Will of Henry Stuchbury, ironmonger, 1750

Herts RO 191 AW5

In the Name of God Amen I Henry Stuchbury the Younger of Winslow in the County of Bucks Ironmonger being weak in Body but of sound Mind Memory and Understanding Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament as follows First I Give devise and bequeath All that my share and undevided part of in and belonging to severall Lands Tenements and Hereditaments lying and being in the parish of Luton in the County of Bedford and every of them unto my Mother Deborah Stuchbury from and immediately after my decease for and during her natural Life and after her Decease then I Give and devise the same to my father Henry Stuchbury of Winslow aforesaid Malster and to his Heirs for ever Also I do hereby Give devise and bequeath All that my Copyhold Messuge or Tenement \in Winslow aforesaid and/ now in my own Occupation together with the Shop Yard Garden Stable and all other out Buildings thereto belonging with its Appurtenances together with the rents Issues and Profitts thereof (the same being already surrendred to the use of my will) and all the rest of my reall and personal estates whatsoever and wheresoever unto my said Father Henry Stuchbury and to his Heirs for ever Subject nevertheless to the Payment of all such Debts I shall owe at the Time of my Decease and also subject to the Payment of the severall Legacys hereafter named (that is to say) to my Nephew William Billingdon the Younger Ten pounds of Lawfull Money of Great Britain when he shall arrive at the age of Twenty one years and to my Nephew Thomas Bowler the Younger the Sum of Ten pounds of like British Money when he shall arrive at the Age of Twenty one years and also subject to the payment of Twenty Shillings a year to my servant Mary Avery for and during the Term of her natural Life to be paid at such four most usuall Feast Days in the year called Lady Day Saint John the Baptist Saint Michael the Archangell and Saint Thomas the Apostle whereof the first payment to begin and be made upon first of the said Quarter days which shall happen after my decease and I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Father Henry Stuchbury sole executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Will and Wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Seal this Sixteenth Day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty.

Henry Stutchbury [signature]

Signed sealed published and declared by the abovenamed Henry Stuchbury the Younger as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and in the presence of each other

[signed]
Ferd. Southam
Wm Hobbs
W Chettle

[another hand]
Sworn the Executor above named before me
No Inventory
[signed] John Stephens Snr

[another hand] Proved the 24th day of October 1750 before John Stephens Clerk Surrogate by the Oath of Henry Stuchbury father sole Exec(utor) to whom Ad(ministrat)ion was Com(m)itted he being first Sworn duely to Administer.

Inventory of Henry Stuchbury, 1750

Herts RO 191 AW5

A True and Perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattells and Creditts of Henry Stu\t/chbury junior late of Winslow in the County of Bucks Ironmonger deceased which since his Death have come to the hands possession or knowledge of Henry Stutchbury sole Executor named in the last Will and Testament of the said deceased as the same were taken valued and Appraised by Thomas Bradford and [deletion] Francis Blincoe

[Note: an exact transcription of the inventory can be seen here in PDF format; in the version below each item has been put on a new line to help intelligibility. Numbers in square brackets in the PDF refer to the explanatory notes which have been added in square brackets to some of the entries below.]

