TST: Barnstaple Port Book - 1581-1582, Devon

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Customs Port Books 1581-1582

Port of: Barnstaple

Books for: Overseas and Coastal trade

Type of book: Customer and Searcher

Language: Latin

Taken from Port Books in National Archives ref: E 190/933/1 and 6

Spelling transcribed verbatim. Anything in square brackets added by transcriber.

Transcribed by David Carter 2023

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Surname index:

Androes, Androwe, Androwes
Apley
Avery
Beare
Benet
Berrie
Bick
Biddesdell
Bowden
Brasier
Breleigh
Buden
Burge
Butler
Cade
Chapell
Coliber, Colliber, Collyber
Collyscott
Cornishe
Cotton
Darte
Davie
Delbridge
Dodecot
Doderidge, Dodridge
Downe
Ellis
French, Frenche
Gilford
Glewe
Goslinge
Hearde, Herde
Hernaman
Hewes
Hill
Howe
Jones
Knill
Leighton
Ley
Lovering, Loveringe
Lymbery
Lynenge
Martyn, Martin
More
Nicholl
Norris
Pomry
Porkingale
Pounde
Salisburie
Sherman
Shurte
Smale
Smith
Snell
Sparrowe
Stockham, Stockombe
Swete
Symons
Toppe
Upcott
Valence
Vyvyan
Walter
Wescombe, Westcomb, Westcombe
Westlade
Will
Yeo
Zeallie

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

E 190/933/1
Export	3 Oct 1581	Burdeus	Egle	20	Bideford	Richard French	John Androes of Torrington	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed
Export	3 Oct 1581	Burdeus	Elizabeth	20	Barnstaple	William Yeo	John Norris of Barnstaple	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed
Export	3 Oct 1581	Burdeus	Elizabeth	20	Barnstaple	William Yeo	Aldred Stockombe of Bideford	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed
Export	10 Oct 1581	Bilbowe	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	John Bras[ier] of Barnstaple	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed
Export	10 Oct 1581	Bilbowe	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	Richard Dodridge of Barnstaple	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed, 5 pieces baise
Export	10 Oct 1581	Bilbowe	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	John Collyber of Barnstaple	300 ulnas widmolls
Export	24 Oct 1581	Cales	Markes	20	Barnstaple	George Hernaman	James Westcomb of Barnstaple	2 packs containing 18 Devon kersies in 4 packs not weighed, 2 tons lead
Export	24 Oct 1581	Cales	Markes	20	Barnstaple	George Hernaman	William Colliber of Barnstaple	6 packs baise
Export	8 Nov 1581	Lusbon	Trenite	20	Instow	John Smale	Richard Dodridge of Barnstaple	2 packs containing 18 Devon kersies in 4 packs not weighed, 1 pack containing 10 pieces frieze, 8 packs baise
Export	8 Nov 1581	Lusbon	Trenite	20	Instow	John Smale	James Downe of Barnstaple	6 pieces baise
Export	8 Nov 1581	Lusbon	Savio[ur]	20	Northam	John Toppe	William Breleigh of Barnstaple	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed, 6 pieces baise, 10 pieces frieze, 300 white tanned hides
Export	8 Nov 1581	Lusbon	Savio[ur]	20	Northam	John Toppe	Aldred Stockombe of Bideford	1 pack containing 10 pieces frieze, 6 pieces baise
Export	2 Dec 1581	Byskie	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	James Downe of Barnstaple	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed
Export	2 Dec 1581	Byskie	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	John Collyscott of Barnstaple	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed
Export	2 Dec 1581	Byskie	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	Stephen Swete of Barnstaple	6 pieces baise
Export	2 Dec 1581	Byskie	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	John Shurte of Bideford	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed
Export	2 Dec 1581	Byskie	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	Robert M[ar]tyn of Barnstaple	6 pieces baise
Export	2 Dec 1581	Cales	Gra[tia] Dei	20	Bideford	Robert Lymbery	Robert Apley of Barnstaple	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed
Export	15 Jan 1581/2	Baion	Katerine	30	Barnstaple	John Sherman	John Sherman	10 chalders coal
Export	15 Jan 1581/2	Baion	Katerine	30	Barnstaple	John Sherman	William Colliber of Barnstaple	6 pieces baise
Export	26 Jan 1581/2	[blank]	Egle	20	Bideford	Richard Frenche	Richard Dodridge of Barnstaple	5 tons lead
Export	26 Jan 1581/2	Nantz	Ladie	20	Northam	James Cade	Richard Dodridge of Barnstaple	2 tons lead
Export	1 Feb 1581/2	Cales	Henrie	30	Torrington	Thomas Upcott	Roger Ley of Torrington	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed, 5 pieces baise
Export	1 Feb 1581/2	Cork	Swane	11	Bideford	John Bowden	Richard Hill of Barnstaple	15 quarters wheat
Export	20 Mar 1581/2	Bilbowe	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	John Bras[ier] of Barnstaple	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed
Export	20 Mar 1581/2	Bilbowe	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	John Lynenge of Barnstaple	6 pieces baise
Export	20 Mar 1581/2	Bilbowe	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	Richard Dodridge of Barnstaple	5 tons lead
Export	20 Mar 1581/2	Bilbowe	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	Philip Sparrowe of Barnstaple	5 pieces baise
Export	20 Mar 1581/2	Bilbowe	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	Richard Bras[ier] of Barnstaple	1 ballot containing 12 Devon kersies in 3 packs not weighed

