Transcript by S.Tanner and J.Bottle of an Inventory for
Richard Bottle [1246] Maidstone Record Office Prc/11/61/17
A True Inventory indented of all and singular the Goods, Cattle Household Stuffe personall Effects & Chattels of Richard Bottle [1246] Late of Charte next Sutton in the County of Kent Yeoman deceased taken valued and apprised the twelfth | day of March | in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety & Nine by us whose names are hereunder subscribed, as followeth
£ s d
IMPRIS The deceased's purse ready money girdle & }
wearing apparell linnen & woollen } 110 10 6
In the Hall
Item: One Table, one forme, one cupbord, One settle, two }
morters, two pestles, six Chaires, One glass case, one jack wth. }
a half hundred weight belonging to it, one Clock, three spitts, two }
pairs of potthooks one dripping pan, three round dishes three }
andirons one spitt with one fire shovell & tongs, one paire of } 6 0 8
bellows, eighten pewter dishes, .... & beams (?), one gridiron, }
one tosting iron, three dozen ...., three sallts, two }
porringers apprised at -- }
In the Parlour
Item: One cupboard, two tables, six joynt stools, three }
Chairs, two andirons, one fire pan & tongs apprised at -- } 1 7 6
In the Kitching
Item: Three iron potts, one Iron Kittle, two brass potts }
two skilletts, one furnace, one old brass kittle three pales (?) }
six wooden dishes, One paire of Brandirons, one iron forke } 2 4 6
one fine .... one paire of pott hooks, one bath, two little }
cupboards, one wooden stool (?) }
In the Buttery
Item: four brine tubbs One frying pan, one Kneading }
trough, one Keeler, two ....s, one table } 1 6 0
In the Milkhouse
Item: Three milk tubbs (?), nine ..ggs, three Keelers, }
two butter plates three milk bowles, two Churnes, one } 1 8 0
funnell one dresser board }
In the two Cellars
Item: Tenn bear (?) Vesseles } 1 10 0
In the ...ash house
Item: Eight tubbs, six Keelers, one cheese press & weight } 1 14 0
In the Best Chamber
Item: One ............................... three blanketts }
one Coverlett, two bolsters two pillows, curtaines & vallance }
matt & cord, one ...., one cupboard, one table, one pair of } 14 11 0
andirons fifteen paire of sheets nine pillow coats }
In ye Chamber over ye Buttery
Item: One bedstedle, one feather bed, one flock bed }
with (?) blankett, one rugge, one feather bolster, one flock } 4 0 0
bolster curtains & vallance matt & cord }
In the Chamber over ye Entry
Item: One bedsteddle, one flock bed, two blankets one }
Rugg & flock bolster curtaines vallance mat & cords and } 1 13 0
one chest }
In the Chamber over ye Hall
Item: One bedstedle, one flock bed, four blanketts }
one bolster curtaines, Vallance, Matt & cord, one } 2 6 0
hanging press & one little table }
In the Chamber over the Kitching
Item: Two Bedstedles, two flock beds blanketts }
coverletts, matts cords, & bolsters to each of them } 2 0 0
In the Wellhouse
Item: One Buckett, two ropes, chaine & winch } 0 10 0
In the Grainery
Item: Twenty bushells of wheate, four quarters }
of .... & .... four (?) quarters & a half of Malt } 13 14 0
In the Barne
Item: Fourteen quarters of wheat } 28 0 0
Item: Eleven qtr of Barley } 14 0 0
Item: Forty qtr of white Oates } 26 0 0
Item: One qtr of Clover seed } 8 0 0
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241 15 2
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[ I make the total £1 less,
so there may be some mis-
reading of the figures! ]
In the yard
Item: nine young hoggs, one old sow & eight piggs 7 8 0
Item: four Milk Cows 14 0 0
Item: Three steeres 10 0 0
Item: Two fat oxen 18 0 0
Item: Four working Oxen 17 0 0
Item: Eleven Horses & coltes 42 0 0
Item: Seventy four sheep 33 10 0
Item: Hay in the stack 7 0 0
Item: Clover hay 3 0 0
Item: Two plows & tackling belonging to them 4 0 0
Item: One old Waggon 2 0 0
Item: Six harrows 2 0 0
Item: Two old Carts (?) to carry dung 1 0 0
Item: Two Chaines 0 7 6
Item: Waggon harnesse & Plow harnesse 5 0 0
Corne & Plowing
Item: Wheate on the ground 36 acres 63 12 0
Item: Thirty acres of Oates 18 0 0
Item: Nine acres of Pease 8 16 0
Item: Three acres & half of teares (?) 2 19 0
Item: Three acres of Beanes 3 6 0
Item: For the follows not sowed 6 18 0
Item: Twenty six sacks, two styes (?) one Bushell and one half bushell 2 10 0
Item: out of sight & forgott 2 2 6
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274 19 6
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241 15 2
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516 14 8
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William Tadman [6746] }
John Fowler }
Thomas Bottle [ ] } apprisers
22 die March 1699 .... .... ....
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