Declared Accounts: Customs, Tobacco

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

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'Declared Accounts: Customs, Tobacco', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 25, 1711, (London, 1952) pp. ccclxxi-ccclxxix. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol25/ccclxxi-ccclxxix [accessed 19 April 2024]

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Customs, Tobacco

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: TOBACCO: GENERAL ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 983 [E351/983]. (fn. 1) (NO AUDIT OFFICE ROLL.)
WILLIAM BURNETT, Comptroller General of Customs.
25 December 1710 to 25 December 1711.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining upon the end of the preceding General Accompt: in money 60,499 8
ditto: in bonds 588,618 13
649,118 1
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., on Plantation Goods, in bonds 1,134 16 0
on account of the Impositions commencing 1 Aug. 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., on Plantation Goods, in money 4,579 2 9
ditto, in bonds 244,704 6 3
249,283 9 0
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, in money 54l. 11s. 1¼d. and in bonds 1,967l. 15s. 3d.) 2,022 6
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, in money 3,325l. 17s. 7¾d., and in bonds 33,195l. 14s. 3d.) 36,521 11 10¾
Bideford (Charles Jones, in money 214l. 14s. 5d. and in bonds 2,291l. 14s. 3d.) 2,505 18 8
Chester (Joseph Sewell, in money) 1 16
Colchester (James Bruce, in money) 0 18 8
Dartford (James Jenkinson, in bonds) 989 1 3
Dover (John Ball, in money) 0 7
Exeter (Richard Score, in bonds) 829 2 6
ditto (Thomas Jans, since Collector, in money 5l. 6s. 7½d. and in bonds 831l. 10s. 3d.) 836 16 10½
ditto (William Chamberlain, since Collector, in money 2l. 4s. 4d. and in bonds 552l. 16s. 9d.) 555 1 1
Falmouth (William Pye, in money 58l. 13s. 6¼d. and in bonds 871l. 13s. 6d.) 930 7
Harwich (Jacob Bury, in money) 3 17 5
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, in money 302l. 18s. 11d. and in bonds 3,968l. 6s. 9d.) 4,271 5 8
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, in money 672l. 9s. 1d. and in bonds 34,053l. 7s. 3d.) 34,725 16 4
Lyme (Thomas Jans, in money 81l. 8s. 6d. and in bonds 2,993l. 2s. 0d.) 3,074 10 6
Milford (William Goodacre, in money 8l. 3s. 8½d. and in bonds 137l. 13s. 0d.) 145 16
Newhaven (Alexander Shoebridge, in money) 6 19 1
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, in money 50l. 8s. 1¼d. and in bonds 2,273l. 16s. 6d.) 2,324 4
Plymouth (David Morrice, in money 339l. 0s. 1½d. and in bonds 3,314l. 5s. 6d.) 3,653 5
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, in money) 9 2
Rochester (John Pope, in money) 7 1
Shoreham (John Goldham, in money) 17 1
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur, in bonds) 6,111 5 3
ditto (Alfred Lawson, since Collector, in bonds) 13,298 15 0
112,842 9
total 362,125l. 18s. 9½d. and for the receipts on both series of Impositions 363, 260l. 14s. 9½d.
interest received on bonds not satisfied in due time:
Henry Ferne, Receiver General 78 2 8
Bristoll 186 6 7
Leverpoole 563 2
Plymouth 7 0
834 11
overpayments: on account of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
Deale (John Ball) 123 6 8
Dover (John Ball) 11 15
Lyme (Thomas Jans) 4 5
Poole (William Chamberlaine) 9 7 10½
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks) 2 0 11¾
Rye (George Shuckburgh) 12 6
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher) 10 7 0
Stockton (Thomas Lawson) 7 17
Bristoll (John Dutton Colt, late Collector) 20,037 18
Bydiford (John Bolitho, late Collector) 1,188 16 9
Deale (Lancelot Whitehall, late Collector) 145 4 1
Exeter (Charles Orchard, late Collector) 733 0
Harwich (Mark Wildbore, late Collector) 0 0
Hull (George Dickenson, late Collector) 80 8 11¾
Leverpoole (Sir Barnabas Scudamore, late Collector) 70 2
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, senior, late Collector) 516 0
ditto (Robert Hebburne, since Collector) 69 18
Penrynn (Sidney Blighe, late Collector) 0 0
ditto (Edmund Harry, since Collector) 108 14
Poole (John Colquitt, late Collector) 7 5 4
ditto (George Savile, since Collector) 31 0
Whitehaven (Andrew Huddlestone, late Collector) 1,304 8
Yarmouth (Thomas Clarke, late Collector) 0 17
24,475 3
ditto: on account of the Impositions which commenced 1 August 1710.
