▁w ool , ▁h ides ▁of ▁be asts , ▁wine , ▁corn ▁or ▁gra in , ▁and ▁other ▁ex otic ▁or ▁foreign ▁mer ch and ize ▁are ▁transferred , ▁carried ▁or ▁convey ed ▁to ▁be ▁sold ". ▁At ▁these ▁specified ▁privile ged ▁places , ▁which ▁were ▁invari ably ▁towns , ▁acc red ited ▁mer ch ants , ▁later ▁to ▁become ▁organized ▁in ▁England ▁as ▁Mer ch ants ▁of ▁the ▁St ap le , ▁were ▁required ▁to ▁submit ▁their ▁goods ▁to ▁ins pection . ▁In ▁England ▁they ▁were ▁obliged ▁to ▁pay ▁a ▁le vy ▁to ▁the ▁Crown ▁on ▁goods ▁for ▁export ▁to ▁the ▁continent ▁of ▁Europe . ▁The ▁system ▁made ▁it ▁easy ▁for ▁local ▁and ▁regional ▁govern ments ▁to ▁monitor ▁the ▁over se as ▁trade ▁and ▁to ▁le vy ▁tax es ▁and ▁derive ▁income ▁and ▁re venue ▁from ▁it . ▁ ▁Scotland ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century , ▁Bru ges ▁was ▁the ▁Scottish ▁st ap le ▁port . ▁As ▁the ▁har bour ▁at ▁Bru ges ▁s ilt ed ▁up , ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁Sc ots ▁trade ▁moved ▁north ▁to ▁the ▁Dutch ▁ports ▁of ▁Middle burg ▁and ▁Ve ere , ▁with ▁Ve ere ▁gain ing ▁st ap le ▁status ▁in ▁ 1 5 4 1 . ▁There ▁is ▁some ▁evidence ▁of ▁D ord recht ▁being ▁used ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 0 . ▁ ▁England ▁Under ▁the ▁St ap le , ▁the ▁designated ▁port ▁was ▁often ▁over se as . ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁D ord recht ▁in ▁ 1 3 3 8 ,