GENUKI: Barnstaple Port Book

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Customs Port Books 1628

Port of: Barnstaple

Book for: Overseas trade

Type of book: Controller

Transcribed by David Carter 2019

Taken from Port Books in National Archives ref: E 190/947/5

Surname index:

Acland
Allerton
Awsten, Awstyn
Ayshe
Barnehowse
Beaple
Bennett
Berryman
Bewze
Bonnyfant
Bourgys
Braund
Braye
Browne
Browning
Bullock
Burges, Burgys
Burke, Burkett
Burrows
Busher
Butler
Caddye
Cheltnam
Clarke
Collacott
Colman
Crascomb
Cullen
Darracott
Daunt
Davye
Delbridg, Delbridge
Dennys
Devorey or Deverox
Downe
Eastman
Ellyott
Esmond
Eustace
Farley
Faytor
Ferrys
Flemyng
Folland
Gammon
Gibbs
Goodchild
Gould, Gowld
Gourden, Gourding
Greenawaye
Hadson
Hamlyn
Hannyvor
Harkwill
Harman
Hatch
Hawkeridg
Hayeman
Hayes
Heard
Heyward
Hockadaye
Hooper
Horsham
Horwood
Jewle
Joanes
Johns
Johnson
Keating
King
Kylner
Lamport
Lawrence
Lee, Leigh
Legg
Ley
Macarne
Maye
Mayler
McNaris
Medford
Miller
Minterne
Moore
Mosson
Myller
Nicholls
Osborne
Paige
Palmer
Peeters
Peeterson
Penhorwood
Penrye
Peters
Porteall
Prendergast
Priest
Radman
Ralphe
Ravenell,
Richards
Roche
Saunders
Shebbeare
Sherman
Shurt
Slade
Slawnye
Slee
Slocombe
Southcott
Steevens
Streeke
Sweete
Symons
Taylor
Titherley
Turner
Vernam
Wadland
Webber
Wheeler
White
Whitson
Witheridge
Yeo

Import or Export	Date	From / To	Vessel	Tons	Belonging	Master	Merchant	Goods

Customs Subsidy and Impositions receipts of exports in the port of Barnstaple from the Feast of the Nativity in 1627 to the same Feast in the year following 1628.