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 244 10
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 15,896 5
Bydiford (Charles Jones) 752 5
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 25 18
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 365 4
Falmouth (William Pye) 68 3
Ilfracombe (John Keir) 162 5 6
Lyme (Thomas Jans) 115 19
Milford (William Goodacre) 617 3
Padstow (William Taylor) 2 0 0
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 373 10
Poulton (William Jennings) 69 5 11¼
Whitehaven (Alfred Lawson) 482 15 9
Leverpoole (Edmund Smith, late Collector) 2,826 8
22,001 15
total overpayments 46,476l. 19s. 1¼d.
total charge and receipts £1,059,690 7
Discharge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
money remitted to the Receiver General and Cashier within the time of this Accompt and shown in his Cash Accompt for the year (besides 345,748l. 3s. 11¾d. delivered him in bonds) 310,938 1
more received upon the bonds in his custody 5,028 18
315,967 0
allowance for overpayments:
on account of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
[as shown overpaid in the charge above] 24,475 3
on account of the Impositions commencing 1 Aug. 1710:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 58 0 0
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 7,774 3 4
Bydiford (Charles Jones) 701 4
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 2 6 0
Ilfracombe (John Keir) 109 12 3
Lyme (Thomas Jans) 102 16
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 316 0
Plymouth (David Morris) 72 3
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 41 19
Leverpoole (Edmund Smith) 2,826 8
12,004 12 5
total allowance for overpayments 36,479l. 15s. 10¾d.
repayments to sundry merchants (not named) upon debentures for tobacco exported:
on account of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 858 9
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 227 14 0
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 15,353 9 3
Milford (William Goodacre) 715 11 0
Plymouth (David Morris) 409 11 9
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur) 328 8 9
ditto (Alfred Lawson) 3,942 2 0
24,765 6
on account of the Impositions commencing 1 Aug. 1710:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 44 18 0
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 21,440 0
Bydiford (Charles Jones) 3,141 12
Exeter (Thomas Jans) 304 2 6
ditto (William Chamberlaine) 893 13 10
Falmouth (William Pye) 157 0
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 1,095 9 0
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 7078 8 1
Lyme (Thomas Jans) 131 17 3
Milford (William Goodacre) 8 3
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 300 12
Plymouth (David Morris) 495 19 0
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 586 0 0
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur) 14 0 0
ditto (Alfred Lawson) 2,179 8 6
37,871 5
total repayments on debentures 62,636l. 11s. 11d.
repayments to merchants for damages and over-entries:
on account of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 70 14 6
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 41 19 6
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 24 8 0
Liverpool (Nathaniel Smith) 1,821 3
Plymouth (David Morris) 63 13 6
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur) 10 17 6
ditto (Alfred Lawson) 754 11 9
2,787 8
on account of the Impositions commencing 1 Aug. 1710:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 146 3 11
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 4,188 1 11
Bydiford (Charles Jones) 868 11
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 8 0 0
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson) 55 17 6
Exeter (Thomas Jans) 90 16 8
ditto (William Chamberlaine) 133 11
Falmouth (William Pye) 159 14
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 12 5 0
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 571 5 9
Lyme (Thomas Jans) 332 9 11¼
Milford (William Goodacre) 234 9 10
Newhaven (Alexander Shoebridge) 6 5 2
Padstow (William Taylor) 2 0 0
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 418 5 0
Plymouth (David Morris) 335 10
Shoreham (John Goldham) 13 13
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 275 3 0
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur) 1,137 2 6
ditto (Alfred Lawson) 1,220 3 3
10,209 9
total repayments for damages and overentries 12,996l. 18s. 0d.
money paid for officers' salaries and incident expenses 2,599 16 9
total payments and allowances £430,680 2
and so remains 629,010l. 4s. 6d.
against which depending on sundry Receivers and Collectors for money and bonds in their hands at Christmas 1711:
for the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710.
London port:
Henry Ferne for bonds 143,712 14
the King's Remembrancer's Office for bonds delivered there to be prosecuted 34,942 2
total London port 178,654l. 16s. 10½d.
