MRP: PROB 5/5417 Inventory of Charles Longland, 1688, ff. 1-8
PROB 5/5417 Inventory of Charles Longland, 1688, ff. 1-8
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[Three sheets of parchment, folded to create an unbound booklet, with fold to produce a page of ca. 6” x 10”. Good condition, has been mounted by restorer, some loss of letters in top margin of first page. Written in non-italic English hand]
[Avove main text at top, but partially destroyed by ragged edge]
Inventory
?Inventory XXXXX XXXX ?Argxx Caroll Longland desi ?intered p ?magasin
?Gould ?7:0 July 1688
TRANSLATED OUT OF ITALIAN
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ from his Salutiferous (sic) incarnation One thousand six hundred eighty and eight the Eleventh Indiction , and nine and twentieth day of the moneth of April Innocent the Eleventh being Pope and the most Serene Cosmus the third the sixth great Duke of Tuscany happily reigning. Done at Leghorne in the dwelling house of the underwritten M:r Thomas Dorman scituate in the Great Streat in the presence of M:r James son of another James Harriman English man dwelling in this City and M:r Luke Anthony son of francis de ?Aubeis of Leghorne Witnesses
[LH MARGIN] Inventory and Estimation
Be it known and manifest that Before me underwritten Notary and the above written witnesses Personally appeared M:r Thomas Dorman English Merchant in this City to me Notary very well known who declared that by vertue of a deceree of the Archiepiscopal Court of the City of London he was ordered to be present at the Underwritten Inventory and Estimation underwritten respectively of the underwritten Jewells and Plate belonging to the Heirs and Inheritance of late M:r Charles Longland: deceased The said M:r Dorman in the presence of the above written witnesses and of M:r Robert Serle and John Horsey also English Merchants in this City also called to assist at the afterwritten Acts of the said M:r Thomas Dorman, having presented unto me a Packet of Papers very well seasled with two seales
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in Red Wax without any the least suspicion of the said Seals having been in any manner touched or altered, in each of which seals he remembers was stamped the Impression of Armes in the Margent (sic) and upon which Packet was read the underwritten words writ in the English tongue with the own hand and Character as well of the underwritten Notary as the said M:r John Horsey have perfect knowledge and acquaintance, which words were ny the said M:r John Horsey who sufficiently understands the Italian tongue interpretted, and the swore touching &c well and faithfully to interpret [Key of the Jewells] And I the said Notary in the presence as well of the above named witnesses as of the said Mess:rs Serle and Horsey haveing opened and unsealed the said Packet, there was found therein a small Iron key with which I the said underwritten Notary immediately at the request and by Commission and order of the said M.r Thomas Dorman with the assistance and presence of all the above named did open a little Iron Chest of about a quarter of a brace high and above half a brace long which was within a great Iron Chest fit to keep the money joined to the said Chest in which little Chest was dound tHE underwritten Jewells which severally were valued by M:r Francis Paci
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and M:r Jacob Berrera both skilfull Jewellers chosen and called with the consent of the said M:r Thomas Dorman To which skilfull persons was administred Oath by me the underwritten Notary in forme &:a to make the said estimation justly and according to their Conscience, and immediatley was made by the said skilfull persons the following estimation viz:t
N:o 1. One necklace of divers Perls of various colours in all Thirty nine Perls valued at four hundred peeces of eight ryals
N:o 2. Two pendant Perls one round white and the other not round both valued at Eight hundred peeces
N:o 3. Eight small pendant Perls of various colours put in four papers all valued at Twenty five peeced
N:o 4. One Jewell whrein the Picture of King Charles the first set in gold with Diamonds at the bottome one pendant Perl all valued at One hundred and fifty peeces
N:o 5. Two great pendant Perls blemished not Round valued at Six hundred peeces.
