Navy victuallers and the rise of Cheshire cheese

Atkins, Peter J.

doi:10.1177/08438714221080256

Navy victuallers and the rise of Cheshire cheese

Atkins, Peter J.

Authors

Peter Atkins p.j.atkins@durham.ac.uk

Abstract

In the 1990s Charles Foster claimed that a commercial Cheshire cheese trade began in 1650, the year when the first coastwise cargo from Chester was recorded in the London port books. One purpose of this research note is to embellish Foster's claim by suggesting that an even greater influence on this trade was the adoption from the early 1840s by England's state-appointed victuallers of Cheshire cheese as one of their standard commodities. They then supplied it in bulk to the navy and also to army garrisons in theatres of war such as Ireland and Scotland. The victualler who played the principal role in this provisioning from the 1640s to the 1670s was Denis Gauden. His career is followed, and his final downfall, which was caused by inadequate and chaotic government financial systems.

Citation

Atkins, P. J. (2022). Navy victuallers and the rise of Cheshire cheese. International Journal of Maritime History, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/08438714221080256

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jan 28, 2022
Online Publication Date	Mar 1, 2022
Publication Date	2022
Deposit Date	May 30, 2022
Publicly Available Date	May 30, 2022
Journal	International Journal of Maritime History
Print ISSN	0843-8714
Electronic ISSN	2052-7756
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	34
Issue	1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/08438714221080256

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