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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Totteridge, Kintore, Vineyard, Vineyard, Rondebosch, Vineyard
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/46.44
MOOC8/46.44
{18311212} 12 December
1831 Francis
Hawkins
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the intestato
death of Francis Hawkins Esq. Hon:ble East India Company’s civil service, on
the eighth day of the month of December in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty one, for the benefit of his surviving widow Helen
Burrington on the one part, and his children procreated in wedlock with his
said wife, namely
The aforesaid property having been taken under the administration of the
Board of Orphan Masters of this Colony on behalf of the said heirs, and been
inventorised by the undersigned special Commissioners of the Board aforesaid
was found to consist in the following, viz:t
At his country residence called Vineyard
Thus inventoried at the place aforesaid on the 12 of Decemb: 1831, Mr
Hawkins being unable to give an axact account of the property belonging to said
estate, but the same has been taken in his presence and that of Mr Fredrik
Nepean in that of the former as the brother and of the latter as the friend of
the deceased
N: Hawkins, Fred: Nepean
As Commissioners: F: Brand, C: Blanckenberg
In my presence: H: Tennant, Sect:
Ampliation
According to the statement of Mr W: Hawkins the estate has to claim from
Mr Kekewich, rent of the dwelling house, belonging to Mr V:A: Schonnberg, sub
let by Mr Hawkins, from 15 Novemb: 1831 to 15 March 1832, at the rate of
rd:s2200 per annum - paid 16 April 1832
Supplementary inventory of the effects belonging to the estate of the late
Francis Hawkins of the hon:ble East India Company’s civil service, found
contained in three writing desks the property of the deceased, which were
removed to Cape Town, by the commission of the Board who proceeded to Vineyard to seal up the effects of the
estate.
Orphan Chamber, Cape of Good Hope, 10 December 1831
As Commissioner: Fr: Brand
In my presence: H: Tennant, Sect:
| 1) James Whelshea Hawkins major |
| 2) Francis Hawkins major |
| 3) William Hawkins minor |
| 4) Isabella married to John Puget of Totteridge |
| 5) Emeline married to Rev:d Simpson |
| 6) Louisa married to the Earl of Kintore |
Landed property
| the estate called Vineyard , with two pieces of freehold and one piece of perpetual quitrent land, situated in the Cape district at Rondebosch , measuring fourteen morgen and 226 sq: roods of freehold and thirty morgen and 200 sq: roods of perpetual quitrent land |
In the drawing room
| a round table (loo) |
| two occasional tables |
| twenty four chairs, two arm with cushions |
| a sofa covered with patent hair seating |
| a chandelier |
| a brass finder and fire irons |
| a carpet and hearth rug |
In the dining room
| a dining table |
| twelve mahogany hair bottomed chairs |
| a mahogany sofa |
| one three light chandelier |
| a carpet |
In the bedroom n:o 1
| a mahogany double tent bedstead with curtains, mattrass, pillows and blanket |
| a mahogany ward robe |
| two chests of drawers |
| a wash hand stand, bason and ewer |
| two mahogany tables with center pieces |
| two couches |
| a chimny glass |
| twelve chairs |
| an easy chair covered with blue leather |
| a carpet |
| a hearth rug |
Bed room n:o 2
| a double tent bedstead with curtains |
| a ward robe |
| six chairs |
| two mahogany card tables |
| a wash hand stand |
| a mirror |
In the dressing room
| two mahogany ward robes and a commode |
Bedroom n:o 3
| a bedstead with curtains, mattresses, pillows and counter pane |
| a clothes horse |
In a store room
| a large handsome gilt edged and handled dinner and dessert set |
| a white tea set complete gold edge |
| eleven cups and saucers, eleven white plates and 1 tea pot |
| twenty four tumblers |
| sixty four wine glasses |
| fifteen coolers |
| four decanters |
