the yeares of her age sett on it. To my daughter Sarah Best a smaule silver boule and a plaine silver wine cupp and two silver spoones. To my daughter Rebekka Best my greate silver beaker and a double silver salte on an old fashion. To my daughter Dorothy Best a smaule silver beare boule and a plaine silver beare boule and a plaine silver wine cupp and two silver spoones which are fellowes to those that I have given unto her sister Saray Best. My sonne John Best my Executor, and to have the tuition of my fower youngest children to bringe them up carefully in the feare of God and good learninge. Witnesses Ralph Mason, James Blackburne, Raiph White. [Proved Aug 8, 1645, at York.] A TRUE AND JUST INVENTORY of all the goods and chattells moveable and imoveable of JOHN BEST OF EMSWELL, GENT., late deceased, valued and praised by Richard Pursglove, Gilbert Lambert, Richard Towze, and Christofer Towze, the fourteenth day of January, 1668.-Inprimis his purse and apparell 307. His library in his clossett 57. All his plate 251. In the parlour chamber one standinge bedstead with the beddinge, one trundle bed, one chest, one trunk, one little table, with other implements 47. In the middle chamber one standinge bed with the furniture, twelve chaires, one table, one carpitt, and two chests 87. One little table, one dresser with a rainge, and hand irons, and other implements 201. In the kitchin chamber one standinge bed, one trundle bed, with the beddinge, and two dressers, with other small implements 71. 108. In the clossett one fother flax, a desk, a table, with some linen and hemp cloth, with other implements theire 408. Ten paire of sheets, ten paire of pillow beers, one dozen and halfe of diaper napkins, one table cloth, with the rest of course linninge, 8l. 68. 8d. In the east garrett two bedsteads, two feather beds, one chest, and a footstoole 4l. 108. In the middle garrett one olde bedstead, one wooll wheel, two line wheels, with other implements 208. In the west garrett one olde bedstead, thirty cheeses, one paire of old virginalls, two trunks, one chest, with other implements 21. 108. In the parlour one table, a dresser, one cloath press, and three chaires 21. In the hall three tables, one furme, one cupboard, one clocke, a long settle, and six buffet stools 51. 108. One still, one iron range, gallow balk, and crooks, two glass On 23 Feb., 1668-9, Sarah, his widow, administered to his effects, Richard Pursglove of Swinhill, gent., and Gilbert Lambert of Hutton Cranswick, gent., acting as bondsmen. She was also appointed guardian of Mary, Dorothy, Charles, Sarah, Henry, Rebeca, John, Thomas, Susanna, and Margaret, children of the deceased. Mary, born Sept. 29, 1653, married at Garton May 19, 1676, to Thomas Smoothman, and was a witness to the will of her brother Charles Best, Nov. 19, 1718. Henry born Aug. 17, 1660. Rebeca born Dec. 11, 1658, was buried May 29, 1678. John born July 16, 1664, was buried Oct. 27, 1678. Thomas born Aug. 20, 1665, was buried Oct. 29, 1705, leaving by Jane his wife, who was buried Nov. 22, 1720, two daughters. Margaret born Dec. 8, 1668, married, Nov. 27, 1695, Peter Siver of Garton, and had issue. Besides these children there were Philadelphia born May 26, buried Sept. 15, 1663, and James born Sept. 4, 1661, bur. June 19, 1662. Dorothy born Jan. 3, 1654-5. Sarah born Aug. 8, 1657. Susanna born May 5, 1667. One of these married Halliday, and was living Nov. 19, 1718, when her brother Charles left her an annuity of twenty shillings, to be paid out of the manor of Emswell. cases, and other implements 5l. 108. In the kitchin one table, one dresser, one jack, one rainge, one paire of rackes, and three spitts 21. Five bacon flicks, three beef flicks, ten cheeses, and the shelves 31. 38. 4d. Thirty-two peices of pewther, three flaggons, and two pewther candlesticks 61. 138. 