Declared Accounts: Customs, Tobacco

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 26, 1712. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1954.

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'Declared Accounts: Customs, Tobacco', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 26, 1712, (London, 1954) pp. cccxxvi-cccxxxiii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol26/cccxxvi-cccxxxiii [accessed 19 April 2024]

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Customs, Tobacco

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: TOBACCO: GENERAL ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 984 [E351/984].
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 639, ROLL 229 [A.O.1/639/229].
WILLIAM BURNET, Comptroller General of Customs.
25 December 1711 to 25 December 1712.
Charge. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the hands of the several Receivers and Collectors upon the end of the last preceding Accompt (money 54,819l. 6s. 5¾d., bonds 574,190l. 18s. 0¼d.) 629,010 4 6
Receipts: money due and payable within the time of this Accompt:
for the new Impositions which determined 31 July 1712:
London port: £ s. d.
Sir John Shaw, Receiver Inwards, on the Plantation Receipt, in money 5,209 7 11½
ditto, ditto, in bonds 138,777 17 3
(total London port 143,987l. 5s. 2½d.)
Outports:
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, in money 1,846l. 6s. 2¾d. and in bonds 16,900l. 10s. 9d.) 18,746 16 11¾
Bydiford (Charles Jones, in money 225l. 14s. 8¼d. and in bonds 3,971l. 19s. 3d.) 4,197 13 11¼
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson, in money) 3 2
Falmouth (William Pye, in money 82l. 19s. 1½d. and in bonds 309l. 7s. 6d.) 392 6
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, in money 37l. 0s. 5¼d. and in bonds 21l. 17s. 9d.) 58 18
Leverpool (Nathaniel Smith, in money 136l. 0s. 3¼d. and in bonds 6,804l. 13s. 6d.) 6,940 13
Plymouth (David Morris, in money 117l. 13s. 2d. and in bonds 156l. 12s. 6d.) 274 5 8
Padstow (William Taylor, in money) 18 0
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, in money) 10 0 10
Rochester (John Pope, in money) 14 4 9
Rye (George Shuckburgh, in money) 1 13
Whitehaven (Alfred Lawson, in money 27l. 8s. 3d. and in bonds 9,030l. 4s. 0d.) 9,057 12 3
(total Outports 39,715l. 8s. 7½d.)
183,702 13 10
for the New Impositions commencing 1 August 1712:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, on the Plantation Receipt, in money 1,066 0
ditto, ditto, in bonds 119,873 12 3
(total London port 120,939l. 12s. 11½d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, in bonds) 469 17 0
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, in money 1,090l. 14s. 1¼d. and in bonds 19,690l. 14s. 3d.) 20,781 8
Bydiford (Charles Jones, in money 198l. 16s. 5½d. and in bonds 3,471l. 19s. 6d.) 3,670 15 11½
Chester (Joseph Sewel, in money 8l. 1s. 10¾d. and in bonds 600l. 0s. 0d.) 608 1 10¾
Exeter (William Chamberlain, in money 168l. 19s. 8½d. and in bonds 753l. 6s. 9d.) 922 6
Falmouth (William Pye, in money 155l. 7s. 8½d. and in bonds 250l. 0s. 0d.) 405 7
Leverpool (Nathaniel Smith, in money 340l. 11s. 11½d. and in bonds 24,947l. 13s. 0d.) 25,288 4 11½
Lyme (Thomas Jans, in money 48l. 1s. 11¾d. and in bonds 3,963l. 10s. 9d.) 4,011 12
Penryn (Ambrose Thomson, in money 7l. 8s. 3½d. and in bonds 1,995l. 7s. 0d.) 2,002 15
Plymouth (David Morris, in money 320l. 8s. 3½d. and in bonds 1,839l. 19s. 9d.) 2,160 8
Whitehaven (Alfred Lawson, in bonds 9,805 16 9
191,066 8
(total Outports 70,126l. 15s. 1¼d.)
total due and payable as above 374,769l. 1s. 10¾d.)
interest on bonds not satisfied in due time:
for the Impositions to 31 July 1710 (Henry Ferne, Receiver General 794l. 15s. 8¾d., Bristol 11s. 4½d., Leverpoole 434l. 0s. 7½d., and Plymouth 5l. 11s. 0d.) 1,234 18
for the Impositions to 31 July 1712 (Henry Ferne 6l. 11s. 11½d., Bristol 9l. 3s. 6d., Bydiford 1l. 0s. 3½d., Leverpoole 90l. 4s. 10½d.) 107 0
1,341 19
overpayments, detailed:
on the Impositions to 31 July 1710 24,510 1
on the Impositions to 31 July 1712 9,661 12
on the Impositions from 1 August 1712 2,542 0
36,713 14
total charge and receipts £1,041,835 0
Discharge.
