Declared Accounts: Customs, Silks and Linens

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

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

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Customs, Silks and Linens

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: SILKS AND LINENS: GENERAL ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1043 [E351/1043]. AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 637, ROLL 223 [A.O.1/637/223].
WILLIAM BURNETT, 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 as at the end of the last Accompt (money 57,445l. 16s. 2½d., bonds 12,887l. 3s. 9½d.) 70,333 0 0
Receipts: money due and payable within the time of this Accompt:
on account of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
London port. Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, on Plantation Goods in London, in money 2,767 2 11½
ditto, in bonds 3,273 9
(total London port 6,040l. 12s. 7d.)
Outports:
Dover (William Chamberlain) 2 14
total 6,043 7
on account of the Impositions which commenced 1 August 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, on Plantation Goods in London, in money 54,722 7
ditto, in bonds 90,838 9
(total London port 145,560l. 17s. 6d.)
Outports:
Aldeburgh (James Syred, money) 0 0
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money) 248 4 10¼
Beaumarris (William Lewis, money) 20 14 0
Berwick (George Moore, money) 126 13
Boston (Samuel Oldfield, money) 101 4 3
Bridgewater (William Cornish, money) 83 15
Bridlington (John Bower, money) 69 0
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, money 9,232l. 8s. 2d., bonds 49l. 15s. 10d.) 9,282 4 0
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money) 443 6 1
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 105 4 3
Colchester (James Bruce, money) 37 2
Cowes (Thomas Cole, money) 2 13
ditto (John Dale, since Collector, money 385l. 9s. 7d., bonds 85l. 12s. 6d.) 471 2 1
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson, money) 13 12 10
Deale (John Bower, money) 21 17 6
ditto (Salathiel Rolfe, since Collector, money) 19 15 10
Dover (John Ball, money) 103 13
Exeter (Richard Score, money) 39 10
ditto (Thomas Jans, since Collector, money) 375 6 11½
ditto (William Chamberlain, since Collector, money) 1,120 1 11
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 28 9
Fowey (Thomas Bulley, money) 23 13
Gloucester (Richard Cossley, money) 4 6 3
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 154 5
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 4,285 16
Ipswich (Samuel Kettilby, money) 5 4 11½
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 72 14
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money) 1,389 13
Looe (John Dyer, money) 1 18
Lyme (Thomas Jans, money) 74 5
Lynn (Henry Hare, money) 1,261 11
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 52 18
Minehead (Francis Webber, money) 306 17
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 2,617 10 2
Padstow (William Taylor, money) 29 0 8
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, money) 0 0 11
Penzance (Richard Score, money) 37 0
Plymouth (David Morris, money 618l. 10s. 4½d., bonds 23l. 9s. 11¼d.) 642 0
Poole (Francis Medcalfe, money) 51 12 10½
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 700 10 3
Poulton (William Jennings, money) 0 2
Rochester (John Pope, money) 285 10 10½
Rye (James Shuckburgh, money) 2 7 3
St. Ives (Richard Upton, money) 9 11
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher, money) 39 18
Scarborough (John Baynes, money) 56 11
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 251 3
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 378 1
Sunderland (William Ettrick, money) 27 3 4
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money) 34 16 10¾
Wells (John Keen, money) 72 17 10
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, money) 137 16
Whitby (George Trotter, money) 59 15 11¾
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur, money) 0 0 10¾
ditto (Richard Gibson, since Collector, money) 50 10
ditto (Alfred Lawson, since Collector, money) 16 10
Woodbridge (Oliver Newby, money) 43 2
Yarmouth (Thomas Moor, money) 741 9
172,193 5
(total outports 26,632l. 7s. 7¼d.)
total for the New Impositions on Silk and Linen 178,236l. 12s. 2½d.
overpayments by Collectors (detailed):
on account of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710 1,445 4
on account of the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710 474 9
1,919 14 0
total Charge and Receipts £250,489 6
Discharge.
Money remitted to the Receiver General and Cashier:
for the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710 16,915 9
for the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710 156,635 2 1
173,550 11
overpayments by Collectors shown on their previous Accounts, detailed:
for the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710 1,441 17 5
for the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710 259 0
1,700 17 10½
repayments upon debentures for Silks and Linens exported, detailed:
for the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710 690 6
for the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710 7,959 9 10¼
8,649 16
repayments upon certificates of damages and over-entries, detailed:
for the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710 0 11 10½
for the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710 391 11
392 3
salaries and incidents, not detailed 3,656 16 10½
£187,950 5 10
and so remains 62,539l. 0s. 4½d.