Export	18 Jan 1627/28	[torn]	White Angel	250	Bristol	Christopher Burkett	Izack Allerton	Iron, Barnstaple double baise, Irish caddowes, tiking, frieze.
Export	24 Jan 1627/28	New England	Eagle	50	Northam	Edens Myller	Izack Allerton	Novoy taltron(?), 2 fishing nets.
Export	24 Jan 1627/28	New England	Eagle	~~	Northam	Edward Myller	William Palmer & others	Haberdash and grocery wares, aqua-vita.
Export	1 Feb 1627/28	Garnesey	Seaflower	40	Bideford	William Burrows	Matthew Downe	Baise, [torn].
Export	7 Feb 1627/28	New England	Content	~~	[torn]	[torn]~herudg	William Palmer	Merchandise, grocery, haberdash, [torn].
Export	22 Feb 1627/28	Virginia	Truelove	30	[torn]	Hugh Hawkeridg	George S~[torn]	Single sayes, Hollandcloth, [torn], ironwork, grocery and haberdashwares, Irish stockings.
Export	1 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Mary	20	Barnstaple	John Penhorwood	John Penhorwood	Coal.
Export	2 Mar 1627/28	Virginia	Pleasure	35	Bideford	William Peters	George Ferrys	Barnstaple single baise, straits, aquavita, grocery wares.
Export	4 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Mary	~~	[blank]	[blank]	James Beaple	Barnstaple Sin[gle baise], haberdashwares.
Export	28 Mar 1628	Dublin	[torn]	18	Bideford	John Legg	[torn]	Earthenware, Spanish salt, single baise.
Export	06 Apr 1628	Waterford	[torn]	~~	[torn]	Richard Lawrence	[torn]	Earthenware, coal.
Export	12 Apr 1628	Youghall	Speedwell	30	Northam	Philip Goodchild	Etheldred Darracott	Coal, earthenware, tobacco pipes.
Export	12 Apr 1628	Youghall	Speedwell	30	Northam	Philip Goodchild	William Hadson	Grocery wares.
Export	12 Apr 1628	Wexford	Franncis	10	Wexford	Walter Busher	Robert Esmond	Annysseede.
Export	24 Apr 1628	Wexford	Franncis	10	Wexford	Walter Busher	Alex Hockadaye	Devon dozens, Barnstaple single baise.
Export	?? Apr 1628	Carickfargus	Gracia	20	Carickfargus	Art~~[torn]	William Penrye	Devon dozens, perpetuanoes, Barnstaple single baise.
Export	06 May 1628	Kinsale	Margaret	30	Bideford	John Ayshe	John Ayshe	Coal, earthenware.
Export	07 May 1628	Ireland	Blessing	30	Barnstaple	Thomas Bewze	George Downe	Coal, earthenware.
Export	12 May 1628	Corke	Mayeflower	16	Bideford	Arthur Awstyn	James Beaple	Devon dozens, hollandcloth, Barnstaple single baise, woollen cards.
Export	12 May 1628	Corke	Mayeflower	16	Bideford	Arthur Awstyn	Edward Jewle	Tobacco.
Export	05 Jun 1628	Limbrick	Plowe	35	Bideford	Richard Webber	Edward Gowld	Annysseede, Castell soap, French salt, coal, earthenware.
Export	18 Jun 1628	Ireland	Unicorne	20	Northam	Edward Bourgys	James Gammon	Barnstaple single baise, Devon dozens, iron shovells.
Export	25 Jun 1628	Lond~~[torn]	Lyon	20	Bideford	Robert Whitson	Abraham Johns	Earthenware, great raisins, 1 hogshead of glasse, white sugar, wheat.
Export	25 Jun 1628	Kinsale	Margaret	30	Bideford	John Ayshe	Christopher Saunders	Barnstaple single baise, Devon dozens, merchandise grocery wares.
Export	30 Jun 1628	Dublin	Christopher	20	Northam	Christopher Colman	Hugh Horsham	Barley, wheat, oats, [torn].
Export	05 July 1628	Waterford	Mariefortune	~~	[torn]	[torn] Shebbeare	Moses Slawnye	[torn], coal, earthenware.
Export	05 July 1628	Youghall	Speedwell	30	[torn]	Edward Symons	Thomas W~[torn]	Coal, earthenware.
Export	08 July 1628	Youghall	Speedwell	30	[as before]	Edward Symons	Robert Minterne	Barley.
Export	08 July 1628	Youghall	Speedwell	30	[as before]	Edward Symons	James Beaple	Barnstaple single baise.
Export	08 July 1628	Youghall	Speedwell	30	[as before]	Edward Symons	Edward Jewle	300 lbs Barmudas tobacco, Barnstaple single baise, indico.
Export	18 Aug 1628	Virginia	John	40	Barnstaple	William Ellyott	John Delbridg	Northerne cottons, Barnstaple single baise, butter, mercery grocery & haberdash wares.
Export	18 Aug 1628	Virginia	[torn]	35	Bideford	William Davye	[torn]~dg	Barnstaple single baise, northern cottons, butter, grocery and haberdashery.
Export	18 Aug 1628	Virginia	[torn]	35	Bideford	William Davye	[torn]	Barnstaple single baise, [torn], grocery and haberdashery.
Export	27 Aug 1628	Wexford	Speedwell	12	Wexford	Patrick Prendergast	James Keating	Salt.
Export	28 Aug 1628	Dublin	Suzan	10	Bideford	Edward Burges	Thomas Hamlyn	French salt, Spanish wine, tobacco, tobacco pipes, white startche.
Export	03 Sep 1628	Saffee	Seaflower	40	Bideford	William Burrows	Mathew Downe	Barnstaple single baise, dunsters.
Export	?? Sep 1628	[torn]	Swallow	~~	Barnstaple	Laurence Barnehowse	William Palmer	Calf skins.
Export	?? Sep 1628	Youghall	Diana	30	Bideford	Richard Webber	John McNaris(?)	Coal
Export	?? Sep 1628	Youghall	Seaflower	40	[as before]	[as before]	George Shurt	Raisins, anniseeds.
Export	?? Sep 1628	Gallowaye	Seaflower	40	[as before]	[as before]	Henry Barnehowse	Wheat.
Export	08 Sep 1628	Corke	Suzan	20	Bideford	Richard Gourden	James Roche	Salt from Isle of Maye, n~[illeg]~ste, earthenware.
Export	08 Sep 1628	Barmudas	Frendshipp	80	Bideford	William Nicholls	Edward Slee	Barnstaple single baise.
Export	10 Sep 1628	Leagorne	Swallow	~~	[as before]	[as before]	William Palmer	Calf skins.
Export	12 Sep 1628	Barmudas	Frendshipp	80	[as before]	[as before]	John Delbridg	Devon dozens, [illeg].
Export	12 Sep 1628	Leagorne	Swallow	~~	[as before]	[as before]	William Palmer	Calf skins(?).
Export	16 Sep 1628	Leagorne	Swallow	~~	[as before]	[as before]	James Gammon	Devon dozens.
Export	30 Sep 1628	Leagorne	Swallow	~~	[as before]	[as before]	Richard Medford and others	Lead ore.
Export	?? Oct 1628	London [Derry?]	Margaret	30	Bideford	John Ayshe	Abraham Johns	Earthenware, white sugar, soap, raisins, apples.
Export	22 Oct 1628	Youghall	Richard	15	Northam	James Steevens	James Steevens	Coal.
Export	03 Nov 1628	Kinsale	Marye	16	Westley	[torn] Penhorwood	[torn] Penhorwood	Coal, earthenware [torn].
Export	07 Nov 1628	Dublin	Unycorne	~~	Northam	[torn] Bourgys	[torn] Bourgys	[torn].
Export	13 Nov 1628	Dublin	Unycorne	~~	Northam	[torn] Bourgys	James Gammon	Devon dozens, bread(?), starch, currants.
Export	17 Oct 1628	Kinsale	Vantadge	20	Bideford	Philip Hayeman	Philip Hayeman	Coal, earthenware.
Export	18 Nov 1628	Dublin	Unycorne	~~	Bideford	[torn] Bourgys	Thomas Hamlyn	100 lbs Barmudas tobacco worth £25.

