MOOC8 Estate Inventory
MOOC8/43.36b
18260321
Inventory details
- MOOC reference
- MOOC8/43.36b
- Date
- 18260321
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Transcription
MOOC8/43.36b
{18260321} 21 March 1826 John
Digby
Inventory of some property of John Digby Esq:re relinquished by his death
ab intestato on the 19:th day of the month of March in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty six. The said property have been found under
the care of Mr Carel Wilhelm Frederik Bestendig and was duly inventoried by the
undersigned special Commissioners of the Orphan Board, and consist in the
following
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope on the 21:st March 1826
according to a statement made by the aforesaid M:r Carel Wilhelm Fredrik
Bestandig who declared to have acted herein bonafide and that to the best of
his knowledge he has not withheld or secreted any thing that belonged to the
aforesaid estate, and that he is and will at all times be ready and willing to
confirm his statement by solemn oath if required, promising that if after the
date of these presents any property might be discovered, he shall faithfully
communicate it to the Orphan Chamber in order to amplify this inventory with
the property so discovered
In witness whereof we the Commissioners together with the Secretary and
appearer have subscribed to these presents
As Commissioners: G:E: Overbeek, J:F: Munnik
Ch: Beständig
In my presence: J:J:L: Smuts
| a ship cot with horse hair mattras and two cushings |
| one table with drawers |
| one washand stand |
| one bidet |
| one easy chair |
| one bottle case |
| one lather trunck |
| one trunk containing |
| one baggammon board |
| five pair of shoes |
| three p:r of boots |
| two empty jars |
| one boot jack |
| one chest board |
| one card box |
| one portmanto |
| one trunck containing |
| four plated dishes with silver covers |
| four plated dishes with silver covers |
| one silver tea pot with stand |
| one silver butter pot |
| one silver butter pot small |
| one silver milk bowl with a spoon |
| ons silver toost stand |
| four silver pepper boxes (maffinans) |
| two silver salt sellers with spoons |
| twelve silver table spoons |
| twelve silver forks |
| twelve silver desert spoons |
| twelve silver desert forks |
| twelve silver tea spoons |
| two silver gravy spoons |
| one silver soup laddle |
| one silver butter knife |
| one silver fish spoon |
| one silver marrow spoon |
| one silver suger [pinchers] |
| three bottle corks siver mounted |
| three dosen silver Elass covers |
| two plated decanter stands |
| one case containing two tin boxes with plums |
| 3 salt spoons |
| forteen small bottles different medecine |
| one washand bason with some small empty bottles |
| one small box with garden seeds |
| one case with a pair of pistols in it |
| one case containing |
| seven bottles vegetable syrup |
| three bottles Port wine |
| three bottles Bourgogne |
| three bottles Madera |
| thirty four bottles claret |
| nine bottles beer |
| thirteen under waistcoats |
| twelve white linnen waistcoats |
| forty six white linnen jackets |
| thirty five p:r of drawers |
| seven pantaloons |
| ten pair stockens |
| four flannal trowsers |
| five towels |
| two night caps |
| six neck handkerchief |
| eight pantaloons |
| eighteen pair of socks |
| one pair plated snuffers and stand |
| one plated candle stick |
| two plated tops of candle sticks |
| one plated lamp |