THE INVENTORY
SHEFFIELD March ye 5th 1744/45
An Inventory of the Goods of Mr. Matthew Noble, in sd Sheffield, lately Decd.
| New Tenor. |
| £ - s - d |
| A Plow Share @ 3/6 Drag teeth @ 10/7½ pd & 11 Harrow Teeth @ 3/9 | 0-17-10½ |
| 3 Cart Bands & 2 Cart Boxes 6/10 & 2 Iron wedges @ 2/ a Cart Clevis 1/ | 0-9-10 |
A Feather Bed, Pillows & Bolsters @ £1 10/ a Bed Covering @ 4/6 with
a Blanket @ 6/ | 2-0-6 |
One old bed Covering and 1 with a bed Blanket @ 1/6 two bedsteads @ 4/
1 Bedstead wth beds 3/6 |
0-10-0 |
A Bed Cord @ 2/ a Chist @ 2/6 one Iron Hook @ 4d a Brass Kettle @
22/6 an Iron pot 9/8 |
1-17-6 |
One Iron Kettle @ 2/10 wth one Pewter Basin @ 4/ one Do @ 1/ 3 Pewter
Platters @ 7/ each |
1-18-10 |
One brass Skillet @ 1/2 Pewter Platters @ 3/6 2 Do @ 2/ each 2 do @
1/6 one Cup @ 1/6 |
0-13-0 |
One Qt. pewter Cup @ 3/ one ppt Cup @ 6/ 4 Spoons @ 1/ one
Chamberpot 1/6 |
0-6-0 |
2 lb Old Pewter @ 2/ a warming pan @ 5/ a fraithin pan @ 2/6 a Tramil
@ 6d |
0-10-0 |
earthen Ware @ 1/ a pr Shears @ 1/2 knives wth one fork @ 6/ 4 Worn
Boals @ 6/6 |
0-9-0 |
3 Wooden Trenchers 3d 4 Chairs @ 2/ a Bath or Tub & big Cask 2/6 To
Haylerss @ 3/ |
0-7-9 |
A Tromall @ 2/6 a fire Shovel and spade @ 9d a Pitch fork @ 1/6 &
Tongs 1/3 |
0-6-0 |
| A Great Wheel & reel @ 4/ wth peck measure @ 8d one Sieve @ 3d | 0-4-11 |
A Bail for a Pail @ 4d a Tub @ 4 pence ye 1/4 of a pr Hatchells 3/9 a
Chest 2/6 |
0-6-11 |
A Chest @ 1/ wth 2 under Beds @ 1/ each a Barrll @ 1/ a Box @ 1/ a Set
of old Curtains 1/ |
0-5-0 |
| One Wooden Bowl @ 1/ with Drawing knife @ 2/ & a Borad Ax, @ 1/ | 0-5-0 |
| TOTAL | £ 10-18-1½
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The above is a true Inventory of the Estate of sd Mr. Noble.
ELISHA NOBLE, admr
HAMPSHR [County] April 10th 1745, Japheth Bush, Josiah Westover, & James Robb, personally appeared & make Oath that in Apprizing the personal Estate of Mr. Matthew Noble of Sheffield contained in this Inventory, they acted honestly & Impartially according to their best Skill & Judgment.
EPHM WILLIAMS, Just. Pac.
At a Court of Probate, sholden at Northampton within & for the County of Hampshire, on the Second Tuesday of July being the 9th Day of sd month Anno Dom. 1745, pr John Stoddard Esq. Judge of sd Court, Elisha Noble Admr on the Estate of Matthew Noble, late of Sheffield in sd County Decd presenting the foregoing Inventory made Oath that it is a true & perfect Inventory of the Estate of sd Decd, as far as has come to his Knowledge & that, if more of sd Decd Estate afterwards Appear he will readily make Discovery of the same to the sd Judge or his Successor in sd office from Time to Time.
Elisha Noble Admr on the estate of Matthew Noble, late of Sheffield Decd charges the sd Estate to as follows (viz.)
| £ - s - d |
| To Cash paid for the Coffin | 0-12-0 |
| To five pints of Rhum | 1-6-0 |
| To pd for Power of Adm'ion &c. | 1-1-0 |
| To pd for giving the Apprisor's oath 15/ | 0-15-0 |
| To pd to the Apprizers | 2-8-0 |
| To 3 Days Spent to Court & taking Adm'ion @ 10/ pr | 1-10-0 |
| To one Day to Stockbridge, to get the Appraisers sworn 10/ | 0-10-0 |
| To 4 days travel to present the Inventory 10/ pr | 2-0-0 |
| TOTAL | £ 9-10-0 |
| New Tenor | £ 2-7-6 |
HAMPSHIRE ss. July 9, 1745.
The Above Acco is allowed
Pr JOHN STODDARDD,
Judge of Probate.
To Twenty Pounds due to the Widow Anne Noble relict of [Hezekiah] sd Decd,
by an Agreement made Nov. 8, 1733 | £ 20-0-0 |
To twenty Pounds due to me the Admr for so much paid my Sister Rhoda Noble,
by my father's Order in his Life, as appears by a Bill of Sale under my father's Hand
& my sister's recd of sd Sum. | |
[Hamp. Prob. Rec. V:266.]
ELISHA NOBLE, Admr.
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