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HUNGERFORD
INVENTORIES
1650-1699
Transcribed by Eileen Bunt 2002-2007
Word processed by Hugh Pihlens 2004-2007
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Some Inventories of the
Town of Hungerford
1650-1699
Transcribed by Eileen Bunt 2002-2007
Word processed by Hugh Pihlens 2004-2007
These inventories are deposited in the
Wiltshire Record Office, Trowbridge.
Reproduced opposite (by kind permission of the Wiltshire Record Office) is a copy of an
inventory dated 1666 showing the complexity of the task involved in transcription.
Wherever possible, the original spelling has been reproduced.
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LIST OF INVENTORIES
These Inventories are adjuncts to Wills that were proved in the Courts as follows:
Will proved in the Court of the Dean of Sarum (DS) or the Dean and Canons of Windsor (DCW)
Abbot, Robert Minister 1678 DCW
Bacon, John Yeoman 1677 DCW
Ball, Isaac Cordwainer 1699 DS
Barnes, William Yeoman 1696 DCW
Bayly, Joan Widow 1658 DS
Beckingham, Roger Yeoman 1674 DS
Bell, Richard Tanner 1699 DCW
Bennett, Thomas Clerk 1681 DS
Bennett, William Yeoman 1665 DS
Bird, Thomas Husbandman 1674 DS
Biss, Roger Tailor 1689 DCW
Blake, William Sadler 1699 DCW
Boulden, John Yeoman 1669 DCW
Bosly, Walter Carpenter 1696 DCW
Bridgman, William Labourer 1681 DCW
Brinsden, Simon Husbandman 1678 DCW
Browne, Thomas Husbandman 1666 DS
Burcombe, William Innholder 1684 DS
Burton, Henry Blacksmith 1699 DCW
Burton, Ruth Widow 1686 DS
Cannon, Robert - 1696 DS
Clidsdall, als Hidden, John - 1686 DS
Clowdes, Gilbert Husbandman 1662 DS
Collier, Sarah Widow 1688 DS
Coster, William Blacksmith 1684 DS
Covey, William Gent. 1673 DS
Coxhead, Elizabeth Widow 1685 DS
Coxhead, John Weaver 1680 DS
Coxhead, Robert Yeoman 1688 DCW
Crabb, John - 1697 DS
Crockford, Humphrey Husbandman 1689 DCW
Crockford, John Glover 1651 DS
Curr, Catherine Widow 1661 DS
Curr, Thomas - 1699 DCW
Curtis, Robert Yeoman 1661 DS
Denman, James Wheeler 1678 DS
Dennis, Dorothy Widow 1693 DCW
Dennis, Thomas Blacksmith 1675 DS
Dennis, Thomas Blacksmith 1680 DCW
Eastmond [Eastment], Ann Widow 1692 DCW
Eastmond [Eastment], Edward - 1684 DS
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Eastmond, John Yeoman 1697 DS
Eastmond, Richard Yeoman 1672 DCW
Field, William Wheelwright 1693 DCW
Fowler, John Maltster 1662 DS
Fuller, Joseph Yeoman 1697-8 DS
Gaine, William Yeoman 1678 DCW
Godfrey, Thomas Yeoman 1673 DS
Hardinge, James Husbandman 1669 DCW
Helliard, Stephen Shoemaker 1669 DS
Hemur [Heymore], Rose Widow 1669 DS
Hinwood, William Clerk 1670 DCW
Hobbes, John Yeoman 1675 DS
Hobbs, Thomas Yeoman 1695 DS
Hosier, Thomas - 1691 DS
Huchins, Thomas Labourer 1694 DCW
Jeffery, Alice Widow 1676 DS
Jenkins, Joseph Glazier 1695 DS
Kember, Robert Carpenter 1676 DS
Kiblewhite, George Yeoman 1673 DS
Kimber, Joan - 1681 DCW
King, Isaac Cordwainer 1661 DCW
King, Isaac Cordwainer 1670 DCW
King, Nicholas Tailor 1672 DCW
King, Thomas Tailor 1662 DS
Knapp, William Joiner 1670 DS
Lafford, John Victualler 1685 DS
Lewis, John Yeoman 1680 DCW
Lucas, Timothy Mercer 1668 DS
Mayle, Richard Butcher 1674 DS
Milles, Susan - 1676 DCW
Mills, John Gent. 1666 DS
Monday, Thomas - 1669 DCW
Morris, William Wheelwright 1695 DS
Nalder, William Mason 1694 DS
Nash, Thomas Husband 1667 DS
Oram, Thomas Blacksmith 1670 DS
Osborne, Anthony - 1692 DS
Osborne, Joan - 1683 DS
Page, Elizabeth Widow 1698 DS
Paine, William - 1678 DCW
Palmer, William Yeoman 1675 DS
Parker, Roger Yeoman 1691 DS
Paty, Anne Widow 1688 DS
Pavey, John - 1688 DS
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Philps, John Husbandman 1668 DS
Pinnock, John Currier 1693 DCW
Pinnock, Thomas Currier 1686 DCW
Plaster, John - 1685 DS
Pocock, Joseph Yeoman 1697 DCW
Povee, Richard Husbandman 1667 DS
Randall, Humphrey - 1687 DS
Randoll, Tobias Miller 1679 DS
Reade, Daniel Sadler 1679 DS
Read, Jonathan Sadler 1670 DS
Read, Jonathan Beer brewer 1681 DCW
Robinson, als Hunt, Nicholas Victualler 1674 DS
Sandes, Edward Carpenter 1662 DS
Sare, Alice Widow 1661 DS
Sare, Edith Widow 1698 DS
Sare, Thomas - 1693 DS
Scott, Seth Fellmonger 1687 DS
Seymer, Philip Yeoman 1689 DS
Seymour, John Husbandman 1694 DCW
Stephens, Edmund Gentleman 1682 DCW
Stephens, John Gent. 1683 DCW
Toe, John Yeoman 1675 DS
Toe, John - 1686 DS
Toe, Thomas - 1695 DS
Tull, John, also wife Jane Waggoner 1669 DCW
Watts, John - 1684 DCW
Widley, Richard Husbandman 1678 DCW
Winkworth, Edith Widow 1663 DS
Wooldridge, Ellen - 1664 DS
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Robert ABBOT, of Hungerford, minister, 9 April 1678
Appraised by: Robert Randall, Edmund Stephens
£ s d
His wearing apparrell & money in his purse 10 00 0
In his studdy a tableboard, chaire, books & shelves 10 00 0
In ye parler Chamber, a feather bed, boulster & two pillows, a paire
of Blanckoates, a rugg, a Counterpaine, Curtaines, Vayleings &
a bedstead 05 00 0
two small tableboards, Six Chaires, a paire of brass Andirons &
a Stand, vallued at 00 10 0
In the Hall Chamber, a feather bed, Boulster & two pillows, a paire
of blanckoates, a rugg, curtaines & vayleings & a bedstead at 05 00 0
A cabinet, a hang press, a hang shelve, a looking glass, a paire
of brass Andirons, a tableboard, a paire of Stands & three
joynt Chaires vallued at 02 10 0
In ye Kitchen Chamber, a feather bed, boulster & two pillows, a paire
of blanckoates, a rugg, Curtaines & Vayleings & a bedstead at 2 10 0
A flock bed & boulster, a paire of blankcoates, a Coverlid &
a truckle bedstead at 01 00 0
Four old trunks, a Small Sideboard, two old Chaires, one box,
an old Stool, a Close Stooll & pan & a bedpan vallued at 01 02 0
Nine Holland Sheets, eight paire of Canvas Sheets, two
boulster cases, seven Holland pillowcases, four paire of flaxen
pillowcases, four diaper tablecloaths, three Holland tablecloaths,
three course tablecloaths, two dozen & two of diaper napkens,
two dozen of flaxen napkens, one dozen & halfe of course
napkens 05 05 0
In a closet in the same Chamber, a small Sideboard, two small
old trunks & some Shelves vallued at 0 05 0
In the Chamber over ye Brewhouse a Canvas bedcase, a flock boulster,
a coverled, old Curtaines & vayleings, & a bedstead, a Chest,
a trunke & an old Chaire 00 15 0
In ye parler, A tableboard & Joynt-benches, four joynt chaires, a
paire of brass Andirons, a fire Shovle & tongs & a paire of doggs
vallued at 01 00 0
In ye Hall A tableboard & forme and bentches, a sideboard, four old
Leather Chaires, & a Clockes vallued at 02 10 0
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47 07 0
In the Kitchen: A tableboard, a dresser, a small ovall tableboard, a
Cupboard, five old Chaires, two joynt Stools, & benches, a
Bakon racke, & a Shelve vallued at 00 12 0
A warming pan, two dripping pans, a frying pan, a jack & leaden
waits, two Spitts, three smoothing Irons, a fender, a paire of
Andirons, a paire of doggs, a fire shovle & tongues, two paire of
hangers, a Stillatory, a Solt box, a small hand gun & two
minsering(?) knives at 01 04 0
In the Pantry, Eleven pewter dishes, six pewter plates, Six pewter
Sawcers, one pewter porringer, three pewter Candlesticks,
one pewter Chamberpott, & a pewter tankard vallued at 02 00 0

Two bellmettle potts, a bellmettle porsenett(?), one kettlepot,
two kettles, two Skillets, two brass Chafeing dishes, one Iron
Chafing dish, two Iron Candlesticks, one brass Candlestick, a
powdering tubb & shelves vallued at 01 00 0
Provision in the house 01 10 0
In the brewing house, A furnace, a brewing vate, a Silt(?), two
keevers, three washing tubbs, a halfe bushell, a halfe peck,
two dressers, two shelves, a buckett & a paile vallued at 02 00 0
In the Seller, eight barrells, three Stands & a tin bole vallued at 00 16 0
In the Backside, a pump 01 10 0
one thousand & five hundreds of fagotts 04 00 0
some hard wood vallued at 00 05 0
hay in the –allet(?) 00 05 0
A caske & manger vallued at 00 02 6
A bridle & Saddle, a Side Saddle pilion(?) & Cloath vallued at 00 10 0
Due and owing from severall psons 85 00 0
100 14 6
Lumber vallued at 000 10 0
Suma totall 148 11 6
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John BACON, the elder, of Sandon Fee, Hungerford, Berkshire, yeoman,
5 February 1677
Appraised by Thomas Sare, Will. Watridge, Richard Kinge
£ s d
His wearinge Apparrell, and money in his purse, 30 00 0
In the chamber over the Kitchen, one bedsteede and three flock
bolsters, 02 10 00
two Chests, one Coffer and two Chaires 00 13 04
In the Chamber over the Buttery, one Tableboard and frame,
one (?)illy with pcell of wheate in him, one Tubb, one barrell,
one white Rugge, one blankett and one forme 00 14 00
In the Chamber within the Kitchen, one bedsteede, and one bolster 00 10 00
In the Kitchen, two brasse potts, two kettles, eight dishes of
pewter, three little butter dishes, two Candlesticks, two Salt
cellers, one flaggon, one warminge pann, one paire of Andirons,
five flitches of Bacon, one Cupborde, one table borde and
frame, three joyned Stooles, one Spitt with some other lumber
there, all 05 00 00
In the Hall, one Table borde and frame, fower joyned Stooles,
one Chest, two Chaires, one bedd and bedsteede, three
bolsters, with some other lumber there, all 04 00 00
In the Buttery, two kivers, fower barrells with other lumber there, 00 18 00
In the Backside a pcell of wood and in the barne, a pcell of wheate, 03 10 00
one Cowe, one Bullocke, and one Stoore pigge, prised at 03 14 00
a pcell of wooll 03 10 00
there is due and owinge to the deced. byseverall psons, upon bond,
which are debts sperate the sume of 60 00 00
The totall sume of this Inventory is 114 19 04
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Joan BAILY, of Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, widow, 8 November 1666
Appraised by: Joseph Osborne, Thomas Burges
£ s d
Her wairing Apparrill & mony in purs 1 10 0
One Cow 3 0 0
One Store Pigg 0 10 0
Seven Sheep 1 8 0
One bedsted, Achaf Beed, A boulster, Acoverlid, Apare of blankets
and two ould Ca-?- Sheets 1 15 0
4 pewter platers, A grediorne and -?- yemplements with Lomber in
and about the house 1 10 0
In the out house some hay, barly, wheat & Owats -?- 10 0 0
19 13 0
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Isaac BALL, of Hungerford, Berks, cordwainer, 29 June 1699
Appraised by: Richard King, Thomas Eastment
£ s d
In the Kitching two Kittells, one skillet, five dishes three porringers
two pewter pleats one warming pan 01 15 06
One Table one Jack & two formes 00 10 00
One gridiron two Hangles & one paire of doggs 00 03 06
Fire-pan & tongs and a Spining Wheele 00 03 00
Three joynt stooles & two chaires 00 03 00
A Mapp 00 06 08
One Tubb & one poudering Tubb & other lumber 00 05 00
In the Shopp three paire of Womens shoes 00 07 06
Two paires of children shoes 00 02 00
Two paires of beu-leather 00 07 06
Four seats one kiver & two boxes 00 03 09
One paire of boot-trees & three dozen of lastes 00 08 06
Other lumber 00 02 00
In his Chamber One bed & bolster two pillowes 02 05 00
His weareing apparrell and a Rugg 00 08 00
One blanket & one bedstead 00 03 00
In the boyes Chamber One bed Cor(?)ing & bedstead
In Mrs Chamber nine dyebour(?) knapkins & One dyebour(?)
00 10 00
Table-cloath 00 06 08
Two sheets 00 10 00
One Coffer of Old linen 00 06 00
One Table One bedstead three Coffers & one trunck 00 12 00
In the cutting(?) Roome one barrel one stand & other lumber 00 08 00
Below One load of peat & one hundred of faggotts 00 17 00
One Old silk gowne 00 06 00
Small linnen 00 02 00
Debts due upon book 01 5 10
Dubious debts due upon booke 04 11 05
17 8 10
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William BARNES, of Edington, Hungerford, Berks, yeoman (not dated) 1696
Appraised by: Richard Bell, Abraham Lawrence, Hercules Wright
£ s d
Wearing Apparell and Money in his Purse 01 00 00
One Bed and Bedstede, 1 Coverlid, 2 Blancketts, 1 paire of Sheetes,
1 Boulster, and 2 Pillows 02 10 00
Two Chaff Bedds 00 10 00
Brass 01 00 00
Pewter 00 12 00
One old Coffer, one Chest and one Trunck 00 12 00
One Table board and 2 joynt Stooles 00 05 00
One old Wooden Vessell 00 05 00
One old Cottrill and other Iron things belonging to the fire Hearth 00 03 00
06 17 00
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Joan BAYLY, of Hidden, Hungerford, Berkshire, widow, 8 th December, 1658
Appraised by Joseph Osborne, Thomas Burgges
£ s d
Her warring Apparrill & mony in purs 1 10 0
one Cow 3 0 0
one Store Pigg 0 10 0
four Sheep 1 8 0
one bedsted Ahaf(?) beed A boulster A coverbed A pare of blankets
and two ..?.. canvas Sheets 1 15 0
4 Pwter platers A ..?.. ..?.. Some yemplements with lomber in And
about the house 1 10 0
in the out house Some ..?.. barly wheat & ..?.. Able for 10 0 0
19 13 0
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Roger BECKINGHAM, of Great Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, yeoman,
27 March, 1674
Appraised by: William Watridge, Robert Baker
£ s d
In his own lodginge Chamber
His Wearinge apparrell of all sorts
One Bedsted, 2 feather Bedds, 2 feather Boulsters,
2 feather pillowes, 1 paire of Blancoats, 1 paire of Sheets,
05 00 00
one Rugg, 1 Kiverlid, yellow curtaine & vallins
One Chest, 1 Coffer, 3 Boxes, 2 Desks, one side board Table,
05 00 00
1 Chaire & 3 Cushins
In porch Chamber
One Joyne Bedsted, 2 flock Bedds, 2 paire of Blancoats,
1 Sheet and kiverlid, one feather Boulster, 1 old Bedstead,
02 00 00
kittermister curtaines & vallins, 1 old Chest & 1 Joyne Stoole
In the haule Chamber
2 Bedsteds, 2 flock Bedds, 2 feather Boulsters, 2 paire of
03 00 00
Blancoats, 1 kiverlid, 1 Chaire, 2 kivers with other lumber
In the Parler
1 Table board & frame, 1 foarme, 2 Chaires, & 3 Joyne Stooles,
02 00 00
1 paire of Andirons, fire shovell & tongs
In the Pauntrey
1 old Chest, 2 paire of Sheets, 2 Table cloats, half a dozzen
of napkins, 4 Boxes, 1 Brass pott, 1 paire of pot hookes &
01 05 00
1 fryinge pan
In the Sellar
02 00 00
4 Barrells, 2 Stands & 3 Kivers
In the Haule
2 Table boards & frames, 1 Iron Jack, 3 Iron Spitts,
1 Iron Dripping pan, 8 pewter Dishes, 6 pewter porringers,
00 10 00
2 pewter salts, 2 pewter Candlesticks & 1 Gridiron
In the Kitchin
4 Brass Kittles, 2 Brass Skilletts, 1 Brass furnace, 1 Brass
warminge pan, 1 meashvate, 1 Cowle, 1 Tubb, 1 mealtrough with
01 10 00
other Lumber
In the Kitchin Chamber
1 Bedsteed, 1 Chaff Bed, 1 flock Boulster, 2 paire of Blancoats,
04 00 00
1 Sheete, 1 Kiverlid and 1 Cheese Rack
In the Bacon house
12 flitches of Bacon, 5 -?- Kivers, 1 Great Longe kiver, 2 tubbs
00 10 00
& 1 Churme 06 00 00
3 Geldings, 2 Mares, 4 Cart harness and 4 plow harness
Two longe Carts with wheeles, 2 dunge potts, one plough
20 00 00
with all tackle to it 10 00 00
3 Cowes 07 00 00
7 Stoore pigs 02 16 00
137 Sheepe 41 02 00
30 Teggs 03 15 00
30 quarters of Barly 33 00 00
16 quarters of oats 10 13 04
10 quarters of pease 15 00 00
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5 Tunn of hay 06 13 04
5 quarters of mislin 09 00 00
11 Sacks, a fann Bushell & fires(?) 00 15 00
12 acres of wheat upon the Ground 12 00 00
2 acres of fetches upon the Ground 01 06 04
Debts owinge by sevrall persons by Bond 60 00 00
1 malt mill, 1 Grind Stone, woole & lumber 02 00 00
Suma total 267 16 00
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Richard BELL, of Edington, Hungerford, Berkshire, tanner 1699
Appraised by John Hawkins, Richard Heath
£ s d
His wareing aprell and money in purse 4 0 0
In the kitching 1 table, 6 joynt Stooles 0 8 0
4 Chaires, 2 low Stooles 0 1 6
a Jack, a rack & 2 Cotterells 0 6 6
In the Chamber 3 paire of Sheets 0 15 0
1 dozin & half of Napkins 0 6 0
2 table Cloths & 6 Shifts 0 11 0
2 flock Beads & 2 boulsters 1 0 0
2 pair of Blanketts & 3 Coverleads 0 11 0
2 Bedsteeds, 1 Sett of Curtaines 0 13 0
2 Coffers, 2 Chests, 4 boxes, 4 Chaires 0 8 0
In the Buttery 6 Barrills, 4 Kittles, 3 Skillets 0 18 0
putter dishes and plates 0 10 0
2 potts, 1 warming pan, 1 frying pann 0 10 0
2 Cubbards and other sml. things 0 7 6
In the Chamber over the Buttery
1 Beadsteeed, beeding and Curtaines 2 0 0
a Chest, 2 Cubbards and other small things 0 10 0
7 Kivers and Lumber about the house wth. a Leaden Pump 1 12 0
Lease land in the feild 0 10 0
ffaggotts and other wood 0 12 0
all ye Bookes about house 0 5 0
totall is £16 17 6
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Thomas BENNETT, of Hungerford, Berks, clerk, 24 September 1681
Appraised by: James Pearson, George Clempson
£ s d
Ready money in the house 2 0 0
His wearing Apparrell 7 0 0
In plate 5 0 0
In the Parlo(?) Chamber, one feather bedd 1 5 0
One suite of Curtaines & hangings 1 12 0
Three paire of Blanketts & one Rugg 1 0 0
Two pillowes, foure Bolsters & one flocke bedd 1 7 0
One high Bedsted, Matt & cord 0 10 0
One Truckle bedd & one old quilt 0 6 0
Six chayres and one chest of Drawers 1 0 0
One little Table & one Truncke 0 3 0
One paire of brasse Andirons, tongs & shovel 0 9 0
One paire of Bellowes & two Cushions
In the Closett; some Sweetemeate Glasses & one Bastard China
0 2 6
dish & some bottles 0 3 0
In the Redd Chamber; one feather bedd & one bolster 1 15 0
One paire of Blanketts & one Rugg 0 10 0
One sett of Curtaines & Vallens & hangings 1 09 0
One Bedsted, Cord & Matt & Rodds 0 13 4
Two Truncks & three cane Chayres 0 15 0
Two deale boxes
In the Garrett over the Parlo Chamber, one deale Box, two
Hampers, one Cheese Racke & two old deale boxes in the
0 1 0
other Garrett 0 4 0
In the Study, the Library of Bookes & Shelves 30 0 0
One cane chayre & a Table
In ye Meale Loft, two Meale Tubbs, a Dow Kiver, two meale Seives,
0 5 0
a Ranger & a searse(?) with some other lumber 0 4 0
In the Parlour, one Table & foure cane Chayres 1 0 0
Two paire of little brasse dogs 0 6 0
One paire of Iron dogs 0 1 0
One Scrutore 1
2 10 0
Two Sconces & one Looking Glasse 1 14 0
One Picture 1 0 0
The Greene Hangings 0 18 0
In the Hall; A Greate Mapp 1 0 0
Six chayres 0 6 0
One Table board & one scons 0 5 0
In the Partieon Roome, one Stove 0 9 0
One Cupboard 0 3 0
In the Kitchen, one Table & six matted chayres 0 6 0
One New Bacon Rack 0 7 0
One Jack 0 10 0
One Spice Box 0 3 0
Two paire of Andirons, Fire Shovell and Tongs 0 6 6
One Spice Morter & pestle 0 2 0
1 =escritoire
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One Ballance to weigh 0 5 0
One paire of Small Scales & Lead weights 0 2 4
Foure paire of Candlesticks, a brass Chafing dishe, an
Iron Chafing Dish, two frying pans & 2 Smoothing Irons 0 8 0
One drudger, one Pepper box, two Tin drinking potts & one
little Gridiron 0 1 0
A Cradle pillowes & Quilt 0 5 0
One paire of Hangills 0 1 6
In the Pantry, five pewter dishes, two stand plates, two dozen
of Trencher plates & a pewter stand & Six pewter porringers 0 14 0
Two Tin Cullenders, one Tin Coffee pott, one Tin appleroaster,
one Tin Cover, three Tin pudding pans & pastry pans, one
Skimmer, one Ladle and three Sawcers 0 4 0
In the Brewhouse, one brasse furnace, two pewter
Chamberpotts, one brasse pott, two Kettles, two Skilletts,
one dripping pann, one Mash fat & a Cooler 2 12 6
One long Kiver, one powdering Tubb, foure Kivers & a flask 0 19 0
A Voyder 2 & table baskett 0 1 6
One Close Stoole & pann 0 2 6
Seaven dozen of Glasse bottles & Racke 0 10 0
In the Cellar, Eleaven barrels little & Greate 1 2 0
In Linnen (viz.) Six paire of fine Sheetes 1 10 0
Six paire of Coarse Sheetes 1 4 0
Three diaper 3 Table-clothes 0 7 6
Two Holland & three flaxen Tableclothes 0 10 0
Tenne(?) diaper Napkins, two dozen of Diaper Napkins & one
Dozen of holland Napkins 0 12 0
Fifteen flaxen Napkins & one dozen of course Napkins 0 5 0
Nine Flaxen Towells, one diaper Towell, Six course tableclothes
& one dozen of course Napkins 0 12 0
Two Damask Napkins 0 2 6
Window curtaines & an old Blanckett 0 6 6
Eleaven Gold Rings, two Locketts & a picture sett in Gold 12 10 0
In hard Wood 1 15 0
In Faggott Wood 2 0 0
One Reeke of hay 8 0 0
One Feather bedd & bolster & bedsted at Oxon 1 10 0
One Mortgage & three bonds 65 0 0
In booke Debts 59 4 11½
In the whole 236 03 1½
2 =butler’s tray
3 =twilled line cloth
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Willam BENNETT, of Hopgrass, Hungerford, Wiltshire, yeoman, 1665
Appraised by: William Hinwood, Thomas Burcombe, Mickell Headges
[Heading and first part of inventory illegible in photocopy]
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£ s d
In the Hall
One Table board, a fourme & a paire of Andyrons 01 03 04
In the Kitchen
A Tableboard, fourme & dressore 00 13 04
Pewter of all sorts 02 02 06
5 kettles, 3 dripping pans, 2 brasse potts & a skellett 04 05 00
Andyrons, fire shovell & tongs, 3 Spitts, a frying pan,
grydiron & bellowes 02 10 00
In the brewhouse
A furnace & brewing vessels 06 13 04
In the Milkhouse
The Milke vessels, a butter cherne, a cheespresse, Shelves &
other lumber 01 00 00
In the Wellhouse, a Well bucket, tumbrill & rope, cowles 4 , pailes &
buckets 01 02 06
In the Sellar, 14 barrells of all sorts & the stands, with 2 kives 03 02 06
A powdring tubb, with 2 salting troughs 01 00 00
10 flitches of bacon, butter, cheese & other household provision 09 10 00
In the barne, winter corne 75 00 00
Barley 100 00 00
Pease & oates 50 00 00
Hay 80 00 00
70 Acres of Corne on the ground 100 00 00
20 Horse beasts with their harnesse 100 00 00
18 Rudder beasts 5 with cowracks 36 00 00
Waggons, Carts, dungcarts, with their wheeles, ploughes & plough
tackle, harrowes & other implements & utensills of husbandry 30 00 00
361 Sheepe 120 00 00
Swyne with yr troughs 15 00 00
Rakes, forks, prongs, shovels, spades(?), fannes, willeys, 30 Sacks,
2 bushells old yron & other lumber 10 00 00
The land in the will bequeathed 300 00 00
The lease of Lamas Meade 250 00 00
Poultry of all sorts 01 00 00
Suma totalis 1361 06 04
4 =tubbs
5 =horned cattle, usually oxen

