Intoxicants and Early Modernity

Inventories

Reference:

WS/1673

Archive:

CRO

Date:

20 November 1673

Testator:

John Hulton

Gender:

male

Role:

Alderman

Occupation:

Shoemaker (Inferred)

Intoxicant-related Occupation(s):

Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper (Inferred)

Place:

Chester, Cheshire, England

Appraisers

Name:

Henry Crosby

Gender:

male

Room

Entry:

1 draught of pewter £3 11s 6d

Entry:

1 draught of pewter £1 8s 4d

Entry:

2 pewter pottles, 1 pewter flagon 7s 6d

Entry:

5 quarts, 2 pints, 2 half-pints 10s 10d

Entry:

2 cans, 1 half-pint can, 1 gil 4s

Entry:

8 pottingers 4s

Entry:

6 pewter candlesticks 9s

Entry:

4 pewter chamber pots 5s

Entry:

2 salts, 2 pewter spoons, 12 saucers 3s

Entry:

Brass pans £1 9s

Entry:

Brass pots £2 2s 6d

Entry:

Brass pots £1 17s

Entry:

Brass pots 10s

Entry:

4 skillets 5s

Entry:

1 liquor pan 2s 6d

Entry:

1 brass skillet 8d

Entry:

1 water lead, 1 punching lead 2s

Entry:

1 old warming pan 2s

Entry:

2 iron dripping pans 5s

Entry:

1 feather bed, 1 bolster 12s 1d

Entry:

1 feather bed, 1 bolster, 1 pillow £2 17s 6d

Entry:

1 feather bed, 1 bolster 7s 6d

Entry:

3 flock beds, 2 flock bolsters 10s

Entry:

1 feather bed, 2 bolsters, 2 pillows £3 10s 10d

Entry:

1 feather bed £1 1s 6d

Entry:

1 straw bed case, 2 flock pillows 2s

Hall

Entry:

1 cupboard, 1 glass case 12s

Entry:

1 musket, bandoliers 3s

Entry:

1 valance, 2 old cushions 6d

Entry:

1 coat of arms, 2 pictures, 2 picture frames 2s

Entry:

1 wainscot chair 4s

Entry:

1 large covered chair 4s

Entry:

2 covered chairs seated with red leather 8s

Entry:

2 joined chairs 1s 6d

Entry:

2 small green stools 5s

Entry:

2 cushions

Entry:

1 grate, 2 bars 9s

Entry:

1 fire shovel, 2 tongs 2s

Entry:

1 chafing dish, 1 gridiron 1s 4d

Entry:

1 fire iron 3s

Entry:

1 toasting fork 2s

Entry:

1 little cupboard in the chimney 2s

Entry:

1 form 2s

Buttery

Entry:

1 chest, 3 shelves, 1 spinning wheel, 1 reel 1s 8d

Entry:

1 pair of bellows 6d

Entry:

3 wooden basins 5s 6d

Entry:

39 trenchers 2s 3d

Entry:

22 little round trenchers 6s 6d

Entry:

6 square trenchers 2d

Entry:

2 turnels, 1 crook 4s

Entry:

2 breads

Entry:

1 bowl, 3 noggins 4d

Cellar

Entry:

1 powdering tub 3s

Entry:

4 stillages 5s

Entry:

1 tub, 2 loose boards, lumber 2s 6d

Entry:

5 mugs 1s 3d

Middle Cellar

Entry:

1 hogshead of train oil, part of another hogshead £7

Entry:

3 empty hogsheads 3s

Entry:

India red £2

Entry:

Rosen, 1 pick 3s 4d

Entry:

1 gimlet 2s 6d

Entry:

2 stillages 4s

Brewhouse

Entry:

1 stone trough 2s

Entry:

3 hampers, other trumpery things 5s

Further Court

Entry:

1 piece of timber, 1 long wooden gutter, 1 rail, 1 old tub, 1 lather 3s 6d

Entry:

Boards in the kiln 6s

Entry:

1 malt fan 6s 8d

Entry:

1 old chest 1s 6d

Entry:

2 straw baskets, 1 tub 1s

Entry:

2 lathers 2s

Entry:

1 old court cupboard, lumber 2s

Entry:

Lumber over the brewhouse 2s

Entry:

1 twig chair 8s

Entry:

1 tub, 1 partition, 1 saddle, loose boards, 1 parcel of slates 10s

Entry:

1 little tub with grease in, small shelves 2s

Parlour

Entry:

1 table, 1 frame, 1 wainscot press 14s

Entry:

