Declared Accounts: Customs, Wines and Vinegar

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Customs, Wines and Vinegar

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: GENERAL ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1018 [E.351/1018].
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 643, ROLL 243 [A.O.1/643/243].
William Burnet, Comptroller General of Customs.
25 December 1714 to 25 December 1715.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the hands of the several Receivers and Collectors of the New Impositions on Wines and Vinegar on the end of the last Accompt in money 39,526 13 3
ditto in bonds 15,826 13
55,353 6
Receipts: money due and payable for the New Impositions on Wines and Vinegar which commenced 1 Aug. 1714:
London port: Sir John Shaw, Receiver Inwards, in money 160,262l. 8s. 5½d.
and in bonds 1,802l. 5s. 0½d.) 162,064 13 6
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money) 277 2
Beaumaris (Fetherston Nicholson, money) 24 5
Berwick (George Moore, money) 7 14
Blackney and Cley (Thomas Shorting, money) 0 3
Bridgewater (Nicholas Jeffreys, money) 268 15 5
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, in money 9,570l. 7s. 4¾d. and in bonds 2,319l. 5s. 11¾d.) 11,889 13
Bydiford (Charles Jones, money) 119 15 6
ditto (Thomas Jans, in money 56l. 13s. 6¾d. and in bonds 155l. 8s. 10½d.) 212 2
Cardiffe (Alexander Purcell, money) 0 18 10
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 1,947 6
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 2 1
Cowes (John Dale, money) 6 8
Dartmouth (Lodowick Jackson, money) 35 8
ditto (Arthur Robinson, money) 0 16
Deal (Salathiel Rolfe, money) 145 15
Dover (John Ball, money) 1,035 17 1
Exeter (William Chamberlaine, in money 2,817l. 17s. 10d. and in bonds 131l. 3s. 2½d.) 2,948 11
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 177 9
Fowey (Charles Lambe, money) 65 9
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money) 4 7
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 5,269 18 10¼
Ilfracomb (John Jenkins, money) 7 18
Ipswich (Samuel Kettilby, money) 2 1
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley in money 198l. 12s. 1¼d. and in bonds 121l. 8s. 11¼d.) 320 1
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money) 619 18 10½
Looe (John Dyer, money) 62 1 2
Lyme (Thomas Jans, money) 39 13
ditto (Henry Badcock, money) 64 2
Lynn (Henry Hare, in money 4,431l. 3s. 9¾d. and in bonds 1,554l. 8s. 7¼d.) 5,985 12 5
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 20 12
Minehead (Nicholas Jeffreys, money) 53 5
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 182 1 10½
Newhaven (Edward Pollington, money) 134 13
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, in money 313l. 4s. 5d. and in bonds 290l. 4s. 5¼d.) 603 8 10¼
Penzance (Thomas Medcalfe, money) 20 17
Plymouth (David Morris, money) 971 18
Poole (Thomas Chamberlaine, money) 99 9
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money) 1,046 15
Rochester (John Pope, in money 451. 4s. 11¼d. and in bonds 23l. 8s. 10d.) 68 13
Rye (James Benn, money) 218 0 10¾
St. Ives (Richard Upton, money) 112 8
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher, money) 11 5 9
Scilly (Lodwick Jackson, money) 1 1 0
Shoreham (James Lambe, money) 145 8 11½
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 3,193 1
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 197 5
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money) 16 17
Wells (John Keene, money) 3 16 11¾
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, in money 281l. 13s. 1d. and in bonds 179l. 14s. 5¾d.) 461 7
ditto (Henry Baker, money) 10 17 4
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson, money) 149 17 6
Wisbech (Robert Twells, money) 1,431 5 8
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 1,413 4
204,173 19
interest received on bonds etc. not satisfied in due time:
on the Duties to 31 July 1710 (London) 1 12
on ditto to 31 July 1712 (Leverpoole) 1 9 10
on ditto to 31 July 1714 (London, Bristoll, Leverpoole) 361 7
on ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 (London, Weymouth) 22 8 11¼
386 18
overpayments by Collectors, detailed by Collectors and places:
on the Duties to 31 July 1710 2,652 9 1
on ditto to 31 July 1712 821 17
on ditto to 31 July 1714 454 7
on ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 1,050 4 11
4,978 19 2
total charge and receipts £264,893 4
Discharge.
