Translation of inventory
Translation of the probate inventory of the property of John Peto
This is a list, with their value, of the belongings found in the house and land of John Peto after he died in 1608. John Peto lived in Dyers Cross, Chiddingfold during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.Does the place name of where he lived give you a clue to what John Peto did for a living? Look at the list; are there any objects that might be connected to John’s work?
In the chamber over the hall
Money in his purse 6 shillingsJohn Peto’s clothes 4 pounds
1 mattress, 2 pillows and covers 11 shillings
1 mattress, 1 pillow, a blanket
and covers 10 shillings
1 square table, 5 old chests
and 1 bed frame 13 shillings 4 pence
In the Hall
1 stool, a pair of pot hangersand a pair of fire irons 2 shillings and 6 pence
In the Buttery
[What do you think happened in the buttery?]1 brewing tub
1 tunn barrel and 2 firkins [measurements of barrel sizes]
7 Trugges [a measure of corn or shallow wooden tray]
1 butter charme [what do you think this might be?]
1 keever [a large vat]
1 Cheese press
1 boultinge hutch with benches and shelves 9 shillings
In the loft over the Buttery
[Look at the items on the list, what do you think the loft over the buttery was being used for?]1 mattress
1 pillow
1 blanket
1 chair
1 bed frame
1 bench 6 shillings 8 pence
In the kitchen
1 Caldron1 brass pot
2 kettles
2 candlesticks
2 brooches
2 Triste [what might these have been?]
2 spinning wheels
2 bucking Tubs
2 Trugs [a shallow wooden tray or measure of corn]
1 bench 8 shillings 4 pence
6 pewter platters
5 pewter dishes
1 basin
2 pottingers [a type of pot]
2 pewter cups
1 salt seller
6 spoons
half a dozen wooden dishes 10 shillings
Bills [bill hooks use for pruning hedges]
Axes, augers wedges [for drilling holes in the ground for planting seeds and plants]
2 scythes
1 saw
1 hatchet
Other old Iron
2 or 3 earthen pots
2 glass bottles
2 buckets
3 old stools 8 shillings
Napery
[Where the household linen was kept]4 pairs of canvas sheets
2 buckram sheets [a very stiff cloth]
1 canvas shirt
4 table clothes
6 napkins
2 holland pillowcases 20 shillings
2 [?sti]ddles [what could this be?] 10 shillings
Cattle
5 cows and 4 calves 10 pounds3 bullocks and 5 calves being weaned off the cows 5 pounds 6 shillings 8 pence
2 horses one mare and a suckling colt 6 pounds
1 cart with wheels
1 harrow with a pair of harnesses and hames [the wooden part of the yoke] 10 shillings
1 Sow and 3 Pigs 10 shillings
Corn
1 acre of wheat1 acre of Rye
6 acres of oats 4 pounds 10 shillings
A stall of Bees 5 shillings
