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Master Smith - British


Date fromDate toHolderSource
1723/04/061726/08/22
John VaughanBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1736
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/13/52
ADM 6/13
1723/04/061727/08/24
Thomas DudleyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1723-1746
(Chatham Dockyard)ADM 6/13/52
ADM 6/13
1723/04/061747/11/14
John DaltonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1723-1747
(Deptford Dockyard)ADM 6/13/52
ADM 6/13
1726/08/231727/08/24
John VaughanBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1736
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/13/119
ADM 6/13
1726/08/231727/08/24
John BowlesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1726-1747
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/13/119
ADM 6/13
1726/08/231727/08/24
Thomas BassBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1726-1738
(Plymouth Dockyard)ADM 6/13/119
ADM 6/13
1727/06/221727/09/16
Will ReeveBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1727
(Sheerness Dockyard)ADM 6/13/145
ADM 6/13
1727/08/251736/06/22
John VaughanBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1736
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/13/158

Renewed warrant

ADM 6/13
1727/08/251738/03/20
Thomas BassBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1726-1738
(Plymouth Dockyard)ADM 6/13/159

Renewed warrant

ADM 6/13
1727/08/251746/06/14
Thomas DudleyBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1723-1746
(Chatham Dockyard)ADM 6/13/158

Renewed warrant

ADM 6/13
1727/08/251747/05/27
John BowlesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1726-1747
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/13/157

Renewed warrant

ADM 6/13
1727/09/161731/05/13
William JohnsonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1727-1731
(Sheerness Dockyard)ADM 6/13/167
ADM 6/13
1731/05/131732/02/09
Robert SmithBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1731-1732
(Sheerness Dockyard)ADM 6/14/75
ADM 6/14
1732/02/091751/01/16
William WardBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1732-1751
(Sheerness Dockyard)ADM 6/14/100
ADM 6/14
1736/06/221756/04/02
Edward MastersBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1736-1756
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/15/22
ADM 6/15
1738/03/201738/11/19
John BowlesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1738
(Plymouth Dockyard)ADM 6/15/102
ADM 6/15
1738/11/191746/06/13
Thomas HammondBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1738-1763
(Plymouth Dockyard)ADM 6/15/151
ADM 6/15
1746/06/141763/11/23
Thomas HammondBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1738-1763
(Chatham Dockyard)ADM 6/17/116

Thomas Hammond, Master Blacksmith at Chatham informs us he has belonged to the Service nearly 41 years, is now infirm and incapable of further service and asks to be superannuated. Opine his petition is true and he is a proper object for superannuation. The Master Smiths in the Yards need to be well acquainted with anchor work and recommend he is succeeded by James Kincade a Master Smith at Woolwich and his vacancy may be filled by one of William James from Deptford, Francis Ansell at Portsmouth or William Lymyn at Plymouth, all of whom are now Foremen

ADM 6/17
1746/06/141768/06/01
Thomas VaughanBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1746-1768
(Plymouth Dockyard)ADM 6/17/116

Superannuated

ADM 6/17
1747/05/271747/11/14
John Dalton jun.British
Dockyard Staff
Service 1747
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/17/229
ADM 6/19
1747/11/14 
John Dalton jun.British
Dockyard Staff
Service 1747
(Deptford Dockyard)ADM 6/17/283
ADM 6/17
1747/11/141759/03/26
Joseph RippingtonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1747-1759
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/17/283

Opine that Joseph Rippington, Master Smith at Woolwich, deserves to be superannuated at £52.10s per annum as was awarded the Master Boatbuilder at Portsmouth. Recommend James Kincade, first Foreman to the smiths at Deptford, to succeed him

ADM 6/17
1751/01/251771/01/16
Benjamin GravesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1751-1771
(Sheerness Dockyard)ADM 6/20/343
ADM 6/20
1756/04/021774/06/21
David ThurstonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1756-1774
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/18/252

Superannuated

ADM 6/18
1759/03/261763/11/23
James KincadeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1759-1763
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/19/551
ADM 6/19
1763/11/23 
James KincadeBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1759-1763
(Chatham Dockyard)ADM 6/19/551
ADM 6/19
1763/11/231775/04/20
William JamesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1763
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/19/551
ADM 6/19
1768/06/01 
William LymynBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1768
(Plymouth Dockyard)ADM 6/20/205
ADM 6/20
1771/01/241774/06/21
James BadcockBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1774
(Sheerness Dockyard)ADM 6/20/343
ADM 6/20
1774/06/21 
James BadcockBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1774
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/21/36
ADM 6/21
1774/07/05 
Francis AnselBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1774
(Sheerness Dockyard)ADM 6/21/37
ADM 6/21
1775/04/281779/03/26
George VernonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1775-1779
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/21/90

Dismissed for "irregularities and abuses"

ADM 6/21
1779/03/26 
Thomas JamesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1823
(Woolwich Dockyard)ADM 6/21/532
ADM 6/21
1779/03/261823/04/25
Thomas JamesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1823
(Woolwich Dockyard)
ADM 29/8
1790/11/231821/03/31
Charles FlemingBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1764-1821
(Deptford Dockyard)
ADM 29/8
1793/08/27 
Abraham BrookesBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1793
(Portsmouth Dockyard)ADM 6/24/263
ADM 6/24
1801/07/301818/09/30
Alexander MooreBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771-1818
(Plymouth Dockyard)
ADM 29/8
1809/02/161827/02/22
Barnabas BarberBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1779-1827
(Portsmouth Dockyard)
ADM 29/8
1809/04/101822/08/04
John CheshireBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1772-1822
(Chatham Dockyard)
ADM 29/8