Import	23 Dec 1581	Hibine	Hope	12	Bideford	Augustine Howe	Richard Hill of Barnstaple	40 stones of wool, 2 cwt flox
Import	21 Nov 1581	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	James Westcombe of Barnstaple	3 cwt Spanish wool, 3 tons iron
Import	21 Nov 1581	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	William Colliber of Barnstaple	3 tons iron
Import	21 Nov 1581	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	Stephen Swete of Barnstaple	1 ton iron
Import	21 Nov 1581	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	John Androwe of Bideford	3 tons iron
Import	21 Nov 1581	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	John Norris of Barnstaple	1 ton iron
Import	21 Nov 1581	Cales	Gift of God	20	Barnstaple	Mark Dodecot	James Westcomb of Barnstaple	5 weys salt
Import	21 Nov 1581	Cales	Henrie	30	Torrington	Thomas Upcott	Roger Ley of Torrington	6 weys white salt, 3 tons magnarum unarum passarum
Import	4 Jan 1581/2	St Sebastians	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	Richard Dodridge of Barnstaple	5 tons iron
Import	4 Jan 1581/2	St Sebastians	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	John Bras[ier] of Barnstaple	4 tons iron
Import	4 Jan 1581/2	St Sebastians	Sparowhawke	30	Barnstaple	William Snell	John Colliber of Barnstaple	3 tons iron
Import	5 Feb 1581/2	Cales	Markes	20	Northam	George Hernaman	James Westcomb of Barnstaple	8 weys white salt
Import	2 Apr 1582	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	James Downe of Barnstaple	3 tons iron
Import	2 Apr 1582	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	John Collyscott of Barnstaple	2 tons iron
Import	2 Apr 1582	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	Stephen Swete of Barnstaple	1 ton iron
Import	2 Apr 1582	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	John Shurte of Bideford	3 tons iron
Import	2 Apr 1582	St Sebastians	John	20	Barnstaple	John Upcott	Robert Martyn of Barnstaple	2 tons iron
Import	2 Apr 1582	Nantz	Egle	20	Bideford	Richard French	Richard Dodridge of Barnstaple	1000 prunes
Import	6 Apr 1582	Lusbone	Trenite	20	Instow	John Smale	Richard Dodridge of Barnstaple	5 weys white salt, 3 tuns oil, 2 cwt pepper
Import	6 Apr 1582	Lusbone	Trenite	20	Instow	John Smale	James Downe of Barnstaple	2 cwt ginger, 1 cwt marmalade
Import	8 Dec 1581	Burdeus	Elizabeth	20	Barnstaple	William Yeo	Aldred Stockham of Bideford	Tax-free wine - 10 tuns Gascony wine
Import	8 Dec 1581	Burdeus	Elizabeth	20	Barnstaple	William Yeo	John Norris of Barnstaple	Tax-free wine - 9 tuns Gascony wine
Import	8 Dec 1581	Burdeus	Egle	20	Bideford	Richard French	John Androwes of Torrington	Tax-free wine - 19 tuns Gascony wine
Import	8 Dec 1581	Cales	Gyfte of God	20	Barnstaple	Mark Dodecot	James Westcomb of Barnstaple	Tax-free wine, 9 tons sack
Import	8 Dec 1581	Cales	Henrie	30	Torrington	Thomas Upcott	Roger Ley of Torrington	Tax-free wine, 9 tons sack
Import	2 Apr 1582	Nantz	Egle	20	Bideford	Richard French	Richard Dodridge of Barnstaple	Tax-free wine, 9 tons Nantz wine


