The following reported in the Society of Antiquaries online newsletter.
Despite its title, the book covers the period 1278 to 1864:
Simon Jervis, British and Irish Inventories: a list and bibliography of
published transcriptions of secular inventories (ISBN 9780903335157).
This compilation of all known transcriptions of secular inventories
published between 1721 and 2009 for Britain and Ireland is likely to
prove an invaluable resource for anyone studying the materiality of the
domestic realm. This volume lists more than 12,300 transcriptions,
ordered first by date and then by location within county, with
references to a substantial bibliography of more than 900 entries. In
addition, there are extensive indexes of names, locations, trades,
professions, titles and institutions.
The inventories in the list range in date from 1278 to 1864, with a
preponderance in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and are mainly
English, though numerous Scottish, Welsh and Irish examples, and a
smattering from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, are also
included. They throw light on the furnishings and artefacts used in the
grandest palaces and in the humblest of peasant dwellings, and include
the odd Masonic lodge, college and livery company.
Details of how to order a copy can be found at the bottom of the
‘Special Publications’ page on the Furniture History Society website at
http://www.furniturehistorysociety.org/publications.htm. The 475-page
book costs £23.95
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