Inventories
WC/1585
CRO
24 October 1585
Ralph Thornton
male
Merchant
Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper (Inferred)
Chester, Cheshire, England
Appraisers
Robert Nicholas
male
Great Parlour
Sealed work 13s 4d
1 table, 2 forms 6s
1 square table, 1 form 3s
4 joined stools, 2 chairs 22d
1 old cupboard 2s
3 chests 8s
2 desks 2s
Glass in the windows 5s
2 looking glasses 2d
1 case for glasses, glasses 6d
1 pair of old playing tables, 1 old standish 3d
7 old cushions, 1 lantern, 2 old carpets, 1 old hanging with a painted border 2s 6d
1 fire-grate, 1 pair of racks, 1 pair of tongs, 1 fire shovel 8s
1 pair of old flaxen sheets, 8 napkins, 3 pillow-beres, 3 pair of canvas sheets, 2 board cloths, 2 towels 6s 8d
1 spinning wheel, 1 pair of cards, 1 grater, 1 pair of snuffers 12d
Buttery
5 candlesticks 2s
12 pewter platters 6s 8d
4 pewter saucers 12d
7 voiders, 4 porringers 20d
1 maslen basin, 2 ewers 16d
2 pottle pots, 6 old quarts, 2 pints, 3 salts, 3 flower-pots, 1 curtain case, 1 half-pint 6s
1 old cupboard, 1 little board, 6 shelves 14d
24 trenchers, 4 ale cups 6d
Glass in the buttery windows 12d
Kitchen
3 old brass pots, 1 posnet, 1 chafer, 4 old little pans, 2 brass ladles, 1 skillet 13s 4d
3 spits, 1 pair of golberts, 1 frying pan, 1 dripping pan 2s 6d
1 old pipe, 2 little shelves, 2 turnels, 3 crooks, 1 old barrel, 1 cleansing sieve, 1 meal sieve, 3 earthen mugs, 3 old pot lids 18d
Court
Coal 2s
Old wood 6d
Ladders 6d
Chamber over the Kitchen
1 old ark, 1 pair of truckle bedsteads 12d
1 old basin, 6 train dishes, 1 chamber pot 8d
Hall
Sealing 6s 8d
Painted cloths 2s
2 tables, 1 frame, 2 trestles, 3 forms, 2 old chairs 3s 4d
1 old chest 6d
1 old feather bed, 1 old flock bed, 1 bolster, 1 coverlet, 1 blanket, bedstocks 6s 8d
1 truckle bed, 1 old coverlet 16d
1 old fire-grate 12d
1 piece of a gable 3d
Glass 16d
Chamber over the Buttery
1 old flock bed, 2 old blankets, stocks, old curtains 3s 4d
1 round table, 1 form, old painted cloths, 1 old truckle bed 12d
Glass 20d
Little Buttery
4 ale stands, 1 old close-stool, 1 pair of bedstocks, 1 flock bed, 1 pair of blankets 3s 4d
Little Parlour next to the Row
1 little table, 1 form, sealed work 3s 4d
Totals
20s
£8 12s 92d