Thomas BIRD, of Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, husbandman, 8 Sept. 1674
Appraised by: Adwin Williams, Thomas Hobbs, sen., Thomas Hobbs, jun.
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell and money in his purse 08 00 00
His estate in his dwellinge house with the lands and appurtenances
thereto belonginge, whereof hee had a lease for certain
yeares yet in beinge 20 00 00
One Cowe 02 00 00
Nyne Ewes and lambes 02 14 00
Two hoggs 01 12 00
In his Chamber one high bedsteede, one trundle bedsteede,
two flockbeds one rug, one Coverlett two paire of blanketts,
two paire of sheetes, three feather pillowes and one flock
bolster 03 00 00
One Chest, two Coffers and one box 00 15 00
One brasse pott, one kettle & two skillets 01 00 00
Ten peeces of pewter 00 12 00
On Cupborde, two tablebordes with frames, three joyned stooles,
one Chaire, one rack and one settle 01 12 00
Three Barrells, two kivers, one tubb and one buckett 01 00 00
Forty-five Cheeses 01 10 00
Halfe a flitch of Bacon 00 06 00
His wood about the house 01 00 00
Two stalls of bees 00 10 00
One fryinge pann, one paire of Andirons, two paire of pott hookes,
two iron hangells with other iron things 00 10 00
Three sithes, two hatchets, one bill, one mattocke, two bottles
with other things and other lumber about the house 00 14 00
One tablecloth and fower napkins 00 05 00
Suma totalis huius Inventory 47 00 00
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Roger BISS, of Hungerford, Berks, tailor, 18 June 1689
Appraised by: Gabriell Viner, John Biss, Joseph Biss
£ s d
Weareing Apparrell and Money in his Purse 04 18 00
One Feather Bed, 1 Bolster, 2 Pillows, 2 Blanckets, 1 Rug, 1 Bedsteed 02 00 00
2 paire of Sheetes, 6 Napkins & other Old Linnen 01 00 00
2 Chests, 2 Coffers & 4 Boxes 01 00 00
One flock Bed, Bedding and Bedsteede thereto belonging in
the Old Chamber 01 10 00
2 flitches of Bacon & 3 parcells of Cheese 04 10 00
1 Powdering Tubb, 1 Old Trunck, 2 Tubbs and other Lumber 00 10 00
21 Pewter Platters, 10 pewter Dishes, 1 pewter flagon, 1 candlestick,
1 brass furnace, 1 brass pan, 3 brass Kittles, 2 Skilletts,
2 Brass Pots & 1 Warming pan 05 03 06
1 Old Pott, 2 pair of fire shovell & Tongs, 3 pair of Andirons,
5 Spills & 1 Gridiron & other Iregeare 00 19 00
1 Cubberd, 2 Table Boards, 4 Chaires, 4 Joynt Stooles & 1 Forme
& Lumber 01 00 00
3 Small Barrells, 1 Stand & other small things in the Buttery 00 10 00
Salt, and Candles, in the Shop 01 12 00
Weights, Scales & Measures, and 1 brass Morter & Pessill 01 05 00
1 pair of Yarne Stockings, a parcel of Hopps & Lamblack 00 13 08
Oyle, Tracle, Brandy, Vinegare, Pipes. Oatemeale, Paper and bread 01 10 04
Butter, Sollett Oyle, Sope, Nails, Needles, Combs, Cloves, Seeds 02 18 07
Pinns, Nutmegs, Pepper, two brass weights, Beewax, & starch 00 08 04
Goose Quills, Mustardseed, Sugar, Yarne & leather Buttens 00 14 08½
Packthread, inckle, ivory combs, points, Tape Laces & Loops 00 08 05
Thread, Tape, Ferratt 6 , Caddis, Indigo, Sugar Candy, Sparabills &
Horn Combs 01 00 04
Pepper, Rice, Thread, Yarne, Inckle, Cabbidge Netts 7 & Corks 00 14 10
Malagoes, Currants, Raisons of the Sun & Tobacco 00 18 11½
A parcell of Yarne, Wooll, Tallow & Besoms 04 07 09
Barrells, Boxes & Lumber in the Shop 01 19 05
3 Kivers, 1 Tubb & other lumber in the Outhouse 00 08 00
A parcel of Faggetts, & a stack of Hay 02 06 00
One Horse Bridle & Saddle 02 10 00
One Pad or Pannill 00 03 00
Debts Oweing him 44 15 09¼
The sume 91 15 07¼
6 =stout cotton or silk tape
7 for boiling cabbage in
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William BLAKE, of Hungerford, Berks, sadler, 16 Oct 1699
Appraised by: Robert Tuck, Moses Langley
£ s d
Wearing Apparell and money in Purse & Booke debts 7 15 00
In the Shop
5 Brishes 2 11
3 Brishes 2 0
3 Combs 2 0
8 paire of Stirrop Irons 4 0
3 womens Stirrops 1 6
2 Cannon Bitts and 3 Snoffle Bitts 5 0
3 Snoffle Bitts att 6d apiece 1 6
8 Snoffles att 4d apiece, 6 Snoffles att 3d apiece & 2 att 2d 4 6
2 paire of Ripping Spurrs att 9d a paire, 4 paire att 3d a paire 2 6
4 paire of Spurrs att 4d a paire, and 2 paire att 2d ye paire 1 8
6 papers of Setts att 7d a paper, 5 paire of Dog couples 4 2
2 paire of white Stirrop leathers att 9d a paire 1 6
3 Collar Head Stalls att 4d apeece, 1lb & ½ of Whip Corde 2s 3 0
6 Coller Holters att 8d apeece, 3 Oyled Raines and Headstall
att 1s a peece 7 0
6 Ordinary Raines and Headstalls att 7d }
2 Ordinary Raines and Headstalls att 6d } 4 6
3 breast plates att 4s 6d & 4 Crippers 9 6
1 Headstall and Raines att 1s 6d and 1 Bridle att 1s 6d 3 0
2 Headstalls, 1 Rayne, 1 Coller Rayne, 1 Martingell & 1 Stirrop leather 1 4
1 doz.of Saddle strapps and other peeces of leather with Neats 8 leather 9 6
1 Basill 9 at 10d, 1 fillett Cloth 2s, 7 Girte 1s 3 10
1 paire of Holster Shanks 2s 6d, 1 Side Saddle tree 4s 6d 7 0
1 other tree att 1s 4d and 1 Tree att 1s 2 4
1 Pillion and hand cloth 6 0
1 Pillion Cloth att 5s 6d 5 6
1 Side Saddle with Stirrop, Cripper & breast plate 8 0
1 Saddle wth Stirrope leathers and Girts and 1 Coach Saddle
with pannills 1 0 0
1 Scotch Saddle without pannills & 1 breasted padd 16 0
1 round Skirted Saddle and 1 Very Ordinary Saddle 11 0
3 Old Saddles and 6 pairs of Bosses 6 0
Binbles and other things, 1 Hammer and 1 Craseing Iron 3 6
Tooles and Vice 7 0
2 presses and shelves and a Workeing Board 12 0
2 Old Pillions 3 6
This side is 16 17 9
In the kitchen
1 Dresser and Shelves and 1 Trencher Rack 12 0
1 Bacon Rack and a jack 10 0
3 Spitts, 1 Dripping pan, 1 Basting ladle and other things 5 0
1 Table Board 10 0
8 =cattle, usually oxen or cows
9 =sheepskin tanned in oak or larch bark
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1 paire of Doggs, 1 Iron Back, Tongs, Fire shovell and Fender 12 0
1 Warming pan, 1 Frying pan and other things 8 0
1 Still & 1 dozen of plates 10 0
7 pewter Dishes wth. a Tankerd and other things 12 0
4 brass Kittles, 2 potts and other things 2 10 0
1 Tubb, 1 Furnace stones and other things 4 3 6
In the Buttery
5 Tubbs and Kivers 10 , 3 Barrells, 1 Stand and other things 19 0
In the Backside
1 Pump and Firewood 1 4 0
In the Chamber
1 Bed and Bedsteede wth. other things belonging to it 4 0 0
1 Table, Chaires and other things 2 0 0
In the next Chamber
1 Bed and Bedsteede wth. other things belonging to it 2 0 0
1 Trunck, 1 Chest and Boxes 18 0
Sheetes and other Linnen 4 10 0
1 Skreene 5 0
The house he lived in 70 0 0
Debts owing him for Hay 1 14 0
10 =covers
98 2 6
The other side 16 17 9
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115 0 3

John BOULDEN, of Edington, Hungerford, Berkshire, yeoman, 1669
Appraised by Thomas Bonnar, William Field, Anthony Godman, Roger Beckingham
£ s d
Hies wearing apperall & mony in his purse 1 0 0
The goods in loft Chamber over the hall
on bed & all furnisher thereunto belonging with other lumber 1 10 0
In the Chamber over the buttrey
one bedsteed 0 2 6
Brasse & pewter in the kichen 1 5 0
The tubb & cuberd & other Lumber 0 10 0
In the hall one Cubberd, one Table bord with other Lumber 0 12 0
One hogg at 0 10 0
The Corne in the barne & strawe at 0 13 4
Tow Ladders at 0 2 6
The ..?.. ..?.. belong unto him 0 2 0
The ..?.. yeare at 7 10 0
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13 17 4

Walter BOSLY [BOSELEY], of Charnham Street, Hungerford, carpenter,
30 January 1696
Appraised by: Richard King, Thomas Woodroofe
£ s d
His waring apparels & money in his purs 02 10 00
In the Hall
Three table bords, 6 joyn stools, 4 chaiers, 3 tinnin panes, on rack,
2 spits, on candle box wth other lumber 01 01 03
In the Roome called ye Buttery
Three bras kettles, on bras pane, on bras pote, on warming pane,
2 bras skillets, 10 pewter dishes, on flagon, on candlestick,
4 barrils, on kover, on cobbard, on friing pane,
2 fliches of baken with other lumber 04 05 06
In the outmost Chamber
On flock bead & boulster, 2 bedsteds, 2 cover lides, 2 chestes,
4 boshels of whet with other lumber 01 13 00
In the Hall Chamber
On fether bead & boulster, 2 pillows, on rugg, 2 blangets,
on beadsteed, cortains & vallins, 2 pare of sheets,
2 pillowcases, on table board, on chest, on side cobbard,
on pare of iron dogs wth other lumber 03 15 06
In the out hous
Fower tubbs, 2 kovers & all his workeing twoles with other lumber 01 00 00
The wood in the backside 00 15 00
The leas of the hous & land 12 00 00
On cowbeast, on bollock, on store pigg & corne in ye barn 03 10 00
Totall 30 10 03
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William BRIDGMAN, of North Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, labourer, 1681
Appraised by Robert Backer, Phillip Seymor
£ s d
His wearing apparrell and money in his purse 00 05 00
In the Chamber
1 bed steede, 1 bed, 2 boulsters, 1 pillo, 1 peare of sheets,
3 blankets, 1 rudge(?) 01 01 6
2 chestes, 3 boxes 00 06 8
In the butrey
3 barells, 1 civer with a stand 00 08 00
In the hall
1 cubard, 1 Tabelbrd, 2 litell cotells, 1 Skellet, 1 chaier 00 11 06
1 warming pan, 1 friing pan 00 02 06
Other lumber 00 03 06
2 spinghelwheels(?) 00 02 06
1 littell house 04 00 00
Sume 07 1 02
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Simon BRINSDEN, of Eddington, Hungerford, Berks, husbandman, 1678
Appraised by Roger Parker, John Toe, Joseph Pocock
£ s d
His weareinge Apparrell and money in his purse 01 10 00
One ffether bed & Boulster Two Pillowes of ffeather one ..?.. one
pare of Blanketts & bedsted all at 02 10 0
One fflock bed & one Coufferlid one paire of blankets & one old
bedsted & other Lumber in the Loft 00 10 00
Fower paire of Sheets at 4s the paire 00 16 0
Eight dishes of Putter one fflagion & to Poringers 00 12 00
One Brass Pan & one brass Pott two Skellets three brass ketell 0 18 0
Three Barrills 3 Little Tobbes one Ciffer Two bucketts 0 10 0
One Tabell bord fower Joynd Stoules one forme three Charres 0 14 0
Three Little ffliches of Bacon 01 03 0
1 paire of Hangings one pair of Pott houcks one paire of Anders
fier Shovell and tonngs one spit & one gridiron, two Candell
Sticks and one Lantron one ..?.. whele 0 5 0
Fower yardes of Cloth 0 6 8
One motticke one spad one hachet one bilhoucke one Peele 0 2 0
The wood for the ffirres and all other Lomber within dores &
without doores 0 5 0
Tenn acers of wheat Barly and oatts 10 0 0
Two qurters of Barly 2 0 0
3 bushels of Wheat 0 12 0
Two Cowes two Littell bullockes and two piges 6 10 0
Due to deced. by sevrall Parsons ..?.. sperialty wch debts are desprat 41 0 0
Totall is 60 3 8
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Thomas BROWNE, of Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, husbandman, 13 May 1666
Appraised by: Thomas Lamport [or Lampard], Edward Lovelock
£ s d
His Wearinge apparrell & monie in his purse 01 00 00
In the chamber over the Hall
One bedsteede with furniture thereunto belonginge 01 10 00
Three Coffers & Lumber 00 10 00
In the chamber over the Buttery
One bedsteede 00 03 04
In the Hall
One Table board, one forme, Two Joyned Stooles,
two pothangers, one Gridiron 00 10 00
In the Roome next the Hall
Two Cupboards, Three barrells, Two Tubbes, one kiver,
one buckett, one Churne 00 15 00
Two brasse pots, Three kettles, one Skillett, one little
brasse pane(?), one fryinge pan, one pewter dish 01 00 00
Five acres of Corne on the ground 05 00 00
One bullocke, one pigge 01 00 00
Provision in the house 00 10 00
Two Chattell Leases 23 00 00
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34 18 04
In his will he leaves his son John Browne:
my great brasse pott, a pewter platter and a brazen candlesticke, and a short table board
his daughter Mary Browne:
a brasse pan, a pewter platter and a brazen candlesticke, and a round table board
his daughter Martha Browne:
a little brasse pott, a pewter platter and a brazen candlesticke
his cousen Stephen Browne: one chilver sheepe 11
Margaret Weekes whoe sometyme dwelt with mee:
a coffer
11 =ewe lamb

William BURCOMBE, of Charnham Street, Hungerford, Wilts, innholder,
17 December 1684
Appraised by: Edmund Stephens, Thomas Sare, Thomas Robinson
£ s d
His Wearinge Apparrell and money in his purse 10 00 00
In the Kitchin forty dishes of pewter, five dozen of pewter plates
with some other small pewter things 06 00 00
One Jack, six spitts, two drippinge panns, two paire of Andirons,
one Table board, fower chaires, one joyned Stoole, one pomp(?),
with some other small Iron things and other lumber 02 04 00
Three brasse potts, three kettells, with some other small
brasse things 02 00 00
In the Parlour one High bedsteede, one Trundle bedsteede,
with one paire of curtaines and vallins, and beddinge
and other furniture to them belonginge 05 00 00
One Cupboard, one chest of drawers, two other chests,
two coffers, and one little Table board 01 00 00
One Silver Tankard, two little Silver bowles, with some other
small peeces of plate 08 00 00
Thirty and three paire of Sheetes, nyne dozen of Napkins,
with some other small things 07 00 00
In the roome next the Parlour one old bedsteede, one old bedd,
with some old beddinge, one trunke, with some old lumber 01 00 00
In the Buttery, one powdringe Tubb, one kiver, one fryinge pann,
with some old lumber 00 10 00
In the Little Hall one old Table board, two chaires and one Stoole 00 04 00
In the Taphouse one old Table board, one forme, tenn barrells of
beere, one bin, with some empty vessells, and some other
small things 07 00 00
In the little room under the staires, one littleTable board, and
three joyned stooles 00 04 00
In the Wine seller all his wines, and empty vessells, and stands,
bottles, measures, and other small things 40 00 00
In the Long Hall one Table board and frame, fower joyned stooles,
one chaire and one Hogshead of Sider 01 10 00
In the old Wine Seller one saltinge Trough --?—and some old lumber 02 00 00
In the Brewhouse two furnaces, one meash vate, one --?—back,
one tunn fate, one cooler, one pomp, with some other lumber 08 10 00
In the Kings Chamber two High bedsteedes, one Trundle bedsteede,
three bedds, with furniture to them, one Table board,
one cupboard, six stooles, and one chaire 07 04 06
In the Queens chamber one bedd and bedsteede with the furniture
to the same, twelve chaires, three stooles, one Table board,
one side cupboard, one lookinge glasse with the Hangings
in the same 13 00 00
In the Halfe Moone chamber, one bedd and bedsteede, with
Curtaines and Vallins and other furniture to the same,
one Table board, fower chaires, one forme, one side cupboard,
one fire shovell and Tongs, and one paire of bellowes 05 06 00
In the Beare chamber two High bedsteedes, one Trundle bedsteede,
three beds with two setts of curtaines and Vallins, and other
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furniture to the same belonginge, two Table boards, two side
cupboards, twelve chaires, two carpetts, one paire of Andirons,
fire shovell and Tongs, and bellowes 10 03 06
In the Crowne chamber two bedsteedes, one bedd and beddinge,
with curtaines and Vallins, one Table board, one side cupboard,
fower chaires, one lookinge glasse, two paire of Andirons
and --?-- --?-- 03 00 00
In the Mitre chamber two bedsteedes and two beds with curtaines
and Vallins, and other furniture belonginge to the same, two
Table boards, two carpetts, eight chaires, one couch, one side
cupboard, one looking glasse, one stoole, one pair of Andirons,
fire pann and Tongs and bellowes 10 11 06
In the Greene chamber one High bedsteede, one Trundle bedsteede,
two bedds and other furniture to the same, two chaires and
one stoole 04 10 00
In the Bell chamber two old bedsteedes, one bedd and some old
furniture to ye same, one old Table board, one side Table,
two old chaires, one paire of Andirons, one paire of Tongs
and one paire of bellowes 02 10 00
In the chamber over the old Wine seller three old bedsteedes,
and three old bedds and some old furniture, and other lumber 06 00 00
One little geldinge 02 00 00
All his Wood and hay 10 00 00
His corne upon the ground 03 00 00
Due and owinge to the deceased of debts sperate and desperate
the summe of 81 04 06
Summa Totalis 260 12 00
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Henry BURTON, of Charnham Street, Hungerford, Wilts, blacksmith,
24 December 1699
Appraised by: Thomas Robinson, J. Simpkins
£ s d
The lease of one acre & an halfe of arable land for ye residue
of 999 yeares valued at 12 0 0
The lease of halfe an acre of arable land for the residue of
1000 yeares valued at 4 0 0
The lease of an house & land for the residue of 99 yeares
determinable with one life valued at 28 0 0
Certain household goods, viz.
A brasse pot 8 0
Two dishes of pewter 1 0
One flaggon 1 6
Two spitts & one dripping pan 2 0
One bedstead & green coverlid 3 0
Two coffers 1 6
One side cupboard 1 0
A pestle & mortar 1 0
One chayre 4
One old anvill 5 0
Tooles in the shopp 15 0
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45 19 4

