Transcript of the Nicholas Eiffler inventory
The inventory indented of all the goods and cattles (possessions) of Nicholas Eiffler late of Warwick deceased taken and priced by Barnaby Holbache… the five and twentieth day of January in the fourth a thirtieth year of the reign of our sovereign lady Elizabeth by the grace of God queen of England, France and Ireland defender of the faith etc. as hereafter followeth…
In the Hall
First a table board with a frame and seven joined stools
Item one green carpet cloth and 8 cushions
Item one little round table and two chairs and a window curtain and curtain rod
Item a cupboard and a ceiling
Item two shelves Item one pair of andirons, a pair of tongs, a fire shovel, two pairs of pot hangings, a pair of bellows
Item ten chargers of pewter, 12 pewter plates, nine counterfeit dishes, two pewter flagons, three quarter pots of pewter, one half pint pot, a yewer, three salts, a little brass mortar and a pestle, six brass candlesticks, one plate candlestick, a plate to set a platter on, two latten basons
Item twelve books
Item two stories, the ten commandments, one arms and two pictures Item eleven panes of glass and a looking glass and a casement
In the Parlour next to the Hall
Item a long table board and a frame, a little forme, a little round table, a chair and three chests, two boxes and a press [large cupboard]
Item a green carpet cloth and eleven cushions
Item one joined bedstead with a joined tester and a truckle bed
Item one featherbed, one tapestry bedcover, one other bedcover, one bolster, two pillowcases, one blanket, four curtains and three curtain rods
Item a pair of andirons
Item eleven stories and pictures
Item the glass in the parlour window, two panes at the study door and a glass lantern
In the Study
Item books in the same study and various other implements
Item a pair of tables and other implements in the chest
In the Chamber over the Parlour
Item a table board and a frame, a green carpet, a little forme, a little coffer (box), a chest, a little cupboard
Item a joined bedstead with a tester, a featherbed, a tapestry bedcover, one other bedcover, a blanket, two bolsters, four curtains and three curtain rods
Item seventeen stories and pictures
Item the glass windows and casements there
Item a warming pan
In the Little Chamber over the Hall
Item two little bedsteads with joined heads, two featherbeds, two bedcovers, two bolsters, two blankets, a little board, four panes of glass and a casement and other implements
In the Little Parlour over the Entry
Item a standing bedstead, two featherbeds, two bolsters, a blanket, two pillows, two coffers, one rapier [small sword], a sword, fourteen panes of glass, little bottle glasses, one tub of feathers, a board
In the Maids’ Chamber
Item two bedsteads, one featherbed, a bolster, two bedcovers, two blankets, a close stool, a old lyverye board, a screen to weigh butter on, nine little panes of glass, a chest to carry quarries of glass in
In the Buttery
Item six brass pots, three dabnettes, a skillet, six kettles, a brass colander, a dripping pan, three frying pans, a pair of wafering irons, three skimmers, a gridiron, three skewers, one pair of cobirons, a sink lead, forty pieces of pewter and stone jugs and other implements
In Cloth and Clothes
Item three coats, two doublets, five pairs of hose, a cloak, two gowns
Item two blue carpets
Item eight pairs of coarse sheets
Item fourteen board cloths whereof three flaxen
Item fifteen pillowcases
Item ten pairs of flax and hemp sheets and five pairs of hurdene sheets
Item five and twenty table napkins
Item wagon clothes of blue linen and a side saddle cloth
Item eleven pounds of flax and hemp yarn
Item thirteen shirts and six pillows
In Plate
Item one silver salt double gilt
Item a silver tun double gilt
Item two silver bowls whereof one parcel gilt
Item eight silver spoons
Item a massarde bowl
Item another silver bowl and three spoons
Item silver signet ring and a diamond ring priced at
In Glasses in the little Glass House at home
Item drinking glasses, urinals and glass bottles
Item thirty glass stories and various arms
In the Drawing Closet
Item stories, books, arms, quarries, boxes, boards, panes of glass and implements
Item in the working house fourteen panes of glass, stories, arms, rough quarries, two vices, three boards and all other implements
In the Kitchen
Item one copper and one brass pan in furnishes [stands]
Item brewing vessels and coopery stuff
Item a brandiarde [gridiron]
Item a laver [wash basin]
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Glossary
ceiling: wooden paneling.coopery stuff: barrels and tubs .
dabnetts: small saucepans.
gilt : covered with a thin layer of gold.
gridiron: a kind of metal grill.
massardebowl: a wooden bowl decorated with gold or silver.
quarry: a diamond shaped pane of glass.
tester: a canopy over a four poster bed.
ceiling: wooden paneling.
coopery stuff: barrels and tubs .
dabnetts: small saucepans.
gilt : covered with a thin layer of gold.
gridiron: a kind of metal grill.
massardebowl: a wooden bowl decorated with gold or silver.
quarry: a diamond shaped pane of glass.
tester: a canopy over a four poster bed.
truckle bed: a low bed on wheels that can be pushed under the bigger bed.
yewer: a large jug with a wide spout.