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money 531l. 5s. 0¼d., bonds 27l. 13s. 6d.) 558 18
Beaumarris (William Lewis, money) 64 16
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, money 5,736l. 0s. 2d., bonds 10,702l. 2s. 9d.) 16,438 2 11
Bydeford (Charles Jones, money 1,119l. 1s. 11¼d., bonds 1,822l. 15s. 8d.) 2,941 17
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money 962l. 15s. 11d., bonds 175l.) 1,137 15 11
Cowes (Thomas Cole, money) 377 0
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 365 8 6
Falmouth (William Pye, money 109l. 10s. 0d., bonds 285l. 3s. 9d.) 394 13 9
Ilfracombe (John Keir, money) 198 14 6
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 273 4 2
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money 162l. 5s. 9¾d., bonds 14,978l. 3s. 0d.) 15,140 8
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 7 4 3
Padstow (William Taylor, money) 25 1 0
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, money) 269 4
Plymouth (David Morris, money 143l. 1s. 8¼d., bonds 150l. 16s. 9d.) 293 18
Rochester (John Pope, money) 14 19
St. Ives (Richard Upton, money) 3 8
Weymouth (John Pope, money) 41 19
Whitehaven (Thomas Bower, money) 1,047 9
ditto (Warwick Arthur, money 2,052l. 6s. 11¼d., bonds 3,095l. 5s. 3d.) 5,147 12
and on several late Collectors and others [in money except where stated otherwise]:
Richard Hutchinson, late Solicitor of the Customs, in bonds 197 18 2
Michael Weeks, Collector in London Port, in bonds 26,484 19 10
Thomas Granger, late Receiver of these Duties 421 11 9
Barnstaple (Thomas Clinton) 83 17
Boston (John Clark) 60 0 0
Bridgwater (Henry Beaumont) 701 3 5
Bristoll (John Sansome) 3,300 17
Bydiford (Richard Ustick) 763 3
Chester (Thomas Tyndale) 296 0
ditto (Matthew Anderton) 0 8
ditto (Edmund Smith) 45 18 6
Chichester (James Whitwood) 376 1 10¼
Plymouth (Samuel Bincks) 417 11 6
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson) 506 15
Deale (James Smith) 1,036 19
Falmouth (Edmund Harry) 132 13 0
ditto (William Peirson) 467 5 5
ditto (Rawley Radford) 441 7 2
ditto ([Ambrose] Thompson and [Richard] Jennings) 47 14
Faversham (Charles Sherman) 2 5 2
ditto (Nicholas Mattson) 150 0 0
Fowey (John Dagg) 396 13 10¾
Lancaster (John Forster) 3 17 11¼
Leverpoole (Edward Scarborough) 9,031 9
ditto (Edmund Smith) 2,621 15 0
Lyme (Peter Southwick) 110 2
Milford (Walter Middleton) 7,245 18 1
ditto (David Morris) 4 2
ditto (Joseph Sewell) 61 19
Minehead (Thomas Wolstenholme) 347 17
Newcastle (John Pye) 828 18
Newhaven (Edward Man) 151 16
Padstow (Francis Leister) 365 12
ditto (John Bligh) 582 7
Penzance (Charles Jones) 37 0
Plymouth (Thomas Swanton) 254 17 5
ditto (William Peirson) 4,060 15
Poole (William Jacombe) 195 19
ditto (William Bowles) 984 9 11¾
Rochester (John Moore) 11 10
Sandwich (Michael Walford) 490 15 11
Southampton (Adam de Cardonnell) 778 3 10¼
Swanzey (Alexander Trotter) 376 2
Weymouth (Lodowick Jackson) 712 1 1
Whitehaven (John Fotherby) 182 11
ditto (Richard Marshall) 116 11
ditto (John Clough) 413 5 11¼
290,394 19
(total Outports 111,740l. 2s. 1¾d.)
