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Newcastle Hostmen
26th February, 1602
An interesting account of the state of the coal trade of Newcastle is preserved in the books of the hostmen's company under the above date: there appears to have been at that time twenty eight acting fitters, or hostmen, who were to vend by the year nine thousand and eighty tons of coals, and find eighty-five keels for that purpose: the prices ordered were, for the best sort not above ten shillings the chaldron; for the second best sort not above nine shillings; and of the kind called there "the meane coles," not above eight shillings for the like quantity.
Source: Brand — quoted in Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham by M.A. Richardson. Published in five volumes in 1844.
| Tens of coals. | And to find for the vent thereof. Keels. | |
|---|---|---|
| For the first quarter :— | ||
| Mr. William Selbie | 600 | 5 |
| Mr. George Selbie | 150 | 1 |
| Mrs. Barbara Riddell and Mr. Peter Riddell | 700 | 4 or 6 |
| Mr. Wm. Hodgshon | 450 | 5 |
| Mr. Robert Anderson | 300 | 2½ |
| Isaack Anderson | 150 | 1½ |
| 2,350 | 19 | |
| For the second quarter :— | ||
| Mr. Henry Chapman | 900 | 9 |
| Mr. Henry Anderson | 200 | 1 |
| Matthew Chapman | 400 | 4 |
| Mr. Nicholas and Rowland Tempest | 250 | 1½ |
| Mr. Francis Anderson | 300 | 2 |
| Bertram Anderson | 100 | 1 |
| John Strangwiche | 150 | 2 |
| 2,300 | 20½ | |
| For the third quarter :— | ||
| Mr. Lyonel Maddison and Henrye Maddison | 700 | 9 |
| Mr. John Barker | 550 | 5 |
| Robert Shafto | 260 | 2½ |
| Ralph Atkinson | 420 | 4 |
| Thomas Hall | 300 | 3 |
| 2,230 | 23½ | |
| For the fourth quarter :— | ||
| Mr. Thomas Lyddell and Francis Lyddell | 500 | 5½ |
| William Bonner | 400 | 4 |
| William Jenyson, jun | 400 | 5 |
| Mr. Timothie Draper | 420 | 5 |
| Margaret Grey, widow | 180 | 1½ |
| Edward Crome and Thomas Crome | 300 | 2 |
| 2,200 | 23 | |
Source: Annals of Coal Mining and the Coal Trade by Robert L. Galloway. Published in 1898.
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