4d. Three kettles, five brass potts, two skellits, one brass mortar, and one brandwith, 57. 68. Six chamber potts, and two smoothing irons, 158. In the buttery one little table, three hogsheads, two barrells, and one chirne 208. Sixteen bowls, three skeels, fowre dozen of trenchers, one possett bowle, one strainer, and four flacketts, with other implements 368. Item all the free stones and tyles 467. 12s. In the high Garner foure quarters of malte, two kimling, three paire of naves, with plough geer, and other implements 7. 108. In the low Garner five quarters of wheat and rye, two firkins of butter, a cask of oatmeal, one table, one steep fatt, with plough geer, and wain geer, and all other implements their 137. 6s. All the corne and hay in the barne 951. One peat stacke 81. Foure oxen and three steers 201. Ten kine 321. Three whies and two calves 67. 58. Five staggs, one maire and foale, and one galloway 137. Fourteen draught horses 357. 10s. Twelve score and eleaven sheep 75l. 6s. The hay in the Sykes barne 71. Twenty swine and one bore 87. 108. Three waines, one cart, two pair of waggon wheels, with draughts and yoakes 117. Five ploughes with furniture 21. All the yoakes, carts, and panells 208. One framed helme and five stand hecks 27. 10s. All the maner in the yarde 17. 108. The horse heckes and maingers 258. Forty old folde barrs, with other implements 208. One lead, a massfatt, a cheese press, with other implements 21. 68. 8d. One servant's bed in the stable 10s. Fowre stone swine troughs and a grindestone 108. The winter corne sowne on the grounde, and the arders' 451. Two fatt hoggs, with the poultry in the garth 37. 10s. Rents owinge unto the deceased as followeth :Inprimis by Antony Towse 81. Item by Christopher Towse 137. 158. Item by John Dove of Cranswicke 98. Summa bonorum et debitorm 6067. 108. Debts owing by the said deceased:-Owinge to Mrs Dorothy Best his sister, for her child's portion and for interest for the same, 1807. 58. Item funerall expenses with the charges of takinge administration.— Richard Pursglove, Gilbert Lambert, Richard Towse, Chr. Towse. See p. 18. In the Inventory of John Phillips of Goole, Aug. 11., 1631, occur the following:::—“a great possett scaile, one great standing scale, 2 juggs, an earthen possett pot, &c." b This term occurs on pages 132, 172. Brockett says it means "fallow quarter, a course of ploughing in rotation"; but the rotation of crops, called in Cleveland ager, or eger," is a very different thing from fallowing. To the note on page 98, these additions may be made. 1642, Apr., 6 acres summer fallow barley, 157.; 1632, Apr., 1 acre summer fallow, 17. 13s. 4d.; 1644, Aug., 20 acres summer fallow sown with barley and wheat 401. These are from Whitgift. 1648, Apr., Cowick 3 acres fitt to be sown with barley and the seed. 47. In this notice a distinction is made between the two; 1647, Sept., Redness, 16 acres of summer fawth with 4 ardurs 131. 68. 8d. ABILITY, ABLEST, 87. "Ayabble man" is a rich man; strong and weak are used for rich and poor. AFTER LOGGINGS, 104. Coarse flour, the same as "hinder-ends" "" or eftertemsings." Carr. AIRISH, 18. Cool and windy. AYRED, 82. Left to grow, same as "cleansed," p. 84. AMMERIE, 172. A cupboard. See Wright. ANCHIT RICOAL, 24. Lamb's fry. ANDIRONS, 175. Two flat plates used to contract the fireplace; called also "cob-irons." ARDER, 176. ARDURE, 132. Fallow; the same to corn land that " 'fog" is to meadow. "1583, Hook; bean arders 10 acres, 17." 