	Total sum Customs Subsidy
	[torn] ~~~ receipts outwards in Port.
	[torn] ~~~ inward totals, etc.
	Customs subsidy				£98.17s.6d
	Impo[sitions]:				£2.0s.0d
	Signed: George Kendall, comp[troll]er

Customs Subsidy and Impositions receipts of imports in the port of Barnstaple from the Feast of the Nativity in 1627 to the same Feast in the year following 1628.

Import	07 Jan 1627/28	Came in from the sea hit the rocks in a storm	St Peter	80	Amsterdam	Aron Faytor	Aron Faytor	Sayes English making, narrow stuffes, holland cloth, long steel, small bond tarr, battery.
Import	08 Jan 1627/28	Dublin	Nicholas	14	Northam	John King	John King	Beef, candelay, Irish wool.
Import	09 Jan 1627/28	Dublin	Hopewell	15	Northam	Edward Yeo	Melchard Bennett	Beef, Irish wool, tallow, Irish linen cloth.
Import	11 Jan 1627/28	Dublin	Peeter	16	Northam	John Legg	John Legg	Beef, barrel staves.
Import	25 Jan 1627/28	London Dirrye	Marygold	20	Bideford	William Titherley	Abraham Johns	Irish beef, tallow, raw hides, Irish wool.
Import	02 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	John Ayshe	Irish wool, Irish stockings, Irish cloth.
Import	02 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	John Kylner	Tanned leather.
Import	02 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	Thomas Streeke	Irish wool.
Import	02 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	John Acland	Irish wool.
Import	10 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	Nicholas Braye	Irish cloth.
Import	10 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	John Farley	Irish wool, raw hides, Irish caddowes.
Import	10 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	William Palmer	Irish wool, raw hides.
Import	10 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	Richard Taylor	Irish wool.
Import	10 Mar 1627/28	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	Richard Collacott	Irish wool, Irish cloth, Irish caddowes, beef.
Import	10 Mar 1627/28	Waterford	Hopewell	14	Northam	John Hannyvor	Richard Medford	Raw hides, Irish wool, Irish ruggs.
Import	10 Mar 1627/28	Virginia	Mercurye	35	Bideford	William Davye	John Delbridge	Beaver skins.
Import	12 Mar 1627/28	Wexford	Sondaye	6	Wexford	John Lamport	John Lamport	Hogsgead staves, Irish cloth.
Import	18 Mar 1627/28	Lymrick	Marygold	20	Youghall	Thomas Greenawaye	Edward Gould	Raw hides, hogsheads of samon, butter, Irish stockings, Irish cloth, Irish caddowes.
Import	18 Mar 1627/28	Youghall	Mayeflower	18	Barnstaple	Arthur Awsten	Arthur Awsten	Sides of pork, Irish cloth.
Import	18 Mar 1627/28	Youghall	Mayeflower	18	Barnstaple	Arthur Awsten	John Delbridg	Iron, Irish wool, Irish stockings, Irish caddowes.
Import	18 Mar 1627/28	Virginia	Mercurye	35	[as before]	[as before]	William Davye	60 lbs tobacco.
Import	20 Mar 1627/28	Dublin	Robert	8	Northam	William Vernam	John Eustace	Irish wool.
Import	20 Mar 1627/28	Youghall	Grace	20	Barnstaple	James Johnson	Christopher Saunders	Irish wool.
Import	21 Mar 1627/28	Youghall	Mayeflower	18	[as before]	Arthur Awsten	Martin Harman	Tanned leather.
Import	21 Mar 1627/28	Youghall	Grace	20	[as before]	[as before]	Griffin Joanes	Irish wool.
Import	27 Mar 1628	Virginia	Mercurye	35	[as before]	[as before]	John Delbridge	510 lbs leaf tobacco.
Import	27 Mar 1628	Dublin	Unycorne	20	Northam	Edward Bourgys	Edward Bourgys	Irish wool, Irish linen cloth.
Import	27 Mar 1628	Carrickfargus	Grace	16	Carrickfargus	Arthur Macarne	William Penrye	Irish beef, tallow, raw hides, Irish wool.
Import	27 Mar 1628	Wexford	Franncis	10	Wexford	Walter Busher	Robert Esmond	Irish wool, Irish beames, tanned leather, Irish mantells.
