Declared Accounts: Customs, Wine and Vinegar

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 24, 1710. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.

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'Declared Accounts: Customs, Wine and Vinegar', in Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 24, 1710, ed. William A Shaw( London, 1952), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol24/ccxxxv-ccxl [accessed 24 November 2024].

Customs, Wine and Vinegar



DECLARED ACCOUNTS.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1013.
WINES AND VINEGAR: GENERAL ACCOMPT.
WILLIAM BURNETT, Comptroller General.
For one year ended 25 Dec. 1710.
Charge.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Remains in the hands of several Receivers and Collectors:
in money	42,204	16	9¾
in bonds	32,802	18	10¾
in Transport Debentures	4,243	3	3¼
				79,250	16	11¾
Receipts:
on account of the new Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
London port	112,186	19	10½
outports.
Barnstaple	36	8	0
Beaumaris	2	17	0¾
Bridgwater	8	15	0½
Bridlington	1	3	3¾
Bristol	6,128	0	6¼
Bydiford	509	7	4¼
Chester	588	18	8
Colchester	3	15	0
Cowes	43	11	9½
Dartmouth	57	14	4¼
Deal	80	14	1¾
Dover	451	13	11¾
Exeter	1,013	16	5
Falmouth	77	8	1¾
Falmouth	178	7	3½
Fowey	1	3	4
Harwich	5	4	6¾
Hull	2,213	11	10½
Ilfracombe	5	6	11½
Liverpool	122	0	4¾
Lyme	1	10	6¼
Lynn	1,493	8	4
Milford	27	19	4¾
Minehead	141	17	2½
Newcastle	98	1	5¼
Newhaven	1	13	3½
Penryn	294	9	1½
Penzance	9	3	1½
Plymouth	876	0	2¾
Poole	183	3	0
Rochester	82	18	6¾
Rye	3	17	4¾
St. Ives	19	17	0½
Portsmouth	532	6	8
Sandwich	3	19	4
Scarborough	0	1	8
Southampton	2,081	6	1¾
Sunderland	1	10	9¼
Truro	0	5	10
Weymouth	3	13	3¼
Whitchurch	8	1	11¾
Yarmouth	3	18	0
				129,585	15	5
total for the outports, 17,398l. 8s. 6½d.
for the new Impositions which commenced 1 August 1710:
London port	8,445	15	3
outports.
Beaumaris	11	11	7¼
Bristol	1,963	7	1¾
Bydiford	0	7	7¾
Chester	349	11	3
Colchester	0	6	11¾
Cowes	2	12	5¼
Deal	3	0	1½
Exeter	13	16	9
Falmouth	234	15	0¼
Fowey	1	13	9
Harwich	15	3	11¼
Hull	31	9	4¾
Liverpool	48	19	0
Liverpool	90	13	11¾
Lynn	1,695	18	3¾
Milford	43	17	0½
Minehead	2	12	5¼
Newcastle	13	11	7
Penryn	309	5	8¾
Penzance	6	5	0
Plymouth	618	1	0¾
Rochester	12	14	4¼
Rye	4	9	11½
Portsmouth	352	16	11½
Southampton	374	2	0¼
Weymouth	0	9	11¾
Whitehaven	9	4	7¼
Yarmouth	24	16	8½
				14,682	0	9¼
(total for the outports, 6,236l. 13s. 9¼d.)
interest received on bonds not satisfied in due time				195	2	6½
overpayments by Collectors on account of the New Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
Bridgwater	0	0	0¼
Colchester	2	13	1¾
Falmouth	4	19	0
Portsmouth	47	1	1¾
Southampton	28	19	10¼
Weymouth	26	9	10¼
Chester	182	19	6¼
Fowey	0	0	1
Bristol	32	15	10¾
Chester	0	2	11½
Chester	25	1	11½
Falmouth	52	13	11
Looe	81	4	2
Lyme	4	17	10¾
Lynn	46	0	7½
Lynn	511	11	9½
Newcastle	0	0	9
Plymouth	486	10	9
Poole	0	0	0¼
Sandwich	20	0	0
Stockton	78	14	3¾
Whitehaven	214	0	4½
				1,846	18	0½
overpayments on account of the New Impositions which commenced 1 Aug. 1710:
Colchester	1	6	2¼
Deal	0	18	5¾
Dover	25	13	10½
Liverpool	277	14	0¾
Padstow	9	18	2
Penzance	2	18	1½
Southampton	134	1	8¼
Truro	0	5	10
				452	16	6
total charge and receipts				£226,014	0	6
Discharge.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
money remitted by the Receivers and Collectors of this Duty to Henry Ferne, the Customs Cashier, within the time of this accompt and accounted for by him as his Cash accompt of the Customs				133,445	5	10¼
money defalced to several Collectors for their overpayments in 1709:
London port	28	13	3
Bridgwater	0	0	0¼
Chester	122	19	6¼
Colchester	3	19	4
Fowey	0	0	0¼
Bristol	32	15	10¾
Chester	0	2	11½
Chester	25	1	11½
Falmouth	52	13	11
Looe	81	4	2
Lyme	4	17	10¾
Lynn	46	0	7½
Lynn	511	11	9½
Newcastle	0	0	9
Plymouth	486	10	9
Poole	0	0	0¼
Sandwich	20	0	0
Stockton	78	14	3¾
Whitehaven	214	0	4½
				1,709	7	6¾
officers' salaries and incidents				1,020	8	3½
