Lastly in the Custom House Porch [or rather at the Cross]—

“All manner of persons that have any Action, Suit, or Plaint, to enter or prosecute for any matter, cause, or thing, arising within the jurisdiction of the court of Pie-Powder, here to be holden for and during the time of this open Mart, or Fair, let them repair to this place, and the same shall be retorted. God Save the King.”

[1160] ☞ But here again, before he proceeds further, or begins the next section, the author begs leave to acknowledge that be was mistaken at page [1140] in supposing the Lynn Grammar School to have been established in 1580, or about the middle of the reign of Elizabeth. He has since discovered that this seminary existed in 1570, in which year, on Monday next after the feast of St. Michael, or Michaelmas-day, at the commencement of the mayoralty of Edward Waters, Ralph Johnson was chosen master, in the room of Mr. Bacster. How long the latter held the mastership does not appear. If we suppose ten or a dozen years, and that this Bacster, or Baxter, was the first master, it would fix the origin of this school about the commencement of that queen’s reign, which seems not an unnatural supposition. The reader therefore is requested to correct what may appear contrary to this statement in the page above referred to; and also in the last line of that page instead of 1570 to read 1590.—The author also apprehends that he was not quite correct at page 1133 in supposing the South Lynn Almshouse not originally endowed with any land of money.

[1161] Exclusive of fishing smacks.

[1162a] Comparative view of the imports and exports to and from Lynn from 1761 to 1811, with the revenue thence arising.

In the year Tons of Wine imported. Chaldrons of Coals imported. Quarters of Corn exported. Amount of Revenue.
1761 810 64,100 207,700 [1162b] £37,600
1771 1030 103,900 151,900 58,800
1781 350 69,400 118,800 36,900
1791 1030 90,600 183,200 56,600
1801 1280 79,100 195,600 74,800
1806 560 103,700 147,600 84,200
1811 450 115,500 212,500 75,300

The correctness of the above may be relied upon; and so it is supposed may also that of the following table, which has appeared in the Norfolk Tour, and is there said to have been extracted from the Lynn Custom-house books, and is to be considered as the yearly average which has been exported to foreign markets and coastways, for the years 1791, 1792, and 1793.

Quarters

Per Quarter

Amount

£.

s.

d.

£.

s.

d.

Wheat

30,016

2

4

0

66,035

4

0

Wheat flour

3,138

2

16

0

8,786

8

0

Barley

112,944

1

4

0

135,532

16

0

Malt

10,703

2

0

0

21,406

0

0

Rye

12,298

1

5

0

15,372

10

0

Peas

3,855

1

8

0

5,397

0

0

Beans

4,708

1

4

0

5,649

12

0

Vetches

73

1

10

0

109

10

0

Rape Seed

2,423

1

16

0

4,361

8

0

262,650

8

0

[1162b] Of which 125,000 were exported to foreign parts.

[1168] Here we must own that the service in our churches, defective as it is in many respects, has yet greatly the advantage over that of our meeting houses in regard to the reading of the scriptures; for large portions of them are there read every time: and even in the cathedral service we may find a nearer resemblance of the primitive practice than in most dissenting chapels, in the frequency of the administration of the Lord’s supper, which is there administered weekly, as it was in the first age, and a good while after. There is something very queer and whimsical in the lunatic administration of that ordinance in most dissenting congregations as well as parish churches.