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Declared Accounts
Customs, Tobacco

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Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 30: 1716

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William A. Shaw and F. H. Slingsby (editors)

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1958

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'Declared Accounts: Customs, Tobacco', Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 30: 1716 (1958), pp. CCCXXX-CCCXXXVIII. URL: http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=85265 Date accessed: 19 May 2013. Add to my bookshelf

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Customs, Tobacco

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: TOBACCO: GENERAL ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 645, ROLL 249 [A.O.1/645/249].

Robert Hunter, Comptroller General of the Impositions on Tobacco.

25 December 1715 to 25 December 1716.

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 money81,71190¾
ditto in bonds476,72579½
—558,4361610¼
Receipts: money due and payable for the New Impositions on Tobacco collected or secured within the time of this Accompt:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, Receiver Inwards, in money		45,37768½
ditto, in bonds150,645148
(total London port 196,023l. 1s. 4½d.)
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, in money 22,859l. 7s. 11d. and in bonds 27,539l. 8s. 7¼d.)		50,398166¼
Barnstable (Robert Rowe, in money 80l. 11s. 5d. and in bonds 1,108l. 18s. 0¾d.)1,18995¾
Bydiford (Thomas Jans, in money 1,289l. 9s. 7¾d. and in bonds 9,281l. 18s. 9d.)10,57184¾
Chester (Joseph Sewel, in money 920l. 2s. 2½d. and in bonds 701l. 10s. 0d.)1,621122½
Cowes (John Dale, in money 44l. 14s. 11½d. and in bonds 3,049l. 7s. 2d.)3,09421½
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson, in money 204l. 0s. 2¾d. and in bonds 4,440l. 13s. 2½d.)4,644135¼
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe, in money 257l. 16s. 0½d. and in bonds 2,933l. 9s. 4d.)3,19154½
Exeter (William Sprye, in money 138l. 4s. 1¼s. and in bonds 938l. 4s. 9½d.)1,076810¾
Falmouth (William Pye, in money 69l. 13s. 10½d. and in bonds 749l. 8s. 5¼d.)81923¾
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, in money 451l. 6s. 0¾d. and in bonds 1,359l. 6s. 0d.)1,810120¾
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, in money 3,985l. 16s. 0d. and in bonds 28,970l. 10s. 11¾d.)32,956611¾
Lime (George Lisle, in money 330l. 13s. 0¾d. and in bonds 1,959l. 12s.)2,29050¾
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, in money 395l. 2s. 8d. and in bonds 621l.)1,01628
Penryn (Ambrose Thomson, in money 52l. 4s. 1½d. and in bonds 154l. 1s. 7d.)20658½
Plymouth (David Morris, in money 458l. 18s. 5½d. and in bonds 3,336l. 9s. 5½d.)3,79581
Portsmouth (John Arnold, in money)385
Rochester (John Pope, in money)1510¾
Scilly (Lodwick Jackson, in money)4159¾
Weymouth (Philip Taylor, in money 1,734l. 9s. 4½d. and in bonds 951l. 7s. 5½d.)2,6851610
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow, in money 141l. 9s. 10d. and in bonds 11,789l. 11s. 0d.)11,931010
—329,33185¾
interest upon money due upon bonds:
on these Impositions to 31 July 1710 (Henry Ferne Receiver General)		2,212169¾
on ditto to 31 July 1712 (Henry Ferne 860l. 9s. 1d., Jacob Reynardson at Bristoll 25l. 15s. 1¾d.)88642¾
on ditto to 31 July 1714 (Henry Ferne 159l. 9s. 4½d.; Jacob Reynardson 87l. 10s. 4d.)246198½
on ditto from 1 Aug. 1714 (Henry Ferne 4l. 14s. 0½d., Horatio Walpole and Francis Hawes, Receivers General, 248l. 19s. 10½d.; Jacob Reynardson 98l. 0s. 8¾d.; Nathaniel Smith at Leverpool 648l. 10s. 0¾d.)1,000108½
—4,346115½
overpayments, detailed by Collectors and places:
out of the Impositions to 31 July 1710		24,51015
out of ditto to 31 July 17128,89861
out of ditto to 31 July 17143,051185¾
out of ditto from 1 Aug. 171423,91426¼