repaid to merchants on certificates of damaged goods and over-entries: on the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
Barnstaple	7	15	4¾
Bridgwater	1	1	11½
Bristol	169	11	11
Bydiford	118	10	5½
Chester	1	10	4¼
Dartmouth	8	14	9½
Exeter	165	0	11
Falmouth	5	3	1¾
Falmouth	28	7	0
Hull	55	7	5¾
Livérpool	13	6	7¼
Lynn	263	11	11¾
Minehead	6	15	2½
Penryn	29	2	10¼
Plymouth	86	5	5¼
Poole	3	13	8¼
Rochester	1	9	4
Portsmouth	73	5	1½
Southampton	56	1	8½
				1,094	15	4¼
ditto on ditto which commenced 1 August 1710:
Bristol	158	12	3¼
Liverpool	5	5	2¾
Penryn	41	12	4¾
Plymouth	175	18	2½
Portsmouth	20	8	2
				401	16	3¼
total payments and allowances				£137,671	13	4
and so Remains 88,342l. 7s. 2d.
against which: depending upon Receivers and Collectors of ports, detailed at length, for money or bonds or upon the King's Remembrancer's Office for bonds delivered in there to be prosecuted:
for the new Impositions which terminated at 31 July 1710	84,632	12	3¼
for the new Impositions which commenced 1 August 1710	3,709	14	10¾
	£88,342	7	2
and so this accomptant is Even and Quit.
Declared 28 Feb. 1715–16.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1172.
WINES AND VINEGAR: CASH ACCOMPT.
HENRY FERNE, accomptant, as Customs Cashier.
for the year 25 December 1709 to 25 December 1710.
Charge.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Arrears:
in money nil: he being in surplusage on the foot of his last accompt.
in bonds remaining in his hands				24,456	1	0
in Transport Debentures remaining in his hands				4,243	3	3¼
				28,699	4	3¼
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 new Impositions which determined 31 July 1710:
London port	112,161	14	10¾
outports:
Barnstaple	29	5	11
Bridgwater	7	13	1
Bristol	4,580	13	9½
Bydiford	428	12	7½
Chester	680	0	0
Cowes	37	3	9¼
Dartmouth	50	16	2
Deal	14	3	1¾
Dover	424	6	0¼
Exeter	805	16	6
Falmouth	102	1	10
Fowey	0	0	0¾
Harwich	5	4	6¾
Hull	3,728	17	5½
Ipswich	3	18	7¾
Lancaster	193	0	6¾
Liverpool	988	19	1½
Lyme	17	5	7½
Lynn	1,803	5	4½
Minehead	117	11	6
Newcastle	927	11	1¼
Penryn	323	15	8½
Penzance	16	0	0
Plymouth	730	6	6¾
Poole	50	15	4
Portsmouth	592	9	11
Rochester	50	12	6¼
St. Ives	20	13	4
Sandwich	2	19	2½
Southampton	1,417	15	6¼
Sunderland	1	10	9¼
Wells	5	7	8½
Weymouth	100	10	10
Yarmouth	1	8	6
Chester	60	0	0
Liverpool	195	14	7½
Falmouth	87	5	4½
Newcastle	2	16	7¼
				130,768	4	3½
(total for the outports, 18,606l. 9s. 4¾d.)
for the new Impositions which commenced 1 August 1710:
London port	8,445	15	2½
Bristol	100	0	0
Chester	150	0	0
Colchester	1	6	2¼
Dover	25	13	10½
Exeter	2	10	5¼
Liverpool	321	7	10
Lyme	1,388	1	0¾
Newcastle	12	12	6½
Plymouth	202	9	6
Portsmouth	176	11	8½
Penryn	62	10	8½
Southampton	123	3	7½
				11,012	2	8¼
(total for the outports, 2,566l. 7s. 5¾d.)
total charge and receipts				£170,479	10	3
Discharge.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
surplusage due to this accomptant on the foot of his last preceding accompt				0	0	6¼
repayments to merchants &c. for damaged and defective wines:
out of the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710	3,984	5	9
out of the Impositions which commenced 1 August 1710	52	6	0
				4,036	11	9
salaries of extraordinary clerks employed by this accomptant				50	0	0
auditor's fee				65	0	0
salary to the four Examiners of the Outport Books				30	0	0
money paid into the Exchequer by this accompt as by tallies detailed:
for the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710	118,724	9	0½
for the Impositions which commenced 1 August 1710	10,539	5	6½
				129,263	14	7
total of payments and allowances				£133,445	6	10¼
and so Remains 37,034l. 4s. 4¾d.
whereof	£	s.	d.
due on bonds on the Impositions which determined 31 July 1710	32,383	0	11
on ditto which commenced 1 August 1710	408	1	2½
due on Transport Debentures taken in lieu of bonds for the said Impositions	4,243	3	3¼
	£37,034	5	4¾
So this accomptant remains in Surplus on this accompt 0l. 1s. 0d.
Declared 23 March 1712.