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An Eighteenth Century  Blacksmith's Shop in Little Appleby

by Alan Roberts

Cuthberts inventory
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The inventory of Edward Cuthbert provides interesting information about the household possessions and living arrangements of an eighteenth century blacksmith. Edward Cuthbert (als. Cutboard) settled in Appleby after the Restoration to join the handful of blacksmiths already established in the parish, including the Wathews who were prominent horse traders. The blacksmiths may have all worked together in the same shop at one time. Edward and his wife Sarah recorded the baptisms of several of their children in the parish register. Somewhat sadly three of the boys named after their father all died either in infancy or as young children. Edward's inventory which was drawn up in 1732, by which time he was probably a widower and his children had left home, suggests that they once occupied a comfortable two-storey house in Little Appleby with an attached workshop, well equipped with all the tools for repairing farm carts, ploughs and other implements, for shoeing horses and for general ironmongery. I am not sure whether the house or the shop is still standing, however it might be possible to locate the site through census records.

Inventory of Edward Cuthbert, Blacksmith, 1732

May the first day of one thousand seven hundred and thirty two a true and perfect Inventory of the Goods & Chattels of Edward Cuthbert of Little Appleby in the county of Derbyshire, Blacksmith Deced. Valued by Joseph Baker and John Hair the day and year abovewritten …

In the Chamber over the Shopp

£

s

d

One flock bedd & bedstead a Boulster & a Blankett

0

4

0

One pillow 2 chairs & a hair lope

0

3

6

In the Chamber over the house

 

 

 

One featherbed & hangings one Blankett one coverlid

 

 

 

One boulster two pillows & two sheets

1

10

0

In the Chamber over the Parlour

 

 

 

One bacon flitch

0

7

6

One large tubb one spinning wheele with other lumber

0

10

0

In the Dwelling house

 

 

 

One brass pott

0

10

0

a less Brass pot

0

4

0

one large Kettle

0

12

0

two small Kettles

0

2

6

Eight pewter Dishes

0

10

0

One porringer & spoones 1s, 15 trenchers 8d

0

1

8

Four Candlestickes 8d. two lad Irons 1s

0

1

8

A lazy back 6d, fire shovell & tongs 1s 6d

0

2

0

A hanging hook, hanging Iron and Beefe fork

0

1

0

An andiron & Slatt Grate

0

13

0

Chafeing Dish and Bellows

0

1

0

One Jack Weight and Spitt

0

7

6

One Gobbert, one frying pann and a Well Dragg

0

1

6

A Mortar & Pestell 1s 6d, a pair of baggs 1s

0

2

6

Four Chairs & a bench 2s 6d, two riddles 2s

0

4

6

Oven fork, oventake & Garden rake

0

1

0

One saucepan 1s, two Brushes 8d ,one lookeing glass 1s

0

2

8

Two leather baggs & one sack bagg

0

8

0

A neading trough Table 2s 6d, a peck & halfe peck 2s 6d

0

5

0

Peck and halfe peck 2s 6d

0

2

6

One pail one Gallon, one Bowle & Cheese Ladder

0

1

6

A Gorse bill, 4 knives 3 forkes a botling ladle and Hatchett

0

1

8

A dark Lanthern 6d, one horse lock & chains 1s

0

1

6

One tin cover 6d, one Crupper & leather shackle 6d

0

1

0

In his lodgeing roome

 

 

 

One bed one Blankett & coverlidd, 2 sheets & bedsteads

0

10

0

In the best parlour

 

 

 

one flock bed, two Blanketts, a coverlid & pillow boultster

0

17

0

a Schreen 3s 6d, two joynt stooles 2s, five Chairs 2s

0

7

6

an ovell table

0

4

0

a hanging press

0

2

0

Wareing apparrell

1

5

0

One Warming pan 1s 6d, two p[air] sissers [?] 6d

0

2

0

One White Bason, two Decanters & two halfe pails

0

0

8

In the little parlour

 

 

 

A little table 1s, a pannell 2s 

0

3

0

In the Buttery one Barrell

 

 

 

One earthern Bottle, two Mug potts & a tun dish

0

0

8

In the Shopp

 

 

 

Best Anvill

3

0

0

1 other anvill with the appurt[enances] upon the Block

0

12

0

Two Vices

0

7

6

one Bick Iron

0

2

6

Eight large Hammers

0

15

0

ten pair of tongs and plyers

0

5

6

Sixteen setts and punches

0

2

6

two rivetting tooles

0

3

0

two setts of shooing tools

0

3

0

seventy five new shooes

0

12

6

one ridge … 2s, one pair of new Iron Gears

0

10

0

A plough, Cock hook and Link

0

1

0

two muck forks 2s 4d, three lawns 1s 6d

0

3

10

twenty three pound of Clouting Iron

0

3

0

one hundred and eighty two pound of unwrought iron

0

8

0

new Hasps and Staple hookes & Thumbles wt. 41 [pound?]

0

11

0

Old Iron Weight 41 [pound ]

0

3

5

more Iron, part wrought & part unwrought

0

2

6

two pair of Hookes and bands

0

1

6

Horse nails &c

0

2

0

One Iron Shovell, one ax, two Drawing Knives

 

 

 

a law three guilotts [?] &c

0

2

6

Twelve lead Weights Weigh 111 [pound]

0

3

0

a new beam & old scales & another pair of scales

0

5

0

Three files & a Hand vice

0

1

0

Out of Doors

 

 

 

One Grindle Stone

0

1

6

4 pigg Troughs

0

5

0

one sow and one pigg

0

18

0

one horse saddle and bridle

0

3

0

one Swilling Trough

0

3

6

one Jack to take up a Waggon

0

0

8

a Bucket rope and Chains

0

3

6

a Dunghill

0

3

6

In the Barn

 

 

 

Two ladders two tubbs one fork and some Hay

0

2

6

 




 

26

2

1

 


Appraised by us    { Joseph Baker/ John Hair

© transcribed by Alan Roberts, October 2001

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