“387yr old shopping list found under the floorboards of a London home.”
The list reads;
“Mr. Bilby,
I pray pvide to be sent too morrow in ye Cart some Greenfish, The Lights from my Lady Cranfeild Cham 2 dozen of Pewter Spoon: one greate fireshovell for ye nursery; and ye ohers which were sent to be exchanged for some of better fashion, a new frying pan together with a note of ye prises of such Commoditie for ye rest.
Your loving friend, Robert Draper
Octobre 1633
Copthall”
The “fireshovell” and “lights” were asked to be sent to Copt Hall, which is 36 miles away.