Inventory of Adlard Locke

Inventor Adlard Locke Download

This document is a probate inventory, a legal record created to list and value the movable goods, chattels, and debts of a deceased individual (Adlard Locke) before the administration of his estate or the execution of his will.

Historical Context: The document is dated to the 30th regnal year of Queen Elizabeth I, which corresponds to 1587. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the agrarian economy of late 16th-century Lincolnshire.
Contents: The inventory lists agricultural assets typical of a yeoman or husbandman of the era, including livestock (steers, a heifer/”Quie”, calves, mares, stags/young horses, and a sheep) and harvested crops (hay, peas, malt, barley, and wheat).
Archaic Terminology: You will notice terms like “Quie” (heifer), “Stagges” (young horses or cattle), “Strike” (a dry measure, usually a bushel), and “prsed” (praised/appraised). Values are recorded in the pre-decimal British system of pounds (li), shillings (s), and pence (d).

Principal Individual

Name: Adlard Locke
Role in Document: Deceased (Testator)
Residence: Dike (Dyke), Parish of Bourne, County of Lincoln (Lincolnshire), England
Death: Occurred prior to December 24, 1587

Associated Individuals

John Hardwicke: Appraiser (prayser) of the estate
Robt (Robert) Hardwicke: Appraiser of the estate
Richard Parker: Appraiser of the estate
Jeffrye Normanton: Appraiser of the estate

Key Events

Event Type: Probate Inventory Appraisal
Date: December 24, 30th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1587)
Location: Dike, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

The document is a late 16th-century probate inventory for Adlard Locke, a resident of Dike in the parish of Bourne, Lincolnshire.
The appraisal was conducted on December 24, 1587, by four local men.
Adlard Locke’s estate was primarily agricultural, consisting of livestock, grain, ready money, and outstanding debts owed to him.
The total value of his inventoried movable estate was appraised at £29, 15 shillings, and 4 pence.

Transcription:

An Inventory of all the goode and Cattels of Adlard Locke of Dike in the p[ar]ishe of Bourne in the Countie of Lincoln deceased Invented taken and praysed the xxiiijth daye of December, Anno Regni Elizabethe Regine Angli[ae] &c tricesimo by John Hardwicke Robt Hardwicke Richard P[ar]ker & Jeffrye Normanton, as followth viz

Inprimis in Redie moneye — xliiij s

Itm towe Steares prsed att — xl viij s viij d Itm one Quie prsed att — xxx s

Itm towe yerlinges Calves prsed att xxvj s viij d

Itm towe Steares prsed att — xlviij s viij d Itm ij meare prsed att — v li

Itm ij Stagges prsed att — xx s

Itm heye and pease prsed att — xxxiiij s iiij d

Itm iij quarter of Malte prsed att — xxx s