John Ruffin died in 1662. aged 81. He was a yeoman, living at his copyhold farm opposite the church gate and next to the old 'Vine'. His lands totalled 60 acres. He married Joan Speen of Hillend ; she died in 1664.
BRO: D/A1 113/9
Inventory |
£ |
In prim. his wearing apparell & money in his purse | 5 : 0 : 0 |
It. in ye hall one table board one cupboards 3
stooles a chaire some cushions with andirons fire shovel & tongues |
2 : 0 : 0 |
It. in his lodging chamber 2 featherbeds 3
bolsters 4 pillows 2 coverlids 3 pare of blankets with curtains and valance a bedsteed trundle bed 2 chest 2 coffers a trunck a square table and an odd blanket |
13 : 0 : 0 |
It foure paire of hempen sheets 1 table cloath 12 napkins |
3 :10 : 0 |
It. in Johns chamber one bedsteed a feather bed
& bolster a pillow a coverled 2 pare of blankets one pare of sheets a chaire a coffer & a forme |
6 :
5 : 0 |
It. in ye mans chamber 4 paire of sheets & 1
pillow beere a flocke bed & bolster one heading with a blanket & an old bedsteed |
3 : 0 : |
It. in ye Lower chamber 2 flocke bed & one
bolster one coverlid & blanket a bedstede a side table a little carpet a peece of new cloath with some lumber |
4 :10 : 0 |
It. in ye lower buttery two powdering troughs
with shovels wheels and other lumber |
2
: 0 :
0 |
It. in ye buttery 3 bigger kettels 2 little ones
a brass pan 3 pots two possets a brasse frying pan a candlestick & chaffingdish |
4 : 0 : 0 |
It. 13 pewter dishes 2 flagons 2 salts a
candlestick a chamber pot & spoones |
2 :10 : 0 |
It. of wooden ware 6 barrels 2 cowles an illfat a dow kiver 4 little kivers a churne searcher shelves etc |
3 :10 : 0 |
It. in the kitchin a fornace a malt mill 2
cowles a trough a planke with old lumber |
2 : 0 : 0 |
In ye little court 3 ladders a grindstone a
cheese press with an iron barre and wedges |
2 : 0 : 0 |
It. in barley wheat white pease & malt | 48 : 0 : 0 |
It. 2 long carts 2 dung carts with a lanne plows | 12 : 0 : 0 |
It. 12 cow beasts & 2 calves | 43 : 0 : 0 |
It. the hay | 8 : 0 : 0 |
It. 3 horses & all the harnesses | 15 : 0 : 0 |
It. 40 sheepe with wool & some hemp | 12 : 0 : 0 |
It. ye corn sowd upon ye ground | 40 : 0 : 0 |
It. 15 acres plod & ready to be sowd | 12 : 0 : 0 |
It. in wood boards furze & other things not named | 5 : 0 : 0 |
It. in ready money | 20 : 0 : 0 |
It. store pigs and bacon in ye house | 10 : 0 : 0 |
It. in hurdles and cages | 1 : 0 : 0 |
Sum |
£275 : 5 : 0 |
A true inventory of all ye goods and chattels of John Ruffin late of
Comner deceased taken May the first 1662 by us whose names are
hereunto subscribed
Wm Perry Rd Stibbs his mark