Intoxicants and Early Modernity

Inventories

Reference:

WS/1678

Archive:

CRO

Date:

15 February 1678

Testator:

Thomas Street

Gender:

male

Occupation:

Brewer

Intoxicant-related Occupation(s):

Brewer

Place:

Chester, Cheshire, England

Appraisers

Name:

Francis Snead

Gender:

male

Room

Entry:

2 feather beds, 3 bolsters, 5 pillows £3 16s

Entry:

1 chest of drawers 16s

Entry:

1 wainscot chest, 1 desk 13s

Entry:

5 leather chairs 12s

Entry:

6 Turkey work chairs £1 4s

Entry:

61 pounds of pewter £2 5s 9d

Entry:

1 pot, 1 posnet 12s 6d

Entry:

1 small pan, 3 skillets 4s

Entry:

Curtains, 1 valance, 1 counterpane £1 5s

Entry:

4 blankets, 1 rug, 2 covering 7s

Entry:

4 pair of flaxen sheets, 3 pillow-beres £1 2s

Entry:

1 diaper tablecloth, 6 napkins, 1 towel 8s 6d

Entry:

6 flaxen napkins, 1 tablecloth, 1 towel 4s

Entry:

4 pair of reading sheets 12s

Entry:

8 reading tablecloths, 12 napkins, 2 towels 6s 8d

Entry:

2 set work cushions 2s

Entry:

2 carpets 3s 6d

Entry:

1 looking glass 6s

Entry:

1 glass case 1s 6d

Entry:

1 truckle bed 2s 6d

Entry:

1 bedstead 6s

Entry:

1 grate 1s

Entry:

1 wainscot box 2s

Entry:

1 Bible, 5 small books 6s

Entry:

1 twig chair 2s

Entry:

4 chairs, 1 small table 4s 6d

Entry:

1 cradle 2s

Entry:

1 salt box 1s

Entry:

3 small cupboards 10s

Entry:

1 pair of hand hooks, 2 chafing dishes, 1 pair of hanging golberts, 1 crow, 1 spit, 1 chopping knife, 2 fire shovels, tongs, 1 pair of snuffers, 1 brass basting spoon, 1 pestle, 1 smoothing iron, 1 toasting iron 8s

Entry:

1 warming pan 3s

Entry:

1 jack 13s

Entry:

2 fowling-pieces 15s

Entry:

1 iron pot 4s

Entry:

1 crook, trenchers, other lumber 3s

Entry:

2 old trunks, 2 coffers, 1 wheel 8s

Entry:

1 brass candlestick 1s 6d

Entry:

1 pair of curtains 2s

Totals

Recoverable Debts:

Irrecoverable Debts:

Wearing Apparel:

£1

Total Inventory Value:

£69 6s 11d

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