GENUKI: Barnstaple Port Book

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Customs Port Books 1595-1596

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 190/936/13

Surname Index:

Babbacombe
Baker
Barnehouse
Barret
Beaple
Bery
Beryman
Burges
Cade
Chapell
Coliber, Colliber
Cooke
Darracott
Delbridge
Dennis
Doderidge, Doderige
Down, Downe
Dueke
Elliot, Elliott, Ellyot
Ferris
Fishely, Fishley
French
Gaie, Gaye
Gune
Hammer
Harris
Hockkyn
Honey
Lange
Legg, Legge
Leigh
Liell
Lymberie, Lymbery
Madock
Martyn
Miller
Molle, Mulle
Molton
Morris
Nicholl
Norman
Punchard
Pyncombe
Risdon
Shapley
Sherman
Shurt
Southcot
Spence
Stanberie, Stanbery
Strange
Tooker
Toope
Westcome
Whitson, Whitsune
Wichehalse
Wilson
Yeo

Import or Export	Date	From / To	Vessel	Tons	Belonging	Master	Merchant	Goods
Export	11 Oct 1595	Bayun	Samaritan	50	Northam	James Ellyot	Nicholas Downe of Barnstaple	Baise, calf skins.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Bayun	Samaritan	50	Northam	James Ellyot	Richard Beaple of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Bayun	Samaritan	50	Northam	James Ellyot	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Baise, calf skins.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Bayun	Samaritan	50	Northam	James Ellyot	William Punchard of Barnstaple	Calf skins.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Bayun	Samaritan	50	Northam	James Ellyot	Roger Babbacombe of Barnstaple	Tanrak(?), calf skins.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Bayun	Samaritan	50	Northam	James Ellyot	Simon Colliber of Barnstaple	Baise, calf skins.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Bayun	Samaritan	50	Northam	James Ellyot	Arthur Dueke of Barnstaple	Calf skins.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Rochell	Diana	26	Northam	Richard Barret	William Coliber of Barnstaple	Dunsters, Tawntons fine grain.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Rochell	Diana	26	Northam	Richard Barret	James Beaple of Barnstaple	Fine grain, dunsters.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Rochell	Diana	26	Northam	Richard Barret	Richard Ferris of Barnstaple	Baise, dunsters.
Export	11 Oct 1595	Rochell	Diana	26	Northam	Richard Barret	Roger Beaple of Barnstaple	Calf skins.
Export	20 Oct 1595	Rochell	Grace	40	Barnstaple	James Molton	James Molton	Coal.
Export	20 Oct 1595	Rochell	Grace	40	Barnstaple	James Molton	Joseph Coliber of Barnstaple	Dunsters.
Export	14 Oct 1595	Rochell	Phenixe	30	Northam	Robert Whitsune	Roger Beaple of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	14 Oct 1595	Rochell	Phenixe	30	Northam	Robert Whitsune	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	14 Oct 1595	Rochell	Gifte	40	Barnstaple	William Liell	Roger Beaple of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	14 Oct 1595	Rochell	Gifte	40	Barnstaple	William Liell	John Pyncombe of South Molton	Dunsters.
Export	26 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	Richard Doderige of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	26 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	John Beaple	Devon kersies, fine grain kersies.
Export	26 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	Penticost Doderidge of Barnstaple	Baise, dunsters.
Export	26 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	George Stanberie of Barnstaple	Dunsters.
Export	26 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	26 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	Arthur Dueke of Barnstaple	Devon kersies, fine grain kersies, baise.
Export	26 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	Richard Ferris of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	26 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	James Beaple of Barnstaple	Devon kersies, fine grain kersies.
