The overseas trade of Boston, 1279-1548 / Stephen H. Rigby and Robert C. Nash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rigby, S. H. (Stephen Henry), 1955- author.

Nash, Robert C., author.

Series:

Quellen und Darstellungen zur hansischen Geschichte ; Band LXXIX.

Quellen und Darstellungen zur hansischen Geschichte ; Band LXXIX

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hanseatic League.

Hanseatic League--Commerce.

Commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wien ; Köln : Böhlau Verlag, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

At the start of the fourteenth century, Boston (Lincolnshire), was one of England's largest and wealthiest towns and played a leading role in the country's overseas trade, attracting merchants and commodities from as far afield as Italy, Gascony, the Low Countries, Germany and Scandinavia and was second only to London in many branches of trade. Yet, two centuries later, as the accounts of the royal customs reveal, Boston's overseas trade was of minor significance, as the capital came to dominate the nation's commerce at the expense of its provincial ports. This book offers a comprehensive guide to the evolution of the medieval English customs system and discusses the reliability of the sources which it generated. It brings together all the statistical data from Boston's enrolled customs accounts for the period from 1279 to 1548 concerning the fluctuations in volume of the port's trade, the transformation in the nature of its imports and exports and the changes in the origins of the merchants, whether English or alien, who traded there. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of medieval English towns and, in particular, to those concerned with Anglo-Hanseatic trade in the later Middle Ages.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Body

Preface

List of Figures (Tables and Graphs)

1.The Exchequer enrolled customs accounts as a source for English ­overseas trade in the later Middle Ages

2.Boston's overseas trade, 1279 - 1548

2.1 Wool exports, 1279 - 1548

2.2 Hide exports, 1279 - 1548

2.3 Alien cloth exports, 1303 - 43

2.4 Alien cloth imports, 1303 - 1367

2.5 Alien wax imports, 1303 - 1548

2.6 Miscellaneous alien imports and exports, 1303 - 1548

2.7 Alien and denizen woollen and worsted exports, 1353 - 1548

2.8 Alien and denizen wine imports, 1322 - 1548

2.9 Alien and denizen imports and exports liable to poundage, 1347 - 1548

3.Conclusion: the transformation and decline of Boston's overseas trade, 1279 - 1548

Appendix

Glossary of commodities, measures and places included in T. N. A., E122/7/19

Bibliography

Manuscript Sources

Printed Primary Sources

Secondary Works

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-131) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Rigby, Stephen H. The Overseas Trade of Boston, 1279–1548

ISBN:

3-412-52660-6

3-412-52659-2