[518] Joyce, p. 73.
[519] It is true that by the act of 1711, a penny was to be charged for every ship letter; but this was to go to the master of the ship.
[520] 39 Geo. III, c. 76.
[521] 2 Wm. IV, c. 15.
[522] 5 and 6 Wm. IV, c. 25.
[523] Cal. S. P. D., 1650, p. 540.
[524] Ibid., 1691-92, pp. 29, 137.
[525] 13 and 14 Chas. II, c. 11.
[526] Goods were not supposed to be carried unless such a licence had been obtained. Some Jews, coming from Calais on the packet boat, had brought a few spectacles with them, on the sale of which they said that their support depended. The spectacles were confiscated (Cal. T. B. and P., 1739-41, p. 61).
[527] Cal. T. P., 1708-14, p. 74.