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INVENTORY OF ROBERT MARPLES. 



£ 



pnsers 



s. d. 



03 o 



12 



10 o 



00 o 



Two stand Heckes* ... 



One Oxeharrowf &: two horse harrows 



Three ladders 



Three ploughs & the irons 



In the Beaste housses 

 One shelve waine coppj three boardes one wean 



shealven and one litle sled ... ... ... o 08 6 



Two pair of wean shealvins one swath rake one carte 



peece and other husleraents there 

 Hempe 



Tymber and other wood 

 One grindlestonn§ 

 One myllston 



Foure yoks|| & two teames and a pair of lanes^f 

 Two wean ropes 



Three sives one mault shovell ... 

 One window sheete and 3 sacks 



In the Barne 

 Wheate and Barley 

 Pease and oates 



For Hay in the Barne and Stacke 

 Five acre of Barley earth 

 Eleaven acre of Fallowes ... ... ... 2 15 



Eight geese 4 hens 1 cocke and one turkey with all 



other huslemt. whatsoever ... ... ... on 



The whole sume ... ... ,£265 5 3** 



William Johnson 

 Thomas Chambers 

 George Machen 

 Joseph Drue 



* Four-sided racks in a farm-yard. 



t Ploughing was at this time, and for many years afterwards, done by oxen. 

 X Top.' 



§ Grindstone. Cf. Grindleford Bridge, near Hathersage. 

 II Yokes. (?) 



IT Perhaps whipping lines for guiding oxen in ploughing. 

 ** By this inventory a cow is valued at £,">,. Assuming that ^22 is now the 

 average price, the total sum represents nearly ,£2,000 of our money. 