E 190/933/6
Import	12 Apr 1581	Bristol	Peter	8	Barnstaple	John Burge	Roger Beare of Barnstaple	15 northern cloths, 10 Bridgwaters, 12 cottons, 2 bags flox
Import	12 Apr 1581	Bristol	Peter	8	Barnstaple	John Burge	Richard Delbridge of Barnstaple draper	6 cloth curk Somerset fine grain, 3 barrels black soap, 2 kinterkins soap, 2 kinterkins ledore, 2 barrels orchell, 1 tun sack
Import	12 Apr 1581	Milforde	John	8	Northam	Thomas Zeallie	Owin Butler of Litleham gent	60 bushels malted barley, 20 bushels wheat
Import	3 May 1581	Bristol	Elizabeth	12	Ilfracombe	Robert Cornishe	Richard Delbridge of Barnstaple draper	4 brecknockes, 2 shepton russetts, 2 cakes of pitch, 2 fardels prunes, 1 barrel black soap, 5 pan eo[?]
Import	3 May 1581	Swansey	Hope	12	Bideford	Augustine Howe	William Ley of Torrington Magna	200 bushels wheat, 50 bushels barley
Import	6 May 1581	Milford	John	8	Abbotsham	Thomas Zeallie	Richard Hill of Barnstaple gent	27 bushels wheat, 24 bushels malted barley
Import	20 May 1581	Gloucester	Tobie	10	Westberie	Thomas Gilford	Humfrey Hewes of Abristwith	10 weys malted barley
Import	19 May 1581	Gloucester	Angell	10	Neweham	Richard Glewe	Roger Beare of Barnstaple	6 weys malted barley, 40 bushels wheat, 40 bushels peas
Import	3 Jun 1581	Gloucester	Trinitie	20	Tewkesbury	Thomas Biddesdell	Thomas Biddesdell	12 weys malted barley, 6 weys beans, 5 lasts of corn
Import	4 Jun 1581	Bristol	Hope	12	Bideford	Augustine Howe	William Ley of Torrington	10 weys wheat
Import	12 Jun 1581	Milford	John	8	Northam	Thomas Zeallie	Henry Downe of Barnstaple	3 stones wool, 1 barrel black soap, 2 cwt madder
Import	23 Jun 1581	Milford	John	8	Abbotsham	Thomas Zeallie	Thomas Walter of Harfordwest	30 stones wool, 20 goat skins
Import	12 July 1581	Gloucester	Clement	12	Elmore	Robert Goslinge	William Leighton of Emore	5 weys malted barley, 2 weys wheat, 2 weys peas
Import	12 July 1581	Carmdey[?]	Marie	8	Barnstaple	Baldus[?] Valence	John Shurte of Bideford	40 lbs wool, 4 pairs fawcons, 10 sails, 3 cables, 5 muskets, 2 anchors, 3 calyns, 2 steel targets, 1 flax & 3 box, 2 head pieces, 4 corslets, 30 lbs powder, 1 rother, 12 funernum[?], 4 bases, 8 chambers, 1 grap', 1 cheyne, 95 lbs shot, 100 fern[?], 90 palies[?]
Import	12 July 1581	Gloucester	Faucon	14	Hinton	Henry Smith	Henry Smith	5 weys malted barley
Import	16 July 1581	Bridgwater	John	10	Aishforde	Oliver Herde	Johanna Darte of Barnstaple	10 tons lead
Import	1 Aug 1581	Bristol	Marie George	10	Northam	John Davie	Roger Cade of Barnstaple	7 cwt ulnas wednols, 24 pieces calico, 10 cwt black soap, 1 cwt & 80 stones wire, 24 virgas black cloth[?], 18 pieces mockado[?], 5 barrels malted barley, 1 fardel hollandes & dry wares, 10 cwt funem'[?], 1 barrel reddings[?], 1 fagot steel, 2 firkins black soap, 22 cwt hops, 1 last iron[?], 10 Devon kersies
