Inventories
DN/INV 49A/69
NRO
17 November 1650
Robert Witchingham
male
Innholder
Alcohol Retailer: Innholder
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Appraisers
Edward Turfett
male
Public Notary
New Hall
1 long table with 3 forms marked with the figure 1 13s 4d
1 long table with 2 forms marked with the figure 2 7s
1 square table with 2 forms to it marked with the figure 3 6s 8d
3 sideboard tables marked with the figure 4 8s
1 form of a long table without a leaf, 1 form marked with the figure 5 3s 4d
1 settle figured 6 5s
1 other sideboard table figured 7 3s 4d
1 old chest figured 8 2s
1 little old square table figured 9 16d
3 livery cupboards marked with the figure 10 8s
1 old posted bedstead figured with the number 11 6s 8d
1 posted bedstead marked 12 5s 6d
2 old pieces of truckle bedsteads marked 13 2s
1 old livery bedstead with a canopy marked 14 10s
1 very old livery bedstead with a cord marked 15 3s
1 wooden turned chair marked 16 12s
1 old box marked 17 12d
4 old broken chairs, old broken lumber 5s
12 old nats 18d
3 old bolsters with quilts and one of straw 18s
2 old rotten pieces of [strived?] cloth being [illegible] for beds 2s
1 old posted bedstead marked with the figure 1 in another oom 3s 4d
1 field bedstead marked with the figure 2 6s 8d
1 old field bedstead marked figure 3 10s
1 old field bedstead marked figure 4 10s
1 old field bedstead marked figure 5 10s
2 old truckle bedsteads 4s (0)
1 old side table 2s 6d
1 old posted bedstead marked figure 6 10s
1 piece of old round table 12d
3 old truckle bedsteads 7s 6d
1 little square table 2s
Old Peter Decole his House: Parlour
1 table, 2 forms 10s
1 old corn cupboard, 1 old barred chest, 1 pair old playing tables 11s
1 old chest 18d
1 old striped carpet, 1 cupboard cloth 2s
7 old leather chairs 10s
3 old dornick back chairs 6s 8d
Old Peter Decole his House: Hall
1 old press cupboard 10s
1 old iron barred chest 10s
1 old chest 2s
1 old linen press 3s 4d
Old Peter Decole his House: Buttery Chamber
1 long formed table with an old dornick carpet to it 18s
12 old Turkey work cushions, 4 mockado cushions 18s
1 old tapestry coverlet 20s
3 dornick coverlets 15s
3 very old dornick coverlets 4s
1 old rotten coverlet 12d
1 old bedstead of oak with the old curtain, mat and cord 10s
1 old turned sedge chair 12d ([just possibly s, but looks changed to d])
1 pair andirons with brass tops, 1 fire pan, tongs 5s 6d
9 dornick curtains, 1 sideboard carpet of red and green striped work 20s
1 pair valance and tester [?'testowe'], 3 curtains of striped dornick 10s
7 old cupboard cloths, 1 old tablecloth of striped dornick 7s
6 old window curtains 2s
Old Peter Decole his House: Dining Chamber
2 long formed tables joined together with a form 26s 8d
2 livery cupboards, 1 sideboard table 16s
18 pictures 13s 4d
1 cistern, 1 voider, 1 looking glass 6s 8d
1 old armed chair of green cloth 3s 4d
8 old needlework chairs 21s 2d ([possibly 3d.])
