A late 1719 Sussex inventory

[londonscorpion]

That is a mighty useful book - thanks for the link - I have bookmarked it.

The usage seems to be "a tovet of something" so if it is tovet, the inventory must be referring to a container of some sort with the capacity of one tovet. 

[JenB]

That is a mighty useful book - thanks for the link - I have bookmarked it.

That is only one volume!

This should link to the whole thing  https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator:%22Wright,%20Joseph,%201855-1930%22%20dialect%20dictionary%20AND%20mediatype:texts

[clayton bradley]

bail, bale- hoop handle of a kettle or similar vessel

[londonscorpion]

I have book marked the whole lot!! Panicked a bit at first until I realised volumes 3 and 5 were further down the page!

Interesting about Bail (Bale): I wonder why it was important enough for the appraisor to specify it separately?

[JenB]

Line 50 Sheath

Dialect Dictionary has various definitions of sheath https://archive.org/details/englishdialectdi05wrig/page/368 one of which is part of a plough 

On the same page is the word sheat which was a young pig 

[JenB]

I have book marked the whole lot!!

You will find it a gold mine of information!

[londonscorpion]

Hmmmm. Both a pig and a plough bit could be found outdoors. Looking at the word again, it definitely looks like an h at the end. Tricky one.

[horselydown86]

Line 17 /18 Chern hoe milk Leads. Could the hoe be a “two”, so “one Chern two milk leads” and if so what is a milk lead?

I think it might possibly be 'two'  which would make it read 'one chern two milk leads'

Yes JenB, on looking again it is two.  The h has a curved top and this is straight.

[londonscorpion]

The English Dialect Dictionary has several definitions for scute with origins in Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall:
1. A sum of money, a present or reward
2. The metal shield for the heel or toe of boot or shoe
3. The iron point of a wooden plough
4. A small patch of leather put on the sole of a boot or shoe
5. The outside piece sawed off a balk of timber

None of these definitions really fits, especially as there are ten of them and they are specified as being of iron. They were found in the kitchen along with the bellows so maybe something to do with kitchen life.