Declared Accounts: Customs, Wine and Vinegar

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 25, 1711. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.

This free content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved.

'Declared Accounts: Customs, Wine and Vinegar', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 25, 1711, (London, 1952) pp. ccclxxix-ccclxxxvii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol25/ccclxxix-ccclxxxvii [accessed 26 April 2024]

Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

Customs, Wine and Vinegar

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: GENERAL ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1014 [E351/1014]: AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 637, ROLL 224 [A.O.1/637/224].
WILLIAM BURNET, Comptroller General of Customs.
25 December 1710 to 25 December 1711.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the hands of the several Receivers and Collectors of the New Impositions on Wines and Vinegar as at the end of the previous General Accompt, in money 42,898 17
ditto, in bonds 41,200 6 8
ditto, in transport debentures 4,243 3
88,342 7 2
Receipts: money due and payable, received or secured:
on accompt of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
Outports: Exeter (William Chamberlaine, in money) 1 10 9
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, ditto) 32 13
34 4
on accompt of the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, Receiver, on Plantation Goods in London, in money 94,658 16
ditto, in bonds 9,606 14 6
(total London port 104,265l. 11s. 0½d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Row, money) 236 8
Beaumarris (William Lewis, money) 16 16 10
Bridgwater (William Cornish, money) 166 9
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, money 5,804l. 8s. 2¼d., bonds 1,675l. 18s. 11d.) 7,480 7
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money 691l. 4s. 4d., bonds 1,377l. 4s. 11d.) 2,068 9 3
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 737 2
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 2 15
Colchester (James Bruce, money) 5 4
Cowes (Thomas Cole, money) 53 11
ditto (John Dales succeeding Cole, money) 6 4
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson, money) 258 12
Deale (John Ball, money) 135 13
ditto (Salathiel Rolfe succeeding Ball, money) 37 1 11
Dover (John Ball, money) 755 19 6
Exeter (Richard Score, senior, money) 140 14 10
ditto (Thomas Jans, succeeding Score, money) 892 9 11¾
ditto (William Chamberlaine succeeding Jans, money) 2,167 3 3
Falmouth (William Pye, money 126l. 11s. 0d., bonds 53l. 8s. 8½d.) 179 19
Feversham (John Smallman, money) 2 11 7
Fowey (Thomas Bulley, money) 66 12
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 6 8
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 1,695 12
Ipswich (Samuel Kettilby, money) 0 10
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 227 18
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money 516l. 10s. 0½d., bonds 937l. 10s. 0½d.) 1,454 0 1
Lyme (Thomas Jans, money) 75 4
Lynn (Henry Hare, money) 2,327 3
Milford (William Goodacre, money 153l. 15s. 7½d., bonds 12l. 2s. 10¼d.) 165 18
Minehead (Francis Webber, money) 9 3
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money 239l. 9s. 6¾d., bonds 485l. 15s. 3d.) 725 4
Newhaven (Alexander Shoebridge, money) 71 7
Padstow (Richard Jennings, money) 16 12 11¾
ditto (William Taylor, succeeding him, money) 1 10 9
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, money 14s. 5¼d., bonds 520l. 4s. 11½d.) 520 19
Penzance (Richard Score, junior, money) 47 6
Plymouth (David Morris, money 911l. 1s. 6½d., bonds 471l. 0s. 4¼d.) 1,382 1 10¾
Poole (William Chamberlaine, money) 4 11 7
ditto (Francis Medcalfe succeeding him, money) 14 9
Portsmouth (James Bincks, money) 897 7 9
Rochester (John Pope, money) 152 10
St. Ives (Richard Upton, money) 212 4 3
Shoreham (John Goldham, money) 0 2
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 2,183 0
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 0 10
Sunderland (William Ettrick, money) 1 4 0
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money 20l. 9s. 8½d., bonds 1l. 12s. 4½d.) 22 2 1
Truro (Richard Jennings, money) 0 14
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, money 309l. 18s. 9d., bonds 155l. 18s. 10¼d.) 465 17
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur, money) 136 12 0
ditto (Alfred Lawson suceeding him, money) 33 19
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 865 2 1
133,393 11
(total outports 29,128l. 0s. 2¾d.)
