Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The winning of the Hanse franchises, 1157–1361
- 2 The English challenge, 1361–1399
- 3 Jockeying for advantage, 1400–1437
- 4 Trade, piracy, war, 1437–1474
- 5 Rivalry at Antwerp, 1474–1551
- 6 The loss of the Hanse franchises, 1551–1611
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Gildhall certificates
- Appendix 2 Hanse trade figures in the late fifteenth century
- Appendix 3 Elizabethan cloth exports
- Appendix 4a English cloth dyed at Hamburg, 1535–1612
- Appendix 4b English cloth forwarded from Hamburg without local handiwork 1568–1605
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix 2 - Hanse trade figures in the late fifteenth century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The winning of the Hanse franchises, 1157–1361
- 2 The English challenge, 1361–1399
- 3 Jockeying for advantage, 1400–1437
- 4 Trade, piracy, war, 1437–1474
- 5 Rivalry at Antwerp, 1474–1551
- 6 The loss of the Hanse franchises, 1551–1611
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Gildhall certificates
- Appendix 2 Hanse trade figures in the late fifteenth century
- Appendix 3 Elizabethan cloth exports
- Appendix 4a English cloth dyed at Hamburg, 1535–1612
- Appendix 4b English cloth forwarded from Hamburg without local handiwork 1568–1605
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
During the 1460s the customs officials of several ports occasionally totalled the value of Hanseatic goods (including cloth) which would have paid poundage subsidy, but for the merchants’ immunity. Unfortunately, only those of Hull did so with any regularity so a statistical series cannot be established. On the other hand, even a random figure sometimes provides valuable evidence. Thus between 28 August 1467 and 30 September 1468 the total value of Hanse goods (which did not include any cloth) recorded at Sandwich was £2,585. This proves that the Steelyard merchants were still using the port for their import business. Later, by the terms of the treaty of Utrecht the Hanse merchants were allowed to retain their petty customs payments until the financial indemnity awarded to them had been settled. This resulted in a distinction being made in every port between the Hanse and alien share of the petty custom. Unfortunately, once the indemnity had been paid off there was no pressing reason to keep a separate account of Hanse payments and the practice gradually died out. While it lasted it is possible to gain a reasonably accurate picture of total Hanse trade. The following tables record the figures for ports where there was a regular business. Details are not supplied for ports where trade was small and sporadic, but such trade was included in the estimate supplied in an earlier chapter.
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- England and the German Hanse, 1157–1611A Study of their Trade and Commercial Diplomacy, pp. 381 - 384Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991