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Sir Roger Townsend's House

The Inventorye of all and singular goods and chattels of the said Sir Roger Townshend Knight taken and praised the xiith day of July 1590, remayning in his home at [Stoke] Newington by the aforesayd Richard Cox, William Borrowdale, and Charles Hudson, as followeth


Plate there
Inprimis	whyte plate there in all of all sortes v l and xx^oz at iiii^s and viii^d the ounce	119^l
Item	Two sylver candlesticks weight xxxviii^oz at iiii^s and viii^d	8^l 17^s 4^d
	Sm	127^l 17^s 4^d

In the Buttery
Item	one old brasen sesterne	5^s
Item	Three black leathr jacks	18^d
	Sm	6^s 6^d

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In the stable
Item	One graye stoned horse	5^l
Item	Fower cart horses and one horse not able to go	5^l 2^s 6^d
Item	Certen saddles with their furniture for men and weemen beinge very old stuffe	3l 6s 8d
Item	One fetherbed, one bolster of flockes, one coveringe, one blanckett	13^s 4^d
	Sm	14^l 2^s 6^d

In the Barne
Item	One Baye and a half of olde haye	6^l 13^s 4^d
Item	Two shodd carts and their furniture	3^l 6^s8^d
Item	Uensills of husbandry with other lumber there	5^s
	Sm	10^l 5^s

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In the Woodyarde
Item	Certain tall wood and bavens and other loose wood about the yard	13^l6^s8^d
Item	Three sows, one boare and three small shoattes	25^s
	Sm	14^l 11^s 8^d

In the Fielde pastures
Item	two yoke of draught oxen	10^l
Item	fowerteen kyne and a bull	25^l
Item	three yearlings	40^s
Item	Sm	37^l 0^s0^d

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In the Parlor
Item	Neene payers of sheets att v^sthe payre	45^s
Item	Therty three payre of household sheets old and worne-out iii^s	4^l19^s
Item	Eight payre of pillowbeers	16^s
Item	Three longe table clothes of dyaper	30^s
Item	Seven cupboard clothes of dyaper	10^s
Item	Two lille shorte towells of dyaper	18^d
Item	Xxii dyaper napkins	6^s
Item	Two damask clothes, two towells, two cupboard clothes, two dozen and ten napkins	4^l10^s
Item	Two playne table clothes	10^s
Item	Two old standards and one old trunke	13^s4^d
	Sm	15^l 0^s10^d

Naperye for the Butterye
Item	Syx plaine longe boord clothes	20^s
Item	Three plaine clothes, cupboard clothes	12^d
Item	Fyve olde plaine towells	5^s
Item	Fower dozen plaine napkins	10^s
Item	Two longe dyaper table clothes and v cupborde clothes	24^s8^d
Item	Fyve shorter dyaper table clothes	33^s4^d
Item	Six cupboard clothes to them	9^s
Item	Three dyap towells	9^s
Item	Three shorter dyap towells	6^s
Item	Two other dyap towells	18^d
Item	Twelve dozen dyap napkins	3^l
Item	Fower square dyap table clothes	20^s
Item	Two shorter dyap table clothes	8^s
Item	One old trunke	7^s
	Sm	10^l11^s 6^d

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His owne wearing Lynnen
Item	One dozen shertes with bandes and cuffes	3^l
Item	Syx hand towells	3^s
Item	Two Holland night rappes	18^d
Item	Two lynnen clothe night cappes	2^s0^d
Item	Two blacke wrought night cappes	4^s
Item	Three quilted cappes	12^d
Item	Three kearcheifs and three rayles	12^d
Item	Handkercheifs	2^s
Item	Three waist coats	2^s
Item	Two payre of wrought boothose	4^s
	Sm	4^l0^s6^d

In Treavors chamber
Item	One fetherbed one bolster one blanckett one dornix coveringe and one pillowe	26^s8^d
Item	One table and one payre of tressalls	3^s 4^d
Item	One olde close stoole	2^s 6^d
	Sm	32^s6^d

In Mr Robertes chamber
Item	One bedd one bolster one payre of blancketts one olde canapy and certain olde prynted clothes	46^s8^d
	Sm	46^s8^d

In Sir Rogers chamber
Item	One fetherbedd and bolster, one payre of pillowes, one payre of blancketts and one olde rugg	4^l10^s
Item	Tapestrye hanginges olde	4^l10^s
Item	One payre of creeps in the chimney	18^d
Item	In his studye one cupboard clothe, and one wicker chayre	2^s 0^d
	Sm	9^l3^s 6^d

