Declared Accounts: Customs, Wines and Vinegar

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 30, 1716. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1958.

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'Declared Accounts: Customs, Wines and Vinegar', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 30, 1716, (London, 1958) pp. cccxxxix-cccxlix. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol30/cccxxxix-cccxlix [accessed 26 April 2024]

Customs, Wines and Vinegar

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 645, ROLL 248 [A.O.1/645/248].

Robert Hunter, Comptroller General of Customs.

25 December 1715 to 25 December 1716.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the hands of the several Receivers and Collectors upon the end of the Accompt, in money 41,313 10 4
ditto, in bonds 16,376 6 9¼
— 57,689 17 1¼
Receipts: money due and payable for the New Impositions on Wines and Vinegar collected or secured within the time of this Accompt:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver Inwards, in money		 129,591 8 0½
ditto, in bonds 133 19 2
(total London port 129,725l. 7s. 2½d.)
Outports:
Aberdovey (Robert Owen, money)		 0 10 0
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money) 157 6 2¼
Beaumaris (Featherstone Nicholson, money) 52 16 7¾
Berwick (George Moor, money) 1 10 9½
Blackney (Thomas Shorting, money) 0 16 3¼
Boston (Samuel Oldfield, in money 27l. 1s. 2¾d. and in bonds 663l. 1s. 3¼d.) 690 2 6
Bridgewater (Nicholas Jefferies, money) 168 6 2½
Bridlington (John Bower, money) 3 1 6¼
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, in money 6,151l. 8s. 0¾d. and in bonds 760l. 4s. 11¾d.) 6,911 13 0½
Bydiford (Thomas Jans, in money 333l. 10s. 0¾d. and in bonds 121l. 8s. 9¼d.) 454 18 10
Cardigan (John Gwynn, money) 1 16 2¼
Carlisle (Richard Gibson, money) 20 1 4¾
Chester (Joseph Sewel, money) 1,964 19 9¼
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 0 8 2½
Cowes (John Dale, money) 26 13 6¾
Deale (Edward Peters, money) 30 2 9½
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson, money) 64 3 2
Dover (John Ball, money) 1,076 16 4¾
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe, money) 44 9 0
Exeter (William Chamberlain, in money 787l. 13s. 7¼d. and in bonds 46l. 2s. 10¼d.) 833 16 5½
ditto (William Sprye, in money 1,979l. 5s. 7¾d. and in bonds 242l. 17s. 7d.) 2,222 3 2¾
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 492 16 8¼
Fowey (Charles Lamb, money) 115 8 9¾
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 2 18 3
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 5,319 9 7
Ipswich (Samuel Kettilby, money) 11 17 2¼
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 61 17 1
Lanelthy (John Philips, money) 1 4 8¼
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, in money 882l. 8s. 9½d. and in bonds 106l. 17s. 4¾d.) 989 6 2¼
Looe (John Dyer, money) 12 18 4
Lime (Henry Badcock, money) 0 10 3
ditto (George Lisle, money) 213 9 9
Lynn (Henry Hare, in money 3,928l. 12s. 4½d. and in bonds 2,380l. 4s. 6¼d.) 6,308 16 10¾
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 16 5 3¼
Minehead (Thomas Blake, in money 11s. 7¾d. and in bonds 36l.) 36 11 7¾
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 1,020 14 0¾
Padstow (William Taylor, money) 1 14 11½
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson, in money 305l. 19s. 5¼d. and in bonds 237l. 9s. 8½d.) 543 9 1¾
Penzance (Thomas Metcalfe, money) 104 18 7½
Plymouth (David Morris, in money 486l. 10s. 3¼d. and in bonds 175l. 9s. 8½d.) 661 19 11¾
Poole (Henry Baker, money) 66 18 4¾
ditto (Alfrid Lawson, money) 33 0 7
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 92 17 10¾
ditto (John Arnold, money) 236 7 2¾
Poulton (James Chew, money) 22 4 0
Rochester (John Pope, money) 113 11 0¼
ditto (Robert Weller, money) 6 8 9
Rye (James Benn, money) 84 13 10¾
St. Ives (Richard Upton, money) 1 5 9¾
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher, money) 8 4 0
Scilly (Lodwick Jackson, money) 1 19 11¼
Shoreham (James Lamb, money) 232 3 3¼
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 3,522 13 1