1 large wainscot chest 8s

Entry:

1 chest, 1 trunk 6s

Entry:

Shelves 4s

Entry:

1 cutting-board, 1 colouring board 2s

Green Chamber

Entry:

1 chest, 1 lock 4s

Entry:

1 chair, 1 table 5s

Entry:

1 chest 3s

Entry:

1 large trunk 6s 8d

Entry:

1 case of pistols 6s 8d

Entry:

1 old cupboard 3s

Entry:

1 old trunk 2s

Entry:

1 standing bed, testers, 1 trundle bed, mats, cords

Entry:

Curtains, 1 valance

Entry:

1 blue rug, 2 white rugs

Entry:

1 grate

Entry:

1 picture, 1 frame

Entry:

1 desk, 1 small box 1s

Cockloft

Entry:

1 canopy bedstead, 3 blankets, 1 old chest 10s

Oriel

Entry:

3 chests 13s 6d

Entry:

1 small table 2s 6d

Entry:

1 close-stool 4s

Entry:

3 other chests 2s

Entry:

1 old green rug, 2 white blankets 7s

Entry:

Curtains, 1 valance 5s

Street Chamber

Entry:

1 standing bed, 1 trundle bed, mats, cords £1

Entry:

Red curtains, 1 valance, curtain rods £1 5s

Entry:

2 white blankets 10s

Entry:

1 red rug £1

Entry:

6 set cushions, 1 small cushion 10s

Entry:

1 embroidered cushion, 1 wrought cushion 4s 6d

Entry:

2 long Kidderminster carpets 8s

Entry:

3 short carpets, 1 cupboard cloth 4s

Entry:

1 Irish stitch carpet 3s 4d

Entry:

2 window curtains, 1 curtain rod 3s

Entry:

1 long table, 1 frame 14s

Entry:

1 court cupboard 2s 6d

Entry:

2 desks 9s

Entry:

1 pair of tables 2s 6d

Entry:

1 court table 6s 8d

Entry:

1 old little trunk 1s 6d

Entry:

1 box 1s

Entry:

1 set work chair 2s 6d

Entry:

1 green chair 1s

Entry:

7 leather chairs £1 1s

Entry:

4 leather stools

Entry:

7 escutcheons 2s 6d

Entry:

1 shoemaker's coat of arms in a frame

Entry:

1 gilt seeing glass 3s

Entry:

1 seeing glass 1s

Entry:

12 wine glasses 2s

Entry:

1 grate with brass knobs, 1 fire shovel, tongs 7s

Entry:

1 sword, 1 scabbard 3s 4d

Entry:

12 napkins 9s

Entry:

24 flaxen napkins 12s

Entry:

10 wearing napkins 2s 6d

Entry:

Flaxen towels 2s 8d

Entry:

1 old tablecloth 1s

Entry:

1 diaper tablecloth 4s 6d

Entry:

1 lead work cupboard cloth 1s 6d

Entry:

2 square tablecloths 1s 6d

Entry:

2 large flaxen tablecloths 12s 6d

Entry:

1 larger diaper tablecloth 4s 6d

Entry:

9 yards of flaxen napkining 6s 9d

Entry:

2 candlesticks, 1 pair of snuffers 2s

Shop

Entry:

26 pair of men's shoes £3 18s

Entry:

12 pair of women's shoes 16s

Entry:

12 pair of girl's and children's shoes 12s

Entry:

2 pair of gentleman's shoes 5s

Entry:

12 pair of women's shoes £1 4s

Entry:

7 pair of men's shoes 10s 6d

Entry:

Leather 10s

Entry:

Leather, Spanish leather 11s

Entry:

1 pair of boots 12s

Entry:

1 pair of unfashionable strong boots 6s 8d

Entry:

Racks, shelves 8s

Entry:

Cutting knives, 1 pair of box wdges 1s

Entry:

Boot trees 1s

Entry:

2 old chests 5s

Entry:

3 iron sockets 1s

Entry:

1 last 5s

Entry:

3 hammers 2s

Entry:

5 seats 2s

Entry:

1 parcel of wood heels, other old things 2s 6d

Entry:

1 pipe of lead, 1 cock 6s 8d

Entry:

Books £4 12s 7d

Entry:

2 gold rings £1 2d

Entry:

Plate £7 19s 4d

Entry:

Money £8 16s 9d

Entry:

Saddle, bridle, foot cloth £1

Totals

Recoverable Debts:

Irrecoverable Debts:

Wearing Apparel:

£12 16s

Total Inventory Value:

£130 2s 9d

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