Import	27 Mar 1628	Youghall	Blessing	20	Elmore	Adrian Bullock	Christopher Saunders	Irish wool, Irish stockings, untawed morkyns, tanned leather.
Import	27 Mar 1628	Youghall	Blessing	20	[as before]	[as before]	Griffin Joanes	Irish wool.
Import	31 Mar 1628	Youghall	Blessing	20	[as before]	[as before]	Joseph Bonnyfant	Fustickwood, Irish cloth, Irish stockings.
Import	02 Apr 1628	Waterford	Speedwell	18	Northam	Richard Caddye	John Ley	Irish wool, Irish caddowes, Irish cloth, Irish linen cloth.
Import	10 Apr 1628	Garnezey	Seaflower	60	Bideford	William Burrows	Matthew Downe	2 pipes of tent, butts of sack, small bond tarre, great raisins.
Import	23 Apr 1628	Garnzey	Christopher	16	Northam	Christopher Colman	Matthew Downe	Butts of sack.
Import	26 Apr 1628	Waterford	Speedwell	18	[as before]	[as before]	John Ley	Irish cloth, Irish caddowes, Irish stockings.
Import	08 May 1628	Corke	Content	30	Bideford	Nicholas Davye	Thomas Southcott	Inch planks, inch & half planks, inch boards, square timbers.
Import	08 May 1628	Kinsale	Marye	16	Barnstaple	John Penhorwood	Thomas Streeke	Irish wool, raw hides.
Import	08 May 1628	Kinsale	Marye	16	[as before]	[as before]	William Daunt	Tanned leather.
Import	08 May 1628	Kinsale	Marye	16	[as before]	[as before]	James Beaple	Tanned leather, Irish stockings.
Import	19 May 1628	Ireland	Blessing	10	Northam	William Osborne	William Bennett	Irish linen cloth.
Import	21 May 1628	Youghall	Grace	20	Barnstaple	Mathew Slade	Marcus Moore	Iron.
Import	14 Jun 1628	The sea (sic)	Litle Jane	35	Maran	Petrus (sic) [Peter]	Paul Richards	Vittery canvas, barley, beans.
Import	17 Jun 1628	Leagorne	Golden Lyon	150	Barnstaple	William King	James Gammon and others	Annyseede, great raisins, Castell soap, Allicant wines, French salt, Maiorca oils.
Import	21 Jun 1628	Wexford	Speedwell	10	Wexford	John Porteall	Bartheus Devorey (or Deverox)	Draught timber, clapboards, barrel staves.
Import	25 Jun 1628	Barmudas	Ollyve	35	Bideford	Thomas Lee	Thomas Turner & others	3,135 lbs Barmudas tobacco worth £783.15s.
Import	25 Jun 1628	Youghall	Speedwell	28	Northam	Edward Symons	Jerome Slocombe	Irish wool.
Import	28 Jun 1628	Barmudas	Ollyve	35	[as before]	[as before]	John Delbridg and others	13,120 lbs Barmudas tobacco worth £3,280.
Import	07 July 1628	Youghall	Margarett	20	Northam	Richard Bennett	Richard Sweete and others	Irish wool, Irish cloth.
Import	07 July 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	Northam	Thomas Maye	Arthur Dennys	Castell soap.
Import	08 July 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	[as before]	[as before]	Edward Eastman and others	Spanish Alicant wine, allowed as prizage [Note: no value or Customs duty was indicated].
Import	10 July 1628	Corke	Mayflower	16	Bideford	Arthur Awstyn	James Roche	Tanned leather, raw hides, Irish cloth, Irish linen cloth, Irish blankets, Irish stockings.
Import	10 July 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	[as before]	[as before]	William Leigh	Spanish Alicant wine [Note: no value or Customs duty was indicated].
Import	11 July 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	[as before]	[as before]	George Shurt	Spanish Alicant wine [Note: no value or Customs duty was indicated].
Import	12 July 1628	Isle of Maye	Seraphyn	80	Barnstaple	Richard Flemyng	Robert Flemyng	Spanish salt.
Import	14 July 1628	Isle of Maye	Delight	50	Barnstaple	Michael Clarke	Edward Eastman	Isle of May salt, kid skins in the hair.
Import	14 July 1628	Isle of Maye	Pellagreene	80	Northam	John Yeo	George Shurt and others	Isle of May salt.
Import	14 July 1628	Isle of Maye	Frendshipp	80	Barnstaple	Edward Hooper	Henry Mosson and others	Isle of May salt.
