Declared Accounts: Customs, Wine and Vinegar

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Customs, Wine and Vinegar

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 646, ROLL 253 [A.O.1/646/253].

Robert Hunter, Comptroller General of Customs.

25 December 1716 to 25 December 1717.

Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the hands of the several Receivers and Collectors upon the end of the last preceding General Accompt, in money 167,356 1
ditto, ditto, in bonds 13,371 12 2
180,727 13
Receipts: money due and payable for the New Impositions on Wines and Vinegar within the time of this Accompt:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver Inwards, in money
162,160 5 3
Outports:
Arundel (John Wentworth, money)
4 2 10
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money) 238 10
ditto (George Moore, money) 17 2 3
Beaumaris (Fetherston Nicholson, money) 32 12
Berwick (Samuel Kettilby, money) 14 7
Boston (Samuel Oldfield, in money 35l. 8s.d. and in bonds 310l. 17s. 9d.) 346 6
ditto (William Johnson, money) 6 17 10½
Bridgewater (John Oldmixon, money) 1,200 17
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson in money 7,277 1s.d. and in bonds 315l. 15s. 2d.) 7,592 16 10¼
Bydiford (Thomas Jans, money) 375 19 3
Cardiffe (Lewelline Traherne, money) 0 9 7
Cardigan (John Gwynn, money) 7 8
Carlisle (Richard Gibson, money) 74 4
Chepstowe (Emanuel Walker, money) 0 13 10½
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 1,720 6
Cowes (John Dale, money) 109 18 6
Deale (Edward Peters, money) 90 8
Dover (John Ball, money) 611 14 11¼
Exeter (William Sprye, money) 2,556 10
ditto (Charles Bridgman, money) 570 7
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 284 1
Fowey (Charles Lambe, money) 72 18
Glocester (Richard Cossley, money) 46 8
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 0 3
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 3,943 12
Ipswich (Cooper Gravenor, money) 5 0
Lanelly (John Phillips, money) 24 4 0
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, in money 708l. 4s. 6d. and in bonds 126l. 6s.) 834 10 6
Looe (John Dyer, money) 50 18
Lyme (George Lisle, money) 110 17 10½
Lynn (Henry Hare, in money 3,852l. 11s. 10¼d. and in bonds 1,845l. 0s. 1d.) 5,697 17 11¼
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 28 17 4
Minehead (Thomas Blake, money) 86 0
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 727 19
Newhaven (Edward Pollington, money) 209 0 10½
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, in money 145l. 6s.d. and in bonds 297l. 6s.d. 442 12
Penzance (William Warren, money) 6 18
Plymouth (David Morris, money) 324 11
Poole (Alfrid Lawson, money) 29 8
Portsmouth (John Arnold, money) 429 3 8
Poulton (James Chewe, in money 120l. 12s.d., and in bonds 169l. 19s.d.) 290 12
Rochester (Robert Weller, money) 42 2 1
Rye (James Benn, money) 110 17
St. Ives (Richard Upton, money) 379 13 3
Scarborough (Timothy Fish, money) 8 8
Shoreham (James Lambe, money) 88 18
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 4,051 16 5
Stockton (Peter Consett, money) 395 4
Sunderland (William Ettrick, money) 11 4
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money) 94 3
Weymouth (Philip Taylor, money) 195 6
Whitehaven (Henry Blencowe, money) 61 16
Wisbech (Joseph Ryland, money) 484 11 10¾
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 1,201 6 3
198,503 9