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 232 17 1½
Sunderland (William Ettrick, money) 19 19 11¾
Swanzey (William Gwynn, in money 71l. 19s. 6¾d. and in bonds 18l. 7s.) 90 6 6¾
Truro (Richard Jennings, money) 18 7 1½
Wells (John Keen, money) 4 12 4½
Weymouth (Henry Baker, money) 9 5 4
ditto (Philip Taylor, money) 272 2 0
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow, money) 453 0 4¾
Wisbeech (Joseph Ryland, money) 1,229 18 5¼
Woodbridge (Oliver Newby, money) 1 10 9½
Yarmouth (Thomas Moor, money) 996 12 9½
— 168,119 7 5¾
interest on bonds not satisfied in due time:
for these Impositions to 31 July 1710:
Henry Ferne, late Receiver General		 192 0 11½
on ditto to 31 July 1712:
Henry Ferne, late Receiver General		 91 16 7¼
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson) 2 5 8
Plymouth (David Morris) 25 13 0
— 119 15 3¼
on ditto to 31 July 1714:
Henry Ferne, late Receiver General		 70 6 3¾
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson) 38 3 9¼
— 108 10 1
on ditto from 1 August 1714:
Henry Ferne, late Receiver General		 45 1 2
Horatio Walpole and Francis Haws, Receivers General 28 16 4
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson) 63 14 0¾
Exeter (William Chamberlain) 1 9 8¾
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 54 9 9½
— 193 11 1
(total for interest on bonds 613l. 17s. 4¾d.)
overpayments, detailed by Collectors and places:
on these Impositions to 31 July 1710		 2,652 9 1
on ditto to 31 July 1712 821 17 9¼
on ditto to 31 July 1714 454 7 4¾
on ditto from 1 August 1714 2,186 14 7¼
— 6,115 8 10¼
—
total charge and receipts £232,538 10 10
Discharge.
Money defalked or discompted to the several Collectors for overpayments on the preceding Accompt 4,978 19 2
money remitted to Horatio Walpole and Francis Hawes, Receivers General and accompted for in their Cash Accompt 40,736 0 4¼
salaries and incident expenses 4,088 10 1¾
repayments upon certificates of damaged goods and over entries, detailed by Collectors and places 2,007 7 7½
—
total payments and allowances £51,810 17 3½
and so remains 180,727 13 6½
against which depending on Henry Ferne, late Receiver General:
£ s. d.
for the Impositions to 31 July 1710 721 16 0½
for ditto to 31 July 1712 365 2 5½
for ditto to 31 July 1714 820 10 2½
for ditto from 1 August 1714 120,800 15 11
— 122,708 4 7½
and on sundry Receivers and Collectors in England and Wales for money and bonds in their hands at Xmas 1716:
for the Impositions to 31 July 1710:
London port:
Henry Ferne, Receiver General, for an Assignment from the Board of Green Cloth		 154 12 11
the King's Remembrancer, for bonds delivered to be prosecuted 1,576 7 1½
(total 1,731l. 0s. 0½d.)
Outports:
Boston (Samuel Oldfield, money)		 807 5 11½
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, in money 326l. 14s. 11d. and in bonds 1,199l. 17s. 8d.) 1,526 12 7
Chester (Joseph Sewel, money) 415 11 7½
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 0 0 10
Dover (John Ball, money) 427 16 6½
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 94 3 10½
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money) 12 5 4½
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 116 5 3¾
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 737 17 11¾
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money) 191 4 8½
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 88 14 7
Rochester (John Pope, money) 56 6 0¼
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 3 2 10
Sunderland (William Ettrick, money) 7 13 9¼
Truro (Richard Jennings, money) 0 5 10
Yarmouth (Thomas Moor, money) 3 17 11¾
and on the following late Collectors for money:
Arundel (Nicholas Eveleigh)		 23 7 5
Beaumaris (William Lewis) 21 4 5
Boston (John Butler) 457 10 6
ditto (John Clark) 224 14 3
Bridgewater (Henry Beaumont) 421 16 0½
Bristol (John Sansom) 642 7 4½
Bydiford (Richard Ustick) 322 18 7
ditto (John Bolitho) 560 3 11
Carlisle (Joseph Sewel) 9 4 7¼
Chichester (James Whitwood) 1,243 10 10
ditto (Samuel Bincks) 283 7 11½
Cowes (Thomas Cole) 719 11 2½
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson) 156 0 7
Deale (James Smith) 821 11 11¼
