MOOC8 Estate Inventory
MOOC8/74.26a — JOSEPH RALPH, ELIZABETH CURTIS, SOMERSET, SOMERSET, SOMERSET
18340801
Inventory details
- MOOC reference
- MOOC8/74.26a
- Date
- 18340801
- Names
- Joseph Ralph, Elizabeth Curtis, Somerset, Somerset, Somerset
Transcription
MOOC8/74.26a
{18340801} 1 August 1834 Joseph Ralph Elizabeth Curtis
Inventory of the property belonging to the estate of Joseph Ralph of Somerset and his late wife Elizabeth Ralph
appraised by David McMaster, Sworn Appraiser for the district of Somerset .
I David McMaster s:r Sworn Appraiser do hereby certify and declare that I
have appraised the property mentioned in the foregoing inventory and that to
the best of my knowledge and belief the value of the several articles according
to the pieces specified opposite each of them.
D: McMaster s:r
Somerset 1st August 1834
Stock in trade
| Rd:s | |
| 10 1/2 y:ds black cloth | 126:-- |
| 8 1/4 y:ds blue cloth | 74:2 |
| 241/4 y:ds duffle | 78:4 |
| 29 y:ds white baize | 43:-- |
| 24 1/2 y:ds savelist | 85:6 |
| 48 3/4 y:ds green baize | 54:6 |
| 45 pairs ladies shoes | 154:4 |
| 2 pairs gent’s shoes | 10:-- |
| 2 reams and 3 quires paper | 32:2 |
| 39 hats | 195:-- |
| 9 black silk hats | 63:-- |
| 2 doz: and 3 copy books | 7:4 |
| 1 boys beaver hat | 5:-- |
| 1 round hat | 3:-- |
| 13 pieces white salim | 84:4 |
| 22 pieces baftas | 99:-- |
| 2 pieces grey punjums | 34:-- |
| 27 yards pumjum | 12:4 |
| 1 1/2 dozen striped shirts | 27:6 |
| 1 doz: fine white shirts | 33:-- |
| 4 pair stays | 24:-- |
| 11 pair black silk gloves | 17:-- |
| 1 doz: silk gloves | 15:6 |
| 52 3/4 yards white drill | 52:6 |
| 6 blue cloth jackets | 52:4 |
| 1 pair moleskin trousers | 5:-- |
| 3 shooting jackets | 36:-- |
| 1 pair duck | 15:-- |
| 1 1/2 doz: looking glasses | 3:6 |
| 3 cases razors | 4:4 |
| 4 childrens frocks | 30:4 |
| 38 yards check | 17:-- |
| 1 3/4 doz: black silk gloves | 27:-- |
| 8 pair kid gloves | 8:-- |
| 2 pieces gingham | 60:-- |
| 2 pieces col:d cambrick | 42:-- |
| 22 cashmere shawls | 55:-- |
| 1/2 doz: fringed shawls | 20:-- |
| 2 2/3 doz: voorchits shawls | 25:-- |
| 23 figured shawls | 34:4 |
| 3 figured shawls | 10:-- |
| 11 sheets paste board | 2:6 |
| 35 handkerchiefs | 20:-- |
| 1/2 doz: looking glasses | 1:4 |
| 7 1/3 doz: stay laces | 2:4 |
| 6 1/2 pieces voorchitz | 25:-- |
| 6 pieces calico | 114:-- |
| 31 1/2 y:ds fine shirting | 15:4 |
| 1 piece white salem | 6:4 |
| 7 1/2 pieces print | 117:4 |
| 46 yards print | 28:-- |
| 21 yards mourning print | 11:2 |
| 19 1/2 yards mourning print | 8:2 |
| 1 piece mourning print | 15:-- |
| 17 3/4 yards mourning print | 8:-- |
| 2 pieces and 17 3/4 y:ds glazed | 16:2 |
| 7 pieces and 11 y:ds print | 125:5 |
| 1 piece and 20 y:ds corded muslin | 40:-- |
| 8 1/2 y:ds striped muslin | 12:-- |
| 11 1/4 yd:s striped linen | 8:4 |
| 7 black shawls | 50:-- |
| 5 pieces ribbon | 11:4 |
| 91 y:ds ribbon | 60:-- |
| 2 pieces black gauze ribbon | 20:-- |
| 12 y:ds superior gauze ribbon | 12:-- |
| 1 black beaver hat | 10:-- |
| 5 pieces ribbon | 22:-- |