Import	1 Aug 1581	Bristol	Trinitie	14	Instow	John Symons	Richard Avery of Barnstaple	5 packs linen cloth, 14 fardels canvas, 7 chests & 1 fardel various merchandise, 1 packe wedmolls, 9 pieces calico cloth, 2 fardels frieze, 9 barrels pitch and tar, 2 firkins butter, 1 tun black soap, 2 firkins oil, 3 cwt hops, 3 bags floxe, 1 cwt black gyng[er?]
Import	1 Aug 1581	Bristol	Peter	10	Barnstaple	John Burge	John Knill of Barnstaple	1 pack linen cloth, 14 pieces hollandes, 8 pieces calico cloth, 1 cwt ginger, 2 tuns black soap, 3 bags flox, 10 pieces white kersies, 2 packs frieze, 4 clamidibum blewe, 1 fagot steel, 3 lbs bags nails, 3 cwt frying pans, 200 saws, 2 barrels iron ware, 3 fardels 2 barrels 4 chests various merchandise, 20 pieces fustian, 7 cwt ropes, 200 galls, 2 hanrys various merchandise
Import	1 Aug 1581	Bristol	Peter	10	Barnstaple	John Burge	Richard Delbridge of Barnstaple	1 piece stamell containing 30 virgas
Import	2 Aug 1581	Bristol	Hope	12	Bideford	Augustine Howe	Augustine Howe	30 firkins black soap, 5 firkins vinegar, 8 barrels & 2 chests various merchandise, 2 fagots steel, 3 tons ledore, 5 cwt hops, 4 barrels holland containing 20 pieces
Import	2 Aug 1581	Bristol	Hinrie	10	Bideford	John Pomry	John Shurte of Bideford	2 packs hops, 2 barrels & 4 firkins black soap, 1 piece frieze, 2 pieces molly, 2 pieces moccados, 6 lbs fili, 1 barrel cupes, 1 barrel & 1 fardel containing 15 pieces hollands, 3 bags currants and raisins, 2 fardels 3 firkins vinegar
Import	2 Aug 1581	Bristol	Peter	10	Barnstaple	Anthony Loveringe	William Doderidge of Barnstaple	2 firkins & six barrels black soap, 3 firkins vinegar, 1 barrel aquavita, 1 bolt fili, 1 cordoway skyn, 2 barrels tar
Import	15 Aug 1581	Carmden[?]	Swan	12	Northam	Thomas Martin	William Nicholl of Northam	80 lbs pecunis munerat, 100 stones wool
Import	20 Aug 1581	Bridgwater	Jesus	40	Barnstaple	Richard Westlade	Richard French of Barnstaple	8 tons iron
Import	20 Aug 1581	Bridgwater	Jesus	40	Barnstaple	Richard Westlade	James Downe	3 tons iron
Import	20 Aug 1581	Bridgwater	Jesus	40	Barnstaple	Richard Westlade	William Coliber of Barnstaple	13 tons iron
Import	20 Aug 1581	Milford	Fawcon	10	Westleigh	Richard Bick	Isake Downe of Barnstaple	20 stones wool
Import	26 Aug 1581	Bridgwater	Marie George	12	Northam	John Vyvyan	Robert Apley of Barnstaple	10 tons lead, 2 tons ledore
Import	26 Aug 1581	Bristol	Margarett	5	Barnstaple	John Buden	James Wescombe of Barnstaple	3 tons wire

