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Prudent conduct and procedure used by Mr. Francisco Ignacio de Alcibar Jaúregui in the revolutions that took place in the town of Azpeitia in November 1718, which was marked by

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:04 +0000

The 18th century was marked by numerous social conflicts, with the Esquilache riot being the most important revolt. All the revolts were social, economic and political in nature. The shortage of basic foodstuffs, including bread, and speculation by hoarders were two of the reasons that led the lower social classes to riot against the rulers. In this case, the machinada of 1718, caused by Philip V’s order to place customs on the coast, led to a rise in the price of products entering by sea.

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Representation addressed to the King by the Diputación de Guipúzcoa, requesting that the customs offices be returned to where they were

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Royal Decree on the establishment of customs on the coast and the frontier

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Trade routes and customs in the exterior of Burgos, 1469-1559

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:18 +0000

The map focuses on the period during which the lords of the house of Velasco, constables of Castile, managed the tithes of the sea through the Cantabrian ports, and more specifically that of the area outside Burgos. This position was fundamental, as it was the main source of income from Castilian foreign trade in these waters and one of the tools in the splendour of the wool trade experienced in Burgos as the main exporter of wool in Castile.
The tithes from the sea obtained by the Velasco family must be interpreted as royal in nature, as they were collected on the crown’s foreign trade, but they were collected on behalf of a lordly power, so that through this movement the crown had a powerful alliance of mutual interest in the north of the peninsula, dividing in a certain way the Castilian interior as the destination and consumption of imports with the area of Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria as the link between the markets and the ocean.
With Burgos as the main hub, it controlled the customs offices of San Vicente, Santander, Laredo, Bilbao and San Sebastián, as well as other locations further inland such as Tolosa and Calahorra. Everything was structured through the three main communication routes that formed the backbone of Burgos’ foreign trade, the north towards Santander, the northeast towards San Sebastián and the east, which passed through Logroño.

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Fabrics registered in the shops of Murcia (1691-1692)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:07 +0000

At the end of the 17th century, with the beginning of the Nine Years’ War (1689) between Spain and France, a persecution of French goods, capital and subjects began throughout Spanish territory. In this situation, the smuggling judge Antonio de Torres Prieto visited Murcia and its commercial establishments to carry out a search of the goods present in them, focusing especially on the textile manufactures, thus focusing on their volume, typology and origin.
The source is not without its problems, as the possibility of merchants hiding part of their goods or manipulating the account books is constantly present, although it does provide key information on the stock of goods present in the establishments visited by the smuggling judge, and in order to try to be as accurate as possible, it also relies on the register of goods that entered and left through the customs office in Murcia.
From the visits to the shops in Murcia during the two-year period 1691 and 1692, some forty establishments, it can be shown that 66.3% corresponded to articles made of vegetable fibres (linen, hemp and cotton), 9.6% to silk goods and 23.3% to woollen goods, in keeping with the climatic conditions of the region and the city. The question to be dealt with here is the number of pieces found, since at no point is the question of whether they were sufficient to cover the needs of the inhabitants of Murcia and its immediate surroundings, who had been accustomed for some years to French textile manufactures.

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Customs tariffs in the ports of Seville and Cadiz at the end of the 17th century

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:07 +0000

The customs tariffs of the ports of Seville and Cadiz, the main platforms for trade with America, are marked by the struggle of the two cities for tax advantages. During the 17th century, many merchants and traders moved from Seville to Cadiz due to the facilities offered by the port of Cadiz, both in terms of navigation and customs measures and taxes. While Seville collected the almojarifazgo de Indias, the alcabala and the saca, in 1665 the merchants of Cadiz reduced the alcabala from 10% to 4% after buying the right to collect it from the King. In this way, the tax burden in the port of Seville was around 30%, while in Cadiz, as we have seen, only 4% was applied. The author reflects in the resource the different customs tariffs according to the product and represented in reales de vellón. The comparison of prices resulted in the Sevillian protest; in 1666 the monarch ordered the equalisation of the almojarifazgo taxes in all customs offices, a measure that was never implemented. Thus, during the last 20 years of the 17th century, the Customs landlords favoured and benefited the trade of Cadiz: a commercial growth that was reflected in the population, from 2,000/4,000 inhabitants in 1,600 to 40,000 in 1,700.

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