total receipts as above 133,427l. 15s. 4d.
interest received on bonds not satisfied in due time:
Henry Ferne, Receiver General 239 2 4
Nathaniel Smith at Leverpoole 38 12
David Morris at Plymouth 3 11
281 6 10
overpayments by Collectors (detailed):
on the impositions which determined 31 July 1710 1,601 12 0
on the impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710 1,335 2
2,936 14
total charge and receipts £224,988 4
Discharge.
money remitted to the Receiver General and accounted for in the Cash Account 127,508 10
money defalked by the several Receivers and Collectors as overpaid on the previous Accounts (detailed):
on accompt of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710 1,203 2
on accompt of the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710 1,096 11
2,299 14
allowances for over-entries and damaged goods (detailed):
on accompt of the impositions which determined 31 July 1710 50 2
on accompt of the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710 2,028 10
2,078 12 11¾
officers' salaries and incident expenses 3,619 10
total payments and allowances £135,506 7
and so remains 89,481l. 16s. 4½d.
against which depending on sundry Receivers and Collectors for money or bonds in their bands:
for the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
London port: Henry Ferne, Receiver General, for bonds 19,789 17
ditto, for transport debentures 4,243 3
the King's Remembrancer's Office for bonds 1,627 13
25,660 14
Outports.
Arundell (Nicholas Eveleigh, money) 23 7 5
Beaumaris (William Lewis, money) 21 4 5
Boston (Samuel Oldfeild, money) 807 5 11½
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, money 474l. 12s. 6¾d., bonds 1,921l. 5s. 4¼d.) 2,395 17 11
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money) 8 8
Chester (James Sewell, money 456l. 17s. 2d., bonds 100l. 0s. 11½d.) 556 18
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 0 0 10
Cowes (Thomas Cole, money) 719 11
Dover (John Ball, money) 427 16
Exeter (Richard Score, senior, money) 112 1
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 94 3 10½
Fowey (Thomas Bulley, money 1l. 3s. 4d., bonds 9l. 14s. 3¾d.) 10 17
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money) 12 5
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 116 5
Ilfracombe (John Keir, money) 1 0 0
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 744 3 7
Leverpool (Nathaniel Smith, money 262l. 14s. 8d., bonds 764l. 5s. 3¾d.) 1,026 19 11¾
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 88 14 7
Minehead (Francis Webber, money) 1 5
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, money) 152 16 8
Penzance (Richard Score, junior, money) 9 3
Plymouth (David Morris, money) 17 6 8
Poole (William Chamberlaine, money) 65 4 11¼
Rochester (John Pope, money) 56 6
Rye (George Shuckburgh, money) 671 12 1
Scarborough (John Baines, money) 0 1 8
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 3 2 10
Sunderland (William Ettrick, money) 7 13
Truro (Richard Jennings, money) 0 5 10
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur, money) 18 5
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 3 17 11¾
and on several late Collectors in money:
Boston (John Butler) 457 10 6
ditto (John Clarke) 224 14 3
ditto (Charles Northcote) 71 11
Bridgewater (Henry Beaumont) 421 16
Bristoll (John Sansome) 5,890 16
Bydeford (Richard Ustick) 322 18 7
ditto (John Bolitho) 627 0
Carlisle (Joseph Sewell) 9 4
Chichester (James Whitewood) 1,243 10 10
ditto (Samuel Bincks) 283 7 11½
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson) 156 0 7
Deale (James Smith) 821 11 11
ditto (Lancelot Whitehall) 834 13 6
Dover (Richard Breton) 8,020 1
ditto (Robert Breton) 3,170 11 10
Exeter (Charles Orchard) 400 16
Falmouth (William Peirson) 86 1
ditto (Rawleigh Radford) 44 17 1
ditto (Thompson and Jennings) 39 7
Feversham (Nicholas Mattson) 1 4 11¾
ditto (Charles Sherman) 328 2 11¾
Fowey (John Dagg) 291 7 0
ditto (Charles Jones) 0 6 0
Harwich (Mark Wildbore) 7 6 11
ditto (Robert Meadows) 8 4
Ipswich (Thomas Bridgman) 8 14 9
Leverpoole (Edmund Smith) 387 9
Plymouth (William Peirson) 96 15 6
ditto (William Bowles) 47 3 4
ditto (George Savile) 405 14
Portsmouth (John Weaver) 930 6 3
Rochester (John Moore) 210 3 0
Rye (Francis Lightfoot) 90 9
ditto (Robert Manley) 181 9
Sandwich (Michael Walford) 957 10
Southampton (Adam d'Cardonnell) 2,208 5
Swanzey (Alexander Trotter) 665 15 5
ditto (Matthew Seys) 85 11
Weymouth (Lodowick Jackson) 189 15
Whitby (Gerrard Fox) 73 19 6
Whitehaven (Richard Marshall) 31 12 9
ditto (John Fotherby) 3 19 1
ditto (Joseph Sewell) 26 6 6
Yarmouth (Thomas Clarke) 255 9
64,454 16
(total Outports 38,794l. 2s. 1¼d.)
