Customs and excise
Customs and excise
Editorial history
03/12/12: CSG, created page
Purpose of page
The MarineLives project is seeking to link and enhance HCA 13/71, not just to transcribe it.
Customs house are mentioned in HCA 13/71 in a number of countries.
All associates, facilitators, advisors and PhD Forum members are encouraged to contribute to this page from their knowledge of the material, and from their broader knowledge and interest in the topic.
- Whaat can we learn of customs house procedures?
- What can we learn of customes house charges?
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Bergen (Norway) customs house
Colchester customs house
Lisbon customs house
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- "11. John Bushell of London Marchant
12. aged 37 yeares or therabouts sworne
13. before the right worshippfull the Commissioners in the
14. Portugall businesse and exámined upon certaine Interrogatories.
15. saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet.
16. To the first ˹and second and third˺ Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that hee well knew
17. the shipp the Roebuck whereof William harper was master, and saith
18. that humphrey hill of London merchant having laden aboard her ˹in this port˺ in or
19. about the moneth of ffebruary 1647 ˹old stile˺ two bales of Spannish silke to be
20. transported to the port of Lisbone for the accompt of John hill and company
21. consigned then thither to this deponent (who was there resident) for
22. the said accompt; and saith that in the yeere 1648 the said shipp with
23. a lading of goods (amongst which were the said two bales) arived in the
24. said port of Lisbone, and shortly after such her arivall her goods were
25. landed and put intp the Alfandigo or Customehouse of the said king ˹of Portugall˺;
26. And further that in the yeere 1650 there was a generall sequestration
27. of at lisbone of all goods and merchandizes belonging to ˹any˺ English and
28. then remayning and in the said Alfandigo or customehouse in the said kings
29. Dominions. And saith hee the said bales of silke
30. were marked and numbred as in the mark margin, as by the lettres and
31.
32. <margin value="Left">No. HH . J . G. MERCHANT'S MARKE</margin>
33.
34. bill of lading sent this deponent after the said lading by the said
35. humphrey hill appeared. And that before the said sequestration
36. this deponent dispatched and received one of the said bales (namely
37. that of No. j) out of the said Alfandigo and disposed thereof for
38. accompt of the said John hill and company, but did not receive
39. or disptach the other of the said bales thense soe that hee beleeveth
40. the same was disposed of by the said king ˹or his˺ officers, and the ˹this deponent˺ having
41. received a certificate by order of the Provedar mentioning amingst
42. other things theentrie thereof in the Customshouse or Alfandigo
43. and another certificate
44. by the same authoritie of what goods hee ˹this deponent˺ dispatched out,
45. in which last certificate the said bale is not contained or mentioned, nor
46. was ever received by this deponent (to whom the same was consigned)
47. and, therefore the said bale marked as aforesaid and nombred G, was
48. and is lost to the said John hill and company.
49. And saith hee hath seene the Invoice of the lading of the said bale soe lost
50. containes the sXXXX XXXXXXX 202li English weight, and ˹XXXX˺ that XXXX use
51. <margin value="Bottom right, under main body of text, as lead to next page">of</margin>
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- HCA 13/71 f.670r Case: On behalfe of John hill and Companie touching a bale of silke seized by the king of Portugalls officers; Deposition: 4. James Bowman of London Mariner late Commander of the said shipp morning starr, aged 34 yeeres; Date: XXXX. Transcribed by XXXX[2]
London customs house
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- "27. To the 8th ˹and 9th˺ hee answereth negatively, not knowing not having heard
28. as hee saith that the said mr ffarington had provided or offered to lade or
29. had ready to lade any other goods than what were laden and taken aboard in
30. this port upon the said shipps outwards voyage. howbeit hee saith that
31. foure wherries loade of butter and cheese laden by on or on the behalfe
32. of the said farrington, were by the officers of the Customs taken out of
33. the said shipp, as provisions not permitted nor allowed by the Customeshouse
34. to be transported, and saith there were an hundred and thirtie barrells
35. of herrings laden by the said mr farrington, and were seized by the
36. Customshouse. this deponent knoweth not nor hath heard of any herrings
37. butter or cheese, that was provided or offered to be laden, or that was left
38. behinde."
- HCA 13/71 f.290r Case: John Cranye, Thomas Captain herXXXX and Company owners of the shipp the George Bonadventure against George ffarington; Deposition: 1.Christopher Neck of Redriff in the County of Middlesex Mariner, aged 30; Date: 17th of June (SIC) 1656. Transcribed by Colin Greenstreet.[3]
