Intoxicants and Early Modernity

Inventories

Reference:

WCW

Archive:

LRO

Date:

5 October 1727

Testator:

Thomas Bisbrow

Gender:

male

Occupation:

Innholder

Intoxicant-related Occupation(s):

Alcohol Retailer: Innholder

Place:

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Appraisers

Name:

James Lowe

Gender:

male

House

Entry:

1 fire shovel, tongs 2s

Entry:

2 crows, toasting irons 4s

Entry:

1 rasher iron or gridiron 8d

Entry:

1 jack, spits, 1 cord, weights £1 5s

Entry:

1 warming pan, 2 chafing dishes 10s

Entry:

2 frying pans, 1 dripping pan 2s 6d

Entry:

1 smoothing iron, heaters 2s 6d

Entry:

6 brass candlesticks 4s

Entry:

6 iron candlesticks 1s

Entry:

1 salt-pie, 1 pestle and mortar 2s 6d

Entry:

Brass and iron things in the corner 1s

Entry:

1 couch chair, 1 cushion 10s

Entry:

1 white wood dresser 8s

Entry:

1 oak dresser, shelves £1 10s

Entry:

1 large trestle, 1 copper toasting pan 3s

Entry:

5 back stools 9d

Entry:

48 pewter plates, 1 candle-box £1 5s

Entry:

20 pewter dishes, 2 pewter spoons £2 2s 6d

Entry:

5 pewter quarts, 2 coppers 8s 6d

Entry:

7 pewter pints, 12 knives and forks 5s

Entry:

3 brass pans, 1 skillet, 1 brass pot 18s

Entry:

Pots, hustlement 1s

Parlour

Entry:

1 grate 3s

Entry:

1 large oval table 9s

Entry:

8 set work back stools 14s

Entry:

1 cupboard 7s 6d

Entry:

1 napkin press 2s 6d

Entry:

1 looking glass 12s

Entry:

3 gilt frame pictures, a few small pictures 1s

Entry:

1 corner cupboard 1s 6d

Entry:

1 little oval table 4s 8d

Entry:

1 round table 2s

Entry:

2 window curtains 2s

Entry:

1 screen 2s

Entry:

1 hand board 1s

Entry:

1 teapot, 2 dishes, 2 Delft metal saucers 1s

Entry:

Pots in a cupboard 8d

Further Parlour

Entry:

1 grate 1s 6d

Entry:

1 white wood table 1s

Entry:

1 buffen stool 1s

Entry:

14 back stools 14s

Entry:

1 large ark £1

Entry:

2 pictures 8d

Entry:

1 linen basket 6d

Entry:

Window curtains 1s

Little Parlour

Entry:

1 grate 1s 6d

Entry:

1 table 2s

Entry:

1 white wood table 1s

Entry:

4 back stools 4s

Entry:

1 haster 2s

Entry:

1 window curtain 6d

Entry:

14 small pictures 1s

Passage

Entry:

1 safe 4s 6d

Entry:

1 lantern 8d

Pump Parlour

Entry:

1 grate 1s

Entry:

1 table 2s

Entry:

4 rush bottomed back stools 2s 6d

Chamber over the Parlour

Entry:

1 bedstead, hangings £1 15s

Entry:

1 feather bed £1 12s

Entry:

2 pair of blankets 4s

Entry:

2 pair of sheets 4s 6d

Entry:

1 coverlet or quilt 7s 6d

Entry:

2 tables 6s

Entry:

8 chairs 8s

Entry:

1 form 1s

Entry:

Window curtains 1s

Chamber over the Parlour

Entry:

1 grate 1s

Entry:

1 bedstead, hangings £3

Entry:

1 feather bed £1 15s

Entry:

1 pair of blankets 4s

Entry:

1 quilt 15s

Entry:

1 chest of drawers £1

Entry:

1 close-stool and pan 4s 6d

Entry:

2 tables 4s

Entry:

8 leather chairs 16s

Entry:

7 pictures 1s

Entry:

3 small pictures 6d

Entry:

1 squab, 1 cushion 7s 6d

Chamber over the House

Entry:

1 bedstead, yellow hangings £1 10s

Entry:

1 feather bed, bedding £2

Entry:

1 bedstead, bedding £2 10s

Entry:

1 clothes press £1 5s

Entry:

1 coffer, 1 table 3s 6d

Stairhead

Entry:

1 clothes maiden 2s

Cellar

Entry:

3 stillages 8s

Entry:

17 hogsheads £8

Entry:

6 barrels £1 4s

Entry:

4 rundlets 4s

Entry:

2 working kiers 12s

Entry:

2 eshins, piggins 3s

Entry:

1 rung 1s 6d

Entry:

180 bottles 6s 3d

Entry:

Drink in 6 hogsheads, 3 barrels, 1 rundlet, and 60 bottles

Brewhouse

Entry:

1 brew pan, lead about it £4 10s

Entry:

2 mashing kiers 12s

Entry:

1 boiler £1

Entry:

1 cooler £1

Entry:

2 rungs 2s

Entry:

2 tubs 2s

Entry:

1 barrel 2s 6d

Entry:

1 wood spout 1s

Entry:

1 tundish 6d

Entry:

1 lading piggin, 1 bowl 6d

Bar

Entry:

1 plate cupboard 2s

Entry:

5 silver tankards, one of which is given by testator's will to his father for John Bisbrown's son, 1 silver pint given by the will to Mr Hornby's son, 2 silver gills, 4 silver spoons, 1 silver salt, 1 tea-kettle, 1 coffee-pot £27

Linens

Entry:

12 napkins 5s

Entry:

2 tablecloths 8s

Entry:

4 towels 1s

Entry:

8 pair of sheets £1 4s

Totals

Recoverable Debts:

Irrecoverable Debts:

Wearing Apparel:

Total Inventory Value:

£201 11s 2d

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