Ruth BURTON, of Charnham Street, Wilts, widow, 30 June 1686
Appraised by: William Westall, John Mabberly
£ s d
Her Wearing Apparrell 2 0 0
In Ready money 10 0
Three Coates and one Vest 1 0 0
In Iron and Shopp Tooles 12 1 4
One Table-board & Frame & Six Joynt Stooles 8 0
One Dresser-board and five Chayres 2 0
One Jack, one Dripping Pann, one pair of Andirons, one Gridiron,
one Chopping Knife, one Slice(?), one Box-Steele, one Iron
Dogg and two Spitts 14 0
One Bacon Rack and two Flitches of Bacon 1 5 0
One Furnace, two brasse Potts, two little Skilletts, one Posnett,
two Kittles and one Skimmer 2 11 0
of Pewter, Six Dishes, two Sawcers, two Porringers, one Flaggon,
one Tankard, one Candlestick & three Plates 8 6
One high Bedsteed & Matt, one feather-bedd and Bolster, three
Pillowes, two Blanketts, one white Rugg, three Curtaines &
Vallens, and two Curtaine rods 2 4 0
One Trundle Bedsteed and Matt, one little feather Bedd & Bolster,
two Blanketts and one Red Rugg 18 0
One Bedsteed, one flock-bedd & Bolster, two Blanketts and
one Coverlidd 15 0
One Truncke, foure Boxes, two Coffers, one Table and three
flagg Chayres 11 0
One Table-board, one Cup-board, one Coffer and one Settle 4 0
One paire of Holland Sheetes, foure paire of other Sheetes,
one dozen of Diaper Napkins, Siz plaine Napkins, and two
Holland Pillow cases 2 16 0
Five Barrells, foure Tubbs, one Meash-fatt, foure Kivers, and
other Lumber 1 10 6
One Grindstone 5 0
In Wood 15 0
In Wheate -?- thrashed 14 0
Six Acres of Barley on the ground 10 0 0
Debts upon Speiralty 24 6 0
For rent due by Henry Burton 3 17 0
In other Small debts desperate 10 0 0
One Cow 1 10 0
The totall Summe is 70 10 4
In her will she leaves her son, Alexander Burton:
Her “Second best Ring”
her daughter, Ann Burton:
“Best Bed and the furniture thereto belonginge”
“Al my Wearing Apparrel, both Linnen & Woolen”
“my best Ring”
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Robert CANNON, of Hungerford, Berkshire, 20 April 1696
Appraised by: Thos. Woodroofe, Joseph Toe
£ s d
His waring Aparrell & mony in his purs 02 00 00
In ye Chichen
Tow Tables & frames, 6 Joyne Stools, 8 Chayers, 4 bras
kittles, on brass kittle pote(?), 3 bras Skellets, on bras
posnet, 2 warming panes, 9 pewter Dishes, 8 pewter plates,
7 pewter porringers, 2 pewter Candlesticks, on pewter Tanket,
on pewter Chamberpot, 3 Iron Spits, on Jack, 2 bras Skimers,
on fryen pane, 2 Fliches of Baken, 2 pare of Iron Aingers,
on Fier Shovill & Tonges, 2 pare of Cottrels, 2 Smothing Irons
& on gridiorn with other Lumber 06 00 00
In ye Buttery
Three Barrils, 4 Tubes, 4 kivers, on bras pote with other Lumber 01 08 00
In ye Chamber
Tow Bedsteds with Curtins & vallions, on feather Bead, on floke
Bead, 4 boulsters, 4 pillowes, on Rugg, on Coverled, 1(?) Blankets,
7 Sheets, 2 Table Clothes, 8 knapkins, 5 Boulster Cases, 7 Pillow
Cases, 4 Towels, 2 Table bords, 2 Chestes, 3 Coffers, on Trunke,
5 Stoules with other Lumber 13 02 00
Wood in ye Backside 00 10 00
Dew upon Bond 14 00 00
Totall is 37 00 00
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John CLIDSDALL als HIDDEN, of Hungerford, Berkshire, 16 April 1686
Appraised by: Thomas Robinson, John Boone
£ s d
His Waring aparrell and mony 20 10 0
In the kichin 3 kittle pots, 4 dishes of puter, 1 Cobert, 1 tabell,
3 butter mowelds and other lumber 2 5 6
In the buttery 3 littell barrils, 1 silt trow, 1 Civer with other lomber 0 7 0
In the Chamber 2 bedstids, 3 Cofers, 2 boxes, 1 bed, 2 bowelsters,
2 pillos, 2 blankets, 1 rugg, 3 bushells of barly and other lumber 2 8 0
In the barn fife qarters of barly 5 0 0
In the backside, a fat pegg, faggets, a ladder, a tubb, and other wood 2 17 6
2 ackers of Corn on the growend 2 10 0
The lead of the Howes vallued at 5 7 6
Totel som is 41 5 6
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Gilbert CLOWDES, of Hungerford, Berks, husbandman, 10 July 1662
Appraised by: Edmund Stephens, Edward Playsteede
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell and money in his purse 01 10 00
In the hall of his dwellinge house, one iron pott, one brasse kettle,
one old tableboarde, one chayr, two stooles, two benches,
one old cupboard, one old kiver, one old tubb, one old wheele,
one Temser, one bucket, two wooden dishes, trenchers, two
little pewter platters and other lumber 00 13 10
In his lodginge chamber, one high bedsteede, two flock bolsters,
one feather pillowe, one kiver, two old coffers, two barrells,
two shelves and one beetle 01 00 00
In the loft over the hall, one borded bedsteede, one flockbed and
two bolsters, one coverlet, one blanket, one paire of sheets,
two tables with one frame, one greate Chest, one Coffer,
one box, one seych 12 , one leather bottle and one little spitt 01 00 00
His lease and estate --?—in his dwellinge house 05 00 00
Two milk cowes, one bullock and one weanlinge calfe 05 10 00
One sow 00 16 00
Some old boardes and old flakes(?) with other lumber 00 02 00
The totall sume of this Inventory is 15 11 10
12 =searce, =sieve
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Sarah COLLIER, of Hungerford, Berks (late wife of Richard Collier) 10 May 1688
Appraised by: Jehosophat Stephens, Edmund Hoyle
£ s d
In the chamber called the bedd chanber one High bedsteede, one
flock bedd with all other the furniture of bedding to the
same belonginge, two chests, fower coffers, one Trunke,
three boxes, one chaire, one Table board and frame, one
forme with some other lumber there
In the Hall one Tableboard and frame, fower joyned stooles, one
side Table, fower chaires, one Settle, two Cupboards, one
chest, one bacon Racke, one paire of Iron Racks, fire shovell,
tongs, and one paire of Iron dogs, with some other lumber
04 00 00
there 01 10 00
All the brasse and pewter
In the buttery two Table boards and frames, two formes, six
barrells, five bowles, two kivers, a saltinge Trough, two
04 00 00
Meale Troughs with some other lumber there 01 10 00
A ladder 00 06 00
In all 11 06 00
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William COSTER, of Charnham Street, Wilts, blacksmith, 26 Sept 1684
Appraised by: Thomas Sare, William Burcombe, Andrew Burcombe
£ s d
His wearing Apparrell 02 00 00
In Ready money 20 00 00
One bed & Furniture 02 00 00
One Kittle, one Skillett & one pott 01 00 00
The Lease of one acre of land 01 00 00
Debts sperate & despate 31 00 00
Suma Total 57 00 00
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John COVEY, the younger, of Hungerford, Berks, gent., 3 July 1673
Appraised by: John Hunt, John Covey
£ s d
His Wareinge Apparell 06 00 00
In Bookes and Mathematicall Instrements 25 10 00
Tot. 31 10 00
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Elizabeth COXHEAD, of Hungerford, Wilts, widow, 6 June 1685
Appraised by: William Church, Robert Deane
£ s d
In Ready money 30 10 0
Wearing Apparrell 1 10 0
In the Hall, One Tableboard & Frame, one Cupboard, one Settle,
one Forme, one Wooden Chayre, two Wooden Stooles,
two Bucketts & two peices of Wainscott conteyning about
Six yards 1 5 0
Tenne Dishes of Pewter, one Pewter Tankard, one Pewter
Porringer & one pewter Flaggon 0 18 0
Two Brasse kettles, two Brasse Skilletts, two Bell-mettle potts,
one brasse Chaffing dish, one brasse Candlesticke, one
brasse Warming-panne & one brasse Furnace 1 10 0
One Iron Barr, one paire of Pothookes, one Steele-box, one
paire of Hangells, one Fire shovell, one paire of Tongs, one
Gridiron, one Tosting Iron, one Beefe-Forke, one Spitt, one
Dripping Pann & one Iron Candlesticke 0 7 0
In the Chamber next the hall, One Bedsteed, Cord & Matt, one
Feather bedd, one Coverlid, two Blanketts, two Chests,
one Coffer, one Cupboard, two Bolsters, two Pillows, one
Baskett, two Glasses & two pieces of Wainscott conteyning
about tenne yards 3 10 0
In the Chamber over the Hall, one Bedsteed, Cord & Matt, one
Coverlid, one Cupboard and one Kiver 0 6 0
In the Chamber over the Shopp, about two pounds weight of Wooll,
and about one Quarter of a hundredweight of Cheese, and
halfe of Bushell of Malt 0 7 0
One Cheeseracke, one Skreene, one Tubb, one Saw, one paire
of Andirons, one Kettle-Bond(?), one Search & one Temser 0 12 0
In Linnen 1 0 0
In the Shopp, one Kiver, one Bushell, two Tubbs, one paire of Scales,
one peice of Sadlecloth, and two Barrells 0 5 0
In the Buttery, three Barrells, one Cheesepresse, three Shelves,
one Gallon, eleaven Trenchers, two Moustrapps, Three
Cheesefalls, one Wooden Platter & one Frying Pann 0 6 0
In the Backside, one Cart, one paire of Harrowes, one Rowler, one
Trough, one Wellkirbe(?) with the Tumbrell Buckett and
Rope, and a certaine parcel of Firewood 2 0 0
Three Stocks of Bees in the Garden 0 12 0
About Six Tod of Hay 0 3 0
One halfe acre of Wheate, two acres & an halfe of Barley, and
one Acre of Oates, growing 5 0 0
Two Cowes and one Heifer 4 10 0
In the Millhouse, one Malt Mill, one Wooden fatt, one Cutting
Knife, one Fann and three hundred of Board 2 0 0
In Debts on Spiralty due to ye decd 41 0 0
The Leasehold Estates 35 0 0
Tot. 132 11 0
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John COXHEAD, of Highclose, Hungerford, Wilts, weaver, 17 Sept. 1680
Appraised by: Ralph Mackerell, William Wateridge
£ s d
In Ready Money 5 0 0
Wearing Apparrell 2 0 0
In the Hall, one Tableboard & Frame, one Greate Cupboard, one
Settle, one Forme, one Wooden Chayre, two Wooden Stooles,
two Bucketts & two peices of Wainscott conteyning about
6 yards 1 10 0
Tenne dishes of pewter, one pewter Porringer, one pewter
Tankard & one pewter pott 1 0 0
Two brasse kittles, two brasse Skilletts, two Bell-mettle
potts, one brasse Chaffing dishe, one brasse Candlesticke,
one brasse Warming pann & a little brasse Furnace 2 0 0
In the Chamber next the Hall, one Bedsteed, Cord & Matt thereto
belonging, two Chests, one Coffer, one Cupboard, two peices
of Wainscott conteyning about tenne yards with other small
things 2 10 0
In the Chamber over the Hall, one Livery Bedsteed, one Feather
Bedd, two Coverlids, two Blanketts, & matt and cord thereto
belonging, three little Barrells & other Lumber 3 10 0
In the Chamber over the Shopp, Tenne bushels of Pease, two
Bushells of Mault, one Hundred & an halfe of Cheese, two
weights of Wooll, together with other Small things 4 0 0
In the Shopp, two Loomes wth their harnesse & a paire of Scales 2 0 0
One piece of Red Cloth, two peices of white cloth, & some
small peices of Sadle cloth 2 0 0
In Linnen 1 0 0
In the Buttery, Two barrells, three Shelves, one Cheese presse,
& other Small things 0 13 4
In the backside, one Cart, one paire of Harrowes, one Rowler, one
Trough, one Well kirb, & a parcel of Wood 2 10 0
In the Garden Eight Stocks of Bees 2 0 0
In Hay 1 10 0
In Wheate, Barley & Pease in the Barne & Ricke 8 0 0
Three Cowes, one calfe,one old browne nagg, two Piggs & Eleaven
Sheepe & Lambs 9 0 0
In the Millhouse, one Mault mill, one Wooden Vate, two Tubbs,
one Kiver, & three hundred of Board 2 10 0
The Leasehold Estates 60 0 0
Debts Sperate & desperate 80 0 0
In Tot. 192 13 4
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Robert COXHEAD, the elder, of Charnham Street, Hungerford, Wilts, yeoman,
22 August 1688
Appraised by: John Hedges, Henry Burton
£ s d
Weareing Apparell and money in his Purse 07 00 00
Debts oweing him 80 00 00
24 Bushells of Old Wheate 02 16 00
10 old Sacks 00 10 06
One Wheate Reeke, and one Reeke staddle 12 10 00
One Fan, 6 old Sieves & 1 old Barne shovell 00 06 08
Two old Ladders 00 05 06
One Pile of hard Wood 04 10 00
One small Pile of Faggotts 00 14 06
One Flitch of Bacon 00 15 00
One old Willy Baskett 00 00 09
4 old prongs, one Forck, 2 Rakes and 1 old Stable Shovell 00 02 04
The Sume 109 11 03
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John CRABB, of Hungerford, Berks, 25 July 1697
Appraised by: Edward Lucas, William New
£ s d
His waring Clothes and mony in his prs 3 0 0
In redy mony 4 10 0
In ye Keching 2 dosen of plates 0 10 0
10 Flaggions 0 10 0
Puter in ye Keching 2 10 0
Ye iron geare in ye Keching 1 10 0
Ye prase(?) in ye Keching 4 0 0
In the Bruse house Kevers & tubes & other Lumber 2 10 0
In ye Lower Rome one bed, one table & other Lumber 2 10 0
Beare in ye Seller 8 0 0
Ye Barles & other lumber 3 0 0
In ye Chamber next ye Street 2 beds, 2 Bedsteeds & beding
belonging to it 4 0 0
In ye Chamber over ye Keching one fether bed, one tabele, with
other lumber 5 0 0
In his Loging rome 2 beds, pellowes & boulsters & all other things
belonging to them 7 0 0
In ye Wood Loft Faggots and other Lumber 7 0 0
Haye 2 0 0
Ye --?—in the House 5 0 0
3 peges 2 0 0
One pumbe 2 0 0
Od lumber 1 0 0
Detes due from the King for qurtering of sotilgers 12 10 0
The sum is 80 00 00
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Humphrey CROCKFORD, the younger, of Hungerford, Berks, husbandman,
2 May 1689
Appraised by: William Field (his mark), Humphry Crockford, the elder (his mark)
£ s d
Weareing Apparell & money in his Purse 01 05 00
1 Feather Bed, 1 Rug, 2 Blanketts, 2 Pillows, 1 Bolster, 1 Sett of
Curtains, 2 Sheetes, & 1 Bedsteede 03 04 00
1 Little Bed and Bedsteede & Bedding thereto belonging 01 04 00
1 Chest, 1 Coffer, 1 Trunck, 2 Boxes, 1 pair of Andire heads 00 14 00
In the Kitchen 2 Cotterells, 1 pair of Dogs, 1 pair of Tongs, 1 fire
shovell, 1 Gridire and 1 Fender 00 05 00
Sieves and other Goods in the Kitchen 00 18 00
Goods and Lumber in the Milk house 00 18 00
5 Barrells, 2 Kivers, & 1 Tun Bowle in the Buttery 00 10 00
In the Old Chamber 1 Cart Line, 2 Wood Ropes & 15 Sacks 01 11 00
14 Cheeses 00 04 08
9 Bushells of Wheate 01 04 00
1 Quarter of Oates 00 14 00
2 Pair of Fetters, 1 Shovell, 1 Spade & Lumber 00 12 00
4 Cowes and 1 Calfe 07 10 00
Lumber in the Backside 00 05 00
1 Fan, 1 Ladder, and Chaffe in the Upper Barne 00 05 06
3 Old Horses 05 00 00
Old Plow Harniss 00 02 00
Cart Harniss, Iregare & Bitt Holters 00 16 00
2 Piggs 01 15 00
1 Long Cart and 1 Dung Cart and one Dung Pott 03 02 00
1 Plow, and all that belongs to him 01 05 00
1 Waggon 06 08 00
A parcel of Hay & Vetches 01 10 00
4 Harrows 00 13 00
Ploweing, and Sowing 20 acres of Barly by estimacon 17 02 06
Plowing & Sowing Wheate, by estimacon 6 acres 04 12 00
Plowing & Soweing Oates, by estimacon 7 acres & a halfe 04 11 10
Plowing & Soweing Vetch land, by estimacon 4 acres 01 17 04
The Sume 69 18 10
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John CROCKFORD, of Charnhand Streete, Wilts, glover. 16 December 1651
Appraised by: Edmund Shilvestor, Thomas Baggs
£ s d
In the kitchin
One Litle table, 1 Joyned stole, 2 brass pots, 1 potthangle,
6 pewter dishes, 1 candlesticke, 1 rugg, 1 bowle
In the hall
One other Table & frame, 1 forme, 1 Chayre, 3 beare firkins
00 13 4
and other Lumber
In the shope
00 10 6
2 horse hids, other Lether and a small parcell of gloves
In the Chamber over the hall
2 ould beadsteeds, 2 ould flocke beads, 2 ould kiverlids,
1 ould kiver and ould truncke, 2 -?- sheats and other
01 18 8
Lumber there
In the Loafte(?) over the kitchin
00 19 4
Woole, scales, wayts & other ould Lumber
In the yard or barton
03 05 6
One Cowe 03 00 0
One Pigg, wood and other Lumber 00 11 4
Pelts in the Pitt 00 4 0
Cloth at the --?—and in the house 01 08 0
Corne, bacone and meate 00 19 8
The Lease of his howse 03 00 0
His wareing Apparrell & moiney in his purse 00 10 0
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17 00 4

Catherine CURR, of Sanden Fee, Hungerford, Berks, widow. 6 October, 1661
Appraised by: Edmund Stephens, John Forty
£ s d
Her wearinge apparrell 03 00 00
Due and owinge to the deceased from one Jonathan Reynolds 02 06 00
One Flockbedd and fower bedsteeds whereof one is at Stubwood 01 10 00
Three chests and one box 00 14 00
One side cupboard and one side table 00 06 00
Two table boards and frames, one side cupboard, two formes and
two benches 01 06 00
One dresser board, two benches, one shelfe, one old cupboard
and one forme 00 05 00
--?—beere barrells and one hogshead 00 15 00
One old cupboard, fower powderinge tubs, one saltinge trough
and two butter churnes 00 14 00
Six kivers, one Maultmill, one cheese presse, one tubb and one
meashinge vate 01 10 00
Fower granaryes to hold corne 02 00 00
Fower stalls of bees 01 06 08
Suma totalis huius inventory 15 12 08
In her will she leaves her son Thomas Curr
“My Maultmil with al the stones and implements thereunto belonginge”
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Thomas CURR, of Sandon Fee, Hungerford, Berkshire, 1699
Appraised by John Bacon, Stephen Bacon & Edward Lucas
£ s d
His wearing cloths & money in pocket 03 10 0
In the inner chamber
One bed & bedstead cord & matt, one rugg a pair of blankets,
two bolsters, two pillows, 3 coffers & other Lumber 03 10 0
Six pairs of sheets, 6 bolster cases & table linning 01 15 0
In the chamber over the Kitchin
One feather bed, one flock bed, two bedsteads, one chest,
one coffer, two coverlids, two blankets & two bolsters 04 02 6
In the Kitchin
Eight pewter dishes, three brass pots, 4 brass Kettles, one
table, three chairs, a warming-pan, one spit, a pair of Andirons
& other Lumber 03 15 0
Two flitches of bacon, 4 bushells of wheat & other corn 02 02 0
In the room within the Kitchin
One table, one cup-board, 3 joyn stools & one forme 00 12 0
In the Buttery
Four barrells, 4 Kivers & 4 tubs & other lumber 01 05 0
In the Barn
One Fann, one bushell & prongs 00 10 0
In the Stable
Three horses & the Harness 16 00 0
Two Cows, one bullock, two pigs 06 00 0
One waggon, two dung-carts, one long ladder one plow, 4 Harrows 12 00 0
Hay & wood, & other horse meat 04 00 0
Twenty Acres & three yards of corn planted & growing 31 00 0
Due for work don 03 17 6
Sum totall 93 19 0
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Robert CURTIS, of Hungerford, Berkshire, yeoman, 1661
Appraised by Edmond Stephens & Joseph Sare
This inventory is mostly illegible. However, it is of interest on two counts:
1. He clearly kept ‘The Schol house’, and
2. He owned more silver than most of the others.
£ s d
Thirteen silver spoones, one silver bowle, one silver salt seller,
one silver colledge(?) pott, and one black leather Jack
tipped with silver 11 00 00
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James DENMAN, of “Edenton”, Hungerford, Berks, wheeler, 18(?) October 1678
Appraised by: Robert Patey, James Arsten als Iren(?)
£ s d
In ye Chamber belowe
His Wearinge apparrell & money in his purse 2 1 0
Tow paer of sheits & other linnen 2 0 0
Tow coverledds & one ruge 1 0 0
Tow pear of blankcots 0 16 0
One bed & boulster & three plowes and one bed cease(?) 2 0 0
One bedsteed, curtains and vullins in ye chamber belowe 1 2 0
Three coffers & one box 0 7 0
Tow Table cloathes & a halfe a sozen of napkins 0 5 0
All the peuter in ye chamber 0 12 0
Tow chairs and tow stouls 0 2 0
One barrell, tow tubs & other wooden vessell 0 6 8
Tow pots of brass, one kadron(?), one skillet & one skemer
One pear of Iron dogs & one spitt, one frying pann & one fire pann
1 2 0
& tongs & other Iron things 0 10 0
All his working touls 1 10 0
One grindstone & trough 0 7 6
Tow bibls 0 5 0
One bullocke & one hogg and one store pigge 2 0 0
Barly & oats 6 0 0
All the Timber 12 0 0
Money in banke 17 10 0
The some is 51 16 2
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Dorothy DENNIS, of Newtown, Hungerford, Berkshire, widow, 1693
Appraised by Thomos Solomon & Bartholomew Curtis
£ s d
Hir waring aparell with ..?.. in her purs 4 0 0
In hir Chamber one bedsted with all the beding thereunto belonging 4 0 0
One tablebord one cofer one Cheast with other small things 0 8 0
In the iner Chamber three bedsted with some beding and other
small things 1 10 0
Too Cofers with other small things 0 2 6
In Wool and other Lomber 0 5 0
In the hall one tabelbord one Cobard five Stools one forme with
other small things 1 10 0
In the butery to Covers one Chees pres five bowels with other Lomber 1 15 0
In Brass and Pewter 2 10 0
Too andirons one Spitt too hangels(?) with other small things 0 10 0
In Chees and butter and Meat 0 12 0
In Lining 1 0 0
In the Shoop in Iron and Coole with all the tools belonging to the Shoop 6 0 0
One grindstone with all belonging to ..?.. 0 5 0
Too hoggs 4 5 0
Too kine 4 10 0
Seven and twenty Sheep 6 0 0
In Corne in the Barne 20 0 0
In hay 1 0 0
In Corne on the ground 2 10 0
One fann with other utensels of husbandry 0 5 0
In Clovergrass 1 0 0
One wellbucket Roape and ..?.. 0 4 0
One malt mill with other Lomber 0 12 0
In poultry 0 5 0
..?.. upon the Shopbook 12 13 2
Some is 77 11 8
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Thomas DENNIS, of Newtown, Hungerford, Berks, blacksmith, 10 Sept 1675
Appraised by: John Hissey, Robert Baker
£ s d
In his owne Chamber
His wearinge apparrell & money in his purse
One Joyne bedsteed, one feather bed, one feather boulster,
three feather pillowes, one paire of Blancoats, one kiverlid,
one table board & frame, one chest, one stoole, two Coffers
05 00 00
and one Box
In the Chamber over ye Buttery
Two halfe headed bedsteeds, one truckell bedsteed, one
feather bed, one chaff bed, one feather boulster, one flock
Boulster, three paire of Blancoats, two kiverlidds, two
02 06 08
coffers & one cradle
In Linnen
Three paire of Sheets, two table cloaths, one dozzen of
02 00 00
napkins & one paire of pillow beares
In the haule
One table board & frame, six joyne Stooles, fowre chaires,
two other stooles, one Dresser, one foarme, one hanginge
press, one paire of Andirons, one fire shovell & tonges, one
pestle & morter, one spitt, one Gridiron, three stooles, two
01 10 00
hangells & one paire of Billowes
In the Buttery
Seaven Barrills, fowre kivers, one chess press and other
02 00 00
old Lumber
In Brass
Three brass potts, two brass kittles, two brass Skilletts,
two brass Candlesticks, one warmeinge pan, one brass pan
01 05 00
and one fryinge pan
In Pewter
Six pewter Dishes, one pewter Salt, one pewter Flaggon and
02 00 00
one pewter Chamber pott 00 08 00
Two cowes and one yearlinge Bullock 07 00 00
Two Hoggs 02 08 00
Sixteene quarters of Barly 14 08 00
Three quarters of Wheat 04 04 00
Five quarters of Oats 02 10 00
Hay valued at
In the Shopp
In Cold Iron, Billowes and all other tooles belonginge to
00 10 00
a Blacksmith 42 00 00
One stock of Bees, --?—wood and other Lumber 00 10 00
Sum. Tot. 89 19 08
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Thomas DENNIS, of Great Hidden, Hungerford, Berkshire, blacksmith, 1680
Appraised by Robert Baker & Henry Olden
£ s d
His wearinge Apparrell 3 0 0
Twelve bushells of wheate 2 2 0
Eight quarters of barley 5 12 0
Three bushells of fetches 0 6 0
Two Cowes and a bullock 6 0 0
Sixteene Sheepe 3 4 0
Two Stoore piggs 0 8 0
Bacon meat 0 16 0
All his Stooles(?) 3(?) 0 0
Two acres of wheate on the ground 1 10 0
In his will he gives:
‘my brother Benjamin my best suit of cloathes’
‘my brother Joseph al the rest of my cloathes’
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25 18 0