whereof depending on sundry Receivers and Collectors:—
for the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver Inwards, on the Grand Receipt for bonds for the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710 115 15
the King's Remembrancer's Office for bonds to be prosecuted 7 3 10
(total London port 122l. 19s. 7½d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Row, money) 15 14
Beaumarris (William Lewis, money) 22 16 7
Boston (Samuel Oldfeild, money) 0 5 8
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, money 34l. 8s. 0d., bonds 350l. 14s. 10d.) 385 2 10½
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money) 24 3
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 0 0
Colchester (James Bruce, money) 42 14
Cowes (Thomas Cole, money) 465 7
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money) 33 13
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 11 13
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 459 14
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 16 2
Maldon (Peter Robjent, money) 1 9 1
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 6 4 10½
Minehead (Francis Webber, money) 29 17 6
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 26 5 0
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, money) 0 8
Penzance (Richard Score, junior, money) 0 6 4
Plymouth (David Morris, money) 79 1 11½
Pool (William Chamberlaine, money) 72 12
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 145 14
Rye (James Shuckburgh, money) 174 14
Scarborough (John Baines, money) 4 15 7
Shoreham (Abraham Aldersey, money 2 10
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 227 1
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money) 29 12
Truro (Richard Jennings, money) 51 19
Whitby (George Trotter, money) 8 12 9
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur, money) 4 0
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 97 16
and on several late Collectors in money:
Barnstaple (Thomas Clinton) 261 7
Berwick (James Howard) 374 0
Boston (John Butler) 158 5
ditto (Charles Northcote) 46 6
ditto (John Clark) 780 13 10
Bristoll (John Dutton Colt) 15,362 15
ditto (John Sansome) 5,115 16
Bydiford (Richard Ustick) 245 0 11
ditto (John Bolitho) 426 11 10¼
Carlisle (William Christian) 211 11
Chester (Thomas Tyndale) 122 10 2
ditto (Matthew Anderton) 11 5
Chichester (James Whitewood) 739 15
ditto (Samuel Bincks) 368 13
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson) 261 9
Deale (James Smith) 151 2
ditto (Lancelot Whitehall) 67 4 10½
Dover (Richard Breton) 2,726 13 1
Exeter (Charles Orchard) 1,225 7
Falmouth (William Peirson) 65 15
ditto (George Sprye) 213 7
ditto (Rawleigh Radford) 89 5
ditto ([Ambrose] Thompson and [Richard] Jennings) 27 18
Feversham (Charles Sherman) 230 13 8
ditto (Nicholas Mattson) 46 16
Fowey (John Dagg) 89 6
ditto (Charles Jones) 48 5
Harwich (Mark Wildbore) 50 19 0
ditto (Robert Meadowes) 2,116 15
Ipswich (Thomas Bridgman) 111 19 5
ditto (Benjamin Huggins) 2 11
ditto (John Knackstone) 10 18
Leverpoole (Edward Scarborough) 277 13 10¼
Lyme (Peter Southwick) 4 9
Lynn (Robert Thorowgood) 32 4
ditto (Robert Twells) 0 7 0
Milford (Walter Middleton) 793 17 4
ditto (Joseph Sewell) 11 9
Minehead (Thomas Wolstenholme) 965 9 6
Newcastle (Sir Thomas Doleman) 0 0
ditto (John Pye) 1,923 15 11½
Padstow (Francis Leister) 140 3
ditto (John Bligh) 20 7
Penrynn (Sidney Bligh) 113 6
ditto (Edmond Harry) 36 2 11¼
Penzance (John Williams) 674 12 1
ditto (Charles Jones) 44 2 4
Plymouth (Thomas Swanton) 5,364 13
ditto (William Peirson) 590 8
Poole (William Jacombe) 20 9
ditto (William Bowles) 94 9 4
ditto (George Savile) 266 8
Portsmouth (John Weaver) 310 17
Rochester (John Moore) 702 12
Rye (Francis Lightfoot) 48 17
ditto (Robert Manley) 54 5
Sandwich (Michael Watford) 1,169 1 4
Southampton (Adam de Cardonnell) 1,853 17
Swanzey (Matthew Seys) 332 5
ditto (Alexander Trotter) 529 6
Truro (Nicholas Sanders) 309 18 11¾
Weymouth (Lodowick Jackson) 105 7
Whitby (Gerrard Fox) 327 5
ditto (James Sedgwick) 64 12 6
ditto (George Macey) 56 3
Whitehaven (Richard Marshall) 44 4
ditto (John Fotherby) 55 13
Yarmouth (Thomas Clarke) 52 3
51,716 0 6
(total Outports 51,593l. 0s. 10½d.)
