Customs Dues.
I. 356. Letter from William, Lord Burghley and Sir Walter
Mildmay to the Lord Mayor, directing that the several officers in the
nomination of the City, as the Garbler, Packer, Clerk of the Weighhouse, and the Gauger, through whose hands and view great quantity
of Merchandize, both imports and exports, passed, should be charged
to certify in writing, to the Custom-house, all that had gone through
their offices since Easter last, until the end of the last month, particularizing the goods and the names of the owners, and to continue
the same monthly, for the better service of Her Majesty in her
Customs.
22nd June, 1582.
II. 278. Letter from the Lord Mayor to the Lord Treasurer,
reporting the steps taken, according to his Lordship's directions, for
recovering some over-slipt Customs.
3rd January, 1606.