N:o 6. Two gold Rings in one a Diamond and in the other a Stone of small value both valued at Eighteen peeces
N:o 7. One Small
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red box in which was found another smaller box, in the first was found one Piaster florentine money Two Italian Pistoles and a half a Golden Crosse in which was set Ten Diamonnds table fashion valued at fourty five peeces One string of thirteen Perls of divers colours which were valued at Thirty five peeces In the other small box was found an Amethist stone valued at Two peeces a Topas valued at Seven peeces, a packet of Dyed Christal balued at nothing
N:o 8. Bundle of Margerites of Venice which were also valued at nothing.
N:o 9. Seventeenn Perls divers white Scotch , and of divers other Colours that were all valued at fifty peeces.
N:o 10. Eight Rings or gold circlets valued at Eleven peeces in all.
N:o. 11. Two peeces of Gold large Engéish money one of the said Charles and the other James.
N:o. 12. One Jewell of Diamonds and a pendant Perl which by the said skilfull persons is believed that the stone in the Midst is a Balascio and is valued at Two hundred peeces.
N:o. 13. Another Jewell of Diamonds and a great Perl with a stone in the Middle that is belived to
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be another balscio which being truly such was valued at three hundred and fifty peeces and if the said stone in the midst is not a balascio it was valued at One hundred and fifty peeces only.
N:o 14. One Godl Bracelet enameled with Blew of nienteen small Saphirs and an Scotch pendant Perl valued at three hundred and Sixty peeces N:o. 15. One Gargaintil (sic) of gold with divers Diamonds valued at three hundred and Sixty peeces
N:o . 16. Two ?bossies with two Enameés set in gold mixed valued at Twenty five peeces.
N:o. 17. Two little boxes of blew colour in each box was two drops of false red stone in all four drops valued at Seven peeces.
N:o. 18. Two great Perls somewhat of the colour of Lead valued at Three hundred and fifty peeces
N:o. 19. One Jewell with Two Balascios, with Table Diamonds and one white pendant Perl valued at four hundred peeces
N:o. 20. Two pendant Perls one round the other not round both a little yellowish valued at thirty five peeces
N:o. 21. One Gold Ring with diamonds at the bottome valued at fifty peeces
N:o. 22. Seven Perls of Lead colour valued at Thirty
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N:o. 23. One red box within it one gold Ring with three diamonds rose cut and that in the midst broken valued at fifty peeces
N:o. 24. One Rose of Table Diamonds and one breast Jewell of Emeralds all inferior valued at thirty two peeces
N:o 25. Ten pistols in five ?Doblons of Genoa and fourteen Spanish Pistols in two of four, and three of two in all four and twenty Pistols all suspected to be false And no more Jewells or gold was found to be Inventoried and valued Wherefore immediately all the aforesaid Jewells and gold as above Inventoried and valued were put up and locked in the said little Chest whence they were taken, and the said Key at the request of the said Thomas Dorman was again foulded in a sheet of Paper and by the said Mess:rs Roberts Serle and John Horsey sealed with sealing Wax with the seale of the said M:r Serle and so restored to the said M:r Dorman And presently in the great Iron Chest was found thirteen pound and eight ounces of plate
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consisting in the following particulars viz:t One pair of Candlesticks Two Vessels or Pots of the English fashion Two Salts four Cups One Salver Twenty two Spoons Twenty three forks All which plate was by the aforesaid Skilfull persons valued at the rate of five ?lives (could be ‘livers’) six sols and eight deniers forentine money p ounce - Praying
I underwriten Notary with my own hand
[LH MARGIN] Notariy signum
J Angelo son of Joseph de Maffei of leghorne Judge in Ordinary and florentine Notary Publick being requested about the premises have hereunto with my own hand and put my Notarial ?firm to the praise of God Almighty
Wee underwritten Merchants of the City of Leghorne do attest for truth to whom it doth concern that the aforesaid M:r Angelo Maffei is such as he doth stile himself and that to his Writings and Sunscriptions as well publick as
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private hath always been and now is given full and undoubted faith in Judgem:t and Without. In testimony
?Lester Burdett
?Sam:ll Hackwell
It agreeth in substnace
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