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they had high prows'and sterns, with a capacious
hold between. Some of them were built in York.

Their trade was such that some of the York
merchants, for example the wealthy Howme family,
had establishments in foreign ports. The Howmes
had property in Calais.

The regulation of the waterways- in and near the
city was vested in the Corporation. Matters per-
taining to navigation and shipping were adjudged
by an Admiralty Court under the King's Admiral,
whose j urisdiction extended from the Thames to the
northern ports.