Edward Pike of Long Clawson 1627 Inventory
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/I/32b/44
A true Inventorye of all the goods and Chattells of Edwarde Pike, late of our parishe of Claxton husbandman, taken this fourth of April 1627 By Richard Steven, William Smart, & William Leavers husbandmen of Claxton aforesaied
| In primis his purse and apparel | 40s |
| Itim in the perlar 4 beds | 10s |
| Itim 15 Coverleds | 24 li |
| Itim 10 Blankets | 36s |
| Itim 6 mattresses 1 quilt | 3 li 6s 8d |
| Itim 1 feather bedd 2 Ticke boulsters | 53s 4d |
| Itim 13 Tilly wolly boulsters | 26s 8d |
| Itim 10 payre of harden sheets | 46s 8d |
| Itim 6 payre of hempe | 36s |
| Itim of flaxen sheets 7 payre | 3 li 10s |
| Itim 4 flaxen board Clothes | 11s 6d |
| Itim 4 Hempton board Clothes | 8s |
| Itim 4 payre of Towells | 13s 4d |
| Itim 12 pillowe beares | 24s |
| Itim 30 Napkins | 15s |
| Itim wollen Cloth | 21s 4d |
| Itim 6 yardes of Lynnen Cloth | 5s |
| Itim 3 Cofers | 11s |
| Itim in the Chamber wollen and Lynnen yarne | 13s 4d |
| Itim in the house, the pueter | 40s |
| Itim the brasse | 6 li |
| Itim in the kitchen the lead, and brueinge vessells and other wooden ware | 3 li |
| Itim 2 Cubbers | 20s |
| Itim 3 Tables 2 Chers, stooles and Quushions, formes & settles | 20s |
| Itim 2 wollen, & 4 Lynnen wheels | 5s |
| Itim a kneding troughe and other impleaments of wood | 8s |
| Itim, Bacon | 20s |
| Itim, an oxe teame, three yokes & other ould Iron & trye | 20s |
| Itim 7 Horses and mares | 27 li |
| Itim 4 kyne, 3 Heafers, 2 Calves | 18 li 10s |
| Itim 4 swyne | 33s 4d |
| Itim Hives and Bees | 8 li 13s 4d |
| Itim the Cart and Cart geares, and plough, and plough geares, and Harrowes | 5 li |
| Itim for plough Tymber, Racke and manger, Fleakes, Hovell timber, pales and ould wood in the | |
| yarde | 5 li 3s 4d |
| Itim all the Corne threshed, and unthreshed, about the towne, and the hea | 17 li 6s 8d |
| Itim the Croppe in the feeild | 22 li |
| Itim 12 Coaples & 10 other shepe | 9 li |
| Itim the pullen, and Iron Croe, & the fire Irons, and all impleaments about the fire, & thinges | |
| forgotten | 10s |
| Itim Corne and Strawe, and ould Harrowes at Coulston | 3 li 10s |
| The whole sume is | 173 li 13s 2d |
The names & handes of the praysers
Exhibited Melton Mowbray 22 May 1627
It would seem likely that the will of Edward Pike of Colston Bassett relates to the same person – this testator had seemingly moved to Leicestershire since probate had been granted in that jurisdiction and the inventory included goods at Colston Bassett