66 ARY, 76. Turning up the weeds or "quicks" to be killed by the sun. From the old Dutch word "erien" or "aarenen," to plough. AWNE, 53. The spike or beard of barley or wheat. B. BALKFS. At page 28, strips of grass dividing fields. At page 48, the beams forming the roomsteads of a barn. At page 172, the timbers of the roof on which salt meat was hung. BASH, 110. Bask, crouch, of a bird. BATTLE, 28. Sweet, moist; applied to the rib-grass which is good for sheep. The grass with which children play at fighting soldiers, or "Kings and Queens." BEARING, 122. Warming. See Boucher. (? Baking.) BEARING BANDS, 75. Used in ploughing with two horses when only one plough or guiding spring is used. BEASTLINGS, 82. First milk given by a cow after calving. Boucher. BEATER, 107. A wooden mallet. BEDDES, 144. Adheres. We speak of the "bed" of a river, of a nail being driven "home," of the "matrix" of a fossil, of a roe being aroused from her "bed." There is the same notion of close contact in the word "coucheth" on this page. BEELD, 64. Building, protection. Bou cher. BEESOME, 104. A A birch broom. beesom betty, a name for an untidy person. BEHOOVEFULL, 37. Needful. BELLWEATHER, 97. The leader of the flock, as most likely to stray, would have a bell hung round his neck, in the Swiss and Tyrolese fashion. Cf. Archibald Bell-the-Cat. "the bell weather so brave, As none in all the flock they like themselves would have." Drayton. BERKED, 11. Dirt clotted and hardened. Carr's Craven Glossary. BITTES, 20. Fragments; hence bitted, 6, of the teeth, whole, entire. BLARES, 81. The cry of a ewe to her lamb. 2 A BLEA-FACED, 84. BLEY, 99. A pale blue colour. Brockett. BLEND, 104. To mix; thus, maseldine, mixtilio, is called blend corn. BOLL-ROAKING, 59. Keeping of a stack of corn from wet. BORDENED, 24. Boarded. BORDERED, 110. Fenced, confined. BOTTE, 71. A marking iron. I know not how it differeth from the BURNE, 71. BOTTLE, 60. As much as a man can carry. A farm servant is still asked if he is a good bottler. See Dep. Eccl. Surtees Soc. BOUNDERS, 118. Boundaries. BOWTINGE-HOUSE, 172. Bake-house. BRACES, 137. A bevilled piece of timber. Halliwell. BRANDED, 155. A mixture of red and black. Brockett. BRANDRITH, 176. A gridiron. BRANTNESSE, 1. Steepness, height. BREEKE, 69. BRITCH, 80. The hinder quarters of a sheep. BROADELAND, 17. See note on page 40. BROAD-GATES, 101. The large folding doors of the fold yard. Porte cochère. BULLSEGGE, 142. A bull castrated when full grown. BURY, 132. To thrash. Dep. Eccl. BUTTES, 41. A small piece of ground ploughed contrary to the fields adjoining. CADGERS, 103. C. Pedlars or hucksters; especially dealers in flour, called also "badgers." CANTONS, 86. An old name for the wapentakes of broad Yorkshire. CAPES, 103. The ears of corn broken off in thrashing. CARRE, 32. Flat, marshy land. CAVEN UP, 45. To tilt up. Shropshire. Set up with a hollow or cave to allow the wind to blow through. At Snaith 10 sheaves set up as in page 54 are called a "kiver." CATCHERS, 65. Men employed in taking honey; drivers. CAVING-RAKE, 121. A barn floor rake, used to separate (cave) the husks from the grain. CHAP, 6. Chafts or jaws. CHECKE. At page 15, to split. Of bar. ley bread at page 104; to cause costiveness.(?) CHESSES, 126. Layers. See Townley Mysteries. CHEWINGE OF GORRE, 14. Stercoratious Vomitings. The food that has passed through the stomach is returned by the mouth. CHINNEL OATES, 51. Qu. deriv. ? CHIZEL, 105. Wheat-bran, called also TREATE. CLEANE. At page 2, adv. entirely; "clean gone"; cleane weathers, complete weathers; clean wheat, at page 42, unmixed with any other grain. CLOTTINGE MELLE, 138. A mallet or paviour's rammer, 107. COATES, 44. Petticoats. So pye for magpye, 21; tend for attend, 117; plaint for complaint; and in Christian names Duke for Marmaduke, and Mewe for Bartholomew. COBBE, 122. The he-swan; adhuc in Shropshire. COCKWEBLAWNE, 106. Now cob-web lawn, tiffany. CODD, 115. A bolster. CONCEITED, 116. Ingenious, natty, adhuc in Scotland. CORNE, 99. A grain. It exists now only in composition, as a barleycorn. COTTERILLS, 15. An iron wedge to secure a bolt. From the old Dutch "kokerillen," to hold fast. COUNTER, 172. What is now called a dresser. COUPE-BAND, 59. A portion cut off a stack. COUPELYNING, 