—60,37486
—
£952,48953½
Discharge.
Money defalked or discompted to the several Collectors for overpayments on the preceding Accompt61,20191¾
money remitted to the Receivers General161,870193
Officers' salaries and incident charges1,36202½
repayments upon debentures for Tobacco exported:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe)		524186
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson)10,89392
Bydiford (Thomas Jans)4,49153
Cowes (John Dale)3,03416
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson)4,03787½
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe)3,13006
Exeter (William Sprye)43213½
Falmouth (William Pye)25310
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley)7596
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith)12,558910¼
Lyme (Henry Badcock)68167¼
ditto (George Lisle)4651611¼
Plymouth (David Morris)1,556129
Portsmouth (John Arnold)080¾
Weymouth (Henry Baker)1131311
ditto (Philip Taylor)5178½
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow)10,91313
—53.16725
ditto upon certificates of damages and overentries; detailed as above6,356187¾
—
£283,95898
and so remains668,530157½
whereof depending on Henry Ferne, late Receiver General, for money remitted to him:
on these Impositions to 31 July 1710		8,12143¼
on ditto to 31 July 17123,8731710½
on ditto to 31 July 171414,88414½
on ditto from 1 Aug. 171476,466109¾
—103,345144
and on sundry Receivers and Collectors for money or bonds in their hands at Xmas 1716:
for the Impositions to 31 July 1710:
the King's Remembrancer for bonds delivered to him to be prosecuted		33,958185
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, money)418186¼
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, in money 2,176l. 18s. 4¼d. and in bonds 8,676l. 15s. 6d.)10,8531310¼
Chester (Joseph Sewel, money)61339½
Exeter (William Chamberlain, money)310108
Falmouth (William Pye, money)870189
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money)17982¾
Leverpool (Nathaniel Smith, in money 3.244l. 11s. 10½d. and in bonds 3,915l. 18s. 6d.)7,160104½
Milford (William Goodacre, money)70403
Padstow (William Taylor, money)200
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson, money)26944½
Plymouth (David Morris, money)254010
Rochester (John Pope, money)14193½
St. Ives (Richard Upton, money)386½
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow, bonds)2,013131¼
and on the following late Collectors (for money unless stated):
Richard Hutchinson, late Solicitor for Customs Affairs, for bonds		197182
Michael Weeks, late Receiver in London port, for bonds26,4841910
Thomas Grainger, another late Receiver there421119
Barnstaple (Thomas Clinton)83172¾
Boston (John Clark)6000
Beaumaris (William Lewis)64169¾
Bridgewater (Henry Beaumont)70135
Bristol (John Sansome)3,300173¾
Bydiford (Richard Ustick)76335½
ditto (Charles Jones)96479
Chester (Thomas Tyndall)28482¼
ditto (Edmond Smith)45186
Chichester (James Whitwood)376110¼
ditto (Samuel Bincks)417116
Cowes (Thomas Cole)37709½
Dartmouth (Thomas Jenkinson)50637¼
Deale (James Smith)1,036190¾
Falmouth (Edmond Harry)132130
Plymouth (William Pierson)46755
Falmouth (Thompson and Jennings)47147¼
Feversham (Charles Sherman)252
ditto (Nicholas Matson)15000
Fowey (John Dagg)3961310¾
Ilfracomb (John Keir)147190
Lancaster (John Foster)31711¼
Leverpoole (Edward Scarborough)9,02695¼
ditto (Edmond Smith)2,621150
Lyme (Peter Southwick)90103¼
Milford (Walter Middleton)7,245181
ditto (David Morris)427¾
ditto (Joseph Sewel)61194½
Minehead (Thomas Wolstenholme)347170¼
Newcastle (John Pye)828181½
Newhaven (Edward Man)151163½
Padstow (Francis Leister)365124¾
ditto (John Bligh)58270¼
Penzance (Charles Jones)3701¾
Plymouth (Thomas Swanton)254175
ditto (William Pierson)4,060159½
Poole (William Jacomb)195198½
ditto (William Bowles)984911¾
Rochester (John Moor)11100¼
Sandwich (Michael Walford)4901511
Southampton (Adam de Cardonel)778310¼
Swanzey (Alexander Trotter)37629½
