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Date fromDate toHolderSource
17261726/12/12
Jeremiah RosewellBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1726-1741
(Chatham Dockyard)ADM 6/13/128		ADM 6/13
17291729/03/17
Benjamin BoltonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1729
(Chatham Dockyard)ADM 6/14/19		ADM 6/14
17291729/08/04
Robert BrownBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1729-1738
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/14/33

Foreman to the joiners

ADM 6/14
17291729/09/28
Thomas WyattBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1729-1758
(Plymouth Dockyard)ADM 6/14/123		ADM 6/14
17291729/11/19
Nicholas StanbridgeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1729-1768
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/14/42

Foreman to the Sailmaker

ADM 6/14
17311731/03/15
Robert GotherBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1731-1734
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/14/70		ADM 6/14
17321732/11/22
Thomas FearneBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1732-1744
(Deptford Dockyard)ADM 6/14/129		ADM 6/14
17351735/11/24
Gabriel CambridgeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1735-1757
(Sheerness)ADM 6/14/226

Foreman to the Sailmaker

ADM 6/14
1736 
Edward MastersBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1736-1756
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/15/22

1st foreman to the smiths

ADM 6/15
17361736/05/19
John KingBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1736-1743
(Sheerness Dockyard)ADM 6/15/20

Foreman of the House Carpenters

ADM 6/15
17361736/06/07
George FriendBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1736-1751
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/15/21

Foreman to the Ropemaker

ADM 6/15
17371737/02/18
William MartinBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1737-1740
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/15/52		ADM 6/15
17401740/01/27
Philip HapletonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1740-1743
(Plymouth Dockyard)ADM 6/15/245

Foreman to the sail makers

ADM 6/15
17411741/09/10
William BatelyBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1741-1755
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/15/454		ADM 6/15
17421742/08/31
William CooksonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1742-1768
(Deptford Dockyard)ADM 6/16/92

Foreman to the Sailmakers

ADM 6/16
17421742/09/22
Edward ClenchBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1742-1755
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/16/103

Foreman of the Boat Builders

ADM 6/16
17421742/10/08
Joseph WinterBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1742
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/16/107

Foreman of the Bricklayers

ADM 6/16
17431743/01/20
Thomas GrantBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1743-1746
(Chatham Dockyard)ADM 6/16/136

Foreman to the Joiners

ADM 6/16
17431743/03/25
George BryantBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1743-1752
(Sheerness Dockyard)ADM 6/16/161		ADM 6/16
17431743/04/10
Daniel LowBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1743-1752
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/16/169

Forman to the Joiners

ADM 6/16
17431743/06/23
John RawlingsBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1743
(Plymouth Dockyard)ADM 6/16/193

Foreman of the Sailmakers

ADM 6/16
17461746/08/10
John EtheringtonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1746-1764
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/17/139

Foreman to the Sailmakers

ADM 6/17
1747 
Robert MorrisBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1747
(Woolwich Dockyard)

Foreman of the Smiths

ADM354
17471747/05/27
John Dalton jun.British
Dockyard Staff
Service 1747
(Deptford Dockyard)		ADM354
17471747/11/14
Joseph RippingtonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1747-1759
(Deptford Dockyard)

Foreman of the Smiths

ADM354
17591759/03/26
James KincadeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1759-1763
(Deptford Dockyard)ADM 354/161/341

First Foreman to the Smiths

ADM 6/19
1761/06/011761/06/30
Denis McMahonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)		ADM 42
1761/06/011761/06/30
James SimpsonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)		ADM 42
1761/06/011761/10/31
James KellyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)		ADM 42
1761/06/011761/10/31
Ephraim BrownBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)		ADM 42
1761/06/011761/10/31
Phillip PeakeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)		ADM 42
1761/07/011761/07/31
Denis McMahonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)

To the Smiths

ADM 42
1761/08/011761/08/31
Joseph CoxBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)		ADM 42
1761/08/011761/08/31
Denis McMahonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)		ADM 42
1761/09/011761/09/30
Denis McMahonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)

To the Smiths

ADM 42
1761/10/011761/10/31
Joseph CoxBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)		ADM 42
1761/10/011761/10/31
Denis McMahonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761
(Halifax Dockyard)		ADM 42
17631763/11/23
William JamesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1763
(Deptford Dockyard)ADM 354/173/96

Foreman of blacksmiths

ADM354
1771/01/011771/01/31
Elias MarshallBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1793
(Halifax Careening Yard)		ADM 42
1771/01/011771/01/31
William LeeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771
(Halifax Careening Yard)

Forman of House Carpenters

ADM 42
1771/07/011779/03/25
Thomas JamesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1823
(Woolwich Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1775/04/011783/01/29
Joseph CoxBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1762-1822
(Deptford Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1778/04/141796/04/14
John CheshireBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1772-1822
(Chatham Dockyard)