for the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710:
London port: sir John Shaw, bt., for money 0 0
Henry Ferne for bonds 9,290 14 3
(total London port 9,290l. 14s. 3½d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Row, money) 147 17 11¼
Beaumarris (William Lewis, money) 7 8 2
Boston (Samuel Oldfeild, money) 397 3 10
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, money 2,136l. 6s. 7½d., bonds 500l. 7s. 1d.) 2,636 13
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money 778l. 3s. 8½d., bonds 302l. 16s. 9d.) 1,081 0
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 133 16
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 2 15
Cowes (Thomas Cole, money) 50 15
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson, money) 0 17
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe, money) 22 10 0
Dover (John Ball, money) 519 2
Exeter (William Chamberlaine, money) 142 17
Feversham (John Smallman) 2 11 7
Fowey (Thomas Bulley, money) 58 13
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 17 1
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 698 0
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money 171l. 15s. 11½d., bonds 908l. 16s. 6¾d.) 1,080 12
Lyme (Thomas Jans, money) 67 5 1
Lynn (Henry Hare, money) 1,708 11
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 43 17
Minehead (Francis Webber, money) 1 15
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money 165l. 0s. 0d., bonds 323l. 16s. 10d.) 488 16 10
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, bonds) 359 14
Plymouth (David Morris, money 400l. 15s. 2½d., bonds 429l. 6s. 7¾d.) 830 1 10¼
Poole (William Chamberlain, money) 4 11 7
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 189 17
Rochester (John Pope, money) 87 12 11¾
Rye (George Shuckburgh, money) 4 9 11½
Shoreham (John Goldham, money) 0 2
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 448 18
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money 20l. 9s. 8½d., bonds 1l. 12s. 4½d.) 22 2 1
Truro (Richard Jennings, money) 158 3
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, money 249l. 18s. 8½d., bonds 140l. 5s. 0¾d.) 390 3
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur, money) 145 16
ditto (Alfred Lawson, money) 11 11
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 785 18
Falmouth ([Ambrose] Thompson and [Richard] Jennings, late Collectors, money) 40 14
Lynn (John Kent, late Collector, money) 1,154 11
Milford (Walter Middleton, late Collector, money) 1,051 18
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, senior, late Collector, money) 30 4
Padstow (Charles Anderton, late Collector, money) 1 3 0
ditto (Francis Leister, late Collector, money) 1 10
Penrynn (Edmund Harry, late Collector, money) 127 15
Penzance (John Williams, late Collector, money) 539 5
ditto (Charles Jones, late Collector, money) 39 11
25,026 19 8
total outports 15,736l. 5s. 4½d.
total depending, money 48,768l. 6s. 0d., bonds 36,470l. 7s. 1¼d., transport debentures 4,243l. 3s. 3¼d., in all £89,481 16
And so this General Account is Even and Quit.
Declared 6 Aug. 1716.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: CASH ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1173 [E351/1173]. AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 782, ROLL 962 [A.O.1/782/962].
HENRY FERNE, Receiver General and Cashier of Customs.
