Inventories
WS/1607
CRO
4 August 1606
William Alcock
male
Alcohol Retailer: Innholder
Chester, Cheshire, England
Appraisers
Mr Godfrey Wynne
male
Room
278 pounds of pewter £8 2s 2d
Brass pots, brass candlesticks £3 3s
70 pounds of brass pans 35s
106 old bushels of malt £25
1 gilt cup with a cover, 1 gilt salt, 3 gilt bowls, 2 white bowls, 1 white cup, 2 white bell salts, 23 spoons £29 7s 3d
2 signet gold rings £3
23 pair reading sheets £4 12s
31 pair flaxen sheets £8 17s 8d
12 pair canvas sheets 24s
30 yards of flaxen cloth 30s
1 piece of new cloth 6s
4 diaper tablecloths 2s 4d
2 little diaper tablecloths 5s 4d
1 flaxen tablecloth 10s
2 flaxen tablecloths 10s
4 little flaxen tablecloths 5s 4d
3 diaper towels 5s
25 pillow-beres 24s
1 flaxen towel 3s
9 little flaxen hand towels 6s
72 diaper napkins 3s 6d
36 plain napkins 10s
12 tablecloths 16s
1 flaxen drinking cloth, 1 little flaxen drinking cloth 5s
60 coarse napkins 14s
20 hand towels 6s 8d
Tilstan's Chamber
10 foot of glass, 1 cupboard, 1 press, 1 bed 10s
Talbot Dining Chamber
1 standing field bed, 1 truckle bed, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 1 flock bed, 2 pillows, 1 green caddow, 3 white blankets, 1 dornick covering, 5 green curtains, 1 valance with green silk and the top covered accordingly £8
1 drawing table, 1 court cupboard £3
1 side table, 1 joined form 5s
1 embroidered chair with a back 6s 8d
1 stool with a back, 3 stools without backs covered with gold skin 6s
3 low buffen stools 4s
1 great embroidered window cushion of green kersey, 1 court cupboard cloth 3s
1 Scottish carpet, 1 dornick carpet 12s
12 green cushions 6s
6 loom cushions 8s
3 little cushions on the chimney, 1 little green cupboard cloth 1s
9 printed washed pictures upon tables 10s
1 pair of tongs, 1 fire shovel 3s 4d
In a little square room in the said chamber 1 close-stool 2s
Great Dining Chamber next the Eastgate
1 standing field bed, 1 truckle bed, 2 feather beds, 1 flock bed, white blankets, 1 old arras covering, 1 dornick covering, 4 green curtains, 1 valance fringed with blue silk the bed covered accordingly, 2 bolsters, 2 pillows £6 13s 4d
1 drawing table, 1 court cupboard 3s 4d
1 back stool, 3 stools without backs covered with gold skin 6s
6 buffen stools 8s
1 wainscot chair, 1 chair covered with gold skin 6s
1 square table, 1 joined form 5s
1 Scottish carpet, 1 green cupboard cloth 8s
10 cushions 9s 4d
2 embroidered window cushions 10s
1 grate, 1 fire shovel, 1 pair of tongs 7s 6d
1 seeing glass 2s
1 map, 8 pictures some of them printed and washed 6s 8d
London Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed, 1 feather bed, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow, 2 flock beds, 1 flock bolster, 2 white blankets, 1 green caddow, 1 little old caddow, 3 curtains fringed with green silk £5
1 table, 1 square table with frames, 3 high joined stools 10s
1 wainscot chair, 1 turned chair 4s 6d
3 buffen stools 3s
5 old cushions, 1 old dornick carpet, 1 old green carpet 4s
1 little pair of tongs 3d
Merchant's Chamber
2 standing beds, 1 truckle bed, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 1 flock bed, 1 flock bolster, 1 pillow, 2 old caddows, 4 blankets, 6 green curtains, 2 fringes about the beds £2 13s 4d
1 table, 1 frame, 2 joined stools, 1 cushion 6s
Coventry Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 canopy bed with half a tester, 1 truckle bed, 3 feather beds, 3 bolsters, 2 pillows, 1 flock bed, 3 white blankets, 1 yellow blanket, 2 old caddows, 1 old coverlet, 4 curtains, 1 pair of wrought valance, 1 fringe about the bed £5
1 table, 1 frame, 1 joined form, 1 court cupboard, 1 high joined stool, 1 great turned chair, 1 old carpet 11s
French Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed, 2 feather beds, 1 pillow, 2 bolsters, 3 white blankets, 2 coverlets, 3 curtains, 1 pair of plain valances with fringes £3 10s
1 little round table, 1 chair, 1 joined stool, 1 cushion, 1 old tablecloth
Back Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow, 2 blankets, 3 curtains, 1 old valance, 1 old carpet, 1 square table, 1 turned chair, 1 wainscot form, 1 joined stool 4s
Stair Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow, 1 flock bed, 1 caddow, 2 old blankets, 1 old covering, 1 pair of wrought valance, 3 curtains £3
1 table, 1 frame, 1 joined stool, 1 carpet, 1 cushion 6s 8d
New Parlour
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow, 3 white blankets, 1 green caddow, 1 old caddow, 3 curtains, 1 pair of wrought valance £3 6s 8d