Old Peter Decole his House: Chamber over the Hall
1 little dining table and form 10s
1 court cupboard 2s 6d
1 old bedstead with old dornick curtains, 3 window curtains, curtain rods 26s 8d
1 old box or chest for linen with lock and key 3s 4d
1 old cupboard cloth, 1 old wicker chair, 1 pair dog-irons 3s 6d
1 pair old [clavicoes?] 2s 6d
1 nest old boxes 2s 6d
1 old leather chair
Old Peter Decole his House: Pantry Chamber
1 old long table 5s
1 sideboard table, 1 form, 2 buffet stools, 1 old wooden chair 8s
1 old chest 3s 4d
1 sealed bedstead with mat and cord 13s 4d
4 old low stools of dornick 5s
Certain old singing books, divers other small and great books of several sorts 30s (0)
6 old rugs, 1 old blanket 6s 8d
1 old feather bed and bolster marked with A weighing 5 stone 6 pounds per 9s per stone 49s
1 old bed and bolster marked with B weighing 3 stone 10 pounds at 14s per stone 52s
1 feather bed and bolster marked C weighing 3 stone 2 pounds at 8s per stone 15s
1 feather bed and bolster marked D weighing 3 stone 8 pounds at 10s per stone 36s
1 feather bed and bolster marked E weighbing 3 stone at 8s per stone 24s
1 feather bed marked F weighing 2 stone 6 pounds at 8s 6d per stone 18s
1 feather bed and bolster marked G weighing 4.5 stone at 11s per stone 49s 6d
1 feather bed and bolster marked H wighing 4 stone and 9 pounds at 8s per stone 37s
1 feather bed and bolster marked I weighing 4 stone 11 pounds at 8s 6d per stone 40s 6d
1 feather bed and bolster marked K weighing 7.5 stone at 11s per stone £4 2s 6d
1 feather bed and 2 bolsters marked L weighing 6 stone 10 pounds at 11s per stone £3 13s 6d
11 down and feather pillows weighing three stone 7 pounds at 14s per stone 49s
1 flock bed, 2 old flock bolsters £20
2 hundredweight 3 quarters 19 pounds pewter of all sorts at 10d per pound £13
11 brass candlesticks great and small weighing 30 pounds at6 9d per pound 22s 6d
15 pewter chamber pots wighing 32 pounds at 6d per pound 16s
2 little brass pots, 2 old warming pans, 1 brass chafer, 1 copper kettle, 1 baking pan 18s
2 brass chafing dishes 2s
4 brass kettles, 2 skillets 10s
10 spits 22s
24 buffet stools, other stools 16s
2 iron pots, 4 hakes 10s
2 very old iron dripping pans 16d
2 gridirons, 1 old frying pan 14d
1 pair tongs, 1 fire slice 12d
1 iron jack with a chain 10s
1 pair little iron racks 5s 6d
3 brass skimmers, 1 pot spoon of brass, 1 brass candlestick bottom, 1 brass pot-lid, 1 brass hanging candlestick 2s 4d
1 old brass copper, 2 brass basting ladles 10s
2 irons to lay before the fire 3s
2 iron racks, 1 cleaver 10s
1 brass mortar, 1 iron pestle 5s
7 old keelers and tubs, 7 old wooden trays, 1 wooden pie peel, 1 iron peeler, 1 pair small brass scales, 4 or 5 small leaden weights, 1 salt box, 1 old wainscot chair, 2 old Turkey work cushions 9s 10d
1 [illegible] press cupboard 5s
1 spice-box 12d
1 old iron kettle, 3 old brushes, 1 voiding basket, 1 clothes basket, 3 baskets 5s
1 old bass viola, 1 [bandom?] 5s
10 pair old Holland sheets 50s
8 pair old sheets of huswife's cloth 30s
9 pair old coarse sheets 20s
6 long tablecloths 24s
11 short board cloths 12s
8 short old board cloths 4s
16 old towels 4s 8d
14 old pillow-beres 4s
2 new board cloths, 2 other board cloths 30s
10 laid-work napkins 10s
57 old ordinary napkins 12s
4 diaper tablecloths, 20 diaper napkins 43s
4 old cupboard cloths 16d
2 old twill dresser cloths 6d
Old Peter decole his House: Vance Roof
1 old truckle bedstead, 1 old chest, 2 pair old gilt leather valances, 2 pair dog-irons, 2 old close-stool pans, 1 very old close-stool, 1 screen, 1 old trunk 32s
Old Peter Decole his House: Room uncertain
6 old rugs, 3 old blankets 15s
48 trenchers 2s
10 curtain rods 5s
8 silver spoons 43s
Things overlooked and forgotten 20s
Totals
£48
£200
15s (all his apparel, linen and woollen)
£151 3s 4d