SMUGGLERS KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER

TIMELINE “Five and twenty ponies, Trotting through the dark – FAMOUS SMUGGLERS 1704 Smugglers violently clashed with customs Brandy for the Parson, ‘Baccy for the Clerk. Isaac Gulliver Based in . Tan 15 officers over the smuggling of salt in Wales. Laces for a lady; letters for a spy, (1745-1822) shops to transport gin, silk, 1718 The Hovering Act made it illegal for boats to Watch the wall my darling While the Gentlemen go by!” lace and tea to Bay. hover within 6 miles of the shore. Rudyard Kipling. Known as the “gentle smuggler 1720 Fishermen at Abbotsbury found 33 ankars of who never killed a man”. brandy and 2 barrels of wine weighted down under the water 1 mile offshore. KEY VOCABULARY Roger Ridout North Dorset smuggler who 1723 Smuggling was made a capital crime and being anker cask holding about 8.5 gallons (1736-1811) mostly smuggled brandy. caught could result in execution. brigantine square-rigged vessel with 2 masts Worked for Isaac Gulliver. 1733 Excise and Customs Bill introduced which carbine a short firearm Tom Johnstone Charismatic and cunning restricted the import of goods such as brandy, cask large wooden container like a barrel (1772 – 1839) smuggler from Lymington, who wine, silk and lace. coastguard service introduced to stop smuggling started smuggling aged 15. 1736 Smugglers Act was passed to give smugglers a contraband any item illegal to be owned / sold Jack Rattenbury Born in Beer, Dorset. Started pardon if they gave names of other smugglers. creeping dragging the sea bed to find goods (1778-1844) going to sea aged 9 and However, if smugglers attacked customs crown 5 shillings (25p) became a smuggler at 16. officers or resisted arrest then they would be liable for the death penalty. customs duty tax on goods imported or exported William Owen Welsh smuggler most famous 1744 First ‘criminal’ sent to Mewstone Island in cutter small single-mast broad vessel (1717-1747) for the autobiography he wrote. Devon. His daughter was known as ‘Black darks moonless nights ideal for smuggling John Carter “The Had a line of cannons Joan’ the greatly feared smuggler. dragoon mounted soldier with carbine/sword King of Prussia” protecting his base near Land’s 1745 Tax on tea was greatly reduced to stop excise duty tax on goods being produced and sold (1738-1807) End in Cornwall. smugglers having this as contraband. within the country 1747 William Owen was caught and executed for export send goods to other countries to sell SMUGGLING GANGS smuggling brandy and salt. funt smuggler’s warning light Members of a gang: 1747 Gang attacked the Custom House gobbler smuggler’s name for a revenue official at Poole to take back seized cargo of 3,360 lbs hide place for concealing contraband ▪ Spotsman directed the ship to the shore. of tea, thirty-nine casks of brandy and rum. hogshead cask holding about 54 gallons ▪ Lander arranged the unloading of the cargo. 1747 Battle of Goudhurst between the Hawkhurst import bring goods into a country to sell ▪ Tubsman carried the goods. Gang and militia. 3 of the gang were killed. lugger 2 or 3 masted vessel with four-cornered ▪ Batsman protected the Tubsman. 1748 London Gazette published a list of wanted men, sails which resulted in 75 of the Hawkhurst Gang The coastline was divided into 33 areas, each with teams mast wooden pole in the centre of a boat being executed. Thomas Kingsmill, the leader of preventative officers there to catch smugglers. was publicly hung up in chains. militia non-professional military force 1764 Customs records show that an East India Rigging System of ropes, cables and chains to The Hawkhurst Best-known of all southern smuggling Company were smuggling 7 millions pounds support the mast Gang gangs, the Hawkhurst gangs staged worth of tea into Britain each year. schooner vessel with foremast shorter than main an armed raid on nearby Goudhurst 1782 Isaac Gulliver was pardoned by King George III mast in East Sussex when villagers there because he gave names of smugglers. yeomanry volunteer soldiers on horseback defied them. 1783 Prime Minister William Pitt lowered the duties The Hadleigh Named for the Suffolk town where paid on goods in an attempt to stop smugglers. Gang they were based, the 100-strong 1784 Battle of Mudeford between Royal Nave, Hadleigh gang fought a pitched battle Customs Officers and smugglers. with dragoons and customs men to 1789 Start of the French Revolution – French Brandy recover a captured cargo in 1735. being smuggled regularly. The North Kent Murderous mob based on muddy 1822` Coastguard Service established. Gang Burntwick Island in the Medway in 1882 Last major smuggling haul in Dorset. It took 6 Kent months to land the tubs of French Brandy.