Seamen's Sixpences
An Index of Commercial Activity, 1697-1828
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9722780 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Ralph Davis (autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1956 |
| Volumen | 23 |
| Número | 92 |
| Páginas | 328 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1956-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Editorial | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2551459 |
| OpenAlex | W2331824765 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 7 |
The establishment of Greenwich Hospital for disabled seamen in 1695 was an act of royal bounty. But once established, its further maintenance was a charge to be borne by seamen themselves. The Act for the Increase and Incouragement of Seamen of 16961 provided that Every Seaman whatsoever, that shall serve His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, or any other Person or Persons whatsoever, in any of His Majesty's Ships, or in any Ship or Vessel whatsoever, belonging or to belong to any the Subjects of England, or any other His Majesty's Dominions, shall allow, and there shall be paid out of the Wages of every such Seaman to grow due for such his Service, Sixpence per Mensem . A Receiver-General of the Sixpences from Merchant Seamen was appointed, with subordinate officials; separate collections, which do not concern us here, were made from naval seamen. The sixpence per month from merchant seamen was collected for one hundred and thirty-eight years, being finally abolished as from the end of 1834.2 Summaries of the amounts collected survive for nearly the whole of this long period, in the accounts of the Receiver-General from 1707-13 and from 1717-1828.3 Good estimates can be made, for most of the early missing years, from the accounts of the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, which record the amounts paid over to him.4 The ReceiverGeneral's accounts for the whole period show London and outport receipts separately; in addition, from 1735 onward the receipts at each separate outport of England and Wales are usually recorded, and after 1804 similar details are given for the ports of Scotland and Ireland.5 These accounts constitute an annual record of the employment of merchant seamen. Since every pound sterling collected represented
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| Obras citantes distintas | 7 |
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| Citas por año | 0,14 |
| Intervalo de citas | 1977 - 2015 (39) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 5 |