Ann EASTMOND (Eastment), of North Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, widow,
2 January 1692
Appraised by: William Moris (his mark), W. Bonner
£ s d
In primis hir waring aparell with mony in hir purs 2 10 0
Item in hir chamber one bedsted one bed with all the beding
thereunto belonging 1 17 0
Item three cofers 0 8 0
Item in the inner chamber one cheast one cofer one box with other
small things 0 13 6
Item in the hall too spits too andirons one hangle one driping pan
with other small things 0 8 0
Item in bras and peuter 0 16 0
Item in the butery three civers three barells with other lumber 0 13 0
Item one cheespres one mill one troough with other lumber 0 10 0
Item in the barne one fann one half bushel with other utensels
of husbandry 0 12 0
Item due in rent 0 12 6
Some is 9 0 0
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Edward EASTMOND (Esment), of North Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, 1 Sept 1684
Appraised by: Phillip Seymor, Thomas Hossier, Thomas Solomon
£ s d
His waring apparell and money in his purse 02 00 00
In the Chamber over the hall
1 Cover-led, 1 peare of blanckets, 1 peare of sheets, 1 boulster,
2 pilloes, 1 flocke bed, 1 bedsteed 01 10 00
In the same Chamber, 2 chestes 00 03 00
In the Chamber over the buttrey
1 Coverled, 1 peare of blankets, 1 peare of sheets, 1 boulster,
1 pillo, 1 chafe bed, 1 bedsteed and some other linine 02 10 00
In the same Roome 2 chestes, 1 pres, 1 box, 1 side tabell,
1 coffer 01 10 00
In the Hall
1 tabell bord, 1 forme, 1 cubard, 2 chaiers 00 11 06
More in the hall 1 peare of andiers, 1 peare of fire tongs,
2 spites, 1 dripingpan 00 05 00
In the Roome next the hall 8 peuter dishes, 1 quart pott 00 13 04
In the same Roome 1 bras pot, 2 cittells, 1 bras pan, 2 skillits,
1 furnis(?), 1 skimmer 03 00 00
In the Buttrey
4 barrells, 2 civers, 1 stand 00 17 06
1 coule, 3 would tubes 00 08 06
Corne in the barne 07 00 00
1 fann, 3 prongs, 1 bushell, 7 sackes, 2 littel ladders 00 13 04
2 coves 03 00 00
Timber and fierwood 02 10 00
1 would malt Mill, 1 cheese pres, 1 grenstone, 1 harro, 2 buckets,
and other lumber 01 05 00
Hopclover(?) seed 01 00 00
1 --?—bar, 1 matacke, 1 hachat, 1 bill 00 05 04
Backon 00 15 00
Sum is 29 17 06
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John EASTMOND, of Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, yeoman, 22 Sept 1697
Appraised by: Alexander Hobbs, Robert Brint (Bryant), his mark
£ s d
Wearing Apparell and Money in his Purse 01 00 00
One Bedsteede and Bedding and Lumber in the Chamber 02 12 00
One Bed and Bedsteed and Lumber in the Chamber over the Hall 01 00 00
In the Roome next the Hall one brass pott, Three Kittles, two
skilletts, One frying pan, Six pewter dishes and other Lumber 02 05 00
In the Hall Two spits, One Dripping pan, One Gridiron, two paire
of Tongs, One fire shovell, One Table, One Cubberd, One
Chaire and other Lumber 01 00 00
One Furnace 01 00 00
Wood and other Lumber 00 10 00
One Side of Bacon and Cheese 02 00 00
One Pig 01 05 00
Money due for Rent 03 13 00
Sume 16 05 00
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Richard EASTMOND, of Hidden, Hungerford, Berkshire, yeoman, 1672
Appraised by Thomas Lamport & Edward Eastmond
£ s d
His wearinge appell & monie in his purse 04 00 00
Two feather beds two feather bolsters one feather pillowe one
cowlet(?) three blankets one paire of Sheetes one bedsteede
one bed mat & board 02 10 00
One cheste two Coffers & one box 00 15 00
In the chamber over the Hall
Two flocke beds two feather bolsters two Cowlets two paire
of blankets two paire of Sheetes two bedsteeds one bedcase 03 10 00
One cheese racke one Coffer & a little parcel of wooll 00 10 00
In the Hall
One table board Six Joyned Stooles one chayre one cradle
one racke 01 00 00
Two brasse pots one brasse warminge pane two brasse kettles
one Skillet one brasse Morter one Sommer(?) one pewter pot
nyne pewter dishes two payre of pothangers one gridiron two
smoothing irons 02 00 00
In the Buttery
One(?) cupboard five barrells one Standard two tubbs foure
Kivers one Saltinge trough two frying panes one churne two
buckets three botles two formes one Searce two Rayngers 01 10 00
In the Mault House
One Maulte Mill one brasse furnace one yoatinge(?) fate five
tubbs two fourmes one table board one sprininge(?) wheele
one reel one well bucket & rope two mattocks one iron barre
one spit one cheese presse one haire for the kill two bills three
hatchets one Gune(?) one paire of scales six leaden weights six
sacks foure iron wedges a parcell of hops & other lumber 03 05 00
In the Garden
Eight Stocks of bees 02 00 00
Corne in the barne with six prongs three rakes one forke two
cuttinge knives one bushell one fane three seives one halfe
bushell & one Gallon 14 00 00
Seaventy sheepe 12 00 00
Two kine & two hogges 06 00 00
One cart one plough three harrowes & one roller 04 00 00
Two Stacks of Hay 01 10 00
Two grinding stones wood & other lumber 02 00 00
One Cocke & twelve Hens 00 05 00
The Lease of his house & land 40 00 00
Suma total 100 15 00
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William FIELD, of Eddington, Hungerford, Berkshire, wheelwright, 1693
Appraised by George Jennings & James Drew
£ s d
Wearing Apparrell 02 00 00
Ready Money in his Purse 04 00 00
In the Hall
Six Joynt Stooles & a lowe Stoole 00 07 00
A Table Board 00 08 00
A Bacon Racke 00 08 00
A pair of Iron Andirons, a Spitt, 2 Steeling Irons a ffire
Shovell & a pair of Tongs, a Grid iron a pair of Pothangers &
a Tosting Iron 00 06 00
A pair of Bellowes & a Trencher Racke 00 01 00
Fower pewter dishes one pewter Flaggon Two pewter
porringers a pewter SaltSeller & a Tin dripping pann 00 08 06
In the Brewhowse
One leaden Furnace 00 08 00
A mesh Vate 00 10 00
One brasse pott, Two brasse kettles a brasse warming pann
Two brasse Skillets a brasse Skimmer 01 03 06
One Iron pott 2 pott hooks & a Iron Beefe fforke 00 06 00
One Iron Barr Fower Iron pinns a Mattocke, a Hatchett
& old Billhooke 00 09 00
Weights Scales & Beame 00 08 00
In the Dairyhowse
A Meale Whitch a Butter Churne 3 Cheese Vates a pair of
Butter Scales Two wooden Trays & other small wooden ware 00 08 00
In the Buttery
Three Barrells 4 kivers 3 Tubbs a powdering Tubb 01 01 00
A Cheese presse 00 02 00
In the Middle Chamber
A Feather bed, & Bedsted a Rugg & a pair of blankets a
Feather Bolster a Matt & Bed Cord 02 10 00
In the Hall Chamber
One hundred & Six & Thirty pounds weight of Cheese 01 01 00
A Cheese Racke 00 01 00
A Ginn, Two Cutting knives a Mill peckes(?) Six ..?.. hookes
Two sheepe bells 00 06 00
An old Chest 00 01 00
A Cupboard 00 03 00
A Bagg of Hopps(?) 00 01 00
In the Barne
Two padds & a bridle a ..?.. harnesse 00 13 00
A Farm(?) Seaven Sievs & Rudders a Barne Shovell, a
fforke & 4(?) Rakes 00 11 00
Three Prongs 00 02 00
A Cart 02 00 00
12 Sacks 00 12 00
Three bushells of wheate 00 15 00
Three pecks of Rye 00 02 00
21 17 06
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A Timber Ginn & Two Ginn Ropes & Chains 01 00 00
Two New pair of Waggon Wheeles & a pair of old Coach Wheales 05 00 00
A Chaffe Willy(?) 00 01 06
Two ffordering Cages & 8 New hurdles 00 03 08
Two Trammill(?) Poles 00 01 00
A little Cocke of Clover Hay 00 05 00
Three peeces of planke 00 03 00
A Bushell & a Gallon 00 02 00
In the Backside
Ye Dung 00 06 00
Thirteen hurdles }
Two cowrackes } 00 04 00
In the Stable
Two Pigg Troughs }
& a handbarrow } 00 03 00
In the Shopp
A Mault Querne 00 16 00
A Hand Saw One Axe One Hammer, One Chissle Two Goudges 00 05 00
About 20 qts of Mault 18 10 00
Five hundred ffoote of boards 02 10 00
Seaventeene Coffen bottom boards 00 13 10
2 Dung Cart Standards 00 03 04
half a hundred of spokes att 00 12 00
3 Wheelebarrow Axes 00 01 00
7 Sheates & 2 Turne ffouns(?) 00 04 00
One Axe, a Wheelebarrow wheele & a ..?.. 00 05 00
ffower Cartshambells 00 01 00
fforty ffoote of Oakenboards 00 05 00
A Cartlade(?) 00 10 00
More Timber at Tho. Paty’s 00 06 00
20lb weight of old Iron 00 01(?) 00
2 Heifers £3 One Cow £2 05 00 00
10 Sheepe & 20lbs weight of Wooll 03 00 00
ffour Hoggs 00 16 06
Another Hogg 00 18 00
ffive acres and an halfe & a yard of Barley in Upper ffeild
of Eddington ..?.. 10 10 00
Two acres or thereabouts of Wheate in the lower ffeild 02 10 00
One acre of Vettches(?) there 01 00 00
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56 12 10
Desperate Debts as followes 5 4(?) 0
Sperate Debts as follows tota. 84 4 4

John FOWLER, of Hungerford, Berks, maltster, 23 December 1662
Appraised by: Edmund Stephens, Joseph Sare
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell 02 00 00
One livery bedsteede, one flockbed, and bolster, two paire of
sheetes, one rugge and one coverlet 02 00 00
One chest --?—cupboarde, one chayer, one lanthorne, one gridiron
and one brandiron 00 10 00
One brasse kettle, one brasse skillet, one brasse candle-stick,
seaven pewter dishes, one chamber pott, one salt seller,
two earthen bottles, one glasse bottle, one earthen pott
and one tinder box 01 10 00
One rick of hey 10 00 00
Due and owinge to the decd. uppon sperialty which is a debt sperate 60 00 00
Due and owinge to the decd. by severall persons without sperialty
which are --?—debts sperate ? 07 08
Due and owinge to the decd. upon sperialty which is a desperate debt 20 00 00
Suma totalis huius Inventory 12(?) ? 08
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Joseph FULLER, of Standing, Hungerford, Wilts, yeoman, 9 March 1697-8
Appraised by: William Boswell, Edward Hanson
£ s d
His wearing Apparrell & mony in pocket 17 7 1
Four score & nyne Sheep 35 0 0
Mony due upon bonds 212 9 0
Mony due upon a Morgage 06 0 0
Mony due upon a bill 22 8 3
Mony due upon a bill 14 4 11
Mony due upon a bill 3 0 0
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310 9 3

William GAINE, of Hungerford, Berkshire, yeoman, 1678
Appraised by Edmund Stephens, Jehosophat Stephens & William Oram
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell and money in his purse
In the Hall one Table board and frame, one dresser board fower
12 00 00
Joyned Stooles, two binches and one Settle 00 12 00
Sixteene peeces of pewter 01 10 00
All the rest of his pewter
Two brasse potts, with two paire of potthookes, three kettles,
00 12 00
three skelletts, three skummers, and one furnace 02 00 00
Two spitts, one drippinge pann and one bastinge ladle
One paire of Andirons, one paire of Iron doggs, one paire of
Tonges, one fire pann, two Smoothinge Irons, one paire of
00 03 00
bellowes, one paire of cotterells, and one greediron
In the Inner roome two Table boards, two Joyned Stooles, one
00 06 00
side cuppard one glasse cuppard and fower chaires
One lookinge glasse with some other small glasses and earthen
00 15 00
dishes and one wooden bowle
In the buttery five barrells, one powderinge Tubb two bowles, one
00 02 06
Tray one fryinge pann, two Stands and some old sheelads(?)
In the ..?..tter roome one greate chest, five tubbs, three kivers,
one cheese presse one bowle one well(?) buckett and rope
one saddle one padd one pillion, fower bridles and one
00 15 00
bedsteede, with some other lumber
In the Inner chamber one feather bedd one boulster, two pillowes,
one rugg, two blanketts, one bedsteede, with a cord and matt,
01 00 00
and a sett of curins and vallins to the same
Two Trunkes one chest three little boxes, one chare one
02 10 00
Joyned stoole and one baskett 01 00 00
Two silver cupps, two silver spoones and all his lynnen 04 00 00
All his bookes
In the chamber over the Hall one flocke bedd, two bolsters two
00 10 00
pillowes, one rugg and one Livery bedsteede
Two chaires, one joyned Stoole, one old box, one flaskett(?), two
hatchetts, one spade, one shovell, fower hammers, three
01 00 00
prongs, and some old Ire 00 10 00
All his bacon, with some other provision 02 00 00
All his horse cloathes and some other things of a small value 00 10 00
Three rother beasts, and one reeke of Hay
One stacke of fetches with some strawe and chafe, one fann, one
bushell, one peck, three rodders(?), three senes(?), one
10 00 00
forke, and two rakes 02 00 00
All his wood 02 00 00
One plowe, one paire of Harrowes, and some plowe harnes 02 00 00
Two acres of fetches upon the ground
His right and estate in one cottage with an acre of arable land in
02 00 00
Hungerford aforesd.
His right and estate in two acres of meadowe ground in Hungerford
09 00 00
aforesd.
Due and oweinge to the deceased by severall psons, which wee
10 00 00
accompt to be the greatest pte but desparate debts. 28 05 00
The totall sume of this Inventory is 97 00 06
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Thomas GODFREY, of Hungerford, Berks, yeoman, 2 June 1673
Appraised by: John Bushell, Roger Beckingham, his mark, John Boone, his mark
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell with the money in his purse 3 0 0
In his chamber two fether beds, two bedsteeds, foure old bolsters,
three pillowes with ye furniture 6 0 0
There in the same chamber two chests, one box & two old boxes,
one round table board & two old coffers 1 4 0
One paire of sheets, one table cloth, halfe a dozen of napkins with
other Linen 1 0 0
In the next chamber, one brasse panne, one old table, one old kiver,
a bushel, some barley and pigges meate 0 16 0
In the hall one table board, five chaires, foure stooles, one little
side board 1 10 0
Two paire of andirons, one paire of doggs, two paire of hangells,
a dripping panne, a iacke, gridiron with other implemts 0 15 0
The brasse amd pewter 2 10 0
Four barrells, one kive, one meale trough, a sieve(?), 3 iron wedges,
a shovell(?), with other implements of husbandry 0 12 0
The pump, ladders & wood 1 02 0
Dunge in the backside 2 00 0
Five acres of corne upon ye ground 6 00 0
The bacon 1 00 0
The books 0 11 0
Summe totall 28 9 0
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James HARDINGE, of Charnham Street, Hungerford, Wiltshire, husbandman, 1669
Appraised by Edmund Stephens, sen., Simon Bennett
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell and money in his purse 02 10 00
His dwellinge house 10 00 00
One bedd of feathers and flocke, one bolster of feathers, two
feather pillowes, one rugge, one blankett and a bedd Steede 02 00 00
Two paire of Canvas Sheetes and one table cloth 00 16 00
Three little Coffers 00 05 00
All his brasse and pewter 01 14 00
Three barrells, three tubbs and two kivers 01 00 00
One tablebord, one Cupbord, two Chayers, one forme and other
lumber in and about the house 01 00 00
One fatt hogge 02 00 00
Five poultrey 00 02 06
His provision in the house 00 03 00
His firewood in the backside 00 10 00
Due and owinge to the deced. by severall psons. upon Sperialty
which debts are sperate 71 00 00
Suma. totalis
huius Inventory 93 00 06
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Stephen HELLIARD, the elder, of Hungerford, Berks, shoemaker, 20 Sept 1669
Appraised by: John Fortye, Richard Moore, Roger Ricards
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell with the money in the house 20 00 00
Two flockbedds and bedsteeds with the furniture of(?) beddinge 05 00 00
All his brasse and pewter 02 00 00
Iron doggs, firepann and tongs, and other things belonginge to the fire 00 06 08
One tablebord, one Cupboard, two Chests, two Coffers, one forme,
three old barrells, one Chayer and other woodden lumber 01 10 00
His leather shooes and other things in his shop 05 00 00
The lease and estate of(?) and(?) in his upper house 10 00 00
The lease and estate of(?) and(?) in his lower house 06 00 00
One milch Cowe 02 00 00
All his wood 02 00 00
Suma totalis huius Inventory 53 16 08
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Rose HEMUR (Heymore), of Hungerford, widow, 3 September 1669
Appraised by: John Gill, Thomas Ball
£ s d
Fower Chests & won box 00 10 00
Won bed & Coverlet & blanket 1 10 00
In linen fower payer of Sheets 1 5 00
A dozen of napkins & other small linen
In brass 2 Skillets one warming pan & a pot & a Kittel one Spitt &
one fire pan & tongs & won box Iron 2 hangers & 2 puter dishes 1 00 00
A Spining whele & linen yaren 00 2 00
Her wairing apariell 4 petticoats & 2 wascoats & won hatt 1 00 00
2 potts of honey 00 5 6
In fruit(?) fower bushell 00 5 00
Won bushell of Corne 00 4 00
In fire wood 00 5 00
2 drinking vessells 00 3 00
Sum Totall 6 9 6
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William HINWOOD, of Hungerford, Berks, clerk, 15 August 1670
Appraised by: Thomas Foster, Joseph Sare, Thomas Butler
£ s d
His waring Apparell & Money in his Purse 10 00 00
In the Chamber over the Hall
1 Bedsteed wth Curtains & Vallins, 1 Feather bed, 1 Upholster,
2 Pillowes, 2 Blankets, 1 Rugg 03 00 00
2 Wainscott Chests, 2 Low Chaires, 2 Joynd Stooles 00 10 00
1 pair of Dogges, 1 Fire shovell, 1 pair of Tongues, 1 pair of Bellowes 00 02 06
9 pair of Sheets, 2 dozen & an halfe of Napkins. 6 pair of pillow
Cases, 3 Table clothes 04 01 04
In the Study
His Bookes 07 09 06
In the Chamber over ye Parlour
1 Bedsteed, with Curtains & Vallins, 1 Feather bed, 1 Upholster,
2 Pillowes, 1 Rugg, 1 pair of Blankets 04 10 00
1 Small round Table, 1 Sideboard Cupboard, 3 high Leather Chaires,
1 baskett Chair, 1 pair of Dogs, 1 Fireshovell, 1 pair of Tongues 00 04 00
In the Chamber over the Kitchin
1 halfe headed Bedsteed, 1 Truckle bedsteed, 1 Featherbed,
1 Flockbed, 2 feather Upholsters, 2 Rugs, 2 pair of Blanketts,
1 Press to hang Clothes in, 3 Coffers, 1 Box, 1 Close stoole 04 16 00
In ye Chamber over the Paintry
1 Bedsteed Curtains & Vallins, 1 Feather bed, 2 Upholsters,
1 pair of Blanketts 04 00 00
1 Stoole wth other Lumber 00 01 06
In the Chamber over ye Brewhouse
2 Pewter Flagons, 4 Pewter Candlesticks, 4 Chamber potts,
1 Bed pan, 12 Pewter Dishes wth some other od Pieces
of Pewter 02 10 00
1 Pair of Andirons with other Lumber 00 05 00
In the Parlour
1 Table, 1 Carpett, 4 Joynd Stooles, 6 Turkyworkd Cushions,
1 Sideboard Cupboard wth a Carpett, 1 Chair, 1 great Cupboard 02 10 00
1 pair of Andirons wth brass heads, 1 pair of Dogs, 1 Fireshovell,
1 pair of Tongues, 1 pair of Bellowes 00 15 00
In the Hall
1 Brass Clock 00 15 00
1 Table, 1 Carpett, 2 Joynd Stooles, 3 Chaires, 1 Form, 1 pair
of Andirons 01 00 00
In the Kitchin
1 Table, 3 Joynd Stooles, 2 Low Stooles, 4 Low Chaires, 1 Stow
Cupboard, 1 Glass Cupboard, 1 Rack, 1 Jack, 3 Spitts,
2 Dripping Pans, 1 Chopping Knife, 2 Cottrells, 4 Steeles,
1 pair of Andirons, 1 pair of Dogs, 1 Iron Back, 1 pair of
Tongues, 1 Fire shovell, 1 pair of Bellows, 1 Lanthorn and
other Lumber 02 00 00
In the Brewhouse
1 Brass Furnace, 3 Brass Kettles, 2 Brass Pans, 1 Kettle –brass Pott,
2 Brass Potts, 1 Bell Skillett, 3 brass Skilletts, 2 Warming
Pans, 1 pair of Brass Candlesticks with other Lumber 05 06 08
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In the Room wthin ye Brewhouse
1 Maishing Vate, 1 Long Kiver, 2 Cowles, 2 round Kivers, 1 Kive
with other Lumber 01 00 00
In the Cellar
10 Barrells wth other Lumber 01 00 00
In the Barn & Backside
1 Parcell of Hardwood & Faggotts 16 00 00
1 Parcell of Hay 02 00 00
1 Horse Bridle & Sadle 02 00 00
Debts owing to Mr Hinwood good & bad 40 00 00
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116 08 06

