Customs (general)

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1444-1829
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central) > Board of Customs (to 1909)
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C37715 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O48412 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1444-45: customs book, export of wines from Bordeaux to Hull	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 15524
2	1597-1601: butlerage and prisage accounts	London University: Senate House Library	MS 18
3	1603-1730: farm of the customs, accounts, legal papers, deeds	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds	TN/PO	NRA 7398 Meynell-Ingram
4	1663-69, 1710-63: accounts	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 36785, 29990
5	1671-78: directives	London University: Senate House Library	MS 44
6	1672-3, 1709-27, c1785, 1800: accounts and papers	London University: Senate House Library	MSS 745, 746, 750, 784
7	1676, 1683: report to the Commissioners of Customs on the court books, lists of customs officials for various ports	Northamptonshire Archives Service	FH 1381, 2200	NRA 4485 Finch-Hatton
8	1679-1760: accounts	London University: Senate House Library	MS 46
9	1692-1721: commissioners draft and copy minutes and reports	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 18903
10	1697-98: abstract	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 3374, King's MS 67, Stowe MS 318
11	18th cent: accounts and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 8133, 8135, 8829-33, 9293
12	1721-24: office day book	Harvard University Business School: Baker Library		See MSS in the Baker Library (1978), p282
13	1762-63: establishment list	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37837-838
14	1763-1829: establishment lists	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 5224-81	See Summary Guide 1966
15	1765-66: establishment (3 vols)	Sheffield City Archives	MD 2060-62	NRA 23246 Sheffield Library
16	c1783-1805: officer's notebook, Essex etc	City of Westminster Archives Centre	D.Misc 189
17	1811-21: Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs	London University: Senate House Library	MS 461