| 271 3/4 y:ds ribbon | 65:2 |
| 3 boxes Eau de Cologne | 11:2 |
| 1 doz: and 10 pair Grecian boots | 5:3 |
| 8 penknives | 12:-- |
| 7 pairs scissors | 17:-- |
| 4 doz: pearl buttons | 4:-- |
| 2 broaches | 1:-- |
| 2 pair clasps | 2:-- |
| 1 gross moulds | 4:-- |
| 10 doz: hooks and eyes | 15:-- |
| 3 dressing combs | 1:-- |
| 11 fine combs | 5:4 |
| 5 black lead pencils | 1:-- |
| 9 pieces bonnetwire | 5:-- |
| 3 dozen and 10 Catechism | 9:4 |
| 10 Trap der Jeuden | 10:6 |
| 1 1/2 doz: unbleached cloth | 12:4 |
| 2 doz: hose | 18:-- |
| 2 1/2 doz: hose | 25:-- |
| 23 y:ds black crape | 16:-- |
| 54 y:ds coloured satin | 24:2 |
| 12 3/4 y:ds black grain | 12:6 |
| 6 3/4 y:ds white grain | 5:-- |
| 14 1/2 y:ds drill | 18:-- |
| 3 y:ds grain | 2:-- |
| 15 1/2 y:ds moleskin | 23:4 |
| 9 pair gloves | 9:-- |
| 10 superior razors | 14:3 |
| 2 telescopes | 50:-- |
| 2 bottles custer | 8:-- |
| 1500 needles | 9:-- |
| 3 bottles lavender | 6:-- |
| 1 leghorn bonnet | 18:-- |
| 73 yards persian | 68:4 |
| 1 fine white handkerchief | 2:4 |
| 4 yards green gauze | 5:-- |
| 8 1/4 y:ds Japan muslin | 6:4 |
| 6 y:ds Japan muslin | 8:2 |
| 2 spun silk handk:fs | 1:4 |
| 10 Welsh shawls | 25:-- |
| 1 doz: silk turbans | 20:-- |
| 7 scarfs | 9:-- |
| 4 crape shawls | 55:-- |
| 2 black silk handk:fs | 7:4 |
| 1 1/3 doz: Cambrick handk:fs | 11:-- |
| 11 1/2 y:ds Scotch cambrick | 10:-- |
| 12 3/4 y:ds bobbinet | 22:4 |
| 29 yards cambrick | 30:-- |
| 11 1/4 y:ds check cambrick | 16:-- |
| 16 yards check cambrick | 14:-- |
| 1/2 doz: Cambrick handk:fs | 4:4 |
| 106 1/2 yards mull’d muslin | 100:-- |
| 1 piece and 1/2 y:ds check | 12:-- |
| 2 muslin dresses | 28:-- |
| 5 pieces print | 17:4 |
| 41 y:ds moleskin | 56:4 |
| 34 y:ds black moleskin | 38:-- |
| 11 y:s blue moleskin | 14:-- |
| 1 doz: waistcoats | 26:-- |
| 8 quires music paper | 28:-- |
| 25 1/2 yards black stuff | 22:4 |
| 1 piece and 23 y:ds shallom | 52:-- |
| 5 1/4 doz: handkerchiefs | 57:6 |
| 6 3/4 doz: check handkerchiefs | 30:6 |
| 18 Malay handk:fs | 18:-- |
| 1 2/3 doz: nightcaps | 9:-- |
| 1 doz: red nightcaps | 7:-- |
| 4 gross braid | 4:4 |
| 54 yards flannel | 54:-- |
| 241 yards valencia | 211:4 |
| 1 pack and 3 pieces nankern | 28:4 |
| 18 1/4 y:ds valencia | 24:4 |
| 11 yards cassinet | 8:-- |
| 4 1/2 yards valencia | 5:-- |
| 84 yards fustian | 8:-- |
| 7 looking glasses | 4:3 |
| 34 doz: and 10 white plates | 69:-- |
| 3 doz: and 2 blue edge plates | 8:-- |
| 11 1/2 doz: basins | 17:-- |
| 2 sets and 4 cups and sauces | 28:-- |
| 6 candlesticks | 10:4 |
| 6 Dutch irons | 54:-- |
| 1 queens metal tin pot | 3:4 |
| 2 coffee mill | 5:4 |
| 2 scrubbing brushes | 3:-- |
| 4 hats | 20:-- |
| 2 lbs coloured silk | 46:-- |
| 3 1/6 doz: clasped knives | 13:-- |
| 5 pairs candlesticks | 17:-- |
| 1 curry comb | 1:-- |
| 1 stock and bits | 12:-- |
| screws | 2:4 |
| 2 2/3 doz: gimlets | 2:-- |
| 10 doz: thimbles | 2:4 |
| 10 doz: tailors thimbles | 11:-- |
| 7 3/4 doz: small tapes | 8:-- |
| 1 1/3 doz: large tapes | 5:-- |