	£	s	d
First his waring Apparrell and money in his purse	1	4	0
In the Kitchen
Two Quarters and ten Pounds of Pewter Seventeen pounds of D^o. Twentyone pounds of Lay pewter [the cheapest kind of pewter with the highest lead content (ehow.com)] twelve patty pans without bottoms one cullender one little tin Cover and some old tin-ware Fifty Pounds of old Brass two warming and one Frying Pans one pair of Brass Candlesticks one Pottage Pott one Kettle one Skillett one Saucepann One Ladle and Slice one pair of andirons one pair of Dogs and one Fender one Cast bloom back [A fire-back made of cast iron] three pairs of Pothangers three Spitts two pair of Fire Shovells and Tongs one Jack and two Pullies two old Box Irons four Pads [sense unclear - a pad can be a handle for tools (OED s.v. pad n2.18)] one Gridiron one old Chaffing dish one small Iron Spitt and Iron Scewers some odd Drinking Glasses three Iron Candlesticks Six joynt Stools and Fire Screen One Table and two Square D^o. One two Armed Chair Four old Stools and two Chairs a Large Cupboard some Broken Bowles and wooden Bottle Clock and Case some Crockery ware escutcheons Paper two old Breaken Pistols some broken Pipes one old Fowling Piece without a Lock four pound of Old Brass Cocks [short pipes or taps (OED s.v. cock n1.12a)]	7	0	5
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	8	4	5
[page 2] The Room over the Shop
Part of a Brass Hearth two pair of Andirons and Chimney furniture one Square Table one Looking Glass one large Glass Dish and stand two old Stools an Iron Hearth one Walnut over Table and twenty four pictures	1	7	0
The Room over the Kitchen
One Bedstead with Sacking Bottom and Blue furniture one Feather \Bed/ Bolster and Pillow one quilt and three old Blanketts a Hanging Press five old Chairs one old Trunk one small Oval Table and one Close stool	3	1	4
The Room over the Gateway
One old Bedstead Matted with Striped Curtains a Flock Bed two old Chests and two Broken Boxes	0	15	0
The Back Room over the Cellar
One Matted Bedstead one old feather Bed and Bolster two old stools and five broken Chairs one brown Earthen Chamber Pott one old Oval Table	1	8	4
At the Cellar Stairhead a Little Room adjoining
One old Cupboard without shelves one small Trencher Rack one old square table one wooden Broken Bason Stand Four old Prints	0	2	10
In the Cellars
Two wine half hogsheads one Small barrell one Beer Stand and two forms one large tub two small D^o. one Brass Kettle one Do. And one Broken Box and small Tray one Tin Roaster One wooden Stooper [a wedge for tilting a barrel (OED)] six small slink [an abortive or premature calf (OED)] Calve Skins and a Piece	1	17	6
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	16	6	5
[page 3] In the Garden
Eighteen flower potts	0	2	0
In the Yard
Rubbish Dung and Stones a parcell of Poles an old wheelbarrow a parcell of Hurdles and Boards a parcell of Wood and two forms a Grinstone and stone trough a parcele of Rakes some Poles a Ladder some Faggotts and Coal a Bin and an old Pannell	6	13	6
In the Lower Warehouse
Five hundred and three Quarters of broad white hoops Eight Dozen and an half of Sieve Rims two Dozen of Batt rims [sense unclear] three Dozen of Hair Sieve Rims two hundred of Bark hoops Seventeen hundred of Sap and Crooked Laths [sap-laths are made from sap wood, as opposed to heart-laths (Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1820)] four Bundles of five foot D^o. Three hundred of four foot D^o. Seven hundred and an half of Basson Ropes [sense unclear] a Barrell with some Tarr and an old Tubb two hundred of whiting	7	15	0
In the Upper Warehouse
