Customs Officers List

Extracts from Customs Officer Records at PRO, Kew

The records of the Customs Officers are held at the Public Record Office at Kew. The CUST18 series of records date from 1675 and show for each port what the various posts are, the names of the persons fulfilling the positions and their quarterly payment. There is one book for each of Lady Day (April), Midsummer (July), Michaelmas (October) and Christmas (January).

There are also some records (CUST39) recording the superannuation (pension) received by former Officers, which includes their length of service, final income, amount of "superannuated allowance", date of receiving the pension and date of death.

CUST18

Below is a sample of what appears on the flyleaf of each volume.

A LIST of the COMMISSIONERS and
OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS
in England and Wales, with their respective
Established Salaries for Christmas Quarter
Ending the 5th January 1797

The first entry for John Archer Trevan is Lady Day 1793 (5th April 1793)

Lady Day 1793 (5th April 1793) - Page 59 - Port Izick - Waiters and Searchers: Edward Clode to be paid to the time of his superann only - £5; John Archer Trevan (not to be paid)
Midsummer 1793 (5th July 1793) - Page 59 - Port Izick - Waiters and Searchers: Edwd Clode to be paid to the time of his superann only - £5; John Archer Trevan (via Clode) not to be paid
Michaelmas 1793 - Port Izick - Waiters and Searchers: John Archer Trevan to be paid from 1st August since his admission £3:13:2
Christmas 1793/4 (5th January) - Port Izick - Waiters and Searchers: John Archer Trevan - £5
Lady Day 1794 (5th April) - Port Izick - Waiters and Searchers: John Archer Trevan - £5
Christmas 1794/5 (5th January) Page 59 - Port Izick - Waiters and Searchers: John Archer Trevan - £5
Christmas 1795/6 (5th January) - Port Izick - Waiters and Searchers: John Archer Trevan - £5
Christmas 1796/7 (5th January) - P57 - Port Izick - Waiters and Searchers: John Archer Trevan - £5

CUST39

Name: John Archer Trevan
Port: Padstow
Length of Service: 50
Late income: £80:0:0
Amount of Superannuated Allowance: £75:0:0
Date of Board's Memorial: 18 Nov 1843
Date of Treasury Authority: 1 Dec
Date of Party's Decease: 28 June 1851

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