Import	18 July 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	[as before]	[as before]	John Heard	French wine, cotton yarn.
Import	18 July 1628	Leagorne	Pellican	120	Barnstaple	Robert Priest	George Shurt	Maiorca oil, French salt.
Import	18 July 1628	Isle of Maye	Rebecka	80	Bideford	Christopher Browning	Thomas Wadland	Isle of May salt.
Import	21 July 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	[as before]	[as before]	William Leigh	Maiorca oil, Castell soap.
Import	24 July 1628	Wexford	Katheryne	5	Wexford	Thomas White	Thomas White	Draught timber, barrel staves, clapboards, Irish cloth, Irish caddowes.
Import	28 July 1628	Virginia	Eagle	50	Bideford	Edward Miller	Edward Miller	Trayne oil.
Import	28 July 1628	Virginia	Eagle	50	[as before]	[as before]	John Wheeler	Beaver skins.
Import	31 July 1628	Virginia	Eagle	50	[as before]	[as before]	William Palmer and others	Beaver skins, otter skins, 140 lbs tobacco worth £35.
Import	31 July 1628	Leagorne	Pellican	120	[as before]	[as before]	George Hatch	Turkey grograynes.
Import	02 Aug 1628	Leagorne	Pellican	120	[as before]	[as before]	Richard Beaple	Maiorca oil, Castell soap.
Import	02 Aug 1628	Leagorne	Pellican	120	[as before]	[as before]	George Ferrys	Maiorca oil.
Import	02 Aug 1628	Leagorne	Pellican	120	[as before]	[as before]	Richard Ferrys	Maiorca oil.
Import	02 Aug 1628	Leagorne	Pellican	120	[as before]	[as before]	Gilbert Paige	Maiorca oil, shumack, silk stockings, Castell soap.
Import	02 Aug 1628	Leagorne	Pellican	120	[as before]	[as before]	William Paige	Great raisins, annyseeds, 34 bags containing 60 cwt of of argoll, French salt.
Import	02 Aug 1628	Virginia	Eagle	50	[as before]	[as before]	Melchard Bennett	Beaver skins.
Import	02 Aug 1628	Leagorne	Pellican	120	[as before]	[as before]	Henry Gould	Castell soap.
Import	10 Aug 1628	The sea (sic)	Marye	150	St Sabastians	James Crascomb	William Gammon and others	3,500 timbers, Spanish iron, owtnall threed, navis cum apparatu (ship's equipment?), worth £200.
Import	15 Aug 1628	Youghall	Maryegould	30	Ilfardcomb	Robert Browne	Andrew Burke	Irish wool, morkyns untawed, Irish Stockings.
Import	16 Aug 1628	Dublin	Unicorne	20	Northam	Edward Burges	Thomas Hamlyn	Irish wool.
Import	16 Aug 1628	Youghall	Maryegould	30	[as before]	[as before]	Griffin Joanes	Irish wool.
Import	16 Aug 1628	Dublin	Unycorne	20	[as before]	[as before]	Edward Burges	Irish wool, raw hides, linen cloth.
Import	18 Aug 1628	Wexford	Marye	8	Wexford	Nicholas Cullen	Nicholas Cullen	Hogshead staves, barrel staves, hedding staves, Irish beames.
Import	18 Aug 1628	Youghall	Speedwell	20	Northam	Edward Symons	Griffin Joanes	Irish wool, Irish cloth.
Import	20 Aug 1628	Wexford	Speedwell	10	Wexford	Patrick Prendergast	James Keating	Hogshead staves, ~~ staves, feathers.
Import	23 Aug 1628	London Dirrye	Lyon	20	Bideford	Robert Whitson	Abraham Johns	Irish wool, tallow.
Import	26 Aug 1628	Kinsale	Margarett	35	Bideford	John Ayshe	John Ayshe and others	Irish wool, Irish cloth, Irish stockings.
Import	26 Aug 1628	Kinsale	Margarett	35	[as before]	[as before]	Thomas Streeke	Irish wool, Irish cloth, tawed leather.
Import	26 Aug 1628	Kinsale	Margarett	35	[as before]	[as before]	John Acland	Irish wool.
Import	26 Aug 1628	Kinsale	Margarett	35	[as before]	[as before]	William Daunt	Irish wool, tanned leather, Irish cloth, small hides.
Import	26 Aug 1628	Kinsale	Margarett	35	[as before]	[as before]	Christopher Saunders	Irish wool.
Import	27 Aug 1628	Kinsale	Margarett	35	[as before]	[as before]	John Delbridg	Irish linen cloth, calceoy (sic), Irish wool.
Import	28 Aug 1628	Waterford	Christopher	20	Northam	Christopher Colman	Hugh Horsham	Irish wool, Irish blankets, Irish linen cloth, Irish cloth.
