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Devon Notes and Queries. 133 100. An Inventory op the Goods op John Strowbridgb OF HoBRAYNB, 1576. — Amongst the special commissions of the Exchequer at the Public Record Office, is one issued in the 1 8th year of Elizabeth, with reference to the possessions of John Strowbridge of Hoberayn in the parish of Collyton; the commissioners being Thomas Heydon, John Grukeme, Anthony Coppleston, Richard Hooper, Hugh More of Ottery blessed Mary, John Seyntleger of Ashberton, William Stro- bridge, of Ottery blessed Marie, John Strowbridge Jr. of Hoberhand in the parish of Collyton, and John Strobridge, of the City of Exeter. Attached to the return is a full inventory of the goods and chattels at the house, which list gives a good idea of the furnishing of a farmhouse in Devon in the time of Elizabeth, and may with advantage be compared with a similar but richer list given for Brockwill Barton, Broadclist, by Mr. William Cotton, P.S.A., in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association^ Vol. XX, 1888, p. 69, H. MicHELL Whitley. An Inventorye of all such goods as is in the house of V^' Hobrayne the xxth of June, Anno 1576, w*» were the goods and catalles of John Strowbridge of Hoberain : — In the Hall. The hangings of grene saye. *'* A Longe table bord uppon a fiframe. Two formes a bynche. The syde borde w*^ the bynche. A carved coborde a rond borde w*** a chere. A lyttle syde borde w*** a cobord in. A great cheare a little chere stolle. A carved stole for a bason. A peire of Andyrons. ^■' A fiyre picke ^^ and a flfyre pan. <** A basen and a yoer. One other bason. In the parlor. The hanginges of grene and red saye. A square table bord uppon a fframe. A forme a chere stole dreld. Thre carpet cosshinj^s a great lokinge glasse. A bedd stede twoo fother bedds. Twoo ffether bolsters.