ditto (Lancelot Whitehall) 834 13 6
Dover (Richard Breton) 7,971 7 5¾
ditto (Robert Breton) 3,170 11 10
Exeter (Charles Orchard) 400 16 3¾
Falmouth (William Peirson) 86 1 1½
ditto (Rawleigh Radford) 44 17 1
ditto (Thomson and Jennings) 39 7 7¼
Feversham (Charles Sherman) 328 2 11¾
ditto (Nicholas Matson) 1 4 11½
Fowey (John Dagg) 291 7 0
ditto (Thomas Bully) 1 3 4
Harwich (Robert Meadowes) 8 4 9¾
Ilfracombe (John Keir) 1 0 0
Ipswich (Thomas Bridgman) 8 14 9
Leverpoole (Edmond Smith) 387 9 9½
Milford (Walter Midleton) 1,051 18 8¾
Minehead (Francis Webber) 1 5 4¼
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 30 4 6¼
Padstow (Francis Leister) 1 10 8½
ditto (Charles Anderton) 1 3 0
Penrynn (Edmund Harry) 127 15 5¾
Penzance (John Williams) 539 5 1¼
ditto (Charles Jones) 39 11 7½
ditto (Richard Score) 9 3 1½
Poole (William Bowles) 47 3 4
ditto (George Savile) 405 14 2¾
ditto (William Chamberlain) 65 4 11¼
Portsmouth (John Weaver) 930 6 3
Rochester (John Moor) 210 3 0
Rye (Francis Lightfoot) 90 9 8½
ditto (Robert Manley) 181 9 3¾
ditto (George Shuckburgh) 671 12 1
Sandwich (Michael Walford) 957 10 6¼
Southampton (Adam de Cardonel) 2,208 5 8¼
Swanzey (Alexander Trotter) 665 15 5
ditto (Matthew Seys) 48 5 7¼
Weymouth (Lodwick Jackson) 189 15 2½
Whitby (Gerrard Fox) 73 19 6
Whitehaven (Richard Marshall) 31 12 9
ditto (Joseph Sewel) 26 6 6
ditto (Warwick Arthur) 18 5 5¼
Yarmouth (Thomas Clark) 255 9 5¼
— 34,582 4 7¼
for ditto to 31 July 1712:
Boston (Samuel Oldfield, money)		 397 3 10
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, money) 92 11 1
Chester (Joseph Sewel, money) 86 3 6¼
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 2 15 8¼
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe, money) 19 7 4½
Dover (John Ball, money) 44 4 7
Exeter (William Chamberlain, money) 642 16 9
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 22 14 2½
Faversham (John Smalman, money) 2 11 7
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 15 3 11¼
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 0 0 4
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money) 1,247 16 0¾
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 46 4 11¼
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 1 10 5¼
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson, money) 11 8 2¾
Plymouth (David Morris, money) 106 9 7
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 41 4 0¼
Rochester (John Pope, money) 37 12 10¼
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher, money) 0 18 1¼
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 22 9 1½
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money) 22 2 1
Truro (Richard Jennings, money) 158 3 8½
Yarmouth (Thomas Moor, money) 95 6 5
and on the following late Collectors for money:
Aberdovey (John Bevan)		 9 8 5½
Bydiford (Charles Jones) 101 19 10½
Cowes (Thomas Cole) 50 15 5¼
Falmouth (Thomson and Jennings) 40 14 7½
Fowey (Thomas Bulley) 58 13 8¾
ditto (Thomas Jans) 4 5 10¼
Minehead (Francis Webber) 60 14 3¾
Poole (William Chamberlaine) 4 11 7
ditto (Thomas Chamberlain) 311 8 7½
Rye (George Shuckburgh) 132 19 8
Shoreham (John Goldham) 0 2 9¼
ditto (Thomas Brigden) 67 13 1¼
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 142 9 10¼
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur) 145 16 7¼
— 4,248 12 11½
for ditto to 31 July 1714:
Aberdovey (Robert Owen, money)		 1 17 10
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money) 15 6 9¼
Berwick (George Moor, money) 3 12 2¾
Blackney (Thomas Shorting, money) 0 7 2¾
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, in money 267l. 18s. 1¼d. and in bonds 155l. 9s. 0d.) 423 7 1¼
Cardigan (Francis Howell, money) 10 19 3¾
Colchester (James Bruce, money) 1 16 11½
Cowes (John Dale, money) 8 10 9¼
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe, money) 49 4 4½
Dover (John Ball, money) 16 4 0¾
Exeter (William Chamberlain, money) 89 16 0
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 1 15 1½
Llanelly (John Philips, money) 3 7 3¾
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money) 650 14 8
Lynn (Henry Hare, money) 290 11 2½