1 table, 1 frame, 1 court cupboard, 1 joined form, 1 buffen stool, 1 old carpet, 1 court cupboard cloth, 1 cushion 10s
1 grate 2s
Nearer Parlour in the Court
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 1 flock bed, 1 flock bolster, 3 white blankets, 1 caddow, 1 coverlet, 3 curtains, 1 wrought valance £3
1 table, 1 frame, 1 carpet, 1 form, 1 chair, 2 cushions 6s 8d
Further Parlour in the Court
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow, 2 white blankets, 1 caddow, 1 old covering, 3 curtains, 1 pair of plain valance 53s 4d
1 old counter, 1 form, 1 shelf, 1 cushion, 1 old carpet 5s
Nearer Chamber Above
1 standing bed, 1 feather bed, 1 bolster, 1 pillow, 1 flock bed, 1 pillow, 1 caddow, 2 blankets, 3 curtains, 1 pair of plan valance, 1 little table, 1 frame, 1 joined stool 30s
Further Chamber Above
2 standing beds, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 1 old yellow caddow, 2 white blankets, 1 old covering, 6 curtains, 2 little tables, 1 old chest, 1 old painted cloth £3
Servants' Chamber
2 old beds, flock beds, old coverings 10s
Ostler's Chamber
1 little bed, 1 flock bed, 1 blanket, 1 old covering 5s
Chamber over the Buttery
1 canopy bed with half a cover, 1 wrought valance, 1 feather bed, 1 bolster, 1 pillow, 1 flock bed, 2 blankets, 1 covering 33s 4d
1 stillatory, 1 warming pan, 1 chest, 1 old table 10s
Oriel
1 great chest 12d
2 old carpets 4s
1 arras covering 33s 4d
Kitchen Chamber
1 old bed, 1 flock bed 5s
Children's Chamber
1 standing bed with a covering of painted cloth, 1 flock bed, 1 bolster, 1 blanket, 1 covering 13s 4d
3 great chests 10s
Little Chamber
1 feather bed, 2 trunks, 2 chests, 1 buckley, 1 pikel, 1 little seeing glass 24s
In the little closet glasses, red trenchers, bottles, other trifles 2s 6d
1 canopy bed, 1 flock bed, 1 great chest 10s
Study
Books 20s
1 firkin of aqua vitae 20s
Shelves, desk boxes, 1 little table, 1 iron crow, 1 saddle, 1 sword, 1 turned stool, 1 joined stool, 1 hamper, 2 pistols, bottles, 1 pair of bowls, 1 quiver with arrows, 1 bow, other trifling things 20s
1 gauntlet, 1 pair of golberts, old iron 2s 6d
13 slippings of flaxen and reading yarn, 1 pair of bellows, 1 silk sieve 6s 8d
Hops 3s 4d
Buttery
1 cupboard, 1 safe, 1 coffer, shelves, 1 napkin press, trestles 25s
Cellar
4 frames to set barrels on, 1 hanging cupboard, old timber, hogsheads 13s 4d
Hall
1 grate 6s
2 tables, frames, 3 forms, 2 stools, 2 chairs 20s
3 maps, 1 story, old painted cloths 23s
1 halberd, 1 forest bill, 1 javelin, 2 pair of corslets, horseman's stuff
Shop
1 table, 1 frame, 1 long sideboard, 1 trestle 12s
Dining Parlour
1 long table, 1 side table, 1 counter, 3 joined forms, 1 pair of tables, 1 cupboard 30s
1 great chest, 13 cushions 8s
Kitchen
Shelves, trestles, 2 chairs, 1 lantern, 1 little stool, trainware, other trifling things 6s 8d
5 dripping pans, 7 spits, 1 pair of great racks, 1 gridiron, 2 frying pans, 1 apple iron, 1 chafing dish, 2 pair of pot-hooks, 1 beef fork, 1 pestle, 1 grate, 2 fire shovels, 2 pair of tongs, 1 watering pot 50s
Boulting House
6 sacks, 1 comb, 1 turnel, old vessels 13s
1 brewing pan £3 6s 8d
1 great comb, 2 stands, 2 half barrels, other necessaries 6s 8d
3 little spinning wheels, 2 turnels, 3 pails 6s 8d
Court
Coke, 1 pipe 13s 4d
Short boards, barrels, other things 11s
Little Cellar in the Court
1 iron pot, 1 hogshead, 1 turnel, 1 frame to set barrels on 5s
Lower Stable
Rakes, 1 manger
2 old saddles 3s 4d
Stable
Rakes, 1 manger, 1 iron candlestick 8s
2 pikels 12d
Old hogsheads 16d
Harbour
1 plank, half inch boards 2s 2d
Unicorn
1 cistern, 1 frame £6
1 hair 6s 8d
1 bucket, 1 chain for the well, 1 stone trough 5s
Rakes, mangers 13s 4d
Garret
1 fan, old sacks, hops, stickles 15s
Court
Old timber, planks
Another Little Room
Slates, bricks, panels 16s
Another Chamber
1 little table, 1 frame, 1 old bed 5s
Armoury over the Eastgate
57 swords £4
12 muskets £3
19 calivers, 1 barrel of a caliver 5s 4d
12 armours, 1 back, 1 breast, 1 gorget, 1 headpiece £3
22 backs, 22 breasts 44s
63 headpieces £3
13 gorgets 10s
36 bandoliers for calivers 30s
20 bandoliers for muskets 20s
28 belts for swords 6s
12 new gorgets 16s
7 pair of mail sleeves, 3 old daggers, 2 hilts, 51 bullet moulds 5s
100 knots of match 20s
Other trifling things 3s 4d
10 pikes 13s 4d
12 shaving tools for tanners 2s 6d
1 pistol, flax, 1 case 2s 6d
Sty
2 hogs, 1 sow, 4 shots 30s
Oats £3 4s
1 stack of gorse 50s
5 loads of hay 33s 4d
1 colt 50s
1 white hobby £3 15s
Money £6 11s 4d
Totals
£377 13s 5d