A complete inventory of the belongings and stock-in-trade of William Fiske, wheelwright, who lived and died in Laxfield in the late 16th century.

An Inventory indented of all the Goodes Cattells & Cattell & Howssehold Stuff Implementes And utenssells of Howssehold. And allso of all Sutche Tymber bords and other Thynges w of Late dyd appertayne and belonge unto Wyllm Ffyske Late of Laxfeld in the Countye of Suff. whellwryght deceassed. Seane and prsed the Seventhe daye of Januarij Anno 1590 By Robert Borret John Smithe of P'kefelde Roger Godbalde Edmonde Jesoppe and Crispen Dawlinge and others as ffolowethe.

Old wheelwright print

In the hawle.

In prrnis One table wythe a frame Two Joyned fformes - 13s 4d
It. one Square Table w a Cubberd in it - 10s
Item One Joyned Cheste & one Coffer - 10s
It. on Calyver one ffowlyng piece fflaske & Tochebox 20s
Item 2 greate Bake Chayers and 2 Lesse Chayers - 4s
It. one ffyre panne and Tonges - 12d
It. one payer of Bellowes & a gredyiron - 20d
It ffyve fflykkes of Bacons - 26s 8d
It ffyve Coffeyrs - 5s
It. one pyke and one morion - 5s
It. Syxe Bookes greate and Small - 10s
It 2. Kandyll Styckes - 2s
It 2 paynted Clothes - 2s
It one Woodknyfe one brushe & one Syckle - 12d
It one keepe or Glasse Casse - 5s
It one Brush-hooke - 8d
It 6 panes of glasse in the wyndowe - 6s

In the Buttreye

It one greate Brasse panne - 20s
It 12 peaces of pewter - 8s
Item one greate Kettell and 4 Skylletts - 8s
It. 4 Small Kettells - 5s
It 9 Alle ffyrkyns - 4s
It. one Brasse poot & one Chaffyndyshe - 5s
Item 2 Spyttes and one Droppyng panne - 3s
It 2 payer of poothooks - 4d
It one payer of Musterd Quecons - 10d
It ffyve pewter porrengers - 20d
It 4 Steme pootts & one dosen Trenchers - 12d
It. 4 payles wt Iron Bayles - 2s
It one Allestoole - 4d
It one Lether Bottell and one Skonse [sic] - 2s
It one Hatchet and one Hooke - 8d

In the Lyttell Howsse by the Butterye

It one wollen whelle 3 Mandes a Bookeyenge Tubbe 2 Temses a Bonchyng Blooke and the Byetells - 3s
It 2 payre of Bootes and two payer of Shooss - 6s 8d
It 2 Bordynge Skeppes - 6d
It one Passhyll and one Hagge Sawe - 2s 4d

In the Chamber over the sayd Lyttell Howse.

Item one olde ffetherbed and Bollster - 6s 8d

In the Chamber over the Butterye.

It in Wheate by Estimacion 10 busshell - 25s

In the Chamber behynde the Chymnys on the Northsyd

It one Joyned Bedsteade one olde fether bedde one Boullster one Blanket & one paynted Clothe - 30s
It 2 Old Coffers - 20d
It one payer of Towe Combes a Rollyng pynne and a Battyldore - 2s
It Sartayne Towe Redys dressed - 3s 4d

