Appendix B 

 Inventory oi Peter Beach 



[Stafford Couiitv Will Book— Liber Z— 1699-1709- p. 158-159.] 



Estate of Peter Beach. Inventory taken l)\ William Downham, Edward 

 Mountjoy, W"' Allen "-having nictt together at the house of Mr. Peter 



Beach." 



'^Daivl Beach 



Ale.x and Mary Waugh executors Nov. 20. 1 702" 



To 4 three year old heifers. at 350 Tob" p I -400 



To 1 stear 6 years old at 600 To 5 D" 4 year old at 2000 2600 



To the 2 yr old at 2800 To 2 Bulls at 600 . 3400 



To 8 Cdxvs & C:;alves at 4000 To 2 Barron Cows 900 . , 4900 



To 1 Mare & Mare Filly at 1200 To 1 two year old horse 400 



To 1 D" 5 years old at 1000 To 1 very old D° at 150 . . 



To 1 Feather bedd + Bedstead + furniture 1500 To 1 do at 1200 . 



To 2 D° at 2000 To 1 Old Flock Bed + Feather pillow at 300 



To one servant Bot 9 years to serve 3000 to 4 stoolth 8 Chairs («, 160- , 



To 9 old flagg & boarded Chairs 130 To 1 small old table & stool 100 230 



To 1 old Standing Cupboard 1 50 To Looking Glass at 30 100 



To 1 pair small Stilliards at 60 to 1 Iron Spit + Dripping pan at 80 . ^ 140 



To 1 pair old 1 ongs and fire shovel at 30 To 2 Ladles + Chafing Dish 50 80 



To 1 old Narrow Ax + frow at 30 To 1 Box Iron & Heaters at 25 55 



To a passel of Glass Botdes at 40 To a Parcel of old Iron at 50 . . . 90 



To 8 old Pewter Dishes and three Basons Ditto at 228 



To 1 small Table Cloth + 6 Napkins at 50 to 4 Tinpanns 1 Copper Sawspan at 150 . 100 



To 2 2 quart Potts 1 Pewter Tankard Old 20 



To 1 old Warming Pan 20 To 1 Brass candlestick 1 Skimmer Old 15 35 



To pasl of Earthen Ware 50 To 3 Iron Potts 2 p' poithooks 250 To 1 Brass 



Kettle at 300 600 



To 1 Brass kettle at 60 To 23 pewter plates old 1 10 To 4 old Chests 250 .... 420 



To 1 Frying Pan 1 Meal Sifter 15 To a parcel of old "1 ables and Cyder Cask 350 . 365 



To 1 Pewter Sheaf* 50 'Jo 1 old Gun 100 I o 2 Bibles at 40 190 



To 1 Pewter Chamber Poll 10 'I'o 3 Pewter Salts 1 Dram Cup 15 25 



To 1 pair Iron Spansils** at 



1 600 

 1150 

 2700 

 2300 

 3160 



50 



Total [iic] 26010 



Daniel Beach was janitor of the Court House, beine; paid 200 pounds tobacco an- 

 nually 1700-1703: 



1700 and 1701— "'To Daniel Beach for cleaning the Court House" 

 1702 and 1703 — "To Daniel Beach for .Sweepinu- the Co\u-thousc." 



*A cluster or bundle of tluuKS tied up tOK<-th<-r; a quantity of things set thick together. [New 

 Oxford Dictionary) 



**SPANCEL: A rope or fetter for hobbling cattle, horses, etc.; especially, a short, rouud rope 

 used for fettering the hind legs of a cow during milking. |Ncw Oxford Dictionary] 



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