interest received on bonds not satisfied in due time (the Receivers General; Boston; Bristol; Leverpoole) 194 4
overpayments, detailed by Collectors and places 2,568 12
total charge and receipts £381,994 0
Discharge.
Money defalked by several Collectors, having been overpaid on the preceding Accompt 6,115 8 10¼
money remitted to the Receivers General within the time of this Accompt 193,816 12
Officers' salaries and incident charges 3,924 7 10¼
repayments upon certificates of damaged goods and overentries detailed by Collectors and places 2,371 1 10¼
total payments and allowances £206,227 10
and so remains 175,766 9 6
£ s. d.
whereof depending on sundry Receivers and Collectors for money and bonds in their hands at Xmas 1717:
London port: Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, for money
96 0 11¼
Anthony Lechmere and Francis Hawes, Receivers General, for bonds 2,408 6
Henry Ferne, late Receiver General, for an assignment from the Board of Green Cloth 154 12 11
the King's Remembrancer, for bonds to be prosecuted 1,576 7
Aberdovey (Robert Owen, money) 117 2
Arundell (John Wentworth, money) 4 2 10
Barnstaple (George Moore, money) 11 9
Beamaris (Fetherstone Nicholson, money) 94 9 1
Berwick (Samuel Kettilby, money) 1 13
Blackney and Cley (Thomas Shorting, money) 0 7
Boston (Samuel Oldfield, money) 1,488 19 10½
ditto (William Johnson, bonds) 103 12 7
Bridgewater (John Oldmixon, money) 332 3
Bridlington (John Bower, money) 68 16 11
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, in money 2,040l. 11s. 1d. and in bonds 1,515l. 12s. 10¼d.) 3,556 3 11¼
Bydeford (Thomas Jans, money) 72 2
Cardiffe (Lewelline Traherne, money) 0 9 7
Cardigan (John Gwynn, money) 9 4
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 711 17
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 3 4
Cowes (John Dale, money) 8 9
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson, money) 159 3
D[e]ale (Edward Peters, money) 0 10 10¼
Dover (John Ball, money) 498 19 7
Exeter (William Sprye, money) 863 0
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 54 18 0
Faversham (John Smallman, money) 2 11 7
Fowey (Charles Lambe, money) 650 6
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money) 12 2
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 15 3 11
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 131 15
Lancaster (Thomas Bateman, in money 31l. 10s. 8d. and in bonds 602l. 1s. 10¼d.) 633 12
Lanelly (John Philips, money) 28 16 0
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, in money 21l. 16s. 7d. and in bonds 163l. 13s.d.) 185 10
Lynn (Henry Hare, bonds) 1,410 3 2
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 132 11
Minehead (Thomas Blake, money) 36 0 0
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 5 4
Newhaven (Edward Pollington) 16 2
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, in money 150l. 7s.d. and in bonds 185l. 2s.d.) 335 9 6
Penzance (William Warren, money) 6 18
Plymouth (David Morris, in money 20l. 11s. 6d. and in bonds 168l. 3s.d.) 188 14
Poole (Alfrid Lawson, in money) 28 5 7
Poulton (James Chewe, in money 75l. 2s.d. and in bonds 140l. 11s.d.) 215 13
Rye (James Benn, money) 54 2
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher, money) 0 18
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 250 14
Stockton (Peter Consett, money) 317 11
Southwold (Edward Davies, money) 26 16
Sunderland (William Ettricke, money) 7 13
Swanzey (William Gwyn, money) 73 14 11¼
Truro (Richard Jennings, money) 158 9
