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Inventory of Simon Benning

Vol. 3. Fol. 64
Simon Benning, Port Royal Pewterer
Entered February 19, 1687/8

 

To 17 li mould weighed 150 at 1s p li
To 14 li mould 115 at 1s p li
To 14 li Duep 117 at 1s p li
To 1 midle plater mould at 1l 112 p li
To 1 bason and 1 Plate mould at 1l 117 p li
To 1 Plate mould at 1l:35 p li
To 74 pound of Iron working tooles
To 14 pound of old mettel at
To 50 pound Scruf pewter
To 2 anvils & 12 hammers at
To 1 wheele and Spindle
To Blocks & old things in the workhouse
To 250 of cast Rufe plates at 8d p li
To 60 pound of old brass at
To 3 hundred of old pewter Lay at 6d p li
To 190ct ¹ 28li at Seven pence half penny p li
To 113 of alloy at 4d half penny p li
To 20 pound of old pewter at 7d½ p li
To 3_ pound of new pewter at 12d p li
To 1 case of glass bottls at
To 1 cestern of pewter at
To 2 pair of old Scales & weight at
To 26ct:45li pound of pewter at 1s p li
To 2 old beds & bedstead
To 1 bead & bedstead at
To 1 Table Looking glass 2 chairs & a box
To 1 bead & bedstead curtins & vallians
To 2 Chest of Drawers Tables 6 Chers and 1 Looking Glass
To 2 chests and Linnen 1 close Stoole and Hammerkar
To 1 Jack 1 Kittle & sume old things in the Coockroom
To cash 3li10s to 28 ounces of Plate
To 1 grinstone water cask & tools
To 3 Tables Desk the Furniture of the Low room
To 1 Large Looking glass at
To 1 Bead & beadstead curtins & valliance
To 6 chaares and a Table
To old Copper & brass 121li: at 7p½ p li
To course brass 21li at 4p½ p li
To book debts Standing out
To bad debts Standing out		 07 10 00
05 15 00
05 17 00
05 12 00
05 17 00
01 15 00
01 04 00
00 08 09
01 11 03
02 10 00
03 00 00
01 10 00
07 16 00
01 17 06
05 13 06
60 05 03 ²
02 02 08
00 12 06
01 12 00
00 05 00
00 07 00
00 15 00
132 05 00
02 10 00
03 00 00
01 00 00
07 00 00
10 00 00
05 00 00
02 15 00
10 10 00
01 00 00
07 00 00
01 05 00
05 00 00
02 00 00
03 15 01
00 07 11
28 08 00
29 18 00

£376 11 10

Richard R. Greene
John Rosswell

Notes:
¹ Here, ct = 10-pound units. This works out to be 1900li [li = libri, i.e., pounds] (plus 28li) for a total of 1928li
² Does not compute. The value should be 60 05 00.