Export	26 Oct 1595	Rochell	George	20	Fremington	John Hockkyn	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Cottons, baise, Devon kersies.
Export	31 Oct 1595	Rochell	Katheren	40	Clovelly	Anthony Fishley	Robert Martyn of Barnstaple	Dnnsters, Tawntons fine grain, Devon kersies.
Export	31 Oct 1595	Rochell	Katheren	40	Clovelly	Anthony Fishley	John Harris of Barnstaple	Baise, cottons.
Export	6 Nov 1595	Rochell	Phenixe	30	Northam	Robert Whitsune	James Beaple of Barnstaple	Baise, Devon kersies, fine grain kersies.
Export	6 Nov 1595	Rochell	Phenixe	30	Northam	Robert Whitsune	Roger Beaple of Barnstaple	Baise, calf skins.
Export	6 Nov 1595	Rochell	Phenixe	30	Northam	Robert Whitsune	Joseph Coliber of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	10 Nov 1595	Rochell	Frances	30	Northam	John Lymbery	Nicholas Downe of Barnstaple	[illeg]
Export	28 Dec 1595	Rochell	Handmayde	50	Bideford	Christopher Beryman	Buptist Tooker of Barnstaple	Coal.
Export	10 Jan 1595/96	Rochell	Advantage	40	Barnstaple	John Sherm[an]	Richard Doderige of Barnstaple	Dunsters.
Export	10 Jan 1595/96	Rochell	Advantage	40	Barnstaple	John Sherm[an]	John Pyncombe of South Molton	Dunsters, Devon kersies, fine grain kersies.
Export	10 May 1596	Rochell	Diana	25	Northam	William Mulle	Penticost Doderidge of Barnstaple	Baise, saise.
Export	10 May 1596	Rochell	Diana	25	Northam	William Mulle	George Stanberie of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	10 May 1596	Rochell	Diana	25	Northam	William Mulle	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	22 May 1596	Rochell	Gift	40	Barnstaple	William Liell	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Devon kersies, fine grain kersies, cottons, baise.
Export	22 May 1596	Rochell	Gift	40	Barnstaple	William Liell	George Baker of Barnstaple	Cottons.
Export	22 May 1596	Rochell	Gift	40	Barnstaple	William Liell	George Stanberie of Barnstaple	Kersies, cottons.
Export	28 May 1596	Rochell	Speedwell	50	Barnstaple	William Legg	Thomas Gune of South Molton	Devon kersies.
Export	28 May 1596	Rochell	Speedwell	50	Barnstaple	William Legg	Walter Morris of Barnstaple	Devon kersies.
Export	28 May 1596	Rochell	Speedwell	50	Barnstaple	William Legg	William Coliber of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	28 May 1596	Gwyney?	Paradise	23	Bideford	William Chapell	John Darracott of Barnstaple	20,000 christall bedstones, lead weights.
Export	8 July 1596	St John de Luise	Gabriell	40	Barnstaple	Hugo Southcot	George Stanberie of Barnstaple	Baise, calf skins.
Export	8 July 1596	St John de Luise	Gabriell	40	Barnstaple	Hugo Southcot	Richard Beaple of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	8 July 1596	St John de Luise	Gabriell	40	Barnstaple	Hugo Southcot	Nicholas Downe of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	8 July 1596	St John de Luise	Gabriell	40	Barnstaple	Hugo Southcot	John Hammer of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	8 July 1596	St John de Luise	Gabriell	40	Barnstaple	Hugo Southcot	Robert Martyn of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	8 July 1596	St John de Luise	Gabriell	40	Barnstaple	Hugo Southcot	John Coliber of Barnstaple	Baise.
Export	16 July 1596	Rochell	Gift	60	Torrington	James Elliot	Ph: Risdon of Torrington	Devon kersies.
Export	16 July 1596	Rochell	Gift	60	Torrington	James Elliot	Richard Beaple of Barnstaple	Devon kersies.
Export	13 Aug 1596	Rochell	Prudence	60	Barnstaple	Robert Whitson	Richard Doderige of Barnstaple	Devon kersies.
Export	13 Aug 1596	Rochell	Prudence	60	Barnstaple	Robert Whitson	Nicholas Delbridge of Barnstaple	Baise.

