Inuentorie of his estate, and caused his Clothes and Kersies to be va∣lued, and findeth that the hundreth clothes are worth some 1200 ll one with another, and his two hundreth Kersies of Deuonshire 400 ll: hereupon entring the yere, moneth, and day in the Iournall, he maketh Debitor and Creditor as aforesaid.
Magazin or Warehouse oweth vnto Capitall or Stocke 1600 ll for one hundreth white Clothes of the markes following, amounting to 1200 ll, and for two hundreth Deuonshire Kersies at 40 ll the packe of twentie peeces, which of mine owne estate I find in this my warehouse parcell of my patrimonie, amounting together in wares 1600 ll, and this summe is drawne out in the margine towards your right hand in the said Iournall.
Cash oweth vnto Capitall or Stocke (you need not to say of me A.B.) the summe of 1000 ll, for so much readie money which I find this day in Cash, proceeding of &c. and this summe is likewise drawne out &c.
B. M. Mercer oweth vnto Capitall 300 ll, which he owed by bill vnto my father deceased, payable in two payments, namely &c. summe 300 ll.
N.W. Merchant oweth vnto Capitall 200 ll for so much owing by him vnto my father deceased, which is payable the 25 of March next, by bond &c.
The Manor of Latham in Lancashire oweth vnto Capitall 1500 ll, which was left my father by descent from &c. containing &c. of the yearely value of 66 ll, now in the tenure, occupation, or possession of &c. 1500 ll.
The lease of the house called the Golden Lyon scituate in Cheap∣side in London, oweth vnto Capitall 200 ll, for so much I haue paid vnto the companie of Mercers for a lease of the said house for 21 yeares, with a reseruation of a rent of 20 ll yearely, to be payed eue∣rie six moneths, now in the occupation of A.B. Gold-smith, paying me sixtie pounds yearely rent for the same, I say cost me two hun∣dreth pounds.
Plate and houshold stuffe oweth vnto Capitall 200 ll, for so much I haue bought, and find to be in moueables of plate, apparrell, and houshold stuffe since my fathers decease, wherewith I find all my estate to be worth 5000 ll, the particulars of which plate and moue∣ables are by Inuentorie to be seene in my Booke of Remembrances or Memoriall; so for this parcell I draw out 200 ll.
Here you see that this young Merchant hath an estate of 5000 ll to begin the world withall, consisting of the aforesaid seuen parcels. These seuen parcels now are put ouer into the Liedger, which some call posted ouer, in so many seuerall Accounts of seuen Debitors, and there is but one to be made Creditor for all these, which is Ca∣pitall or Stocke, which doth answere by correspondence all the se∣uen Debitors in their proper accounts, amounting all to the summe of 5000 ll on the Debitors side, and so is here 5000 ll on the Creditors