with its 12 kelyng leads, a yele fatte, a cleansing fatte, and two tubs, all of which fetched 30s. In the Bakehouse and Boulting House, a moulding board, three troughs and a boulting ark raised 2s: I suspect boulting is to do with brewing, and the malting process. In the Malt house were a lead cistern and a hair-cloth sieve for a kiln which raised 13s. 8d.

Guest accommodation at the abbey included the Bishop's chamber, where an old feather bed, an old covering, a bolster, an old tester, and an old hanging fetched12s, the Bonney chamber, where an old feather bed, an old coverlet, a table with a bench, and an old silk hanging raised 7s, an Inner chamber, where a feather bed, two old coverings and a mattress raised 5s, the Elton chamber, where a feather bed, an old coverlet and a tester of linen fetched 4s, and a further Inner chamber, where a mattress and coverlet fetched 2s..

Livestock at St Mary’s Abbey numbered eight oxen (£4), 15 young bullocks (60s), 20 pigs (13s.4d), calves (20s), horses (20s) and fetched a total of £9.13s.4d. Livestock at Boyah Grange and other items numbered 11 cattle (100s), sheep (£4.13s.4d), cheeses (2s), one pot (4d), two pans (20d), raising a total of £9.17s.4d. Livestock at Ockbrook grange numbered one cow (6s. 8d), seven pigs (12s), one horse (6s.8d), and eight oxen (100s), being a total of £6.5s.4d.

Grain at the monastery amounted to three quarters of wheat (24s), four quarters of rye (28s), six quarters of malt (24s), two quarters of peas (8s), three quarters of oats (4s), plus ten loads of hay (20s). This raised a total of 108s. Grain at Boyah amounted to six quarters of peas (24s). Grain at Ockbrook Grange amounted to one quarter of rye (7s), ten quarters of barley (40s), three quarters of peas (12s), plus six loads of hay (12s). There was also one quarter of barley in a malt house (4s). This comes to a total of 75s.

Also sold from the monastery were two wagons (6s.8d) and two old wagons (6s.8d).

The final total of all Francis Pole’s acquisitions was £76.12.2d. He had bought the site but not the monastic or domestic buildings. He was given until Christmas 1540 to pay the last £30 of this sum, and was put in charge of the site and all the buildings except the roofs, the glass, iron, paving stones and gravestones in the church, cloister, chapter house and warming room.

Some things remained unsold:11 spoons, three little chalices and the plate of a white cross, weighing 62 oz (white plate); six bells weighing 47 hundredweight; 200 fothers of lead at £4 the fother.