6 The Last Will of Thomas Gore, the Antiquary, 



all things thereunto belonging being in the chamber where my said 

 wife lyeth in the New Buildings lately erected by me at Aldrington 

 alias Alderton aforesaid^ together with the Hanginge, couch, 

 window curtains,Table cloaths, side-tables, standards, hanging shelfe, 

 one pair of faire andirons and a small pair of creepers, the bellowes, 

 fire-shovel and tonges, the furniture of the said chamber, as also 

 the hangings, window curtains, chaires, stooles and side-board, the 

 furniture of the room commonly called the Dressing-room being 

 also within my wife's chamber aforesaid, and also the hangings, 

 side-table, hanging shelfe and furniture belonging to her closet 

 within her chamber aforesaid And also all such linnen as I bought 

 since my intermarriage with her and marked with the Letters of 

 both myne and her name : And also a douzen of pewter dishes and 

 two douzen of pewter plates, and one pewter flagon to be taken in- 

 differently out of my Pewter: also two potts, two kettles and two 

 skilletts to be taken out of my Brasse but so as to my greatest and 

 best pot and my greatest and best kettle shall not be taken ; as also 

 two of my spits, one Iron dripping pan and one warming pan and 

 one brass chaffing I)ish. Item I give unto my deare daughter Mary 

 Gore my silver skillett with its cover, my wrought guilt casting 

 bottle with a guilt chaine affixt thereunto which was my Grand- 

 mother's by my mother's side and doth usually hang in my wife's 

 chamber or closet : A wrought silver fruit-dish with a Foot, which 

 was my Father's, and also my gold ring enameled, and set with 

 Nine Diamonds which was my deare Mother's, my English Testament 

 with the Common Prayer with curious cuts in it, having a cover 

 of crimson velvet laid over with plates of carved silver, my Bible 

 covered wdth white satin wrought in divers coloured silks and 

 embroidered with gold and silver, the worke of my deare Mother, 

 Mrs. Lydia Gore deceased : As also a sweet Bag of my said mother's 

 own working with silk in Tent stitch, containing the story of 

 Abraham's servant meeting Rebecca ; as also a purse wrought in 

 coloured silk and gold in cross stitch by my said mother : as 

 also my cloath Bed of a sad colour lined with Lemmon-coloured 

 sarsnet which I bought against my wife lay in Child Bed of my said 

 daughter, with all things thereunto belonging ; and in case she dye 