Money defalked by Collectors having been overpaid on the preceding Accompt, not detailed 4,166 16
money remitted to the Receiver General within the time of this Accompt:
for the New Impositions on Wines and Vinegar to 31 July 1710 516 11
for ditto to 31 July 1712 138 13
for ditto to 31 July 1714 2,507 7
for ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 194,101 0 10¼
197,263 12
salaries and incident charges:
out of the New Impositions to 31 July 1712 4 5
out of ditto to 31 July 1714 114 10 11¾
out of ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 3,648 3 11¾
3,767 0
money repaid on Certificates of damaged goods and over-entries, detailed by Collectors and places:
on the New Impositions to 31 July 1714 3 9 1
on ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 2,002 7
2,005 16 10½
total payments and allowances £207,203 6 11
and so remains 57,689 17
whereof depending on sundry Receivers and Collectors:
on the New Impositions to 31 July 1710:
London port:
Henry Ferne, Receiver General, for bonds 6,335 4 2
due from the Board of Green Cloth in respect of the assignment of a debt; proportion chargeable to these Impositions 154 12 11
the King's Remembrancer's Office, for bonds delivered there to be prosecuted 1,576 7
(total London port 8,066l. 4s. 2½d.)
Outports:
Boston (Samuel Oldfeild, money) 807 5 11½
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, in money 326l. 14s. 11d. and in bonds 1,1991. 17s. 8d.) 1,526 12 7
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 415 11
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 0 0 10
Dover (James Ball, money) 427 16
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 94 3 10½
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money) 12 5
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 116 5
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 737 17 11¾
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money) 191 4
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 88 14 7
Rochester (John Pope, money) 56 6
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 3 2 10
Sunderland (William Ettrick, money) 7 13
Truroe (Richard Jennings, money) 0 5 10
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 3 17 11¾
and on the following late Collectors in money:
Arundel (Nicholas Eveleigh) 23 7 5
Beaumaris (William Lewis) 21 4 5
Boston (John Butler) 457 10 6
ditto (John Clarke) 224 14 3
Bridgwater (Henry Beaumont) 421 16
Bristoll (John Sansome) 642 7
Bydeford (Richard Ustick) 322 18 7
ditto (John Bolitho) 560 3 11
ditto (Joseph Sewell) 9 4
Chichester (James Whitwood) 1,243 10 10
ditto (Samuel Binks) 283 7 11½
Cowes (Thomas Coles) 719 11
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson) 156 0 7
Deale (James Smith) 821 11 11¼
ditto (Lancelot Whitehall) 834 13 6
Dover (Richard Bretton) 7,971 7
ditto (Robert Bretton) 3,170 11 10
Exeter (Charles Orchard) 400 16
Falmouth (William Peirson) 86 1
ditto (Rawleigh Radford) 44 17 1
ditto (Leonard Thompson and Richard Jennings) 39 7
Faversham (Charles Sherman) 328 2 11¾
ditto (Nicholas Mattson) 1 4 11½
Fowey (John Dagg) 291 7 0
ditto (Thomas Bulley) 1 3 4
Harwich (Robert Meadows) 8 4
Ilfracomb (John Keir) 1 0 0
Ipswich (Thomas Bridgman) 8 14 9
Leverpoole (Edmund Smith) 387 9
Milford (Walter Middleton) 1,051 18
Minehead (Francis Webber) 1 5
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 30 4
Padstowe (Francis Leister) 1 10
ditto (Charles Anderton) 1 3 0
Penrynn (Edmund Harry) 127 15
Penzance (John Williams) 539 5
