Inventory of Possessions of Nicholas Neave
Labourer
of Great Paxton d.1613
1613 - Inventory of Possessions of Nicholas Neave - scan of the original page 1, page 2, page 3
Square brackets: [ ] indicate indecipherable words.
Nicholas Neave
A true inventarie of all & singuler the goodes & chattles creditts & debts of Nicholas Neave late of Great Paxton in the county of Huntington laborer deceased made valued & praysed the vijth (seventh) daie of Aprill 1613 by Thomas Atkinson clerke & vicar of greate Paxton John Steele, Robert Dickman & Edward [Denis] of Great Paxton as followeth
In the chamber.
Imp'is a standing bedd, a flockbed(?) a blankett }
ij (2) pillows – ij (2) boulsters } xijs (12 shillings)
Item one oth'r standing bedd v (5) pillows – ij (2) }
boulsters a' old feth'r bed a mattrise } xiijs (13 shillings)
one cov'lett & one old und'rcloath }
Item all his Apparell ------------------------------------------------- xs (10 shillings)
Item ij (2) chests ij (2) forms a chayre, ij (2) boxis }
one [ ] ij (2) behyves, a [ ][ ] & all } viijs (8 shillings)
the painted cloathes }
Item one oth'r chest with oth'r implements --------------------- 3s 4d (?)
Imp'is iiij (4) flaxis (flaxen) sheetes w'th [ ] }
one oth'r flaxis sheete, one [ ] } iijL xs (£3 10s)
headsheete & vij (7) payre of [ ] sheetes }
Item x (10) pillowberes of flax, & ij (2) }
Holland pillowberes xj (11) tablenapkins } xxs (20 shillings)
with tablecloathes }
In the Hall
Item a cubbard, w'th ij (2) cov'letts in the same ------------------ xxxs (30 shillings)
Item a theale table one [form(?)] iiij (4) bowls }
w'th oth'r trash'y (trashery?) } ijs vjd (2 shillings 6 pence)
Item a wheele a bottle a pitch'r a }
[ladel?] chese[ ] , dishes [ ] } vs (5 shillings)
iij (3) bowls [more?] & a beehyve }
the painted Cloathes }
Item a great bowele iij (3) oth'r boweles }
one table one [ ] & one [ ] a } ixs (9 shillings)
[stand] a pale a chirne a frying }
pan ij (2) payre of shues & a [flale?] }
Item ij (2) brasses potts v (5) bottles & ij (2) skilletts }
& a skrinn (screen?) } xxs (20 shillings)
Item a spitt, andIrons, [ ], ij (2) potthagers (pottingers) }
a payre of tonges, bellows & a } vs (5 shillings)
tressel }
Item xv (15)[previously xiij – overwritten]
peices of puther (pewter) a pore'g'r (porringer) a }
saucer, a beak'r a pint pott a ij (2) } xxiijs (23 shillings)
salts 4 puther candlesticks }
a mortar and a pestle }
Item ij (2) bagges w'th certain other }
& one old sacke of oth'r implements } ijs vjd (2 shillings 6 pence)
In the Yeard (struck through)
Item a salting trough, w'th a cov[er] }
a payre of pincers a [ ] ij (2) old } vjs 8d (6 shillings 8 pence)
sithes w'th oth'r old Iron & [a satchell }
[ ] old sword] (struck through) }
In the barne
Item ij (2) old coffers(?), one old kettle and a sythe(?) ij (2) }
pitchforks, a cartrope a spade, one } vjs viijd (6 shillings 8 pence)
hay hooke & a little hay & one old oxeframe }
In the Yeard
Item one old hovel w'th raft'rs, & all the fyerwood 13s 4d (13 shillings 4 pence)
Item all the lumb'r ------------------------------------------------ vjs 8d (6 shillings 8 pence)
Item all the muck(?) in the yeard ------------------------------- ijs (2 shillings)
Item 3 old hooks of brass(?) ------------------------------------- xvjs (16 shillings)
Item ij (2) [milch?] beastes ------------------------------------------- iiijL vjs 8d (£4 6s 8 pence)
Item x (10) couples of shepe & v(5) [gilt?] sheepe --------------- vL (£5 )
Item one hen & a cock ------------------------------------------------ viiijd (9 pence)
item 3 Roods of wheat & one of ottes ---------------------------- xvjs (16 shillings)
The sum of all is – xxiiijL viijs vjd (£24 8s 6d)
Thomas Atkinson The marke of John Steele
Robert Dickman The marke of Edward [Denis]
Debts due to the sayd Testator
Thomas Vintner(?) doth owe him – Ls (50 shillings)
Debts the sayd testator oweth
To John Coulton of Sowthoe – iiijL (£4)
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Notes:
The declared sum is £24 8s 6d, but my addition of the transcribed amounts is £24 3s 1d. Not far out but I can't make it match.
Not sure about one of the names of the auditors – it might be Denis or Danes.
Some words still missing.
PROBATE
Ex[hibi]tu[m] fuit hui[usm]o[d]i Inve[n]tariu[m] apud Buckden Duodecimo die Aprilis Anno D[omi]ni 1613 pro Margaria[] Neave Executricem Nic[holau]si Neave nup[er] de vixit de Paxton magna Defuncti pro vero et pleno Inventario et sub p[ro]testat[ion]e tamen de addendo corrigendo si etc.
[Sta?] testor Robertus Hurley
No[ta]rius Pub[li]cus
Approximate translation:
This inventory was exhibited at Buckden on the twelfth day of April Anno Domini 1613 by Margery Neave , executrix of Nicholas Neave, deceased, recently living in Great Paxton as a true and full inventory under the condition nevertheless of addition and correction, if etc.
Witnessed by Robert Hurley
Notary Public
Transcription by Rachel Osborne
