Potential Inventory Issue

I started a new character, i was unaware as to what starting items i should receive so i asked Franz. He told me what i needed so i asked him if he could occupy my inventory and spellbook with what i needed. It said that it was all added however when i went and checked i still had to manually fill them in. I dont know if Franz was just adding them to his knowledge pool and recognising that i owned them but he could not add into my inventory itself?