His life and books
"A true and perfect Inventory of the goods Cattells and Chattells of William Gryndon of Ashholme within the parishe of Allstonfeilde in the County of Stafford yeoman taken the Tenth daye of August in the yeare or our Lord God 1659 and praised As followeth.
Imprimis His Wearing apparell and money in his pursse 3 - 6 - 8
Item Fower Oxen 18 - 0 - 0
Item Three Kyne 10 - 0 - 0
Item One twynter & one sterke 5 - 0 - 0
Item Two other sterkes 4 - 0 - 0
Item Two Calves 2 - 0 - 0
Item Two swyne 2 - 10 - 0
Item Two Mares 7 - 0 - 0
Item Eighteine sheepe 3 - 0 - 0
Item Nine daye workes of Corne 14 - 10 – 0
Item The hey gotten & uppon of grownd 6 - 0 - 0
Item A Wayne a paire of wheeles and a Tumbrill 3 - 6 - 8
Item Two plowes & one paire of plowe Irons 0 - 10 - 0
Item Two paire of horsse geyres 0 - 2 - 0
Item One harrowe 0 - 4 - 0
Item Fower Yoakes 0 - 8 - 0
Item Five ladders 0 - 10 --0
Item Five pikeforkes 0 - 3 - 0
Item One Waine rope 0 - 2 - 4
Item A packe Saddle 0 - 2 - 0
Item Three shovells 0 - 3 - 0
Item One Iron Crowe 0 - 2 - 6
Item Two hatchetts 0 - 2 - 6
Item A paire of Coppliens & two Chaynes 0 - 5 - 0
Item A hand sawe one Auger a paire of pinsons a windle last and Brasse & alytle hammer 0 - 2 - 6
Item Ashe Timber Tressells and twelve Ashe boards 1 – 10 - 0
Item One meale Arke 1 - 6 - 8
Item One long table a litle Table a Forme 2 Cupboards & 2 Chayrers 1 - 0 - 0
Item Three paire of bedstockes and one Trussle bed 0 – 12 – 0
Item One Coffer & two boxes 0 – 10 – 0
Item Five pewter dishes ten sawsers three pewter Candle stickes three salte sellerrs two porringers one pewter Cupp & a dozen and halfe of spoones 1 - 3 – 4
Item Two brasse potts fower bottles a Warmeinge pann and one Brasse Candlesticke 2 – 16 – 8
Item One Featherbed & a Feather bolsterr 1 - 10 – 0
Item Five payre of sheetts 1 - 13 - 4
Item Sixe Blanketts 1 - 0 - 0
Item Sixe other Bolsterrs 0 - 13 - 4
Item Three pillowe Beeres Napkins & other lynnens 0 - 6 - 8
Item Eight Corne sackes 1 - 6 - 8
Item Meale & Malte 0 - 16 – 8
Item Butter & Cheese 2 - 0 - 0
Item Three looms 2 barrells Three bowkes One Tubb one saltinge barrell One Churne One dashon one dozen of trenchers a dozen & halfe of dishes seaven bowles & otherlike wooden ware 1 - 6 - 8
Item One stone & halfe of wooll 0 - 13 - 4
Item One hopper & two peckes 0 - 2 - 0
Item Fower Sives & a Riddle 0 - 1 - 6
Item Fower sheeringe hookes 0 - 1 - 0
Item Fire shovell tonges & grate pott & Packetts a broth bred Iron and Backston 0 – 10 – 0
Item A Fowling peeice 0 - 13 - 4
Item Two henns & a Cocke 0 - 1 - 6
Item One Lease from Sir John Harpur of 12 Beasts grasses on Alstonfeildheyes for 90 yeares is three acres
five ferlonge 13 – 6 - 8
Item Three spinning wheels 0 - 4 - 0
Item Five rakes 0 - 1 - 0
Item Twentie loades of Turfes and eight loads of peates 1 - 10 - 0
Suma total 93 - 12 - 2
Debts owinge to the Testator
Imprimis Tho: Harrison of Bradburne 6 - 0 - 0
Item A Legacy to be paid by Mr Bennett of Bakewell 1 - 10 - 0
Debts owinge by the Testator
Imprimis To William Cundcliffe 40 - 0 - 0
Item To John Bateman and William Bateman his sonne 36 - 0 - 0
Item To Mr Woodhowse of Westcott 20 - 0 - 0
Item To Tho: Riley of Wiggenstall 20 - 0 - 0
Item To George Goodwyn 10 - 0 - 0
Item To William Greene 10 - 0 - 0
Item To Tho: Shawe of Bradnopp 10 - 0 - 0
Item To Richard Slacke 10 - 0 - 0
Item To John Grindon sonne of the Testator 5 - 0 - 0
Suma total 161- 0 - 0
The praysers names
Thomas Grindon
John Johnson
John Golde
William Gryndon"