Inventory of Alexander
Durtnall of
Centre for Kentish Studies,
Ref: PRC/11/23/63
Dorse:
The Inventory of
Alexander Durtnall
Ao
1664
First Page:
A true and
perfect Inventory of all the
..? and
Chattells of
Alexander Durtnall ffellmonger
late of
by Gregory Odiarne gent. & William
.?
and Thomas Catlett gent & Thomas
.?
The ffive and
twentieth day of October 1664
|
|
L s d |
|
Imprimis his
purse girdle and wearing
apprrell and ready money |
1 5 0 |
|
Item in the
chamber over the kitchen two high
bedsteedles & trundle bedsteedles 3 chests a
trunke & two beds & furniture |
3 0 0 |
|
Itm. five paire
and one sheete 3 tablecloths s
.? towells
& a few apples |
1 0 0 |
|
Itm. in the
little roome beside the chimney one bed &
bedsteedle |
0 10 0 |
|
Itm. in the
hall chamber pelwooll and fleece
wooll barly & other small things |
2 0 0 |
|
Itm. in the
hall one table a forme a presse and court
cupboord |
0 15 0 |
|
Itm. in the
milkhouse bowles barrells and vessells &
a woodden trough |
0 10 0 |
|
Itm. in the
brewhouse an old kettle & other lumber with a
tymber chayne & boxes |
1 1 4 |
|
Itm. in the
kitchen a table & fourme a Cupbord a
settle a kneading trough with chaires
& other small things, one Iron pott, a
kettle, brasse, 2 pewter dishes &
woodden vessells |
1 10 0 |
|
Itm. in the
shop old lumber |
0 2 0 |
|
Itm. three
acres & Ό of land twise plowed & two acres &
halfe thrice plowed Rent & seed, and
spuddling 4 acres |
7 10 0 |
|
Itm. ffower
beasts |
13 0
0 |
|
Itm. ffoure
horses & a Colt |
10 0
0 |
|
Itm. twenty
sheepe |
08 0
0 |
|
Itm. ffive
hoggs & shootes |
03 10
0 |
|
Itm. wheat
threshed & unthresht |
05 12
0 |
|
Itm. barly in
the barne |
15 00
0 |
|
Itm. oats in
the barne |
08 00
0 |
|
Itm. pease in
the barne |
01 10
0 |
|
Itm. hay in the
barne |
00 15
0 |
|
Itm. a fanne
scuppet tovet & other things |
00 04
0 |
|
Itm. three
sacks |
00 03
0 |
|
Itm. a plough
harrows & other materialls |
01 10
0 |
|
Itm. a waggon
court & wheeles |
03 10
0 |
|
Itm. ffive
horse harnesses & red saddle |
01 00
0 |
|
Itm. debts |
05 00
0 |
Second Page:
|
Itm. two horse
hides |
0 10 0 |
|
Itm. things
unseene & forgotten |
0 05 0 |
|
Suma total |
96 12
4 |
Gregory Odiarne
Thomas Catlett
Tho: Thatcher
William Dan
secundo die Novembs 1664
Extum xr
.mission?
.?
?
Explanation
of Some Terms Used
|
Trundle
Bedsteedle |
A low bed
running on trundles, or small wheels, which could be pushed under a high or
standing bed when not in use |
|
Pelwooll |
Wool, clearly
different from fleece wool, but not identified |
|
Forme |
A bench |
|
Presse |
A large
cupboard with doors and usually shelves, for keeping clothes, linen, books
etc; sometimes placed in a recess in a wall |
|
Court Cupboord |
Open three-tier
structure of shelving, the two front supports usually turned and the cornice
carved; sometimes had a narrow drawer under the middle shelf. Later, doors
enclosed the lower tier. Plate, pewter and earthenware were displayed on it |
|
Tymber Chayne |
Not identified,
possibly used for hauling timber |
|
Kneading Trough |
Wooden trough
in which dough was kneaded |
|
Spuddling |
To spuddle was
to loosen earth around plants with a spud. This is a Kentish dialect word. |
|
Shootes |
Young pigs |
|
Scuppet |
A large wooden
shovel used in the hop oasts; a shovel consisting of a wooden frame (the
fanne?) covered with canvas used for scuppeting the hops. Another Kentish
dialect word. |
|
Tovet |
Half a bushel |
|
Court |
A small cart |