From at least the mid-thirteenth century, the Earl of Cornwall, the
wealthiest and most politically powerful lord in the county,
employed a special official - called the havener - to supervise the
administration of his maritime profits in the county. When the
Duchy of Cornwall was created in 1337, the havener's duties were
expanded, and he was made a permanent salaried official. The office
of havener, for which there was no parallel in medieval Britain,
allowed the duchy to manage and exploit its maritime properties and
prerogatives in a particularly efficient manner. The accounts of
the havener record this management, and survive in summary from the
late thirteenth century, but inmore detailed, separate accounts
from the early fourteenth century. In focusing on the seventy years
from 1287 to 1356, this edition allows readers to trace the impact
on Cornwall of such major events as the Hundred Years War (begun in
1337) and the devastating plague of the Black Death in 1348-9. The
annual accounts of the havener also offer a wealth of information
on the development and prosperity of individual ports, including
Plymouth, on fishing andthe fish trade, on piracy and privateering,
on shipwrecks and 'royal' fish such as whale and porpoise, and on
the overseas trade in wine, tin, hides and other goods.
Particularly fascinating are the glimpses we can see of the
Spanish, French, Irish and English traders, shipmasters, and
fishers who visited Cornish shores, and the insights we gain about
the people of medieval Cornwall - merchants, fishers, mariners,
wreckers, pirates and even peasants - whomade their living from the
sea.
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