| four silver plated hot water dishes and covers complete |
| a silver plated tea urn |
| a silver plated tea and breakfast service consisting of a tea pot, coffee pot, sugar bason and milk jug |
| a silver plated sauce pan of silver |
| a silver plated cruet frame with 8 cut glasses |
| a silver plated toast rack |
| three p:r of silver plated bottle stands |
| a p:r of chamber candle sticks |
| six silver plated dish concas with silver gages |
| a silver plated salver chased gages and embrossed center |
| a silver plated egg frame with eight cups and spoon |
| two p:r of silver plated snuffers and trays |
| three silver plated salt cellers |
| two doz: silver table spoons |
| two doz: silver forks |
| two doz: silver desert spoons |
| two doz: silver desert forks |
| two doz: silver tea spoons |
| two p:r silver gravy spoons |
| two p:r silver soup ladles |
| three p:r silver sauce ladles |
| three p:r silver salt spoons |
| a mustard spoon |
| a p:r of sugar tongs |
| a fish knife |
| two butter [knife] |
| a cheese scoop |
| two silver marrow spoons |
| an allabaster clock at Twentiman’s |
| a p:r of flour vaces at Twentiman’s |
| four silver plated candle sticks and branches |
| two p:r silver plated candle sticks |
| two p:r of snuffers and trays |
| a silver plated round waiter |
| a p:r of gilt table lamps complete |
| a p:r of Japan tea trays |
| a metal coffee pot |
| two doz: table knives and forks |
| two doz: desert knives and forks |
| a p:r of carvers and a knife sharper |
| a Hindustance bason and ewer |
In the kitchen
| a kitchen dresser |
| two kitchen tables |
| a Japan bason |
| a hall lanthorn |
| twelve Japan tumblers |
| a jug |
| three candle sticks |
| a pepper box and grater |
| ten knives and forks |
| a pestel and mortar |
| a coffee mill |
| a p:r of bellows |
| a slop pail |
| a p:r of snuffers |
| two knife trays |
| a spice box |
| an oval tub |
| an iron pot, tea kettle, a fountain and a tea boiler |
| three sauce pans, a frying pan, four copper stew pans, a pan, cake pan, a chopper, a callender, a baking pot, two tin dishes, a ladle, a gravy spoon, twelve spoons, eleven skewers, two strainers, a box cutters, a brass [cutters], a fork and two cooks knives, a steel, six tart dishes, twelve patty pans, tinder box, two graters, a funnel, a water halfaum, two pails, a grid iron, a rolling pin, an ax, a tin bason, a copper water lifter, a plate basket, a cannister, two lamps, a tea pot, a toasting fork, a set of fire irons, a roasting oven and a spit, a cork screw, a duster and duster pan, a milk pail, two watering pots, a mop, a set of scales with weights, three stilliards, a saw, a table and two benches |
In the dairy
| two pails and six milk dishes, a butter churn and a spoon |
In the store room
| nine tin cannisters containing preserved meat |
| two full and two half boxes with tea |
| a can of oil |
| a bag containing powder and shot |
| a tub sugar candy |
| a bag of rice |
| a box with candles |
| a half box with wax candles |
| a pound of cinnamon |
| a chest containing a box with lavender water |
| three boxes of wax candles |
| a box with soap, and a card box and counters |
In an inner room box n:o 1
| six doz: new shirts |
| five p:r of short gaiters |
| six doz: of white jackets |
| fifty five bansans |
| three doz: of waistcoats |
| twenty one white pantalloons |
| twenty four towels |
Trunk n:o 2
| twenty eight p:r of white pantalloons |
| three Nankeen covers and a p:r of Nankeen gaiters |
| one hundred and twenty three neck handkerchiefs |
| forty four coloured neck handkerchiefs and one piece |
| three doz: and eleven towels |
| three p:r of braces |
| eleven bansans |
| three doz: of cotton stockings long |
| one hundred and twenty nine p:r of socks |
| fourteen p:r of white silk stockings |
| five p:r of old silk stockings |
| three p:r of long black silk stockings |
| five p:r of socks |
| five p:r of gloves leather |
| seven red silk handkerchiefs |
| twenty four plain handkerchiefs |