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 4 9 4½
Padstow (William Taylor, money) 5 4 10½
Plymouth (David Morris, money) 0 18 3
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 14 6 2¼
Rochester (John Pope, money) 33 5 3½
Rye (James Benn, money) 53 19 11¾
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 1 16 5¼
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money) 45 10 9
Yarmouth (Thomas Moor, money) 65 0 8½
Woodbridge (Oliver Newby, money) 0 3 10½
and on the following late Collectors for money unless other wise stated:
Bydiford (Charles Jones)		 163 8 8½
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson) 0 0 0¼
Fowey (Thomas Jans) 1 4 10½
Lyme (Thomas Jans) 67 13 8
Minehead (Francis Webber, in money 9l. 10s. 8¼d. and in bonds 65l. 6s. 10½d.) 74 17 6¾
Penzance (Richard Score) 4 8 2¾
Rye (George Shuckburgh) 83 18 7¾
Shoreham (Thomas Brigden) 115 15 2
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson) 6 13 0
Wisbeech (Robert Twells) 4 8 11¾
— 2,314 15 6½
for ditto from 1 August 1714:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, Receiver Inwards, for money		 532 1 7
Horatio Walpole and Francis Hawes, Receivers General, for bonds 1,397 8 4¾
(total London port 1,929l. 9s. 11¾d.)
Aberdovey (Robert Owen, money) 0 0 0¼
Beaumaris (Fetherstone Nicholson, money) 155 14 5
Berwick (George Moor, money) 2 9 1½
Boston (Samuel Oldfield, in money 76l. 10s. 10½d. and in bonds 342l. 0s. 10½d.) 418 11 8¾
Bridgewater (Nicholas Jefferies, money) 27 17 4¼
Bridlington (John Bower, money) 68 16 11
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, in money 1,126l. 5s. 1¼d. and in bonds 303l. 12s. 3¾d.) 1,429 17 5
Bydiford (Thomas Jans, bonds) 97 13 9¾
Cardiffe (Alexander Purcell, money) 0 18 10
Cardigan (John Gwynn, money) 1 16 2¼
Carlisle (Richard Gibson, money) 14 15 2¼
Chester (Joseph Sewel, money) 197 17 7
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 0 8 2½
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson, money) 160 9 3
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe, money) 15 10 3½
Exeter (William Chamberlain, money) 404 19 5
ditto (William Sprye, in money 149l. 17s. 8½d. and in bonds 272l. 2s. 2d.) 421 19 10½
Fowey (Charles Lamb, money) 429 5 6¼
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money) 4 7 7½
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 20 2 6
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 56 12 10
Llanelly (John Philips, money) 1 4 8¼
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money) 85 11 0
Lyme (George Lisle, money) 6 12 0¼
Lynn (Henry Hare, in money 1,997l. 9s. 5d. and in bonds 1,563l. 13s. 9¼d.) 3,561 3 2¼
Minehead (Thomas Blake, in money 11s. 7¾d. and in bonds 36l.) 36 11 7¾
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 2 6 9
Newhaven (Edward Pollington, money) 1 10 9½
Padstow (William Taylor, money) 1 14 11½
Penrynn (Ambrose Thomson, in money 104l. 5s. 1¾d. and in bonds 141l. 16s. 7d.) 246 1 8¾
Penzance (Thomas Medcalfe, money) 125 15 8¼
Plymouth (David Morris, in money 75l. 14s. 7d. and in bonds 168l. 3s. 2¾d.) 243 17 9¾
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 337 14 0
Poulton (James Chew, money) 17 3 7¼
Rochester (John Pope, money) 63 5 6¾
ditto (Robert Weller, money) 5 6 3
Rye (James Benn, money) 0 1 0
Scilly (Lodwick Jackson, money) 3 0 11¼
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 24 12 0
Southwold (Edward Davies, money) 26 16 7¼
Wells (John Keene, money) 4 12 4½
Swanzey (William Gwynn, bonds) 6 2 4
Weymouth (Philip Taylor, money) 6 10 4
Whitby (Hamlet Woods, money) 101 13 9½
Woodbridge (Oliver Newby, money) 68 15 8½
and on the following late Collectors:
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money)		 39 12 2
Dartmouth (Lodwick Jackson, money) 44 10 11¼
Poulton (William Jennings, money) 9 19 7
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, money) 129 0 0
Whitehaven (Alfred Lawson, money) 7 0 1¾
— 11,068 1 8¼
Henry Ferne, late Receiver General, for bonds 5,805 14 1½
(total remaining in the hands of the Receivers and Collectors as above, (in money 44,647l. 16s. 9d. and in bonds 13,371l. 12s. 2d.) 58,019l. 8s. 11d.)
