Samuel ALSTON of Edwardstone [2654]

  General Notes:

Samuel is mentioned four times in his fathers Will 1630, once as Samuel the younger. He is executor of his sister Sarah's Will 1634.
2017 - Mary Terbrack having read the original of Samuels Father's Will cannot find Samuel described as the "the younger" and concludes that statement a mistranscription.

ALSTON v. KIDBYE.
Answer, 21 May 1645, of William Kidbye, defendant to the complaint of Samuell Alston.
This answer contains very little information at all ; it concerns a sum borrowed by the complainant from one William Payne, Robert Alston being his surety.
Alstoniana Pg 174 Cresswell was unwilling to place this matter as am I - ELF - 2019

On file searched 2004 Inventory of the Goods and Chattles of Samuel Alston of Edwardstone dated 3 Nov 1658

A Samuel Alston and a Mary Awsten married 19 Feb 1638/39 at Bury [5812]

Administration was granted to Elizabeth Alston 2nd December 1660 relict of Samuel Alston of Edwardstone [7228]

  Other Records

1. Samuel Alston: Inventory taken at his demise, 1658, Edwardstone SFK.
An inventory of all and singular the
movable goods and chattels of Samuel Alston
of Edwardstone in the county of Suffolk late
deceased priced the 3rd of November 1658
by us whose names are hereunder written

In the hall one long table, 6 joined stools, and two covered stools £01.04.00
also one table chair £00.02.03
also one dressing table £00.01.00
also 5 old chairs and 3 little stools £00.03.00
also one small glass keep £00.01.00
also 2 cob-irons, a pair of tongs, a firepan, a grid-iron, a spit, a chafing dish, and a trammel £00.04.02
also other small implements and some old books £00.04.05

In the lodging room next the hall one postered* bedstead with curtains, one featherbed and
bolstering of blankets, one coverlet and a feather pillow £03.02.06
also a trundle bedstead, one flock bed, 2 old blankets, an old coverlet and a feather pillow £00.13.02
also one great cupboard, one cupboard cloth, one joined chest, one hutch, 2 little boxes, one
warming pan, a mortar and a pestle £02.11.03
also 3 pair of old sheets, 3 pillowbeers, one board cloth, a dozen of napkins and a towel £00.16.02
also other things of small value £00.01.01

In the chamber next the entry one postered bedstead, one flock bed and bolster, 2 feather pillows, 2
old blankets, one coverlet, and an old hutch £01.13.04

In the dairy three kettles, one brass pot, 3 skillets, and a skummer* £00.15.05
also 2 cheese presses, 3 cheese vats, one churn, 2 small beer vessels and two beer stalls £00.11.00
also 4 shelves, 2 haice sieves and other nifles £00.06.06

In the buttery one trough, one keler*, one form*, and other things of small value £00.05.04
also 12 pewter dishes, 2 candlesticks, one small basin, 2 porringers, 2 small sacks, and a beaker
£00.18.06

In the bakehouse one kneeding trough, 3 old tubs, one trammel, 2 pails, one sieve, 2 wheels, one
keel, and an old stall £00.08.05

In the chamber over the lodging room and shop one cheese rack, 28 cheeses made from one cow,
two tressles and a board £00.10.03

In the chamber over the hall one wicker chair, one pair of mustard quarms*, and 30 of fine yarn, 32 pounds of
coarse yarn, a bag of flocks, and a bushel of wheat £02.02.06

In the chamber over the buttery one placke*, one glass keep, one joined chest, one hutch, a pair of
scales and weights, a pair of stockerds* and one little table £00.15.07
a parcel of fleece wool £00.15.00
also 6 pounds of coarse wool £00.02.02
also one joined stool, 2 sieves, 2 keeps, and other nifles £00.03.05

In the barn one fan, 2 ladders, 6 bushels of barley, 2 bushels of pease £02.04.06
also 2 hay £00.10.00

In the yard and fields 4 cows and 4 lambs £02.00.00
one old cow £02.03.04
also 5 roods* of summer land £01.00.00
also 2 shoots £00.16.00

In the shop some pieces of red cloth, 2 pressing irons and a pair of sheers $00.18.00
his wearing apparel and money in his purse £02.01.06
due to him upon desperate debt £05.00.00

In all £33.03.09
William Sadler
Edward Freeman
Tom Fatt


Transcribed and translated by C. L. O'Sullivan, 09.08.2022

Notes

*a pair of stockerds - possibly a pair of scales. 'Stockerds' may be an alternative spelling for 'stockyards', 'stock' and 'yard' each meaning 'stick or rod' and 'yard' also referring to a unit of measurement, as compared with 'a pair of stilliards' meaning 'steelyards' which was a pair of portable scales (<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yard>) (<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stock>) (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stilliard#English <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stilliard>)
*form - a mould (<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/form>)
*keler - a vessel for cooling liquids, a tub (<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keler>)
*mustard quarms - unsure as to the meaning of this (possibly a weighing device?)
*placke - perhaps meaning a plaque of some kind (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plaque#English <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plaque>)
*postered bedstead - assuming this means a four poster bed
*rood - a quarter of an acre (<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rood>)
*skummer - assuming this is a spelling for 'scummer' - an instrument for taking off scum (<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scummer>),
or perhaps a 'skimmer' for milk - a device that skims, a sieve-like slotted spoon (<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skimmer>)

Translations by C. L. O'Sullivan BAHONS, GDARTS.
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Samuel married Mary [4027] [MRIN: 1383]. (Mary [4027] was buried on 8 May 1657 in Edwardstone SFK.)