Ten Seed Cuts three Dozen and eight small Skipps [skeps?] Seventeen Middle D^o. Six D^o. thirteen large D^o. two Rolls and eight [something seems to have been omitted here] five small Salvers three Bundles of five foot Laths fourteen Buntings [sense unclear] four Scoops Seventeen Barn Shovells nine Doz: of shoeing ware one Doz: of Six foot fork stales eight \very/ short D^o. Twenty Eight short Sallar seven Swingells [the striking part of a flail (OED, s.v. swingle n1.2a)] two Doz: of Small Haymaking Sallar [presumably a rake] Stales five Six foot Pitching forks Six Middle Haymaking Forks one Dozen of large D^o. two Ordinary Pitching Forks One Doz: and ten Iron Rake heads two Scuttles [probably a large shovel for winnowing grain (OED. s.v. scuttle n1.2a)]
	31	6	11
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and sand nine Salt shovells thirteen Beehives two Gross four Dozen and an half of Patten boards Eight Doz: and an half of Childrens D^o. fourteen Splinter Sieves [i.e. wooden sieves] Five Dozen of Sickles one Gross ten Doz. & an half of Patten Soals three Quarters and twenty one pound of patten Rings and a parcell of Odd Rings	14	18	0½
In the Warehouse next the Shop
Five Cirencester Spades [unidentified] Ten Bouton farr Shovells [unidentified] two bad Spades Nine Common Shovells seven six foot short Stales Twenty five shoeing shovells and Spade trees [spade handles (OED)] four Turning Malt Shovells Four Hand Staves and one Frail [i.e. hand-staffs (flail-handles) and flail (OED)] Four Yokes one hundred one Quarter and four Pounds of Old Iron one hundred two Quarters and five pound of D^o. Eight Iron potts four Dozen of small ware [sense unclear; according to the OED small-wares were normally sold by haberdashers] one Quarter & six pounds of Iron hoops three setts of Buckett hoops and two Odd D^o. two Quarters and twenty six Pound of Ropes two Iron Wyer Sieves severall Bottles with some Oil old Barrells and some Varnish one quire and ten sheets of Scouring Paper Four Pair of Iron Dogs Eight pound of white Lead One doz. of Cross Garnett [a type of hinge (OED)] Six pair of D^o. three Pair of D^o. four Doz. of Mole trapps three Quarter of a Barrole of Lamb [i.e. lamp] Black Sixteen Pound and an half of Brass Ear and Latin Bells [i.e. three types of bell; ear bells are mentioned again below] Twenty tops & a small Tray one Lark Cage broke two small Wyer Cages four pound of tenpenny flax three pound of Eightpenny D^o. four Cane Brooms three Doz. pair of Nibb woods [for making pens?] two pair of Hooks and	46	4	11½
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[page 5] Thimbles [gate hinge fittings (OED, s.v. thimble 3)] sixteen pound of Blister Steel two Quarters and seven pound of Old Spitts [probably thatching pegs (OED, s.v. spit n1.4c)] thirty nine pound of Old Iron two Quarters and twenty \five/ pound of Busholl Iron [old iron sold by the bushel (OED)] a P(ar)cell of Brown Paper Twenty five pound of Yellow Oaker [i.e. ochre] Sheep Bells leather wanty [a rope or band used to fasten a pack-saddle or the load on the back of a horse (OED)] and a Black Barrell	11	11	11½
In the Butchers Workshop
Eight Doz. and ten Stable Brooms thirty four Doz. and ten small D^o. thirty Seven hundred of three foot heart Lath Swingells and rack teeth One Box with some Sand Sixteen pair of Heams [the two parts of a draught-horse’s collar (OED s.v. hame n2)] two forms and one Block a P(ar)cell of chips a P(ar)cell of Hard-wood ten hundred and an half & twenty six Rubbers [sharpening stones (term still in use locally; OED s.v. rubber n1.3)] Seven Rub stones two Dozen and Eight Scythe Sneards [curved handle of a scythe (OED s.v. scythe-sned)] Fleaks [storage racks (OED s.v. flake n1.2a)] and Overlairs [i.e. overlayers]	8	10	11
In the Shop
One hundred one Quart(er) and nineteen pounds of Flask Boxes One Quarter and twenty two pounds & an half of D^o. One hundred one Quarter and twenty four Pound of Sand Boxes Seventeen pounds of D^o. One hundred and thirteen Pounds of old Boxes two Quarters and thirteen Pounds of knotted Traces [straps for the collar of a draught animal] one hundred one Quarter and twenty five Pounds of common D^o. & two Rods twenty five pounds of Chains Pothooks and one Backband [leather strap or iron chain passing over the cart-saddle or pad on the back of a horse, to keep up the shafts of a vehicle (OED)] thirty one pounds and an half of horseshoes two Quarters and twenty five pounds of Waggon Clouts Eleven pounds of fire shovell and Frying Panns two of Each Seventeen Pounds of four fireshovells & Six pair of Tongs one pair of D^o. twenty eight pound of three plough Sheers two Doz. & two	66	7	10
