An inventory is a list of things that you have owned. It is made after you have died. Usually friends or neighbours go into your house and make a list of everything in it. Sometimes people might try and take something so there had to be at least two people making the inventory. Lydia

Did you know? In Tudor times there was no correct spelling. Shakespeare was written down as Shakaspeare, Chasper and Shagspere. The Tudors also wrote in secretary hand, which can make inventories difficult to read.

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