| £ | s | d | |
| A tann coatt | 00 | 12 | 00 |
| A gray Jackit | 00 | 05 | 00 |
| A red wastcoatt | 00 | 01 | 06 |
| A man's hoode | 00 | 01 | 06 |
| A payrr of moofe leather gloves | 00 | 02 | 00 |
| A feather bed, bolfter, and two pillows | 02 | 13 | 00 |
| A payrr of sheets | 00 | 03 | 00 |
| Two blankits | 00 | 12 | 00 |
| A coverlit | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| A payrr of Cotton sheets | 00 | 15 | 00 |
| A warming pan | 00 | 07 | 00 |
| A bible | 00 | 04 | 00 |
| pfalme booke | 00 | 01 | 00 |
| Three printed books | 00 | 02 | 00 |
| 17 pewter difhes great & small | 02 | 00 | 00 |
| Three pewter pots and a beaker | 00 | 09 | 00 |
| 16 spoons | 00 | 02 | 06 |
| Two pewter candlesticks | 00 | 03 | 00 |
| A fowling piece | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| fine table cloth & towolls | 01 | 02 | 00 |
| A table and forms | 00 | 07 | 00 |
| A table and two forms | 01 | 04 | 00 |
| Three bedsteds | 00 | 09 | 00 |
| 12 Busholls of Apples | 00 | 12 | 00 |
| beefe tallow, a butter tub and lanthorn | 00 | 07 | 00 |
| A gray mare and colt | 03 | 00 | 00 |
| A young cow | 03 | 00 | 00 |
| Two oxen | 11 | 00 | 00 |
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Judging from the inventory, the house he left was a commodious one for the time.
The inventory mentions a parlor and hall, with chambers over both, but the contents of all are of miscellaneous description.
A few of the items will give some idea of the price of different articles:—
It would seem by this list that cotton sheets and pewter ware were among the high-priced articles of household furniture, probably because they were imported articles.
We wonder what kind
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