General Conditions Of The Anglo-Portuguese Trade About The Middle Of The Fifteenth Century

English and Portuguese ports concerned in the trade—Ships—Merchants—Cargoes—Customs duties paid at English ports—Town duties—Payments made in Portuguese ports—Petitions of the English merchants in Lisbon, 1454 and 1458—Malpractices of the Portuguese customs’ officials in respect of the tithing of English cloths—The door-keeper of the custom-house—Negligence and dishonesty of the tithing officers—Disputes as to the value of the cloths—Difficulty of collecting the money due to English merchants for goods sold in Lisbon—Other conditions of the life and trade of the English in Lisbon.