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Source 9 translation

The inventory of William Massie taken 15 February 1587/8

One lead cistern 46s 8d
1 kiln hair 15s 4d
1 ladder of 5 steps 4d
1 little featherbed, having a coarse ticking, 1 old bolster and 2 pillows 12s
1 mattress, 2 coarse and old covers and 2 old blankets 6s
4 pairs of old coarse linen sheets 6s
2 linen tablecloths 18d
2 old linen towels 8d
3 single nightshirts and 1 night cap 10d
1 dozen old coarse table napkins and 5 hand napkins 2s 5d
3 coarse shirts 4s
6 shirt bands and 3 pairs of hand ruffs 15d
1 old long gown, which has been turned, 2 cloaks (old and worn-out), 3 pairs of old breeches, 1 old jerkin and hat 20s
1 bushel and 1 peck 12d
1 spit, 1 pair of iron racks and 1 pair of tongs 2s
1 iron crow(bar) and racken crooke, 1 frying pan and the pot clips 2s 8d
Certain old iron tools 8d
1 dagger, knives and the bodkin 20d
1 old brass pot and 2 kettle pans 3s
5 firkins, 1 barrel, 1 wood flacket, 1 leven tub, 1 stone bottle, 2 hogsheads, 2 tubs and 1 stand 6s
1 long table, 2 forms, 2 shelves, and 1 pair of gantrys 5s
2 chairs, 1 framed stool, 1 cushion, 1 old carpet cloth and 1 old painted cloth 5s
2 chests 2s
1 stand bed and 1 truckle bed 6s
1 old woollen gown 3s 4d
1 spade and 1 staff 2d
4 pewter doublers, 1 pewter quart pot, 1 pewter chamber pot, 2 saucers, 1 salt pot, 1 dozen tin and horn spoons, 1 pewter plate, 3 little brass candlesticks 5s
2 little lantern sconces, 1 old fish ladle and old brass ladle 4d
1 old saddle, 1 bridle and cap-case 16d
2 wooden buckets, 1 cane, 1 little wood coop, 1 pair of hand mills (of wood), 1 little wood vessel, 4 wood dishes, 1 earthen pan, 1 hair brush and a little white wax 14d
1 swine 5s
1 goose and 1 gander 2s
1 cock and 3 hens 16d
1 little side of bacon 2s 6d
1 fir dale, 2 stand boards and 2 shelves 2s 6d
4 stones (by estimation) of garth lint and the towe 6s
9 hanks of coarse linen yarn 4s 6d
The seeds of lint, hemp and mustard 12d
Salt 12d
2 winter stales of bees and the plank 12s
5 empty hives 4d
Corn that is growing and 2 pecks of wheat 3s 4d
2 or 3 pounds of refuse wool 6d
   
His books which are mostly torn or badly bound  
One little Latin Bible 2s 6d
Beza, his Testament, in Latin 18d
Jerome's Epistles 20d
One Exposition of the Evangelists 20d
A book in Latin of Questions and Answers 12d
Faber Stapulensis of Aristotle's Physics and Ethics 20d
Valle his Elegancies 6d
Hortus Vocabularum 4d
Cyprian's Epistles 12d
John Bale his Votaries 6d
A book of doubtful words made by John de Garlandia 4d
Tully's Offices 4d
Aesop's Fables 4d
Seaton's Logic 4d
An English Dictionary, for children, in vellum 6d
   
The total sum of all the premises is 11l 11s 9d
   
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