Hamilton Inventory 9 December 1690, M12/1 : Page 04


Hamilton Inventory 9 December 1690, M12/1 : Page 04

Inventory of Household Furniture in the
Palace of Hamilton 9 December 1690


Transcription


In [Marc] Rossiere's}[the 3rd Duke's French valet's]
Chamber}


A bedstead with green curtains}
A green coverlet}
A feather bed, bolster and pillow}
2 pair blankets and a single one}

2 tables and a chest
three chairs
an iron grate and tongs
a close stool and chamber pot


In My Lord}
Duke's [the 3rd Duke's] Chamber}

a bedstead with red damask curtains}
a red coverlet}
a quilt, featherbed and bolster}
2 pillows and 4 pairs blankets}
5 pieces flowered hangings}
a table stands and looking glass}
a little folding table
two armed chairs and cushions of those in
the bedchamber
[The, deleted] four cane chairs of those in My Lord's
[the 3rd Duke's] outer room
a little Holland chair

a black ebony cabinet
a standish for pen, ink and
paper
an iron grate
a shovel and tongs
2 window curtains
four pictures
a chamber pot


In His Grace's [3rd Duke's] Outer Room}

An escritoire}
2 chests of drawers]
2 little cabinets}
a folding table and another table}
8 cane chairs of those in the Chamber}
two small trunks}
an iron grate}
a shovel and tongs}
two window curtains}

Duke James Hamilton’s picture [the 1st Duke]
20 other pictures
a Genealogy of the family of Stewart
a Genealogy of the family of Hamilton
a Genealogy of the family of Douglas
9 new maps and 2 old ones
The Ten Commandments &
The Royal Oak


In the High Din-}
ing Room}

Two dozen carpet chairs}
4 tables and 3 carpets}
a fire screen}
2 sconces}
an iron grate}
a shovel and tongs of brass}

Duke James Hamilton [1st Duke] and his Duchess's [i.e. his wife, Lady Mary Feilding’s] pictures
Marquis James’s picture

Duke William [2nd Duke] and the Duke of Lauderdale’s in one frame
The Duchess of Richmond
His Grace’s picture [3rd Duke] in his robes
The Earl of Denbigh’s picture and
6 other pictures


Upon the Great Staircase}

13 pictures}
2 brass sconces}

Transcripts by Rosalind K. Marshall 2007