for the Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., on the Grand Receipt for bonds 2,164 17
Outports:
Aldeburgh (John Syred, money) 0 0
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money) 78 16
Beaumarris (William Lewis, money) 4 19
Berwick (George Moore, money) 43 6 11¾
Boston (Samuel Oldfeild, money) 178 9
Bridlington (John Bower, money) 62 6
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, money 2,043l. 13s. 6¼d., bonds 49l. 15s. 10d.) 2,093 9
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money) 182 16 0
Cowes (John Dale, bonds) 85 12 6
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson, money) 1 16
Deale (John Bower, money) 21 17 6
ditto (Salathiel Rolfe, money) 5 9
Dover (John Ball, money) 47 19
Exeter (Richard Score, senior, money) 1 0 0
ditto (Thomas Jans, money) 2 2
ditto (William Chamberlaine, money) 67 11 4
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 12 10
Fowey (Thomas Bulley, money) 23 13
Gloucester (Richard Cossley, money) 4 6 3
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 63 16
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 956 2
Ipswich (Samuel Kettilby, money) 0 4
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 36 19 0
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money) 720 3
Loo (John Dyer, money) 1 18
Lyme (Thomas Jans, money) 12 1
Lynn (Henry Hare, money) 756 14
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 45 7 1
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 540 0 6
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, money) 0 0
Plymouth (David Morris, money 27l. 9s. 9¼d., bonds 23l. 9s. 11¼d.) 50 19
Poole (Francis Medcalfe, money) 29 15
Poulton (William Jennings, money) 3 0 11¼
Rye (James Shuckburgh, money) 2 7 3
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher, money) 31 11 11½
Scarborough (John Baines, money) 110 17 0
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 152 7
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 256 2
Sunderland (William Ettrick, money) 124 1
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money) 12 15
Wells (John Keen, money) 3 8
Weymouth (Thomas Bowyer, money) 82 6
Whitby (George Trotter, money) 522 17 11¼
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur, money) 18 2 10
ditto (Richard Gibson, money) 50 10
ditto (Alfred Lawson, money) 15 14 10
Woodbridge (Oliver Newby, money) 43 2
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 914 2 11
and on several late Collectors, in money:
Leverpoole (Edmund Smith) 59 7 2
Padstow (John Blighe) 7 18 7
Sandwich (John Ball) 49 12
Wells (Alexander Middleton) 65 5
10,822 19 10½
(total Outports 8,658l. 2s. 4d.)
total remaining in money 59,741l. 10s. 0¾d., and in bonds 2,797l. 10s. 3¾d.; in both £62,539 0
And so this General Account is even and Quit.
Declared 6 August 1716.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: SILKS AND LINENS: CASH ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1205 [E351/1205]. NO AUDIT OFFICE ROLL.
HENRY FERNE, Receiver General and Cashier of Customs.
25 December 1710 to 25 December 1711.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining at the foot of the last Accompt nil, he being in surplusage.
Receipts: money received of the several Receivers and Collectors during the time of this Accompt:
out of the Duties which determined 31 July 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, on the Grand Receipt 16,486 8 9
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 75 11 6
Bideford (Charles Jones) 32 10 0
Berwick (James Howard, late Collector) 88 13
Dover (Robert Breton, late Collector) 138 3 11¾
Exeter (Richard Score, late Collector) 31 1 11¾
ditto (William Chamberlaine) 2 14
Milford (David Morris, late Collector) 7 17 2
Poulton (Thomas Nosworthy, late Collector) 35 14
Plymouth (David Morris) 0 6 11¾
Whitehaven (Joseph Sewell, late Collector) 7 4
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 9 2
16,915 9
(total Outports 429l. 0s. 5½d.)
out of the Duties commencing 1 Aug. 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., on the Grand Receipt 137,703 7
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 6,954 4
Bridlington (John Bower) 14 7 7
Bideford (Charles Jones) 270 13 4
Berwick (George Moore) 104 1 10¼
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 155 0 0
Colchester (James Bruce) 10 17
Cowes (John Dale) 74 11 10
Dover (John Ball) 10 12
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson) 11 16 8
Exeter (Richard Score) 7 8
ditto (Thomas Jans) 362 14 3
ditto (William Chamberlaine) 863 2 11¼
Falmouth (William Pye) 49 1
Hull (Hugh Mason) 3,880 17
Harwich (Jacob Bury) 109 10
St. Ives (Richard Upton) 1 14 5
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 901 0 0
Lynn (Henry Hare) 650 13 1
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 13 12
Minehead (Francis Webber) 110 19 6
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 2,676 19 8
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks) 774 3 10¾
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 42 10 0
Plymouth (David Morris) 521 11 11¼
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe) 98 15
Sunderland (William Ettrick) 10 12
Stockton (Thomas Lowson) 101 4 1
Swansey (William Gwynn) 22 1
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 25 19 2
Whitby (George Trotter) 0 16 5
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 100 0 0
156,635 2 1
(total Outports 18,931l. 14s. 7½d.)
total Charge and Receipts £173,550 11
Discharge.
Surplusage remaining on the foot of the last Accompt 0 0 10¼
allowance on debentures for goods exported:
on the duty which determined 31 July 1710 3,436 2
on the duty commencing 1 Aug. 1710 61,410 1
64,846 3 9
allowance on certificates of damaged goods and over entries:
on the duty which determined 31 July 1710 26 19 5
on the duty commencing 1 Aug. 1710 350 12 0
377 11 5
total repayments as above 65,223l. 15s. 2d.
fees and salaries:
allowance for extraordinary clerks 50 0 0
Arthur Maynwaring as Auditor 75 0 0
the four Examiners of the Outport Books 10 0 0
135 0 0
payments into the Receipt of the Exchequer, detailed by dates 108,191 16 5
total payments and allowances £173,550 12
and so this Accomptant is in surplusage 0l. 1s. 1¾d.
Declared 21 January 1713–14.