Christopher PETYT

Probate Inventory of Christopher Petyt

 

A true and perfect Inventory of all the Goods

Cattells Chattells Credits and debts of late

Christopher Pettyt of Ortontown alls Overtown

in the County of Westmorland Gent deceased

as they were appraised by us whose names

are here under subscribed November ye 7

Anno domini 1702

 

Item money in his and his
Apparrell & Rideing Instruments -----------------------10-18-00

Item Bedsteads and Bedding ----------------------------9-09-06

Item Chists and Trunks--------------------------------------2-00-00

Item Cupboards ---------------------------------------------- 0-17-00
Item Tables forms and Chairs-----------------------------1-19-02

Item Table linning ---------------------------------------------4-07-06

Item " plate vessell ------------------------------------------10-05-00

Item " pewther ------------------------------------------------ 1-12-06

Item Brasse and brewing vessell ------------------------2-00-00

Item Barke spitt berkonrook

and Tongs------------------------------------------------------ 0-13-04

Item Gridiron Brandiron and

Chafeing dishes-----------------------------------------------0-05-06

Item a frying pann----------------------------------------------0-01-04

Item wood vessell earthen vessell

Glasse vasses and glasses ----------------------1-14-00

Item Cardes and Spinning wheell------------------------ 0-01-00

Item poake Sacks and winowcloath--------------------- 0-03-00

Item a dishboard-----------------------------------------------0-03-00

Item a fowling peine ----------------------------------------- 0-10-00

Item Carts and wheels ploughs harrows

Cartgeare and ploughgeare-------------------- 0-15-00

Item hack spade Gavelock

and Iron mallett--------------------------------------0-06-06

Item Horses and Mares------------------------------------8-00-00

Item Three Kine-----------------------------------------------4-10-00

Item Two young Heiffers------------------------------------ 1-10-00

Item five Sheep----------------------------------------------- 0-15-00

Item five Hoggs------------------------------------------------1-00-00

Item Hay in the Lathes and

in the stack-------------------------------------------6-00-00

Item Bigg and oats-------------------------------------------6-00-00

Item fire fuell and manure----------------------------------0-06-08

Item a Garner in the Lathe---------------------------------0-06-08

Item Books---------------------------------------------------- 1-06-08

Item Mealle Mault and Beife------------------------------0-14-00

Item Boards and Loose wood----------------------------0-10-00

Item poultery --------------------------------------------------0-02-06

 

 

Suma Totall---------------------------------------------------78-12-00

 

 

Debts oweing by the deceased ------------------------121-17-09

Item funerall expenses--------------------------------------06-13-00

Debts oweing to the deceased

All desperate Debts ------------------------------68-15-08

Apprised by us

Robert Dentt – jurat

Samuell Bindlesse

Bryan Birkbeck jurat

Christo: Birkbeck

Apud App… 9 Die mensis ~~~

Novembris 1703 …. Sint ~

…………………………… bonor

Com sint Maria Petty vid….

 

[A good example of an early 18th century probate inventory. Christopher Petyt was the uncle of William and Sylvester Petyt and lived at Orton Hall, Westmorland. Note the dialect spellings of some of the items listed.]

 

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