Officers & Men of
the
Customs,
Revenue, Preventative
Service
Here's
a rascal
Come
to task all
Prying
from the custom-house;
Trunks
unpacking
Cases
cracking
Not
a corner for a mouse
Scapes
unsearched amid the racket,
Ere
we sail on board the Packet.
Lord Lord Byron
Key.
CRO = CORNWALL RECORD OFFICE
CL/MW = COURTNEY LIBRARY, TRURO
(Mary Williams Papers).
W/B = West Briton Newspaper
S/M = Sherborne Mercury
SWC = Smuggling in the West Country
A D H Coxe
SPR = Sennen Parish Registers
CN = C Noall,Smugglers of Cornwall
OBR = Old Bailey Court Records
Customs
Officers
|
Name
|
Date
|
Place
Serving
|
Ref.
|
|
George
Abbott
|
1799
|
Saltash
|
CL/MW
|
|
John
Adams
|
|
Fowey
|
CRO/TF/1197
|
|
William
Andrew
|
1789
|
Falmouth
|
CL/MW
|
|
Richard
Avery
|
1784
|
Maker
|
CL/MW
|
|
John
Bamfield
|
1785
|
St
Hilary
|
CL/MW
|
|
Richard
Betty
|
1767
|
Polkerris
|
CRO/R/289/1-2
|
|
William
Bligh
|
1756
|
Maker
|
CL/MW
|
|
Edward
Blackmore
|
1784
|
St
Austell
|
CRO/CF/1/545
|
| Francis
Bradley |
1769
|
Penzance
|
PRO Cust
68/7
|
|
John Bray
|
1754
|
Fowey
|
CRO/TF/50/1-2
|
|
Robert
Gandy Chessman
|
1872
|
Falmouth
|
CRO/BRA/846/27
|
|
William
Crisp
|
1761
|
Truro
|
CL/MW
|
|
William
Clogg
|
1819
|
St
Germans
|
CL/MW
|
|
James
Cock
|
1789
|
Mevagissey
|
CL/MW
|
| John
Cornwell |
1740
|
Penzance
|
PRO
Cust 68/2
|
|
John
Douglas
|
1787
|
St
Austell
|
CRO
QS/1/5/238-259
|
|
John
Eliott
|
1761
|
Maker
|
CL/MW
|
|
John
Edyvean
|
1789
|
Fowey
|
CRO/TF/80
|
|
John
Foster
|
13
July 1780
|
Penzance
|
CRO/
QS/1/4/270-281
|
|
John
Hawking
|
1703
|
?
|
CL/MW
|
|
Isreal
Head
|
1772
|
Scilly
Isles
|
CL/MW
|
|
Isaac
Head
|
1775
|
Scilly
|
S/M
|
|
Henry
Hicks
|
|
Newquay
|
CRO/TF/2321
|
|
John
Hoblyn
|
1817
|
St
Hilary
|
CL/MW
|
|
Joseph
Honey
|
1821
|
Isles
of Scilly
|
CL/MW
|
|
John
Hooper
|
1810
|
Penzance
|
CL/MW
|
|
Richard
Hosking
|
1815
|
St
Ives
|
RCG
23 Dec 1815
|
|
Robert
Jago
|
1787
|
Mevagissey
|
CL/MW
|
|
James
James
|
1835
|
Manaccan
|
CRO/WH/!/438
|
|
Joachim
John
|
1773
|
Camborne
|
CL/MW
|
|
William
Jones
|
1815
|
Antony
|
CL/MW
|
|
Thomas
Kendle
|
1797
|
Fowey
|
CL/MW
|
|
John
Lambert
|
1775
|
Padstow
|
CL/MW
|
|
Richard
Ley
|
1819
|
St
Ives
|
CL/MW
|
|
John Loyd
|
1736
|
Kilkhampton
|
CL.MW
|
|
Thomas
Lovell
|
1762
|
Maker
|
CL/MW
|
|
Doctor
Lockyer
|
1778
|
Maker
|
CL/MW
|
|
Nicholas
Marshall
|
1804
|
Rame
|
CRO/QS/1/7293-298
|
|
“
|
1805
|
Rame
|
CRO/QS/1/7/299-316
|
|
John
Marshall
|
|
St
Columb Minor
|
CRO/TF/2058
|
|
John
Martin
|
1780
|
Sheviock
|
CL/MW
|
|
Samuel
Martyn
|
1766
|
Crantock
|
CL/MW
|
|
Samuel
Martyn
|
1769
|
St
Column Minor
|
CL/MW
|
| George
Mathews |
1769
|
Penzance
|
PRO
Cust 68/7
|
|
Richard
May
|
1773
|
Plymouth
|
S/M
|
|
Francis
May
|
1791
|
Helston
|
CL/MW
|
|
Richard
Metcalf
|
1778
|
Probus
|
CL/MW
|
|
William
Mildon
|
1791
|
St
Martin by Looe
|
CL/MW
|
|
Abraham
Moore
|
1701
|
St
Austell
|
CL/MW
|
|
Samuel
Parnall
|
1802
|
St
Martin by Looe
|
CL/MW
|
|
Frederick
Paul
|
1832
|
Falmouth
|
CL/MW
|
|
Peter
Pearse
|
1823
|
Maker
|
CL/MW
|
|
William
Philp
|
1818
|
Fowey
|
CL/MW
|
|
Henry
Phillips
|
1771
|
Maker
|
CL/MW
|
|
James
Philpott
|
1799
|
Rame
|
CL/MW
|
|
Joseph
Platt
|
1783
|
Falmouth
|
CRO/QS/1/4/374-386
|
|
Joseph
Platt
|
1812
|
Falmouth
|
W/B
25/12/1812
|
|
Samuel
Pritchard
|
1800
|
Sennen
|
SPR
|
|
Richard
Randall
|
1824
|
Bradock
|
CL/MW
|
|
Joseph F.
Rattenbury
|
1781
|
St
Buryan
|
CL/MW
|
|
John
Remphry
|
1786
|
Penryn
|
CRO/WH/1/800
|
|
John
Renoden
|
1768
|
St
Ives
|
CL/MW
|
|
John
Retallack
|
1805
|
Antony
|
CL/MW
|
|
Thomas
Richards
|
1819
|
Mevagissey
|
CL/MW
|
|
William
Roberts
|
1822
|
St
Ender | |