Import	01 Sep 1628	Corke	Mayeflower	16	[as before]	[as before]	William Palmer	Irish stockings, Irish linen cloth, Irish linen yarn, tanned leather, Maiorca oil.
Import	01 Sep 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	[as before]	[as before]	William Leigh	Cotton yarn.
Import	08 Sep 1628	Wexford	Sondaye	7	Wexford	Patrick Ralphe	Patrick Ralphe	Hogshead staves, tanned leather hides, Irish caddowes, Irish stockings.
Import	16 Sep 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	[as before]	[as before]	Edward Eastman	Maiorca oil, cotton yarn, fustick wood.
Import	20 Sep 1628	Wexford	Sondaye	10	Wexford	Henry Radman	Henry Radman	Hogshead staves, barrel staves, Irish mantells.
Import	20 Sep 1628	Wexford	Peeter	6	Wexford	John Mayler	James Roche	Hogshead staves, Irish cloth, Irish stockings.
Import	22 Sep 1628	New World	Dragon	20	Northam	Thomas Berryman	Melchard Bennett	Trayne oil.
Import	22 Sep 1628	Rosse	William	16	Northam	Thomas Heyward	Walter Butler	Raw hides, Irish wool, Irish ruggs.
Import	22 Sep 1628	Gallowaye	Vantadge	20	Bideford	Phillip Hayeman	Robert Folland	Irish wool, flocks, untawed morkyns, raw hides, tallow, Irish cloth, Irish caddowes, linen cloth.
Import	22 Sep 1628	Gallowaye	Vantadge	20	[as before]	[as before]	Richard Ferrys	Hides of tanned leather.
Import	22 Sep 1628	Wexford	Jonas	6	Wexford	Nicholas Hayes	Luke Esmond	Barrel staves, flocks.
Import	22 Sep 1628	Youghall	[illeg]~ider	40	Plymouth	George Cheltnam	Edward Jewle	Irish wool.
Import	26 Sep 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	[as before]	[as before]	William Leigh	Cotton yarn.
Import	26 Sep 1628	Leagorne	Prudence	100	[as before]	[as before]	George Shurt	Cotton yarn.
Import	30 Sep 1628	Normyteer	Dolphyn	160	Middelborowe	David Johnson	William Palmer	French salt.
Import	30 Sep 1628	Normyteer	Dolphyn	160	[as before]	[as before]	Peter Ravenell, alien	French salt.
Import	01 Oct 1628	Croisick	Stewar	140	Amsterdam	Matthew Peeterson	John Harkwill and others	French salt.
Import	02 Oct 1628	Virginia	Content	30	Northam	John Witheridge	William Palmer and others	Beaver skins, Virginia wood, otter skins.
Import	02 Oct 1628	Wexford	Marye	8	Wexford	Nicholas Cullen	Nicholas Cullen	Barrel staves, hogshead staves, draught timber, clapboards.
Import	02 Oct 1628	Wexford	Speedwell	10	Wexford	John Hayes	John Hayes	Draught timber, hogshead staves, barrel staves, clapboards, Irish cloth.
Import	06 Oct 1628	Corke	Suzan	16	Bideford	Richard Gourding	James Roche	Raw hides, hogshead staves, Irish stockings.
Import	09 Oct 1628	Youghall	Elizabeth	20	Ilfardcombe	Edward Gibbs	James Beaple	Irish wool, tawed white leather, tanned leather, Irish blanketts.
Import	10 Oct 1628	Youghall	Mayeflower	18	Bideford	Anthony Awstyn	John Delbridg	Province oil, Irish wool.
Import	10 Oct 1628	Dublin	Suzan	10	Northam	Edward Burgys	Thomas Hamlyn	Irish linen cloth, tanned leather, Irish caddowes.
Import	11 Oct 1628	Youghall	Mayeflower	18	[as before]	[as before]	James Bonnyfant	Irish wool, tanned leather.
Import	17 Oct 1628	New England	Pleasure	35	Bideford	William Peeters	Thomas Horwood	Beaver skins.
Import	24 Oct 1628	New England	Pleasure	35	[as before]	[as before]	Nicholas Downe	Beaver skins, otter skins, trayne oil, 30 lbs tobacco.
Import	25 Oct 1628	New England	Pleasure	35	[as before]	[as before]	John Braund	Beaver skins, otter skins.
Import	25 Oct 1628	New England	Pleasure	35	[as before]	[as before]	Abraham Shurt	Beaver skins.
Import	27 Oct 1628	New England	Pleasure	35	[as before]	[as before]	Richard Sherman	Beaver skins.
Import	03 Dec 1628	Dublin	Unicorne	20	[as before]	Edward Burges	Edward Burges	Irish linen cloth.

