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An Inventory[1] of the Chattles of the late Thomas Bradford[2] and Samuel Bradford[3] of Cavananore taken Jan^y 6^th 1791

Eight cows and three calves                           39:8:0

Five Horses a foal and two hoggs                  47:10:0

Barley Oats and Hay Potatoes                        135:0:0

Bees                                                                0:1:20

Farming Utensils                                            ?8:0:0

Bond Debts                                                     278:3[:]6

Notes and a_ly                                                73:1:6

Arear rent                                                       127:3:?

Taken by us                                                    ₤709:10:11

                                                                        John Bailie[4]

                                                                        Rob^t Dickie[5]

Present

James Birch[6]

David Jackson[7]

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Inventory

taken [_______]

91 by Messrs

Barcly

& Dickie[8] This Inventory so far

as relates to Bonds & Notes are ____mpted for the Ex[____]

Book Pages 78 and 79 under date of 5^th Febr 1779 [or 1749 – it is not clear]

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Mrs Bradfords[9] list

Of articles rec^d from the

House

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One [__]_Bed one desk one Tea Board one oak table

Five oak Chairs one __ Rushbottomed one old fir Dale[10]

Table three Stools two meat pots one Dutch oven

One Copper Sauspan one tea Kettle two part pool hooks

One old gridiron one pair old tongs one spittoon tripod

Two [____] Dishes /on plates one old Brass Candlestick

One Dozen Delf[11] plates four  Trunchers[?][12] [____] Six Noggins[13]

Three wooden Dishes one Churn Two Cans one pale

One puncheon[14] for holding Male three Black Crocks

One Milkpan one potato Basket two smoothing

Irons five knives and forks one spinning wheel

Eight horn spoons a So [____] Sive  two S[__]ming Dishes

A tin pudding Ban one washing Tub one pan

Snuffers one tea Chest valued to me at 2₤ [__] one

Corner Cupboard one dozen China Cups and saucers

Two Diff_teapots three Racking jugs one Mug two Glass

Ones Dozen bottles One feather [____]d four pairs of Blankets

And one half pair [______] twild Sheets & Nine half Bleached

Coarse Sheets Three Boulster Cover two pair pillow

Cases two old twilled tablecloths Eleven New Towels

Three old ones one old Napkin two Druget[15] Quilts one

Old [____] Linen Quilt an old Smoothing Blanket

[_____] Cloth two Rubbers a Bread Basket

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Wearing a pearl

A Coat and waiscoat of superfine Cloth a su[__]tool

Of Coarse Cloth a suit of Black Clothes which with

Coo[_]s and a new wig M^rs J^on  Bradford[16] got two

Pair of small Clothes Inc Better an other worse

An old suit past use given away a Saddle and

Old Bridle out of 16 fine shirts to which the Brothers

Had an Equal Right. I got but five ten Course Shirts

And a few old  fine ones Three Night Caps

N.B Any House Linen that was here when

I Came I got Neither part nor Share of it only two

Old towels one Napkin Stockins six pair all Disposed off

A watch and a Gun also a Cane and one hat

A pair of Sadle Bags.

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Inventory as a valuation

taken at Cavenanore on

21^st August 1850

Cattle	₤
5 One Year old Bullock	37:0:0
6 Yearling Heiffers	21:0:0
3 Yearling Bullocks	8:10:0
One Two Year Old Heiffer	9:5:0
4 Weanling Calves	7:0:0
2 Aged Cows	16:0:0
2 ditto ?	18:0:0
2 Horses	14:0:0
1 Drill Harrow	1:10:0
1 Ditto ?	1:0:0
Sand Grubber	2:5:0
Double Moulding Plow	2:7:6
2 Ploughs	4:010:0
1 Ditto	1:10:0
Wooden Plough	5:6
1 Cart	2:15:0
1 Float	4:15:0
4 Harrows	2:0:0
21 Metal Uprights	3:3:0
1 Ditto (with Iron ?)	1:15:0
Man Cart	5:0
Small Rowler[17]	2:6
Turnip Cutter	10:0
Gig[18]	10:10:0
Beam & Scales	7:6
Sack Barrow	10:0
Turnip Sewer	10:0
10 Weights	15:0
Forks and Rakes	5:0
Winning Machine	2:10:0
Stand Beam & Scales	1:10:0
Barley Peeler	2:6
10 Scives[19]	5:0
11 Sacks	11:0
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Amt Forward	₤	Amount Forward	₤
Lot Backbands	2:02:0	Dining Room Cont^d
Handbarrow & rope	4:0	Draft Box	5:0
3 Stone Troughs	10:6	Carpet & Rug	4:4:0
Barley p acre	6:17:6	Carpet Cover	15:0
Oats	6:15:0	Fire Irons	5:0
Potatoes	9:10:0	2 Sun Blinds	4:0
Carrots	10:00:0	2 Bell Pulls	5:0
Wheat	7:10:0	Chimney Ornaments	6:0
Part of field	5:10:0	Tellescope	1:0:0
Ditto of oats	6:10:0	Ink Stand & Bottles	3:6
		Tea Cad	4:0
22^nd August 1850		Hall
Breakfast Parlour		Barometer	1:0:0
6 Mahogany Chairs	1:16:0	Hall Matting	1:6
1 Arm ditto	9:0	Stair Carpeting	1:0:0
1 Carpet	12:0	22 Brass Stair Rods	6:0
Ste fire irons	2:6
Sofa	14:0	N^o 1 Bedroom
		Mahogany Bedstead & Curtains	4:11:0
		Tick Bolster & Two Pillows
Dining Room		1 Pair Blankets & 1 Under do
Set Dining Table and Cover	8:00:0	1 Counterpain
Side Board	6:10:0	Dressing Table & Glass
12 Mahogany Chairs	7:4:0	Washstand & Delph
2 Arm Ditto	1:16:0	6 Cain Chairs
Large Screen	1:0:0	Carpet Fender & Fire Irons
Carpet Rug and cover	3:15:0	3 Chimnet Ornaments
Set Fire Irons	8:0	Close Stool
2 Sun Blinds	4:0	Sun Blind
2 Bell Pulls	1:0	Ditto on Lobby
		N^o 2 Bedroom
		Bedstead Palias[20] & Curtains	2:15
		Tick Bolster & 2 Pillows	3:10
Drawing Room		1 Pair Blankets	12:6
Lov[?] Table & Cover	5:0:0	Mahog^yDress^g Table & Glass	1:8
Sofa with Cushion	4:10:0	Mahog^y Bason Stand & Delph	10:0

