Shakespeare's will

In the late 1980's, i transcribed several manuscript documents which constituted an unpublished family tree of a family which arrived in America in the early 19th century in the direct male line, and in 1831 in the distaff line. Several of the documents were testamentary, and i was struck with the number of times furniture in the sense that we know it, and furniture in the sense used above (i.e., that with which the item is furnished--being sheets, pillows, bed curtains, etc.) are mentioned. It was quite common to see entries which specifically detailed who would get sheets, pillows, bed curtains, duvets, etc.--and one has to wonder at how sturdily those were made, or how dear, in that they would be kept for so long, and then legated.

I read once that his daughter got the first best bed...