The Inventory of John Clay of Crich, 1633 (Staffordshire Record Office Ref.- B/C11). Transcript by David Clay.
A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods, cattles and personall estate of John Clay late of Crich in the County of Derby. Gentleman, taken, served and praysed the 11th day of June in the year of his majesties reign Charles by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland being defender of the faith and the neenth annoys dom. 1633 by Robert Clarke, Richard Pickard, George Taylor, Robert Wilcokson and Richard Archer as followeth.-
His purse, girdell and apparell. - £10.
In the Hall. One table and frame, one little table and frame, two buffet frames, two buffet stools, one sealed chair, four sacks of harnes, two haulberts, two pikes, one forest bill, five brown bills, four leaden mantles, one private armour complete with other old armour with head pieces, one window curtayne and curtayne rod, one pair of playing tables, one little salt box, one land iron, one fire shovel, two pair of tongs, one gallow tree, two hooks, three toasting irons and two salt barrels. - value £4-16s-10d.
In the Dining Parlour. One table with frame, six buffet stools, two carpets, two livery cupboards, three buffet stools, four old carpets. - value 14 shillings.
One pair of sirginalles and a frame, two sealed chairs with buttons in them, one perese cupboard with a darning edging. - value £3-6s-8d.
Four window curtaynes with rods, twelve cushions, two brushes, one pair of candle snuffers.- value 24 shillings and 4 pence.
In the Little Room under the Chamber Stairs. One serges barrel, two glass bottles, twiggen bottle, pair of brassways, two saddle girthes, three candle poppets. - value 5 shillings and 6pence.
In Mrs Stuffin's Parlour. One sealed bed and a trundell bed, one feather bed, one mattress, one blanket, two coverlies, one pillow, one boulster, prese cupboard, little table with a frame, two turned chairs, curtayne with a year rod.- value £4-16s-6d.
In the Parlour next unto Mrs Stuffin's. Two old bed seads, two mattresses, two blankets, four old coverlies, two boulsters, two spinning wheels, one clothes stool. - value 13 shillings and 4pence.
In the Parlour over the Cellar. One sealed bed and one trundell bed, two feather beds, matteress, three boulsters, five blankets, little table and a frame, a little carpet, four curtayne rods, one press, one trunk, two chests, one handyarn, one mantle screen, one crossbow, one pair of garden shears.- value £6-13s-4d.
In the Chamber over the Hall. One sealed bed, one trundell bed, three feather beds, three blankets, one mattress, one bed covering, two boulsters, four pillows, seven curtaynes, and five curtayne rods, two turned chairs, two chests, one little table and frame,a covering and a basin.- value £7-16s-8d.
In the Starching Chamber. One sealed bed and one trundell bed, three feather beds, one mattress, three boulsters, one pillow, six blankets, one bed covering, five curtaynes, three curtayne rods, one little cupboard and a covering, one chest, one napkine press, one turned chair, one buffet stool, ten slippings of yarn and one warming pan. - value £10-10s.
In the Stairhead Chamber. One feather bed, one trundell bed, one feather bed and a boulster, two blankets, two bed coverings, one pillow, one chair, a cushion, one clothes stool, a writing desk, in the the featherhouse one old bit and some ferne feathers.- value £2-8s-2d.
Under the Stairhead Chamber Stairs. Three iron maulles and a goosflock. - value 5 shillings.
In the Kitchen. One pair of racks, one pair of cubbords, one fire shovel and a pair of tongues, two gallow hooks, three dripping pans, six spits, one grid iron, five brass pots, three skellets, four kettles, two brass pans, one brassen morter and a pestell, one skimer, three basting laddels, one beef fork, one cleever, two chopping knives, one bread grater, five kits, two frying pans, one iron chaffing dish, one toasting hook,t hree pair of pot hooks, two brass candlesticks, one dish cradle, one little cupboard, one pair of butter wayes, one pigeon, one bowl, one form, five inche boards, one pair of bellows and one mustard ball. - value £15.
In the Boulting Howse. One cilefate and a cowler, one kimmell, one stick, one peck, one half peck, one quarterine, four wooden bottles, two looms, one tressel, one lantern, one temse, one barrel and one tandish.- value £2-6s-8d.
In the Back Howse. Four brewing vessels, one dresser, two tubs, one brandy arm, a surgon, one peule and a cowler ark.- value £1-11s-4d.
In the Larder. One flesh axe, five shelves, one kimnell, two powthering tubs, one kit and one peabowl. - value 10 shillings.
In the Chamber over the Larder. One great chest, two window sheets, four sacks, one bag, two cheese fats, one hopper, six sives, one shovel, one tub, one old cane.- value 16 shillings.
In the Cheese Chamber. One great chest, one straw basket, two cheesefats, cheese board, one bowl, two penbowls, one cheese forme, three cheese boards and one hoope.- value 7 shillings.