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[page 6] Sickles one Steel Tennet [i.e. tenon] Saw three Saws Nineteen Inches one rusty D^o. two Grafting Saws One best steel plate two foot Common Saws nine bright Augers twelve D^o. three Quarters six D^o. half an Inch five D^o. One Inch two D^o. One Inch one Quarter one one inch and an half four long wry Bitts [twisted bits?] three pair of Sheepskin Bellows one pair of Brass Headed Dogs one pair of Iron D^o. two Butter Baskett Bags three remnants of Sacking three yards three pound and an half of Black Rosin one Quarter and five Pounds of Hooks and Hinges one Quarter twenty Pounds and an half of Spikes twenty seven pounds & an half of Tenpenny Horsenails twenty-three pounds of Sevenpenny D^o. Eighteen Pounds and an half of Clout Nails one quarter fifteen Pounds and an half of g(oo)d Horsenails two Quarters and thirteen pounds of Hurdle Nails one quarter and twenty Pounds of Gate Nails One Quarter twenty seven pounds and an half of threepenny Lath Do. two quarters and thirteen pounds of Rusty Hogs [unidentified] two Quarter and nine pounds of eightpenny Nails one quart(er) and twenty Pounds of two p(enny) Lath D^o. Nine pounds of eight penny Hinge D^o. fourteen pounds and an half of six penny Hurdle D^o. eight pounds and an half of tenter Hooks Six thousand of threepenny Trunks [i.e. trunk nails, for decorating trunks] five thousand of Fine fourpenny Nails Twenty four pounds of sixpenny Nails one Quarter and
[page 7] Shop Continued
Twelve pounds of four p(enny) Hobbs eight pounds of flooring Brads twenty six pounds of Tenpenny Nails six thousand of Cart Taxs four thous(an)d and a quart(er) of D^o. three Thousand of onepenny Bills & two thous(an)d of one penny halfpenny D^o. three Thousand and three quart(er)s of threepenny Trunk eight thousand of half inch Batts [batten nails?] six thousand and a quarter of one pound & an half of Flatts [flat nails?] four thousand and three quart(er)s of one pound and three quarters of Batts one thousand and three q(uarte)rs of threepenny flatts two thousand & three Quarters of threepenny Batts one thousand of two penny hobbs [i.e. hobnails] three thousand of twopenny Batts three thousand of onepenny halfpenny D^o. one Quarter and fifteen pounds of Lines & ten hundred of large Nails six hundred of seven penny Clasps thirty thousand of four penny hobs sixty thousand of two penny hobbs D^o. two quarters and fourteen pounds of Hammer heads two quart(er)s and four pounds of Axes five Doz. of Clouts twelve hundred and an half of Hinge Nails five rusty Ducketts [buckets?] and two Spoke Shaves One Thousand and an half of Iron Taxs some threepenny hobs five thousand six hundred of five p(enny) four penny three thousand of seven p(enny) Hinge Nails six thousand and three Quarters of two penny Hinges six thousand of five p(enny) fourpenny five thousand of Sadlers twopenny [Saddlers’ nails are brass nails intended to be decorative and functional (Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1820)] two thousand and an half of twopenny
[page 8] Shop continued
