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Bill of Sale of Contents of Ampthill House. i) Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merion, Ireland ii) Right Honourable Anne Baroness Dowager of Gowran Consideration: £809..3s..6d -goods and utensils listed in schedule, in Ampthill House and garden which ii) has amongst other things, lately purchased of i) [the rooms and their contents are listed in detail] signature: i)

28 May 1737

From: 1737 To: 1737

Transcript of schedule/inventory: In the Garrets No.1 A corded bedstead with stuff furniture, a feather bed and bolster, three blankets and a rug, three old chairs and a table, a lock and key No.2 A bedstead and sacken and striped linnen furniture, a feather bed, bolster and small pillow, three blankets, a quilt, a table and lumber in the closet No.3 A cane couch and old curtain, two mattrasses and pillow, two blankets and an old counterpan, a table, one chair and cushion and an old six leaved screen No.4 A dressing glass with drawers and a tin basket, two pairs of stuff curtains and vallons, a japanned board and seven saucers, two flox mattrasses, a flox bed and bolster, a feather bed and bolster, two old quilts and a rug, two velvet cushions and a cloath and three kneeling cushions, two bibles, three common prayer books, a cushion, two stools, two elbow chairs, a table, a long deal box, old hangings and crate and broom, an old map, a lock and key No.5 A bedstead and sacken and druggett furniture, a feather bed, bolster and pillow, three blankets and a quilt, one chair and stool and cushion, a table, a grate and fender, some guilt leather and paper hangings and a brass lock and key No.6 A corded bedstead and ticken furniture, a feather bed and a quilt and mattrass, a chair, a stool and a table No. 7 A corded bedstead and curtains, a feather bed, bolster and pillow, two window seats, three blankets and a linnen counterpan, two chairs and a table No.8 A bedstead and linnen damask furniture, a feathered bed and two bolsters, a rug and two blankets, a table and three chairs No.9 Two iron bound chests and a lock and key to the door No.10 A parcel of lumber No.11 A bedstead and sacken and plad furniture lined with stuff, a feather bed and bolster, a mattrass, three blankets and a quilt, three chairs, a stool and cushion, a long stool, a table and a lock and key No.12 A bedstead and sacken and old satten furniture, a feather bed and bolster and rug and table, iron work and rolers for six umbrelloes In the Gallery Four large pictures in frames and four without frames In the Attick Rooms A bedstead and sacken and green camblet furniture, a feather bed and bolster, a mattrass, a white quilt and three blankets, an easy chair and dressing chair, five matted chairs, a glass in a tabernacle frame and table, three pair of camblet window curtains, vallons and rodds, a stove, grate, shovel, tongs, poker and fender, a table and two cane elbow chairs and two stools and cushions, two brass locks, keys and bolt In the Passage Room to the White Apartment Two cane elbow chairs, two stands and a table and a brass lock and key In the Dressing to Ditto A steel hearth, doggs and iron back, a cane elbow chair and six matted chairs, a table and two stands, a chimney glass and walnut tree arms, a looking glass, the frames ornamented with brass, a wainscott close stool and pan, a brass lock and key and brass bolt In the White Bedchamber A wainscot and sacken and White marfeilles quilted furniture lined with sprigged calocoe, a feather bolster and two small pillows, a check mattrass, a white quilt and three blankets, two pair of sprigged calicoe window curtains, vallens, cornishes and rods and six cases for cushions, damask easy chair, a cane elbow chair and six matted chairs and cushions, two walnut tree stools with needle work seats, a table and two stands, a glass in a tabernacle frame, a chimney glass and two walnut arms, a steel hearth compleat, a brass lock In the striped Holland Room A four poster bedstead with striped Holland furniture, a feather bed and bolster, four blankets, a mattrass and white quilt, two pairs of striped Holland draw up window curtains, a table and glass in an inlaid frame, a walnut tree desk, a cane elbow chair and two matted chairs, an iron hearth compleat, a brass lock, key and bolt to the door The striped Satten Bedchamber A wainscot bedstead and sacken and striped satten furniture, the curtains lined with persian, a feather bed, bolster and pillow, a check mattrass, a white quilt and three