Intoxicants and Early Modernity

Inventories

Reference:

WS/1625

Archive:

CRO

Date:

24 October 1625

Testator:

Daniel Thropp

Gender:

male

Occupation:

Shoemaker

Intoxicant-related Occupation(s):

Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper (Inferred)

Place:

Chester, Cheshire, England

Appraisers

Name:

Samuel Bennett

Gender:

male

Shop

Entry:

7 pair of boots 28s

Entry:

17 pair of shoes 23s

Entry:

86 pair of lasts 7s

Entry:

3 pair of boot legs and feet 6s

Entry:

1 pair of boot legs 12d

Entry:

2 pounds of hemp 12d

Entry:

Broken leather 8s

Entry:

2 hides 20s

Entry:

2 barks 20s

Entry:

Wood heels 2s

Entry:

1 little hide of dressed leather 8s

Entry:

2 pair of coloured pantaples 12d

Street Chamber

Entry:

1 standing bed 33s 1d

Entry:

1 feather bed, 1 feather bolster, 1 flock bolster, 1 under flock bed 30s

Entry:

Curtains, 1 valance, 1 covering 20s

Entry:

1 court cupboard, 1 wainscot chest, 1 wainscot bench 15s

Entry:

1 square table, 1 frame, 1 form 10s

Entry:

1 twiggen chair, 1 back chair 5s

Entry:

1 orange carpet cloth, 1 green carpet cloth 5s

Entry:

2 long cushions, 4 little cushions, 1 shelf cloth, 1 cupboard cloth 13s

Entry:

1 looking glass, 1 band box 4s

Entry:

1 cushion, 1 screen 6d

Entry:

1 little iron grate 12d

Old Chamber

Entry:

1 old canopy bed, 1 old boarded bedstead, 2 old chests, 2 old wheels 5s

Entry:

1 lantern 12d

Entry:

1 standing bed, 1 canopy bed 23s 4d

Entry:

1 old feather bed, 1 bolster, 1 pillow 13s 1d

Entry:

1 green caddow, 4 curtains, 1 valance 5s

Entry:

1 old chaff bed, 1 caddow 6s 8d

Entry:

1 table, 1 frame, 1 form 9s

Entry:

2 old trunks 4s

Entry:

2 tubs, 2 benches, 1 little chest 18d

Further Parlour

Entry:

1 carpet, 2 gilt cushions 6s 8d

Entry:

2 square tables, 1 form 12s

Entry:

Wainscot before the chimney, 1 little grate 5s

Entry:

1 wainscot close-stool 12d

Kitchen

Entry:

1 brewing furnace, brewing vessels 26s 8d

Entry:

Malt unbrewed 6s

Entry:

Bowls for the alley 12d

Entry:

1 little table 12d

Entry:

2 white blankets 5s

Little Parlour

Entry:

1 table, 1 form, 1 chest, 2 pair of tables 10s

Linens

Entry:

18 napkins 24s

Entry:

2 square tablecloths, 1 round tablecloth 8s

Entry:

6 linen towels 5s

House

Entry:

1 frame, 1 table, 1 form, 4 chairs 12s

Entry:

2 high stools, 2 low stools 3s

Entry:

2 stools 12d

Entry:

12 pictures 4s

Entry:

1 iron grate, 1 chafer, tongs, 1 fire shovel 5s

Entry:

1 white jug tipped with silver gilt 3s

Entry:

6 silver spoons, 1 silver bowl £4 5s

Entry:

1 Bible 5s

Entry:

1 pewter basin and ewer 6s 8d

Entry:

7 pewter dishes 16s

Entry:

4 pewter candlesticks 5s

Entry:

3 pewter salts 4s

Entry:

3 little pewter cups 12d

Entry:

2 pewter flower-pots 12d

Entry:

6 pewter porringers 2s

Entry:

1 pewter plate 4d

Entry:

4 overseas dishes 4d

Entry:

1 glass case 6d

Entry:

1 stone mortar 4d

House Buttery

Entry:

17 pewter dishes 26s 8d

Entry:

1 big pewter flagon, 2 lesser pewter flagons 5s 4d

Entry:

1 quart, 2 pints, 2 half-pints 4s

Entry:

2 pewter chamber pots 2s 6d

Entry:

2 iron dripping pans 5s

Entry:

1 warming pan 3s

Entry:

3 brass pans 20s

Entry:

1 pot, 1 pewter limbeck 30s

Entry:

3 brass pots, 1 posnet 26s 8d

Entry:

1 skillet, 1 iron tin 12d

Cellar

Entry:

Odd things 6s 8d

Entry:

1 lead pipe from the street 12s

Entry:

Iron 12d

Entry:

1 pair of iron golberts 5s

Entry:

2 pair of iron pot-hooks 8d

Entry:

4 cloth cushions 6d

Little Shop

Entry:

2 chests and 7 boxes of beeswax 10s

Entry:

3 bottles, some waters, 1 barrel of vinegar 10s

Entry:

Corn sacks, 3 barrels, shelves 8s

Entry:

Old vessels, 1 powdering tub, 1 piece of plank, other odd things

Totals

Recoverable Debts:

£15 10s 2d

Irrecoverable Debts:

Wearing Apparel:

Total Inventory Value:

£62 5s 2d

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