John HOBBES, of Newtown, Hungerford, Berks, yeoman, 28 February 1675
Appraised by: William Noake, Edward Goulding
£ s d
His wearing Apparrell and ready money 12 00 00
Upon Bond and Bill due 25 00 00
In the Hall one Table board and Frame, Chayers, Stooles, and
some other goods 01 10 00
In the Buttery Brasse, pewter, a little table board Drinke(?)
Barrells, kivers and some other goods 03 00 00
In the Kitchen one Furnace one cheese presse and some other goods 02 00 00
In the Chamber over the Buttery one Fether bed, Bedsteed
and Furniture with some other goods 07 00 00
In the Chamber over the Hall one Fether bed, Bedsteed and
Furniture with other goods 05 00 00
In the Chamber over the Kitchen Cheese, Wheat, Malt Barly
and Oates 07 10 00
In the Barne Oates and Fitches 06 00 00
In the Backside two kyne and three pigges 10 00 00
One Score of Sheepe 06 00 00
Wooll in the howse 02 00 00
A Chattell Lease of the house and homestall(?) for two lives 15 00 00
A Chattell Lease of Eight Acres of Arable for one life 10 00 00
A Chattell Lease of forty Acres of Arable for two lives 70 00 00
Two Acres and a halfe of wheat planted 03 00 00
Wood and Lumber 01 10 00
Suma total 176 10 00
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Thomas HOBBS, jun. (*), of Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, yeoman, 21 May 1695
(*) thought to be “The elder” acording to other records
Appraised by: Richard King, John Hobbs
£ s d
Wearing Apparell and Money in his Purse 03 10 00
In the Inner Chamber 2 Bedds, Bedding and 2 Bedsteeds 04 10 00
One Chest, 2 Trunks, 5 Boxes, 2 Chairs and other lumber
In the Chamber over the Hall, one Feather Bedd, Bedding, Bedsteede,
01 00 00
Curtains and Vallens
Six paire of Sheets, 1 dozen of Napkins, 1 Table Cloth &
03 05 00
other linen
One old Chaff Bedd, 1 small Bedsteede, 1 Baskett Chaire,
02 00 00
one old Coffer, 1 old Press, and lumber
In the Chamber over the Kitchen, 1 old Chaff Bedd, Bedding and
01 05 00
Bedsteede, 1 Chest, 1 Coffer, 2 Tubbs and other lumber 01 00 00
In the Cheese loft, 1 Cheese Rack, 1 Kiver and other lumber
In the Kitchen, one Small brass Furnace, 2 Small Kittles, 3 Small
00 10 00
brass potts, 3 Skilletts and One Warming pan
One Cheese press, 1 old Table, 3 Tubbs, 1 Kiver, 1 Trough,
02 00 00
1 Spinning Wheele and other lumber 01 06 00
Eleaven pewter Dishes and other peeces of pewter 01 00 00
In the Hall, one Table Board and frame, 6 joynt Stooles and 6 Chairs 01 00 00
Two Spitts, 1 Gridiron, 1 Jack, 1 Bacon Rack and lumber 00 10 00
In the Cellar, 9 Barrells, 2 Kivers, 2 Tubbs, 1 Dresser and lumber
In the Buttery, 1 Kiver, 1 Stand, 1 Small Tubb, 1 Dresser, and
01 05 00
other lumber 01 00 00
In the Barne a parcel of Wheate 15 00 00
A parcel of Oates and Barly
One Fann, 1 Bushell, 1 Barne Shovell, Forkes, Rakes, Sieves,
21 15 00
Rudders, prongs and other lumber 01 00 00
Tenne Sacks 00 08 00
One Guelding, one old Mare and Harness
One Waggon, 1 Dung Cart with Wheeles, 1 Cartline, 2 plows, Harrows
05 00 00
and a Roller 09 00 00
Two Cows amd 2 Bullocks 10 00 00
One Sow and 4 Piggs 01 06 00
Two and Thirty Sheepe and 18 Lambs 13 00 00
Corne upon the Ground, 40 acres or thereabout 50 00 00
Debts owing upon Bond 75 00 00
Sum 226 10 00
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Thomas HOSIER, of Hungerford, Berks, 14 September 1691
Appraised by: John Hobbs, Thomas Elgar
£ s d
In the chamber over the hall his waring cloths and monie in his purse 04 00 00
Foure pear of sheets, one tablecloth, six napkins 01 10 00
A bedd and all belonging to it 03 10 00
One chest, three coffers 00 17 00
In the Inner chamber one bedd and all belonging to it 04 10 00
One bedd more and all belonging to it 01 05 00
One chest, one coffer 00 10 00
In the hall one Table, three ginestols, a bedd pann, two hangels,
a pere of tongs, a fire pan, a pear of angers, fife chares,
one kettle 01 10 00
In the Inner rome two Tablebords, three barrels, two kevers,
one salting iron, two potts, two scellats, six pouter deshes,
one flagon, one fring pan 02 12 00
One hogg, two pigges 03 00 00
In the kiching, a fornes, one cheese pres, three tobes, two bockets,
one mathooke 01 02 00
Owed to him 00 16 00
Barly in the barne 10 10 00
Wheat in the barne 02 15 00
Wootes(?) in the barne 02 05 00
The corne on the ground 04 00 00
For sheep 05 05 00
For a fould 00 07 00
For hay 00 15 00
A fann, one bushel, for rackes & forkes & a willey 01 01 00
For a grinston 00 06 00
One cow 02 15 00
One cutingnife, a hachet, a bill 00 03 06
The poultrie 00 05 00
For wood and all lomber 01 02 06
coms to 56 12 06
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Thomas HUCHINS, of Hungerford, Berks & Wilts, labourer, June 1694 [not dated]
Appraised by: Thomas Winter (his mark) John Stacy (his mark) Roger Doller (his mark)
£ s d
Two poringers one flagon, two small Dishes 00 03 00
One quofer(?) and all his wareing Cloths 01 00 00
One Bedsted and a Bolster & one Blanket & a flock Bed }
And one peare of Sheets } 00 10 00
One table board one forme one paire of Billes(?) one Chair 00 03 00
One kittle one warming pann one cuiver one pres 00 18 00
One skillet one tub and one iron pot 00 04 00
One hundered and a half of faggots 00 16 00
Debt owing to the Deceased 03 00 00
The whole sume of the Inmatary 06 14 00
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Alice JEFFERY, of Hungerford, Berks, widow, 1 May 1676
Appraised by: Jehosophat Stephens, Robert Rabnutt
£ s d
Her wearinge apparrell and money in her purse prised at 01 00 00
In the Hall
All her brasse and pewter prised at 03 00 00
Two moldinge boards 13 , onemeale trough and two barells prised at 00 08 00
One cubbard and some other small things prised at 00 06 00
In the Chamber over the Hall
One feather bed, one feather bolster, one feather pillowe prised at 01 04 00
One flocke bed, two flocke bolsters prised at 00 06 00
Two coverledds and two blanketts prised at 0 12 00
Two chests, two coffers and two boxes prised at 00 14 00
One little round table board and one side table prised at 00 02 06
In the Chamber over the Entry
One feather bedd, one feather bolster and one feather pillow
prised at 00 18 00
Two flocke bedds, two flocke bolsters and one chest prised at 00 08 00
Five sheetes and seven pillow beares all prised at 00 18 00
Due and owinge to the deceased upon bond the sume of 10 00 00
Due and owinge to the deceased of desperate debts the sume of 02 00 00
The whole sume is 21 16 06
In her will she bequeaths the following items to her kinswoman, Alice Webb, w/o John Webb,
the younger, of Hungerford, husbandman
One feather bedd, one feather bolster, one feather pillowe, one flocke bedd, one flocke bolster,
one paire of flexon(?) sheetes, one holland sheete, one holland pillow case, one joyned chest, one
box, two coffers, my second biggest kettell, and my three smalest kettells, my biggest brasse
pott, and my least brasse pott, one paire of pothooks, my least posnett, one skillet, one little
silver spoone, one greate pewter platter, and five other small pewter platters, two large pewter
sawsers, one pewter saltseller, one paire of cotterills, one joyned chaire, one barrell, one
meashinge tubb and all my wearing apparrell of all sorts whatsoever.
Rest of goods to kinsman, Walter Tuttle
13 =table on which bread was shaped
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Joseph JENKINS, of Hungerford, Berks, glazier, 23 October 1695
Appraised by: Tho. Butler, John Butler
£ s d
Wearing Apparell and Money in Purse 04 00 00
One Feather Bed, Bedsteed and Bedding in the Chamber over
the Shop 03 00 00
One Press and one Chest of Drawers 01 03 00
Four Chaires, one old Chest and one Coffer 00 09 00
Five Sheetes, 11 Napkins and other linnen 01 10 00
One Warming pan 00 05 00
One Small Table, 2 Boxes and a little Coffer in the Closett 00 04 00
In the little Chamber, Two old Flock Bedds, one Truckle Bedsteede,
one Coffer and 2 Coverlids 00 16 00
In the Kitchen One Table Board and frame and Two old joynt Stooles 00 10 00
One Bacon Rack and Foure old Chaires 00 03 00
Thirteen pewter Dishes, 16 pewter plates, 8 porringers, Two
pewter Tankards & other small pewter in the Kitchen 03 00 00
Two brass Kittles, 3 Skilletts, 2 brass Candlesticks, One brass
Cheffingdish and One Warming pan lid 01 00 00
One Jack, Two Spitts, 2 Toasting Ires, 1 Smoothing Ire, One
Gridiron, 2 Cottrills, 2 paire of Tongs, 1 Fire Shovell. One
paire of Dogs, and other Lumber in the Kitchen 00 13 06
Three old Barrells, One Stand, 4 Shelves, 1 Frying pan and some
old Books & other lumber in the Cellar 00 15 00
One Iron Furnace and one Led Furnace 01 10 00
One Iron pott and one Iron Kittle 00 07 00
Two led Ladles, Two led Skimmers and 1 Bar Mould 00 06 00
One Sheete Led Mould, Pan and Foorme belonging to it 01 05 00
One Colour Stone 00 02 00
Two brass plains 00 07 00
One old Cubberd, one old Working Board & One Salt Trough 00 10 00
Wood Molds and other lumber in the Plumbing Shop 00 06 00
Three old Hatchetts, 1 paire of Spencers, One Draft Sheare and
1 paire of Plumbing Spencers 00 04 06
One paire of Beames and Scales and an Iron ladeing ladle 00 07 00
Six pewter dishes, 1 pewter Bason, 4 pewter porringers and
3 Saucers 00 16 00
One brass Skimmer, One Cullinder, 1 old Lanthorne, and a
Trencher rack 00 16 00
Three Tubbs and Two Kivers 00 09 00
One Guelding, Bridle, Saddle and Hay Reeke 06 00 00
A parcell of Wood in the Orchard and a parcell of Luggs 00 09 06
A parcell of Hard Wood in the Backside and Rodds 00 12 00
One Stone Colt 02 07 00
Hard Wood in the Stable 00 05 00
Faggetts in the Cow House 01 04 00
Three Cases of broad Glass in the Stable 04 10 00
A parcell of Cutt Glass att 03 00 00
Fine Augers with some Turning Tooles, 1 Hatchett, Two Billhooks,
2 old Saws and other Lumber 00 05 00
One Spade with a Tennant Saw and a Nipper 00 03 00
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One Pump att 00 18 00
A parcell of Bottles 05 03 00
One Coverlid 00 03 00
A parcell of Wyar 01 00 00
Tenne Casements 00 07 00
A parcell of Soder in the Shopp 00 07 00
A parcell of Wyar in the Shopp 01 00 00
Two paire of Vices in the Shopp 03 10 00
Six Brass Cocks 00 12 00
Six Irons, 3 Hammers, 1 Keeme Ladle and a parcell of small tooles 00 12 06
Foure Irons, 1 Keeme Mould, 1 paire of Spencers and a parcell of
small odd things 00 10 00
Three Gallons of Oyle 00 12 00
One Iron Kittle 00 02 06
A parcel of Tinne weigh’d 12 lb 00 07 06
A parcell of Cutt Glass in the Shopp 01 10 00
A parcel of Mettal weigh’d 14 lb 00 03 06
Eleaven Sheetes of Tinne 00 02 09
Shelves and Board in the ForeShopp 00 05 00
Seaven and Twenty looking Glasses 01 11 11
A parcell of Colouring 00 09 00
A parcell of Led weighed 37cwt 2qr 4lb 22 10 00
Debts Sperat 60 14 02
Debts, Desperat 02 15 10
Summa 148 02 02
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Robert KEMBER, of Charnham Street, Hungerford, Wiltshire, carpenter,
16 December 1676
Appraised by: William Gentle(?) James Awsten(?)
£ s d
His waringe apell 00 10 00
One Bedsted, one Bed, one old Rugg & one Bolster 01 10 00
One Brasse poote, one kettell, & one scellet 00 06 00
Fower pewter platters, one candell stecke & one pewtter poot
& one Chamber pot 00 06 06
Two old Chest, one trunke(?) two Coffers & two Boxses 00 10 00
Of Lenen three sheets with other old Lenen 00 06 00
One paire of Andirons, one Spet, A fire Shovell & one pair of
Iron Doggs 00 04 00
Two Barrells & one tobb & one ke-?- with other Lumber 00 06 00
One Littell table Board & fower joyne stooles 00 08 00
One furnes 00 12 00
The Lease of the House 08 00 00
The totall sume is 12 18 06
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George KIBLEWHITE, of Hungerford, Berks, yeoman, 5 November 1673
Appraised by: Robert Osmond, Thomas Sare
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell 00 12 00
One Tableboard and frame, one forme and one Cupboard 00 10 00
One peece of Wanscott and --?—with other lumber 00 10 00
One old bedsteede, one old chest and one old table 00 14 00
Two ioyned stooles, one barrell, one kiver and one tubb 00 07 06
One kittle and one old Iron Pott 00 08 00
Two Spits, one paire of pothookes and one little skillet 00 03 06
One gridiron, one paire of tongs and one fender 00 03 06
One old bolster 00 00 06
Suma totalis huius Inventory 03 09 00
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Joan KIMBER, of Charnham Street tything, Wiltshire, 1681
Appraised by James Austen als Ivens, Gabriel Viner & Walter Bossely
£ s d
One tabell bord and frame in the Littell rome 0 6 0
Fower Joynt Stoules 0 5 0
A littell spyning wheele 0 0 8
In the Buttry, 2 barrills & a littell forme 0 4 0
Fower putter dishes, one flagion, one Candelsticke, one ..?.. Pott,
one sosor one Poringer one putter ..?.. one Chamber Pott 0 12 0
One ..?.. dripinge Pann 0 0 2
One Littell kettell one brass Pott 2 Skellett and a Skimer 0 9 0
One Spitt one Hangell one pair Pot Houckes 0 1 8
One tin boule 1 dish one Littell boule one Curtin Rod 0 0 6
In the Chamber
One Bedstead & matt 0 8 0
One ffether bed & Boulster 2 Pillows 1 0 0
Two blankets one Red Rouge 0 8 0
Curtins and Vallants and Rodds 0 8 0
One warminge Pann 0 2 6
One frine Pann 0 1 0
One Paire of Andirons fire Shovel and Tongs 0 4 0
One Chist 2 Coffers one box one trounke one old Chist 0 12 0
Two Paire of Sheets 3 Towells one Pillow Case 0 8 0
Two Chaires one old Spad & all other Lumber 0 2 0
Ffurnis and Phimney(?) 01 15 0
Suma 7 7 6
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Isaac KING, of Hungerford, Berkshire, cordwainer, 3 December, 1661
Appraised by: Robert Osmond, Thomas King
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell and money in his purse 01 00 00
One bedd and bolster, some feathers, one pillowe, and some flocks,
one Coverlet, one blanket, and one paire of sheetes 02 00 00
One livery bedsteede with matt and corde, one feather bed, one
feather bolster, one feather pillowe, two pillowe cases, one
rugg, one blanket, and one sheet 03 05 00
Two Chests, one Coffer, three barrells and other lumber 00 13 04
Two hatchets, one prong, two --?-- --?-- --?—hooke 00 04 00
Two brasse potts, two brasse kettles, two brasse Skillets, one
brasse pann and one brasse warminge pann 02 10 00
Three pewter platters, one pewter pinte pott, one pewter Cupp and
one pewter Chamber pott 00 05 00
One tablebord and frame and one Cupborde 00 04 00
One milch cowe, two bullocks and one yearlinge Calfe 05 10 00
His corne in the barne and some strawe 01 15 00
One ladder, two Coweracks and all his firewood 00 08 00
Five tubbs and one saltinge trough and one kiver 00 10 00
Fower shelves 00 01 00
The lease and estate of and in his dwellinge house with the
appurtenances 40 00 00
His soyle in the backside 00 05 00
One paire of cotterells, one paire of pott hookes and one mattocke 00 02 00
One well bucket and chayne and one pigg trough 00 05 00
Suma totalis 58 17 04
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Isaac KING, of Hungerford, Wiltshire, cordwainer, 1670
Appraised by Roger Hayward, John Pocock & Francis Bacon
£ s d
One ffeather bed, one flock bed together with all the furniture 02 10 00
10 peices of brass 01 10 00
20 peices of pewter 01 00 00
Bedsted, Table board, Stooles, chaires, cupboard, chests, boxes,
coffers, tubbs, barrels, stands 01 00 00
2 cows 04 00 00
2 piggs & 1 hogg 02 10 00
Corne & straw 02 10 00
20 poultrey 00 10 00
Together with all other goods amounts to 14 10 00
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Nicholas KING, of Hungerford, Berkshire, tailor, 1672
Appraised by Thomas Robinson & John Stephens
£ s d
The Lease of his house and three halves of arable land 20 00 00
One Tableborde one forme three joyned Stooles 00 15 00
One Cupborde and fower Shilves 00 04 00
2 dressers, one wooden rack 00 02 00
One iron dripping pann two iron spitts one paire of iron doggs one
iron Jack one iron fire shovell, one gridiron three paire of
cotterells, one iron pott, & one paire of tongs 00 14 00
Two brasse kettells one warminge pann 00 10 00
Fower dishes of pewter two pewter flaggons and some other
small peeces 00 10 00
A pcell of Bacon 00 10 00
One greate Cupborde one Tableborde and forme 00 13 00
2 wooden stands one barrell one silt(?) trowe one woollen wheele 00 08 00
2 joyned bedsteeds and one lowe bedsteede with all the furniture
thereto belonginge 05 00 00
2 Chests 3 boxes 01 00 00
A pcell of Joyners Tooles 00 10 00
2 chaires and a lookinge glasse 00 04 00
3 wooden Tubbs 2 bucketts and other lumber 01 00 00
One pcell of wood 00 05 00
sum. 32 05 00
Page 79

Thomas KING, the elder, of Hungerford, Berkshire, tailor, 1662.
Inventory mostly illegible.
Page 80

William KNAPP, of Hungerford, Berks, joiner, 15 December 1670
Appraised by: Edmund Stephens, Joseph Sare
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell and money in his purse 06 10 00
In the Hall of his dwellinge house one tableborde and frame,
two benches, one joyined forme, one Cupborde, three shelves,
one iron Jack, two spitts, one iron drippinge pann, one
Cheese-presse, two woodden planckes, two Chayers, one saltbox,
one wooden bottle, one paire of andirons, one fire shovel,
one paire of tongs, one paire of iron dogs, one fryinge pann
--?-- --?-- --?—two paire of potthookes, two paire of
Cotterells, and other lumber 02 10 00
Fower brasse potts, two brasse kettles, one skillett, --?—brasse
pann, one brasse morter and pestle 03 02 06
Tenn pewter platters, two pewter flaggons, two salts, and one
Candlestick 02 00 00
In the Kitchen, one Cupboard, three joyned stooles, one bushell,
one box, one --?—dough kiver 01 00 00
In the Buttery, three barrells, one kine(?), one saltinge trough,
one shelfe, and provision in the house 02 10 00
In his lodginge chamber one standinge bedsteede with curtaines
and vaylings, one feather bed, one flockbed, one feather
bolster, one feather pillowe, one flock bolster, two ruggs,
one blankett, matt and corde, one round table, (?) chests,
two boxes, one Coffer, one Chayer, three paire of sheetes
and other lumber 07 10 00
In the chamber over the Hall, three bedsteeds, one flockbed,
one feather bolster, one pair of blanketts, two coverletts,
one --?--, and all his workinge tooles, one winnowinge sheete
of haire and other lumber 04 10 00
The estate in his dwellinge house 10 00 00
All his tymber and other wood in and about the house, and
backside, and his Lathe, and other lumber 04 00 00
In the Wellhouse, two tubbs, one kiver and one buckett 00 05 00
All his corne and strawe in his barne, one Fann to winnowe corne,
and other lumber 06 10 00
One Cowe, and two Stoore piggs 02 00 00
His corne growinge upon the ground 03 10 00
Due and owinge to the deceased by severall psons without
sperialty, which are debts sperate, the sum of 03 00 00
Suma totalis huius Inventory 58 17 06
Page 81

John LAFFORD, of Hungerford, Berks, victualler, 1685
[The beginning of the inventory has not survived]
Page 82
£ s d
In the chamber over the Kitchin, one testar(?) bedsteede, with cord
and matt, curtaines and Vallins, and curtaine rodds, one trundle
bedsteede, cord and matt, two flocke beds, three blanketts,
two cover letts, one pillowe, one bowlster, one Table board,
fower Joyned stooles, two chaires, one coffer, one Trunke,
one pair of Andirons, and fower paire of sheetes with some
other small lynnen 05 08 00
In the chamber over the Hall one tester bedsteede cord and matt,
curtaines and vallins, and curtaine rodds, two old beds, two
boulsters, one rugg, one blankett, one Table board and frame,
one forme and one chest 02 12 00
In the Garrett over the Hall chamber one old bedsteede with some
old beddinge, and a parcel of Oates 05 00 00
In the Garrett over the Kitchin chamber, a parcell of Oates 03 12 00
One corne screene, two bushels, two pecks, two gallons, one halfe
gallon and one shovell 00 18 00
A parcell of wheate 01 10 00
Two flitches of bacon 01 00 00
In the backside one Hogg 01 05 00
All his wood and lumber in the backside 05 00 00
The lease of his house wherein hee dwelt being tenn yeares and a
halfe to come 40 00 00
Due and owinge to the deceased of debts sperate and desperate
the sum of 34 11 11
Suma totalis huius Inventory 110 07 11

John LEWIS, of Hungerford, Berkshire, yeoman, 1680.
Appraised by Jehosophat Stephens & John Boone
£ s d
His wearinge Apparrell and money in his purse 02 00 00
All his brasse and pewter 03 00 00
One Table board, three formes, fower chaires, one stoole and one
cubbard 00 10 00
One paire of Andirons, one paire of Tongs, one fire shovell and some
other small things 00 10 00
Two bedds and two bedsteedes with all the furniture belonginge
to the same 04 00 00
One Chest, one Trunke, two coffers, two boxes and one little
Table board 00 10 00
Five stockes of Bees 01 10 00
One stoned(?) Horse 01 00 00
One Cow and one bullocke 03 00 00
His corne upon the ground 03 00 00
All his wood and barrells with other lumber 00 10 00
Due and owinge to the deceased from severall psons 42 00 00
Page 83
61 10 00