ditto (Charles Jones) 39 11
ditto (Richard Score) 9 3
Poole (William Bowles) 47 3 4
ditto (George Saville) 405 14
ditto (William Chamberlain) 65 4 11¼
Portsmouth (John Weaver) 930 6 3
Rochester (John Moore) 210 3 0
Rye (Francis Lightfoot) 90 9
ditto (Robert Manley) 181 9
ditto (George Shuckburgh) 671 12 1
Sandwich (Michael Walford) 957 10
Southampton (Adam de Cardonnel) 2,208 5
Swanzey (Alexander Trotter) 665 15 5
ditto (Matthew Seys) 48 5
Weymouth (Lodowick Jackson) 189 15
Whitby (Gerard Fox) 73 19 6
Whitehaven (Richard Marshall) 31 12 9
ditto (Joseph Sewell) 26 6 6
ditto (Warwick Arthur) 18 5
Yarmouth (Thomas Clarke) 255 9
(total Outports 32,851l. 4s. 6¾d.) 40,917 8
on the New Impositions to 31 July 1712:
London port:
Henry Ferne, Receiver General, for bonds 232 16
Outports:
Boston (Samuel Oldfeild, money) 397 3 10
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, money) 90 5 5
Bydeford (Charles Jones, money) 101 19 10½
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 86 3
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 2 15
Deale (Samuel Rolfe, money) 19 7
Dover (John Ball, money) 44 4 7
Exeter (William Chamberlaine, money) 642 16 9
Falmouth (William Pye, money) 22 14
Faversham (John Smalman, money) 2 11 7
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 15 3 11¼
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 0 0 4
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, money) 1,247 16
Milford (William Goodacre, money) 46 4 11¼
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson. money) 1 10
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, money) 11 8
Plymouth (David Morris, in money 104l. 14s. 6d. and in bonds 116l. 11s. 6d.) 221 6 0
Poole (Thomas Chamberlaine) 311 8
Portsmouth (Samuel Binks) 41 4
Rochester (John Pope) 37 12 10¼
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher) 0 18
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe) 22 9
Swanzey (William Gwynn) 22 2 1
Truroe (Richard Jennings) 158 3
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 142 9 10¼
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 95 6 5
and on the following late Collectors, in money:
Aberdovey (John Bevan) 9 8
Cowes (Thomas Cole) 50 15
Falmouth (Leonard Thompson and Richard Jennings) 40 14
Fowey (Thomas Bulley) 58 13
ditto (Thomas Jans) 4 5 10¼
Minehead (Francis Webber) 60 14
Poole (William Chamberlain) 4 11 7
Rye (George Shuckburgh) 132 19 8
Shoreham (John Goldham) 0 2
ditto (Thomas Brigden) 67 13
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur) 145 16
(total Outports 4,361l. 3s. 8½d.) 4,594 0 1
on the New Impositions to 31 July 1714:
London port:
Henry Ferne, Receiver General, for bonds 451 3 7
Outports:
Aberdovey (Robert Owen, money) 1 17 10
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money) 15 6
Berwick (George Moore, money) 3 12
Blackney (Thomas Shorting, money) 0 7
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, in money 396l. 11s. 1¼d. and in bonds 155l. 9s.) 552 0
Bydeford (Charles Jones, money) 163 8
ditto (Thomas Jans, money) 136 3
Cardigan (Francis Howell, money) 10 19
Colchester (James Bruce, money) 1 16 11½
Cowes (John Dale, money) 8 10
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe, money) 49 4
Dover (John Ball, money) 16 4
Exeter (William Chamberlaine, money) 89 16 0
Harwich (Jacob Bury, money) 1 15
Lanelly (John Phillips, money) 3 7
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, in money 362l. 6s. 8½d. and in bonds 288l. 7s. 11½d.) 650 14 8