—
total of the arrears aforesaid £180,727 13 6½
and so this General Accompt is even and Quit.
Declared 22 April 1723.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 786, ROLL 987 [A.O.1/786/987].

Henry Ferne, Receiver General.

25 December 1715 to 24 June 1716.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptant's hands at the foot of the last Cash Accompt, none, he being in surplusage nil
value of sundry bonds taken in payment of these Impositions as at the foot of the preceding Accompt 9,307 4 9
and for an assignment of a debt due from the Board of Green Cloth 154 12 11
— 9,461 17 8
Receipts: money received within the time of this Accompt of the several Receivers and Collectors:
out of the Impositions on Wines and Vinegar to 31 July 1710:
interest on bonds		 192 0 11½
out of ditto to 31 July 1712:
interest on bonds		 91 16 7¼
Plymouth (David Morris) 61 16 8
— 153 13 3¼
out of ditto to 31 July 1714:
interest on bonds		 70 6 3¾
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 166 16 9¼
Biddeford (Thomas Jans) 136 3 8½
Rye (George Shuckburgh) 12 5 10¼
— 385 12 7¾
out of ditto from 1 August 1714:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, Receiver Inwards, in money		 93,531 0 0
ditto, in bonds 133 19 2
interest on bonds 45 1 2
(total London port 93,710l. 0s. 4d.)
Outports:
Bristoll (John Sansome, late Collector)		 80 0 0
ditto (Jacob Reynardson) 7,637 17 7
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 152 16 8
Biddeford (Thomas Jans) 300 16 8½
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 1,286 8 9½
Chichester (Henry Baker) 2 1 7½
Dover (John Ball) 208 10 6¾
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson) 0 16 3½
Exeter (William Chamberlain) 384 7 6
ditto (William Sprye) 1,324 9 8¾
Fowey (Charles Lamb) 76 3 8¾
Falmouth (William Pye) 128 9 3¾
Hull (Hugh Mason) 4,045 13 9
Harwich (Jacob Bury) 1 11 7½
Ipswich (Samuel Kettleby) 11 7 2½
Liverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 2,097 0 0
Lime (Henry Badcock) 100 0 0
ditto (George Lisle) 45 0 0
Lynn (Henry Hare) 2,021 1 2¾
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 6 8 11¼
Looe (John Dyer) 12 4 7½
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 650 0 0
Portsmouth (Samuel Binks) 136 5 5
Penrynne (Ambrose Thomson) 415 7 1
Rye (James Benn) 2 3 10½
Stockton (Thomas Lowson) 219 13 8¾
Southampton (Francis Medcalf) 2,999 5 7½
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher) 8 4 0
Shoreham (James Lamb) 122 18 6
Weymouth (Henry Baker) 9 5 4
ditto (Philip Taylor) 256 0 8¼
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson) 0 19 3¼
ditto (Henry Blencow) 100 0 0
Wells (John Keene) 3 16 11¾
Wisbeech (Robert Twells) 9 16 11¾
ditto (John Ryland) 620 11 4¼
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 722 0 0
— 119,909 15 0¾
(total Outports 26,199l. 14s. 8¾d.)
North Britain (Mongo Greme, Receiver General there):
out of the Impositions to 1 August 1714		 3 11 10¾
ditto from 1 August 1714 781 4 6½
— 784 16 5¼
(total receipts as above 121,425l. 18s. 4½d.)
money directed to be paid by John Selwyn, the present Receiver General, to Mrs. Elizabeth Ferne, the Accomptant's widow, to satisfy the surplusage due on this Accompt 12 13 5
—
total charge and receipts £130,900 9 5½
Discharge.