Export	13 Apr 1581	Milforde	John	8	Crabhole	Thomas Zeallie	Richard Hill of Barnstaple	1 tun gascony wine, 1 cwt canvas, 1 piece creyscloth containing 30 virgas, 40 virgas bleachedcloth, 30 els holland, 1 cwt alum, 1 cwt madder, 30 lbs copas, 4 roves white Spanish wool, 1 cwt white soap, 1 cwt black soap, various merchandise valued at £9, 1 dicar hides cloutleather
Export	3 May 1581	Bristol	Micheall	7	Northam	James Cade	James Cade	16 cases glass, 2 tuns plaster of paris
Export	4 May 1581	Bridgwater	Peter	5	Northam	George Nicholl	Robert Salisburie of Barnstaple	3 tuns pipes french wine
Export	14 May 1581	Carmden[?]	John	10	Ayshford	Oliver Hearde	Philip Sparrowe of Barnstaple	100 bushels white salt, 2 fardels linen cloth, 2 fardels canvas, 2 packs cardes, 1 cwt madder
Export	16 May 1581	Milford	John	8	Abbotsham	Thomas Zeallie	Henry Downe of Barnstaple	9 pieces lockeram & dowlas, 2 balks canvas, 200 virgas canvas, 30 pieces calico cloth, 40 ells holland, 2 tons pipe iron, 1 firkin traine oil, 3 cwt pewter, 4 cwt madder, 1 cwt pepper, 50 lbs ginger, 4 cwt hops, 1 bridgwater, 1 barrel black soap, 30 dicker calciarum, 7 bowes & 14 paire bots
Export	19 May 1581	Bristol	Sundaie	10	Northam	Melchard Porkingale	Roger Cade of Barnstaple	37 cwt pastalls de Suiris [Azores woad], 1 paire playinge cordes, 3 bags containing 25 roves Spanish wool, 13 roves clothwool
Export	1 Jun 1581	Bridgwater	John	10	Aishforde	Oliver Hearde	William Pounde of Ilfracombe	1 ton woade, 1 pipe iron, 1 fardel traine oil, 4 cwt pitch, 1 barrel tar, 2 tuns pipe French wine
Export	25 Jun 1581	Swansey	John	8	Barnstaple	William More	Philip Sparrowe of Barnstaple	150 bushels white salt
Export	3 July 1581	Carnarvan	Swan	12	Northam	William Benet	William Nicholl of Northam	4 tons iron, 2 tuns sack, 1 barrel acquavita
Export	8 July 1581	Bristol	Hope	~~	Bideford	Augustine Howe	William Ellis of Bristol	4 [torn], 2 tuns corrupte wine, 1 piece iron for a fawcon containing 9 cwt [torn]
Export	15 July 1581	Bristol	Hope	12	Bideford	Augustine Howe	Augustine Howe	100 Devon kersies, 2 chests containing 4 cwt sugar, 3 serons containing 6 cwt white soap, 1 cwt cotton, 8 dicker handpanyers
Export	15 July 1581	Bristol	Trinitie	14	Instow	John Symons	Richard Doderidge of Barnstaple	2 tons pastalls de Surris [Azores woad], 1 ton brasell, 3 bags white Spanish wool containing 26 roves, 2 packs friezes, 2 chests sugar, 15 terce containing 125 lbs cone sugar, 5 butts sack, 66 pieces calico, 6 kintalls pepper, 3 sacks soap
Export	16 July 1581	Bristol	Marie George	10	Northam	John Davie	Roger Cade of Barnstaple	150 kintals green woad from Surris [Azores], 7 cwt pepper, 25 pieces calico cloth, 10 roves white Spanish wool, 1 cwt ginger, 40 cwt shumack, 20 Devon kersies
Export	21 July 1581	Bristol	Sundaie	7	Northam	William Chapell	Anthony Will of Pilton	8 packs frieze, 1 pack & 2 packets Devon kersies containing 40, 1 fardel linen cloth, 2 balks canvas, 1 firkin containing 5 cwt prunes, 1 ton pastalls de Surris [Azores woad]
Export	2 Aug 1581	Bristol	Peter	10	Barnstaple	Philip Lovering	Robert Apley of Barnstaple	2 bags containing 19 cwt white Spanish wool, 16 cwt conchale[?]
Export	13 Aug 1581	Gloucester	Anne	14	Bideford	Daniell Beare	Roger Beare of Barnstaple	10 tuns white salt, 2 tons green woad
Export	1 Sep 1581	Bristol	John	10	Aishforde	Oliver Hearde	Roger Cade of Barnstaple	30 kintalls green woad, 1 tun French wine
Export	16 Sep 1581	Carmden[?]	Mathewe	9	Northam	John Berrie	John Cotton & Thomas Jones cord[wa]iner of Carmden	100 bushels salt, 4 cwt pans & kettles, 3 cwt tin ware, 2 brass pots, 4 balks canvas, 2 cwt white soap, 1 panyer cards & various merchandise, 4 dicker & 1 hide tanned leather, 6 dicker calf skins, 7 hides cloth leather, 1 fardel various merchandise, 1 barrel candles, 1 firkin black soap, 1 tun traine oil, 4 roves Spanish wool, 3 dickers hats

