow the hay barley-straw 1 cowcrib 2 shuds a roof’d hovel a role
05. 11. 06.

In the feild 1 acre & half a rood of wheat half an acre & half a rood
of tilth & 2 acres of breach
03. 17. 04.


Theop: MAY
Robert STEVENS
57. 09. 06

Apr 30th 1709


“chavingdish” or chafing dish held food and stood on a lidded chafer which held hot coals,

• a “gridstone” is a grinding stone, “role” is probably a roller and “breach” could be break or fallow

Transcribed by Kay Collins
NRO ref: N Inv 1709 no 56

TRANSLATION

In the fire room (*kitchen)
In the chimney 2 pairs of hooks, 1 pair of tongs, 1 fireshovel,
1 gridiron, 1 toasting iron, a chafingdish, a lockiron, 2 heaters,
a jack, 1 spit, 1 pair of hand irons
2. 00. 00.
In the other part of the room a dresser, 2 oval tables, a drop-leaf table, 8 chairs,
6 pewter dishes, a dozen plates, 4 porringers, 6 spoons, a candle-cup,
two salts, 1 tankard, a warming pan, a porringer with a cover,
18 trenchers, a pastipan, 2 pudding pans, 2 druges,
a candle box, a salt box, a tin trunk
2. 05. 04.
In the Buttery
A salting trough, a dough trough, a dresser, a churn, 4 barrels,
3 tubs, a cover, a stop pail, 2 other pails, 3 kettles, a porridge pot,
2 meal sieves, a seuter, 3 bottles, a frying pan, a cupboard, a table
In the best chamber (*main bedroom)
4. 01. 02.
A bedstead, a set of curtains & curtain rods, a feather bed, 4 pillows,
1 bolster, a rug, 2 blankets, a wool bed, a straw bed, a chest of drawers,
an oval table, a trunk, 9 chairs, 9 pairs of sheets, the window curtains,
4 table cloths, 18 napkins, 1 pair of Holland sheets
and 2 pairs of linen pillow cases
12. 13. 06.
In the other chamber (*bedroom)
a bedstead, a set of curtains & curtain rods, 3 blankets, a hilling,
a wool bed, a straw bed, 2 bolsters, 3 coffers, a ladder, a trundle bed
3. 13. 02.
In the shop (*workshop)
The anvil, the bellows & tove-iron, a beckhorn, a box nol’d (*nailed?), the block
and anvil block, the beam & seals, 2 vices, sledgehammers, hand
hammers, tongs, shoeing tools & all manner of chisels & punches
at 4d a pound, the lead weights at 2d a pound, new iron,
horse shoes & nails, the coal, a grid stone, the spindle trough & frame
13. 10. 10.
In the garret (*loft or attic)
5 scythes, a bedstead, a hive to put grain in 00. 15. 06.
his purse and clothing 3. 00. 00.
his debt book 3. 05. 08.
In the yard
1 cow, the hay, barley straw, 1 cowcrib, 2 sheds, a roofed hovel (*barn), a roller 5. 11. 06.
In the field
1 acres & half a rood of wheat, half an acre & half a rood
of tilth & 2 acres of breach (*fallow land?)
3. 17. 04.

57. 09. 06.

Transcribed by Kay Collins
NRO ref: N Inv 1709 no 56

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