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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the feast of St. Peter. The bishop levied 4 d. toll on all ships, not of the liberty of Ely, which entered or left the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… tons of oil 15 and 40,000 quarters of oats, carried in 30 ships 'of burden' and 30 smaller vessels of 20 to 30 tons. In this year 241 ships were cleared. 16 About this time Charles Kinderley … A custom-house was built in 1801. 26 In 1825-6 1,209 ships, all but 45 of them coastwise, cleared the port. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… lord of the manor the power to levy 4 d. toll on foreign ships entering or leaving the port. Since the blocking of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Company's monopoly were damaging local industry. 45 Since ships usually set sail in spring such markets may, as in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1632, probably for Christmas, presumably unloaded from ships at Wivenhoe port, and four ploughs were brought from … century, when the cargoes were unloaded there of large ships unable to sail further upriver. Between 1565 and 1577 … and presum- ably much earlier. 81 In 1564 there were 12 ships, 12 masters and owners, and 51 mariners and fishermen, …