The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 715 pages of information about The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3).

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 715 pages of information about The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3).

The Inventory of the Goods and Catales of Richd.  Master, Clerk, Parson of Aldington, being in his Parsonage on the 20th Day of April, in the 25th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King Henry VIII.

  Plate
  Silver spoons, twelve.

In the Hall Two tables and two forms.  Item, a painted cloth hanging at the upper part of the hall.  Item, a green banker hung on the bench in the hall.  Item, a laver of laten.

  In the Parlour
  A hanging of old red and green saye. 
  Item, a banker of woven carpet of divers colours. 
  Item, two cushions. 
  Item, one table, two forms, one cupboard, one chair. 
  Item, two painted pictures and a picture of the names of kings of England
      pinned on the said hanging.

  In the Chamber on the North Side of the said Parlour
  A painted hanging. 
  Item, a bedstedyll with a feather bed, one bolster, two pillows, one
      blanket,
      one roulett of rough tapestry, a testner of green and red saye. 
  Item, two forms. 
  Item, one jack to set a basin on.

In the Chamber over the Parlour Two bedsteads.  Item, another testner of painted cloth.  Item, a painted cloth.  Item, two forms.

  At the Stairs’ Hed beside the Parson’s Bedchamber
  One table, two trestylls, four beehives.

  In the Parson’s Lodging-chamber
  A bedstedyll and a feather bed, two blankets, one payr of sheets, one
      coverlet of tapestry lined with canvas, one bolster, one pillow with
      a pillocote. 
  Item, one gown of violet cloth lined with red saye. 
  Item, a gown of black cloth, furred with lamb. 
  Item, two hoods of violet cloth, whereof one is lined with green
      sarsenet. 
  Item, one jerkyn of tawny camlet. 
  Item, a jerkyn of cloth furred with white. 
  Item, a jacket of cloth furred. 
  Item, a sheet to put in cloth. 
  Item, one press. 
  Item, a leather mail. 
  Item, one table, two forms, four chairs, two trestylls. 
  Item, a tester of painted cloth. 
  Item, a pair of hangings of green saye, with two pictures thereupon. 
  Item, one cupboard, two chests. 
  Item, a little flock bed, with a bolster and a coverlet. 
  Item, one cushion, one mantell, one towel, and, by estimation, a pound
      of wax candles. 
  Item, Greek books covered with boards, 42. 
  Item, small books covered with boards, 33. 
  Item, books covered with leather and parchment, 38.

In the said Chest in the said Chamber Three pieces of red saye and green.  Item, one tyke for a bolster, two tykes for pillows.  Item, a typpett of cloth.  Item, diaper napkins, 4, diaper towels, 2.  Item, four pairs of sheets, and one shete, two tablecloths.

  In the other Chest in the same Chamber
  One typpett of sarsenett. 
  Item, two cotes belonging to the crosse of Underbill, whereupon hang
      thirty-three pieces of money, rings, and other things, and three
      crystal stones closed in silver.

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