Pike Edward 1627 of Long Clawson Inventory

Edward Pike of Long Clawson 1627 Inventory

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/I/32b/44

A true Inventorye of all the goods and Chattells of Edwarde Pike, late of our parishe of Claxton husbandman, taken this fourth of April 1627 By Richard Steven, William Smart, & William Leavers husbandmen of Claxton aforesaied

In primis his purse and apparel40s
Itim in the perlar 4 beds10s
Itim 15 Coverleds24 li
Itim 10 Blankets36s
Itim 6 mattresses 1 quilt3 li 6s 8d
Itim 1 feather bedd 2 Ticke boulsters53s 4d
Itim 13 Tilly wolly boulsters26s 8d
Itim 10 payre of harden sheets46s 8d
Itim 6 payre of hempe36s
Itim of flaxen sheets 7 payre3 li 10s
Itim 4 flaxen board Clothes11s 6d
Itim 4 Hempton board Clothes8s
Itim 4 payre of Towells13s 4d
Itim 12 pillowe beares24s
Itim 30 Napkins15s
Itim wollen Cloth21s 4d
Itim 6 yardes of Lynnen Cloth5s
Itim 3 Cofers11s
Itim in the Chamber wollen and Lynnen yarne13s 4d
Itim in the house, the pueter40s
Itim the brasse6 li
Itim in the kitchen the lead, and brueinge vessells and other wooden ware3 li
Itim 2 Cubbers20s
Itim 3 Tables 2 Chers, stooles and Quushions, formes & settles20s
Itim 2 wollen, & 4 Lynnen wheels5s
Itim a kneding troughe and other impleaments of wood8s
Itim, Bacon20s
Itim, an oxe teame, three yokes & other ould Iron & trye20s
Itim 7 Horses and mares27 li
Itim 4 kyne, 3 Heafers, 2 Calves18 li 10s
Itim 4 swyne33s 4d
Itim Hives and Bees8 li 13s 4d
Itim the Cart and Cart geares, and plough, and plough geares, and Harrowes5 li
Itim for plough Tymber, Racke and manger, Fleakes, Hovell timber, pales and ould wood in the
yarde5 li 3s 4d
Itim all the Corne threshed, and unthreshed, about the towne, and the hea17 li 6s 8d
Itim the Croppe in the feeild22 li
Itim 12 Coaples & 10 other shepe9 li
Itim the pullen, and Iron Croe, & the fire Irons, and all impleaments about the fire, & thinges
forgotten10s
Itim Corne and Strawe, and ould Harrowes at Coulston3 li 10s
The whole sume is173 li 13s 2d

The names & handes of the praysers

Exhibited Melton Mowbray 22 May 1627

It would seem likely that the will of Edward Pike of Colston Bassett relates to the same person – this testator had seemingly moved to Leicestershire since probate had been granted in that jurisdiction and the inventory included goods at Colston Bassett