Customs Officers/Coastguards in 1821
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In 1821
the treasury commissioned a
report called Parliamentary Papers Volume 14, which included
details of men appointed to the customs service since 1816.
This list highlights men appointed
to the customs service who served on the Rivers Crouch and
Blackwater.
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Location
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Role
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Name
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Bradwell
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Preventative Boatman
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Stephen
|
Bull
|
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Bradwell
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Coast
Waiter
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James
|
Jordan
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Bradwell
|
Preventative Boatman
|
George
|
Shepherd
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Bradwell
|
Coast
waiter
|
William A
|
Spurgeon
|
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River
Crouch- Burnham
|
Sitter in
preventative Boat
|
Thomas
|
Cooper
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River
Crouch - Burnham
|
Sitter in
preventative Boat
|
William
|
King
|
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Paglesham-
River Roach
|
Preventative Boatman
|
Samuel
|
Dodd
|
|
Paglesham-
River Roach
|
Chief
Preventative Officer
|
Jos
|
Foster
|
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Paglesham-
River Roach
|
Preventative Boatman
|
William
|
Webb
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Rattlesnake Cutter
|
Mariner
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Bamber
|
Brook
|
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Rattlesnake Cutter
|
Mariner
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George
|
Henry
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Enchantress Cutter
|
Mariner
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William
|
Dudley
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Enchantress Cutter
|
Mariner
|
Edward
|
Pilcher
|
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Location
not given
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Clerk to
Collector
|
William
|
Blackbone
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|
Location
not given
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Boatman
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Jo
|
Gurnett
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Location
not given
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Coal meter
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Charles M
|
Handley
|
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Location
not given
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Inspector
of Preventative Boatmen
|
George
|
Hays
|
|
Location
not given
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Coal meter
|
S
|
Horton
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Location
not given
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Sitter in
preventative Boat
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Lt W
|
Neame
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Location
not given
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Sitter in
preventative Boat
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Benjamin
|
Preston
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Location
not given
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Coal meter
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Philip
|
Reeve
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Location
not given
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Coal meter
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Thomas
|
Reeve
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Location
not given
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Coal meter
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Robert
|
Palmer
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Remember
that this is not a list of all the Customs men / Coastguards
in this area in 1821 it is a list of those who joined the
service since 1816.
NB
A coal meter was a customs clerk
who literally count the coal that was being delivered
as coal was a valuable commodity which had a tax in it.
A coast waiter was a customs
officer who supervised shipping for the landing of goods and
excise associated with the landing.
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Essex Family History has a number of pages about the Coastguard
in the Dengie Hundred
relating to their history as well as their genealogy.
Coastguard
Employees 1821
Coastguard Employees on River Blackwater 1881
Coastguard Employees on River Crouch 1881
Coastguard History
Coastguard Watch Vessels on River Blackwater
Coastguard Watch Vessels on River Crouch and River Roach
Smugglers v Revenue Men