Rated 3rd Foreman

ADM 29/8
1780/02/091801/07/29
Alexander MooreBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1818
(Plymouth Dockyard)

To the Smiths

ADM 29/8
1783/05/011794/06/16
Hugh FishleyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1766-1803
(Jamaica Dockyard)		ADM 29-1
1784/07/011822/12/23
Job WoodfordBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1772-1822
(Deptford Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1785/01/191794/02/16
George ParkinBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1779-1829
(Chatham Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1786/06/061823/05
Thomas SimmonsBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1823
(Woolwich Dockyard)

1st Foreman

ADM 29/8
1787/04/301792/08/06
Richard ConstableBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1767-1820
(Woolwich Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1787/12/041790/10/31
Barnabas BarberBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1779-1827
(Portsmouth Dockyard)

13th Foreman

ADM 29/8
1790/11/011793/09/24
Barnabas BarberBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1779-1827
(Portsmouth Dockyard)

2nd Foreman

ADM 29/8
1791/06/021798/02/07
John EvansBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1770-1822
(Deptford Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1792/08/151821/06/30
Richard HignellBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1821
(Deptford Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1792/11/161798/08/02
Thomas RobertsBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1780-1806
(Woolwich Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1793/09/041827/01/30
Samuel MakenBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1792-1827
(Sheerness Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1793/09/041827/06/30
Samuel WatersBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1792-1827
(Sheerness Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1793/09/251809/02/15
Barnabas BarberBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1779-1827
(Portsmouth Dockyard)

1st Foreman

ADM 29/8
1794/01/011796/02/09
John StotesburyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1780-1823
(Deptford Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1794/07/011798/12/17
Watson FenwickBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1822
(Woolwich Dockyard)

Rated 2nd Foreman

ADM 29/8
1795/06/271797/01/24
Isaac BramptonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1795-1797
(Ajaccio Dockyard)

Rated Foreman of Sailmakers

ADM 36/15490
1796/04/151809/04/09
John CheshireBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1772-1822
(Chatham Dockyard)

Rated 1st Foreman

ADM 29/8
1797/06/011802/03/24
Thomas PennyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1790-1830
(Sheerness Dockyard)

Foreman of the New Work 

ADM 29/8
1798/04/011822/08/11
Joseph ChikendenBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1787-1829
(Woolwich Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1799/03/211824/07/03
John LaneBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1791-1824
(Plymouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1799/06/031819/07/16
Joseph BurdwoodBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1781-1822
(Plymouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1799/11/061816/12/23
James WilliamsBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1822
(Portsmouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1800/05/261828/06/30
Richard ForsterBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1800-1828
(Chatham Dockyard)

Foreman of Line and Twine Spinners

ADM 29/8
1801/02/031807/09/23
John IsleBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1775-1822
(Sheerness Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1801/07/301814/01/03
Joseph HelbyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1766-1822
(Portsmouth Dockyard)

Rated Foreman of Shipwrights

ADM 29/8
1801/08/011822/08/11
William RamageBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1780-1822
(Chatham Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1801/12/011802/08/31
John CrossmanBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1772-1817
(Plymouth Dockyard)

Acting

ADM 29/8
1802/03/251803/03/24
William StoneBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1793-1839
(Portsmouth Dockyard)

Foreman of New Works

ADM 29/8
1802/03/251822/06/30
Thomas PennyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1790-1830
(Sheerness Dockyard)

Foreman of Ships Afloat

ADM 29/8
1802/04/241822/04/16
Thomas GudgeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1792-1822
(Portsmouth Dockyard)

Foreman of Storehouse

ADM 29/8
1802/06/241822/07/29
William HarrisBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1782-1822
(Plymouth Dockyard)

Rated Storehouse Foreman

ADM 29/8
1802/09/011817/09/30
John CrossmanBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1772-1817
(Plymouth Dockyard)

Noted as 'Established'

ADM 29/8
1802/11/161821/03/31
Henry WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1821
(Deptford Dockyard)

Foreman of Teams

ADM 29/8
1803/05/011815/04/07
James PiddleBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1822
(Portsmouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1804/03/011807/06/30
Edward MaplesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1801-1822
(Chatham Dockyard)

Rated 2nd Foreman

ADM 29/8
1804/06/091816/04/08
Wharton AmnerBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1822
(Chatham Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1805/01/011808/03/31
William HollidayBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1781-1822
(Sheerness Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1805/05/041813/05/16
John ParryBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1819
(Halifax Dockyard)

To the Shipwrights

ADM 29/8
1805/06/031810/01/20
Ferdinando HicksBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1795-1820
(Plymouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1806/07/251811/11/05
Thomas SoleBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1773-1822
(Sheerness Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1807/01/031821/06/30
Richard DunmallBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1764-1821
(Woolwich Dockyard)

Foreman of Boathouse

ADM 29/8
1807/02/011809/07/06
John SumpterBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1822
(Plymouth Dockyard)

