["The Corporation of Rye was required to furnish lists of fishing boats going to Yarmouth each year for the herring season; these were transmitted to the Bailiffs to Yarmouth appointed by the Brotherhood of the Cinque Ports to hold the Free Fair at Yarmouth when the fleet of the Ports brought their catch ashore. The Bailiffs adminstered justice over their men during this periodic migration, and would require to know the names of masters who were responsible for their crews"]
Draft List of masters and crews going to Yarmouth
4 September 1582
Master Men Boies
Robert Swayne 10 50
Total of all vessels 27 Men 266 Boies 50