	Sum total of Customs subsidy of imports into port of Barnstaple for the whole year.
	Customs subsidy							£171.0s.1d
	Impo[sitions]:							£107.5s.0d
	Signed: George Kendall, comp[troll]er							£107.5s.0d

Transcriber’s notes:

Port Books for the combined ports of Appledore, Bideford and Barnstaple are housed in the National Archives from 1565 to 1745.
There are some gaps due to non-survival of records, and other gaps due to damaged documents.

Typically these books record:
• Date of entry
• Name of ship
• Tonnage of vessel
• Port where vessel is registered
• Port where vessel is going to, or coming from
• Name of the Captain
• Name of the merchant responsible for the goods
• Whether the merchant is English or foreign
• Description of the cargo, including the method of storage (barrels, casks, bags), the weight (hundredweights, pounds) and the value for the purposes of assessing tax to be paid.

The following officials were responsible for checking the cargoes and recording the tax due:
• Collector or ‘Customer’ – made a return of all goods exported or imported and all moneys received, for which he issued a cocket (receipt).
• Controller – made a similar return but did not receive the payments.
• Searcher – appointed to prevent fraud, who had to make examine the goods and return a warrant to show he had done so.
• Surveyor - appointed to check the work of the Searcher.

The Port Book for 1628 contains 17 pages, written in a mixture of English and Latin. The first few pages are damaged with holes - sections where text is thus missing, have been shown as [torn] in the transcript.

Details of the cargoes have been transcribed as fully as possible.
Further information on packaging, quantities and values are available in the original document. For example, the import entry for 17th June 1628, reads...