Rated Acting Foreman

ADM 29/8
1807/04/271821/03/31
George LuffmanBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1769-1821
(Portsmouth Ropeyard)

Rated Second Foreman

ADM 29/8
1807/07/011811/04/20
Edward MaplesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1801-1822
(Chatham Dockyard)

Rated 1st Foreman

ADM 29/8
1808/04/161822/08/18
Alexander McKenzieBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1793-1824
(Sheerness Dockyard)

Foreman of Riggers

ADM 29/8
1808/05/021816/09/11
William MorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1799-1833
(Portsmouth Dockyard)

Foreman of Smiths

ADM 29/8
1808/10/011821/06/30
Thomas StoreyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1770-1821
(Deptford Dockyard)

Foreman of Boathouse

ADM 29/8
1808/10/011821/06/30
Thomas WallisBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1764-1821
(Deptford Dockyard)

Foreman of Masthouse

ADM 29/8
1808/10/011822/07/18
Anthony WilliamsBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1777-1823
(Portsmouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1808/12/101821/03/31
William EathorneBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1765-1821
(Plymouth Dockyard)

Foreman of Boat Builders

ADM 29/8
1809/01/011814/09/22
Joseph BurgisBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1772-1822
(Chatham Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1809/04/261821/06/30
William StuartBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1762-1821
(Woolwich Dockyard)

Foreman of Masthouse

ADM 29/8
1809/07/071817/06/05
John SumpterBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1822
(Plymouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1810/01/211820/04/06
Ferdinando HicksBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1795-1820
(Chatham Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1810/05/131814/02/22
John MooreBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1805-1822
(Plymouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1811/01/161828/03/31
William ForsterBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1811-1828
(Portsmouth Dockyard)

Foreman of Line and Twine Spinners

ADM 29/8
1811/03/151818/04/14
William AndrewsBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1783-1820
(Chatham Dockyard)

Of Boat Builders

ADM 29/8
1811/05/101814/03/06
Thomas EdgcombeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1793-1822
(Plymouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1811/10/041823/06/20
George KilbyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1790-1823
(Woolwich Dockyard)

2nd Foreman

ADM 29/8
1811/10/07 
John WilliamsBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1811
(Plymouth Dockyard)

Foreman of Smiths

ADM 29/8
1811/10/211812/08/02
John MooreBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1801-1816
(Chatham Dockyard)

Acting Foreman Afloat

ADM 29/8
1812/01/011822/08/10
David HamblinBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1794-1822
(Deptford Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1812/01/041828/03/31
Thomas TarneBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1812-1828
(Woolwich Dockyard)

Foreman of Line and Twine Spinners

ADM 29/8
1812/05/111822/08/10
Thomas CookeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1804-1822
(Deptford Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1812/08/031812/10/29
John MooreBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1801-1816
(Chatham Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1812/10/301816/03/11
John MooreBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1801-1816
(Chatham Dockyard)

Foreman of New Works

ADM 29/8
1813/10/261819/11/27
John ParryBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1819
(Halifax Dockyard)

To the Shipwrights

ADM 29/8
1813/12/131820/05/04
Robert CundyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1836
(Plymouth Dockyard)

4th Foreman of Ropemakers

ADM 29/8
1814/02/241822/07/08
John MooreBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1805-1822
(Kingston Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1814/03/031822/08/07
Charles RalfBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1812-1822
(Kingston Dockyard)

Foreman of Sailmakers

ADM 29/8
1814/04/011820/11/01
James BurtBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1774-1822
(Plymouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1814/11/111815/12/31
James AveryBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1798-1816
(Bermuda Dockyard)

Foreman of Sailmakers

ADM 29/8
1816/03/141821/12/31
Stainer Holford CanhamBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1780-1825
(Deptford Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1818/01/011822/08/18
Nathaniel BarlingBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1822
(Sheerness Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1818/04/151820/06/30
William AndrewsBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1783-1820
(Chatham Dockyard)

of Mastmakers

ADM 29/8
1820/05/051820/06/16
Robert CundyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1836
(Plymouth Dockyard)

3rd Foreman of Ropemakers

ADM 29/8
1820/06/171824/07/21
Robert CundyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1836
(Plymouth Dockyard)

2nd Foreman of Ropemakers

ADM 29/8
1822/08/121822/12/07
Wharton AmnerBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1822
(Chatham Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1824/07/221836/03/03
Robert CundyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1836
(Plymouth Dockyard)

1st Foreman of Ropemakers

ADM 29/8
1827/06/301829/12/18
William CooperBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1790-1829
(Woolwich Dockyard)

Foreman of the Rope Yard

ADM 29/8
1827/07/011827/08/04
Samuel MakenBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1792-1827
(Plymouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8
1827/07/011827/08/04
Samuel WatersBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1792-1827
(Plymouth Dockyard)		ADM 29/8

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