The -Views of Hosts- is the name given to the returns which merchant -hosts- in London, Southampton and Hull were required to provide for the Exchequer. They listed the imports and purchases made by their foreign merchant -guests-, who came mostly from Italy, Spain and the Low Countries. The returns, printed here in full for the first time, provide details of the goods traded in and out of these ports, and also the names of the foreign merchants, and of the local men and women who bought their wares and sold English goods to them in return. The volume thus not only throws light on individual...
The -Views of Hosts- is the name given to the returns which merchant -hosts- in London, Southampton and Hull were required to provide for the Excheque...
