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Note: Agnes Pyme (d.1524), widow of John, dated her will Oct. 1. 1523; it was probated exactly a year later. It is in similar form, but written in Latin. She gave only personal property, linen, a pot and other goods to Thomasine, one of her father's sisters and another pot plus the residue of her estate to John Pyme, son of Robert Pyme (thus a grandson), who was named executor.
Pots were important, along with spits, for cooking; furniture usually was confined to a board set on trestles with stools or benches and a chair only at the head (whence "chairman of the board"). There would be a side-board. a cup-board and a chest for storing linens and best clothes. In later times drawers were added and we got a "chest of drawers". Bedding and floor covering were of straw. Plates (trenchers) were of wood; a few pieces of pewter or a silver spoon were treasured. Thus lived our ancestors.
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