Intoxicants and Early Modernity

Inventories

Reference:

WS/1673

Archive:

CRO

Date:

10 October 1673

Testator:

Robert Spark

Gender:

male

Intoxicant-related Occupation(s):

Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper (Inferred)

Place:

Chester, Cheshire, England

Appraisers

Name:

Randall Dicas

Gender:

male

Room

Entry:

4 feather beds, bolsters £5

Entry:

Blankets, bed clothes £1 10s

Entry:

3 standing beds, 2 truckle beds £2

Entry:

1 court cupboard, 1 wainscot chest 13s 4d

Entry:

2 old trunks, 2 boxes 5s

Entry:

Sheets, linens £1 10s

Entry:

2 pair of old curtains, valances 10s

Entry:

2 brass pots £1

Entry:

4 brass pans, pestle and mortar £1 10s

Entry:

1 iron pot, 1 dripping pan, 1 fire shovel, tongs, 1 spit, 1 warming pan, 1 frying pan, golberts 12s

Entry:

Brass candlesticks, brass heads for a grate 4s

Entry:

16 small pewter dishes £2

Entry:

1 flagon, 1 quart, pewter £1 6s 8d

Entry:

2 cupboards £1

Entry:

10 pictures 3s 4d

Entry:

2 halberds, 1 headpiece 5s

Entry:

White dishes 3s 4d

Entry:

Trainware 5s

Entry:

2 spinning wheels 3s 4d

Entry:

5 tables £2

Entry:

Settles, chairs 4s

Entry:

1 kitchen grate, 1 crow, 1 fire shovel, tongs £1

Entry:

1 pair of bellows, 1 salt box 1s 6d

Entry:

3 shelves, 4 cushions 3s

Entry:

1 Bible, books 5s

Entry:

6 chairs £1

Entry:

6 joined stools 6s

Entry:

3 small grates 6s 8d

Entry:

1 stillage, 1 dresser, 2 shelves 5s

Entry:

1 parcel of deal boards £2

Totals

Recoverable Debts:

Irrecoverable Debts:

Wearing Apparel:

£1

Total Inventory Value:

£28 15s 2d

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