for the Impositions commencing 1 Aug. 1710:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, on Plantation Goods, for bonds 42,445 8 9
Henry Ferne, for bonds 202,035 9
(total London port 244,480l. 18s. 5½d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, bonds) 2,538 13 0
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, bonds) 29,603 19 9
Bydeford (Charles Jones, bonds) 1,758 14 0
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson, bonds) 933 3 9
Exeter (Thomas Jans, money) 28 15 9
ditto (William Chamberlaine, bonds) 669 11 0
Falmouth (William Pye, bonds) 207 6 6
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money) 96 0
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 3 17 5
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money 49l. 18s. 8d., bonds 2,763l. 4s. 3d.) 2,813 2 11
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money 454l. 3s. 11d., bonds 32,449l. 10s. 6d.) 32,903 14 5
Lyme (Thomas Jans, bonds) 2,875 10 9
Milford (William Goodacre, bonds) 137 13 0
Newhaven (Alexander Shoebridge, money) 0 0
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, bonds) 1,294 8
Plymouth (David Morris, money 143l. 18s. 5¼d., bonds 2,177l. 5s. 3d.) 2,321 3
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 9 2
Rochester (John Pope, money) 7 1
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher, money) 15 10 6
Shoreham (John Goldham, money) 3 8 4
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money) 5 3 11
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, money) 181 11 10½
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur, money) 0 10 0
ditto (Alfred Lawson, bonds) 15,726 3 9
338,615 5
(total outports 94,134l. 7s. 0¼d.)
total depending £629,010 4 6
and so this General Account is even and Quit.
Declared 6 Aug. 1716.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: TOBACCO: CASH ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1238 [E351/1238]. AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 963, ROLL 782 [A.O.1/963/782].
HENREY FERNE, Receiver General and Cashier of Customs.
25 December 1710 to 25 December 1711.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: in money Nil, he being in surplusage.
in bonds: on the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710 329,875 1 2
ditto: on the Impositions commencing 1 Aug. 1710 20,902 1 3
350,777 2 5
Receipts: sums received of the several Receivers and Collectors within the time of this Accompt:
for the Impositions which determined 1 July 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, in bonds 1,134 16 0
several merchants for interest on bonds 78 2 8
the Queen's Remembrancer's Office on bonds delivered there to be prosecuted 572 8
(total London port 1,785l. 7s. 4½d.)
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 39,294 13
Bideford (Charles Jones) 2,372 3
Berwick (James Howard) 0 1 9
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 390 16 3
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 492 7 6
Cowes (Thomas Cole) 0 0
Dover (Robert Breton, late Collector) 47 6 11¾
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 8,563 3 8
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 240 9 7
Looe (James Strong, late Collector) 4 6 0
Milford (David Morris, late Collector) 83 15
ditto (William Goodacre) 100 0 0
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 593 1
Poulton (Thomas Nosworthy) 86 0 10½
Plymouth (David Morris) 1,154 1
Stockton (William Douthwaite, late Collector) 244 11 5
Whitehaven (Joseph Sewell, late Collector) 26 17 7
ditto (Alfred Lawson) 2,339 5
ditto (Warwick Arthur, late Collector) 302 7
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 37 10
(total Outports 56,373l. 1s. 8¾d.)
58,158 9
for the Impositions commencing 1 Aug. 1710:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, in money 4,579 2 9
ditto, in bonds 242,377 2 9
(total London port 246,956l. 5s. 6d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 50 0 0
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 17 8 9
Exeter (Thomas Jans, late Collector) 380 2
ditto (William Chamberlain) 48 18
Falmouth (William Pye) 68 19
Lyme (Thomas Jans) 684 9 10
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 2,782 0 7
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 383 17 2
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 241 18
Plymouth (David Morris) 428 9
Whitehaven (Alfred Lawson) 290 0 0
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 447 3 1
252,779 12
(total Outports 5,823l. 7s. 2¼d.)
total receipts as above 310,938l. 1s. 9½d.
total charge and receipts £661,715 4
Discharge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Surplusage on the preceding accompt 0 0
repayments on debentures for tobacco exported 219,802 11
ditto for decayed and defective tobacco 18,440 19 4
238,243 10 10½
salaries:
Sir John Shaw, bt., for clerks 300 0 0
the four Examiners of the Outport books 30 0 0
Arthur Maynwaring as Auditor 75 0 0
this Accomptant for Extraordinary Clerks 100 0 0
505 0 0
payments into the Receipt of the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
out of the duties which determined 31 July 1710 40,822 18 2
out of the duties commencing 1 Aug. 1710 36,395 11
77,218 9
total payments and allowances 315,967 1
and so remains 345,748l. 3s. 0d.
against which bonds remaining in the Accomptant's hands 345,748l. 3s. 11¾d.
and so the Accomptant is in surplusage 0l. 0s. 11¾d.
Declared 21 Jan. 1713–14.

Footnotes

  • 1. Some of the figures on the extreme right of the Pipe Office Roll have been removed by damp in the past, but the Roll has been repaired and is in good condition.