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Amt. Forwarded		Amt. Forwarded
N^o 2 Bedroom Contd”		Pantry Cont^d
Close Stool	3:00	2 Snuffers & Trays
De vl Towel Earer [??]	6	Set Blue Delph
Sun Blind	2:00	Tin Kettle and Stand
Old Mahogany table	1:06	2 Blue Jugs
N^o 3Bedroom		Dozen Ale Glasses
Bedsted Palias & Curtains	2:00:00	Dozen Tumblers
1 ½ Pair Blankets	1:06	40 Wine Glasses
Dressing table & Glass	12:00	5 Licure Glasses
Bason Stand & Delph	6:00	Glass Salad Bowl
Towel Eurer[21]	6	5 decanters
Fender & Tongs	1:00:00	Tin Cannister
Carpet	2:06	Dish Mats & Doileys
Oak Table	6:00	2 Chamber Candlesticks
Dea[22]l Press (In Passage)	7:06	Round Tub
N^o 4Bedroom		3 Small Crocks
Clothes Press		6 Trays (Small & large)
Bedsted Palias & Curtains		Deal[23] Table
Painted Dressing Tale		6 Salts
		Kitchen
		3 Deal tables
		Roasting Jack[24] & Spit
		Clock
		Lot Pots & Saucepans
		Dairy Utensils
		Delf Noggins [_]
		2 Deal Presses[25]
		Double Clothes Horse
		Bacon Barrell
		Small Bean & Scales
		Toaster & Frying Pan
		2 Smoothing Irons
		Crooks & Pot Hooks
		3 [?] Irons

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[1] The spelling in this document and in the one that follows reflects the spelling used in the originals.

[2] Thomas BRADFORD (Abt 1739-1790) married Elizabeth BREAKEY Aug 27, 1781. She was the daughter of William BREAKEY & Elizabeth BIRCH. The Freedom of the Borough of Dundalk was conferred upon Thomas BRADFORD in 1782. He lived at Cavananore.

[3] Samuel BRADFORD (Abt 1739-Feb 27, 1818) married Margaret HENRY (1774-Oct 9, 1846)

[4] John BAILIE. There was a John BAILIE (1692-1777), brother of Mary BAILIE (1702-1762) who married Samuel James DICKIE. This John BAILIE is likely related.

[5] Robert DICKIE. There are a number of possibilities here, I can’t say for certain, but the DICKIE family were a family with many legal and business interests who intermarried with the BRADFORD and JACKSON families.

[6] James BIRCH – This could possibly be James Jackson BIRCH (1740-1820). A grandson of James BIRCH and Mary JACKSON and a brother of Thomas Ledlie BIRCH, the famous preacher and United Irishman activist. He was also a brother of George BIRCH who was on the Royalist side of the 1798 revolt. This James BIRCH could also be a son of James BIRCH and Mary JACKSON. I know nothing about him except that he existed.

[7] David JACKSON (-1796), son of George JACKSON and husband of Margaret BRADFORD (1739-1829). Margaret BRADFORD was the sister of both Samuel and Thomas BRADFORD. They lived at Liscalgot.

[8] BARCLAY & DICKIE were in a law firm together.

[9] Mrs. BRADFORD could be several of the Mrs. BRADFORDs. I hesitate to guess at this time. It may be that a document found in the future will help us with a handwriting match.

[10] Presumably a “deal” table -  a table made of fir or pine planks.

[11] A kind of glazed earthenware from the town of Delf or Delft in Holland

[12] These may be wooden platters – a corruption of the word “trencher”.

[13] A small drinking vessel, a mug or a cup. OED.

[14] A “puncheon” can be many things. In its association with “Male” which I assume to be ‘mail”, it may have been an instrument akin to a seal. But I am guessing here. A historian of the era cold likely set me right.

[15] “Druget”:  Formerly, a kind of stuff, all of wool, or mixed of wool and silk or wool and linen, used for wearing apparel. Now, a coarse woollen stuff used for floor coverings, table cloths, etc. OED.

[16] Mrs. John BRADFORD may be Barbara COULTER (1721-1795), wife of John BRADFORD. They were the parents of Samuel & Thomas & Margaret BRADFORD. And then, maybe not.

[17] I haven’t a clue what a “rowler” might be.

[18] A light two wheeled one-horse carriage. OED

[19] “Scive”?

[20] palliasse - a straw mattress. c. 1500 in the Shorter Oxford.

[21] “Eurer”?

[22] Likely made of fir or pine – see “Deal table”.

[23] “Deal” refers to a plank sawn from fir or pine that is more than 7” wide and thinner than 3” thick.

[24] “Jack” a machine for turning the spit in roasting meat; either wound up like a clock or actuated by the draught of heated air up the chimney. OED

[25] I am unsure of what this might be – presumably a wooden machine made for the purposes of extracting (or pressing) liquid, say from cheeses or fruits.