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Thomas Howes, Capt.
December 26, 1676

Plymouth Colony Wills 3(2):86
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The Inventory of Thomas Howes

In Inventory of the estate of Capt Thomas howes of yarmouth lately deceased thken this 26th day of docember 1676 as followeth;

L s d

Impr: his wearing aparrell 15 00 00

Item Armes and amunition 08 03 06

Item to Table Linine 02 19 06

Item to pillowbeers 19s 4 paire of sheets 4 & one holland sheet 1L 10s 06 09 00

Item to the bed and beding in the Parlour bedsteed Curtaines & vallence 11 16 00

Item to the trundle bed beding and bedsteed 05 02 00

Item a Cobbord 3L 10s the table 1L 10s a form and stooles 12L 6s * 05 12 06

Item 2 Chests and a box three Cushens all 1 19 & 5 Chaires 10s 02 09 00

Item 1 halbert 10s bookes 1L 3s 6d 01 13 06

Item to a looking Glasse 5s a Fishing line 2s a baskett and hour Glasse 00 13 00

Thinges in the Kitchen **

Item a pot and pothookes and tramells and the Iron barr they hange & fier sheall 01 06 06

Item an Iron kettle and a pott a spitt & a frying pan 01 00 00

Item a brasse kettle a skillett a Candlesticke warming pan & lanthorne 02 09 00

Item a Chaffish dish timing ware earthen ware and pewter all 02 10 08

Item Cash and plate 01 11 00

Item spoones trayes pailes a Corn Farm a Grindstone & winch 00 17 03

Item a brasse pott a sifting trough & Chest and little Table a table a paire of Scales 01 06 06

Item a paire of stilliyards spinng wheeles siues Cards 01 13 00

Item Coopers tooles and a plow Chaines 01 17 06

Item Carte & wheeles plow and yoakes and Chaine all att 02 05 00

Item sythes hoes axes and other old Iron thinges all att 01 10 09

thinges in the Chamber**

Item a bed & bedsteeds and beding 04 05 00

Item a pillian & Cloth a [----] woole & yarne meale bagges & Tobacco 02 17 00

Item to Flax vndressd 10s and some other lumber 00 14 00

Item 35 bushells of Rye 5L 2s 6d wheat 08 10 00

Item 12 bushells of barly 1L 10s in Indian Corne 55 8L 5s 10 01 00

Item 7 Cowes and a halfe & 4 oxen & other young Cattle & sheep & horses & swine 44 03 00

Item Indian debts as appeers by book 45 02 10

Item housing lands and meddowes 26 00 00

Item a quarter parte of a shallop 19 00 00

Item feather bed and seuerall vessells & lumbar in the dairy 02 10 00

Item 2 hundred and an half of board 00 12 00

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476 00 09

By vs Iosoph howes

Gershom hall;

Sarah the Relict of the said Capt: Thomas howes made oath to the truth of this Inventory this 19 of Iune 1677

Before me Thomas hinckley Assistant;

More of the estate that was prepared and sent to markett in porke and beeffe barly butter hides & tallow 40 18 03

More a debt due att Boston 01 06 00

Item more a hand vise and debts due from the towne 05 14 00

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47 18 04

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By seuerall debts due and payable from the estate as wee find more about 02 10 00

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12 03 04

Gershom hall

Ioseph howes;

Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. III, part 2, f. 86.

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* [Total of 5.12.06 indicates that last item should be valued at 12s 6d rather than 12L 6s.]

** [Written in left hand Margin of MS.]