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Cornwall Smugglers
 Excise / Revenue Men and Coast Guard
From the 17th & 18th Centuries

 

 

Smuggling Craft  

Key.

S/M = SHERBORNE MERCURY                              
CHR = CUSTOM HOUSE RECORDS                                                          
C/N = CORNISHMAN NEWSPAPER                                            
W/B/ = WEST BRITON NEWSPAPER                       
PRO = Public Records Office                           
J/W = JAMES WHETTER "CORNWALL FROM THE NEWSPAPERS 1781 -93"
H/J = A.K.HAMILTON-JENKINS "CORNWALL AND IT'S PEOPLE"
JRJ = JEREMY ROWETT JOHNS  "THE SMUGGLERS BANKER"
TCS = John Vivian  "Tales of Cornish Smugglers" 
SoF = Henry H Shore "Smugglers of Fowey" 1910
BG = Baring Gould "a book of the west" 1899
SIC = Smugglers In Cornwall, Frank Graham
B. = Barbra, Looe Museum.
Cn = C Noall, Smuggling in Cornwall
CG = Cornwall Gazette
C/M = CORNISH MAGAZINE 1898
PCH = PENZANCE CUSTOM HOUSE
P/G = PENZANCE GAZETTE  
R/N = R.J.NOALL "A HISTORY OF St. IVES"
CRO = CORNWALL RECORD OFFICE.

 

Boat

Crew Names

Date

Ref.

Adventurer Richard Thomas & Dionysius Williams Joint owners 1805 CRO ref.  X20/38  - date: 1805
Ant   1824 SW
Arethusa    Cawsand 1824 SW
Argus    Cherbourg 1833 SW
Asp    1824 SW
Auguste    France 1837 SW
Aurore    Roscoff 1832 SW

Assistance

 

Captured by the “Hind” 1793

JRJ

Betsy    Cherbourg 1833 SW
Bien Aime    Cherbourg 1833 SW
Black Prince    Galloway and Dumfrieshire 1700s SW
Boconnoc    Fowey 1840s SW
Bold Venture    Looe 1835 SW
Bee Kingcup 1833 FoS

Brilliant

 

 

JRJ

Cherbourg   Perranporth  CN
Chesse Maree Smuggling Lugger captured by Dolphin taken to St Michael's Mount CG 9th July 1801 
Duchess of Buccleigh Crew impressed onto HMS Wolf Penzance Jan 1771 PRO Cust 68/7
Dove False name Rough   Cawsand 1833  SW
Daniel and William Kirkland Looe 1934 SoF
Eagle (false name)    Roscoff, Fowey, Coverack 1832

SW

Edward & Betsy Smuggling Vessel Falmouth  CG 9th Jan 1802
Experiment   Falmouth 1934 SoF
Expectation Lugger belonging to Looe Captured by the Active with 515 casks of Spirits and 7 bales of Tobacco CG March 21st 1801
Expectation Cutter belonging Polperro Captured by the Active with 253 casks of Spirits CG May 9th 1801

Friend’s Endeavour

 

of Cawsand 1833

SoF

Elizabeth

  Sloop  caught with cargo of Geneva  1768 PRO Cust 68/7

Elizabeth

Jean-Marie Yves Creach,  Dec. 4th 1831 Captured and cut up at St Ives TCS
Four Brothers " Running cargo to Cawsands "

Five Sisters

 

Captured off Cawsand by Mr Foot Rev. Off. 

W/B 10/7/1829

"Friends" of Falmouth ? Wrecked by Wherry Mine, Penzance  TCS
Flora of Fowey Captured By Nymphe CG Feb 6th 1802
Flora of Fowey Captured by Hind laden with 822 casks CG May 17th 1802
Fly   Captured by "Active"  with 450 casks of spirits Times of London November 7th 1803
Falcon   Captured by the Salidwich Revenue Cutter and taken into Scilly laden with tea tobacco and spirits Times of London

August 1st 1792

Friendship

of Coverack

Captured by Active with 170 casks of spirits some salt and tobacco CG 25th April 1801

Friendly Society

 

Captured By Dolphin with 440 kegs of Spirits.

CG 31st Feb 1802

Good Intent

  of Guernsey

Captured by Active with 100 casks of spirits 

CG 23rd July 1801

Happy-Go-Lucky Thomas Welland Fight off Cawsand Escaped Times of London October 14th 1785
Happy-Go-Lucky Thomas Welland Captured of Mullion Times of London May 9th 1786
Help (false name)  Real name Dove of Cawsand   Roscoff, Plymouth 1833 SW

Happy Return

Richard Rowett

Captured by the Spider 1795

JRJ

Harmony Kirkland 1833 SoF
Henriette   Scilly 1934 SoF
Hopeful Richard Quick mate Penberth Cove Oct. 1768 PRO Cust 68/7
Jane   Fowey 1934 SoF
Jessie   Bude 1844 CN
Joseph Lugger from Cadgwith captured by Active with 140 casks of Spirits CG 6th July 1801
Jubilee   Captured Bude March 1835 CN
Kingfisher of London   Sennen  1835 CN
La Desirie   Bude 1841 CN
La Vigilance From Roscoff
Newquay 1838 WB 
Le Commerce ? Captured off St Ives Nov. 1840 RCG
Lottery   Polperro 1798 SIC
Love    Fowey 1826ca SW
Love (false name)    Roscoff, Coverack, Fowey 1833 SW
Little Henry   1833 SoF
Liberty   Landing carge Fowey 1834 SoF
Lion Cutter from Guernsey Captured by Dolphin taken to Penzance CG May 28th 1801
Maria    1829 Smuggling Lugger SW
Marina   Bude 1844 CN
Maria Victoria    St. Mawes 1839 SW
Mary    Cawsand 1830s? SW