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  Tonge, Richard  : of Middleton. Inventory dated 17th April 1768.

£ s d
One cow 3 15 0
One young calf 1 8 0
A young cow 3 0 0
Two calves 2 6 0
One swine 12 0
Five Hens 2 6
 
Goods in the chamber
One truckle bed 4 0
Another truckle bed 3 0
Three pillows 3 0
Two chaff beds 3 0
One pair of sheets 3 0
Two blankets 2 6
Two bed hillings (coverings) 2 0
Another pair of sheets 1 6
One bolster and one pillow 3 0
 
Goods in the parlour
One standing bed 15 0
One feather bed 10 0
One bolster and pillow 4 0
One pair of sheets 3 0
One blanket 1 0
One cadow (blanket) 3 0
One sheet 2 0
Curtains and valences 3 0
One great coffer 5 0
One little coffer 1 6
One little table 5 0
 
Goods in the house
In pewrer 16lbs in weight 12 0
In brass 6 0
A striking knife and other ware 3 0
A fire iron and tongs a fire shovel and a racken tree 5 0
One Cupboard 1 5 0
One ceiled chair 4 0
Another chair 2 6
Five chairs 1 6
Three stools 1 4
One ceiling in the house side 1 6
One fall-board and a form 8
One table 5 0
One salt pipe 4
One looking glass 1 6
One sack 1 6
Six cushions 2 0
A pair of Gobards (cob-iron) and a spit 2 0
 
Goods in the Buttery
One tub 2 0
One runish (grinder) 1 6
One ashin (wooden vessel) 1 0
A churn and curdle 3 0
2 barrels and a stand 3 0
2 dasins (vessels) 1 0
2 pottles 1 0
4 piggins 1 6
4 basins 8
A dozen trenchers 1 0
4 pots 1 0
A tin can and a little dripping pan 6
A bage bread (baking board) 8
A backstone (baking stone) 6
Dishes and piggins 1 0
4 mug pots 1 0
One great Bible 2 6
Two wheels 1 0
A hoop of metal and malt 5 6
His apparel 16 0
In huslement (odds and ends) 1 6
Total 21 1 8

The estate passed to his son Jonathan Tonge, of Tonge Hall.