Researched & Transcribed by Janet Meads

Inventory of Thomas Wright 1756

Thomas Wright's headstone in Burton Latimer churchyard
The inscription reads: In memory of THOMAS WRIGHT who departed
this life March 8th 1756 in the 33 year of his age.
"Afflictions sore, long time I bore
Physicians were in vain
Till God did please to give me ease
And free me from my pain"

In memory of Elizabeth Simco, wife of Thomas Wright ***
and Joseph Simco ****

May 14th 1756 An Inventory (being first duely Stampt) of all and Singular the Goods and Chattles belonging to Thomas Wright of Burton Latimer in the County of Northampton . Deceased on the 8th Day of March last past, William Spicer and John Rowlett Appraisers of the Same (as follows).


Li
s
d
Purse and Apparel
20
0
0
14lb Nails & Small
0
12
6
6lb Black & Jamacan Pepper
0
8
0
Goods in ye large Draws
0
13
0
Goods in ye little Draws
0
12
0
Cocoa
0
3
6
Coffee & Tea
1
7
0
Snuff
0
9
0
Starch
0
1
8
Gartering & Qualitys
0
16
6
Buttons & Snuff Boxes
0
3
6
Chocolate & Sealing Wax
0
5
0
Horn Booke & Primmers & Testament
0
4
6
Cards & Ribbands & Pins
0
5
6
2D Thread
0
5
10
Silk Combs & Shirt Buttons
0
4
9
Tapes & Whip Cord
0
6
6
Fine Threads & Laces
0
5
0
Buckles & Powder Blue
0
2
6
11 Bottles of Daffies Elixer
0
9
0
12 Daffies Ditto 6 Ditto
0
6
0
Castle Soap
0
3
0
Car. Seeds Sulphur Bowl Ditto
0
2
6
Bees Wax
0
3
0
Plods
2
0
11
Cheese, Butter, Seam
0
6
6
Yarn Spinning
0
7
6
Pipes
0
3
6
Herrings
0
10
0
Gun Powder
0
3
0
Candles
0
12
0
Blue, Copperas Salt Pol**e
0
5
6
Cottons
0
2
0
Salt
1
10
0
About 2 C Allom
1
16
0
Brown Candy
0
6
9
Salt Goo*
0
2
6
Fine Sallad Oyle
0
13
0

37
8
11
A Barrel of Turpentine
0
7
0
5lb Barg*ing Pitch
0
1
7
Glue
0
5
6
Flag Brooms
0
4
0
Brushes & hard Brushes
0
6
6
Back Thread & other Things
0
8
6
Pattens & Boards
0
7
6
Glue
0
4
6
A Punch Bole & Gally Pots
0
3
0
Buttons, Canvas, &tc.
0
13
0
Whet Stones & Paper
0
2
6
6 Cannisters
0
6
0
A Small Oyl Jarr & broken bols
0
2
6
6 Oyle Bottles & Small Jarr
0
6
6
32 Boxes
0
16
0
Counter & Drawes
1
10
0
Mill & Mortar
1
1
0
Scales & Weights
1
1
0
Measures, Barrel & Shelves
0
10
0
18lb Loaf Sugar
0
12
0
25lb Ditto
0
14
7
14 Stocks of Bees
4
4
0
Sheep in ye Field
4
0
0
Horse & Saddle
7
7
0
In ye Ware House 3 Kegs of Barrel Soap
1
17
6
3:1:0 Sugr.? at 40 lb
6
10
0
2:0 Sugr.? At 50
1
5
0
40lb Tobacco 10
1
13
4
20lb Dust
0
8
4
28 lb Spannish
0
16
4
84 lb Treackle
0
13
6
56 lb Currants
1
4
0
12 lb Leaf Tobacco
0
10
0
B******
0
4
0
Empty Barrels, Boxes, Rundlets,
1
0
0
Pitch & Tarr
0
18
0
2 Old Chests, Tubb Fat & Pilion Cloth
1
10
0
2 Barkets of Mallagr.?
1
0
0
1/2 Raisons
0
17
0
Hops & Chees
10
0
0

93
10
1
In the Parlour



A Bedstead and Beding
4
0
0
A Desk & Table & Cubbard
0
12
6
A Clock
2
0
0
Eight Chairs
0
8
0
A Looking Glass
0
7
6
A Grate & other Things belonging to it
0
10
0
A Tea Board and Small Table
0
5
0
Other Things Value
1
5
0
Two Large Silver Spoons& Tea Spoons & Tongs
1
5
0
In ye House



A Grate
1
1
0
Irons and Brass & other Things
6
5
0
In ye Parlour Chamber



A Bed & Beding
1
10
0
Linen
4
0
0
A Chest of Draws & other Things
3
8
0
In ye Best Chamber



A Bed & Beding Stead
3
3
0
A Feather Bed, Bolster & Pillows Blanket & Quilt
8
10
0
A Chest of Draws & other Things
1
15
0
A Watch
3
0
0
A Curral
0
7
6
Ten Dishes & 2 Dozen of Plates
3
0
0
A Barrel & Frying Pann
0
8
0
Three Dozen Bottles
0
6
0
A Bell Metal Pot & other Things
2
15
0
In ye Yard



A Pump
2
0
0
Wood
1
0
0
In ye Chandle House



Copper & Grate
4
10
0
A Wax Press
0
15
0
A Tallow Trough
0
12
6
A Tallow Ladle
0
7
6
A Tallow Knife & Some other Things
0
3
6
A Tallow Trough
0
14
0
A Mould
1
10
0
Eighty Candle Rods
0
6
0
A Double Stage
0
4
0

155
13
1
Tallow
6
13
1
A Mould & Frame
0
10
6
Seven Dozen 3lb of Candles
2
2
0
A C. of Lead Wts.
0
15
0
The Weigh Frame & Rack
0
2
0
A Mash Tubb & other Things
2
4
6
Sum Total
168
0
7
Appraised by us:- John Rowlett & Wm. Spicer



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