. London . fe, place, and joined inth& congratulations of Jo-hannes friends. Would you know howa young married couple setup house-keeping ? Hereis the inventory of thehousehold furniture of sucha pair in the fourteenthcentury. It is not the onlydocument of the kind whichexists, but it is interestingbecause it forms part of astory which remains un-finished. The inventory belongsto the year 1337. The proprietors name was Hugh leBevere ; that of his wife Alice. Hugh le Bevere was acraftsman of the better sort, but not a master. He wasso well off that the furniture of his house, including clothes,
. London . fe, place, and joined inth& congratulations of Jo-hannes friends. Would you know howa young married couple setup house-keeping ? Hereis the inventory of thehousehold furniture of sucha pair in the fourteenthcentury. It is not the onlydocument of the kind whichexists, but it is interestingbecause it forms part of astory which remains un-finished. The inventory belongsto the year 1337. The proprietors name was Hugh leBevere ; that of his wife Alice. Hugh le Bevere was acraftsman of the better sort, but not a master. He wasso well off that the furniture of his house, including clothes,was valued at 12/. I&r. 41/., which, being interpreted intomodern money, means about 200/. He had been marriedbut a short time when the events occurred which caused thisinventory to be drawn up. The newly-married pair lived ina house consisting of two rooms, one above the other. Thelower room, which was kitchen and keeping-room in one, wasdivided from the houses on either side by solid stone walls ;. ANCIENT PLATE 200 LONDi <\ it had a chimney and a fireplace ; the walls were hung roundwith kitchen utensils, tools, and weapons ; a window openedto the street, the upper part of which was glazed, while thelower part could be closed by a stout shutter ; the door opinedInto the street ; there was another door at the back, whichopened upon a buttery, where there stood ranged in a row sixcasks of wine. One folding table and two chairs served for h
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