Bedding, £4 6s. 8d. (valued at); pans, £2 0s. 10d.; pots, 13s. 4d.; pewter, 3s. 4d.; a tub, 2d.; "in husslements" (odds and ends) belonging to the household, and in iron gear, 10s. This was no doubt a fair sample of the contents of the house of a labouring farmer in these times; his household furniture was not worth £10. In some of the moorland districts sheep were kept in large quantities, and in some houses websters' looms were common enough pieces of furniture, as many of the clothes worn were now home-made, which also accounts for the presence of spinning-wheels and wool-cards. In many of the wills of this period, even where no inventory has been preserved, the bequests are often very numerous and defined, and consist of every imaginable kind of household goods, so that from them we are enabled to get a glimpse at the contents of the houses of the testators. Articles of plate, amongst the wealthier classes, were much prized, and often made the subject of special bequests, as was frequently the case with gold rings and other jewellery. There often occur such items as silver goblets, parcel-gilt goblets, salt-cellars with and without covers, silver spoons "with the image of the twelve apostles" and the like; and hanging in the hall were nearly always old swords, old calverts, pistols, cross-bows and quivers with arrows, and not infrequently more or less complete suits of armour. From the very rare mention of books in either the wills or inventories, it is evident that very few were among the possessions of the sixteenth-century Lancashire householders. In the few instances where books are named, they are referred to in a manner showing that they were considered valuable and rare. The Rev. Richard Jones, Rector of Bury, by his will, dated June 15, 1568, directed that his "four bokes of Crysostum be chened [chained] in the churche, there to remayne for ever." Another testator, in 1574,[120] left "one litle bible," which he enjoined his son to see used every Sabbath day when there were no sermons nor sacraments; and during the week-day this precious volume was to be lent to his "poorest kinsfolk." Pictures were also very uncommon, and those which adorned the walls of the rich were nearly always sacred subjects; one article of furniture appears in nearly every case--the old oak chest; sometimes it is simply called "a chist," at other times the "carven oak chest," and it was used invariably as a store place for sheets and linen.