Declared Accounts 1707: Customs, Wines and Vinegar

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 22, 1708. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.

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'Declared Accounts 1707: Customs, Wines and Vinegar', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 22, 1708, (London, 1952) pp. ccclxiv-ccclxix. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol22/ccclxiv-ccclxix [accessed 23 April 2024]

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Customs, Wines and Vinegar

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: GENERAL ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1010.
Rowland Holt, Comptroller General of Customs.
25 December 1706 to 25 December 1707.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the hands of the several Receivers and Collectors upon the determination of the last Accompt (Christmas 1706):
Sir John Shaw, Receiver in the Port of London, in money 0 0
Henry Ferne, Receiver General for so much secured by bonds 33,007 0 11
The Queen's Remembrancer's Office for bonds to be prosecuted 1,954 4
Sundry Collectors in the Outports for money 48,541 10 10
83,502 16 3
Receipts: Money due and payable within the time of this Accompt:
London port.
Sir John Shaw, Receiver, in money 99,926l. 10s. 2d., in bonds 5,704l. 8s. 2d.) 105,630 18 4
Outports:
Barnstaple (money) 1 0 10
Bridgwater (money) 337 10
Bristol (money 3,727l. 19s.d., bonds 825l. 16s. 7d.) 4,553 15
Bideford (money) 550 0
Chester (money) 558 1 3
Chichester (money) 9 15
Colchester (money) 14 6
Cowes (money) 11 13 11½
Dartmouth (money) 175 6
Deal (money) 45 9
Dover (money) 827 8
Exeter (money) 1,679 9 7
Falmouth (money 279l. 10s. 5d., bonds 79l. 14s.d.) 359 5
Feversham (money) 6 0 0
Fowey (money) 2 12
Harwich (money) 0 15
Hull (money) 2,891 12
Liverpool (money 139l. 8s.d., bonds 471l. 3s.d.) 610 12
Lyme (money) 182 17
Lynn (money 3,034l. 3s.d.,bonds 1,656l. 10s.d.) 4,690 13 8
Milford (money) 5 10
Minehead (money) 125 15
Newcastle 693 16
Penryn (money 4l. 16s.d., bonds 156l. 13s.d.) 161 10
Penzance (money) 38 0
ditto (money) 4 11
Plymouth (money) 1,110 13
Poole (money) 81 0 11¼
Portsmouth (money) 791 17
Rochester (money) 65 11 11½
Rye (money) 57 13
Southampton (money) 514 3 11¼
ditto (money) 2,579 0 2
Stockton (money) 0 7
Swansea (money) 55 1
Weymouth (money) 265 10
Whitehaven (money) 118 0
Yarmouth (money) 49 6 11½
129,856 18
interest received on bonds not satisfied in due time 402 2
overpayments by Collectors, detailed, to be allowed in the next Accompt 3,133 11 10½
total charge and receipts £216,895 8
Discharge.
money remitted to the Receiver General and Cashier of the Customs within the time of this Accompt 128,442 7
money defalked to several collectors, detailed, being overpaid in the year 1706 3,053 17 8
money repaid to merchants and others upon certificates of damaged goods or overentries 1,641 2
total payments and allowances £133,137 7
and so remains 83,758 1
Against which depending on sundry Receivers and Collectors for money or bonds remaining in their hands at Christmas 1707:
London port: £ s. d.
Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver of the new Imposition 0 0
Henry Ferne, Receiver General for bonds, for arrears 24,461l. 14s. 11½d. and for the present duty 6,593l. 16s. 0d. 31,055 10 11½
The Queen's Remembrancer's Office for bonds to be prosecuted 2,100 4
total London 33,155 15
Outports:
Barnstaple (money) 1 0 10
Beaumaris 18 7
Bristol (money 4,252l. 6s.d., bonds 3,774l. 4s.d.) 8,026 10 10½
Bideford (money) 627 0
Chester (money 15l. 16s.d., bonds 1,006l. 16s.d.) 1,022 12 10
Chichester (money) 9 15
Cowes (money) 375 8 ll¾
Dartmouth (money) 160 1
Deal (money) 834 13 6
Dover (money) 3,170 11 10
Exeter (money) 44 4
Falmouth (money 173l. 12s.d., bonds 54l. 17s. 10¾d.) 228 10
Feversham (money) 6 0 0
Fowey (money 2l. 4s. 11½d., bonds 9l. 14s.d.) 11 19
Harwich (money) 8 14
Hull (money) 687 18 9
Lancaster (money) 1,948 8 11
Liverpool (money 48l. 17s. 6d., bonds 1,204l. 4s.d.) 1,253 1
Lyme (money) 66 6
Lynn (money 2,959l. 16s. 11½d., bonds 3,129l. 17s. 10¼d.) 6,089 14
Milford (money) 5 10
Minehead (money) 69 19
Newcastle (money) 22 5
Penryn (money 4l. 16s.d., bonds 140l. 15s.d.) 145 11
Penzance (money) 39 11
ditto (money) 4 11
Plymouth (money) 219 8
Poole (money) 3 16 11¼
Rochester (money) 101 5