money remitted to the Receiver General and Cashier within the time of this Accompt 204,750 19
allowances for overpayments on the preceding Accompt, detailed:
£ s. d.
on the Impositions to 31 July 1710 24,475 3
on the Impositions to 31 July 1712 22,001 15
46,476 19
repayments on debentures for tobacco exported:
on the Impositions to 31 July 1712:
Barnstaple 1,283 10 9
Bristol 8,238 13 9
Bydiford 1,466 18 0
Dartmouth 910 1 6
Exeter 341 1 0
Falmouth 208 15
Lancaster 1,305 0 11¾
Leverpoole 16,817 0
Lyme 226 6
Penryn 36 6 9
Plymouth 254 16 9
Portsmouth 10 0 10
Whitehaven 11,817 12 9
(total on the Impositions to 31 July 1712 42,916l. 4s. 5½d.)
on the Impositions from 1 August 1712:
Bristol 3,915 16
Exeter 242 19 6
Leverpoole 440 5 0
Lyme 680 1 3
Penryn 609 2 0
Plymouth 1,160 13
Whitehaven 78 16 0
50,043 18
(total on the Impositions from 1 Aug. 1712 7,127l. 13s. 6¾d.)
repayments upon certificates of damages or over-entries:
on the Impositions to 31 July 1710:
Plymouth 12 1 4
Whitehaven 202 4 9
(total on the Impositions to 31 July 1710 214l. 6s. 1d.)
on the Impositions to 31 July 1712:
Barnstaple 112 11 0
Bristol 1,879 9
Bydiford 1,387 16 1
Dartmouth 23 2 3
Exeter 56 8 4
Falmouth 123 9
Lancaster 181 0
Leverpoole 1,904 7
Lyme 489 10
Padstow 3 14 10½
Penryn 117 6 5
Plymouth 213 2
Whitehaven 4,762 10 8
(total on the Impositions to 31 July 1712 11,254l. 9s. 2¾d.)
on the Impositions from 1 August 1712:
Barnstaple 39 3 9
Bristol 796 11 8
Bydiford 574 4
Exeter 72 2
Falmouth 50 7
Leverpoole 59 0 11
Lyme 328 0 0
Penryn 157 8 4
Plymouth 183 10 11¾
Whitehaven 1,645 19 9
15,375 5 3
(total on the Impositions from 1 August 1712 3,906l. 9s. 11¼d.)
salaries and incidents not detailed 3,131 7
total payments and allowances £319,778 9 0
and so remains £722,056 11
whereof depending on sundry Receivers and Collectors:
for the Impositions to 31 July 1710:
London port:
Henry Ferne, Receiver General, for bonds 118,687 3
the King's Remembrancer's Office, for bonds 34,663 8
(total London port 153,350l. 11s. 8¾d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money) 418 18
Beaumaris (William Lewis, money) 64 16
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, money 3,440l. 1s. 5¼d., bonds 10,194l. 12s. 9d.) 13,634 14
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money) 964 7 9
Chester (Joseph Sewel, money 908l. 17s. 8¼d., bonds 175l. 0s. 0d.) 1,083 17 8¼.