25 December 1710 to 25 December 1711.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining upon the foot of the last Accompt:
in money Nil
for the Duty to 31 July 1710, in bonds 32,383 0 11
for the Duty commencing 1 Aug. 1710, ditto 408 1
for the Duties which determined Mich. 1701, in transport debentures 4,243 3
37,034 5
Receipts: sums received within the time of this Accompt from the several Receivers and Collectors:
out of the New Imposition on Wines and Vinegar which determined 31 July 1710:
London port: the Queen's Remembrancer's Office being money received on bonds delivered there to be prosecuted 472 10 8
several merchants for interest due on their bonds 25 16 7
interest received on transport debentures 212 2 6
710 9 9
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 2,061 18 6
Bideford (Charles Jones) 95 1 8
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 220 0 0
Cowes (Thomas Cole, late Collector) 0 2
Exeter (Richard Score, late Collector) 11 1 10
ditto (William Chamberlaine) 1 10 9
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 227 12 4
Lynn (John Kent, late Collector) 693 6
ditto (Henry Hare) 1,114 5
Milford (David Morris) 12 18
Minehead (Francis Webber) 24 14 8
Poulton (Thomas Nosworthy) 0 0
Plymouth (David Morris) 104 14 6
Rye (Christopher Eyre) 10 15 11¾
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe) 3 13
Whitehaven (Joseph Sewell, late Collector) 8 19 9
4,590 15
total 5,301l. 5s. 6¼d.
out of the New Impositions on Wines and Vinegar which commenced 1 Aug. 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, in money 94,658 16 7
ditto, in bonds 9,606 14
several merchants for Interest on their bonds 1 3 3
104,266 14
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 5,996 17 3
Bideford (Charles Jones) 469 12 2
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 17 13
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 300 0 0
Colchester (James Bruce) 5 4
Dover (John Ball) 164 6
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson) 151 6
Deale (Sal[athiel] Rolfe) 8 19
Exeter (Richard Score, late Collector) 142 1
ditto (Thomas Jans) 779 9
ditto (William Chamberlaine) 1,423 12
Falmouth (William Pye) 52 0 0
Fowey (Thomas Bulley) 1 13 9
Hull (Hugh Mason) 599 14 11¾
Harwich (Jacob Bury) 4 11
St. Ives (Richard Upton) 184 14
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 392 7 0
Lynn (Henry Hare) 890 0 0
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 268 9 10
Minehead (Francis Webber) 10 0 0
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 25 19
Newhaven (Alexander Shoebridge) 70 10 0
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks) 824 9 10¾
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 123 13 5
Plymouth (David Morris) 250 5 8
Poole (Francis Medcalfe) 13 1
Southampton (the same) 932 4
Sunderland (William Ettrick) 1 4 0
Stockton (Thomas Lowson) 0 10
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 25 8 5
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 100 0 0
14,230 0
total 118,496l. 14s. 4d.
total charge and receipts £160,832 5 3
Discharge.
Surplusage on the foot of the last Account 0 1 0
money repaid to diverse merchants etc. for damaged, defective and over-entered Wines and Vinegar:
out of the Duties ending 31 July 1710 1,755 4 8
out of the Duties commencing 1 Aug. 1710 928 2
2,683 6 10½
salaries etc.:
extraordinary clerks' wages 50 0 0
Arthur Maynwaring's fee as auditor 75 0 0
the four Examiners of the Outport Books 30 0 0
155 0 0
payments into the Receipt of the Exchequer (detailed by dates):
out of the Imposition ending 31 July 1710 16,139 4 4
out of the Imposition commencing 1 Aug. 1710 108,530 19 5
124,670 3 9
total payments and allowances £127,508 11
and so remains 33,323l. 13s. 7½d.
against which bonds and transport debentures remaining in the Accomptant's hands:
for the Impositions ending 31 July 1710 19,789 17
for the Impositions commencing 1 Aug. 1710 9,290 14 3
transport debentures: for the Impositions ending Mich. 1701 4,243 3
33,323 15
And so the said Accomptant is in Surplusage 1
Declared 21 January 1713–4.