Golden Lyon de Bar(u)m [Barnstaple] oner CL’t dolia [150 tons] Will(im)us King M(agiste)r [Master of vessel] intravit ab Lagorne [coming from Lagorne].
Jacobus Gam(m)on et socii [James Gammon and others] ind(igenous) [British merchants].
LIII Cwt [80 cwt] Annysseede [aniseed] valor [worth] LXXXXII.XV (£92.15s.0d) [Subsidy] IIII.XII.IX (£4.12s.9d).
Septuaginta et duo [seventy two] Cwt greate reasons [dried common grapes] valor [worth] XLVIII (£48.0s.0d) [Subsidy] II.VIII (£2.8s.0d).
Quadragint et octo [forty eight] Cwt et dimid(i) [and a half] Castell soape [Castile soap] valor [worth] LXXX.XVI.VIII (£80.16s.8d) [Subsidy] IIII.--.X (£4.0s.10d).
Septem pypes [Seven pipes (i.e. a large barrel)] Allicant wine [wine from Allicante region of Spain] (N.B. No value or subsidy stated).
Vigint vigas [twenty packs?) Salis ffrancie [French salt] valor XX.-.- [worth] (£20) [Subsidy] I.-.- (£1.0s.0d).
Trigint(a) et quinq(ue) dolia [thirty five tons] pvynce [???] et Maiorca Oyles [Mallorca oil] valor [worth] CCCCCLX (£560.0s.0d) [Subsidy] XXVIII (£28.0s.0d).

Some commodities may not be obvious, so here are some definitions:
• Acquavita – Distilled wine, eg: Brandy
• Annyseede – Aniseed.
• Baise – A coarse woollen cloth.
• Battery – Metal articles of brass or copper.
• Caddowes – A shaggy Irish cloak or blanket.
• Castell soap – Soap from Castile in France.
• Devon dozens – A coarse lightweight cloth usually 12 yards long - hence the name ‘dozens’.
• Dunsters – Cloth woven at Dunster in Somerset.
• Flock – Wool refuse or shearings.
• Frieze – A coarse woollen, plain weave cloth with a nap on one side.
• Fustic wood - A tree from South America (Maclura tinctoria), commonly known as old fustic or dyer's mulberry, which produces a yellow dye.
• Indico (Indigo) – Species of flowering plants [Indigofera] cultivated in the West Indies for use as a blue dye.
• Maiorca oil – Oil from Mallorca, presumably olive oil.
• Mantell – Mantle: a sleeveless cloak.
• Morkins – possibly a contraction of mole-skins?
• Owtnall threed - A type of thread, 'owtnall' (or outnall) probably refers to a place of origin.
• Perpetua – A strong woollen fabric.
• Prizage – A custom due to the Crown, paid by ships importing wine.
• Sack – Fortified wine imported from mainland Spain or the Canary Islands.
• Sayes - Cloth of fine texture resembling serge, sometimes partly of silk.
• Shumack – Dried berries of the Sumac plant, used in dying and tanning.
• Skins in the hair – Animal skin that has not been tanned or dressed.
• Small bond tarr – Tar: unknown what ‘small band’ refers to (also seen elsewhere as small bind and small bond).
• Staves – Shaped wood used for constructing barrels and hogsheads.
• Straits/Streights – Unknown (presumably a cloth).
• Ticking – A cotton or linen textile that is tightly woven to prevent down feathers from poking through the fabric.
• Trayne [oil] – Drained fish oil, usually from cod.
• Turkey grograynes – A type of silk fabric, presumably from Turkey.
• Vittery canvas – A light sail-cloth canvas, originally from Vitré in Brittany.
• Wool card – A wooden head fitted to a stock or support, with bristles or teazle heads to tease out the threads of wool.

Similarly, some ports may not be spelt as we expect today:
• Barmudas = Bermuda
• Carickfargus = Carrickfergus, Ireland
• Croisick = Le Croisic, France
• Elmore = [unknown]
• Gallowaye = probably Galway, Ireland
• Garnesey = Guernsey
• Isle of May = [unknown]
• Leagorne = ???: Sounds like Leghorne (now Livorno, Italy), but this seems too far away.
• Limbrick/Lymrick = Limerick, Ireland
• London Dirrye = Londonderry, Ireland
• Maran = Marennes, France
• Normyteer = [unknown]
• Rosse = New Ross, Ireland
• Saffee = [unknown]
• St Sabastians = San Sebastian, Spain
• Westley = Westleigh, Devon

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Customs Port Books 1628

Port of: Barnstaple

Book for: Overseas trade

Type of book: Controller

Transcribed by David Carter 2019

Taken from Port Books in National Archives ref: E 190/947/5

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