flatt hobs two thousand four hundred of two p(enny) flatts One thousand and three quarters of round head two penny three thousand of two penny hook Lath six hundred of Small Clout Nails four Pound of Curtain hooks two pound of rand thread [strong thread used for netting etc. (Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1820)] two thous(an)d one hundred and an half of tenter hooks some odd Nails one Stocking Axe one sett of Buckett hoops twenty eight Mouse trapps & one rat trap and halfs and tops Eight Koll Scuttles and two Salvers a parcell of Rifles and other things some odd Goods D^o. a great quantity some Bitts some Stirrups and Bitts Boxes and odd things three pounds of Bitts of Steel some Iron a parcell of odd Locks three p(oun)ds and an half of Bitts of Latin and brass wyer some Coffin handles and other Coffin tackle three hundred two quarters and four pounds of Shott & bags One Doz. of Womens lined Pattens three pair of Childrens D^o. two pair of Plain six pair of Lined Clogs three pair of womans Pattens without Leathers two pair of Childrens D^o. three pair of Nailed Clogs without Leathers a p(ar)cell of Sadlers Goods \thirty three pound of Shott/ one pound and a Quarter D^o. four Pound of Nutt Galls [oak galls used in dyeing and ointments (OED)] an Iron Pail eighteen pounds of old Iron three pound and a Quarter of Glue Seventeen Pounds of Copperas [protosulphate of iron, also called green vitriol, used in dyeing, tanning and making ink (OED)] thirty Pounds of Old Iron Quarter of a pound of Spunge Seven Pound of old Iron some Patten Leathers four large Saws a
[page 9] Shop Continued
Scale Beam six pound and a quarter of small Horses ear bells some Rubbers Gunpowder old Barrells some Sadlers Goods and iron Bolt timber & rotten stone two Counters and three nests of drawers a large Iron Beam and scales two hundred of weights of Lead four Pound and an half of Brass weights a vice and stake one pair of Middle Scales and beam one p(ai)r of small D^o. one p(ai)r of Stops	97	9	8½
for a Parcell of Rubbers &c.	3	3	1
for a Mare and Colt	6	10	0
rece(ive)d by Book debts	75	4	4
rece(ive)d by Sunferie money [unidentified (could also be read as "Simferie")]	20	4	8½
rece(ive)d for what the house was sold for at Winslow Mort(gage) and Int(erest) deducted	30	0	0
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	£298	19	8
An account of debts due and owing and w(hi)ch still remain unpaid which the Exhibitant Protests against charging himself with till he shall have received the same from the several Persons following Viz.
John Harris of Winslow Carpenter	0	6	4¾
Jonathan Holland	0	17	10½
John Gibbs Cooper	4	8	7½
Thomas Grainge of Longmarston	0	5	10½
Robt. Bence of Winslow	1	5	6
Mr Guy of Marsh Gibbon	1	18	4
Henry Church of Winslow	0	8	9
Robt. Seaton of Peterborough	0	19	2
Jos. Harris of Mursley	0	14	9½
Richard Clark of Mursley Grove	0	2	10
Robt. Eden at the Pound	0	8	9¼
John Clark of Winslow Malster	0	14	9
John Ginger of Oving	1	19	9½
[page 10] John Boucher of Hogston	0	17	6
Mr Giles of Tingewick	1	3	4
Churchwardens and overseers of Winslow	3	16	11
Mrs Holland of Shipton	0	7	2½
Peter Goldsworth of Winslow	0	19	0
Mr Kinisten of Cleydon Lawn	0	0	10
Joseph Caple of Padbury	0	4	0
Mr Welch of Oving	2	5	10½
Mr Harold Collarmaker	1	11	6
John Coker of Northmarston	2	4	0½
Richard Saunders of Whaddon	0	11	7½
John Spooner	1	11	7
Mr Barnes of Buckingham	1	4	1
John Everatt of Adstock	0	5	3½
Henry Line of Shipton	0	1	11
Mr Adams of Winslow	0	18	4
[blank] Fryer of Northmarston	0	1	9
John Morris of Aylesbury	0	3	0
Mr Hobbs of Nash	0	8	10
Mr Holt of Bierton	2	1	10
Mr Mayne of Oving	2	0	11½
John Cousins of Grendon	1	1	5
Robt. Eden Millright	3	15	8
Mr Quay of Little Horwood	0	1	7
Mr Parker of Shipton	1	13	7½
Richard Vickars of Little Horwood	3	3	4½
John Fletcher of Padbury	0	4	11
[page 11] Robt. Blake Winslow	0	5	3
Winslow Howards	1	19	0
Mr Duncombe of Winslow	0	0	3
John Day of Do.	0	3	4½
Mr Marsh of Do.	0	0	9

[another hand] This inventory was exhibited on the 25th day of October 1751 by and upon the oath of Henry Stutchbury Father and sole executor named in the last will and testam(en)t of Henry Stutchbury the younger late of Winslow in the County of Bucks dece(ase)d to whom adm(inistrati)on was granted &c.

Sworn before me

John Rawbone
Curate of Winslow

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