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A History of the County of Essex
… from 1774, all named Repulse, in the local war against smuggling. 70 The painter, John Constable, painted Wivenhoe … Sail, 131-2; E.R.O., Q/SBb 58/1; Wivenhoe W.E.A. branch, Smuggling and Wivenhoe: pamphlet in E.R.O. M. Sommerlad, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the coastal practice of plundering wrecked ships, and smuggling continued until the 1850s. 95 About 1773 Thomas …