Lyme (Thomas Jans, money) 67 13 8
Lynn (Henry Hare, money) 290 11
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, money) 4 9
Padstowe (William Taylor, money) 5 4 10½
Plymouth (David Morris, money) 0 18 3
Portsmouth (Samuel Binks, money) 14 6
Rochester (John Pope, money) 33 5
Rye (James Benn, money) 53 19 11¾
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe, money) 1 16
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money) 45 10 9
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson, money) 6 13 0
Wisbech (Robert Twells, money) 4 8 11¾
Woodbridge (Oliver Newby, money) 0 3 10½
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 65 0
and on the following late Collectors, in money unless stated:
Dartmouth (James Jenkinson) 0 0
Fowey (Thomas Jans) 1 4 10½
Minehead (Francis Webber, in money 9l. 10s. 8¼d. and in bonds 65l. 6s. 10½d.) 74 17
Penzance (Richard Score) 4 8
Rye (George Shuckburgh) 96 4 6
Shoreham (Thomas Bindon) 115 15 2
(total Outports 2,591l. 18s. 1¼d.) 3,043 1
on the New Impositions from 1 Aug. 1714:
London port:
Henry Ferne, Receiver General, for bonds 2,288 0
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money) 3 3 11¼
Beaumaris (Fetherstone Nicholson, money) 102 17
Berwick (George Moore, money) 0 18 4
Bridgwater (Nicholas Jeffreys, money) 26 11
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, in money 1,506l. 19s. 6d. and in bonds 1,270l. 0s. 2¾d.) 2,776 19
Bydeford (Charles Jones, money) 39 12 2
ditto (Thomas Jans, in money 6¾d. and in bonds 104l. 16s. 5¾d.) 104 17
Cardiffe (Alexander Purcell, money) 0 18 10
Chester (Joseph Sewell, money) 124 18
Chichester (Henry Baker, money) 2 1
Dartmouth (Lodwick Jackson, money) 44 10 11¼
ditto (Arthur Robinson, money) 159 19
Dover (John Ball, money) 0 16
Exeter (William Chamberlain, bonds) 120 3
Fowey (Charles Lambe, money) 5 17 11¾
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money) 4 7
Hull (Hugh Mason, money) 15 9 9
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money) 108 8
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, bonds) 226 18 5
Lyme (Henry Badcock, money) 59 18
Lynn (Henry Hare, in money 100l. 4s. 8d. and in bonds 1,396l. 5s. 9½d.) 1,496 10
Newhaven (Edward Pollington, money) 1 10
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson, in money 2s. 1¼d. and in bonds 257l. 19s. 5d.) 258 1
Penzance (Thomas Medcalfe, money) 20 17
Plymouth (David Morris, money) 189 14 11½
Poole (Thomas Chamberlaine, money) 11 2 11¼
Portsmouth (Samuel Binks, money) 392 17 10¼
Poulton (William Jennings, money) 9 19 7
Rochester (John Pope, in money 31l. 19s. 6½d. and in bonds 23l. 8s. 10d.) 55 8
St. Ives (Richard Upton, money) 7 10 6
Scilley (Lodwick Jackson, money) 1 1 0
Southwold (Edward Davies, money) 50 6
Stockton (Thomas Lowson, money) 5 7
Wells (John Keene, money) 3 16 11¾
Weymouth (Thomas Bower, money) 129 0 0
Whitby (Hamlet Woods, money) 101 13
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson, money) 7 19 5
Wisbech (Robert Twells, money) 5 8 0
Woodbridge (Oliver Newby, money) 68 15
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore, money) 100 13
9,135 6
(total Outports 6,847l. 5s. 11¼d.) £57,689 17
and so this General Accompt is even and Quit.
Declared 6 August 1719.
DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: WINES AND VINEGAR: CASH ACCOUNT.
PIPE OFFICE: ROLL 1177 [E.351/1177].
AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 785, ROLL 982 [A.O.1/785/982].
Henry Ferne, Receiver General and Cashier of the Customs.