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In the Wardrobe
Item	One fetherbedd, two bolsters, two blancketts and one covering of dornix	30^s0^d
Item	One olde bolster and valens of red & yellow satten with olde certens of sarsenett	40^s0^d
Item	Two coveringes for stooles of needlework being of color greene and yellowe	3^s
Item	Certen peecs of olde dornix hangings and certen certens of olde saye	13^s4^d
Item	One olde coveringe of tapestrye	20^s0^d
Item	Fower close stooles with their pannes	16^s0^d
Item	One payre of Andyrons typt with lattyn	5^s 0^d
	Sm	8^l8^s 8^d

His Apparell there
Item	One blacke clothe cloake	30^s 0^d
Item	Three olde dubletts, tafeta canvas and sattyn	20^s 0^d
Item	One payre of hose, one jerkyn and one hatt	30^s 0^d
Item	One olde trunke, and one skryne	4^s 0^d
Item	Two olde bedsteddes, one bathing tubb and one ladder	20^s0^d
Item	One little oyster Tubbe	18^d
	Sm	5^l 5^s 6^d

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Stuffe in a presse belonging to the wardrobe
Item	Three longe cushins and two stooles of yellowe velvett	3^l 6^s 8^d
Item	One longe cushin of Needleworke	10^s
Item	One chaire, one longe cushin and syx coveringes for stooles of french needleworke	10^s
Item	Two olde carpetts and two olde cupborde clothes of greene clothe	10^s 0^d
Item	In the next chamber, one fetherbed, one bolster, one payre of blancketts and one coveringe of dornix	22^s
	Sm	8^l 8^s 8^d

In the little dyneinnge chamber
Item	Syx stooles and two little chayres covered wth leather	18^s 8^d
Item	One old greene chaire of cutt velvett	13 4^d
Item	One paire of Andirons, fyre shovell and tongs	6^s 0^d
Item	Syx olde cushins	6^s 0^d
Item	One olde boorde clothe & cupborde cloth of greene	5^s
Item	Fyve peecs of olde Tapestrye hanginges	8^l 0^s 0^d
Item	One Geneva Byble	3^s 4^d
	Sm	10^l 11^s 8^d

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In my Ladies chamber
Item	One feilde bedd covered with red clothe and one greene quilt uppon it wth one chaire, two lowe stooles one longe cushin and one window curtin	10^l 0^s 0^d
Item	Two peecs of tapestrye hangings	6^l 0^s 0^d
Item	One payre of creepers, fyre shovell and tonges, one skryne, old olde cushin, one olde little folding Table	5^s 0^d
Item	One warmingpanne in the gentleweemens chamber	2^s 0^d
	Sm	16^l 7^s 0^d

In the Gallery
Item	Fower peecs of Tapestry hangings containing clxxxx elles	20^l 10^s 0^d
Item	One olde cooche bedsteed	5^s 0^d
Item	One olde chaire	3^s 0^d
	Sm	20^l 18^s 0^d

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In an Inner chamber there
Item	One olde fetherbedd and bolster, one blanckett, one dornix coveringe and one pillowe	20^s 0^d
Item	One peec of olde hanginge	30^s 0^d
	Sm	50^s 0^d

In another chamber next to that
Item	One fetherbedd, one rugg coveringe, and one canopye of sarzenet hanginge	8^l 0^s 0^d
	Sm	5^l 0^s 0^d

In the Carpett chamber
Item	One carpett frame with a peec of worke uppon it and yarne belonging therewith	20^s 0^d
	Sm	20^s 0^d

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In the Greate dyneinge chamber
Item	Sixteene joyned stooles	10^s 8^d
Item	One longe turkye carpett olde and two cupboard clothes unto it	8^l 0^s 0^d
Item	One old greate chaire & one longe ... cushin, in it, two little backe chaires of leather there, two stooles, one foote stoole, three olde cushins and a feilde table	26^s 8^d
Item	Three olde cushins	3^s 0^d
Item	One hundred and twenty fower elles of Tapestry hangynges	20^l 0^s 0^d
	Sm	30^l 0^s 4^d

In the Boy chamber
Item	One old feilde bedd covered wth embrodered worke, one longe cushin, one chaire & two lowe stooles with certen armes thereuppon	6^l 13^s 4^d
Item	One quilt of Turkey sylke	6^l 0^s 0^d
Item	One downe Bedd, one bolster one payre of pillowes two flock mattresses, two blancketts and one olde Rugge	6^l 13^s 4^d
Item	Creepers, fireshovell & tonges	18^d
	Sm	19^l 8^s 2^d

In the Inner chamber there
Item	One fetherbedd, one bolster, one blanckett, one coveringe one old dornix hanginge to the same chamber	33^s 4^d
Item	One olde close stoole panne	4^s 0^d
Item	One broken table	3^s 4^d
	Sm	40^s 8^d

