Series 3 > Selections from the Monymusk Papers, 1713-1775

MONYMUSK PAPERS
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In the Next Room : An old field bed valu’d at ten
shillings ster. ; a feather bed & bolster valu’d at ten
shillings ster. ; two little course English blankets with
two pair plaids at ten shillings and six pence ster. ; six
chairs with red damask bottoms, one of which being
broke, estimate at one pound two shillings ster.
In the Servants’ Room : Three frames of beds at five
shillings ster. ; an ash oval table valu’d at three shillings
ster.; two chaff beds, a mattress, three chaff bolsters, a
stand valu’d in all at four shillings and six pence ster.
In the Next Room : A flax bed, a bolster, a chaff bed,
a little box bed, a stand & rush bottom’d chair estimate
in haile at six shillings ster.
In the Wardrob : Fourteen ash chairs wtout bottoms,
two arm’d ditto valu’d at one pound ten shillings ster. ;
three Windsor chairs valu’d at seven shillings ster.
In the Little Wardrob : Twenty six pieces of old
hangings of different colours valu’d at one pound ten
shillings ster.; a chest wtout bands at three shillings ster. ;
four brass locks at one pound eight shillings ster. ; an old
oval table estimate at three shillings ster. ; a bed pan at
one shilling & six pence ster.; three brushes at one
shilling & six pence ; a coper choffer, a tea-kettle lamp,
three slices valu’d at eight shillings ster.; a white iron
loaf pan, a fish kettle girdle with a cover, estimate at
fifteen shillings ster. ; two little goglet pans, four scuirs,
a flesh fork, a machine for holding a frying pan, valu’d at
two shillings & six pence ster. ; an old gun valu’d at four
shillings ster. ; a bell at two shilling.
The Table China : Eight dishes & seven side dishes
valu’d at one pound seventeen shillings & six pence ster. ;
six dozen & three plates of which severale crackt at five
pounds twelve shillings & six pence ster.
Tea Table China : Twenty four saucers, twenty two
cups, two tea pots with two stands, two milk pots with
one stand, two suggar dishes with covers & one stand.