Inwentarz ruchomości z 1862 r. ks. Andrzeja Chylińskiego proboszcza parafii Męka w dekanacie sieradzkim
The 1862 inventory of movable property of Fr. Andrzej Chyliński, the parish priest of the Męka parish in the Sieradz deanery

Summary/Abstract: Father Andrzej Chyliński was the parish priest in the village of Męka near Sieradz, where he lived with his mother and possibly with several servants. Compiled after his death in 1862, the inventory separates the movable property he had owned into two categories, without distinguishing the raw material. The movable property listed on the inventory were used for offi ce, leisure, wardrobe, culinary, pantry and utility functions. The majority of the mobile property was situated in the alcove room. The property of the parish priest of Męka amounted to a total of 393 pieces. Upon excluding farm movables, these were 366 pieces listed as 141 inventory items. A comparison of the personal property of the Męka parish priest with the local dean from the beginning of the 19th century (129 pieces in total) and average Old Polish parish priests (108 pieces) demonstrates a signifi cant quantitative advantage in most types of movable property. However, the opposite can be observed when comparing A. Chyliński and his movables with a wealthy city craftsman from Zamość in the mid-19th century (599 pieces). The most expensive movables in the 1862 inventory accounted for 15% of items, whereas the cheapest constituted 6% of all items. Thus, Chyliński owned more than twice as many expensive items as cheap items. Items described as ‘old’ constituted 13% of the total amount.

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