Intoxicants and Early Modernity

Inventories

Reference:

WS/1688

Archive:

CRO

Date:

25 October 1688

Testator:

William Farrington

Gender:

male

Intoxicant-related Occupation(s):

Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper (Inferred)

Place:

Chester, Cheshire, England

Appraisers

Name:

Philip Brock

Gender:

male

Room

Entry:

1 feather bed £1 11s

Entry:

1 bolster 7s 6d

Entry:

1 feather bed £2 7s 4d

Entry:

1 bolster 10s

Entry:

1 feather bed £1 12s

Entry:

1 bolster 7s

Entry:

1 feather bed £1 1s

Entry:

1 feather bed £1 14s 8d

Entry:

1 bolster 8s

Entry:

1 bolster 5s 3d

Entry:

1 bolster 9s

Entry:

2 pillows 6s

Entry:

Fine pewter £5 7s 6d

Entry:

Chamber pots, coarse pewter 18s

Entry:

1 brass fish pan 4s

Entry:

3 brass skillets 6s 8d

Entry:

1 posnet 4s 2d

Entry:

1 warming pan 5s

Entry:

1 pair brass candlesticks, 4 pair snuffers 2s 6d

Entry:

1 brass spoon 4d

Entry:

Tinware 5s 6d

Entry:

1 brass hash dish 3s

Entry:

1 boiler in the kitchen 10s

Entry:

2 iron pots 5s

Entry:

1 iron kettle 1s

Gallery

Entry:

6 sedge chairs 4s

Entry:

7 stools, 1 chair 3s 4d

Entry:

1 broken couch chair, 1 quilt 5s 6d

Entry:

Hangings 5s

Entry:

1 canopy bedstead, 1 mat, 1 cord 4s 6d

Entry:

Hanging bedstocks, 1 grate 5s

Entry:

1 trundle bed, 1 mat, 1 cord 2s

Entry:

1 square table 4s

Entry:

1 looking glass 1s

Entry:

1 field bedstead 6s 8d

Entry:

1 piece of Kidderminster suite 2s 6d

Entry:

1 green carpet 1s

Entry:

1 green coverlet 1s 6d

Entry:

1 green rug 5s

Entry:

1 red rug 6s

Entry:

1 pair of white blankets 6s

Entry:

1 pair of white blankets 7s

Entry:

1 white blanket 1s

Entry:

1 piece of old rug

Entry:

1 nursing chair 2s

Gallery Stairs

Entry:

1 straw elbow chair 3s

Entry:

2 court cupboards 2s 6d

Entry:

1 pillion 2s 6d

Star Chamber

Entry:

12 set work chairs £4 16s

Entry:

6 set work cushions 12s

Entry:

1 set work carpet 18s

Entry:

1 oval table 6s 8d

Entry:

1 square stone table 2s 6d

Entry:

1 looking glass £1 10s

Entry:

Window curtains, 1 rod 6s

Entry:

8 pictures 8s

Entry:

1 grate, 1 fire shovel, tongs 5s

Entry:

1 stand 1s

Entry:

1 Kidderminster carpet 1s

Closet

Entry:

10 knives, 8 forks 10s

Entry:

Whiteware, glasses, bottles 10s

Entry:

2 tin plates 1s

Entry:

1 pewter bottle 6d

Entry:

1 case of strong waters 5s

Fountain

Entry:

36 leather chairs £9

Entry:

1 large oval table 12s

Entry:

1 little stone table 5s

Entry:

1 set work carpet £2

Entry:

12 pictures £3

Entry:

1 iron grate 5s

Entry:

1 fire shovel, tongs 2s 6d

Star

Entry:

1 bedstock with furniture £1 10s

Entry:

1 sad coloured rug 13s

Entry:

1 pair of blankets 7s

Entry:

1 under blanket 1s

Entry:

1 oval table 6s 8d

Entry:

1 looking glass 5s

Entry:

1 chest 10s

Entry:

1 suite of curtains, 1 valance £1 10s

Entry:

1 quilt for a bed £1

Entry:

14 pictures £1 1s

Ship

Entry:

1 field bedstead with a quilt bottom 16s

Entry:

1 suite of curtains, 1 valance, 1 tester, 1 cloth, 1 counterpane £2 10s

Entry:

1 sad coloured rug 6s

Entry:

1 other large coloured rug 13s

Entry:

1 pair white blankets 5s

Entry:

6 chairs £1 4s

Entry:

1 oval table 6s 8d

Entry:

1 square table 2s

Entry:

1 Kidderminster carpet 1s 6d

Entry:

10 pictures £1

Entry:

1 hanging shelf 1s

Entry:

1 suite of hangings £3 10s

Entry:

1 Kidderminster curtain 1s 6d

Entry:

Toys over the chimney 2s 6d

Entry:

1 fire-grate 2s 6d

Entry:

1 fire shove, tongs, 1 fork 2s

Entry:

1 iron fender 2s 6d

Entry:

1 close-stool, 1 pan 8s

Closet

Entry:

1 table 2s 6d

Entry:

1 cupboard 2s

Entry:

1 Bible, 1 book of common prayer 5s

Entry:

2 empty cases of bottles 3s

Entry:

1 pair of pistols £1

Entry:

1 quiver with arrows 6d

Entry:

1 looking glass 1s 6d

Entry:

1 bell 1s 6d

Entry:

1 brass hanging candlestick 6d

Entry:

1 tin hanging sconce 2s 6d

Sun

Entry:

1 fire-grate 1s 6d

Entry:

1 oval table 3s 6d

Entry:

1 small table 1s 8d

Entry:

1 chimney piece £1 5s

Entry:

7 pictures 7s

Hall

Entry:

2 wainscot settles 10s

Entry:

1 chest 5s

Entry:

1 napkin press 12s

Entry:

2 set drawers 10s

Entry:

1 little box drawers 2s

Entry:

1 little table 1s 8d

Entry:

1 cupboard press 3s

Entry:

1 little cupboard 2s

Entry:

1 big table 4s

Entry:

1 voider 8d

Entry:

4 sedge chairs 2s

Entry:

2 large curtains, rods 14s

Entry:

1 window curtain, 1 rod 2s

Entry:

5 curtain rods 1s 8d

Entry:

1 grate, 1 fire shovel, 1 fender 5s 6d

Entry:

1 rack for bacon 1s 8d

Entry:

1 glass case 1s 6d

Entry:

2 tin plates for pipes 1s

Kitchen

Entry:

1 table 2s

Entry:

2 joined stools 1s 8d

Entry:

1 tin fender 6s 8d

Entry:

1 pair of golberts 1s 6d

Entry:

1 fire shovel, tongs 3s

Entry:

1 fire-grate, irons, 1 crow 10s

Entry:

1 jack, weights, 1 chain 18s

Entry:

2 iron spits 1s 6d

Entry:

1 frying pan 1s

Entry:

1 cleaver, 1 hacking knife 1s 4d

Entry:

1 cheese toaster, 1 fork 4d

Entry:

1 chafing dish 1s

Entry:

1 pair of hand hooks 6d

Entry:

1 small hanging iron 8d

Entry:

1 gridiron 10d

Entry:

1 pair of bellows 6d

Entry:

1 bell 1s

Entry:

12 trenchers 6d

Entry:

1 crook 6d

Entry:

1 tin saucepan 1s

Entry:

1 pasty tray, 1 tin dripping pan 10d

Entry:

12 wainscot chairs £1 4s

Entry:

2 tables in the boxes 5s

Entry:

3 iron bars in the chimney 6d

Entry:

1 little table 1s

Entry:

1 pair of tables, men, and boxes 8s

Entry:

1 dresser, 2 water tubs, 1 lantern 4s 6d

Entry:

1 small lead cistern 3s 4d

Entry:

2 forms in the entry 4s

Entry:

36 napkins 22s

Entry:

1 tablecloth 6s

Entry:

2 tablecloths 3s

Entry:

2 small tablecloths 1s

Entry:

2 calico tablecloths 1s

Entry:

12 court napkins 2s

Entry:

24 old thin napkins 1s 6d

Entry:

2 flaxen tablecloths 5s

Entry:

1 huck tablecloth 3s 6d

Entry:

1 basket for the clothes 6d

Entry:

1 towel 4d

Timo Room

Entry:

1 sedge chair 6d

Entry:

1 truckle bed, 1 mat, 1 cord 2s

Entry:

1 stock bed, 1 bolster 5s

Entry:

2 coverlets 5s

Entry:

3 old blankets 3s

Entry:

1 piece of Kidderminster 1s

Entry:

3 iron candlesticks 6d

Entry:

1 smoothing iron, 1 stand 1s 6d

Entry:

1 copper can 1s

Mr Gerrard's Cellar

Entry:

97 gallons of Canary £21 16s 6d

Entry:

1.5 hogsheads of old Claret

Entry:

2 hogsheads of old stuff £1

Entry:

Old Canary bottoms in a Mum barrel 10s

Entry:

1 whole keg, 1 piece of sturgeon £1 10s

Entry:

2 empty butts, 1 rundlet 7s

Entry:

24 glass bottles 3s

Entry:

24 earthen bottles 2s

Entry:

6 bottles Langoon 4s 6d

Entry:

1 bottle frame 6s

Entry:

Stillages 5s

Entry:

1 little table 1s 6d

Entry:

1 bottle of sweet oil 9s

Entry:

100 corks 10s

Entry:

1 hogshead lees 8s

Entry:

1 chair, 1 stool

Cellar under the House

Entry:

1 hogshead white wine £7

Entry:

1 hogshead white wine £3

Entry:

40 gallons old decayed white wine £2

Entry:

2 hogsheads claret £10

Entry:

4 hogsheads claret £9

Entry:

6 hogsheads claret £7

Entry:

1 ullage of claret £1

Entry:

4 empty butts 14s

Entry:

36 gallons vinegar £1 16s

Entry:

2 12 gallon rundlets 5s

Entry:

1 empty hogshead, 6 rundlets 4s

Entry:

2 cellar cans, 1 fulling dish, 1 tray 5s

Entry:

1 pair of cranes 6s 8d

Entry:

5 brass crooks

Entry:

1 gimble, 3 bits

Entry:

Old lumber 2s

Entry:

1 large silver can £9 11s

Entry:

1 silver can £4 17s

Entry:

1 silver cup, 2 salts, 2 spoons £2 13s 2d

Entry:

5 spoons, 1 coat, 1 taster, 1 tobacco box, 1 chain £4 1s 5d

Entry:

2 gold rings 4s 6d

Entry:

Old silver buttons 1s

Entry:

1 brass watch 10s

Entry:

288 empty bottles 16s

Entry:

1 saddle 3s

Entry:

3 tumbles tipped with sIlver 8s

Totals

Recoverable Debts:

£35 12s 5d

Irrecoverable Debts:

Wearing Apparel:

£7

Total Inventory Value:

£242 2s 5d

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