Inventories
WS/1614
CRO
7 December 1613
Thomas Benson
male
Brewer
Brewer
Chester, Cheshire, England
Appraisers
William Lowe
male
Hall
1 table, 1 frame, 1 form 6s 8d
4 iron bars 8d
5 great joined stools, 6 small joined stools 7s
2 chairs 8d
1 little square table 6d
1 old long table 20d
1 little form 12d
1 joined cupboard, 1 press 16s
1 old chest 8d
1 cradle, 1 child's chair 2s
7 old cushions 2s
6 overseas dishes 12d
2 old arms in frames 6d
33 yards of filled work 30s
Pewter 46s 8d
7 silver spoons 30s
2 brass candlesticks 4s
2 old candlesticks 6d
1 brass mortar, 1 pestle 6s 8d
1 lantern, 1 hand basket 8d
Closet by the Hall
30 pounds of brass pots 30s
3 skillets, 1 brass ladle, 1 maslen dish, 1 chafing dish 5s
1 dripping pan 2s
Spits 12d
1 pair of golberts 18d
1 chopping knife, ironware 8d
1 still 5s
2 shelves 6d
Trainware 10d
1 old frying pan 6d
1 old chest 2s
1 grate 3s 4d
1 old canopy bed, 1 child's bed 3s
1 grater, trenchers 4d
Storehouse
60 barrels and half barrels £30
4 stillages 3s
2 barrels of beer 16s
1 trow to carry beer abroad 13s 4d
1 piece of timber 2d
3 poles 15s
Oriel
1 old bedstead, 1 truckle bed, 1 chest 10s
1 halberd, 1 headpiece 2s
2 feather beds, 1 flock bed, 4 pillows, 2 bolsters 40s
1 pair of curtains, 1 valance 2s
4 caddows, 2 blankets 30s
1 other bolster 3s 4d
Butter, cheese
Street Chamber
1 fan, 1 shovel 10s
0.5 stone of wool 5s
Old lumber 2s
1 winnowing sheet 4d
Hops 13s 4d
1 turnel 6d
2 muskets 4s
1 pillion, 1 cloth 2s
Parlour
1 table, 1 frame, 1 little form 6s
1 chair 8d
12 old cushions 6s
3 carpets 10s
1 man's gown 30s
1 cloak 16s
3 flock beds 20s
2 feather bolsters 10s
1 white caddow 5s
1 bedstock, 1 truckle bed 13s 4d
1 pair of curtains, 1 valance 8s
5 chests, 1 chest in the closet 13s 4d
12 yards of wainscot, 1 wainscot door 14s
4 earthen dishes 16d
4 shelves 12d
3 glass bottles 12d
3 iron bars 6d
1 fire shovel, tongs 8d
36 trenchers 6d
Linens
36 napkins 9s
3 flaxen tablecloths 9s
5 towels 5s
Corn and Other Things
Corn £20
1 mare to draw the cart 40s
2 cows £4
3 swine 15s
Glass windows 10s
2 loads of hay 6s
9 ducks 2s
4 loads of gorse 13s 4d
Brewing Vessels
2 coolers 20s
2 combs 50s
1 little comb 4s
2 little gutters 2s
2 shedding leads 4s
2 dishes 4d
1 copper pan with lead about it £3 10s
2 little stillages 2s
1 stone cistern 30s
Men's bedstock, 1 flock bed, 2 bolsters 6s 8d
Slings, 1 spade 18d
60 yards of lead, 1 cock 30s
1 piece of timber 2s
6 sacks 6s
6 half tubs 18s
1 pack saddle, horse gear 2s
1 cratch, 1 manger 6d
1 hoop, stickles 12d
1 ladder 6d
1 hair 6s
2 poles 2s
3 wheels 18d
Shelves 2s
Totals
£86 12s 2d