Inventory
Summary derived from Dorset History Centre; Reference: Ad/D/I/1727; Event Record Number: 2
Below is the inventory of the goods, chattels and credits of Robert Langman, yeomanA freeholder or substantial tenant farmer, ranking above a husbandman but below the gentry. Yeomen held enough land to live... In full., late of Stalbridge Weston, seen and appraised by Ambrose Serjeant, Edward Hellier and Nicholas Hallett on 28th November 1727. Also signed by Joseph King (capacity not stated).
Clearly Robert Langman was one of the more wealthy residents, but the brevity of the descriptions hides the detail required for further comment. A Robert Langman was buried 28th November 1727 at Stalbridge (from the Stalbridge registers).
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| His wearing apparel and money in his purse | £5 0s 0d |
| Other linen | £4 0s 0d |
| Four feather beds and things that belongs to them | £6 0s 0d |
| Items of Pewter | £3 0s 0d |
| Items of Brass | £1 10s 0d |
| Timber Vessels | £2 0s 0d |
| Four Welsh steers | £9 0s 0d |
| Two hog beasts | £1 10s 0d |
| Sixteen chilver hogs | £3 4s 0d |
| Two milch kineIn the context of cattle, usually means the milking cows in a herd. May also be a cattle trough. In full. and a Mare | £8 0s 0d |
| Two hay stacks | £3 10s 0d |
| One wheat stack | £3 0s 0d |
| a Gold ring | £0 7s 6d |
| The money due on Bond and from other sources | £459 0s 0d |
| Money in the house | £26 0s 0d |
| One pig in salt | £2 10s 0d |
| Table boards & frame, chests, coffers, boxes, chairs, cupboards, forms and barrels | £2 0s 0d |
| One winnowing sheet with bags, kives, baskets, one Cheese Stean, a Willy, also a bag of meal, with some hops | £2 0s 0d |
| Barley in the barn | £3 0s 0d |
| Cheese | £3 0s 0d |
| Lumber and all forgotten goods. | £0 10s 0d |
| Total | £547 1s 6d |