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List of persons employed by or in the pay of the Board of Ordnance in Chatham (Engineer...

Catalogue reference: WO 54/515/13a

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WO 54/515/13a
Date
1815-1816
Description

List of persons employed by or in the pay of the Board of Ordnance in Chatham (Engineer Department, including Artillery Barracks and Communication Bridge). (Additional information includes previous trade, marital status, number of children, salary, allowances and remarks). Part 1.

Name: William Brock; Occupation: Clerk of the Works; Age: 40; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 24 April 1804, Clerk of the Works.

Name: Thomas Mearns Bensted; Occupation: Assistant Clerk; Age: 27; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 23 May 1806, Assistant Clerk.

Name: Thomas Whiffin; Occupation: Extra Clerk; Age: 43; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 11 March 1805, Labourer.

Name: Thomas Stenner; Occupation: Extra Clerk; Age: 63; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 25 October 1804, Labourer.

Name: [John] Byham; Occupation: Extra Clerk; Age: 27; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 1 December 1815, Extra Clerk.

Name: George Sandiers; Occupation: Overseer of Books; Age: 53; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 25 May 1793, Foreman of Labourers.

Name: John Byham; Occupation: Overseer of Books; Age: 50; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 16 May 1804, Overseer of Books.

Name: Richard Williams; Occupation: Master Carpenter; Age: 43; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 22 March, Carpenter.

Name: John Tyson; Occupation: Master Bricklayer; Age: 42; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 8 February 1805, Acting Master Bricklayer.

Name: William Adams: Master Smith; Age: 32; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 2 October 1796, Apprentice.

Name: William [Coloill]; Occupation: Forman of Bricklayers; Age: 52; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 6 April 1805, Forman of Bricklayer.

Name: John Mitchell; Occupation: Forman of Bricklayers; Age: 58; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 28 August 1804, Bricklayer.

Name: William Williams; Occupation: Forman of Bricklayers; Age: 39; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 7 July 1804, Bricklayer.

Name: Richard Lepper; Occupation: Forman of Carpenters; Age: 36; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 25 March 1804, Carpenter.

Name: Thomas Watson; Occupation: Forman of Masons; Age: 47; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 4 September 1809, Assistant Forman of Masons.

Name: Jeremiah Austen; Occupation: Forman of Wheelers; Age: 46; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 6 March 1804, Carpenter.

Name: John Sworder; Occupation: Forman of Painters; Age: 51; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 9 June 1804, Painter.

Name: Amos Spracklin; Occupation: Forman of Labourers; Age: 40; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 24 July 1804, Labourer.

Name: Walter Compton; Occupation: Office Keeper; Age: 59; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 27 May 1797, Labourer.

Name: Richard Martin; Occupation: [Letterman Hoarder] / Pensioner; Age: 51; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 20 May 1804, Labourer.

Name: George Miles; Occupation: Warder; Age: 63; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 15 September 1810, Warder.

Name: Robert Houghton; Occupation: Labourer Attending Hydraulic Engine Pumps in the Barracks; Age: 51; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 26 January 1807, Labourer.

Name: William [Coloill]; Occupation: Apprentice Carpenter; Age: 18; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 11 February 1811, Apprentice.

Name: [Cornelius] Springet; Occupation: Apprentice Bricklayer; Age: 19; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 11 February 1811, Apprentice.

Name: Joseph Norwood; Occupation: Apprentice Smith; Age: 18; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 11 February 1811, Apprentice.

Name: William Apps; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 60; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 23 June 1804, Carpenter.

Name: James Anderson; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 66; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 8 January 1806, Carpenter.

Name: William Allen; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 72; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 21 October 1806, Carpenter.

Name: William Borner; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 38; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 11 March 1805, Carpenter.

Name: William Ballard; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 48; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 22 January 1805, Wheeler.

Name: George Boto; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 26; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 13 April 1815, Carpenter.

Name: Thomas Cripps; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 58; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 23 July 1804, Carpenter.

Name: George Elliot; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 71; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 25 May 1804, Carpenter.

Name: Thomas Elmore; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 43; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 8 April 1806, Carpenter.

Name: Thomas Fowle; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 45; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 2 March 1805, Carpenter.

Name: John Foster; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 44; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 28 March 1805, Carpenter.

Name: Richard Garrett; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 39; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 14 April 1809, Carpenter.

Name: Robert Garrett; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 50; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 11 April 1815, Carpenter.

List continues in WO 54/515/13b.

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