WHITSUN COURT SUGAR HOUSE, Bristol. 1690 [BRO 36772 Box 5 - I V Hall]
Chancery Proceedings, Bridges Division, Bundle 192/24. Webb v Pope & Whiting following the death of Nehemiah Webb.
The Schedule being a true copy of the schedule indented annexed to the indenture menconed in
these Defts. Answers to have been made betweene the said Joane Webb of the first pte this
Deft Michael Pope of the second pte and the Deft John Whiting of the third pte as followeth
(that is to say).
The Schedule indented of the Sugars Deadstock goods caskes vessels implements & utensils
whereof mencon is made in the Indenture whereunto these psents are annexed:
| | | £ | s | d |
| | | | | |
| | a hogshead and a barrell of poore sirrup wg. 10cwt 1qr 23lbs neat at 18/- a cwt | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| 3 casks | white sugar wg. 13cwt 2qr 1lb neat at 45/6d a cwt | 30 | 14 | 7¾ |
| 18 boxes | white candy wg. 7cwt 17lbs neat at 11d a lb | 36 | 14 | 3 |
| 136 loves | De refined sugars wg. 4cwt 3qr neat at 9¼d a lb | 20 | 10 | 2 |
| 18 lumps | sugar wg. 1cwt 2qr 15lbs neat at 48/- a cwt | 3 | 18 | 5 |
| 51 | powder loves wg. 2cwt 15lbs at 7d a lb | 6 | 19 | 5 |
| 168 gallons | De refined sirrup at 3d a gal | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| 41 reemes | blew paper at 9/6d a reeme | 19 | 9 | 6 |
| 12 bushells | charcoles at 4d a bushell | | 4 | 0 |
| | 1cwt 17lbs of twine at 4d a lb | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 doz | candles at 4/6d a doz | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 2½ reemes | cap paper at 3/10d a reeme | | 9 | 7 |
| | 3 mopps and 3 broomes | | 1 | 6 |
| 1½ reemes | white paper at 6s a reeme | | 9 | 0 |
| 5 hogsheads | bastard sugar wg. 39cwt 2qr 5lbs neat at 29/- a cwt | 57 | 6 | 9 |
| 1 caske | molasses wg. 3cwt 1qr 22lbs neat at 18/- a cwt | 3 | 2 | 0½ |
| 148 molds | bastard graine wg. 86cwt 3qr 22lbs neat at 21/- a cwt | 91 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | copper panns | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | copper coolers | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | basons | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | copper ladles | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | copper cullenors | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | copper pipe and funnell | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 caske | rise wg. 2cwt 2qr neat at 21/- a cwt | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| 2 | kettles for fire | | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | strainers | | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | iron coole spadle | | | 6 |
| 2 | iron shovells | | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | stokers | | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | coales rakes | | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | trewells | | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | prickers | | | 2 |
| 5 | wooden spadles | | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | scum basketts | | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | scum baggs | | 18 | 0 |
| 4 | latin pipes | | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | wooden ffunnells | | 9 | 0 |
| 1 | straining blankett | | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | wooden bucketts at 1/6d | | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | pully basketts | | | 8 |
| 1 | pully rope and wheel | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | candlesticks | | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | hatchetts | | | 8 |
| 3 | seeves | | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | wooden shovells | | | 8 |
| 1 | baskett to straine sugars | | | 2 |
| 1 | leaden cesterne with 3 iron barrs | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 tonns | clay at 14/- a tonn | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | millstone & trough a byn & iron | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | deawing knife & rake | | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | mare & coller for the mare | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | cockells | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | cesternes for clay & lime | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | hooke & rake | | | 6 |
| | a wheelebarrow truck & 2 ladders | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | [...] & 2 barrs | | 2 | 6 |
| 7 bushells | calice sand | | 7 | 0 |
| 46 yards | canvas at 8½d a yard | 1 | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | chaires, a leather & 2 matted | | 4 | 0 |
| | 2 bedsteeds 2 bedds 2 ruggs 4 blankets | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 862 | small dripp potts at 1d a pott | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 14½ cwts | lead weights | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | beame & scales | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 3396 | small molds & dripp potts at 1½d & 1d | 17 | 13 | 9 |
| 800 | small molds & dripp potts crackt at ¾d & ½d | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 1068 | lump molds & dripp potts at 2d & 1½d | 7 | 16 | 9 |
| 198 | ditto crackt at 1d & ¾d | | 14 | 5¼ |
| 2628 | great molds & dripp potts at 5d a peece | 54 | 15 | 0 |
| 850 | ditto crackt at 2½d | 8 | 17 | 1 |
| 117 | small candy potts 3½d a peece | 1 | 14 | 1½ |
| 55 | great candy potts at 7d a peece | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 51 | candy basons at 1d a peece | | 4 | 3 |
| 12 bundles | spleets at 8d a bundle | | 8 | 0 |
| 26 bundles | hoops at 4d a bundle | | 8 | 8 |
| 7 bundles | scales at 1s a bundle | | 7 | 0 |
| 12 dozen | ffaggotts | | 2 | 9 |
| 20 sacks | stone cole | | 8 | 4 |
| 2 | drayes & vates | | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | leather bucketts | | 12 | 0 |
| 1 | clock | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 setts | barrs & all belonging to it | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| | a greate & 4 boxes | | 18 | 0 |
| | | | | |
| | | 508 | 11 | 5 |
| | | | | |
| | the sugar house & dwelling house agreed for between us all three | 220 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | |
| | | 728 | 11 | 5 |
| | | | | |
| | more added by consent | | 8 | 7 |
| | | | | |
| | | 729 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | |
| | [wg. = weighing] | | | |
Signed: John Whiting, Michael Pope.
