Evidence from 16th century shipping records
Coal from Newcastle
The demand for coal from Newcastle considerably increased in the 1500s. As well as meeting the requirements of London, the coal ships supplied multiple small ports along the east coast of England. The records for these coal ships are an indication of the number of vessels plying the trade along the coast. The following is extracted from The Merchant Fleet of late Medieval and Tudor England where Cromer is listed as the home port.
Ship Home port Voyage origin Country Tons Date Source reference
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Anttony Cromer Newcastle England 1511-07-24 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.235
Blith Cromer Newcastle England 1510-06-18 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.161
Blythe Cromer Newcastle England 1550-05-16 E122/110/6 m.3d
Cristoffer Cromer Newcastle England 1510-06-14 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.161
Gods Grace Cromer Newcastle England 1550-05-13 E122/110/6 m.3d
Cromer Newcastle England 1550-06-04 E122/110/6 m.4d
Cromer Newcastle England 1550-06-26 E122/110/6 m.6
Cromer Newcastle England 1550-07-09 E122/110/6 m.7d
Cromer Newcastle England 1550-07-27 E122/110/6 m.9d
James Cromer Newcastle England 1481-09-28 Newcastle Customs Accounts p.138
Cromer Newcastle England 1549-10-03 E122/110/3 m.1
Cromer Newcastle England 1550-05-16 E122/110/6 m.3d
Cromer Newcastle England to 1550-06-06 E122/110/6 m.5
Jamys Cromer Newcastle England 1508-07-10 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.18
Cromer Newcastle England 1508-11-05 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.50
Cromer Newcastle England 1509-03-08 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.64
Cromer Newcastle England 1509-03-17 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.66
Cromer Newcastle England 1509-07-03 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.99
Cromer Newcastle England 1510-06-18 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.162
Cromer Newcastle England 1510-07-13 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.167
John Cromer Newcastle England 1508-05-27 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.2
Cromer Newcastle England 1508-06-20 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.11
Cromer Newcastle England 1508-07-18 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.21
Cromer Newcastle England 1508-08-12 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.32
Cromer Newcastle England 1510-05-30 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.157
Cromer Newcastle England 1510-06-18 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.162
Cromer Newcastle England 1511-07-27 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.237
Cromer Blakeney England 12 1574-09-01 E190/473/10 f.2v
Magdelane Cromer Newcastle England 1549-10-03 E122/110/3 m.1d
Cromer Newcastle England 1550-07-10 E122/110/3 m.11
Mare Cromer Newcastle England 1508-05-27 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.2
Cromer Newcastle England 1508-07-03 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.15
Cromer Newcastle England 1509-05-13 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.82
Cromer Newcastle England 1509-06-11 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.92
Cromer Newcastle England 1509-07-18 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.106
Cromer Newcastle England 1510-05-30 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.157
Cromer Newcastle England 1510-06-14 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.161
Cromer Newcastle England 1510-07-13 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.166
Cromer Newcastle England 1510-07-23 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.169
Cromer Newcastle England 1511-06-17 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.221
Cromer Newcastle England 1511-06-18 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.221
Cromer Newcastle England 1511-07-05 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.228
Cromer Newcastle England 1511-07-08 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.228
Cromer Newcastle England 1511-07-27 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.238
Cromer Newcastle England 1511-07-27 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.238
Marie Holgate(Cromer) unknown unknown to 1419-04-20 ECA 6HV m.6d
Marre Cromer Newcastle England 1510-06-01 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.158
Mawdlen Cromer King's Lynn England 1550-03-18 E122/100/5
Peter Cromer Newcastle England 1550-07-07 E122/110/3
Cromer Cromer England to 1550-07-13 E122/110/6 m.8
Cromer Newcastle England 1550-07-14 E122/110/6 m.8
Pyrck Cromer Newcastle England 18 to 1572-07-30 E190/473/3 f.2v
Saweyour Cromer Newcastle England 1508-06-15 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.8
Saymon Cromer Newcastle England 1549-03-25 E122/110/2
Thomas Cromer Newcastle England 1550-07-08 E122/110/6 m.7d
Trinite Cromer Newcastle England 1509-08-06 Newcastle Chamberlains Accounts p.109
William Cromer King's Lynn England 30 1593 E190/185/2 m.1
Shipping coal off the TyneTransporting coal
In the medieval period coal was brought down the Tyne in keels, and transshipped for the journey down the coast. Later navigation was improved, allowing seagoing vessels to load directly near the coalfields. The trade in coal would continue to Cromer until the 1880s, when the railway arrived; in the later years Cromer's coal was brought from Hartlepool after the East Durham coalfield supply could be brought to that port by railway.
Finch, Roger, Coals from Newcastle, Terence Dalton Ltd, 1973
