Inventory of William Hellynge, 1546

Herts RO A25/24

The associated will does not seem to have survived. The surname is presumably a variant of Illing. The writing is exceptionally difficult to read.

1546 The inventarry mad the xxx viij yere of ye Rayne of o(ur) Sov(ereign) Lord kyng henri ye ight be Nycolasse Sponner S(i)r Will(ia)m Hobbs & Roberte Snowe ye pressers of ye same goods of William Hellynge of Wynslowe su(m) time dwellynge
Imprimis ix pecesse of pether the prysse	vj s iiij d
It(e)m in beddynge ij cofferlyds ij pellowsse a mattes a blanggyd a bollster iij payer of shetts a bellobere ij kherchars ij happernns ij touwels ij thabulleclotes	ix s
Item in Rayment a cotte a dobbully a payer of howsse	iiij s
Item A gown a kertell a petty cotte a red cape	x s
Item ij coffers A fosser	iij s iiij d
Item a thabbull a borde a forme a chayre ij stolls a bedsted	ij s
Item vj pantyd clothes	xij d
Item vj sters[?]	xlv s
Item iij Sakkes [?]	xij d
Item a tryfyd a payer of potthocks pothe hanggers a gredernyng	ij s
Item in Wete ij haccars & a haffe	xxv s
Item ij Accars of barllye	x s
Item iij Accars & a haffe a benns	xiij s iiij d
Item a Naccar of otts	ij s

the Admi(ni)strac(i)on of these goods was co(m)mitted during the nonage of the chyldern named yn the testa(men)t of the testator unto Harry[?] Olyvers[?] the testa^t [......] wythyn this life

[signed] Henricus[?] Boton[?]

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Notes

The deceased was probably the William Illing of Winslow who married Mary Woodfield at Granborough in 1538.

Sir William Hobbs was the Vicar.

pether:  pewter?

kherchars: kerchers? (i.e. kerchiefs)

happernns: aprons?

sters: i.e. steers

tryfyd: i.e. trivet

haccars, naccar: acre