In the Brick chamber
Item	One feilde bedstead covered with olde black damask, with carrell curtens, one bedd and bolster of downe, two pillowes, One payre of blancketts and one rugge	10^l 0^s 0^d
Item	Tapeestrye hanginge to the same chamber	8^l 0^s 0^d
Item	One olde cupboarde clothe and window curten	20^d
Item	One paire of creeps & tonges	4^s 0^d
	Sm	18^l 4^s 8^d

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In the Inner chamber there
Item	One fetherbedd, one bolster, one coveringe	33^s 0^d

In the Clochouse
Item	One Bedsteed	2^s 6^d

In Godsalves chamber
Item	One fetherbedd, one bolster, one bolster, one coveringe of Dornix	33^s 4^d
Item	Certen wooll there	30^s 0^d
	Sm	4^l 5^s 10^d

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In Daniells chamber
Item	One fetherbedd, bolster and coveringe	13^s 4^d

In Herberts chamber
Item	One fetherbedd, one bolster and coveringe	15^s 0^d

In the Kitchen boyes chamber
Item	One coverlett and bolster	12^s 0^d

In Hedges chamber
Item	One fetherbedd, one bolster, one blanckett, one coveringe of Dornix	13^s 4^d

In the washehouse
Item	Certain tubbs and other lumber whatsoever	10^s 0^d

In the Bakehouse
Item	Two yron Trevills, three bottles with one kummer and other lumber remayninge	13^s 4^d

In the Milkhouse
Item	One cheese presse & charnes trugg and other lumbers	20^s 0^d

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In the Gardyners chambers
Item	One fetherbed and coveringe	13^s 4^d

In Mr Dickensons chamber
Item	One fetherbedd, one bolster, one pillowe, one blanckett, one rugg and one olde testr over it	50^s 0^d
Item	Three peecs of Tapystry hanginges	9^l 0^s 0^d
	Sm	11^l 10^s 0^d

In Gerrardes chamber
Item	One fetherbedd, one bolster, one blanckett, one Dornix coveringe and one olde bedsteed	20^s 0^d

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In Turners chamber
Item	One fetherbedd, one bolster, one blanckett and one Dornix coveringe	13^s 4^d

In Basbins
	One fetherbedd, one bolster, one Blanckett and coveringe	13^s 4^d

In Rabyes Studye
Item	One olde paire of Virginalls	6^s 8^d

In the Kitchen
Item	Weight of pewter in all and of manner of sortes iii^c vii^lbs at v^dthe pownde	6^l 7^s 11^d
Item	Two copper kettles with yron bales, weighing lxxxxviii lb at vi^dthe pownde	49^s 0^d
Item	Weight of brasse of all sortes cxxix^lbs at iiii^d the lb	32^s 4^d
Item	One wooden beame with one hundred and halfe of leaden weights	13^s 4^d
Item	One courser and peele, two kitchen knives and one mustard querne	4^s 0^d
Item	One stone Morter	8^d
Item	Six spittes	5^s 0^d
Item	One payre of yron racks, two pothangs, two payre of pothookes, three grydyrons, one fryinge pan and one yron pott	13^s 4^d
Item	Two drypping pannes	4^s 0^d
Item	One Turnspitt Jack of yron and one half C weight of yron unto it, wth certen other lumbers there whatsoever	20^s 0^d
	Sm	13^l 9^s 6^d

In the Store house
Item	One brazen morter and pestell, one pewter Ewer, one payre of skales with other nesessaryes there	3^s 4^d

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In the mayedes chamber
Item	Two fetherbeddes, two bolsters, one olde mattrys, three blancketts and two dornix coverletts	13^s 4^d

In the Stylhouse
Item	Two stilles	10^s 0^d
	Sm	26^s 8^d
	Sm Total	430^l 5^s 2^d

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Sir Roger Townsend's House

Plate there

In the Buttery

In the stable

In the Barne

In the Woodyarde

In the Fielde pastures

In the Parlor

Naperye for the Butterye

His owne wearing Lynnen

In Treavors chamber

In Mr Robertes chamber

In Sir Rogers chamber

In the Wardrobe

His Apparell there

Stuffe in a presse belonging to the wardrobe

In the little dyneinnge chamber

In my Ladies chamber

In the Gallery

In an Inner chamber there

In another chamber next to that

In the Carpett chamber

In the Greate dyneinge chamber

In the Boy chamber

In the Inner chamber there

In the Brick chamber

In the Inner chamber there

In the Clochouse

In Godsalves chamber

In Daniells chamber

In Herberts chamber

In the Kitchen boyes chamber

In Hedges chamber

In the washehouse

In the Bakehouse

In the Milkhouse

In the Gardyners chambers

In Mr Dickensons chamber

In Gerrardes chamber

In Turners chamber

In Basbins

In Rabyes Studye

In the Kitchen

In the Store house

In the mayedes chamber

In the Stylhouse