There appeared before the undersigned aldermen of the city of Leiden, Willem Britsman, tobacco-pipe maker, living in the extension of the aforesaid city, and he acknowledged hereby to have absolutely and finally sold, conveyed and transferred, as he did sell, convey and transfer by these presents, unto and for the benefit of Laurens van Ravesteyn, wool merchant within this city, or whoever should acquire his right herein, the following household goods, furnishings and movable property belonging to him, the appearer, namely:
Two beds with their bolsters and three blankets; four pillows; a pair of green serge curtains with a valance for the bedstead; three copper pots; two copper kettles; a copper water-bucket; two copper candlesticks; four copper tobacco-pipe moulds; a copper colander; a small copper melting-pot; an iron pot-hanger; an iron folding pot-hook; a copper bed-warming pan; a copper candle-holder for the chimney; an oak draw-bench; a small black cupboard of deal wood; two iron pots; an iron spit with a roasting pan; two oak clothes-chests; a small oak trestle table; five tubs; seven planks for drying tobacco pipes on; six smaller planks to work on; three pairs of pincers; two iron hammers with an axe; a chopping-knife; a candle-box; a balance with its weights; a gauging-measure; a child's standing-frame; six chairs; a drying-basket; two laundry-baskets; two wool-baskets; a small close-stool chair; a jug-rack with six stoneware jugs; a small spoon-case with twelve pewter spoons; a rapier with a dagger and their sheaths; a hanging trivet, an iron ash-shovel and a pair of tongs; one and a half dozen wooden trenchers; three boxes for laying tobacco pipes in; a small wooden tub and a small basket [for the market] [word uncertain in the original]; a pair of bellows; a high-backed chair [literally 'preaching-chair'; exact type of furniture uncertain]; four brushes; a small mirror; a small board for marking washed linen; five boards to lay things on; five clothes-poles; two small shelves for roemer glasses; a linen box; a cradle; a copper lamp; two meat-tubs; a flat basket; a fork; twelve men's and women's shirts; seven bedsheets; six pairs of pillowcases; three napkins; a linen tablecloth; six men's collars; nine women's neckerchiefs; five night-kerchiefs; four handkerchiefs; seven linen baby-swaddling-cloths; two white woollen baby-swaddling-cloths; a white fustian shift.
All this without the appearer retaining any right or claim to the aforesaid household effects, furnishings and movable goods, but relinquishing all of it completely, the aforesaid van Ravesteyn holding the same as delivered by these presents; in such wise that, insofar as the appearer should remain in custody or use of the aforesaid goods after the date hereof, this shall occur only on sufferance and by the toleration of the aforesaid van Ravesteyn, or of him who acquires his right, and until his express revocation thereof, and not otherwise or further. The appearer binds to the performance hereof his person, together with his present and future goods, none excepted.
And the appearer acknowledged himself, on account of the aforesaid sale, conveyance and transfer, to be well and fully satisfied, paid and content, having received the last penny with the first, and this with a sum of one hundred and fifty-three guilders and ten stuivers, paid to the appearer by the aforesaid van Ravesteyn immediately in ready money, whereby he renounces the exception of money not counted and all other exceptions and pretexts that might otherwise avail him herein.
Done the 29th of May, anno sixteen hundred and nineteen. Jacob Cornelissoon Leeusvelt. J. de Bont. 1619.
Translation by Radicae, The Leiden Connection, from the Dutch transcription supplied by Erfgoed Leiden. A handful of the inventory terms name obsolete household or workshop objects whose exact modern equivalent is uncertain; these are flagged inline.
