GB 0096 MS 140 - Report on English customs revenue

1 volume containing 100 leaves

GB 0096 MS 140 1790 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 100 leaves Unknown
The term 'customs' applied to customary payments or dues of any kind, regal, episcopal or ecclesiastical until it became restricted to duties payable to the King upon export or import of certain articles of commerce. A Board of Customs for England and Wales was created by Letter Patent in 1671.

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

Manuscript volume containing a report signed by Thomas Irving, Inspector General of Customs, headed 'State of the navigation, revenues and commerce of Great Britain in the year 1790'. The report is addressed to William Pitt, Prime Minister, 12 Dec 1790.

Single item.

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English
Manuscript folio. Bound in quarter-morocco.

Collection level description.

University of London manuscripts relating to customs and excise include MS 39, 40, 41, 44, 90, 134, 140, 202, 203, and 204.

Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997). Aug 2000 Customs policy Europe Finance Irving , Thomas , fl 1771-1797 , customs official Pitt , William , 1759-1806 , Prime Minister, known as Pitt the younger UK Western Europe London England

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

Manuscript volume containing a report signed by Thomas Irving, Inspector General of Customs, headed 'State of the navigation, revenues and commerce of Great Britain in the year 1790'. The report is addressed to William Pitt, Prime Minister, 12 Dec 1790.

Single item.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

• anglais

• latin

English

University of London manuscripts relating to customs and excise include MS 39, 40, 41, 44, 90, 134, 140, 202, 203, and 204.

Collection level description.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

• anglais