Winslow History | Inventory of Martin & Alice Porter, 1593

Inventory of Martin & Alice Porter, 1593

Herts RO A25/1438

The true and p(er)fit Inventory of All and singular the goods D(e)bts and Cattles of Martin Porter and Alice Porter late of Wynslow in the Cou(n)tye of Bucks deceased made and praysed the therd daye of July 1593 by John Shelton Gilbert Stuttesbery Will(ia)m Gyles and Will(ia)m Lunt al(ia)s Spooner.

Inprimis vj payer of sheets	xij s
Item ix peeses of pewter	iiij s vj d
It(em) v sausers	x d
It(em) iij candlesticks and iij pewter potts	iij s iiij d
It(em) ij materisses and iij bolsters	v s x d
It(em) iiij coverlets and iij blanckets	ix s iiij d
It(em) a winoinge sheet	xvj d
It(em) a basket	ij d
It(em) iij tubs and ij barrels	ij s vj d
It(em) a woollen wheel and a lynen wheel	x d
It(em) one stocke payle	iij d
It(em) a payer of cotirons and a trevit	x d
It(em) a lanthorne	ij d
It(em) ij cettles	vj s
It(em) one brasse pott	iij s
It(em) one posnett	xij d
It(em) a payer of tongs and a payer of pothangers	xij d
It(em) a payer of hangers w(i)th a cheane	viij d
It(em) a spit and a gridiron	viij d
It(em) one axe and a hatchet	viiij d
It(em) xxxiij bords	vj s
It(em) viij payer of tressles	xx d
It(em) ij laders	xiiij d
It(em) vj coshens	x d
It(em) vj stone potts \and iij stooles/	viij d
It(em) one cheare a table w(i)th a forme	ij s
It(em) pillowbers	iij s
It(em) iij tableclothes	ij s
It(em) vj napkins	xviij d
It(em) a hovill and the hogstye w(i)th the wood in the yeard and a canch of haye	xiiij s
It(em) vij pound of hempe	ij s iiij d
It(em) one bedsteed	iij s
It(em) ij paynted clothes	xvj d
It(em) vij hens and a cock	ij s iiij d
Summa Totalis	iiij li xvj s xj d

[Latin] Mark of Richard Porter, administrator

[Presented by Richard Porter administrator 4 July 1593]

Notes

Richard Porter, probably the son of Martin and Alice, was baptised at Winslow on 17 Aug 1562. Martin Porter was buried on 11 April 1591. Alice's is not recorded as the records for 1593 are missing.

canch: a small pile (Webster's Dictionary)