Intoxicants and Early Modernity

Inventories

Reference:

WCW

Archive:

LRO

Date:

11 October 1698

Testator:

Edmund Fitton

Gender:

male

Occupation:

Innholder

Intoxicant-related Occupation(s):

Alcohol Retailer: Innholder

Place:

Middleton, Lancashire, England

Appraisers

Name:

John Heywood

Gender:

male

House

Entry:

1 dresser, 1 form 7s

Entry:

1 couch chair 3s

Entry:

1 little table, 1 form 3s

Entry:

5 chairs 3s 4d

Entry:

4 little trestles 1s

Entry:

1 round table 3s 4d

Entry:

1 fire iron, tongs, 1 crow 12s 6d

Entry:

12 spits, racks 2s 6d

Entry:

1 smoothing iron 1s

Entry:

1 striking knife 6d

Entry:

1 shredding knife, 1 back spits, 1 brass spoon 1s

Entry:

1 toasting iron 6d

Entry:

1 fire shovel 1s

Entry:

1 dripping pan 2s 6d

Entry:

1 salt-pie 5d

Entry:

1 little stool 2d

Little Parlour

Entry:

1 bedstead, 1 door, hangings 13s 4d

Entry:

1 feather bed, 1 chaff bed £1 2s 6d

Entry:

1 rug 5s

Entry:

1 bolster, 2 pillows 6s 8d

Entry:

1 truckle bed, bedding 11s 6d

Entry:

1 cupboard 5s

Entry:

1 further chest 6s 8d

Entry:

1 nearer chest 6s 6d

Entry:

1 close-stool 2s

Entry:

1 warming pan 2s 6d

Entry:

1 little trestle 6d

Entry:

2 little stools 6d

Entry:

1 iron grate 1s 6d

Entry:

1 looking glass 4d

Great Parlour

Entry:

1 long table, 1 form £1

Entry:

1 oval table £1

Entry:

12 back stools 18s

Entry:

1 iron grate 1s 6d

Entry:

12 pictures 1s 6d

Entry:

Window curtains, rods 2s 6d

Kitchen Cellar

Entry:

36 trenchers 6s

Entry:

1 salting tub 3s

Entry:

1 stone 2s

Entry:

2 trestles 1s

Entry:

3 cords 1s

Entry:

1 large box 1s

Entry:

1 eshin 1s

Entry:

Bottles £1 4s

Milk Chamber

Entry:

1 bedstead, hangings £1 4s

Entry:

1 feather bed, 1 bolster £1 10s

Entry:

5 chairs 3s

Entry:

1 chair 9d

Entry:

1 little tester 3d

Entry:

1 form 1s 6d

Entry:

1 fire-grate 1s

Entry:

Window curtains, rods 2s

Entry:

Seat at the side of the room 1s

Blue Chamber

Entry:

1 bedstead 12s

Entry:

Hangings, 1 valance, 1 counterpane £1

Entry:

1 feather bed £2 10s

Entry:

2 feather bolsters 8s

Entry:

1 rug, 1 blanket 18s

Entry:

1 long table, forms, seats 18s

Entry:

1 round table 2s 6d

Entry:

8 back stools 15s

Entry:

1 sealed chest 12s

Entry:

1 iron grate 1s 3d

Closet

Entry:

1 coverlet 2s

Entry:

1 old feather bed, 1 bolster 15s

Entry:

1 glass case 2s

Henry Chamber

Entry:

1 bedstead 6s 8d

Entry:

1 hanging counterpane 7s

Entry:

1 feather bed £1 10s

Entry:

1 feather bolster 2s 6d

Entry:

1 white rug 13s

Entry:

1 blanket 1s

Entry:

1 further table, forms, seats 10s

Entry:

1 nearer table, forms, seats 15s

Entry:

2 chairs, 1 trestle 2s

New Chamber

Entry:

1 bedstead 10s

Entry:

Hangings, 1 valance, 1 counterpane 15s

Entry:

1 feather bed £1

Entry:

1 feather bolster 7s

Entry:

4 blankets 6s

Entry:

1 flock bed 6s

Entry:

1 long table, forms, seats £1 15s

Entry:

1 trestle, forms, seats 4s

Entry:

6 chairs 4s

Entry:

1 little trestle 4d

Entry:

2 iron grates 2s 6d

Thomas Chamber

Entry:

1 bedstead 2s

Entry:

1 chaff bed 3s

Entry:

1 rug 6s

Entry:

1 blanket 1s

Entry:

1 trestle, 1 board 1s 6d

William Chamber

Entry:

1 bedstead 5s

Entry:

1 rug 6s

Entry:

1 bolster 1s

Entry:

1 trestle 1s 6d

Entry:

1 cradle 2s

Entry:

1 plank 9d

Entry:

1 little trestle 2d

Brewhouse

Entry:

1 lead £3 10s

Entry:

1 cooler 13s 4d

Entry:

1 brewing kier 12s

Entry:

1 tub 2s 6d

Entry:

5 piggins 4s

Entry:

1 frame the vessels stand on 3s

Entry:

1 eshin 1s 6d

Entry:

1 barrel, 1 tub 1s

Kitchen

Entry:

1 dresser 3s

Entry:

3 tubs to work drink in 7s 6d

Entry:

1 water tub 1s

Entry:

3 rungs 4s

Entry:

2 eshins 2s 6d

Entry:

3 piggins 1s 6d

Entry:

18 meat piggins 2s 3d

Entry:

1 chime 3s 6d

Entry:

1 form, 4 trestles 2s

Entry:

1 tub 6d

Entry:

1 iron boiler 12s

Entry:

1 iron pot 5s

Entry:

1 posnet 2s 6d

Entry:

2 pans, 1 skillet 2s 6d

Entry:

1 brass ladle, 1 fork 1s

Entry:

Pots 2s

Cellar Below

Entry:

18 hogsheads and barrels £3 10s

Entry:

2 drippers, 1 tundish 2s 3d

Entry:

4 stands for barrels 6s

Entry:

30 flagons, 3 quarts, 2 pints, 2 half-pints £2 15s

Buttery

Entry:

21 plates 14s

Entry:

11 pewter dishes £1 11s

Entry:

4 chamber pots 6s

Entry:

2 pewter posset pots 3s

Entry:

8 porringers, 6 cups 4s

Entry:

24 spoons, 1 tankards 4s 3d

Entry:

4 basins, 2 large salts 2s 5d

Entry:

8 great candlesticks 2s

Entry:

9 pewter candlesticks 3s

Entry:

3 brass candlesticks 1s

Entry:

1 pewter bowl 1s

Entry:

12 pair of sheets £4 1s

Entry:

12 table napkins 14s

Entry:

10 table napkins, 1 large tablecloth 15s

Entry:

2 little tablecloths 6s

Barn

Entry:

Hay £5

Entry:

Corn £3 5s

Entry:

1 horse, 1 saddle £2

Entry:

1 pair of wheels, 1 cart £1 10s

Entry:

1 spade, 1 shovel, axes 2s 6d

Entry:

1 saw, 1 flag, 4 pigs £2 12s

Entry:

Poultry ware 5s

Entry:

Ale £10 13s 6d

Entry:

Hustlement 5s

Totals

Recoverable Debts:

Irrecoverable Debts:

Wearing Apparel:

£2

Total Inventory Value:

£85 17s 11d

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