Valuations of noblemen’s movables from the Kraków nobility court records from the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of the valuations of the nobility’s movables. The discussion is based on the analysis of 31 written records — valuations of nobles’ movables from the records of the Kraków nobility court from the years 1685–1710. These documents were analysed for their structure and content. The value of the objects given in valuation reports enables us to learn the real value, expressed in monetary terms, of certain nobles’ movable assets in the discussed period — not only of the most valuable possessions but also of old and worn-out ones. This paper emphasises the need to continue research on sources of this type, while the appendix contains an edition of one of the documents in question — a valuation report concerning furs, clothing, silver, and scarves left by the deceased married couple Chrząstowski made in 1686.