Exeter (William Chamberlain, money) 310 10 8
Falmouth (William Pye, money 394l. 13s. 9d., bonds 476l. 5s. 0d.) 870 18 9
Ilfracomb (John Keir, money) 198 14 6
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 273 4 2
Leverpool (Nathaniel Smith, money 2,558l. 8s. 2d., bonds 7,942l. 4s. 6d.) 10,500 12 8
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 704 0 3
Padstow (William Taylor, money) 2 0 0
Penryn (Ambrose Thomson, money) 269 4
Plymouth (David Morris, money) 287 8
Rochester (John Pope, money) 14 19
St. Ives (Richard Upton, money) 3 8
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, money) 41 19
Whitehaven (Alfred Lawson, money 1,300l. 13s. 8½d., bonds 2,034l. 10s. 2¾d.) 3,335 3 11¼
and upon several late Collectors:
London (Michael Wicks, late Receiver, bonds) 26,484 19 10
ditto (Richard Hutchinson, late Solicitor, bonds) 197 18 2
ditto (Thomas Grainger, late Receiver, money) 421 11 9
Barnstaple (Thomas Clinton, money) 83 17
Boston (John Clark, money) 60 0 0
Bridgewater (Henry Beaumont, money) 701 3 5
Bristol (John Sansom, money) 3,300 17
Bydeford (Richard Ustick, money) 763 3
Chester (Mathew Anderton, money) 0 8
ditto (Thomas Tyndall, money) 284 8
ditto (Edmond Smith, money) 45 18 6
Chichester (James Whitwood, money) 376 1 10¼
ditto (Samuel Bincks, money) 417 11 6
Cowes (Thomas Cole, money) 377 0
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson, money) 506 3
Deale (James Smith, money) 1,036 19
Penryn (Edmond Harry, money) 132 13 0
Falmouth (William Pierson, money) 467 5 5
ditto ([Ambrose] Thomson and [Richard] Jennings, money) 47 14
Feversham (Charles Sherman, money) 2 5 2
ditto (Nicholas Matson, money) 150 0 0
Fowey (John Dagg, money) 396 13 10¾
Lancaster (John Foster, money) 3 17 11¼
Leverpoole (Edward Scarborough, money) 9,026 9
ditto (Edmond Smith, money) 2,621 15 0
Lyme (Peter Southwick, money) 90 10
Milford (Walter Midleton, money) 7,245 18 1
ditto (David Morris, money) 4 2
ditto (Joseph Sewel, money) 61 19
Minehead (Thomas Wolstenholme, money) 347 17
Newcastle (John Pye, money) 828 18
Newhaven (Edward Man, money) 151 16
Padstow (Francis Leicester, money) 365 12
ditto (John Bligh, money) 582 7
Penzance (Charles Jones, money) 37 0
Plymouth (Thomas Swanton, money) 254 17 5
ditto (William Pierson, money) 4,060 15
Poole (William Jacomb, money) 195 19
ditto (William Bowles, money) 984 9 11¾
Rochester (John Moor, money) 11 10
Sandwich (Michael Walford, money) 490 15 11
Southampton (Adam de Cardonel, money) 778 3 10¼
Swanzey (Alexander Trotter, money) 376 2
Weymouth (Lodowick Jackson, money) 712 1 1
Whitehaven (Richard Marshall, money) 116 11
ditto (John Fotherby, money) 165 0 2
ditto (John Clough, money) 159 12 9
ditto (Warwick Arthur, money) 1,047 9
253,306 0 2
(total Outports 99,955l. 8s. 5¼d.)
for the Impositions to 31 July 1712:
London port:
Sir John Shaw (bonds) 1,183 8 3
Henry Ferne (bonds) 234,274 7 7
(total London port 235,457l. 15s. 10d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, bonds) 693 13 6
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, bonds) 21,817 15 9
Bydiford (Charles Jones, bonds) 3,167 6 0
Falmouth (William Pye, bonds) 236 2 9
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money). 96 0
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money 1l. 17s. 10½d., bonds 555l. 4s. 0d.) 557 1 10½
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, bonds) 18,656 18 0
Milford (William Goodacre, bonds) 137 13 0
Plymouth (David Morris, bonds) 582 3 6
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 9 2
Rochester (John Pope, money) 7 1
Rye (George Shuckburgh, money) 1 13
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher, money) 15 10 6
Swanzey (William Gwyn, money) 5 3 11
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, money) 181 11 10½
Whitehaven (Alfred Lawson, money) 6,537 2 6
and on several late collectors:
Shoreham (John Goldham, money) 3 8 4
Exeter (Thomas Jans, money) 1 14
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur, money) 0 10 0
288,165 8
(total Outports 52,707l. 12s. 9¾d.)
for the Impositions from 1 August 1712:
London port:
Sir John Shaw (bonds) 9,736 13 0
Henry Ferne (bonds) 110,136 19 3
(total London port 119,873l. 12s. 3d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, bonds). 430 13 3
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, bonds) 18,515 14 3
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money 491l. 2s. 1d., bonds 2,605l. 9s. 3d.) 3,096 11 4
Chester (Joseph Sewel, money 8l. 1s. 10¾d., bonds 600l. 0s. 0d.) 608 1 10¾
Exeter (William Chamberlain, bonds) 230 12 6
Falmouth (William Pye, money 209l. 2s. 1¾d., bonds 61l. 15s. 0d.) 270 3
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money 282l. 16s. 6½d., bonds 24,506l. 2s. 6d.) 24,788 19
Lyme (Thomas Jans, bonds) 2,955 9 6
Penryn (Ambrose Thomson, bonds) 1,184 13 6
Plymouth (David Morris, money 138l. 5s. 5½d., bonds 411l. 5s. 3d.) 549 10
Whitehaven (Alfred Lawson, bonds) 881 1 0
180,585 2
(total Outports 60,711l. 10s. 4½d.)
total depending (money 53,902l. 19s. 10¾d., bonds 668,153l. 11s. 6½d.) £722,056 11
and so this General Accompt is even and Quit.