Import	03 Oct 1595	New World	Handemayde	50	Bideford	Alexander Madock	John Shurt of Bideford	Train oil.
Import	03 Oct 1595	New World	Phenixe	30	Northam	Robert Whitson	Thomas Leigh of Northam, armiger	Train oil.
Import	03 Oct 1595	New World	John	40	Northam	John Toope	Roger Cade of Barnstaple	Train oil.
Import	03 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	Thomas Leigh of Northam	Bay salt.
Import	03 Oct 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	Nicholas Down of Barnstaple	White Spanish wool.
Import	10 Oct 1595	New World	Jonas	18	Northam	Robert Lymbery	James Cade of Northam	Train oil.
Import	10 Oct 1595	New World	Busse	60	Barnstaple	Melchard Yeo	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Train oil.
Import	10 Oct 1595	New World	Speidwell	40	Barnstaple	James Barnehouse	Robert Honey of Barnstaple	Train oil.
Import	28 Oct 1595	Rochell	Gift	60	Torrington	Christopher Bery	Ph: Risdon of Torrington	Bay salt.
Import	03 Nov 1595	Rochell	Adventure	30	Clovelly	George Nicholl	John Westcome of Clovelly	Bay salt.
Import	21 Nov 1595	Rochell	Phenixe	30	Northam	Robert Whitson	Thomas Leigh of Northam	Bay salt.
Import	21 Nov 1595	Rochell	John	40	Northam	John Toope	John Strange of Northam	Bay salt.
Import	22 Nov 1595	Island of Surreis	Diana	25	Northam	Richard Barret	James Beaple of Barnstaple	Surreis oade [Terreras woad?].
Import	27 Nov 1595	Byon	Samaritan	59	Northam	James Elliot	Nicholas Downe of Barnstaple	Iron, wool.
Import	27 Nov 1595	Byon	Samaritan	59	Northam	James Elliot	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	27 Nov 1595	Byon	Samaritan	59	Northam	James Elliot	Simon Coliber of Barnstaple	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	27 Nov 1595	Byon	Samaritan	59	Northam	James Elliot	William Punchard of Barnstaple	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	27 Nov 1595	Byon	Samaritan	59	Northam	James Elliot	Arthur Dueke of Barnstaple	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	27 Nov 1595	Byon	Samaritan	59	Northam	James Elliot	John Shurt of Bideford	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	27 Nov 1595	Byon	Samaritan	59	Northam	James Elliot	Richard Beaple of Barnstaple	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	30 Dec 1595	Rochell	Speidwell	40	Barnstaple	John Barnehouse	Robert Honey of Barnstaple	Bay salt.
Import	15 Jan 1596	Terreras	Kateren	30	Clovelly	Anthony Fishely	Robert Martyn & John Harris of Barnstaple	Green woad.
Import	12 Feb 1596	Rochell	Advantage	40	Barnstaple	John Sherm[an]	Nicholas Wichehalse of Barnstaple	Bay salt.
Import	12 Feb 1596	Rochell	Advantage	40	Barnstaple	John Sherm[an]	Richard Doderidge of Barnstaple	White wool.
Import	16 Feb 1596	Maderas	Frances	30	Northam	John Lymberie	Nicholas Downe of Barnstaple	[illeg], reeds.
Import	19 Mar 1596	Rochell	Handemayde	50	Bideford	Christopher Beryma[n]	Baptist Tooker of Barnstaple	Bay salt.
Import	19 Mar 1596	Rochell	Marie	40	Northam	John Miller	Walter Beryma[n] of Barnstaple	Bay salt.
Import	19 Mar 1596	Rochell	Phenixe	30	Northam	Robert Whitson	Thomas Leigh of Northam, armiger	Bay salt.
Import	19 Mar 1596	Rochell	Phenixe	30	Northam	Robert Whitson	Penticost Doderidge of Barnstaple	Spanish wool.
Import	19 Mar 1596	Rochell	Charitie	80	Barnstaple	John Wilson	William Norman of Barnstaple	Bay salt.
Import	12 May 1596	St John de Luce	Gabriell	40	Barnstaple	Hugh Southcot	Nicholas Downe, William Gaye & Richard Beaple of Barnstaple	Fish, licoras, Spanish wool.
Import	17 July 1596	St John de Luce	Diana	25	Northam	William Molle	Robert Martyn of Barnstaple	Spanish wool, iron, feathers.
Import	17 July 1596	St John de Luce	Diana	25	Northam	William Molle	William Spence of Tiv[er]ton	Spanish clothwool.
Import	17 July 1596	St John de Luce	Diana	25	Northam	William Molle	Nicholas Downe of Barnstaple	Iron.
Import	17 July 1596	St John de Luce	Diana	25	Northam	William Molle	George Stanbery of Barnstaple	Iron.
Import	17 July 1596	St John de Luce	Diana	25	Northam	William Molle	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	17 July 1596	St John de Luce	Diana	25	Northam	William Molle	William Shapl[e]y of Barnstaple	Iron.
Import	27 July 1596	Rochell	Speidwell	40	Barnstaple	William Legge	Robert Hon[e]y of Barnstaple	Bay salt.
Import	27 July 1596	Rochell	Marie	50	Northam	John Miller	Thomas Leigh of Northam	Bay salt.
Import	13 Aug 1596	New World	Phenix	30	Northam	Melchard Yeo	Thomas Leigh of Northam	Train [oil].
Import	13 Aug 1596	New World	Jonas	20	Northam	Richard Lymbery	Richard Lymbery	Train oil.
Import	13 Aug 1596	New World	Tobie	18	Northam	John Burges	Thomas Cooke of Northam	Train [oil].
Import	14 Sep 1596	Rochell	Gift	40	Barnstaple	James Elliott	Ph: Risdon of Torrington	Bay salt.
Import	14 Sep 1596	Rochell	Grace	40	Northam	Thomas Molton	Richard French of Northam	Bay salt.
Import	14 Sep 1596	New World	Katheren	40	Clovelly	John Dennis	John Dennis	Train oil.
Import	25 Sep 1596	St John de Luice	Gabriell	37	Barnstaple	Hugh Southcot	John Coliber of Barnstaple	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	25 Sep 1596	St John de Luice	Gabriell	37	Barnstaple	Hugh Southcot	William Gaie of Barnstaple	Iron.
Import	25 Sep 1596	St John de Luice	Gabriell	37	Barnstaple	Hugh Southcot	John Delbridge of Barnstaple	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	25 Sep 1596	St John de Luice	Gabriell	37	Barnstaple	Hugh Southcot	Richard Doderidge of Barnstaple	Iron, fish, Spanish wool.
Import	25 Sep 1596	St John de Luice	Gabriell	37	Barnstaple	Hugh Southcot	Richard Beaple of Barnstaple	Iron.
Import	25 Sep 1596	St John de Luice	Gabriell	37	Barnstaple	Hugh Southcot	Robert Martyn of Barnstaple	Iron, Spanish wool.
Import	25 Sep 1596	St John de Luice	Gabriell	37	Barnstaple	Hugh Southcot	George Stanberie of Barnstaple	Iron.
Import	25 Sep 1596	St John de Luice	Gabriell	37	Barnstaple	Hugh Southcot	Nicholas Downe of Barnstaple	Iron.
Import	25 Sep 1596	Canaries	Gift	40	Barnstaple	William Liell	John Delbridge & George Baker of Barnstaple	Sugar.

