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Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History
Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History tells the story of the smuggling trade that flourished in Cornwall during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing on extant source material, it examines how the trade was organised and financed with particular reference to the fishing village of Polperro on the south coast of Cornwall, where it was masterminded by Zephaniah Job, known as the ‘Smugglers’ Banker’. Cornwall’s extensive coastline and isolated location made it possible for large quantities of rum, brandy, gin, tea and tobacco to be shipped across from Guernsey and brought ashore in secluded coves. Repeated attempts by Revenue officers to seize contraband goods were invariably thwarted; even when a smuggler was caught red-handed, it was rare for a Cornish jury to convict him. But in 1798, the murder of a Customs officer by one of the crew of a smuggling vessel named the Lottery led to the establishment of the coastguard service and the eventual decline of the smuggling trade.Here, in this illustrated and well-researched book, Jeremy Rowett Johns explores this fascinating area of Cornish maritime history.
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Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History
Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History tells the story of the smuggling trade that flourished in Cornwall during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing on extant source material, it examines how the trade was organised and financed with particular reference to the fishing village of Polperro on the south coast of Cornwall, where it was masterminded by Zephaniah Job, known as the ‘Smugglers’ Banker’. Cornwall’s extensive coastline and isolated location made it possible for large quantities of rum, brandy, gin, tea and tobacco to be shipped across from Guernsey and brought ashore in secluded coves. Repeated attempts by Revenue officers to seize contraband goods were invariably thwarted; even when a smuggler was caught red-handed, it was rare for a Cornish jury to convict him. But in 1798, the murder of a Customs officer by one of the crew of a smuggling vessel named the Lottery led to the establishment of the coastguard service and the eventual decline of the smuggling trade.Here, in this illustrated and well-researched book, Jeremy Rowett Johns explores this fascinating area of Cornish maritime history.
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Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History

Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History

by Jeremy Rowett Johns
Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History

Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History

by Jeremy Rowett Johns

Overview

Smuggling in Cornwall: An Illustrated History tells the story of the smuggling trade that flourished in Cornwall during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing on extant source material, it examines how the trade was organised and financed with particular reference to the fishing village of Polperro on the south coast of Cornwall, where it was masterminded by Zephaniah Job, known as the ‘Smugglers’ Banker’. Cornwall’s extensive coastline and isolated location made it possible for large quantities of rum, brandy, gin, tea and tobacco to be shipped across from Guernsey and brought ashore in secluded coves. Repeated attempts by Revenue officers to seize contraband goods were invariably thwarted; even when a smuggler was caught red-handed, it was rare for a Cornish jury to convict him. But in 1798, the murder of a Customs officer by one of the crew of a smuggling vessel named the Lottery led to the establishment of the coastguard service and the eventual decline of the smuggling trade.Here, in this illustrated and well-researched book, Jeremy Rowett Johns explores this fascinating area of Cornish maritime history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781445651682
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication date: 03/15/2016
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Rowett Johns is the author of Polperro’s Smuggling Story and The Smugglers’ Banker. A regular broadcaster and writer on smuggling in Cornwall, he is also a direct descendant of some of the Polperro families who once engaged in the illicit trade.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Seventeenth Century 7

Eighteenth Century 13

Boats 15

The Guernsey Merchants 19

The Revenue Men 23

Nineteenth Century 27

The Revenue Vessels 31

The Smugglers 35

Polperro 39

The Smugglers' Banker 41

The Lottery 47

Cawsand 55

Lone Island 57

Talland Bay 59

Lantic Bay 63

Fowey 65

Falmouth 70

Penzance and Mount's Bay 73

The Carters of Prussia Cove 77

Scilly Isles 81

North Cornwall 84

Cruel Coppinger 87

Jack Rattenbury 89

The Coastguard Service 90

Twentieth Century 93

Further Reading 95

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