Timothy LUCAS, of Hungerford, Berks, mercer, (?) November 1668
£ s d
In the Parlour
A long Tableboard & Frame, a little tableboard, 2 leather chaires,
2 leather stooles, a pair of Andirons, a fire pan, a carpett, a
Coate of Armes, six Cushions & a paire of iron doggs
In the Hall
A long tableboard & frame & long bench, a short Tableboard, a
carpett, 6 joynd stooles, 2 chayres, a --?—glasse Cubboard,
a paire of Andyrons, 6 bibles(?) & some 20 other bookes, a
1 12 00
forme & a paire of dogs
In the Kitchen
A Tableboard & frame, 4 joynd stooles, 6 chayres, 18 pewter platters,
12 sallett dishes & porrengers, 2 Saltsellars, 2 pewter flaggons,
2 pewter tankards, 3 brasse kettles, 3 brasse potts, 1 kettle
pott, 2 skellets, 1 wainscot Cubboard, a Rack, 3 spitts, a paire
of doggs, a fire pan & tonges, a distill, a settle, 3 chamber potts,
an Ewer, a chafing Dish, 2 paire of pothooks, 2 paire of hangers,
2 17 00
a fender, 2 iron crooks, 4 smoothing irons, a Jack, a dresserboard,
8 benches & shelves, 3 flitches of bacon, a paire of bellowes,
2 pewter candlesticks, 4 sugar loaves, a pewter bason, a dripping
pan, a warming pan, a skimmer, a basting ladle & a biefe pricker
In the little Roome within ye Kitchen
A Tableboard, 2 shelves, a safe, 2 basketts & 6 dozen(?) of
09 16 00
trenchers
In the Butterye
0 6 6
--?--, a Kive, a Stand, a tableboard & a Cubboard
In the little Butterye
01 07 06
--?—barrells, a Stand, a cheesepresse & two Shelves
In the Brewhouse
00 10 00
[Original damaged and illegible]
In the Court & Backside
[Original damaged and illegible]
04 04 00
Page 84

Richard MAYLE, of Hungerford, Berks, butcher, 15 May 1674
Appraised by: Thomas Robinson, Noah Webb, Henry Gray (his mark)
£ s d
His wearinge Apparrell with his money in his purse 01 10 00
One Lease of a little meadoweground for the remainder of
fowerscore and nyneteene yeares 20 00 00
One Mare, two Cowes, two bullocks, eight Ewes, eight Lambes and
a little Stack of Hey 14 17 06
One acre of wheate growinge on the ground 01 10 00
Two flock bedds, one bolster, one rug and two blankets with other
lumber 02 10 00
Debts sperate
Due and owinge to the deceased by severall persons without
sperialty which are debts sperate the sume of 33 14 08
Debts desperate
Due and owinge to the deceased by severall persons without
sperialty which are desperate debts the sume of 22 08 05
Suma totalis huius Inventory 96 10 07
Page 85

Susan MILLES, of North Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, 19 Sept. 1676
Appraised by: Robert Baker (his mark), William Gentle(?)
£ s d
Her wearinge apparell and mony in her purse 04 00 00
In mony more 13 00 00
Deptes due to her 04 00 00
Three silver spoons 01 00 00
Two bedsteds two beds two boulsters one coverlett three blanketts
with all other things belonginge thereunto 01 10 00
Five peare of sheets four pillowbears one table cloth one duzen
of napkins with all other her linen 01 05 00
One tablebord with some brass and pewter 00 16 00
One coffer with all other goods and lumber 00 10 00
The whole sum 26 01 00
WILL (Nuncupative), 13 Sept 1676
I give to my brother Thomas Milles one shillinge
I give to brother William Belsher one shillinge
I give to my sister Francis Belsher one pewter plater
I give unto every one of my sister Belsher children on shillinge apece
I give to three of my brother Thomas Milles children one shillinge apece and to his daughter
Francis ten shillings
I give to my sister Mary all my wearinge apparrell and one silver spoon and a warmeing pan and a
table bord
I give to my sister Ursalee on bed and one silver spoon and one pewter plater
I give to my ant(?) Bowsher two shilling
I give to my antt(?) --?—two shilling
I give to my cuson Margary Wats two shilling
I give to my cuson Nathaniell Bonner one silver spoon
I make my sister Ann Booner my whole excectrox of all my goods and chattels my leggacyes paid
and my funnerall descharged
Robert Baker (his mark), Rose Baker
Page 86

John MILLS, of Hungerford, Berks, gent., 20 Dec. 1666
Appraised by: Edmund Stephens, Ralph Mackerell
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell 005 00 00
In ready money acknowledged by the Executrix 020 00 00
One bible and fower small bookes 000 05 00
Five silver spoones 001 00 00
In the Hall of his dwelling house, one longe Tablebord and frame,
two ioyned formes, two chayers, two stooles, one greate
Cupbord, one paire of Andirons, one iron Dogge, two paire of
Cotterells, three Spitts, one iron fender, one paire of
bellowes, one Cupbord Cushion, one Cradle, one firepann and
one paire of tongs 003 00 00
In the Buttery, two kivers, one powderinge tubb, two Cowles, one
saltinge trough, five beere barrells, two Stands, one safe, one
trey with other lumber 001 02 00
In the Chamber over the Hall, one high bedsteede, with curtaines
and vaylings, one featherbed and bolster, one flock bolster,
three feather pillowes, one Aurice Coverlet, three blankets,
one side Cupboard, two Chests, one little table, one stoole,
three boxes and one paire of Andirons 006 00 00
Three paire of sheetes, two paire of holland pillowberes,
one dozen of napkins, one tablecloth and other small lynnen 001 10 00
In the Chamber over the Shopp, one high bedsteede with curtaines
and rodds, one flockbedd, two Coverlets, one greate Chest,
two Coffers, one Chayer, and one trundle bedsteede with
other lumber 001 10 00
His brasse and pewter of all sortes 006 00 00
One yoteinge 14 stone 001 00 00
One Tennant saw, two iron barrs, fower prongs, two birdinge
peeces, one old musket, one old rapyer, and two bowes with
other lumber 001 10 00
Suma totalis huius Inventory 047 17 00
14 Yoting = steeping barley before malting in a vat. Stones possibly on what vat stood
Page 87

Thomas MONDAY, of Charnham Street, Hungerford, Wilts, 1669.
Appraised by Thomas Butler & Robert Osmond
£ s d
His wearing aparrell and mony in his purse 20 0 0
In the Chamber where he died 21 pieces of puter 1 1 0
2 bras ketells(?) 1 bras pot 1 bras stand, skillett, 2 bras candellsticks 0 16 0
2 chestes 2 cofers 2 boxes 1 Cubord 0 16 0
1 fring pan 1 Andion 0 2 0
2 barrells 2 ..?.. 2 mash tub 2 sacks 1 bag(?) 1 form with other lumber
in the other Chamber 0 10 8
In the Chamber where he died ould ..?.. with other lumber 1 0 0
3 sheetes 1 tabell cloth 3 hollow ..?.. with other ..?.. 1 10 0
Mony owing him ? ? 0
Sum is 31 14 8
Page 88

William MORRIS, of North Hidden, Hungerford, Berks, Wheelwright,
16 August 1695
Appraised by: John Hobbs, John Hobbs
£ s d
His wearing Apparrell and Money in purse 4 1 8
One pair of blankets, two pair of sheets, three Barrels, two Tubbs,
two Kivers and an old cupboard and other things 1 17 6
A small parcell of malt 2 15 0
A parcell of spokes, Felloes and other Timber with ye Tooles and
other lumber in ye Shopp belonging to ye occupacon of a
Wheelwright 10 2 4
In ye Backside one Cow and 1 Saw and pigs 5 5 0
A parcell of small Lambs being 12 in all 2 2 0
About a score of little Sheep at Common pasture(?) 5 1 6
A parcell of Wooll 2 0 0
The Wheat, Barly and oats standing on ye Ground 10 0 0
Certaine small Debts owing upon book to the deceased 20 10 0
In all 63 15 0
Page 89

William NALDER, the elder. of Hungerford, Berks, mason, 22 December, 1694
Appraised by: Thomas Robinson, Edmund Noyes
£ s d
Weareing Apparrell & money in pocket 01 10 00
In ye Kitchen
Eight pewter dishes with some small pewter, two brass
Kettells and two Potts, one warmeing pan, two Skilletts,
An old Table, a few old Chaires, one pair of AndIreons,
fire-shovell, tongs, Fender, two Spitts, a Cleever, GridIreon,
Fryen pan, a pair of Cottrells 03 07 06
Behind the Kittchen
One bed and Bedstead, one Rug, Boulster, two pillows, one
pair of sheets, one Blankett 03 00 00
One Chest, two Cofers, three Boxes, two Formes, one Tub,
one Cover, three Barrills, one pair of Sheets, a pair of
Blanketts & some small linnen with odd lumber 02 10 00
In the Chamber over ye Kitchen
One Bed, Bedstid, Rug, a pair of Sheets, one Salting trough,
a parcell of Appells 02 05 00
In the backside
Two Laddars and some Firewood 00 08 00
In Good and bad Debts 02 10 00
Tot. 15 10 06
Page 90

Thomas NASH, of Hidden, Hungerford, Berkshire, husband[sic] 27 April, 1667
Appraised by: Thomas Denis, John Challis, Richard Sare
£ s d
In the chamber over the Hall
His wearinge appell & monie in his purse
One bedsteede, one flocke bed, one Coverlet, one paire of
02 00 00
blankets, one bolester, two pillowes, one paire of Sheetes 00 12 00
A parcell of Hempe & Hempeseed 00 10 00
One Sacke & Corne
One Coffer, one Tubbe, one Sive(?), one paire of Scales, a
00 04 00
parcell of wooll
In the Hall
00 03 00
One Cupboard, one chest, two chayres, two formes
One Iron pot, three brasse Ketles, one paire of pothooks,
00 06 00
two paire of pothangers, one fryinge pane
In the Buttery
Two barrells, two Kivers, one chest, one greate Kiver, one
00 06 00
Cowle(?) & other Lumber 00 19 00
Three flitshes of Bacon 01 10 00
Due to the said deceased upon sevrall(?) bonds 20 00 00
The sume is 26 10 00
Page 91

Thomas ORAM, of Hungerford, blacksmith, 18 August, 1670
Appraised by: Thomas Butler, William Oram
[Early part of inventory much damaged]
£ s d
His Wearinge apparrell and money in his purse 04 00 00
In the chamber
--?—one feather bed, one --?--, two feather pillowes, two
blanketts, one paire of sheetes, one sett of Curtaines 04 10 00
--?—Cupboard, one box, one Coffer, two chaires and a little
Cupboard 00 10 00
In the chamber over the Shopp, one truckle bedsteede, one flock
bedd, one Coverlett, two flock bolsters, two blanketts, and
other furniture 01 12 08
One Presse, one truncke with other lumber 00 08 00
Fower paire of Sheetes, one hollen Sheete, one dozen and a
halfe of napkins, three Cupboard clothes, fower table clothes,
Six pillow cases and two towells 02 16 00
In the Hall, one Tableboard, fower joyned Stooles, one fourme, one
chest, three --?--, Andirons, one racke, one fiar shovell, one
paire of tonges, one carpett and other lumber 02 14 00
In the Kitchin, one Tableboard, and the brasse and pewter there
with other lumber 04 09 09
In the Buttery, fower barrels with other brewinge vessels 01 00 00
In the backside, one Cowe, one hay ricke and one pile of wood 04 10 00
Coale in the --?-- 06 08 00
Goods and toles in the Shopp 10 00 00
Owinge to the deceased upon bond 05 00 00
Owinge to the deceased upon booke 15 18 06
which debts wee hope for
. .
Suma totalis huius Inventory 63 16 11
Page 92

Anthony OSBORNE, of Hopgrass Farm, Hungerford, Wilts, 21 March 1692
Appraised by: John Griffin, Henry Blake
£ s d
Sheep att ye Fold 233 064 01 06
Ews & lambs 93 032 11 00
6 horesses 036 00 00
8 Horses & Colts 022 00 00
2 Lame Horses 000 10 00
Harniss & Halters of all sorts 006 10 00
For 2 Waggons & 3 Carts 015 00 00
For plows, Roulers, Harrows & all maner of meterialls belonging
to husbandry 006 05 00
For 6 Cows & a booll 020 10 00
For 15 heifers 031 00 00
For 5 Earlings & a Steere 004 10 00
For 30 quarters of Wheat threshed & unthreshed 060 00 00
For 109 quarters of barly 125 07 00
For 319 quarters of oast 023 05 00
Land ploued for wheat & mislin 86 acres 043 00 00
Seed to sow it 051 12 00
Vallued(?) for barley 80 acres 018 00 00
Ploughed for oats 84 acres 018 18 00
Oats to sow it 16 quarters 012 00 00
For 8 quarters of pease 009 12 00
For 2 Stacks of hay 008 00 00
For one Sow & 7 piggs 001 11 00
For 15 Stoores piggs 007 10 00
For a fann, bushell, sacks, sives, forks & prongs & other small
materialles 001 10 00
For pultrie 000 08 00
For bacon in salt & in the Chymney 013 07 00
For 9 bushells of Hors beanes 001 07 00
In ye pauler Chamber 1 bed & beadsteed, sheets & table lining 004 11 00
One table, 1 Chest, 1 Cofer, 3 Chayers, 6 Joyne Stooles 001 12 00
In ye Chamber over ye hall 2 beds & bedsteeds, 2 Coffers 001 10 00
For lamb wooll & locks 001 11 00
In ye Seller 3 hogsheds, 3 barils, 2 stands, 1 silt(?) & beere 001 15 00
In ye Chicken of brass 2 Ketles, 2 poots: with puter & 2 Spits,
1 pare of Andirons, 1 gunn, 1 warming pan with other lumber 003 05 00
In ye Brewhouse 1 Furnis, 1 meash vate, 1 Chese press with tubs
& other Lumber 002 15 00
of Depts 010 00 00
His wareing apparill & money in his purs 015 00 00
The totall sum is 676 03 06
Page 93

Joan OSBORNE, of Hopgrass, Hungerford, Wilts, 3 December 1683
Appraised by: Robert Osmond, Henry Blake, Jonathan Coxhed, his mark
£ s d
In the Chamber over the parler
Her waring apparrel
1 bed, to boasters, one pilloe, one grene rug, 1 peare of
blankets, 1 peare of shets, one bedsted with Curtins
5 0 0
and valliants
1 Chest, 1 trunke, to Coffers, fower Chairers, 1 Warming pan,
7 00 0
1 peare of andires 1 00 00
1 parssel of Ches
In the to little Chambers over the hall
1 5 0
To littel flock beds and bedsteds and other lumber
In the Chamber over the Chichin
One fether bed and to boulsters and to bedsteds and that
2 5 0
which belong to it
In the parler
3 10 0
One table bord and frame, six gine 15 stooles, to Chaiers
In the seller
0 15 0
Ten barrels and other lumber
In the Chichin(?)
1 10 0
Three bras pots, fower kittels, 1 friing pan, to skillets, 1 skimer 3 0 0
The puter
More in the Chiching 1 peare of andires, to spits, a fier pan
1 5 0
and tongs and other lumber 1 15 0
Beafe and baken
In the bake house
1 12 0
One timber Chaine and sacks and other lumber
In the stable
2 1 0
1 Chaf bed and bedding 0 10 0
More in the Chichin to table cloathes and one dossen of napkins 0 6 8
Page 94
32 14 8
In her will she leaves her daughter Mary, wife of Robert Mabberly “a feather-bed & Bedstead
with the ffurniture thereunto belonging now standing and being in the Chamber wherin I lodge
called the Kitchin Chamber and also a pair of fflaxen sheets, a pair of Canvas sheets, Six Pewter
Platters, the middle siz’d Kettle, a little brasse pott and al my wearing Apparrel”.
15 =joynt

Elizabeth PAGE, of Hungerford, Berks, widow, 22 June 1698
Appraised by: Henry Latham, Richard Sharpes
£ s d
Her wearing apparell 1 0 0
One Feather Bed with the Curtains, Bolster, 2 Pillowes, one Rugg &
2 Blankets thereunto belonging 1 10 0
5 Sheetes 0 5 0
4 Napkins & 3 Pillowbears 0 5 0
One Box, one Coffer & a little Truncke 0 3 6
Two Tubbs & one Kiver 0 4 0
3 Kettles 2 5 0
One Brasse Pott & one Skillett 0 4 0
3 Pewter Dishes, 3 Pewter Porringers, one Flaggon & one Candlesticke 0 8 0
One paire of Andirons & a frying pan 0 1 6
Two Chayres & one Looking-Glasse 0 1 6
In ready money 1 15 0
In debts owing to the deceased upon Bond & otherwise 36 0 0
Tot. 44 2 6
In her will she leaves to her Grand-daughter Mary Povy
“my Bed and Bolster, and two Pilowes and Rugg; my best Gowne and petticoate, a Box for
Clothes, and my biggest Kettle save one.”
to her Grand-daughter Elizabeth Povy
“my biggest Kettle and a Coffer”
to her Grand-daughter Sarah Povy
“my least Kettle and Trunke”
Al her brass and pewter to be equaly divided between the 3 Gr’daughters. Rest of her clothes
and household goods to Mary Povy.
Page 95

William PAINE, Newtown, Hungerford, Berks, 17 June 1678
Appraised by: Steven Pearce, Rodger Tiler (his mark)
£ s d
His waring apparrel and mony in his prse 02 00 00
Three bonds wherin mony was owing to him 43 00 00
One yew and lam 00 05 00
One chest 00 05 00
His despret detes 00 13 00
Sume is 46 03 00
WILL 8 June 1678
£ s d
I give to my father 5 0 0
I give to my mother 5 0 0
I give to my brother John Sherges(?) 5 0 0
I give to Robert Baker
I give to Thomas Wall a suit of cloas and the mony hee oweth me
3 0 0
I give to Jeffry Pik a paire of boots and I make Mary Brown my whole excotetor
Thomas Wall (his mark), George Adams (his mark), Robert Baker (his mark)
Page 96

William PALMER, the elder, of Hungerford, Berkshire, yeoman, 9 March 1675
Appraised by: Henry Hall, his mark, Richard Cannon, his mark
£ s d
His wearinge Apparrell and money in his purse 03 17 00
Two silver Cupps 01 15 00
In his bedchanber, two feather beds, two bedsteeds, with all the
furniture of beddinge thereunto belonginge 05 00 00
Three Chests, two Coffers, one Trunck, one box, one Safe 01 00 00
In the kitchen, one table bord and frame, one forme, one Settle,
one bin, one Cupboard, one side cupboard, five brasse kettles,
three brasse potts, one iron pott, seaventeene platters, six
flaggons, one warminge pann, one iron Jack, one iron fryinge
pann, one paire of Andirons, one paire of doggs, two paire of
tongs, one fire pann, two paire of Cotterells, one iron fender,
with some other lumber there 03 00 00
In the chamber next the Strete(?) three beds, two bedsteeds
with all the furniture of beddinge thereunto belonginge,
together with all his lynnen 08 00 00
One table bord, one side table, one --?—bedsteede, two chests,
two Coffers, one box, one ioyned stoole 01 10 00
In the chamber called the passage, one table bord and frame,
three formes and two old chaires 00 10 00
In the best chamber, three bedds, two bedsteeds, with all the
furniture of beddinge thereunto belonginge 08 00 00
Two table bords, and frames, one side cupbord, one round table,
one forme, six ioyned stooles, two chaires, one paire of
Andirons, one paire of doggs, one paire of tongs 02 00 00
In the closet adioyninge to the best chamber, one brasse pott,
one brasse warminge pann, twelve pewter platters, one
bason, two leather-bottles, one old coffer, one brasse
candlestick, one old kiver, one pewter-pott 02 00 00
In the Cockloft, a parcell of old lumber 01 00 00
In the longe loft, one old bedsteede, one old dresser-bord, one
chaire, and a parcell of wood(?) 01 00 00
In the old kitchen, one table bord, one forme, five barrells and a
parcell of wood 01 00 00
In the Celler, one brasse kettle, one greate tubb, one powderinge
tubb, three formes, and two kivers 01 15 00
In the backside, a parcell of wood 01 00 00
One long Carte, one plough, three Harrowes 03 10 00
One hogge and one stoore pigge 02 00 00
Fower horses 03 00 00
One Cowe and two Bullocks 05 10 00
A parcell of Hey 01 00 00
In the Barne, a parcell of fetches 01 00 00
A parcell of barley strawe 00 05 00
Six acres of wheate growinge on the ground 07 10 00
The totall sume of this Inventory is 66 02 00
Page 97

Debts sperate
Due and owinge to the deceased upon bond, which is a debt
sperate, the sume of 10 00 00
Due and owinge to the deceased from severall persons, without
bond, which are debts sperate, the sume of 02 19 00
Debts desperate
Due and owinge to the deceased from severall persons, which are
desperate debts, the sume of 20 15 00
The totall sume of the debts is 33 14 00
Suma total huius Inventory £ XXXXIX XVIs =£99 16 00
In his will he gives to his eldest son, John Palmer
“my best feather bedd, and bedsteede, with al the furniture of beddinge thereunto
belonginge, and my best brasse pott, and fower of my best pewter platters.”
to his youngest son, William Palmer
“my biggest brasse Kettle, one flock bedd with all the furniture of beddinge thereunto
belonginge, and fower pewter platters.”
to his eldest daughter, Hannah Palmer
“one feather bedd with al the furniture of beddinge thereunto belonginge and fower
pewter platters”
to his youngest daughter, Deborah Palmer
“one feather bedd with al the furniture of beddinge thereunto belonginge, and fower
pewter platters and my middle brasse pott”
Page 98

Roger PARKER, of Eddington, yeoman, 1691.
Appraised by Thomas Woodroffe & Harvey Dore
£ s d
Weareing Apparell and money in his Purse 03 10 00
1 fflock Bed and Bedsteede, 1 Chest, 1 Table Board, and two paire
of Sheetes, 1 Cover Led, and other lumber in the best Chamber 04 00 00
1 Cubberd, 1 Table Board, Brass, Pewter and other Lumber in the Hall 03 10 00
2 fflitches of Bacon and 30 Cheeses 02 00 00
6 Barrells, 2 Tubbs, 2 Kivers, 1 Silt, and other Lumber in the two
Out Roomes 02 00 00
18 acres of Corne upon the Ground 20 00 00
4 Cows and 1 Bullocke 07 00 00
72 Sheepe and Lambs 10 00 00
2 Carts, 2 Wheeles, 1 plow and 4 Harrows 05 00 00
1 black Mare, 1 gray Nag, and 1 Colt 06 00 00
Cart Harniss, plow Harniss and other Lumber in the Stable 01 05 00
2 Reekes of Hay 05 00 00
2 Hoggs and 3 Store Piggs 02 05 00
Wood in the Backside 01 05 00
Page 99
72 15 00

Anne PATY, of Hungerford, Berkshire, widow, [not dated] exhibited May 1688
Appraised by: [Not signed]
£ s d
Her wearing cloths 2 0 0
2 Rings 1 0 0
Money in her purse & due upon Bond 30 0 0
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33 0 0

