| AdminHistory | By an ordinance of 21 Jan 1643 regulation of the collection of customs was given over to a Parliamentary Committee whose members were appointed commissioners and collectors of customs, known collectively as a Board of Customs. This and succeeding committees appointed by Parliament until 1660, and thereafter by the Crown, functioned until 1662, when those who had been serving as commissioners became lessees of a new farm of the customs. This continued until 1671. The appointment in 1671 of six commissioners to manage the customs duties in England and Wales marked the establishment of a permanent Board of Customs. This was amalgamated with the separate boards for Ireland and Scotland in 1823 to form a single board for the UK.
The Board of Customs kept a series of establishment records detailing quarter bills of salaries due to customs officers; these are kept at The National Archives, 1675 - 1829 (ref. CUST 18). The three volumes listed here relate to this series; they were kept at the Fitzwilliam mansion, Wentworth Woodhouse, in Rotherham, and were sold with the library of printed books. They were subsequently donated to Sheffield City Archives in 1949 (following the deposit of the Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments in Jan 1949). |
| CustodialHistory | These volumes were originally at Wentworth Woodhouse; they were sold with the library of printed books. Subsequently donated to Sheffield Libraries [by the purchaser] in 1949. |