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

Catalogue reference: WO 54/515/26a

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WO 54/515/26a
Date
1815-1816
Description

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

Name: John By; Occupation: Major Commanding Engineer Department; Age: 34; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: not stated.

Name: Joshua Wright; Occupation: Clerk of Works; Age: 46; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 21 July 1804, Clerk of Works at Waltham Abbey.

Name: Richard Creed; Occupation: Overseer; Age: 38; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 17 March 1806, Overseer.

Name: William Sutton; Occupation: Master Millwright; Age: 71; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 1771, Millwright.

Name: Thomas Hayward; Occupation: Master Carpenter; Age: 43; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 1789, working for contractors.

Name: Thomas Drewry; Occupation: Master Bricklayer; Age: 45; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 1799, working for contractors.

Name: William Colbert; Occupation: Foreman of Labourers; Age: 49; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 31 May 1800, not mentioned.

Name: John Lording; Occupation: Apprentice Millwright; Age: 19; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 13 July 1810, not mentioned.

Name: James Houghton; Occupation: Apprentice Carpenter; Age: 16; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 5 January 1814, not mentioned.

Name: Stephen Rickwood; Occupation: Office Keeper; Age: 61; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: October 1806, not mentioned.

Name: William Hogben; Occupation: Millwright; Age: 50; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 16 November 1807, Millwright.

Name: Thomas Wildish; Occupation: Millwright; Age: 30; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: August 1804, Millwright.

Name: William Allen; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 59; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 1776, Carpenter.

Name: [Mathew] Lording; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 50; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 4 June 1789, not stated.

Name: Joshua Rolfe; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 62; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: April 1795, not stated.

Name: James Monk; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 23; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: not stated, bound to master worker of gunpowder.

Name: Samuel Ward; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 44; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 9 April 1811, not stated.

Name: Benjamin Sharpe; Occupation: Carpenter; Age: 57; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: April 1797, not stated.

Name: John Foreman; Occupation: Barge Builder; Age: 29; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 6 November 1815, not stated.

Name: Edward Rolfe; Occupation: Sawyer Topman; Age: 44; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 8 September 1800, not stated.

Name: William Rayner; Occupation: Sawyer Topman; Age: 22; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 20 September 1814, not stated.

Name: Mantle Martin; Occupation: [Mounts Rims and Sieves]; Age: 72; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 29 May 1779, Labourer.

Name: William Arnold; Occupation: Labourer; Age: 52; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: May 1804, not stated.

Name: Thomas Ancle; Occupation: Labourer; Age: 42; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 6 November 1815, not stated.

Name: Thomas Rocock; Occupation: Labourer; Age: 50; Department Employed: Engineer Department; When entered in the Ordnance Department and in what capacity: 1779, Cooper in laboratory at Woolwich.

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