Michaelchurch Escley


Name

LHS reference

NLW reference

Inv Date

Date of death

Jenkins, Johan, widow

sh_mic_0047

BR/1673/132

11 Aug 1673

25 Jul 1673




Item

£

S

D

Imps Her wearing apparel


6

8

Item one feather bed four flock beds four bolsters
two Blankets one Coverlet and three Rugs


2


6


8

Item Three sheets one Case for a pillowbeer one
sheet one sweadling [?] sheet and one pair of Coarse
sheets





15



0

Item five pair of Coarse sheets one table Cloth and
two cushions



10


9

Item two cauldrons one iron pot one furnace1
and the lead about the same two iron dogs 2
Cobards2 & two iron broaches3




12



0

Item six pewter dishes three saucers one salt seller
one brass Candlestick one pewter and one tin Candle-
sticke and three pewter flagons




6



6

Item four bedsteads One wainscot cupboard four
Coffers and one Chest


1


10


0

Item four tableboards benches and planks one Chair
and one Coffer



17


0

Item One kneading trind and brewing vessels of all sorts five
barrels one Stand one kinderkin4 wooden dishes Cans5
and pails



1



0



0

Item two dripping pans & one Chamber pot


2

0

Item One Sow and pigs and Eight other small pigs

1

6

0

Item Eight sheep and two lambs

1

0

0

                                                                                                                                                    The total is

10

2

7

                                                                                                                                          [Actual total £10  12  7d]

[Spelling modernised]

   John Watkins
   Thomas Watkins    }prizers
   Thomas Price

1 furnace ??? what today we would call a 'copper', a vessel built-in over a small fire in which clothes and sheets were boiled on wash day. The vessel was secured by lead.
2 Cobards/gobards /cobirons ??? bar with hooks to support the spit over the hearth.
3 broache ??? another name for a spit
4 kinderkin/kilderkin ??? barrel to hold 18 gallons
5 can ??? cylindrical vessel or pail to old milk or water.
[Words from Wills - Stuart a. Raymond]


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