Exeter possesses the best series of local customs accounts from
medieval England, beginning in 1266 and surviving for almost 70 per
cent of the years up to 1498. They are also far more complete than
other local accounts: listing ships' names, home ports, shipmasters
and dates of arrival, as well as the importers and their cargoes.
Equally remarkable is their focus on coastal as well as overseas
traffic, unlike the better known national customs accounts which
recorded only overseas trade. From the Exeter accounts we can
follow the movements of foreign and domestic shipping, grain
imports during the great Famine of 1315-17, and the identity of the
merchants, shipmasters and marinerswho carried on the various kinds
of trade. Dr Kowaleski's introduction provides the first detailed
account of the port of Exeter and its activities during this
period, followed by a complete translation of the surviving
accounts from 1266 to 1321. The book also includes a specimen Latin
account, a glossary of weights and measures, map, and full indexes.
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