PRO SP28/171, f31-36

Siege Account 1647

Transcript of that part of the Grafton Regis Account of 1647 relating to the siege
[all numbers appearing as text have been converted to digits and abbreviations have been replaced to make the sense clear; uncertainties in transcription are in brackets]

Taken awaye by Maior Generall Skiptons Armie of the Ladie Cranes personal Eastate at Grafton Regis 1643
£
s
d
2 sadle horses worth
10
0
0
3 carthorses worth
15
0
0
8 milch cowes & fatt heffers
32
0
0
Ladie Cranes estate in monney Plate household stuffe corne and haye to the vallue of at least
5000
0
0
Taken awaye and caried to Northampton 300 hundred waight of lead and great store of iron worth
20
0
0




Mrs Marthana Willsons estate Taken away at the same seedge of Grafton House by Maior General Skiptons armie



In Malt 56 quarters
68
0
0
40 sheepe
20
0
0
Linnan and other goods worth
40
0
0
Marthana Wilson




From Ann Goodman at the same time Anno 1643 at Grafton



1 hogshead of beare

13
4
Bread meat and other provisions

10
0
Poultrie as henns and geese
1
1
6
Pease and corne eaten and spoyled
2
10
Haye and strawe
1
10
0
Brasse and other houshold stuffe worth
2
2
6
Iron taken away to Cutt to shoot(e)
1
10
8
2 hives of Beese

13
4
1 horse worth
5
10
0
fier wood burned
1
6
8
Ann Goodman hir mark




From Richard Chapman at the same time Ano:1643



2 hogsheads of beare worth
2
0
0
Bread meat and other provisions

10
0
A fatt porket worth

6
0
firewood burned in the house and in the park worth
7
0
0
pease on the hovells
1
0
0
Brasse and pewter worth
1
0
0
Iorne houshold stuffe worth

6
0

Provisons Maior Generall Skippons Armie had of Richard Wardly both for men and horse and other things they had Anno : 1643



Item in Bread meat and flower to the vallue of
1
4
0
3 hundred waight of Cheese
6
0
0
50 pounde of powdred Butter

18
9
2 hogsheds a barell and 3 (kindlots) of beare at
2
16
0
A greate wood bottle and 9 leather botles
1
0
0
dried Backon 2 fliches
2
0
0
20 pounde of larde

10
0
a fat hoge
2
10
0
a store hogge
1
3
4
A fatt Calfe

10
0
29 live shepe worth
10
10
0
poultrie as hens ducks and geese (?)
1
14
0
Beefe and other meate bought agaynst the time

12
0
A strike of Oate meale

5
4
A strike of Salt

4
0
20 strike of Aples
1
0
0
frute and spice
1
10
0
a new hearecloth for a malt kill

18
6
9 sax and 2 bagis
1
2
0
2 loade of haye
1
0
0
2 loade of strawe

10
0
2 strike of beanes

5
4
5 strike of wheate at 4/-
1
0
0
7 quarter and a strike of baorliy
7
2
8
quarter 4 strike of malt at 3/-
10
4
0
8 (stocks) of Befe at 8/- a (peece)
3
4
0
A new Carte and a new paire of wheeles to Carye the Carage awaye
5
0
0
2 Set of harnise for 5 horsis with all furniture belonging to them
5
0
0
A younge mare put into the same (gearis) to helpe to drawe the Carages
5
6
8
Iron to be Cutt to (shoote) and other tools for husbandmens use of all sorts worth
4
6
0
Milke vessell and Brewing vessell worth
1
3
4
Brasse and pewter worth
16
0
0
3 Chests and 2 boxes of linnan
15
8
0
3 feather beds and a flock bed with bedcloathes which went away with (hart) people
12
10
0
28 pound of woolen yearne
1
12
8
57 pound of hemp (teere)
1
8
6
Wearing Aparell of all sorts of Richard Wardleys his wives and sonns worth
26
0
0
Bybles and other books worth
5
0
0
fire wood and plow timber and pales burned there
3
0
0
provisons Collonell Brownes men had going by towards Abbington
3
8
0
A black mare taken awaye at the same time by them
3
0
0
Richard Wardly




(f.34 : losses at other times not transcribed)



provisons and other things Maior General Skipons Armie had Anno :1643 of Edward Fostar alias warde



Item in wine as much as was worth
10
0
0
in beare as much as was worth
12
0
0
(vargis) worth
3
0
0
Meate and other victualls worth
2
10
0
Beefe worth
3
0
0
Fatt beasts worth
17
10
0
Sheep worth
6
10
0
Hogs worth
6
0
0
weareing Aparell worth
5
10
0
Linnan worth
20
0
0
Bedding worth
10
0
0
17 ells of greene cloth worth
2
0
0
A Carpitt and a Cubbard cloth

13
4
Curtines worth
2
0
0
Pewter and brasse worth
5
0
0
Hay worth
12
10
0
Beanes and oats worth
2
10
0
Fier wood Burned
12
0
0
Joyners tooles worth
5
0
0
Boards worth
6
0
0
2 horses worth
6
0
0



quartering 26 horse and men of Captine Pichfords Troope 2 dayes 26th and 27th Jan 1645
1
19
0
Edward Foster







Provisons and other things Major Gennerall Skippons Armie had of John Atterburie



2 hogsheads of beare
1
10
0
bread and other provisions in the house
1
10
0
12 strike of beanes at 2/8d per strike
1
10
0
Rawe mault worth
1
10
0
Linnan worth
13
6
8
Poultrie of all sorts worth

13
6
2 (hillings) worth
2
0
0
3 blankets worth

15
0
to Redeeme 2 Cowes and a bull at Newporte cost
3
0
0
10 sheepe worth
2
10
0
4 mares and geldings
23
0
0
weareing Aparell worth
6
13
4
Brasse and pewter worth
3
0
0
John Atterburie his marke






Provisions and other things Maior Generall Skipons Armie had of Peter Browne



3 hogsheads of Ale
3
0
0
2 fatt hogs worth
3
0
0
Bread meate and other provisions
1
0
0
Brasse and Pewter
4
0
0
A Fether bed a pair of blankets and a shilling and 6 paior of sheets
7
0
0
Weareing Aparell of all sorts
2
0
0
In the Smythey the Coales Iorn and Tooles
4
0
0
Fiere wood burned
2
13
4
4 load of Straw
1
6
8
Peter Browne his marke







of Thomas Bell



Brass and Pewter worth
5
0
0
all manner of linnan
2
10
0
Bedding and wearing aparell
3
10
0
in Reddie monney
5
0
0
To Redeeme 2 Cowes at Newport Cost
2
0
0
Beefe and vittuals in the house
1
0
0
Wooll(en) worth
2
0
0
Thomas Bell his marke







of Richard James



Bread bere and other provisions in the house worth
1
0
0
3 strike of pease

8
0
4 live Sheepe

15
0
10 hives of beese
4
0
0
wearing Aparell of all sortes
5
8
0
Linnan of all sorts
1
10
0
Brasse and Pewter worth
1
4
0
Bedding of all sortes
1
5
0
18 pounde of wooll(en) reddie Culloured

18
0
Richard James his marke







of John Fearnsley



victuals in his house worth

2
0
4 hens and a Cock

3
0
Linnan of all sorts worth
1
0
0
Iron ware

5
0
Wooden vessell worth

2
8
John Fearnsley his marke