Wiltshire / West Country - old words - household item, implement or similar

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An Inventory of Goods & Chattels, dated mid 1600s, lists what seems to be "One Corn whitche, furnace one ...." in the kitchen.

What would have been (or what is) a corn whitche (or witch)?

I have found reference to an old occupation called a "Whitcher", which was supposed to describe a "maker of chests".  As such I wonder whether the corn whitch was a bin to store grain, but this is just a wild guess on my part.

I would love to learn more about this 'thing'.

Thanks

[goldie61]

According to this book
The Medieval Peasant House in Midland England

https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=uHg7CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA128&dq=%22corn+whitch%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg-6XoxKPiAhURfX0KHaN9DccQ6AEIFjAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

a 'corn whitch' was a chest.
So your instinct seems to have been correct! 

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Thank you goldie. When I initially read the hand written inventory I thought I had the words wrong; the information in the book is reassuring.