In the upper Chamber behynde the Chemnye

Item one posted Bedsteade wt a Joyned Testor Twoe ffetherbedds one boulster 2 blanketts - £3 6s 8d
Item 2 joyned Chestes - 20s
Item 2 Downe pyllowes - 3s 4d
Item one paynted Clothe - 2s
Item one Bowe of Ewe and sartayne arrowes and one Armyne Swoorde - 2s
It. a sartayne old Iren and a Payer of Wolle Cardys - 16d
It 2 old Coffers and Shellves to laye in Apparell - 2s 6d
It all hys Apparell - 40s
In the other Chamber behynde the Chimnye
It. one joyned Bedsteade wt a fetherbedd Boulster and a Coverynge - 40s
Itm one Trundell bedstead Joyned one ffetherbedde and one Boulster - 13s 4d
Itm one Joyned Cheste one Coffer - ?
Item two Deskes - 16s
Item one Cappecase one Boxe - 2s
The Lynnen and Naperye.
Itm 2 Soheales [sic] Table clothes table Napkins Towells pyllowe Keepes and other Lynnen - £5
It in Lynnen Yearnes - 10s
On the Hawle Chamber
It. in Wheate by estimacion 6 busshells - 15s
Item in Malte 3 Barrells - 9s
Item in sartayne Apples and Peares - 10s
It. olde Bordes and Shellves to Laye apples upon and other Sawen Tymber - 6s 8d
Itm one Bownett one Batfoullyng nett and sartayne olde Iron - 2s
Itm One Stylle & sartayne halfe Inche borde - 6s 8d
In the Bakehouse.
Itm One Salltyng Troughe wt a Cote [sic] - 3s 4d
Itm one peele of Iron and one Spytte - 18d
Itm one Longe Stoole and a Shelffe - 6d
It one paryngs Iron and one Hall [sic] - 12d
In the Chesse Howsse
Item One Chessepresse and a Salltyng traye - 6s 8d
It one Caudryon of Red Brasse - 10s
It. 2 Chayers 2 olde Tubbes - 6s 8d
It 9 Mylk Bolles and one Traye - 5s
Itm 4 Chesse ffatts de 2 Breades - 6s 8d
Itm 2 ffyrkyns of Whyght Heryngs - 8s
Itm 3 ffyrkyn of Swette Butter - 40s
It Chesse Bordes Shellves & one dressyng stoole - 2s
It one ffleshe Tubbe olde Erthen Poottes and 2 Bread graates - 2s
It one Copper panne - 2s 6d
It one Hallfe Barrell of Vergesse - 2s 6d
On the Chesse Chamber.
Item In Chesse by Estimacion 2 wayes - £4
Itm. one Beame and Skooles & Leade wayghtes - 8s
It. sartayne Bee skeppes and Wheate Drosse - 20s
Itm 4 Chesse Bordes and 3 Tressells - 20s
It 1 Hallfe Barrell of Vergesse one Olde Tubbe and sartayne Hoppes - 3s 4d
In the Shoppe behynde the Bakehowsse.
Ite one payer of malte Quearnes & one Boltynghutche - 5s
Item one olde Trewde and 8 postes for bedds - 5s
Item one Joyners Benche one planke a Lytell Troughe and other Small Tryssells - 2s
Ite 3 Seaves and one olde Sakke - 12d
In the Chamber over the Bakehowsse
Itm poople bordes and other Tymber for Cartes Tumbrells and other Thynges - 13s 4d
In the Bearne.
Item Wheate in the Shoffe by estimacion Twenty Combes - £10
Itm 4 Chessepresse plankes - 26s
Itm Carte Strynges and sartayne tymber to make Ladders a Saltyng Traye and Sartayn other Tymber of dyvers soorts - £4
Itm fyve pyckefforks - 2s
In the Workehowsse or Shoppe
Itm 2 longe Sawes Sartayn Wymbells and other Tooles belongyng to the Seyence - £4 3s 4d
Itm. in sartayne Naves. ffellawes & other tymber - 30s
In the Stable
Item. 2 Sadells 2 Brydells 2 Collers. 2 Dudffyns the Thyllers geare and 2 payer of traysse - 17s
Itm 2 Shellves 1 matthooke 2 Sruppetts 2 Drafthookes & 2 mode skoppetts - 6s 8d
In the Pasture
Itm one Graye geldynge - 46s 8d
Itm. one Baye Coulte - 40s
It. one Blacke Mare - 53s 4d
Itm 2 Wenlyng Callves - 40s
Item 8 mylche Keyne and 3 heiffers - £20
Item in Haye upon 2 Shoddes - £5
Itm in Haye Stakes at Stradbrook in ye Lanne - £3
In the Yeardes.
Item in Naves ffellowes Spookes and other Tymber Redy Sawen - £17
Itm in Oken Boordes and poople Bordes to the Valew of £8
Itm in Planks, Rayle, Beddsydes, bedds Whartes and Tymber for gates & other thynges - 20s
Itm in Rowghe Tymber and Same Redy hewen to the valew of £4
Itm sartayn plankes to goe upon and plankes and bordes at the Hogges Trowghes and the Hogges Troughes - 5s
Itm sartayne ffyrewood Stendyng upp and other old Blookes for ffirewoode - 40s
Itm 10 Shooddes Coveryd with Chyppes & 2 Shoddes - 40s
Itm one Carte at the Wedow Hellwys & Carte Roops - 13s 10d
Itm. One Grynstone as yt hangeth - 6s
Redy money & One little Carte - 39s 4d

Published in the October 1932 issue of the Journal of the New England Historical Genealogical Society.