Inventory of Thomas Branford, 1668

Herts RO A25/3778

2nd of Apr(il) 1668

A trew And p(er)fect Inventary of the goods & Chattells which late weare the goods and Chattells of Thomas Branford late of Winslow in the County of Bucks deceased prised by us whose names are underwritten

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Inp(ri)mis his weareinge Apparrell
02
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Item In the parlor one table and forme one forme one chayre one trole bed and bedinge
01
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Item In the halle one cubbard three stooles one chaire one payer of hand Irons one fire shoule and to\u/ nghes with brass and pewter and other lumber
02
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Item In the Buttery one Barrell one Drinke stand and one powdering tubb
00
06
8
Item In the Chamber abov the p(ar)lor one halfe headed bed one straw bed one blankett and one coverlett three coffer one chest and one trunke foure payre of sheets one table clouth with other small linen
02
06
8
Item In the rooms abov the halle one great chest 2 Civers with other lumb(er)
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13
04
Item In the yard one barne standing uppon pattens with the mounds about t(he) gardaine
2
10
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Item In the the [sic] said Barne: Bords, wood one tub, one wash Civer two ladders with other lumber
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10
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Some totall:
12
06
08

Prised by us
sign(um) Richardi [mark] Phips 
[signed] Mathew Bishop  Thomas Godwyn

The administration of the goods above written was granted by me unto Jone Branford the relict of Thomas Branford upon Monday the 30th March 1668.
Robert Hitchcock

Notes

Thomas is evidently the Thomas son of John Bransford baptised on 21 Oct 1620. Thomas Bransford and his wife Elizabeth, nee Tomlins, had these children:

Elizabeth was buried on 3 July 1649. There is also a burial of Alice wife of Thomas Branford on 25 Feb 1649/50. Thomas (name given as Brainford) married Joan Harrison at Winslow on 17 June 1650. They did not have any children baptised at Winslow.

Robert Hitchcock was Vicar of Aston Abbots.

powdering tub: for salting meat (OED)

patten: the foundation of a wall (OED, s.v. patten, n.4)

mound: a hedge or fence forming the boundary of a field or garden (OED, s.v. mound n.2 - regional, S. and S.W. Midlands)

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