blankets, two pair of yellow silk window curtains lined with stuff, vallens, cornishes and rods, an easy chair covered with thread satten, a cane dressing chair and satten cushion, four matted chairs and six satten cushions, a glass in a tabernacle frame, a table and dressing glass with drawers, a chimney glass and iron hearth compleat, a wainscot close stool and pan, a brass lock and key and brass bolt The Room Adjoining A large wainscot nest of drawers, three cane elbow chairs, a glass in a guilt frame and two tables, a case rod for a bed, an iron back, shovel, tongs and fender and brass bolt The Red Bedchamber A wainscot bedstead and sacken and crimson harrateen and furniture, a feather bed and bolster and three pillows, a mattrass, three blankets, a quilt and a counterpan, two pair of crimson harrateen window curtains, vallens and rods, a table, bedstead, a feather bed and bolster, three blankets and an old counterpan, a cane elbow chair and three matted chairs, a small wainscot chest of drawers, a dressing glass with drawers, a close stool and pan, an iron hearth compleat, a brass lock and bar to the door In the Room opposite the Red Room A fourpost wainscot bedstead and sacken and striped Holland furniture, a feather bed, bolster and small pillow, a striped Holland quilt and blanket, two pair of crimson window curtains, vallens and rods, a dressing table, a glass broke, a cane elbow chair, six matted chairs and iron hearth, doggs and back, brass shovel and tongs and a brass lock and key to the door In the Room next to the Bathing Room Twelve wooden chairs, a dove cage, a brass latch and bolt In the Arcade A month clock in a walnut tree case made by Tompion, a glass side light in a walnut tree frame and a glass bell to ditto and a brass latch and bolt My Lords Bedchamber A wainscot bedstead and sacken, four mohogany posts, blew camblet furniture lined with linnen, a feather bed, bolster and two pillows, a thick mattrass and a check mattrass, four blankets and a white quilt, two pair of camblet window curtains lined with linnen, vallens and rods, a mahogany dressing table and a glass in a tabernacle frame painted and guilt, an easy chair, four matted chairs and an old writing desk, two heads, two plaister figures and six picture, a brass lock and key and iron bar to door The Dressing Room Two pair of camblet window curtains lined with white dimity, vallens and rods, a cane dressing chair and needlework cushion, four square stools and two round ditto with needlework seats, a large wainscot nest of drawers, a wind stove, a brass latch and bolt, two pictures The Passage Room A four post bedstead and sacken and blew camblet furniture, a feather bed and bolster , a close stool and pan, a brass lock and key and iron bar and two black japanned tables The Servants Room A crimson china field bed, a feather bed, bolster and pillow, a white mattrass, three blankets and a white quilt, one pair of crimson china window curtains and a rod, a wainscot close stool and pan, six cane chairs and a table, a chimney glass and iron doggs, a brass lock and key to the door The Yellow Mohair Bedchamber A wainscot bedstead and sacken and yellow mohair furniture, shalloon case, curtain rod and counterpan, a feather bed, bolster and one pillow, a white mattrass, four blankets and a white quilt, two pair of yellow persian draw up window curtains lined with stuff, vallens and cornishes, a yellow mohair easy chair and seven chairs backs and seats covered with mohair and cases to ditto, a dressing table and japanned dressing glass and boxes to the same, a glass in a tabernacle frame painted, a chimney glass and two glass sconces, three pieces of forrest tapistry, three old pictures, a steel hearth compleat, two brass locks and key The Dressing Room Two pair of crimson persian window curtains lined with stuff, vallens and rods, a crimson damask easy chair, eight matted chairs and cushions, a japanned tea table and stands, a chimney glass and four glass sconces, a brass hearth and doggs compleat, a brass lock and ten pictures The Stone Parlour Two pairs of crimson harrateen curtains, vallens and rods and a glass in a tabernacle frame painted, a mohogany table and dumb waiter, a marble table and wainscot frame, a japanned copper fountain and cistern, two elbow chairs covered with blew cloath and eight matted chairs, a pair of walnut tree arms and one double one, an iron stove compleat, two old floor cloaths and two japanned bottle stands, two brass locks and one key and ten pictures My Lords