John PAVEY, of Hungerford, Berkshire, 9 April 1688
Appraised by: Thomas Sare, John Hamblen, Thomas Lewes
£ s d
His waren apparell woollen and lenen 1 0 0
In the Chamber
One bead and furniture bellonging to it 2 0 0
One trockel bead and bedding bellonging to it 0 10 0
3 Puttar dishes, 3 flagons, 2 candelsticks 0 14 0
1 Chest, 2 boxes, 1 Coffer, 1 forme 0 9 0
Forks and Raiks 0 2 6
In the Shopp
2 Loms an the Harnes thereunto belonging 4 10 0
One worpen bar and scorn and 2 whels 0 6 0
For a passell of kodge yearn 0 3 6
1 Lathor 0 1 0
In the Hall
5 Chaiers 0 3 0
1 bedsteed 0 4 0
1 Kife and 2 bowells and a tole 0 5 0
One pear of aindors & a --?—of dogs, fier pan and tongs 0 6 0
Lombar 0 3 0
In the Seller
1 Furnes 1 0 0
2 Kettels, 1 Pott, 1 Skellett 0 8 0
1 Keffer, 2 borells, 1 --?--, 1 stand and a forme 0 10 6
In the Staball
1 hors and a Calf 2 5 0
In the feld
One ackar of wheate 1 10 0
For the hous for Lifes 16 0 0
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32 10 6

John PHILPS, of Hungerford, Berks, husbandman, 11 May 1668
Appraised by: John Bushell, John Smith (his mark)
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell --?—the money in his purse 4 00 0
One chest, one boxe, one pillow and tenne belles(?) 2 10 0
One brasse pott and a posnntt 1 00 00
Five peeces of pewter, one pewter pott, a pewter dish and a sawcer 0 18 0
Debtes due and owinge to him 12 00 0
Sume totall 20 8 0
Page 102

John PINNOCK, of Hungerford, Berks, currier [not dated –1693]
Appraised by: Thomas Robinson, John Maberly
£ s d
In primes his waring aparrell and mony in his pocket 2 10 00
In the Cichin 12 dishes of puter 2 bras pans to kettles to pots
1 warming pan 1 long tabel 2 fliches of bacon and other lumber 5 14 06
Good and bad deyts 1 10 00
In the Buttery 1 long tabel 1 Cobert 2 Stooles 7 barels 3 covers(?)
2 Tubes 1 hogshead of fargis 16 other lumber 5 18 10
In the Chamber over the cichin 1 hi bedsted curtins & valens
1 fether bed an bolster 2 pilow 1 Chest 2 boxes 1 tabel
2 blankets 2 shetes other lomber 5 10 00
In the Chamber over the buttery 2 bedsted 1 fether bed 1 flock
bed 2 bolsters 2 cofers 2 pr of shets 2 blankets 1 tabel
6 napkins 1 tabelcloth and other lining 5 8 00
One bedsted more in the other --?-- 1 00 00
In the Shop a sesten and working tooles 1 10 00
9 bushels of wheat 40 bushels of barly 2 acers of whate on
the grouend 10 14 00
3 horses 3 cowes 1 pegg 10 10 00
1 cart 1 plow 2 harros and harnes 3 00 00
In the backside a parcel of fagots a fan a sider mill and other lumber 3 9 0
Total is 56 14 04
16 =verjuice, =crab apple vinegar
Page 103

Thomas PINNOCK, of Hungerford, currier, 1686.
Appraised by Jehosophat Stephens & John Pinnock
£ s d
His wearinge Apparrell and money in his purse 01 00 00
His lease estate of and in a certaine peece or pcell of meadowe
ground whereon a messuage or dwellinge house was lately
erected in Charnamstreete in the County of Wilts 10 00 00
Sum ..?.. 11 00 00
Page 104

John PLASTER. 27 April 1685
Appraised by: Will. Westall, Robert Patty (the mark of)
£ s d
His wearinge aparrill and money in his Pockitts 2 0 0
In the Hall one Tabell Bord(?) frame and fower joyned Stoules 0 7 0
4 Littell Rushin(?) Chayrs 0 1 0
2 Littell Rakes to Lay things one 0 1 6
One old Conbard, one old planke for a --?-- 0 1 6
6 Putter dishis, 4 Poringers, one puter Candell sticke, 2 spon --?--,
2 Littell safes, one puter --?-- 0 14 0
One warmeing Pane, one Littell Brass Pott, one Kettell, one Littell
Kettell, one skellett, one Iorne Pott, one Skimer 1 13 0
Fiere shovell, Tonnge & Anders, a pare of Litell dougs, 4 hangells,
2 paire of Pothoucks and one spit, --?—Iorne 0 8 0
In the Chamber one halfe headed Bedsted & one Trundell bedsted 0 8 0
One fether Bed, one flock bed, with Curtins & valince(?), 2 fether
Boulsters, 2 Pillowes, 3 Blanketts, one Roug, one Cofferlit,
3 paire of sheetes, 2 boulsters Casses, 3 paire of Pillow
Casses, one Littell table cloth, 3 napkins 4 03(?) 0
One great Chist, one Coffer, 4 Littell Boxis, one Tronncke 0 14 6
In the Buttery 4 Barrills, 2 wooden Bottels, 4 Tubbs, 4 Ciffers,
2 bucketts, 3 Cheese Vats, one Chese press 1 01 0
4 Littell flichis of Bacon & Porke a halfe(?) 2 10 0
Corne thrachet 3 qurters halfe Barly 3 3 0
3 halfe of whear sowed 2 2 0
Barly sowed in the feeld --?—halfe 1 10 0
Oatts & Barly sowed in Hobes Close --?—beinge poore Land 5 0 0
3 Cowes, one bullocke 9 0 0
One pigg 0 10 0
The wood 0 10 0
a Leaven Sheepe 3 0 0
--?-- --?-- 0 2 0
One Cow Racke, one Spud shovell, pronngs(?), and hachit & bill houcke
and all other Lommber with in doors and wthout 0 4 0
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39 3 6

Joseph POCOCK, of Eddington, yeoman, 1697.
Appraised by Edward Westall & John Feild
£ s d
Wearing Apparell and money in his Purse 08 02 00
Debts owing upon Bond, and on Booke 62 10 00
In the Chamber Two Bedds and Bedsteeds and the ffurniture
belonging 04 09 00
In the same Chamber 1 Chest, 2 Coffers and one Box 00 07 06
In the Hall one Table Board and frame, one ffoorme, one Cubberd,
2 Chaires and one Dresser Board 01 02 06
Two brass Kittles, 1 brass pott and 1 skillett 00 15 00
Ffoure pewter Dishes, 3 pewter Porringers, 1 pewter Tankerd 00 09 00
Two Tubbs, 2 Barrells, 1 Kiver, 2 Bucketts & 1 Payle 00 11 00
Three fflitches of Bacon 01 10 00
Barly Thrashed and in the Straw 02 10 00
Corne upon the Ground 04 15 00
Lumber within and without 00 11 06
Ffire wood 01 00 00
Two milch Cows and 2 Bullocks 06 05 00
Three Piggs 01 10 00
24 Sheepe 06 15 00
Sume 103 03 00
Page 106

Richard POVEE, of Hungerford, Berks, husbandman, 11 May 1667
Appraised by: John Fortye, Phillip Heath, Thomas Sare (his mark)
£ s d
His wareing apparell 02 00 00
Money in his purse 00 05 00
In his lodging Chamber
Two bedsteds, two beds, three boulsters, three pillows,
tow coverleeds, three blanketts, two peare of sheets 06 00 00
One chest, two coffers, one box, one chaier, two stooles 00 13 04
In the hall
In brase three kettells, two potts, one brase pane, two
skelletts, a brase spice mortter, two brase candlesticks and
two other old kettles 03 00 00
In peutter nine peutter dishes, one saucer, one flagon(?),
six spounes 01 00 00
One gird irne, two spits, two peare of potthangles, two peare
of potthocks, one driping pane, one fier pane, one frying pane 00 05 00
One table-bord, one cubberd, one forme, one chaiere, one shelfe 00 12 00
One flech and a halfe of Baccon, one baccon Racke 01 10 00
In the butterie and milkehouse
Two barells, two kevers, two tubs, one butter churne, one
salt trogh, two bucketes 01 08 00
In Cattell
Three cowes 06 00 00
Two pidgs 01 10 00
Five ewes and lambes and one drie sheep 02 00 00
Corne upoin the ground as wheatt, pease and oats foure akers 04 00 00
One lader, one cow Racke, wood in the backside with other lumber 01 00 00
Two stockes of bees 00 06 08
One chattele lease of a house and a certaine ground for two lives 06 00 00
In money owing to the said decesased Richard Povie upon bonds
and sperialties 45 00 00
The whole sum totall is 52 00 00
In his will he leaves his oldest (sic) son Richard Povee
“one brown cow, one beed, one bolster, one pilow, one blankett, one pilow case, one peuter
flaggon, one peuter dishe, one kettel and two coffers.”
he leaves to his son John Povee “to be delivered to his use at the decease of my beloved
wife Mary one bed, one bolster, one pilow, one pilow case, my great brass pott and one chest.”
Page 107

Humphrey RANDALL, of Hungerford, 26 Oct. 1687
Appraised by: John Maberly, Thomas Robinson, Thomas Woodroofe
£ s d
At the towne mill
In the hall & Buttrey on Chest, on Boshell, on Iron Barr, on
Royshead, 3 Barrils, on tubb, 2 meall whiches & other Lumber
In the gate hous Chamber, on beed steed, tow barrils full of bear,
three pare of Sheets, Eightein knapkins, three table-clothes,
on Cobbard Cloth, tow pare of pilow bears, on Dowlas pillow
001 05 06
bear, fower Boulster Cases, on Flasket & other Lumber
In the hall Camber, on Table bord & frame, on forme, on flock
bead & boulster, tow blankets, on Cover lead, a parsell of
002 07 06
Chees, 2 pewter dishes, on bras potte & other Lumber
In the millhouse three millstones, on hachat, on ax, Faggots,
002 10 00
hardwood & other Lumber
At the mill in Edington
In the hall on table bord & frame, on Joyn form, thirteen pewter
dishes, 5 porringers, three bras Candlesticks, on bras morter
and pestell & some other small pewter, five bras pottes, fower
kittels, tow Skillets, on Jack, tow spits, on pare of aindiorns,
on pare of doggs, on fender, fier shovell & tonges, on fornish,
three gridiorns, three smothing Irons, on Skimmer, three
001 17 00
Joyne stools, on Settell, fower Chayers & some other Lumber
In the Buttrey on powdring tubb, three barrels, tow Cobbards, on
meall which, seven glas bottels, on Sarch, on measing tubb,
006 08 06
three Civers, on washing tubb, three boskats and other Lumber 001 09 06
In the mans Camber, on Beadsted, on saddell and other Lumber
In ye hall Chamber, tow beadsteds, on feather bead, on flockbead,
tow boulsters, fower feather pillowes, three pare of blankets,
three Rodggs, three sheets, three sheets [sic], three boulster
cases, three pillow cases, on Chest, three Coffers, tow boxes,
000 05 00
on looking glas, tow plates, on Seet of Cortains & other Lumber 006 06 08
His waring apparell 002 00 00
on hay Ricke 004 10 00
tow hoggs 003 05 00
on faggat pille & other hard wood 003 00 00
tow horses 005 00 00
five fishing netts 001 00 00
in the mill on table bord, a half boshel & other Lumber 000 03 00
on Silver Cup upon pawne of 20s. 001 00 00
Mony due upon Sperialty 133 08 00
Mony in his porse 031 05 10½
Mony upon Simple Contract 011 10 00
Mony due upon his bookes 075 10 05
Totall 294 01 11½
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Tobias RANDOLL, the elder, of Hungerford, Berks, miller, 22 May 1679
Appraised by: Thomas Sare, Robert Osmond
£ s d
His wearinge Apparrell and money in his purse 11 00 00
In the Chamber over the Hall
One Bedd of feathers and flocke, two feather boulsters, two
feather pillowes, one paire of blankets, one red Rugge, one
bedsteede with curtaines and caylinge, matt and corde 03 00 00
In the same Chamber, one other bedsteede, one other bedd
of feathers and flocke, one Coverlet, one paire of Blankets,
one boulster of feathers and flocke, one pillowe, bedmatt and
corde 02 00 00
Five paire of Sheetes, seaven napkins, fower pillowe Cases,
and on flaxon tablecloth 02 11 00
One Chest, two Coffers, two Boxes, two Chayers, one paire of iron
doggs with brasse head(?), one Kiver, one barrell and five and
twenty Cheeses 01 16 00
In the Chamber over the Gatehouse
One bedsteede and bedcorde 00 15 00
In the Buttery
Five pewter platters, one pewter Candlestick, one pewter
flaggon, three pewter porringers, two pewter boules, three
Barrells, three buckets, one powderinge tubb, three brasse
kettles, one Posnet, one brasse pott, with the pothookes 01 13 00
One Saltinge Trough, one Meale trough, one Cupborde, two
Kivers and two boules 00 08 00
One Lanthorne, one candlestick and other lumber there 00 02 00
In the Hall
One Tableborde and frame and three ioyned stooles 00 07 00
Two flitches and a halfe of bacon 01 00 00
One iron Jack, two Spitts and one drippinge pann 00 10 00
One paire of Andirons, one paire of hangells, two paire of Tongs
& one fender 00 07 00
One brasse furnace 01 10 00
All his wood 05 00 00
One Milstone 02 10 00
Two milch Cowes 05 10 00
One bushell of wheate 00 05 06
Three acres and a halfe of corne growinge on the ground 07 00 00
Two Stoore pigs 00 16 00
One halfe bushell in the Millhouse with other lumber there 00 02 06
His estate in one Lease for certaine yeares to come, of
Hungerford Mills 14 00 00
Due and owinge to the deceased by severall persons, upon sperialty,
and without sperialty which are debts sperate, the sume of 92 18 11
Due and owinge to the deceased by severall persons, upon sperialty,
and without sperialty which are debts desperate, the sume of 16 12 07
Suma totalis huius Inventory 171 14 06
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Daniel READE, of Hungerford, Berks, sadler, 2 Jan 1679
[Valuations were in Roman numerals, several difficult to decipher]
Appraised by: Isaac Jenkins, John Hedges, John Mabberly
£ s d
His Wearing apparrell & money in his purse
Thirty five pounds & an halfe of brasse att ye rate of Eight pence
2 0 0
per pound 1 3 8
45 pounds of pott brasse 15 4
Tenne pounds & an halfe of brasse att Six pence halfe penny per pound 5 8
In Iron 1 8
One Chest, three Coffers, three Truncks, and two Boxes 16 0
Fifty pounds of old pewter att 6d per pound 1 5 0
One Leaden Furnace 7 6
One Still 3 6
One Jack to Roast meate 2 0
One pumpe belonging to the Well 1 0 0
One Stone Cistern 10 0
One Gunn 8 0
In Bookes 8 0
One Gold ring & one Silver Spoon 9 0
One Iron Backe for a Chimney
Three bedsteeds, two feather bedds, two flock bedds & two paire
6 0
of Sheetes
Foure Barrells, two Kivers, two Spitts, one Iron dripping pann,
5 0 0(?)
foure chayres & other Lumber
One paire of Andirons & doggs, one Bushell, three Tables, one
Brewing Tubb, one warming pann, one Skimmer, one paire
1 4 6
of pothookes & one paire of potrackes 1 2 0
In Lynning 5 6
Five hundred of Faggotts 2 0 0
The Lease of his Tenement in Hungerford 50 0 0
In the Shopp
Twenty-nine dozen of Girst Webb 2 5 0
One fine Sadle chaire for stuffing 50s: two plaine Sadles 15s:
one Side Sadle 16s: One pillion Cloath 2s 6d: Houlsters 5s:
Furniture for Side Sadle 2s: 22 trees for Sadles,
4 plated trees & Canvas 16s 6d: 3 Breast plates 3s:
one whipp 2s 3d: two blacke headstalls & Raines 2s:
Nineteen bridles 14s: Eight headstalls 3s 4d:
three Cruppers 1s 3d: two halters 1s 8d:
twenty seaven Strapps 2s: One horse combe 1s:
56 plates 4s 8d: Whippcord, dogg chayne & dogg rollers 1s 7d:
Stirrupps 2s 9d: Bitts 4s: one paire of Spurrs 4s:
Worsted 6d(?): Silke 2s 4d 7 18 11
One Sadle 4s: 2 paire of Stirrup Leathers 1s 6d: Foure Snoffalls 1s:
one paire of Stirrups 10d: One Mane Combe 4d:
three Sadle swathes(?) 2s: One Hoggskinne 5s 6d:
five Calveskinnes 6s 3d: Frenge Leather & Remnants of Lynning 7s:
halfe a Thousand of Brasse nayles 3s:
Old pillions & Side Sadles & other Small things 25s:
22 Heele Spurrs 3s 9d: Shoe buckles & Remnants of Silke 2s 6d:
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Tooles for the Trade 23s:
Presses & boxes & Boards in the Shopp 35s 6 0 11
Debts upon the Shopp booke & otherwise 12 0 0
Suma Total 97 18 1
Page 111

Jonathan READ, of Hungerford, Berks, sadler, 6 Oct 1670
Appraised by: John Fortye, Samuel Waters
£ s d
In his lodginge Chamber his wearinge Aparrell and money in his purse 3 0 0
One high bedsteed and one low bedsteede & curtains & valens,
one feather bed, one flock bed, two payre of blancketts, one
Rugge, one coverleade, two payre of sheets, one feather
boulster, one flock boulster, three feather pillows, three payre
of pillowbeers, one side cubboard, one little side Table, one
little coffer, one low Chaire 5 0 0
In the litle Chamber att the Stayrehead, one bedsteed, one flock
bed, one feather Boulster, one payre of blancketts, one Rugge
and two coffers & one boxe 2 0 0
In the Chamber over the hall one bedsteed & curtains and valens,
one featherbed, one feather Boulster, one feather pillow,
one paire of blancketts, one rugge, two Chests, one coffer &
one trunck, one baskett chaire 4 0 0
In Another Chamber one bedsteed 0 5 0
In the Hall one Tableboard, a carpett, halfe a dozen of Cushins,
4 Chaires, 4 iognt Stooles, one little glasse cubboard, two
paire of Angers & a peuter(?) Stoole & bookes Wainscott &
benches & water glasses 2 0 0
In the kichen 4 brasse kittells, 3 brasse potts, 2 brasse pans, one
brasse warminge pan, one small spice morter & pestell, one
scimmer, one brasen bastinge ladle, one little furnace(?),
2 small scilletts, ten peuter dishes, two small peeces of peuter,
one peuter cupp, two peuter candlesticks, one brasse
candlestick, 2 paire of Angers, one fier-pann, one paire of
tonges, one paire of pott hookes, one grideir and a chafinge
dish, 2 spitts, one Jacke, 4 paire of pott hangells, two peuter
chamber potts, one iron dripping pann, one iron plate 2 10 0
One Table board, one forme, one Chaire, one little side tabell 0 5 0
In the butterie, 3 kivers and 2 tubbs, 4 barrells 0 14 0
A lidden plumpe 17 , mault in the howse the bushell & Screene &
a --?—fatt and a peck & a gand(?) 56 00 0
The woodpile & lumber 11 00 0
Debts owinge 53 0 0
The lease of the howse with the apurtenances thereunto belonginge 30 0 0
The brewing vessells and other goods in the brewhouse 140 0 0
Suma total 313 4 0
17 =lead pump?
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Jonathan READE, of Hungerford, Berkshire, beer brewer, 1681.
Appraised by Nicholas Butler & William Platt
£ s d
Wearinge Apparrell 01 00 00
In the Hall of his dwellinge house, one Tableborde and frame, one
Cupborde, one Settle and three old chaires 00 15 00
In the same Roome, one Iron Jack, one Gridiron, one old paire of
Andirons and doggs 00 04 00
In the Pantry, one old Borde, one Stand and three Kivers 00 01 06
Three paire of Slings(?) 00 01 00
One paire of Cart Wheeles and some old harnesse 01 00 00
His Lynnen 00 04 00
In the Kitchen chamber, one Table borde, one Chest and one Trunck 00 08 00
Three old Chayers 00 02 00
In the chamber at Stayerhead, one side Chest, one Trunck and one
little box 00 04 00
In the Uttermost(?) chamber, one side Table, one Coffer, two old
formes and one old Chayer 00 02 00
One Ladder, one Saltinge Trough and some old henn(?) Tubbs, with
other Lumber 00 18 00
Some old Barrells 00 12 06
One flock bedd and bolster and one bedsteede 00 04 00
The sume of this Inventory is 05 16 00
Two Wates 02 00 00
There was due and owinge to the deced. by severall psons. at the
tyme of his death without sperialty, which are desperate
debts. the sume of 25 10 00
in all 33 06 00
Page 113

Nicholas ROBINSON, als HUNT, of Sanden Fee, Hungerford, Berks, victualler,
10 September 1674
Appraised by: Edmund Stephens, Thomas Sare
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell and money in his purse 01 12 00
Five old canvas sheetes, three pillowbeares, two canvas
tablecloathes, twelve old napkins, one shirte, one towel
and fower old fustian capps 00 18 06
All his vessells of brasse 04 02 08
All his pewter 01 14 00
Two small iron fryinge panns 00 01 09
One iron pott, one paire of andirons, two paire of tongs, one fire
shovell and one chafinge dish 00 08 00
Three dozen and a halfe of trenchers, six woodden dishes, one
woodden platter, one ladle, one bucket, one paire of bellowes,
and a tinbowle 00 03 00
One featherbed, two feather bolsters and fower feather pillowes 02 13 04
Two flock beds, three flock bolsters and one chaffebedd 01 00 00
Two coverlets, one rugge and fower paire of blankets 01 14 00
One livery bedsteede, one high bedsteede with a testar, one sett
of greene curtaines, with iron rodds, one trundle bedsteede,
one chest, three coffers, two boxes, two matts and two cords 01 10 00
Five chayers, one joyned stoole, two table-bords, one forme, with
some shelves and other lumber 00 15 00
Three paire of iron hangells, two paire of pott hookes, one gridiron,
one fender and three spitts 00 05 00
One shovell, and a basket 00 01 00
One horserack and manger, some firewood, some hay and some
shelves, with other lumber 00 14 00
One cupborde of wainscot, one terse 18 , one old tubb, one trough, of
bordes made of an old coffer, without a cover to it, three kivers,
two powderinge tubs, three old cowles, one old kive, one
flasket, one gallon, one old coffer, one wainscot presse
and one high bedsteede with a tester of wainscot 01 18 02
One barrell and one cowle in the custody of William Sharpus of Inckpen00 04 00
Some old, barrells in the custody of Alexander Chokke(?) Esq 00 03 00
Three gold rings and two silver scales 01 10 00
Suma totalis huius Inventory 20 14 05
Debts sperate due to the deceased without sperialty
Due and owinge to the deceased by severall persons without
sperialty which are debts sperate, the sume of 05 19 00
Debts desperate without sperialty
Due and owinge to the deceased without sperialty by one John
Greenaway which is a desperate debt the sume of 05 00 00
Suma debitoru 10 19 00
18 =firkin containing 9 gallons
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20 14 5
10 19 00
Suma total 41 13 5

