Inventory of Roger Atwood, baker, 1670

Herts RO A25/3853

A true and p(er)fect Inventary of the goods and Chattell which Late weare the goods and Chattells of Roger Attwood late of Winslow in the County of Bucks Baker Deceased taken and prised by us whose names are hearunto subscribed the 11th day of October 1670

		£	s	d
Impr(i)mis	his weareinge Appar(r)ell	05	00	00
Item	in the little parlor one table and frame, foure ioyned stooles, one side table, three coffers, one trunke, foure boxes, one greene chaire, five fether pillows one feather bolster, one flocke bed, one flocke bolster one Rugg, one coverled, two blankets, one payre of greene curtaines and valliants, and one window drawer	04	00	00
Item	In the same Roome two payre of holland sheets seaven payre of flaxen sheets seaven payre of hemp sheets, one doss of Diap(er) napkins, one doss of flaxen napkins and two doss of corse napkins, five holland pillowbeers, foure flaxen pillowbeers and one payre of hempen pillowbeers. six table cloths and other small Linen	10	13	4
Item	in the Kitchinge nine pewter platters two basons seaven porringers three salt sellers, one quart pot twelve flaggons, two chamber potts two wine quart potts, 6 pint potts, one halfe pint pot, three kettles. Three possnets, two brass scimers two wormeing panns one brass ladle one brass pott 1 payre of handirons one fire shovle and tongues one spitt and one payre of bellows and one chayre and foure smoothing irons	06	3	2
Item	two flitches of Bacon and other small utensiles	01	2	6
Item	In the Blew chamber one trolebed and one set of curtaines and valliants	01	00	00
Item	In the great chamber one featherbed one fether bolster, one Rugg one blankett one bedsteed with curtaines and valliants	05	00	00
Item	In the ministers chamber two blankcketts one payre of handIrons 1 payre of Doggs one fire shovle and tongues, six turky worke chaires two lethered chayers and two flag bottomed chayres	03	03	4
Item	the brewinge vesell in the brewhouse	01	15	00
Item	In the Bakehouse chamber one table and frame and one cubbord	01	00	00
Item	In the pastree fiveteene bushells of wheate and meale	02	10	00
Item	bred and paniers	00	12	00
Item	In the molte house and lofts, mault one kilne haire sacks one bushell and one mault mill	25	07	6
Item	Barley haye annd pease	05	10	00
Item	Timber and fire woode	36	10	00
Item	one Hovell and hurdells	02	12	00
Item	hedges in ye yard	03	13	04
Item	one horse with saddle and bridel	05	00	00
Item	in the cellar barrells tubbs and beere	05	10	00
Item	in ready money and debts some part desperate	80	00	00
[verso]
Item	goods unseen and forgotten	00	03	04
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	some totall:	206	5	6

prised and vallewed by us
[signed]
John Hogson
Bennett Glenister
Thomas Godwyn
Francis Daggett[?]

[presented 16 June 1671 by the administratrix]

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Administration of Roger Atwood, 1671

Herts RO 106AW25

Obligation of
Anne Atwood widow of Roger Atwood of Winslow
& Samuel Dix vicar
for £500
15 June 1671

Anne Atwood her marke
Samuel Dix [signed]

in the presence of
Richard Phipps [mark]
Georg Elliot

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Notes

Roger Atwood married Anne Wells at Winslow on 25 April 1659. They had a daughter Anne, bap. 18 Oct 1660.

The premises in which the inventory was taken seem to be part of The Bell. The names of the rooms correspond to those used in earlier inventories of The Bell, and Roger Atwood had some connection with Henry Pym (d.1666), baker and innkeeper of The Bell, who left Roger the use of his "cake-print".

ministers chamber: This room could seat a number of people but was not used for sleeping. If "minister" means a clergyman, was Samuel Dix the current vicar unable to use the vicarage, or was there a curate using the room? Or had the name survived from an earlier use of the room? Alternatively, it could be "ministers" of the law, and the room was used by JPs or for the manor court (as certainly happened at The Bell later).

turky worke: imitation of Turkish tapestry work (OED)

flag = wicker

pastree: cf. the pestary in the inventory of John Malens the baker (1661), whose business Roger had presumably taken over.