In the Chamber over the Back Howse. One old kimwell, one old spinning wheel, one pair of woolwares. - value 3s-4d.
In the Corn Chamber. Two quarters of barley malt, thirty one strikes of dried malt ready ground, three strikes of wheat, two quarters of brewarme, six strikes and a half of barley and some other kind, one strike and a half of payes.- value £11-7shillings.
In the Little Court Yard. One still. - value 5 shillings.
In the Cellar and Inner Cellar. Five barrels, one loom, four barrels, five silver bowls, twenty two silver spoons, one silver and gilt salter, one safe, one chest, one glass cane, two taptubs, three wine bottles, two pewter flaggons, three salters, one kimnell, one table basket, one dresser, four wooden games, three black pots, seven dozen and a half of trenchers and six glasses.- value £20-12s-8d.
In the Pewter Chamber. One chest, two sheeffes, one reel, one pound of toe, eight pewter candlesticks, two voyders, two basins and a vase, six chamber pots, six pewter plates, six saucers, forty five pewter dishes, two pewter plates and one puddinger. - value £3-8s-6d.
In the Churchyard Chamber. One sealed bed, one trundell bed, three feather beds, two boulsters, three pillows, one mattress, three blankets, one coverlie, one rug, eight curtaynes, three curtayne rods, two little tables with frames, two carpets, two chairs, three cushions, one pair of tongues, one fire shovel, one buffett stool, two window curtaynes, two curtayne rods and one looking glass.- value £9-4s-8d.
In the Dairy. One cheese press, one chest and six butter pots, three brass pans, three cheese fats, seven shelfs, two tressells, four ponscions, one stool, one churn, five leaden weights.- value 19 shillings and 6 pence.
In the Mylne. (Mine). One pair of horse rayns and one ox pair, one iron chisel, three mylne pickes.- value 15shillings and 4 pence.
In the Swine Yard. Nine swine, six pigs, five stone trowes and one wooden trowe. - value £6-10shillings.
In the Coal Howse. Three loads of coals. - value 6 shillings and eight pence.
In the Stable. Three saddles, one horse cloth, four bridles, one shrowde, one lantern, two plowes, four pair of saddles, six sursingles, four wantuns, one bill, two shovels and two pitch forks.- value 31 shillings.
In the Corn Barn. One horse harrowe, one rack, one shack fork, one shovel and two pickforks.- value 4 shillings.
---In the same Barn.-One pair of horse fours,four water barrels,one scoop, one tandish, two short ladders,one stone trough,one three pronged fork.- value.- 10 shillings and eight pence.
In the Coal Howse Chamber. One bedstead, one chaffe bed, two boulsters, two blankets, two coverlies, four shearing hooks, one chest, one axe with other iron hatchets.- value 12 shillings.
In the Cow Howse. One swine trowe, eleven cow sules.- value 12d.
In the Work Howse and the Chamber. Two great chests, one steepfate and one stone trowe, horseware, yoake, one iron team, two wayne nathes, two framing sawes, one great wymble, one axle tree, six bunches of whyte and barbes gerthes, one barrel, one hand saw, two muck hooks, one plowe buck, a laund, one loge with and ten oxe bowes.- value £2-19s-2d.
In the Fule Yard. Two stone trewes, one sleade, one wayne side, 800 wood bids, one wheel barrow and some manure. - value £2-1s-6d.
In the Green Yard. Three culmes and one little stone trewe.- value 34 shillings and 4 pence.
In the Kilne. One pair cloaths. - Value 3 shillings and 4d.
In the Hen Howse. Three turkeys, two ducks, three ducklings, two cocks, seven hens, four cappons.- value 10 shillings.
In the Grounds. Four mares, two colts, six oxen, eight cows, one bull, two heifers, three stears, fifty two old sheep and fourteen lambs. - value £80-16s-8d.
In the Goose Howse. Some plowe twirles. - value 12d.
In The Edge Barn. Two old waynes, four yoakes, three iron teams, one pair of clivis, one ladder and one horse harness, two piche markes, one piche pane, two plowes, one pair of plowe yoakes, one wayne rope. - value £4-5s-4d. One wayne, one stone trewe and one sleade. - value 36 shillings.
In the Hall Chamber in a chest. Twelve pair of flaxon sheets, six pair of midling sheets, five pair of canvas sheets, ten table clothes, two dozen of napkins, six towels. - value £8-0s-12d.
Corn Sown. In the Super Breache eleven strikes of wheate and clen corn in the Middle Breache, two quarter of oates in the Neather Chappell Field, three strikes of oates and one strike of payes and in the Tymeflate ten strikes of barley.- value £11-14 shillings.
Sum Total. - £246 -19s - 8d.