| five p:r of white cotton gloves |
| five p:r of white bansansies drawers |
| three pieces of remnants of silk |
| two pieces of remnants of valvet |
| a cotton ban |
| three p:r of sheets |
| eight pieces of black silk and four silk handkerchiefs |
| five rubbers |
| seven pieces of horse clothings |
| a piece of white woollen horse clothings |
| two doz: of towels |
| a bundle of buttons and detonating caps |
Trunk n:o 3
| three p:r of white casziemeres pantaloons |
| two p:r of breeches |
| a p:r of leather breeches |
| four p:r of black silk stockings |
| eight waistcoats, three night caps |
| seven p:r of coloured stockings |
| four p:r of white stocks |
| two p:r of dark blue cloth |
| a piece of red clock |
| a piece of purper |
| a piece of lilac |
| a piece of light blue |
| a piece of drab |
| a piece of black cloth |
| two [piece] of white cloth |
| two [piece] of red bombason |
| five [piece] of tape |
| one Hindostany drift |
| three doz: of towels |
Trunk n:o 4
| eight pieces of horse clothing |
| eleven pieces of brown Nankeen |
| sixteen pieces of shirting |
| twelve pieces of cambrick |
| five pieces of check muslin |
| four pieces of plain muslin |
| nine pieces of muslin handkerchiefs |
| one [pieces] of dimity |
| twenty pieces of chints (remnants) |
| one [pieces] of palampore |
| one piece of baftas |
| one piece of cotton shawl |
| one piece of white shawl |
| one piece of orange colour English shawl |
| three [piece] of striped silk |
| a remnant of velvet |
| a table cover |
| nine waistcoating pieces |
| a remnant of red shawl piece |
| two blue shawls and two red shawls and two white |
| eight swords - left unsold |
| a bundle of Indian dresses - left unsold |
| a piece of white linen |
| a dagger - left unsold |
| three counter panes - left unsold |
Trunk n:o 5
| five pieces of baftas |
| a table cloth |
| six caps and four hats |
| a cocked hat |
| three fans |
Trunk n:o 6
| twelve towels |
| twelve towels |
| three pieces of Maddapolams |
| forty eight pieces of long and other clothes |
| a piece of muslin and three [piece] of handkerchiefs |
| a piece of dimity |
| three [piece] of kiemcobs |
Trunk n:o 7
| a piece of towel |
| five [piece] of linen |
| fifteen [piece] of brown Nankeen |
| seven [piece] of white Nankeen |
| twenty six [piece] of striped muslin |
| eight [piece] of stiff muslin |
| fifteen pieces of plain muslin |
| two pieces of figured muslin |
| one [pieces] of red silk |
| two pieces of striped cotton |
| one [pieces] of horse cloth |
Trunk n:o 8
| a piece of towling |
| four coats |
| seven p:r of trousers |
| seven waistcoats |
| six shirts |
| nine p:r of stockings |
| six p:r of socks |
| five bansans |
| nine p:r of drawers |
| twelve neck handkerchiefs |
| four pocket handkerchiefs |
| five night caps |
| a flannel belt |
| three towels |
| a box with snuff |
Trunk n:o 14
| a blanket |
| three chints quilts |
| three palampores |
| nine sheets |
| ten table cloths |
| a piece of jean |
| two [piece] of shirtings |
| four [piece] of muslin |
| five [piece] of cambrick muslin |
| eight [piece] of muslin handkerchiefs |
| two [piece] of towling |
| six bansans |
| three p:r of white trousers |
| three p:r of coloured [trousers] |
| a shirt and a p:r of drawers |
| thirty three pillow cases |
| twelve pocket handkerchiefs, ninety towels and 2 p:r of stockings and a band |
| a piece of grass cloth |
| a blue jacket |
| a drab coat and a piece of towling |
Trunk n:o 9
| three p:r of white leather shoes |
| two p:r of white boots |
| five p:r of shoes |
| ten p:r of boots |
| NB the articles contained in trunks n:o 10 and 13 being enumerated elsewhere |
| two gun cases containing two double barrelled guns |
| a pistol case with a p:r of pistols |
| a sea cot with bedding, at Mr Robertsons |
| a medicine box |
| two tin cases containing medicine |
| a box with weights |
Books
| Richardson dictionary vol: 2 |
| Sheridons dictionary vol: 1 |
| Ivanhoe vol: 3 |