Weymouth (Lodwick Jackson)71211
ditto (Thomas Bower)41191½
Whitehaven (Richard Marshall)116113½
ditto (John Fotherby)3146
ditto (Warwick Arthur)1,04790¼
ditto (Alfrid Lawson)852144
—126,354710¾
for the Impositions to 31 July 1712:
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, bonds)		2,58936
Gweek (Bernard Penrose, money)9600½
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money)26321½
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, in money 1,970l. 7s. 8¾d. and in bonds 1,808l. 1s. 9d.)3,77895¾
Rochester (John Pope, money)717½
Sandwich (Benjamin Fisher, money)15106
Swanzey (William Gwynn, money)5311
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow, money)140156
and on the following late Collectors for money:
Bydiford (Charles Jones)		741311½
Exeter (Thomas Jans)1141¾
Rye (George Shuckburgh)1131½
Shoreham (John Goldham)384
Whitehaven (Warwick Arthur)0100
—7,643163
for ditto to 31 July 1714:
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson, bonds)		4,987100
Bydeford (Thomas Jans, money)190140
Chester (Joseph Sewel, money)131170
Cowes (John Dale, money)705196
Exeter (William Chamberlain, money)45729½
Falmouth (William Pye, bonds)46113
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, money)1,38468¾
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, in money 9,740l. 3s. 1½d. and in bonds 10,166l. 10s. 1¾d.)19,906133¼
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson, money)571210¾
Penzance (Thomas Medcalfe, money)523169
Plymouth (David Morris, money)7,187163
Rochester (John Pope, money)19110
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow, bonds)90125½
and on the following late Collectors for money:
Lime (Thomas Jans)		102137¼
Poole (Thomas Chamberlain, money)6756
Weymouth (Thomas Bower)227113
—37,411143
for ditto from 1 Aug. 1714:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, Receiver Inwards, for bonds		3,29260
Horatio Walpole and Francis Hawes, Receivers General, for bonds171,812179½
(total London port 175,105l. 3s. 9½d.)
Outports:
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe, bonds)		889180¾
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson, in money 475l. 15s. 0¼d. and in bonds 12,058l. 7s. 8d.)12,53428¼
Bydiford (Thomas Jans, in money 404l. 18s. 5¼d. and in bonds 4,912l. 8s. 9d.)5,31772¼
Chester (Joseph Sewel, bonds)701100
Cowes (John Dale, bonds)1558
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson, in money 216l. 1s. 1½d. and in bonds 161l. 3s. 10¾d.)377110¼
Deale (Salathiel Rolfe, money)48131½
Exeter (William Sprye, in money 42l. 3s. 0¾d. and in bonds 558l. 4s. 0½d.)60071¼
Falmouth (William Pye, bonds)464100¾
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley, bonds)8801110¾
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith, bonds)23,95041¾
Lime (Henry Badcock, money)225171
ditto (George Lisle, in money 376l. 3s. 3¼d. and in bonds 1,183l. 18s. 8¼d.)1,560111½
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson, in money 2s. 8d. and in bonds 621l.)62128
Padstow (William Taylor, money)451197
Penryn (Ambrose Thomson, bonds)148100¼
Plymouth (David Morris, bonds)1,713189
Portsmouth (Samuel Bincks, money)5173½
ditto (John Arnold, money)2123½
Scilly (Lodowick Jackson, money)4159¾
Weymouth (Philip Taylor, bonds)9071910¾
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow, in money 338l. 8s. 8d. and in bonds 9,273l. 10s. 11½d.)9,611198
—236,139199¼
Henry Ferne, late Receiver General, for bonds in his custody at Xmas 1716157,63531½
(total depending on the several Receivers and Collectors as above (in money 78,115l. 13s. 9d. and in bonds 487,069l. 7s. 6½d.) 565,185l. 1s. 3½d.)
—
sum total of the arrears aforesaid£668,530157½
and so this General Accompt is even and Quit.
Declared 22 April 1723.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: TOBACCO DUTIES: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 786, ROLL 988 [A.O.1/786/988].

