Examples
of H.E.I.C. Records relating to Appointments
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/644 - List of Applications from Officers of the Company’s Own
Ships 1736-1810
A most interesting
volume for other matters, in this single volume there is an alphabetical list
of those individuals mentioned at the front. This relates directly to ‘Mates to
be allowed to proceed in Stations for which they are not qualified agreeably to
the Company’s Regulations’ - found after a wad of the Company’s regulations
relating to ‘Qualifications of Commanders & Mates’. The latter covers the
period 1756 to 1799 and are not necessarily in
chronological order.
Example:-
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|
Thomas Baker |
4th Mate |
Lowther Castle |
Not allowed to proceed as he will not attain the prescribed Age by 4 or 5 Months on the Ship’s leaving England 29th Jan ,
17th Feby 1813. |
Following this
list are various regulations made at the Court of Directors, including uniform
details 1787, 1802, 1809 and 1816. Next is a section headed ‘Sale of Commands’.
This is a single page giving regulations from 1757 through to 1769. Then there
are various regulations for Surgeons, seemingly from about 1769 to 1832, but
not necessarily in chronological order. At the end of this are some individual
instructions to surgeons.
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/672 - Nominal Lists of Surgeons and Surgeons’ Mates 1801-13
The two volumes of
this series were made up annually, generally with four headings - Name, Present
Ship, Last Voyage and Remarks. It should be noted that this source is difficult
to use without a starting point.
Example:-
Approved 1806
.
|
‘John Thomas Beaurain |
Worcester |
- |
Volunteered to H.M. Ship Concorde
previous to this Ship’s arrival in India’ |
Some entries had a fifth column, ‘Journal
Returned’
Example:-
Approved 16th December 1807
.
|
‘Charles Pooley |
Exeter |
Monarch |
- |
23 November 1809’ |
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