26 December 1714 to 25 December 1715.
Charge. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptant's hands upon the foot of his last Accompt in money, none, he being in Surplusage nil
but remaining in bonds:
for the Duties which determined 31 July 1710 6,435 4 2
for the Duties which determined 31 July 1712 232 16
for the Duties which determined 31 July 1714 1,528 1
for the Duties which commenced 1 Aug. 1714 1,616 3 6
for a proportion of an assignment from John Chaigneau, merchant, of a debt due from the Board of Green Cloth 154 12 11
9,966 18 6
Receipts: sums received of the several Receivers and Collectors within the time of this Accompt:
for the New Impositions on Wine and Vinegar to 31 July 1710:
London port:
several merchants, for interest due on bonds 1 12
Outports:
Bristoll (John Sansome, late Collector) 103 6 0
Boston (Charles Northcote, ditto) 71 11
Dover (Richard Breton, ditto) 48 14 3
Penrynn (Ambrose Thomson) 153 19 6
Scarborough (John Baynes, late Collector) 0 1 8
Swanzey (Mathew Seys, ditto) 37 6
(total Outports 414l. 19s. 3d.) 416 11
for ditto to 31 July 1712:
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks) 38 13
Shoreham (Thomas Brigden, late Collector) 100 0 0
138 13
for ditto to 31 July 1714:
London port:
several merchants, for interest due on bonds 42 6 6
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 620 0 0
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe) 9 8 3
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 0 2
Hull (Hugh Mason) 197 10 10
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks) 44 1
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 332 8
Plymouth (David Morris) 22 14 0
Swanzey (William Gwynn) 29 6
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson) 3 11
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 129 0 0
(total Outports 1,388l. 2s. 7¾d.) 1,430 9
for ditto from 1 Aug. 1714:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, Receiver Inwards, on the Grand Receipt, in money 160,262 8
ditto, ditto, in bonds 2,288 0 8
several merchants, for interest due on bonds 22 5
(total London port 162,572l. 14s. 2¾d.)
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson) 9,208 9 0
Blackney and Cley (Thomas Shorting) 0 3
Bydeford (Charles Jones, late Collector) 100 0 0
ditto (Thomas Jans) 72 9 11
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe) 229 5
Chester (Joseph Sewell) 1,685 13 9
Cowes (John Dale) 1 5
Dover (John Ball) 526 2 10
Exeter (William Chamberlaine) 2,619 19
Fowey (Charles Lamb) 53 7
Falmouth (William Pye) 79 18
Gweek (Bernard Penrose) 4 11
Hull (Hugh Mason) 3,868 3 4
St. Ives (Richard Upton) 23 11
Ipswich (Samuel Kettilby) 2 1
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith) 1,028 16 2
Lynn (Henry Hare) 4,172 8
Looe (John Dyer) 62 1 2
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley) 189 9
Minehead (Francis Webber, late Collector) 11 5 3
ditto (Nicholas Jeffreys) 19 12 11¼
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson) 118 11
Newhaven (Edward Pollington) 133 2
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks) 787 4
Penrynn (Ambrose Thompson) 320 18 11¼
Plymouth (David Morris) 452 2 11¾
Poole (Thomas Chamberlain) 38 18 5
Rye (James Benn) 27 12
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher) 11 5 9
Southampton (Francis Medcalfe) 3,222 9
Stockton (Thomas Lowson) 178 10
Shoreham (James Lamb) 140 6 10¾
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson) 98 8
Wisbeech (Robert Twells) 1,383 13
Weymouth (Thomas Bower) 328 10
Yarmouth (Thomas Moore) 999 10 6
(total Outports 32,200l. 3s. 9d.) 194,772 17 11¾
(total Receipts as above 196,758l. 11s. 11½d.)
total charge and receipts £206,725 10
Discharge.
Surplusage on the last Accompt 0 2
repayments for damaged and defective goods:
out of the Impositions to 31 July 1710 389 12
out of ditto to 31 July 1712 74 0
out of ditto to 31 July 1714 1,114 10 10¾
out of ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 11,545 0
13,123 4
fees and salaries:
allowance for extraordinary clerks 50 0 0
Edward Harley, for the Auditor's fee for the General Accompt to Xmas 1710 25 0 0
Thomas Foley, for ditto for the General Accompt to Xmas 1711 and for this Accompt 50 0 0
for the four Examiners of the Outport Books 30 0 0
155 0 0
payments into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
out of the Impositions to 31 July 1710 126 19
out of ditto to 31 July 1712 64 12
out of ditto to 31 July 1714 1,392 16 3
out of ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 182,401 0
183,985 8
total payments and allowances £197,263 15 10¼
and so remains 9,461 14
against which in bonds etc. in the Accomptant's hands:
on the Impositions to 31 July 1710 6,335 4 2
on ditto to 31 July 1712 232 16
on ditto to 31 July 1714 451 3 7
on ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 2,288 0
proportion of an assignment from John Chaigneau [as in the Charge above] 154 12 11
9,461 17 8
and so the Accomptant is in Surplusage 0 3
Declared 1 April 1717.