Wells (John Keen, money) 67 14
Weymouth (Philip Taylor, money) 65 10
Whitby (Hamlet Woods, money) 101 13
Whitehaven (Henry Blencowe, money) 25 13
Woodbridge (Oliver Newby, money) 68 19
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 102 10 10¼
and on the several late Collectors following for money unless stated:
Henry Ferne, late Receiver, in bonds
4,626 8 5
Aberdovey (John Bevan) 9 8
Arundell (Nicholas Eveleigh) 23 7 5
Beaumaris (William Lewis) 4 5
Berwick (George Moore) 4 10
Boston (John Butler) 457 10 6
ditto (John Clarke) 224 14 3
Bridgewater (Henry Beaumont) 421 16
ditto (Nicholas Jefferys) 21 16
Bristol (John Sansome) 121 15
Bydeford (Richard Ustick) 322 18 7
ditto (John Bolitho) 560 3 11
ditto (Charles Jones) 305 0
Cardiffe (Alexander Purcell) 0 18 10
Cardigan (Francis Howell) 10 19
Carlisle (Joseph Sewell) 9 4
Chichester (James Whitwood) 1,243 10 10
ditto (Samuel Bincks) 283 7 11½
Cowes (Thomas Cole) 770 6
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson) 156 0 7
ditto (James Jenkinson) 0 0
Lodowick Jackson 44 10 11¼
Deale (James Smith) 821 11 11¼
ditto (Lancelot Whitehall) 834 13 6
ditto (Salathiel Rolfe) 64 16 2
Dover (Richard Bretton) 7,971 7
ditto (Robert Bretton) 3,170 11 10
Exeter (Charles Orchard) 400 16
ditto (William Chamberlain) 1,137 12 2
Falmouth (William Peirson) 86 1
ditto (Rawley Radford) 44 17 1
ditto (Ambrose Thompson and Richard Jennings) 80 2
Feversham (Charles Sherman) 328 2 11¾
ditto (Nicholas Mattson) 1 4 11½
Fowey (John Dagg) 291 7 0
ditto (Thomas Bulley) 59 17
ditto (Thomas Jans) 5 10
Harwich (Robert Meadows) 8 4
Ilfracomb (John Keir) 1 0 0
Ipswich (Thomas Bridgeman) 8 14 9
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 45 5
Leverpoole (Edmund Smith) 109 15
Lyme (Thomas Jans) 67 13 8
Milford (Walter Middleton) 1,051 18
Minehead (Francis Webber) 65 6 10½
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 30 4
Padstowe (Francis Leister) 1 10
ditto (Charles Anderton) 1 3 0
ditto (William Taylor) 6 19
Penrynn (Edmund Harry) 127 15
Penzance (John Williams) 539 5
ditto (Charles Jones) 39 11
ditto (Richard Score, junior) 4 14
Pool (William Powles) 47 3 4
ditto (George Savile) 405 14
ditto (William Chamberlain) 69 16
ditto (Thomas Chamberlain)88 88 0
Portsmouth (John Weaver) 930 6 3
ditto (Samuel Bincks) 346 3
Poulton (William Jennings) 9 19 7
Rochester (John Moore) 210 3 0
ditto (John Pye) 190 9
Rye (Francis Lightfoot) 90 9
ditto (Robert Manley) 181 9
ditto (George Shuckburgh) 888 10
Sandwich (Michael Walford) 957 10
Scilley (Lodowick Jackson) 3 0 11¼
Shoreham (John Goldham) 0 2
ditto (Thomas Brigden) 128 1 10
Southampton (Adam de Cardonnel) 2,208 5
Swanzey (Alexander Trotter).. 665 15 5
ditto (Matthew Seys) 48 5
Weymouth (Lodowick Jackson) 189 15
ditto (Thomas Bower) 63 1 8
Whitby (Gerard Fox) 73 19 6
Whitehaven (Richard Marshall) 31 12 9
ditto (Joseph Sewell) 26 6 6
ditto (Warwick Arthur) 164 2
Yarmouth (Thomas Clarke) 255 9
53,058 4 10½
(whereof in money 39,938l. 2s. 9d. and in bonds 13,120l. 2s.d.)
money remitted to Henry Ferne, late Receiver General, for which he is to account:
on these Impositions to 31 July 1710
721 16
on ditto to 31 July 1712 365 2
on ditto to 31 July 1714 820 10
on ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 120,800 15 11
122,708 4
total arrears £175,766 9 6
and so this General Accompt is even and Quit.
Declared 22 April, 1723.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: CASH ACCOUNT:

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 788, ROLL 998 [A.O.1/788/998].

The Final Account of Horatio Walpole, senior, and Francis Hawes, Receivers General and Cashiers of Customs.

26 December 1716 to 27 November 1717.

Charge. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptants' hands at the foot of their preceding Accompt, none, they being in Surplusage nil
but the value of bonds in their custody as at the foot of the said Accompt 1,397 8
£ s. d.
Receipts: money received of the several Receivers and Collectors for the New Impositions on Wines and Vinegar within the time of this Accompt:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver
119,167 5 11½
sundry merchants, for interest on bonds 186 6
(total London port 119,353l. 12s.d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe)
205 7
Berwick (George Moore) 1 10
ditto (Samuel Kettleby) 10 19
Bridgwater (John Oldmixon) 591 15
ditto (John Allen) 73 3 11¼
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson) 5,099 7
ditto (John Sansome, late Collector) 440 11 7
Bydeford (Thomas Jans) 260 15
Carlisle (Richard Gibson) 20 1
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 848 7 0
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson) 1 5 10¼
Deal (Edward Peters) 70 12 4
ditto (Salathiel Rolfe, late Collector) 19 5 10½
Dover (John Ball) 350 15 1
Exeter (William Sprye) 1,363 7
ditto (Charles Bridgman) 506 17
Falmouth (William Pye) 8 15 1
Fowey (Charles Lamb) 39 11
Gweek (Bernard Penrose) 4 10 11½
Harwich (Jacob Bury) 0 13 7
Hull (Hugh Mason) 2,747 18 6
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 70 15
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 570 0 0
Looe (John Dyer) 43 12
Lyme (George Lisle) 65 13
Lynn (Henry Hare) 6,068 2 8
Minehead (Thomas Blake) 13 11
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 352 6 9
Newhaven (Edward Pollington) 194 8 10½
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson) 268 2
Portsmouth (John Arnold) 276 16 11¾
Rochester (Robert Weller) 6 9
Rye (James Benn) 0 5
St. Ives (Richard Upton) 206 5 11¾
Shoreham (James Lamb) 85 10
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe) 2,604 8
Stockton (Peter Consett) 46 17
Wells (John Keen) 4 12
Weymouth (Philip Taylor) 71 11 6
Wisbech (Joseph Ryland) 462 0 0
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 645 19 11
144,076 16
(total Outports 24,723l. 3s.d.)
the value of bonds delivered over by Henry Ferne, late Receiver General 1,179 5
total charge and receipts £146,653 10 2
Discharge.
Surplusage of the preceding Accompt 12 10
fees and salaries:
these Accomptants, for extraordinary clerks, 50l.; the four Examiners of the Outports, 15l.; Thomas Foley for the Auditor's fee, 12l. 10s.
77 10 0
repayments upon certificates of damaged and defective goods 2,572 11 1
money paid into the Exchequer 141,607 13 5
bonds delivered up to Anthony Lechmere and Francis Hawes, the succeeding Receivers General 2,408 6
total payments and allowances £146,678 10
and so these Accomptants are in Surplusage
Declared 7 November 1718.
25 0

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 789, ROLL 1000 [A.O.1/789/1000].

Anthony Lechmere and Francis Hawes, Receivers General and Cashiers of Customs.

21 June 1717 to 25 December 1717 inclusive.

Charge. £ s.
d.
Arrears: none, this being the Accomptants' first Accompt nil
but the value of sundry bonds received of Horatio Walpole, senior, and Francis Hawes, the preceding Receivers General 2,408 6
£ s. d.
Receipts: money received of the several Receivers and Collectors for the New Impositions on Wines and Vinegar within the time of this Accompt:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, on the Wine Receipt, in money
43,428 19
Outports:
Berwick (Samuel Kettilby)
1 14 11
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson) 1,724 0 0
Carlile (Richard Gibson) 55 7
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 630 0 0
Dover (John Ball) 68 11
Exeter (William Spry) 500 0 0
Fowey (Charles Lamb) 18 16 8
Gloucester (Richard Cossley) 46 8
Hull (Hugh Mason) 900 0 0
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 595 0 0
Looe (John Dyer) 1 6
Lyme (George Lisle) 15 0 0
Lyn (Henry Hare) 420 0 0
Minehead (Thomas Blake) 10 18
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 110 0 0
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson) 19 12 5
Rochester (Robert Weller) 1 19
Rye (James Benn) 0 15
Shoreham (James Lambe) 1 0
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe) 550 0 0
Sunderland (William Etterick) 11 4
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, late Collector) 45 13 11¼
ditto (Philip Taylor) 4 3 3
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow) 15 0 0
Wisbech (Joseph Ryland) 9 6
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 386 9 0
49,571 7 11
(total Outports 6,142l. 8s.d.)
total charge and receipts 51,979 13 11¼
Discharge:
Surplusage due to Horatio Walpole, senior, and Francis Hawes, late Receivers General, at the foot of their last preceding Account 25 0
fees and salaries:
these Accomptants, for extraordinary clerks, 12l. 10s.; the four Examiners of the Outports, 15l.; Thomas Foley, for the Auditor's fee, 37l. 10s.
65 0 0
repayments upon certificates of damaged and defective goods 2,697 9
(total for salaries and repayments 2,762l. 9s.d.)
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates 46,821 8
total payments and allowances £49,608 18
and so remains 2,370 15
against which the value of bonds in the Accomptants' hands on the determination of this Account 2,408 6
and so the Accomptants are in Surplusage
Declared 31 January 1718/19.
37 10