Henry Ferne, Receiver General of the Impositions on Tobacco.

25 December 1715 to 24 June 1716.

Charge.£s.d.£s.d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptants' hands at the foot of the last Accompt8915
value of bonds in the Accomptants' custody:
for the Impositions on Tobacco to 31 July 1710		108,096112¾
for ditto to 31 July 171260,990011¾
for ditto to 31 July 171460,83864
for ditto from 1 Aug. 1714106,92751½
—336,85238
(total arrears 336,941l. 5s. 1d.)
Receipts: money received within the time of this Accompt:
for the Impositions on Tobacco to 31 July 1710:
the King's Remembrancer		5500
London merchants for interest on bonds2,212169¾
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson)1,273103¾
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson)681411¾
—3,61021¼
for ditto to 31 July 1712:
London merchants for interest on bonds		86091
for ditto to 31 July 1714:
London merchants for interest on bonds		15994½
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson)4,2481810
Biddeford (Thomas Jans)75031
Chester (Joseph Sewell)19156
Poole (Henry Baker)3383
—5,211150½
for ditto from 1 August 1714:
London port:
Sir John Shaw, Receiver Inwards, in money		2,68259½
ditto, in bonds30,142126½
interest on bonds4140½
(total London port 32,829l. 12s. 4½d.)
Outports:
Bristoll (Jacob Reynardson)		5,468186¾
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe)151182
Biddeford (Thomas Jans)40000
Chester (Joseph Sewell)50000
Deal (Salathiel Rolfe)1200
Exeter (William Sprye)2925¾
Liverpoole (Nathaniel Smith)8,540104
Lime (Henry Badcock)50300
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley)1561110½
Padstow (John Pligh) (fn. 1) 13000
Rochester (John Pope)17120½
Whitehaven (Alfrid Lawson)917¾
ditto (Henry Blencow)765123½
—49,513199¼
(total Outports 16,684l. 7s. 4¾d.)
and of the said Impositions in North Britain:
Mongo Greme, for these Impositions to 31 July 1710		421
the same, for ditto to 31 July 1714842
the same, for ditto from 1 Aug. 171415129¼
—27190¼
(total receipts 59,224l. 5s. 0¼d.)
—
total charge and receipts£396,165101¼
Discharge.
Salaries and other allowances:
this Accomptant, for extraordinary clerks; half year to Ladyday 1716		5000
Sir John Shaw, bt., and Charles Shaw, for their clerks; same time10000
the four Examiners of the Outport Books; same time1500
a clerk to the Surveyor General, a clerk to the Comptroller and a clerk to the Surveyor; same time3000
Robert Shaw, Computer of the Plantation Duties; same time5000
Edward Harley, for the Auditor's fee12100
Thomas Coleman and others, for goods burnt or destroyed by the late fire in Thames Street1,18720
—1,444120
repayments:
upon debentures for Tobacco exported:
out of these Impositions to 31 July 1710		5,075710
out of ditto to 31 July 17123,45897½
out of ditto to 31 July 171413,432109½
out of ditto from 1 Aug. 171434,979113
—56,945196
upon certificates for damaged Tobacco and overentries:
out of these Impositions to 31 July 1710		12177
out of ditto to 31 July 17142273½
out of ditto from 1 August 17145921111
—627169½
(total repayments 57,573l. 16s. 3½d.)
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:
out of these Impositions to 31 July 1710		4,43042½
out of ditto to 31 July 171241583
out of the ditto to 31 July 17146,481811½
out of ditto from 1 Aug. 171433,012149½
and from North Britain:
out of the Impositions to 1 Aug. 1710		421
out of ditto to 31 July 1714842
out of ditto from 1 Aug. 171415129½
—44,367153
—
total payments and allowances£103,38636½
and so remains292,77966¾
against which for bonds delivered up and for money paid to the succeeding Receiver General:
to Horatio Walpole and Francis Haws:
for the Impositions on Tobacco to 31 July 1710		14,45703¾
for ditto to 31 July 171229,09545¼
for ditto to 31 July 171430,32403½
for ditto from 1 August 171485,389144
—159,265184½ (fn. 2)
bonds deemed insolvent, delivered into the King's Remembrancer's Office:
for the Impositions to 31 July 1710		87,73135½
for ditto to 31 July 171228,88179
for ditto to 31 July 171415,789140½
for ditto from 1 Aug. 17141,034118½
—133,4361611½
and depending on John Selwyn, the present Receiver General, for money paid over by Mrs. Elizabeth Ferne, the Accomptant's widow and Administratrix (part of 2,501l. 1s. 7½d. paid 1 Oct. 1725 under Treasury Warrant of 27 July 1725 and an Order of the Customs Commissioners of 28 Sept. 1725)76112¾
—
£292,77966¾
and so the Accomptant is even and Quit.
Declared 26 February 1725–26.