18. The body of a cart; coupe stangs, waggon shafts. CRACKETH, 104. Crepitus ventris. CRADLE, 46. A semicircular wooden bow, stretching from the blade of the scythe to about a yard up the shaft. See Hunter's Hallamshire Glossary. CRADLE TEETH, 120, are the radii of the cradle, but are now seldom used. CRAGGE, 60. Project and adhere. CREAME KITTE or POTTE, 93. Adhuc. The supper that celebrates the pease harvest home. CREAVE, 7. Crevice; thence a small close or croft. CRECHES, 120. A prong or fork of a tree. Cf. the French creche, a rack or manger. CREELE, 95. A frame on which sheep are laid to be killed or shorn. CROSSE DAYES, 9. See note on page 9. CUSES, 34. White weeds. (?) If quasi plagues or "curses.” I have heard the wild ranunculus in corn called "tormentel." D DAGGER, 15. Part of a fold-bar. DAY-TAILE, 57. One who works by the day, not by piece. At page 132 QUARTER-TAILE occurs. Cf. the tale of the bricks," Exodus v. 8. At page 129 we find "by greate," wholesale, or by quantity. DAZED, 117. Confused. DINTE, 44. Stroke. A. Saxon. DOBLERS, 172. A large earthenware dish. DODDED, 1. Hornless, "no horns; the dodder sheep the best breeders. Obadiah Blagrave, 1683. "An abbreviation of doeheaded." Brockett. Qu. if because lopped or shorn of their characteristic. "sed fregit in arbore cornu Trunca que dimidia parte decoris erat."-Ovid. DODDING, adhuc, is to take off the dust and clagges from the fleece. DODDE-READE, 99. Of corn. DOWNEDRENS, 115. Down-dinners, the afternoon repast, the “drinkings" sent to hay-makers. DRAPE OUT, 72. To cull out the refuse of a flock, which are called "draft sheep." A drape cow is one not in calf. DRAWING, 28, 118. To strain. See Halliwell. At the Court Leet of Elmswell, 1674, Symon Peck, gent. is fined "for drawing his goods in the Carr before the time allowed." In an inventory of 1581 is the item, "eight stotts undrawen," that is, not yet put to plough. DRIVE, 22, 109. Postpone. DRIVEN WHEAT, 99. DUMPLINGES, 5. A name for a lamb stunted by being too soon weaned; called grass bellyed, 5, or adhuc, "bogg-bellyed. DURSE, 60. DROSSED OUT, 105. To dress. FAWDES, 18. Bundles of straw, twelve of which make a threave. Brockett. Marshall 66 says as much as the arms can well faud,' that is fold." FEASED, 97. What is now called "docking" or "dagging." FELLES, 35. The wooden rim of a wheel, made up of never less than six pieces, each of which has two spokes or "speaks" fitted into it. A GANNE OF FELLOWES, page 171, would make two wheels. Cf. I. Kings, vii. 33. FELTERED, 57. Entangled, "cottered.” Adhuc. Townley Mysteries. FEYED, 4. To winnow with the natural wind. Carr. "Certain unfied beans." Inv. 1621. FILLING, 59. The hay or corn thrown to the centre of the stack, to shoot off the rain. FLACKETS, 172, 176. A small keg in which ale is carried to hay-makers, some not above a pint measure. Dep. Eccl. FLAGGIE, 40. Overgrown with rushes or flags. FLEAKES, Peare of, 171. Hurdles or crates whereon bacon is hung up. FLEA, 8. Flay. FLECKEN, 50. German, to change colour; of cattle dappled or pied; "ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. Genesis XXX., 39. FLEZY HOLLAND, 106. FLIT, 135. To remove. Adhuc. math. FOLD-HANKES, 16. A band to tie bars together, called also hanks and hankings. FORCINGE, 9. "To clip and shear off the upper and more heavy part of the wool; forbidden by statute, 8 Hen. VI., cap. 22." Halliwell. FOURME, 69. A form or wooden bench. FOYST, 103. Grow or smell musty. FRELEDGE, 173. Privilege; unlimited access to and benefit from. FRESH, 84. The new grown_grass; same as the spring, page 4; FRESHGRASS, page 82; KEPT-FRESH, page 83. FROUGHY, 32. Spongy, porous; of green wood. FRUNDELL, 68. Two pecks; in common use of malt. FULLED, 10. Crowded. FULL, page 78, to tread down; run over. Adhuc. FULTH, 6. Fill, or sufficiency; as an adj. full-grown. FURRES, 17. Furrows. |