Inventories
EDA/2/2/1618
CRO
26 November 1618
Edward Button
male
Alderman
Alcohol Retailer: Innholder (Inferred)
Chester, Cheshire, England
Appraisers
Mr Thomas Bird
male
Street Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed £1 4s 8d
1 court cupboard, 1 little table, 1 little grate, 1 joined stool 12s 6d
1 coarse carpet for the table, 1 cupboard cloth 2s
2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 3 pillows, 2 pillow-beres, 1 flock bed £4
1 dornick covering, 1 caddow, 1 white blanket
Little Chamber over the Back Gate
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed 26s
1 caddow, 1 coverlet 9s
1 old feather bed, 1 bolster 26s
1 pair of valance, 2 curtains 2s 6d
Middle Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed £1 2s 6d
1 pair of curtains, valances, rods 6s 8d
1 table, 1 frame, 1 court cupboard, 1 form, 1 chair, 2 bars for a chimney, 1 carpet, 1 cupboard cloth 3s 4d
2 feather beds, 1 flock bed, 2 bolsters, 2 pillows, 1 pillow-bere £2 10s
2 caddows, 2 white blankets £1
Maidenhead Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed 25s
1 pair of valances, curtains
2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow, 1 pillow-bere £2 10s 6d
2 caddows, 1 covering £1 6s 8d
1 old carpet, 1 table, 1 joined stool 6s
Chamber over the Old Buttery
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed 26s
2 feather beds, 1 flock bed, 3 bolsters, 1 pillow £1 13s 4d
1 little table 2s
3 blankets 9s
1 hanging candlestick 2d
Next Chamber over the Hall
2 old bedsteads, 2 truckle beds £1 6s 8d
4 feather beds, 4 bolsters, 2 pillows £5
3 caddows, 2 coverlets, 1 blanket £1 13s 4d
1 little table, 1 pair of valances 3s
Other Chamber over the Hall
3 old bedsteads 20s
3 feather beds, 1 flock bed, 4 bolsters, 3 pillows £2 1s 4d
1 old caddow, 2 old coverlets 20s
1 little table 2s 4d
New Building Chamber
2 coffers, other implements 5s
2 coarse flock beds 2s
3 old bushels of oats 15s
1 halberd, 1 bill 2s 6d
Chamber over the Kitchen
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed £4 10s
1 feather bed, 1 down bed, 1 flock bed, 2 bolsters, 2 pillows £4 6s 8d
1 pair of curtains, valances, rods £1
2 caddows, 1 blanket £1 20s
1 table, 2 chairs, 2 little stools, 1 little grate, 1 old carpet 28s
2 gilt cushions, 3 pictures 3s 4d
1 flock bed, 1 bolster, 2 blankets 20s
Little Parlour
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed £1 3s 4d
2 feather beds, 5 bolsters £2 1s 4d
7 blankets, coverlets £1 4s
1 table 2s 6d
1 clock, 1 bell £1 10s
Lower Parlour
2 standing beds, 2 truckle beds £6 13s 4d
2 pair of curtains, valances £2
2 feather beds, 2 down beds, 1 flock bed, 3 bolsters £8 3s 4d
2 arras coverings, 2 blankets, 1 caddow £2 6s
1 draw table £2
1 carpet 5s
3 pictures, 3 cushions, 2 old cushions 5s 4d
3 chairs, 1 court cupboard, 2 joined stools, 1 form 13s 4d
Closet and Larder
Flax £2
Earthen pots 13s 4d
Dining Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed £7
1 long table, 1 square table £3 6s 8d
1 great court cupboard £1 6s 8d
2 forms 5s
5 embroidered chairs £2 10s
4 covered stools 8s
Room
5 gilt cushions 15s
4 long window cushions £1 6s 8d
6 new cushions 26s
10 old cushions 8s 4d
4 pictures, 1 map £1 3s 4d
1 looking glass 2s
2 andirons, 1 little grate £1 16s 4d
1 pair of virginals £1 13s 4d
1 down bed, 1 feather bed, 2 bolsters, 5 pillows £6 9s 8d
2 pillow-beres wrought with silk, silver, and gold £1 26s 8d