Liber vinorum [free wines]
Import	03 Nov 1595	Rochell	Phenix	30	Northam	Robert Whitson	John Pyncombe of South Molton	Rochell wine [not taxed]
Import	19 Dec 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	Richard Doderidge of Barnstaple	Rochell wine [not taxed]
Import	19 Dec 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	Willmot Lange of Barnstaple	Rochell wine [not taxed]
Import	19 Dec 1595	Rochell	Prudence	60	Northam	John Beaple	Arthur Dueke of Barnstaple	Rochell wine [not taxed]
Import	31 Dec 1595	Rochell	Speidwell	40	Barnstaple	John Barnehouse	Robert Honey of Barnstaple	Rochell wine [not taxed]
Import	16 Feb 1596	Maderas	Frances	20	Northam	John Lymbery	Nicholas Downe & others	Madera wine [not taxed]
Import	25 Sep 1596	Canary Islands	Gift	40	Barnstaple	0	George Baker of Barnstaple	Canary wine [not taxed]

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 or Master of the vessel
• 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 book for 1595 / 1596 contains 13 pages, mostly written in Latin, but with some English.

Details of the cargoes have been transcribed in brief. Further information on quantity and value may be available from the original document. For example, on 24th October 1595, an entry reads:

Le Phenixe de North(a)m onis XXX dol [30 tons] unde Robertus Whitsune est M'r [master of the vessel] v(er)rs(u)s Rochell decimo quarto die Octobris [24th October].
Rogero Beaple de Barn(staple) mercatorem [merchant] indig(inous) [British] pro duobz balk cont vigint pece baies [2 packs containing 20 pieces of baise], value XL£ [£40].

Some commodities may not be obvious, so here are some definitions:
• Baise – A coarse woollen cloth
• Bay salt - Salt derived by evaporating seawater in the sun.
• Christall bedstones – Unknown, but a bedstone might be the lower stone in a mill.
• Dunsters - Cloth woven at Dunster in Somerset.
• Kersey - Coarse woollen cloth with a smooth back, derived from the village of Kersey in Suffolk.
• Train [oil] – Drained fish oil, usually from cod.
• Woad – A plant used to produce a blue dye.

Similarly, some ports may not be spelt as we expect today:
• Bayun/Byon = Bayonne, France
• Maderas = Madeira
• Rochell = La Rochelle, France
• St John de Luice = Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
• Surreis = probably meant to be Terreras?
• Terreras = unclear, might be Terciera, Azores

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Customs Port Books 1595-1596

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 190/936/13

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