DECLARED ACCOUNTS: CUSTOMS: TOBACCO: CASH ACCOUNT.

AUDIT OFFICE: BUNDLE 787, ROLL 993 [A.O.1/787/993].

Horatio Walpole, Senior, and Francis Hawes, Receivers General and Cashiers of Customs.

Half year, Midsummer to Xmas 1716.

Charge.£s.d.£s.d.
Arrears: remaining in the Accomptants' hands, none, this being their first Accomptnil
Receipts: money received within the time of this Accompt of the several Receivers and Collectors in England:
for these Impositions to 31 July 1714:
Bristol (Jacob Reynardson)		53150
Bideford (Thomas Jans)73120¼
—12770¼
for ditto from 1 August 1714
London port:
Sir John Shaw, bt., Receiver, on the Plantation Receipt, in money		42,695011
ditto, ditto, in bonds118,87613
Henry Ferne, Receiver General, in bonds135,067122½
several merchants, for interest on bonds2481910½
—296,887143
Outports:
Bristoll (Isaac Reynardson)		25,852911¼
Bideford (Thomas Jans)51900
Barnstaple (Robert Rowe)70102
Chester (Joseph Sewell)354411¾
Cowes (John Dale)441411½
Dartmouth (Arthur Robinson)10000
Exeter (William Spry)4000
Falmouth (William Pye)6675½
Leverpoole (Nathaniel Smith)5,177183
Lyme (George Lisle)10000
Lancaster (Joseph Bentley)55388
Newcastle (Anthony Isaacson)39500
Plymouth (David Morris)20000
Portsmouth (John Arnold)080¾
Penryn (Ambrose Thompson)49149¾
Whitehaven (Henry Blencow)1,47000
Weymouth (Philip Taylor)1,674185¾
—36,668159¼
—
total charge and receipts£333,683170½
Discharge.
Salaries and other allowances:
Sir John Shaw, bt., and Charles Shaw, his brother, for their clerks on the Plantation Receipt; half year to Michaelmas 1716		10000
the four Examiners of the Outport books; same time1500
a clerk to the Surveyor General, a clerk to the Comptroller and a clerk to the Surveyor; same time3000
Edward Harley, for the Auditor's fee12100
these Accomptants, for extraordinary clerks; same time5000
—207100
repayments:
upon debentures for Tobacco exported		84,18136
upon certificates for damage, defective and over entered Tobacco98142
—85,16278
money paid into the Exchequer, detailed by dates:76,513119½
—
total payments and allowances£161,88395½
and so remains171,80077
against which due and payable on sundry bonds171,812179½
and so these Accomptants are in Surplusage
Declared 7 August 1718.		12102½

Footnotes

1 Sic for Bligh.
2 The figures given add up to 159,265l. 19s. 4½d.