Dressing Room Six Russia leather chairs, a mohogany table and a deal table, a wind stove, a chimney glass and weather glass, a plaister bust and six china figures, a hercules on a pedestal and three brass locks The Great Hall Twenty four cane chairs with carved frame, two portland stone tables on deal painted frames, ten plaister heads and two vazes, two plaister figures, an Indian umbrello, an iron back and doggs, fireshovel and tongs, three floor matts, two brass locks, two handles and a brass latch The Great Parlour Three pair of Dutch Caffoy window curtains lined with stuff, vallens, cornishes and rods, twelve walnut tree chairs with laid seats, four pieces of painting in the pannels over the doors, two marble sideboard tables on iron brackets and shelves over them, two large marble cisterns with handles, a marble fountain and cistern, two marble tables on single iron brackets, two glasses in tabernacles frames painted and guilt, a chimney glass in a guilt frame, a brass hearth and iron back compleat, four brass locks and keys The Closet A deal table, a backgammon table and draft board The Withdrawing Room Two blew taffety draw up curtains lined with silk, an easy chair covered with blew damask and lacquered frame, six chairs covered with ditto, a walnut tree settee with a false seat covered with blew damask, a marble table on a guilt frame, a large glass in a tabernacle frame carved and guilt, a chimney glass in a glass frame and two gilt arms to ditto, a small firescreen and a six leaved India screen, a brass hearth and iron back compleat, two pieces of Jamase [sic] tapistry, three plaister vases and a brass lock and key The Atlas Bedchamber A wainscot bedstead and sacken and gold atlass furniture, the curtains lined with flowered taffety, an atlas counterpan, a shalloon case curtain and rod, a feather bed, bolster and one pillow, a mattrass, a white quilt and three blankets, two taffety draw up window curtains lined with stuff and a pair of silk door curtains, a settee and eight chairs with lacquered frames covered with gold atlass and two walnut tree stools ditto, a commode table with a marble top broke, a pier glass in a glass frame and a chimney glass ditto and a pair of brass arms wrought, two Indian figures and four plaister sphynxes and two pieces of painting in the pannels over the doors, a brass hearth and iron back compleat, three pieces of tapistry and two bedside carpetts, a brass lock and key, a brass latch and three bolts The Dressing Room A yellow silk draw up window curtain, a walnut tree dressing chair and four stools covered with needlework, a dressing table and a set of dressing boxes japanned, an oval chimney glass, three china jarrs, two beakers, one bottle, two china images in wood, a large china bowl and cover, the bowl broke, a close stool and pan, a brass lock and key and brass bolt The Vestibule An Indian tea table, a china teapot and stand, a slop basin and milk pot, four china cups and saucers coloured and four ditto two of them broke, two coloured sugar dishes and covers one broke, four coloured chocolate cups, six coloured caudle cups and saucers and four covers to ditto, four blew and white cups and saucers and one single saucer and a red china coffee pot, two brass locks and keys, two japanned card tables and four stone pedestals In the Stone Room Seven walnut tree chairs with laid seats and two japanned tables, a steel hearth and iron back, doggs, shovel, two plaister figures of Palladio and Inigo Jones and a brass lock The Gallery Fourteen walnut tree chairs and two settees covered with Dutch Caffoy, three pieces of brussels tapistry, two slabs on carved and gilt frames, a table with drawers inlaid, a large glass in a tabernacle frame carved and gilt, a large china jarr blew and gold and two beakers ditto, two coloured china jarrs and one beaker and two square china bottles, a brass hearth and iron back compleat, two brass locks and keys The Library Two walnut tree elbow chairs on castors covered with scarlet cloath, a walnut tree writing table on castors with drawers and a standish, four walnut tree chairs with laid seats, a stove compleat and an iron back to the chimney and a brass lock The Kitchen A range with seven barrs and an iron back, cheeks crane and five hanging iron, shovel, tongs, poker, fender and ash grate and spit wracks, four spits and iron dripping pan and stand, twelve trevits, a grid iron, four flat irons, a box iron and two heaters, a pair steel yards, two cleavers and a chopping knife, three iron scewers, a