| 1 doz: clasp knives | 4:-- |
| 17 pairs snuffers and trays | 12:-- |
| 20 pairs snuffers and trays | 14:-- |
| 5 1/2 papers slate pencils | 5:4 |
| 3 1/2doz: bobbins | 5:-- |
| 2 1/2 lb pins | 5:-- |
| 1 1/2 lb sewing cotton | 4:4 |
| 7 1/2 doz: cotton reels | 5:4 |
| 16 lb coloured thread | 32:-- |
| 11 locks | 12:-- |
| 1 doz: locks | 10:-- |
| 3 1/2 lb Scotch thread | 14:-- |
| 6 small padlocks | 5:-- |
| 11 metal tablespoons | 5:-- |
| 1 1/2 doz: teaspoons | 1:4 |
| 3 2/3 doz: knives and forks | 33:-- |
| 10 doz: steel buttons | 4:-- |
| 2 1/2 gross steel buttons | 2:4 |
| 2 saddles and bridles | 85:-- |
| 1 and 1/2 gross buttons | 2:-- |
| 11 masons trowels | 16:-- |
| 9 drawing knives | 8:-- |
| 1 auger | 1:-- |
| 14 chisels | 16:-- |
| 1 frying pan | 3:-- |
| 5 grid irons | 9:-- |
| 7 jars and 1 lb green paint | 37:-- |
| 2 tea trays | 9:-- |
| 2 waiters | 1:4 |
| 9 cannisters | 13:4 |
| 9 quart tin cups | 6:-- |
| 4 pint tin cups | 1:4 |
| 10 1/2 pint tin cups | 3:4 |
| 72 chambers | 54:-- |
| 866 gun flints | 9:-- |
| 3 papers inkpowder | 2:-- |
| 45 lbs white lead | 12:4 |
| 60 lbs pepper | 18:-- |
| 54 lbs raisins | 9:-- |
| 12 lbs bone | 6:-- |
| 1 lb and 12 oz: nutmegs | 10:-- |
| 1 lb and 12 oz: nutmegs | 10:-- |
| 1 lb cloves | 2:-- |
| 9 1/2 lb currants | 7:-- |
| 320 lbs soap | 33:- |
| 280 lbs tallow | 52:4 |
| 21 buckskins | 13:-- |
| 3 calfskins | 1:-- |
| 32 horns | 8:-- |
| 143 lbs shot | 26:-- |
| 1 bag and 24 lbs rice | 24:-- |
| 1 cask | 6:4 |
| 7 planks | 17:4 |
| 63 lbs coffee | 34:-- |
| 19 muids meal | 200:-- |
| 1 stock and bits | 12:-- |
| a quantity of medicines | 460:-- |
| 1 cruet and stand | 40:-- |
| 14 1/2 boxes glass | 38:-- |
| 98 1/2 lbs starch | 53:-- |
| 3 hides | 18:-- |
| 3 casks | 16:-- |
| step and counter | 10:-- |
| shelves | 20:-- |
| 1 set china | 27:-- |
| Total | Rd:s6150:2 |
Household furniture
| Rd:s | |
| books | 115 |
| 6 chairs | 43 |
| 1 sofa | 15 |
| 1 bed stead | 40 |
| 1 table | 4 |
| 1 schepel | 1 |
| window hanging | 20 |
| 1 chest of drawers | 100 |
| 1 feather bed | 100 |
| 2 tables | 10 |
| 1 violin | 18 |
| 2 funnels | 1 |
| 1 doublebarreled gun | 60 |
| Total | Rd:s527 |
Livestock
| Rd:s | |
| 5 horses and 1 mare | 360 |
| 420 wethers | 840 |
| 3 oxen | 80 |
| 2 cows and 1 calf | 26 |
| Total | Rd:s1306 |
Immoveable property
| Rd:s | |
| 1 erf with the buildings thereon | 3000 |
| 1 building lot | 250 |
| Total | Rd:s3250 |
Grand total
| Rd:s | |
| stock in trade | 6150:2 |
| house furniture | 527:-- |
| livestock | 1306:-- |
| immoveable property | 3250:-- |
| Total | Rd:s11233:2 |
| Rd:s | £ | |
| valuation of the property above stated | 11233:12 or | 842:0:10 1/2 |
| from which deduct the amount of debts due by the estate | 6841:31 or | 486:2:6 5/8 |
| 17714:43 or | 1328:12:4 1/8 | |
| amount of debts due to estate as per inventory | 15371:4 or | 1152:16:7 1/2 |
| Balance in favour of the estate | Rd:s2343:39 or | £175:15:8 5/8 |
| half of which is due to his children for maternal inheritance | Rd:s1171:44 or | £87:17:10 1/2 |