Inventories
WS/1667
CRO
6 June 1667
Elizabeth Bickerton
female
Widow
Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper (Inferred)
Chester, Cheshire, England
Appraisers
John Hulton
male
Alderman
Kitchen
145 pounds of pewter dishes of all sorts £7 11s 4d
18 pounds of pewter of all sorts 16s 6d
53 pounds of coarse pewter £1 15s
32 pounds of brass pans £1 4s
210 pounds of brass pots £1 17s 8d
1 warming pan 2s 4d
115 pounds of old ironware £1 8s
1 brass mortar 6s 8d
48 trenchers 2s 6d
Stools, chairs, 1 old settle 4s
Brewhouse
1 brass furnace topped with lead £6
1 comb, 1 turnel, trainware £1 2s 6d
Blue Parlour
1 standing bed, 1 trundle bed 18s
1 valance, curtains, 1 old rug, 3 old blankets, 1 old blue court cupboard cloth, 1 flock bed, 1 mat, 1 blue carpet £1 2s 9d
3 chairs, 4 stools, 1 court cupboard, 3 little pictures 13s 6d
3 old iron bars for a grate 1s 3d
Parlour
1 old bed covering, 2 old blankets, 1 pair of old curtains, 1 valance, 1 chair, 1 picture 8s
1 bedstead, 1 little table 10s
Hall
1 press, 1 settle, 2 chairs £1 4s
1 grate, seeding stuff 8s
Little Parlour
4 old joined stools, 1 small old settle, 1 old iron grate 5s 6d
Further Buttery
1 churn, 1 churn staff 3s 4d
3 shearing hooks 9d
6 quarts of goose grease 4s 6d
Nearer Buttery
3 joined stools, 1 old chair
Mr Bickerton's Chamber
1 small table, 1 long table, 1 frame, 1 trundle bed 13s 4d
1 yellow shag rug, 1 plain red rug, 4 old blankets, 3 old curtains, 1 old red valance 13s 4d
Red Parlour
1 table 6s 8d
1 wainscot chest 6s 8d
1 trundle bed 2s 6d
3 back chairs, 2 stools 7s
1 old grate 6d
1 red caddow, 2 old blankets, 1 flock bed, 5 red curtains, 1 valance, 1 little red carpet £1 6s
Great Parlour
1 grate, 1 pair of hand irons, 1 fire shovel, tongs £1 6s 8d
4 back chairs with covers, 6 stools with covers, 1 great back chair £1 16s 8d
6 set cushions 12s
3 little embroidered cushions 5s
2 old carpets 10s
2 leather cushions, 1 cushion upon the quart cupboard 3s
12 old pictures 6s
Mrs Bickerton's Closet
77 ounces of plate £19 5s
1 piece of blue curtain cloth, 1 valance £1 2s 6d
60 coarse napkins £1
7 old towels 2s 6d
8 tablecloths 12s
9 coarse towels 3s
17 diaper napkins, 1 tablecloth £1 1s
1 fine flaxen tablecloth, 12 napkins 16s 6d
1 flaxen towel, 3 little cupboard cloths, 1 tablecloth 7s 6d
6 hand towels 3s
Sir Morris's Study
1 canopy bed, 1 half tester, 1 rug, 1 blanket, 1 little table, 1 little stool, 2 shelves 18s
Street Chamber
1 large field bedstead, curtains, 1 window curtain 13s 4d
1 table, 1 green carpet, 1 large green carpet 11s
6 back chairs, 6 back stools with wrought covers £2 14s
2 old green curtains, 1 curtain rod 2s 6d
Best green wrought curtains, best green wrought valance £5
2 back chairs, 4 little stools 12s
2 fine white blankets, 1 old arras covering, 2 other little blankets, 1 green rug £2
1 cushion 9d
Mrs Margaret's Chamber
1 bed, 1 half tester, 1 little table, 1 shelf 9s
Chamber
1 canopy bed, 2 old blankets, 1 old chest 8s
Middle Room
1 standing bed, 1 trundle bed 13s 4d
1 little square table, 1 court cupboard, 1 old chair 5s
5 blankets, 3 rugs 16s
Curtains, 1 valance, 2 beds 8s
1 little field bed, 1 trundle bed, 1 chair, 1 table 9s
1 wainscot chair, 4 little stools 5s
2 old caddows, 4 old blankets 12s
Curtains, 1 valance 12s
2 little grates
Garden Chamber
1 small court cupboard, 1 chair, curtains, 1 valance
1 caddow, 1 blanket, 1 little green cupboard cloth 7s
1 flock bed 4s
Mrs Chamberlain's Chamber
1 bedstead 8s
1 old bed 2s 6d
Kine £5 10s
Swine £1 6s 8d
Cellar
13 barrels of beer and ale £10 2s
7 empty barrels, 3 half barrels £1 18s
1 yelling comb, 1 tub, 1 little table 7s
30 pounds of yarn £1 10s
Malt Loft
400 measures of malt £50
Malt £5
2 measures, 1 shovel, 1 fan, 2 pair of strickles, 1 flasket, 2 sieves, 2 tubs £1
Haircloth 6s
2 old sacks, 1 little bag 2s 6d
1 trunk, 2 old chests, 1 close-stool 5s
Totals
£21