George Allsopp of Grimston 1638 Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/I/40/181

A true Inventarie of all the goods credits and chattells of George Alsop late of Grimston in the countie of Leicester gent deceased taken & prised the twenty eight day of May ano dni 1638 by John Morris John Richardson Thomas Hoyes and George Hubbard as followeth vizt

	£	s	d
Imprimis his purse and apparell	10	0	0
In the Hall
Itm one framed table, two … formes one ioined stoole, one livery cupboard,
one  litle … table, one bench behind the table, two turned chaires one saltchest,
one litle glasse case, one mortar	1	6	8
Item one landiron with a plate of iron before it, one gallow iron, fouer hookes
to hang potts on, one paire of cobirons, one fire shovell with tongs, one paire
of bellows, one gridiron, one tosting forke, one … forke, two basting ladles,
one gun or fouleing peece, one bible, one book of the life of the Saincts, one
double … with other small implements and certaine yarne	2	3	4
In the Parlour
Item one framed table with a carpet, one liverie cupboard with a towel, one
ioined bedstead with three blanketts, two featherbeds, one mattresse, one
bolster with curtaines and vallans, one ioined chest, one ioined chaire, one
wicker chaire with two velvet stooles, one forme beyond the table, eleaven
cushions (whereof five were prised in the Hall) one landiron, one paire of tongs,
one warming pan, one looking glasse	4	0	0
In the Butterie
Itm sixe barrells with two thralls, two low ioined stooles, one leather bottle,
with five shelves, one frying pan, one leather bottle, one iron …	0	18	0
In the staire case
Itm one litle box, one shelfe, seaven pewter candlesticks with all the pewter
in the house	1	6	8
In the kitchin
Itm one landiron, one pair of [lost in fold, probably “tongs”] three spits, two iron
dripping panns, two frying panes, two hookes to hang pots on, one iron peale,
two frogs, one spade for hallocks, fower brasse pots, fower bottles & two brasse
pannes, one chafendish, two little posnets, two small bottles, one skimmer, one
shelfe, one brasse mortar, one iron pitchpan, one churne, five pailes, one
mashfatt, three kimnells and other brasse pannes	5	10	0
In the new chamber
Itm one halfe headed bed, one coverled, fower blankets, one bolster, one ioined
Chest, one powdring tubbe, one brandiron	1	10	0
In the chamber over the entry
Itm one halfe headed bedstead, two bolsters, one mattres, two blankets,
a horne and leather purse belonging to a gun or fouling peece	0	13	4
In the store chamber
Itm three bacon flitches & halfe a peece of hung beefe, three strikes of wheate,
one strike of mill corne, two longinch bords with tressells, one linnen wheele,
a ioined stoole and one fleece of wooll	2	10	0
In the chamber over the Butterie
Itm one half headed bedstead, one flock bed, one bolster, two pillowes, three blankets,
one mattresse, one bolster, one blanket, one coverlet, upon a trundlebed, with
one chest	1	5	0
In the Chamber over the parlour
Itm two guilded bolls, two silver spoones, one silver salte, one liverie cupboard
with one boxe, one ioined stoole, foure paire of flaxen sheets, two paire of
harden sheets & foure paire of hempen sheets, two dozen of napkins, five pillowbers	9	15	0
In the stable
Itm two saddles, two bridles, sixe forkes, one iron rake, one spade, one locke,
One paire of fethers, one chest, one provender tubb, one curriccombe, and
other implements seene & unseene	1	0	0
Debtes due to the defunct upon bonds or other specialtie	600	15	0
In the Close or pasture on Sholeby
Itm twelve kine	44	0	0
Itm one bull one steare & one heifer	6	0	0
Itm sixe yeareling heifers	8	0	0
Itm five calfs	2	13	4
Itm fower skore and fower ewes	50	8	0
Itm on guelding	4	10	0
Itm fower skore & eighteene other sheepe	44	2	0
Itm two sowes	1	6	8
Itm one short sword or hanger with the belt	1	0	0
In the hands of the defuncts widow
Divers writings & … & especially one bond for paymt of 100 li & one other
bond for pament of 50 li, in toto for the two bonds	150	0	0
Itm the lease of the defuncts house in Grimston & certaine pasture grounds
In Sholeby	not	yet	priced
The widowes bed
Itm one seeled bed with tester, two fether beds, one mattresse, one bolster,
three blankets, one greene rugge with curtains	not	yet	priced
Suma totalis … &c appreciation	954	13	0

Exhibited 22 September 1638