Surplusage on the last Accompt 0 3 0¾
fees, salaries and incidents:
this Accomptant for extraordinary clerks		 25 0 0
the four Examiners of the Outport books 15 0 0
Edward Harley, for the Auditor's fee 12 10 0
Sir John Cope, for a lease of two houses added to the Customs House 800 0 0
Richard Wallis, for the lease of the Rose and Dolphin tavern, added to the Custom House 1,500 0 0
John Turner, owner of the Custom House at Lynn, for conveying the same for the use of the Crown 800 0 0
Thomas Coleman and others, for goods burnt and destroyed by the late fire in Thames Street 135 13 3½
— 3,288 3 3½
sundry merchants for damaged, defective and overentered Wines 4,450 6 4
(total allowances as above 7,738l. 9s. 7½d.)
money paid into the Exchequer, by dates:
out of the Impositions to 31 July 1710		 51 4 2½
out of ditto to 31 July 1712 259 13 2
out of ditto to 31 July 1714 413 14 11
out of ditto from 1 August 1714 114,039 15 6
and from North Britain, 18 January, 2 George I:
out of the Impositions to 1 August 1714		 3 11 11
out of ditto from 31 July 1714 781 4 6½
— 115,549 4 3
money allowed for a debt from John Monteage, merchant, discharged by way of composition 217 17 6½
—
total payments and allowances £123,505 14 5¾
and so remains 7,394 14 11¾
whereof due and payable upon bonds delivered over to Horatio Walpole and Frances Hawes, the succeeding Receivers General:
for these Impositions to 31 July 1710		 1,179 0 8
for ditto to 31 July 1712 33 13 0¾
for ditto to 31 July 1714 4 0 2
for ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 1,396 19 9
— 2,613 13 7¾
ditto upon bonds deemed insolvent and delivered into the King's Remembrancer's Office:
for these Impositions to 31 July 1710		 4,626 8 5
(total due upon bonds delivered over 7,240l. 2s. 0¾d.)
and on an assignment of a debt due from the Board of Green Cloth, taken in lieu of bonds 154 12 11
—
£7,394 14 11¾
and so this Accomptant is even and Quit.
Declared 26 February 1725–26.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 787, ROLL 992 [A.O.1/787/992].

Horatio Walpole, Senior, and Francis Hawes, Receivers General.

Half year, Midsummer to Xmas 1716.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: none, this being the Accomptants' first Accompt nil.
Receipts: money received within the time of this Accompt of the several Receivers and Collectors in England:
out of the New Imposition on Wines and Vinegar to 31 July 1714:
Plymouth (David Morris)		 78 12 9
out of ditto from 1 August 1714:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, Receiver, in money		 35,528 6 5½
and of Henry Ferne, late Receiver General, in bonds 1,434 7 11¼
sundry merchants for interest on bonds 28 16 4
(total London port 36,991l. 10s. 8¾d.)
Outports:
Bridgwater (Nicholas Jeffreyes, late Collector)		 13 6 6
Bridlington (John Bower) 3 1 6¼
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 200 0 0
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 518 5 2½
Deale (Edward Peters) 1 6 4¾
Dover (John Ball) 4 16 0¼
Exeter (William Spry) 285 4 5
Falmouth (William Pye) 6 18 9¾
Fowey (Charles Lamb) 45 2 0¾
Harwich (Jacob Bury) 0 16 7¾
Hull (Hugh Mason) 559 12 1¼
Ipswich (Samuel Kettilby) 0 9 11¾
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 325 0 0
Looe (John Dyer) 0 13 8½
Lyme (George Lisle) 83 1 6
Lynn (Henry Hare) 1,466 18 6¼
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 175 13 2¾
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson) 93 6 2¾
Portsmouth (John Arnold) 92 10 8
Shoreham (James Lamb) 18 11 4¾
Southampton (Francis Medcalf) 55 0 0
Stockton (Thomas Lowson) 0 1 5½
Weymouth (Philip Taylor) 2 18 10¾
Whithaven (Henry Blencow) 237 2 6
Wisbech (Joseph Ryland) 547 7 9¼
Yarmouth (Thomas Moor) 325 19 8¾
— 42,054 16 0
(total Outports 563l. 5s. 3¼d.)
—
total charge and receipts £42,133 8 9
Discharge.
Money repaid for damaged and overentered and defective Wines and Vinegar 3,978 15 2
Edward Harley for the Auditor's fee 12 10 0
the four Examiners of the Outport books 15 0 0
money paid into the Exchequer, by dates 36,742 5 4½
—
total payments and allowances £40,748 10 6½
and so remains 1,384 18 2½
against which bonds in the Accomptants' hands at Xmas 1716 1,397 8 4¾
and so these Accomptants are in Surplusage
Declared 7 August 1718.		 12 10 2¼
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