Document: Inventory of the estate of Aeltje Jans, deceased

Inventory of the goods and effects left by Aeltjen Jans, deceased, as found at the house of Cornelis Cornelisz, the 2nd of November 1646:

3 milch cows
1 yearling heifer
1 yearling bull
1 half-year old steer
4 hogs of one year
2 shoats of half a year1 old cow, slaughtered
2 barrow hogs in the sty1 old feather bed
2 coverlets, half worn2 old curtains
Some old clothes for the children which they take with them
1 black cloth skirt, half worn
1 little black silk mantle with a pair of sleeves1 old petticoat of changeable silk
1 pair of old sleeves1 old silk apron
1 brocade jacket (caffa borst)1 cambric ruff
Some old linen, consisting of diapers, etc., given to the children2 chests
3 old chairs
2 copper kettles
1 pewter bowl
2 large pewter platters2 small ones
7 wooden dinner plates
2 copper pans1 iron ladle
6 pewter spoons
1 skimmer
1 pewter mug
2 copper candlesticks
1 green earthen colander1 water pall
1 small brass kettle without handle1 gridiron, with an old pot hanger1 pothook with chain
2 small milk tubs
1 buttermilk tub and a churn, which belong to Cornelis1 egg basket
1 old plow and plowshare, with a coulter
1 wagon
1 stallion, about 4 years old, left to compensate for the loss of cattle which she had on the farm1 cupboard
1 baking trough
1 English axe2 old dry casks2 old bags
2 branding irons[1]
1 old broken iron pan1 old looking-glass
1 pair of wooden scales
2 old cushion covers and one lamp

All of which we, the undersigned, have thus found at the house on the day above mentioned. In witness whereof this signed:

Cornelio vander Hoykens
Jan Jansz Damen
Hendric van Doesburg
Cornelis van Tienhoven
brandysers; which may also mean: andirons.