| Abbott vol: 3 |
| Kenilworth vol: 3 |
| Peneril of the peak vol: 4 |
| S:t Rolnans will vol: 3 |
| The monastery vol: 3 |
| The pirate vol: 3 |
| Red gauntlet vol: 3 |
| Fortunes of Nigel vol: 3 |
| Quintin Durward vol: 3 |
| Tytlers General History vol: 2 |
| Waltons Logic vol: 1 |
| Duncan’s Caesar vol: 2 |
| Latin dictionary vol: 1 |
| Watts, On the mind vol: 1 |
| Italian grammar vol: 1 |
| Principles of the Frensch language vol: 1 |
| Ten Persian books vol: 10 |
| Nicholas, Voyages to New Zealand vol: 2 |
| Salis, Coran vol: 2 |
| English Prayer book vol: 1 |
| Horrace vol: 2 |
| Topography vol: 2 |
| Bengall directories vol: 2 |
In the bedroom
| thirty one towels |
| five doz: and four shirts |
| twenty five bansans |
| thirteen waistcoats |
| five stocks |
| eighteen p:r of socks |
| eleven white jackets |
| seven white pocket handkerchiefs |
| eleven p:r of white trousers |
| five p:r of Nankeen trousers |
| three white neck clothes and a pocket handkerchief |
| twelve sheets |
| nine pellow cases |
| five flannel waistcoats |
| three pafaitto drawers |
| seven pafaitto cotton drawers |
| five pafaitto stocks |
| eight night caps |
| one uniform and embroidered coat |
| four body coats and a great coat |
| two waistcoats |
| a shawl |
| a Krem cob dacszay coat |
| a silver tumbler |
| a silver spittoon and tong scraper |
In the stable
| eight horses |
| a set of carriage harness for 4 horses |
| a single harness |
| two saddles and bridles |
| three brushes and three curry comb |
| eight rollers |
| two water brushes, two combs and two sponges |
| a lanthorn |
| two leathers |
| seven hew stalls |
| four buckets |
| two dung forks |
| two baskets and a wheelbarrow |
| a large chest |
| a set of coat harness |
| a sack |
| a carriage |
| a buggy, two holsters and two whips |
In the cattle yard
| four cows, three calfs, five pigs, twelve turkeys, six geese and twenty four fowls and 23 ducks |
| eight thousand bricks |
In a small store
| twelve spades, 1 pick ax, 3 hows, 2 rakes, 1 sickle, two bil hooks, 2 saws, 2 tubs, 1 drawing knife, 2 watering pots, 2 baskets, 23 planks, 2 frames, 1 lot of wood, 1 grindingstone, 1 barrel of tar and 1 garden roller |
In the wine store
| twenty one bottles of sherry |
| thirty one bottles of Madira |
| thirty three bottles of port |
| ten bottles of brandy |
| one hundred and fifty seven of Cape wine |
| eighty two bott: of Cape arack |
| four bott: of gin and four of rum |
| two casks 3 1/2 doz: cach: of beer |
| a chest containing six doz: of pale ail |
| a box containing |
| a necklace called Chumpaculy, consisting of thirty one gems of diamonds, emerald and ruby strung alternalety, and set in enamilled gold with a pearl drop to each |
| a p:r of crescent shaped ear rings with one billiant, two small rubies, and two smaller emerald and six large pearls to halt |
| four p:r of bracelets set in enamelled gold |
| a broach with brilliant center and emerald foliage |
| a p:r of gold ear rings |
| a large emerald ring |
| a ruby ring |
Cash
| eighteen shillings and six pen: sterling twenty four ropies 19 loot |
| a gold watch with a gold chain, three gold seals and a key |
| two gold diamond rings |
| one gold emerald ring |
| one gold sapphire |
| one gold diamond broach |
| one gold pin |
| a pair of bracelets set in precious stones |
| a gold pencil case, gross weight 1 3/4 loot |
| a silver snuff box |
| a gold locket |
| two p:r of silver shoe buckles |
| a p:r of silver knee buckles |
| a p:r of gold shirt buttons |
| two sword hilts |
| a silver eye glass |
| a thermometer |
| a silver compass |
| a spy glass |
| two p:r of necklaces (amber and blue stone) |
| two p:r of bracelets |
| three knives |
| two pencil cases |
| silver and gold lace |
| a silver seal engraved in percian |
| a box with ribband |
| two purses, a pocket book and two stamps and two empty boxes |
| a pen knife |
| two locks |
| a paper stand |
| a ruler and a lot of tape |
| a p:r of gold shirt buttons |