2 arras coverings, 2 white blankets £3 6s 8d
1 pair of curtains, valances £2 6s 8d
1 square carpet cloth 8s
1 long carpet of green broad cloth £1 13s 4d
1 long carpet cloth £1 10s
1 court cupboard cloth 4s
Closet
1 square table, 1 dresser board 6s 8d
Old New Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed £1 13s 4d
1 table, 6 joined stools, 1 chair, 1 little stool £2 3s 4d
1 court cupboard, 1 cupboard cloth, 1 long cushion 20s
1 down bed, 1 feather bed, 1 flock bed, 3 bolsters, 1 pillow, 1 wrought pillow-bere £6 13s 4d
1 pair of valances, curtains £1 6s 8d
2 coverings, 1 caddow, 1 blanket £1
1 carpet, 4 bars of iron 3s 4d
Hall
1 long table, 1 frame £2 6s 8d
2 square tables 13s 4d
3 joined forms £7
3 embroidered chairs 16s
15 pictures with frames 8s
12 cushions £1 4s
5 little gilt cushions 9s
1 pair of andirons 13s 4d
1 grate 6s 8d
2 little cisterns of lead to wash men's hands 8s
5 old cushions 4s
1 joined stool, 2 throne stools 2s 6d
1 black armour for a man 6s 8d
6 little valances, doors, cupboards 3s 4d
1 carpet for the table 5s
Street Parlour
1 long table, 1 frame £3
1 square table 20s
3 joined forms 8s
4 covered chairs £1 6s 8d
6 joined stools wrought with needlework £1 10s
6 women's stools embroidered 15s
4 long window cushions £2 13s 4d
3 gilt cushions 9s
6 wrought cusions 13s 4d
6 old cushions 1s
26 pictures with frames £2 10s
1 looking glass 13s 4d
1 pair of andirons, 1 little grate £1 10s
1 press cupboard, 1 court cupboard
4 dog pictures 1s 4d
2 pair of valances for the cupboard 3s
1 court cupboard cloth 3s 4d
1 carpet for a long table, 1 carpet for a square table 23s 4d
1 valance over the door 8d
Prestwich Chamber
1 standing bed, 1 truckle bed £2
2 feather beds, 1 down bed, 3 bolsters, 1 pillow, 1 wrought pillow-bere £5 6s 8d
2 caddows, 2 white blankets, 1 pair of valances, curtains £1 1s 4d
1 square table 8s
Their Own Chamber
1 canopy bedstead 5s
3 feather beds, 1 flock bed, 3 bolsters, 3 pillows £4 4s
6 coverlets, blankets £1 3s 4d
New Buttery
3 little tables, 1 cupboard, 1 safe, 1 plate cupboard, 1 glass case, 3 little chests, 2 boxes, 1 ladder, other small implements £2
1 looking glass, 1 trestle 3s 4d
1 safe, 1 stillery 2s 6d
Brewhouse
1 brewing pan, combs, tubs, turnels, stone troughs, other implements £3 20s
1 great cistern of lead with pipes and cocks belonging to convey water with £7
Tavern and Cellar
1 tun of sack £24
2 tun of Gascony wine £26 6s 8d
1 barrel of mead £2 6s 8d
1 hogshead of Alicante £9
1 square table
Empty casks, old timber £1
1 little furnace £4 6s 8d
6 little tables with frames £1 6s 8d
1 form, 3 joined stools 5s
1 grate, 1 pair of tongs, 2 pair of playing tables 22s
Linens
11 drinking cloths wrought with white work laced £6
1 black silk drinking cloth wrought with silk and gold buttons £4 6s 8d
Pewter
2 coffins of pewter 15s
3 great flagons, 2 lesser flagons £1 5s
2 basins, 3 ewers 15s
3 candlesticks with a man of pewter betwixt every one 15s
4 white candlesticks 6s 8d
1 warming pan, 1 apple pan 6s
9 brass candlesticks, 2 chafing dishes, 1 ewer, 1 little posnet £1 13s
48 plates £1 6s 8d
6 hanging candlesticks
1 maslen basin 2s
10 chamber pots 8s
12 overseas dishes of earth 4s
Other pewter £8 6s 18d
10 pottles, 1 gallon, 21 pewter quarts, 16 pints, 2 gils, 1 measure for aqua vitae £3 6s 8d
18 bottles 6s
Little banqueting dishes 4s
4 kine, 1 mare, 2 suckling foals £25
4 swine £2
Hay £5
Gorse 8s
Totals
£713 12s 2d