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Watson, Jennifer Claire

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With a lack of alternative sources relating to the development of industry and overseas trade over the
medieval and early modem periods, the accounts of the Scottish customs administrations are widely
recognised as an invaluable aid to the study of such industry and trade.
Printed in The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland (1878-1908), the enrolled custom accounts of 1328 to 1600
have long been available in the public domain, and have recently been evaluated in great detail by Dr
Martin Rorke. Those pertaining to the seventeenth century, however, have hitherto been almost
completely ignored, with the result that the fIrst half of this century has remained a "Dark Age" in the
history of Scottish overseas trade.

For the fIrst time, therefore, these neglected enrolled accounts have been transcribed, translated and
analysed. Together with all extant particular accounts from which they were compiled, they are now
made available in two forms. The compiled trade statistics are presented in this thesis in graphical and
tabular form, while a standardised edition of the documents with the data presented in a PCimplemented
database is available from the author to interested parties.

The organisation and procedure of the post 1597 Scottish customs administration are discussed. The
volume and value of the native export, re-export and import trades of each jurisdiction are then
calculated, and each area's particular specialisation and respective contributions to the total level of
Scottish trade are considered. Finally, with aid of the compiled fIgures, trends in Scottish overseas
trade over the fIrst half of the seventeenth century are analysed. Here the growing importance of
England, with whom Scotland traded by sea and increasingly by land, as both a market and supply
source, is stressed.

As one in a four-part programme of research on Scottish overseas trade 1328-1800, it is hoped that the
presentation and analysis of the collected data will be of signifIcant use in the future examination of the
early modem Scottish economy

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