jack with a multiplying wheel, lead lines and pullies, two iron candlesticks, three pairs snuffers and two salamanders, a copper and iron work fixt and leaded at top, a brass lock and lead in the sink, two copper tea kettles, two frying pans, seven stew pans, four saucepans and two covers, two pottage pots and covers, a cullinder and pudding pan and drinking pot, a coffee and chocolate pot, two copper patty pans, ten ditto small, a chaffing dish, twenty four tin patty pans, two brass skymmers and ladle, a skillet, two preserving pans, four brass candlesticks one broke, eight flat candlesticks and snuff dish, a disk kettle, two beef forks and basting ladle, a marble mortar, pestle and block, a bathing tub and lead pipe, a dinner bell, a plate warmer, a copper lamp and plate rack, eight pewter dishes and two dozen and eleven plates of the best sort, ten dishes, twenty three old plates, a copper warming pan and a kitchen table The Bakehouse and Larders Two iron oven stoppers and raker, a kneading trough and spice box and drawers, a flower tub, a powdering trough lined with lead, two tables, two sieves, four flesh hooks and a chopping block, a table and two forms The Butlers Pantry A writing table, four blew and white cups and saucers, two large blew and white china dishes, one ditto less, seven small ditto, seventeen soop plates and twelve odd plates, eight plates, a sugar dish, broken china, a china mug, a china chamberpot and five cups and saucers, a cistern lined with lead and brass lock, a table, a waiter and napkin press, one chair and a tub for glasses, fourteen tin fenders, four water candlesticks and two safe ditto The Housekeepers Room Two pair of brass scales and nine brass weights, a hand bell, two sieves, two tables, a cistern lined with lead and brass lock, a coffee mill, a grate, shovel, tongs, poker and fender and a drying stove for sweetmeats The Powdering Room Two wig blocks, a table, a deal leaf, a cistern lined with lead and a brass lock and some old lead The Servants Hall A long table and two forms and four old settle beds, a beam scales and weights, a grate fixt and two cupboards and some lumber The Stewards Room An iron grate, doggs and a shovel, twenty four leather stools and forty eight leather buckets The Distilling Room A copper Alembick fixt, a cold still of pewter, three chaffing dishes and an iron grate, a jelly frame, three chairs, a brass cock, a table dresser and shelves The Cellars Seventeen iron bound pipes, six stillings, a form, a tunnell, four tubs, a cistern lined with lead and brass lock The Dairy A copper and iron work fixt and a slice, a cheese press, two churns and frames, two stands, two yokes, two handbowls, three tubs and two covers, a small churn, two large wooden bowls and four butter tubes, five cheese fatts, and two cheese plates, a pair of butter scales and weight and five pair of cheese tongs, a safe and lock and key, twelve milk leads and frames, a cistern lined with lead and brass cock, six milk pails and a piggon, two water pailes and eight earten pans, a hog and trough lined with lead and two pails The Brewhouse A large copper and iron, a less ditto, and iron work, a large matting fatt and spout, a pewter tap and brass cock to ditto, an underback lined with lead, two large working fatts, three coolers and frames and a large tub, six churns with iron handle, a tunnell, two jetts and three covers, an iron fork and rake and two iron crows, two deal troughs and two mashing rakes, a leaden pump and iron handle and sucker, a large brass cock and one smaller, a timberchain and an iron candlestick and brass forcer and three new iron bound pipes painted The Slaughter House A cistern lined with lead, a chopping block and hooks, a cyder press lined with lead and a mill to ditto and a bushel measure The Laundry A range and cheeks and hanging iron shovel and fender and ash grate and a stove for the heaters, a press bed and sacken, a drying frame, pulleys and lines for a horse for cloathes, a copper and iron work fixt and leaded at top and two brass cocks, seven tubs, two forms and a horse, a cistern at the stable door lined with lead. Four bells fixt to call servants The Garden a sun dial fixt and all utensils belonging to the Garden [NB The use of capitals has been modernised in this transcript]

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Fitzwilliam, Richard, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam,
Fitzpatrick, Ann (Baroness Gowran),
Tompion

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