Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

Entry Detail

Code: SAS/A757
Entry Text:

   Evidence to prove that wrecks at the manor of Bishopstone are

 answerable at the Exchequer and not (as they claim) to the Lord Admiral

 or the Bishop of Chichester

   And concerning wrecks at Mabbeland belonging to the Earl of Surrey,

 claimed as part of his manor of Meeching but in fact a freehold of

 Bishopstone (see SAS/A 755; concludes with a list of goods from a wreck

 'not yet set away or claimed by any merchant';

Date Range: None to None
Keywords: customs navy cargo
Location: East Sussex Record Office