Inventories
WS/1615
CRO
5 August 1615
John Gardner
male
Girdler
Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper (Inferred)
Chester, Cheshire, England
Appraisers
David Evans
male
Hall
2 short tables, 1 bench 10s
5 chairs 2s 6d
8 stools 4s
1 cradle, 1 child's chair 12d
1 press cupboard 13s 4d
6 earthen dishes, 1 tin candlestick 6d
4 cushions 12d
70 pounds of pewter 46s 8d
13 pounds of pewter quarts, chamber pots 5s 5d
44 pounds of brass pots 38s 6d
8 kettles and skillets bound with iron weighing 32 pounds 10s 8d
1 pan, 2 chafing dishes 4s
1 old chest 10d
1 wainscot door with a frame 2s 6d
2 brass candlesticks, 2 basters 2s
1 grate, 3 pair of tongs 8s
2 small dripping pans, 1 frying pan 2s
2 shredding knives 6d
4 broches 2s 6d
2 pair of pot-hooks, 2 rack irons, 1 pair of golberts, 1 hanging brandreth, 1 fork 3s 6d
1 gridiron, 1 bread grate, 1 pair of bellows 16d
1 iron pestle 4d
Buttery
9 pounds of pewter 6s
1 old chest 8d
3 shelves 6d
60 trenchers 12d
1 iron hook to hang meat on 4d
6 glasses, 1 jack 6d
2 little stands 10d
2 baskets, 2 cases of trenchers, 2 trencher knives, 2 dish crates 18d
Brewhouse
1 furnace pan 26s 8d
Trainware, brewing vessels, 1 churn 10s
Kitchen
1 hogshead, 2 barrels, 2 tubs
Smithy Shop
1 pair of bellows 6s 8d
2 vires 6s 8d
5 hammers 18d
1 hand vire 12d
3 pair of tongs, 2 pair of pliars, 3 pair of pincers, 1 wrench 2s
1 pair of new irons 12d
Old files and other old iron 3s
Parlour
1 standing bedstead, 2 truckle beds 13s 4d
2 planks, 2 forms 5s
2 trunks, 1 chest 7s
2 old feather beds, 1 flock bed, 1 chaff bed, 2 feather bolsters, 2 flock bolsters, 2 feather pillows 46s 8d
3 carpets 12s
4 cushions 3s
1 map, 1 table of arms, 1 little picture 3s
9 flaxen sheets 26s 8d
8 pair of reading sheets 20s
1 large tablecloth, 6 small tablecloths, 4 drinking cloths 12s
12 flaxen napkins 6s
12 coarse napkins 3s
5 pounds of reading yarn 5s
1 halberd 5s
1 best cloak, 1 gown 46s 8d
Other wearing apparel 13s 4d
2 shirts, 2 capes, 2 bands 5s
1 Bible 5s
4 pillow-beres 4s
Milk House
9 earthen pots 2s 6d
Bolting Loft
1 chest 5s
1 bolting tub, 2 powdering tubs 4s
4 meal sieves 2s
1 hoop, 2 old barrels 12d
2 loads of gorse 5s
2 wheels 2s
Old wood 12d
Street Chamber
2 canopy bedstead, 1 old standing bedstead 6s
3 pillows 5s
1 old chaff bed, 2 old coverlets 4s 4d
2 tables, 1 bench, 2 forms, 4 old boards 2s 6d
Little Chamber
2 tables, 2 frames 2s
Upper Loft
2 canopy beds, 1 old boarded bed 6s
2 working frame 2s
4 old coverlets, 2 blankets 6s
2 old flock beds, 1 chaff bed 5s
1 box, 3 stools 12d
3 stools, 1 dagger 3s
Girdling Shop
4 pair of hangers, girdles 40s
6 plain belts 2s
120 men's waists 30s
48 children's girdles 4s
7 pair of neat leather hangers, girdles with silver buckles 8s
4 pair of frogs 20d
12 stuff waists 7s
12 embroidered waists 10s
6 laced waists 3s
8 children's waists 2s
24 men's waists 2s 6d
84 men's waists not made up 7s
7 pair of stuff hangers, girdles not made up 6s
48 coarse waists not made up 2s 8d
4 fringed waists not made up 12d
3 belts not made up 9d
1 side of russet leather dressed up 6s 8d
3 little hammers, 2 pair of compasses, other small tools 3s 4d
1 joined stool 8d
1 cutting-board, shelves 12d
Buckles, garnish for girdles, belts, and hangers 40s
1 piece of Spanish leather, 1 piece of calves leather 2s
Stuff, fringe lace, silk 40s
Remnants of velvet and satin 3s 4d
6 embroidered waists not made up 12d
3 kine £7
Totals
£47 11s 6d