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INVENTORY OF RAPHE MADDOCK, CHESTER, ENGLAND, BAKER, APPRAISED 14 FEBRUARY 1604/05

Original inventory on file at the Cheshire Record Office , Chester, England, 1996. See also the Administration of Raphe Maddock.
 
Heare is a true Inventory of the goods of Raphe Maddockes of the Cittie of Chester Baker Deceased in the yeare of our Lord God 1604 and in the month of September Praysed by William Pue Joyner and Robard Williams Smythe the xix day of febuarie 		 
     
 Imprymis tow brasse pans tow skellets tow skymmers one brassen laddle one chaffing dishe xiii-s 4-d
 Itt one brasse pot iiii-s
 Itt tow broches one grid Iron one payre of tounges one fire showe one chopping knife one fryinge pan one payre of pothoucks ii-s
 Itt one Postebead three caddowes one boulster one pillowe 13-s 4-d
 Itt tow ould chests and a ould cubert vi-s
 Itt one stound , three earthen pots one wodden forme i-s
 Itt three ould caws one payre of lynnen cards vi-d
 Itt for the pewter in the house as found chardgers quarts sausers salt sellers pewter candelsticks and flower pots xxvi-s viii-d
 Itt one little brassen morter one pestel tow brassen candelsticks ii-s
 Itt fowre ould Jugs tow cups and a twigen botell viii-d
 Itt tow ould chayres viii-d
 Itt one frame and a table and tow wodden formes vi-s
 Itt for one ould cubert iiii-s
 Itt for wenscoate in the house iiii-s
 Itt for foure ould cussions< /td> viii-d
 Itt one ould carpet ii-s
 Itt one ould gowne for a man [torn]
 Itt for the wollen cloathes belonging to a woman [torn]
 Itt tow payre of ould sheets vi-s
 Itt three pillow beares foure napkins and three cros cloathes iii-s iiii-d
 Itt one littel sylver pin and tow little sylver houcks and two little ould coffers iiii-s vi-d
 Itt for glasse and one ould payre of bead steads ii-s ix-d
 Itt one brasse pan in the backe house iiii-s
 Itt tow little ould grats ii-s
 Itt for the backe house boarde v-s
   
  [The items are not totaled at the bottom, so it's possible there were more pages in the original inventory.]
 
[back of sheet]
 
Praised by Robard Williams and William Pue the xix day neather owing any thinge nor any debte owing him but giving all to his children
 
Per me John Blanchard
William Pue his marke
Robard Williams his marke 		 
     
  Notes on the inventory
 
The items are evaluated in shillings (s) and pence (d). There are 12 pence in a shilling.
 
Although the spelling looks unfamiliar, most words make sense if you pronounce them as they are written, remembering that the final "e" is often silent.
 
Some words I was not able to make sense of, either because I was unable to read the writing or because the word and/or spelling is archaic.		  
     
  beare = bere = pillow case [back to inventory]
broche = broach = roasting fork or small spit [back to inventory]
caddowe = a rough wollen cloth [back to inventory]
caw = possibly a device for breaking down or combing flax fibers [back to inventory]
chardger = charger =large platter [back to inventory]
stound = wooden or earthenware container for liquid [back to inventory]
wenscoate = wainscoate = hard oak paneling, possibly imported [back to inventory]