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St PETER'S SUGAR HOUSE, Bristol. 1666 [BRO 36772 Box 3 - I V Hall]
09862(I)ni. 20 August 1666. Mr Challener to Mr Beauchampe.
Articles of Agreement, indented, concluded, made, agreed upon 2 Oct 1666.
And in the 18th year of Charles II, between Rt. Challener of Bristol, merchant, and John
Challener of Bristol, merchant his son, of the first part, and Richard Beauchampe of London,
grocer, for and in behalf James Jauncey of London, grocer, and Wm. Swifte of Worcester, draper,
of the other part, Imprimis. Rt. Challener and John Challener for such monies as the said Rt.
Challener doth owe to Wm. Swifte being £170 and of the sum of £1850 now to be paid hereinafter
followeth have and either of them hath bargained and sold to Rd. Beauchampe for James Jauncey
and Wm. Swifte, the hereinafter inheritance of all that messuage with appurtenances situated
in St. Peter's parish, Bristol, heretofore of Rt. Aldworth, and late of Giles Elbridge,
merchant, i.e. the sugar house, to be conveyed to J Jauncey and W Swifte, their heirs, for
ever, to the use of them and their heirs, by such reasonable means in the law as the Council
of Jauncey and Swifte and at their charges shall advise.
Item - Rt. and Jn. Challener for consideration of the sum mentioned have sold to Rd. Beauchampe
on behalf of Jauncey and Swifte, all and singular the instruments, materials belonging to the
said sugar house for the making of sugar.
Item - It is agreed that Rt. and Jn. Challener procure all persons any way interested in the
tenement to join in such assurance as is to be made thereof as aforesaid.
Item - It is agreed that Swifte shall release to Rt. Challener all such monies as he oweth to
him and that Jauncey and Swifte shall pay £1850 for the tenement and premises in the form
following, i.e. to Mrs Elizabeth Gonning, widow, for a term and interest which she hath in
the premises, and the sum of ..[not stated].. residue thereof to Rt. and Jn. Challener on
1 Nov 1666.
Item - It is agreed that Jauncey and Swifte shall hand the sugar molasses, and syrups and
after all the householdstuffs now being and remaining in the said sugar house at such rates
and prices as two persons to be chosen by them and the said Rt. and Jn. Challener shall deeme
reasonable. And the said Rd. Beauchampe on behalf of Jauncey and Swifte doth hereby covenant
to make the said sugar and householdstuff at such appraisement.
In witness.
An Inventory Indented of the Stock mentioned in the Indenture whereto the same Schedule is
annexed:
| | | £ | s | d |
| | | | | |
| | 473 fatte formes and 24 pumpers wg. 130cwts at 20/- per cwt | 130 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 formes | graine with the proceeds of sd. fatte formes wg. 40cwts at 19/- per cwt | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 498 | moltons wg. 165cwts at 36/- per cwt | 287 | 0 | 0 |
| 269 | bastards wg. 62cwts at 42/- per cwt | 140 | 14 | 0 |
| 68 formes | bastards and molton tops with proceeds of said bastards and moltons wg. 56cwts at 24/- per cwt | 67 | 4 | 0 |
| | bastards and moltons syrrop wg. 228cwts at 18/- per cwt | 205 | 4 | 0 |
| | refine syrrop wg. 282cwt 2qr 22lbs at 32/- per cwt | 452 | 12 | 0 |
| 1496 loaves | bigge loafe sugar wg. 94cwts at £3 10s per cwt | 319 | 0 | 0 |
| 2314 loaves | blew paper refine sugar wg. 83cwt 13lbs at £4 per cwt | 332 | 9 | 0 |
| 439 loaves | double refine sugar wg. 22cwt 1qr 18lbs at £7 per cwt | 156 | 5 | 0 |
| | in brown candy wg. 6cwt 25lbs at 50/- per cwt | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| | double refine syrrop wg. 10cwts at 50/- per cwt | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| | molasses wg. 100cwts at 14/6 per cwt | 72 | 10 | 0 |
| | scums wg. 44cwts at 18/- per cwt | 39 | 12 | 0 |
| | Barbardoes sugar wg. 86cwt 12lbs at 21/- per cwt | 85 | 8 | 3 |
| 3 sacks | white powder sugar wg. 64cwt 2qr 20lbs at £3 per cwt | 14 | 0 | 8 |
| 100 sacks | clay at 6d per sack | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| | 2 doz besoms and 6 bundells of splatts at 12d [?] | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 sacks | charcole at 2/- per sack | | 12 | 0 |
| 3 dozens | stonecoal at 6/- per dozen | | 18 | 0 |
| 12 reames | browne paper at 6/3d per reame | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9½ reames | blew paper at 12/8d | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 hogsheads | Barbadoes syrrop | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 kinderkin | butter for the pans | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 chests | white powder sugar wg. 50cwt 3qr 27lbs at £3 6s per cwt | 168 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 chests | white powder sugar wg. 13cwt 3qr 12lbs at £3 per cwt | 41 | 11 | 5 |
| | earthen ware not belonging to the house | 140 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 hogsheads | copperas at £2 6s 8d per hhd | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| | white candy wg. 1cwt 3qr 21lbs at 12d per lb | 10 | 17 | 0 |
| | | | | |
| | | 2771 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | |
| | [wg. = weighing] | | |
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Signed: Robert Challener. Wm Challener. John Challener.