Declared 8 March 1717–18.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: TOBACCO: CASH ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1239 [E351/1239].
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 782, ROLL 968 [A.O.1/782/968].
HENRY FERNE, Receiver General and Customs Cashier.
25 December 1711 to 25 December 1712.
Charge. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining on the foot of the last Accompt none he being in surplusage nil
bonds taken for securing payment as at the foot of the last Accompt 345,748 3 11¼
Receipts: money received within the time of this Accompt of the several Receivers and Collectors in London and the Outports:
out of the Imposition on Tobacco which determined 31 July 1710:
London port: £ s. d.
the Queen's Remembrancer's Office, being money received on bonds delivered there to be prosecuted 278 14 5
several merchants for interest due on their bonds 794 15
(total London port 1,073l. 10s. 1¾d.)
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 2,804 0
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 140 0 0
Bydiford (Charles Jones) 1,977 9 10¼
Chester (Thomas Tyndale, late collector) 11 12 0
ditto (Joseph Sewell) 53 18
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson, late collector) 0 12
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 54 17 10
Leverpoole (Edward Scarborough, late collector) 5 0 0
ditto (Nathaniel Smith) 5,073 16
Lyme (Peter Southwick, late collector) 19 12
Milford (David Morris, late collector) 0 0
Padstow (William Taylour) 23 1 0
Whitehaven (John Fotherby, late collector) 17 11
ditto (John Clough, late collector) 51 8
ditto (Alfrid Lawson) 1,812 8 3
13,118 18
(total Outports 12,045l. 8s. 5½d.)
out of the Imposition on Tobacco which determined 31 July 1712:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, in money 5,209 7 11½
ditto, in bonds 180,039 17 9
several merchants for interest on their bonds 6 11 11½
(total London port 185,255l. 17s. 8d.)
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 575 6 8
Barnstaple (Robert Row) 607 16
Bydiford (Charles Jones) 300 0 0
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 1 16
Exeter (Thomas Jans, late collector) 27 1
ditto (William Chamberlaine) 218 8 11
Falmouth (William Pye) 211 10 10¾
Harwich (Jacob Bury) 3 17 5
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 197 18
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 3,245 14 10½
Lyme (Thomas Jans) 2,000 0 0
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson) 1,142 7
Plymouth (David Morris) 1,593 16 10
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson) 1,989 15
197,371 9
(total Outports 12,115l. 12s. 1¼d.)
out of the said Imposition which commenced 1 August 1712:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, in money 1,066 0
ditto, in bonds 110,136 19 3
(total London port 111,202l. 19s. 11½d.)
Outports:
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 123 11 10
Falmouth (William Pye) 17 12
Plymouth (David Morris) 266 13 0
111,610 17 7
(total Outports 407l. 17s. 7½d.)
(total Receipts 322,101l. 5s. 11½d.)
total charge and receipts £667,849 9 10¾
Discharge.
Surplusage due on the last Accompt 0 0 11¾
repayments: allowance to merchants for debentures on tobacco exported 122,408 6 6
ditto for damaged and defective tobacco 8,156 0
130,564 6 10½
salaries: for clerks employed by Sir John Shaw on the Plantation Receipt 300 0 0
to the four Examiners of the Outport Books 30 0 0
Robert Shaw, Computer 96 14 0
Edward Harley, Auditor, and Arthur Mainwaring, late the other Auditor 50 0 0
this Accomptant for extraordinary clerks 100 0 0
576 14 0
money paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer (detailed by dates):
out of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710 16,626 15
out of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1712 55,534 5
out of the Impositions which commenced 1 August 1712 1,448 18 4
73,609 18 11
total payments and allowances £204,751 0
and so remains 463,098 9
against which bonds remaining in the accomptant's hands 463,098 10
and so the accomptant is in Surplusage 0 1 3
Declared 24 March 1714.