Rye (money) 667 14
Southampton (money) 2,208 5
Stockton (money) 3 2 10
Sunderland (money) 7 13
Swansea (money) 85 11
Truro (money) 45 1 11¾
Weymouth (money) 254 14
Whitehaven (money) 50 9
Yarmouth (money) 314 1
and on former Collectors for money:
Boston 500 18 10
ditto 71 11
ditto 224 14 3
Bridgwater 105 2 6
ditto 421 16
Bideford 322 18 7
Chichester 1,243 10 10
ditto 283 7 11½
Deal 98 16
ditto 821 11 11¼
Dover 9,230 3
Exeter 1,050 16
Plymouth 86 1
Falmouth 339 17
Feversham 328 2 11¾
ditto 1 4 11½
Fowey 291 7 0
ditto 0 6 0
Harwich 7 6 11
Ipswich 8 14 9
Liverpool 61 7
ditto 418 12 9
Milford 1,051 18
Newcastle 30 4
ditto 2 16
Padstow 1 3 0
ditto 45 18
ditto 1 10
Penryn 127 15
Penzance 539 5
Poole 47 3 4
ditto 405 14
Portsmouth 930 6 3
Poulton 0 0
Rochester 210 3 0
Rye 10 15 11¾
ditto 90 9
ditto 181 9
Sandwich 957 10
Stockton 124 2
Swansea 665 15 5
Weymouth 84 19 4
ditto 189 15
Whitby 0 2 0
ditto 73 19 6
Whitehaven 31 12 9
ditto 3 19 1
ditto 35 6 3
total Outports 50,602 5 10¾
£83,758 1
total (money 41,281l. 15s.d., bonds 42,476l. 5s. 11½d.)
And so this General Accompt is Quit.
Declared 30 June 1714.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: CASH ACCOUNT.
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 779, ROLL 947. PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1169.
Henry Ferne, Accomptant, as Customs Cashier.
25 December 1706 to 25 December 1707.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: Remains, in money nil, he being in surplusage
in bonds remaining in his hands:
for the duties which determined Mich. 1701 10,707 13
ditto which determined 31 July 1706 21,071 0 l
ditto which commenced 1 Aug. 1706 1,228 7
in transport debentures:
for the duties which determined Mich. 1701 4,243 3
total of arrears 37,250 4
Sums charged upon this Accomptant by Rowland Holt, Comptroller General of the Accompts of the Customs, as received by this Accomptant from the Receivers and Collectors of this Duty within the said time:
for the duties which determined Michaelmas 1701:
interest on sundry transport debentures 371 5
Bristol 960 15 6
Poole 4 18 10
1,336 19
for the duties which determined 31 July 1706:
interest on bonds 18 14 6
Bristol 1,050 0 0
Barnstaple 5 18 11½
Chester 122 12
ditto 734 17
Dover 626 12
Exeter 335 8 0
ditto 100 0 0
Lynn 317 9 11½
Milford 91 2
ditto 10 18 10
Penryn 305 6 9
Padstow 33 6
3,752 7 10¼
for the duties commencing 1 Aug. 1706:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, in money 99,926l. 10s. 2d. and in bonds 5,704l. 8s. 2d. 105,630 18 4
Several merchants for interest due upon bonds 4 0
Outports:
Bristol 1,642 10 0
Beaumaris 0 4 5
Bridgwater 334 7
Barnstaple 1 1 8
Bideford 530 14
Chester 500 0 0
Colchester 15 17
Cowes 4 10
Chichester 1 10 9
Dartmouth 151 6 0
Exeter 1,482 0
Falmouth 225 11 8
Hull 2,249 2
Liverpool 100 0 0
Lynn 2,430 0
Lyme 2 6 2
ditto 100 0 0
Lancaster 81 7
Minehead 55 16
Milford 14 8
Newcastle 19 16
ditto 646 0 0
Plymouth 826 11 8
Penryn 2 6
Poole 95 19
Poulton 0 1
Portsmouth 831 9 2
Rochester 56 6
Southampton 529 7 2
ditto 2,569 0
Stockton 0 7
Whitby 0 19 0
Weymouth 197 19 8
Whitehaven 67 11
Total for the duties commencing 1 Aug. 1706 (London 105,634l. 18s.d., Outports 15,766l. 11s. 6d.) 121,401 10
Total charge for the above duties 126,490l. 17s.d.
Total charge and receipts £163,741 1
Discharge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Surplusage 150 1 8
repaid to merchants on certificates of damaged goods or overentries:
on impositions which determined 29 Sept. 1701 627 13
on impositions which determined 31 July 1706 2,405 14
on impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1706 3,457 6
6,490 14 0
Officers' salaries and incidents 86 10
bonds cancelled 1,587 4 9
money paid into the Exchequer:
out of the impositions which determined Mich. 1701 1,258 3 0
out of the impositions which determined 31 July 1706 6,527 10 2
out of the duties which commenced 1 Aug. 1706 112,492 5
120,277 18
total payments and allowances £128,592 9
and so remains 35,148 12
Bonds remaining in the Accomptant's hands:
for the duties which determined Mich. 1701 9,148 0 10
for those which determined 31 July 1706 15,313 14
for those which commenced 1 Aug. 1706 6,593 16 0
Transport Debentures ditto:
for the duties which determined Mich. 1701 4,243 3
35,298 14
and so this Accomptant is in Surplusage 150 2 l
Declared 19 April 1709.