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 books for 1581-1582 contain about 12 pages, mostly written in Latin.

Some commodities and measurements are unknown but have been transcribed as closely as possible. Others may not be so well-known to us today, so here are some definitions:
•    Acquavita - Distilled wine, eg: Brandy.
•    Baise (Baize) - Coarse woollen cloth, often made in Barnstaple.
•    Chalder - A variant dry measure, usually for grain.
•    Dicker / Dicars - A quantity or package of 10 hides.
•    Ell - Measure of length of textiles, about 18 inches, originally understood as a cubit.
•    Falconet - A small cannon about 4 feet long.
•    Fardel - A single piece, pack or bundle.
•    Farnando buckewood - A reddish brown dye, also called brasil, block wood or logwood; from a corruption of Pernambuco, Brazil.
•    Firkin - 18 gallons (¼ barrel).
•    Kersey - Coarse narrow woollen cloth with a smooth back, made of long staple wool, derived from the village of Kersey in Suffolk.
•    Kilderkin - 18 gallons (½ barrel), or a cask for wine, fish, butter, etc, formerly 16 to 18 gallons.
•    Magnarum unarum passarum - Unknown, but probably a type of broadcloth.
•    Pastalls - Woad (from islands of Surris - Azores).
•    Roves - A unit of weight in Spain for wine and oil, about 25 lbs, or 1/4 of a kintall.
•    Sack - Fortified wine imported from mainland Spain or the Canary Islands.
•    Serons - Unknown, but often seen as packing for soap.
•    Shumacke (Sumac) - Dried berries of the Sumac plant, used in dying and tanning.
•    Tierce - A cask containing 1 third of a butt, formerly 42 gallons.
•    Traine oil - Drained fish oil, usually from cod.
•    Virga / Virgas - An obsolete unit of length, about 2.0m.
•    Wey - Unit of weight for dry goods. Size depends on commodity, but could be around 175 lbs.

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Customs Port Books 1581-1582

Port of: Barnstaple

Books for: Overseas and Coastal trade

Type of book: Customer and Searcher

Language: Latin

Taken from Port Books in National Archives ref: E 190/933/1 and 6

Transcribed by David Carter 2023

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