Edward SANDES, of Hungerford, Berks, carpenter, 28 March 1662
Appraised by: John Forty, Edward Playsteed
£ s d
His wearinge apparrell and money in his purse 01 00 00
One bedsteede, one rugge, one boulster, one paire of sheetes
and one blankett 01 02 00
Two coffers, one box, and one little tableboarde 00 07 00
In the Hall of his dwellinge house one tableboarde, one Cupboarde,
two chayers, one forme and two stooles 01 03 04
His working tooles, one broade Axe, two sawes with his other
workinge implements 00 06 08(?)
One brasse pott and three kettles 00 13 00
One paire of potthangers, one paire of pott hookes and one Crooke 00 01 06
One workinge boarde, one Cowle, one kiver, three woodden platters,
with other lumber 00 08 00
A well buckett and roape and one grindstone 00 02 ?
In debts owinge to the deceased the sume of 07 00 00
The totall sume of this Inventory is 12 03 06
Page 116

Alice SARE, of Hungerford, widow, 1661.
Inventory mostly illegible.
Page 117

Edith SARE, of Hungerford, Berks, widow, 22 June 1698
Appraised by: John Butler, Daniel Hazell
£ s d
Wearing Apparell and money in Purse 23 00 00
One Old Bed, Bedsteede and Bedding in the Chamber over the Hall 02 10 00
A parcell of Linnen, 1 Chest, 1 hanging Press, 5 Boxes and other Lumber 02 15 00
One Old Bed, Bedsteede and Bedding and Lumber in the little Chamber 01 15 00
Two old Bedds, Bedsteeds and Bedding in the Garretts 02 10 00
One Coffer and other Lumber in the Garretts 00 05 00
Brass and Pewter 04 03 00
Two old Table Boards and Frames, 1 Jack, 2 Spitts and 6 joynt Stooles 01 01 00
One old Dripping pan, 1 paire of Fire Shovell and Tongs, 1 Gridiron,
2 paire of Cottrills and other Lumber in the Kitchen 00 12 00
Two Tubbs, 2 Kivers, Barrells and other Brewing Vessell 01 17 00
One Boulting Mill and Lumber in the old Chamber over the Bake House 02 03 00
A parcell of Wood and Wheate in the House 18 00 00
Two acres of Wheate upon the Ground 04 00 00
A Leasehold Tenement for three Lives 35 00 00
One Fate and a Pump, One Bed, Bedsteede and Bedding and Lumber 10 10 00
Money due on Bond 100 00 00
Sperat Debts on Booke 73 00 00
Desperate Debts 15 00 00
Malt and Bottles, an old Furnace and a Pump 04 00 00
Sume 302 01 00
In her will she gives:
“To each of my said Children” (Thomas, Richard, Joseph and Edith) “a Silver Spoon”
“To my said daughter Edith al my Wearing Apparrel both Woolen, Linnen & al my Rings”
“A l Houselhold Stuff to be equaly divided between them”
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Thomas SARE, of Hungerford, [not dated] 1693
Appraised by: Thomas Robinson, Roger Pike
£ s d
His waring aparrell and mony in his pocket 00 16 00
In the kichin, 1 long tabel, 2 stoles, 4 chaiers, 2 spits, 2 hangels,
2 pr of andiorns with other lumber at 00 19 00
In the Buttere 3 barrels and lumber 8 00
In the Shop one Chest and cobert 0 04 00
In the Back kichin 1 Tabel, 3 Tubs, 3 Covers, 18 glas bottels,
2 bowels, 2 warminpans, 3 pots, 1 kettel, 4 puter platters,
6 plates and other small puter 01 16 00
In the Chamber over the back kichin one ould bedsted 00 04 00
In the Backside 1 welboket, a parsel of fagotts and other wood 01 02 00
In the Chamber over the Shop 1 hibedstid, 1 fether bed, 1 fethe
bowelster, & pillo, 1 flock and 1 Chaf bed, 2 Chaf bolsters,
2 blankets, 1 Rugg, 2 Coverleds, 2 pr of Shetes, 1 tabel,
1 Cofer and other od Lumber 05 15 00
In the Chamber over the Cichin, 1 Bedstid and other Lumber 00 10 00
The debts good and bat 01 02 03
In the work howes 1 furnis, 1 walk kittels and planks and Blocks,
a parsel of wool and hats a making and other Lumber
and 2 basons 05 04 06
In the Shop 24 hats and trimming & bands 02 00 00
In the feld and garden, 1 acer of sorry(?) barly and the colworts(?)
& beans in the garden 00 10 00
Total is 20 10 9
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Seth SCOTT, of Hungerford, Berks, fellmonger, 4 Feb 1687
Appraised by: Robert Osmond, William Clifford
£ s d
Weareing Apparell and money in his purse 00 13 04
One old Bed, Bedding and Bedsteed 01 05 00
Three parcells of Wooll 12 00 00
3 brass Kettles, 1 brass pott, 2 pewter dishes and 1 pott hook 01 01 06
1 Old Table Board, 4 joynt Stooles in the Hall 00 08 00
1 paire of Old Andirons & other Lumber in the Hall 00 02 06
2 Barrells, 1 Stand & other Lumber in the Buttery 00 07 00
1 parcell of Glue Stuff 00 01 00
One hundred & 29 Pelts 02 02 06
1 Bacon Rack & 1 Chaire 00 01 06
1 Old Beame & 1 Old Beame Knife 00 01 00
1 Old Guelding, Bridle, Saddle, Rack & Manger 01 01 00
The Sum of 19 04 04
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Philip SEYMER, of Newtown, Hungerford, Berks, yeoman, 4 Nov 1689
Appraised by: Thomas Solomon, Bartholomew Courtis
£ s d
In the Chamber over the Hall
His Waring Cloths & mony in his purs
One Bead & Beadsted, one boulster, two Pillows, one pear of
blankets, one Roug, one Chest, one Coffer, one box, one
02 00 00
trunk, one pear of Sheats 03 08 00
In the Inner Chamber one beadsted
In the Chamber below one bead & beadsted, two boulsters, three
sheets, two blankets, one Coverled, and two Pillowbears, one
00 03 00
Table, one Form 02 10 00
On the buttery, two barels, one Stand 00 04 00
In the Hall one table, one form, one Cobord
One pear of angers, one pear of hanels, one pear of tonges, one
01 00 00
Spit, one Griger 00 06 00
For all kind of powter 01 04 00
One Furnece and all kind of brass 02 10 00
Five Sacks, one fan & all Rodders 00 06 08
One Kever, one Cowl, one table 00 07 06
One bibel & other books 00 05 00
Wellbocket and Rope 00 06 00
One Schefpres, one trow and all Lomber 01 01 06
One Chattelleas 50 00 00
The whole coms to 65 11 08
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John SEYMOUR, of Newtown Hungerford, husbandman, 1694.
Appraised by John Hobbs, John Baker & Bartholomew Curtis
£ s d
His wearing cloaths and mony in his pocket 01 05 00
His cattel 03 04 00
His Arable lands and coppis 30 00 00
In the whole 34 09 00
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Edmund STEPHENS, of Hungerford, Berks, gentleman, 10 March 1682
Appraised by: Thomas Robinson, Nicholas Burch
£ s d
His wearing Apparrell with his sword and belt and money in his purse 08 00 00
In the Hall of his dwellinge house one Table board, one forme, two
joyned stooles, five chaires, one iron Jack, two drippinge panns,
two paire of Andirons, one fender, three spitts, three paire of
Cotterells, one fire pan, one paire of Tongs, one fire forke,
two paire of pott hookes, and one paire of bellowes 01 18 06
All his brasse, and pewter 06 14 00
In the Parlour, one long Table board and carpett, one side cupboard
and cloth, seaven chaires, two paire of Andirons, with some
other small things 01 08 00
In the buttery one Table board, one forme, one fryinge pann, one
powderinge Tubb, and some other small things 00 08 00
In the brewhouse one furnace, one keeve(?), three kivers, two
Tubbs, three bucketts, two treyes, one bushell with some other
lumber 03 01 06
In the Celler one Table board, one saltinge trough, two flitches of
bacon, six barrells, two beere stands with some lumber there 02 11 00
In the Chamber over ye Hall one Tester bedsteede, with a cord and
matt, one sett of curtaynes and Vallins, one Trundle Bedsteede
with a cord and matt, one little Table board, one presse, one
trunke, one coffer, three boxes, one joyned Stoole, one close
Stoole, three feather beds, two feather bolsters, one downe
pillowe, two ruggs, one pair of blanketts, two coverletts, one paire
of Andirons, one fire pann and tongs 09 13 06
Nine paire of Sheetes, three dozen of Napkins, six Table cloathes
and some other small lynnen 04 17 06
In the Chamber over the Parlour one Tester bedsteede, with cord
and matt, one sett of curtaynes and Vallins, one feather bedd,
two feather bolsters, one pillowe, one rugg, one blankett, one
presse, one chest, two side cupboards and one paire of Andirons 06 10 00
In the Garretts one bedsteede, with cord and matt, one sett of
curtaines and vallins, one feather bedd, one bolster, three
pillowes, two ruggs, one chaire, one stoole, one chest, one deske,
with some other lumber 06 01 00
In the Studdy one Table board, one stoole, a parcel of sheel-?and
bookes 02 00 00
Fower rother beasts 19 , and one pigg 09 03 06
In the barne a parcell of corne in the strawe, and one fann, with all
the Tacklinge 06 10 00
In ye backside three ladders, a parcell of faggotts, and some other
wood, and lumber 04 00 00
Eight acres of corne in the field 12 00 00
Due to the deceased from severall persons the sume of 12 00 00
One Table board and a gunn 01 00 00
Suma Totalis 95 16 06
19 =horned cattle, usually oxen
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John STEPHENS, of Hungerford, Berks, gent., 26 March 1683
Appraised by: Tobias Pollerne, Jehosophat Stephens, John Hollyer
£ s d
His wearinge Apparrell and money in his purse 15 00 00
In the house severall implements for maltinge 02 00 00
One Table board and one Iron back 01 00 00
Two chaires, two forms and twelve sacks 01 00 00
Malt and barly, in the house 40 00 00
The wood in the backside 31 04 00
Corne in the barne --?--- wheate and barly 46 00 00
Corne sowne in the feild 03 00 00
A parcell of pewter 01 00 00
Due and owinge to the deceased from severall persons upon severall
bonds 162 00 00
Due and owinge to the deceased upon booke 140 00 00
One Saddle and two barrells 01 00 00
Due to the deceased more in small debts the sume of 01 10 00
Suma Totalis 444 14 00
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John TOE, the elder, of Hungerford, Berks, yeoman, 6 Dec 1675
Appraised by: Adwin Williams, Ralph Mackrill
£ s d
His wearinge Apparrell and money in his purse 05 00 00
In the chamber over the Buttery, one flock bedd, two bedsteeds,
one chest with other lumber there 02 10 00
In the Buttery, one Table borde, three barrells, one kive, with other
lumber there 01 10 00
In the kitchen, one Table borde and frame, one cupborde,
thirteene peeces of pewter, six flaggons, two salt cellers, two
wine potts, one little flaggon, two brasse kettles, one iron
pott, one skillett, one warminge pann and one fryinge pann 02 02 06
One drippinge pann and two spitts 00 04 00
In the Hall, one tableborde and frame, three ioyned stooles, one
Settle, one paire of Andirons, one paire of tongs and one fire
pann 01 00 00
In the chamber over the kitchen, one feather bedd, one feather
bolster, one Rugg, one Coverlett, one set of Curtaines and
vaylings, one bedsteede, one Table borde and frame, one side
cupborde, three Cushins, one chaire, fower ioyned stooles and
one round table 05 00 00
Five paire of sheetes, one dozen of napkins, three table
clothes and one holland sheete 02 00 00
In the Chamber over the Hall, one feather bedd, one feather
bolster, one coverlet, one set of Curtaines and vaylings, one
bedsteede, two tableborde and frames, one Trundle bedsteede,
one chaire, and two formes 04 00 00
Three flock bedds, two bolsters, two pillowes, one little table
borde, three ioyned stooles, one bedsteede with other lumber 02 00 00
In the Celler, three stands and one saltinge trough 00 10 00
Fower quarters of wheate 06 00 00
Seaven quarters of Barley and twelve bushells of malt 08 00 00
Five quarters of pease 04 10 00
Three quarters of Oates 01 10 00
All his Hey 03 10 00
All his wood 05 00 00
A parcell of Sawed tymber, one ladder, one cartelade 20 , two harrowes,
with some other lumber 02 00 00
Three Rotherbeasts 08 00 00
One hogge and two store piggs 03 00 00
Three acres of wheate growinge on the ground 06 00 00
The totall sume of this Inventory is: 73 06 06
20 =cart ladder, used to convert a cart for carrying hay
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Debts sperate due upon sperialty
Due and owinge to the deceased upon sperialty, from severall
persons, which are debts sperate, the sume of 73 10 00
Due and owinge to the deceased, without sperialty, which is a
debt sperate, the sume of 00 11 00
The totall sume of the debts is 74 01 00
Suma tot. huius Inventory 147 07 6
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John TOE, of Hungerford, 20 June 1686
Appraised by: Thomas Woodroofe, Ralph Mackerell
£ s d
His wearing apparell and mony in his purse 27 14 06
Two goold Ringes and three Silver Spoons 03 00 00
Mony due upon bond 28 00 00
On moaty or half part of a parsell of houshould goods taken forth
from a parsell of goods that did belong to John Toe lasly
deseased & Joseph Toe 09 14 04½
Mony due upon book 02 10 03
In ye garrat Chamber on beadsteed Curtains and valliens on feather
bead and boulster on Rogg on pare of blankets on Table bord
a Carpett on Tronke a Coffer on pare of Aindiorns fier shovell
and tonges 05 00 00
In the Shopp Chamber & ye garrat over on bead steed, on Tablebord
two Leather Chayers six ould bords and on ould beadsteed 01 04 00
In the kiching Chamber on flock bead three blankets on Cover Lead
on Baskett Chayer on Lather Coshen 01 01 00
In ye gatt house Chamber on table bord two tresells 00 02 00
In the Littel roome next ye Shoop three bords, on Stand on dosen
of trenshers & other things 00 04 00
In the hall on Skrine on Jack on rack on gonn 21 three Chayers on
Stool on Case of knifes, on Copper pott & a paire of bootes(?) 01 01 00
In the kiching
On meashing vat on tubb on Long keiver on powdering tubb
three bockats on tun bool 01 06 00
On brass pott on bras posnet on kettell on skellet on bras
morter two bras Candlesticks on Skemer and on basting Laddle 01 10 00
Fower flaggons two tankets, two Chamber pots, on pewter dish,
three platts, on basson, two sawsers, on porringer, on tunn 22 ,
two wine pots, on Closstoll pann 01 03 06
on Iron gridiorn, on Clever, on beeff pricker, on Trivett, on
pessel, on pare of tonges, on Cutting kniff, on Chafing dish,
two pare of hangels, on driping pann, two Lanthorns & other
lumber 00 10 06
On Cart, on vane, on Welly & other Lumber in ye upper barne 03 00 00
On pare of harroes and on plow 01 02 06
On Rowler & ye parrell(?) 00 16 00
On parsell of hard wood & ould faggots 02 00 00
Two boshells of barly 00 04 00
Three quarters and three bishels of wheet 03 07 06
Seven Barrells of beare in the seller 04 13 04
The wooden vessill and two Stands in the seller 02 11 06
Two Boshells of Oates 00 03 06
Two Store pigges 01 08 00
On feather pillow, on Carpett, seaven Sheets, two dosen of knapkins,
fower Table Clothes and other small Linen 03 15 00
Two Rodder Beass 04 10 00
21 =gun
22 =tub or barrel
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On pomp and the materials thereunto belonging 04 15 00
Two Fliches & a pess of bacon 01 16 00½
On parsell of hopps 00 06 00
Seven quarters and six boshells of malt 07 15 00
On boshell and on gallon 00 03 00
Seventenn Acres and a halfe of Corne upon ye ground 31 10 00
4 pronges, on Ladder & other Lumber 01 05 03½
Sume 159 02 09½
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Thomas TOE, of Hungerford, Berks, 11 July 1695
Appraised by: Joseph Toe, John Toe
£ s d
His weareing apparrell & ready money 3 0 0
In the Chamber over the Shop one bed & bedstead, a sett of
curtains, one rug & three blanketts & two pillowes 3 0 0
One table board & frame, two truncks, a pair of andiors, fire
pane & tongs, three chairs & a looking glase 1 10 0
Two table cloaths, nine napkins & two paire of sheets 1 10 0
In the Hall Chamber One bed & bedstead, one coverlid, one blankett,
one sheet & one bolster 1 0 0
One chest & two coffers 0 10 0
In the Hall eight puter dishes, six puter plates, one puter tankard,
two small dishes & a puter cup 1 10 0
One warmeing pann, three spitts, one jack & a driping pann 0 16 0
One table board & frame, one cupboard, six chairs a trencher
rack & frying pann, eighteen trenchers 0 15 0
A paire of andiors, fire pann & tonges, one pott, one kittle, one
skillet 0 16 0
In the buttery, six spoones, three candlesticks, 4 barrells, a stand &
forme, two boules & a long kiver 0 12 6
Lumbar in Shop 1 0 0
Wood in the backside 2 13 6
In the backside a pigg 0 12 0
In the brewhouse one furnace, two long kivers, two tables and a
mash vate 1 15 0
Money owing upon booke 12 0 0
Money upon bond 16 10 0
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49 10 0

and Jane TULL, his wife,
John TULL, /\ of Hungerford, Berks, waggoner, 10 March 1669
Appraised by: Tho Cheyny, Thomas Deane, Richard Morse
£ s d
His wearing apparrell & money in his purse 06 00 00
His wifes cloathes & horkings 08 00 00
Their bedding 08 00 00
3 Trunkes & a box 00 18 00
Their linnen in the house 10 00 00
Bookes 00 06 00
Chaires & stooles 00 13 04
Brasse & pewter 02 10 00
Two tables & other lumber 01 10 00
One nagg sold at 06 00 00
Hey valued at 07 10 00
The waggon 07 00 00
4 horse more, & their harnesse 29 10 00
2 horses more sold at 04 10 00
Faggotts & soyle in ye backside 01 00 00
Debts due to him good & bad 08 00 00
Sume is 102 07 04
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John WATTS, of Hungerford, Wilts, 1684.
Appraised by William Westall & Anthony Osbourn
£ s d
In ye Hall
One tabell and frame in the Hall 00 4 0
2 fflag ..?.. Chares 00 0 8
A Littell Peece of Putter one Tankerd, 2 porringers one warminge pane 00 6 0
One Littell forme 2 Shellfs
In the Parller
One Bedsted, ffether bed and Boulster Curttens(?) and vallants, one
Red Rong(?) & one paire of Blankets, 3 Coffers, one paire
00 1 0
of Sheets, one paire of Pillowbeares, 3 ffether Pillows
In the outer ..?..
2 4 0
3 Barrills 2 ..?.. one Civer 00 7 0
2 Littell kettels one Skillett one Littell brass Pott
One Bedsted with a Chafe bed and fether boulster one
0 9 0
white Rouge 0 10 0
2 fflitches of Bacon 00 16 0
One Littell Cowe 1 15 0
His weareinge apparill & money in his purse 1 0 0
Money abrod 10 00 00
John Watts debts
To Mr Stephens 1 0 0
To Wilton Church 3 5 0
To Gabrill Viner 0 6 0
To the ..?.. of Ham 0 15 0
To Goody Coxhead 0 4 0
To ffarmer Hanson 0 5 0
To Willm. Westall 0 15 0
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£6 10 0
17 12 8

Richard WIDLEY, of Eddington, Hungerford, Berkshire, husbandman, 1678.
Appraised by Robert Patey, William Payne & William Westall
£ s d
His weareing apparill and money in his purse 03 0 0
Towe Bedstedes 00 15 0
Two fflocke Beds and two Boulsters 01 10 0
Three Blankets one Rouge 00 16 0
Three paire of sheets two paire of Pillow Casses 00 8 0
One Chist two Coffers one Box 00 5 0
One Tabell and frame and three Joynt Stoules two old Chares 00 5 0
Two Kettels two Skellets one Brass Pott. fower Putter Platters
one Putter Porenger 00 18 0
Three Barrill two Toube one ..?.. two Buckets 00 10 0
One flich of Bacon 00 5 0
One Pare of Andirons, one spit one hangel one Steele one paire of
tonngs & fire Shovell 0 4 0
One ..?.. one Morter with all other Lomber 0 1 0
The ..?.. of two Cartes 2 10 0
One plow with all things theireunto belonginge & two harrows 0 10 6
One willow and two pare of Cart harnes & two bit holsters 0 5 0
The dunge in the Backside 0 6 8
Two old horses 02 13 0
Two old Cowes & one Bullocke 04 1 0
Thirty sheep & sixteen Lambs 07 0 0
18 acres of Wheat Barly Pease and Oattes 18 0 0
One Pigge 00 4 0
For the Lease of Millshope of one –womans Life 2 10 0
Due and oweing to the deced. by sevrall pepoll with debts 8 0 0
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54 17 2

Edith WINKWORTH, of Hungerford, Berks, widow, 22 July 1663
Appraised by: John Forty, John Toe
£ s d
In her lodgeing chamber her weareinge Apparell & mony in purse 3 10 0
On trunke, on chest, on truckle bedstead with mat and cord 0 16 0
Her brazon(?) kittle, on scillet, her pewter twoo platters, on spoon 0 5 0
Bacon 0 13 4
Despreat debts oweinge 9 0 0
Sum is 14 4 10
In her will she leaves her grandchild, Mary Mabberley, wife of John Mabberley of Hungerford:
“Al my woolen wearinge apparrel whatsoever”
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Ellen WOOLDRIDGE, of Edington, Hungerford, 24 January 1664
Appraised by: Robert Paty, Isaac Hamlin
£ s d
Hier waring aparell and mony in hier purse 1 10 0
Hire beding and bedsted in the Chamber whear she lay 1 0 0
1 Chest, 1 Cofer, 1 ould bedsted 0 5 0
2 ould Ketels, 1 skelet, 1 ould pint pot, 1 ould plater 0 7 0
For Iargare 0 2 0
1 tabelbord, 1 cobord, 2 chares(?), 1 forme 0 10 0
2 barrells, 2 ould kivers with other lomber withindoors 0 4 0
1 Pracktise of piety 23
0 0 6
Doars, windows with other moraball goods
For Rakem mangil, palls with all other moveabell goods about the
0 5 0
backside 0 5 0
For the exekitir for 3 quarters to pay 24
5 0 0
For the leas of the tithe of the liveng for 1 life 4 0 0
For wood standyn upon the livery 1 10 0
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14 18 6
In her will she leaves Francis Hinton(?) the wife of Richard Hinton:
“my red serge petticoate & my best hatt”
to Ellis Millett(?)
“my bedstede bed covering blanket & al that belongs to it & my blacke gowne & one halfe
of my wearing linnen & my hai-?- coloured serge petticoate & one chest”
to Thomas Butler
“my great kettle” & to Nathaniel Butler
“my two barrels” & to Persis Butler
“my best hood(?)”
to my cousin Mrs Garret
“my hai-?- coloured Jackett”
to the widow Osmond
“my green wastcoate”
to Mary Bolden
“ my red cloth petticoate & one litle kettle”
to the widdow Holloway
“my green say apron”
to Isaack Hamlin
“the bedstede he lyes upon” and to his wife
“one new change(?)” & to his two children
“two kivers”
23 =prayer book
24 The executor’s year: the profits of the estate granted to the executor for one year as a recompense for his work