Examples
of H.E.I.C. Petty Officers Records of Service
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/850A - Statements of Service, compiled in 1834, of E.I.C. Marine
Boatswains, Carpenters and Gunners (also Commanders, Officers, Surgeons and
Pursers)
Unlike those
catalogued as L/MAR/C849 these are in original form, in seven individual parts
as A to G (one hundred cases each). At the beginning of the volumes so far seen
there is a copy of the typed alphabetical index giving the volume and part
numbers.
Example:-
Folios 1-4
f.1
........................Orchard
House Blackwall
...............................January 5th 1835
Hon: Sirs
................Being in the greatest diftrefs,
I beg leave to inclose
a statement of
my service with the hope that you
would relieve me with a few pounds
to obtain the common necefsaries
of
existence until the affairs relative
to the officers of your Hon: Co: Service be
settled - not having had any employment
since the dischargeing of the Fairlie.
.....................I have the honor to be
To the Hon, Court..........Hon:
Sirs
of Directors of the......Yr
mo: obt hble Servt
East India Compy.....................Wm Armes
f.2
.............I,.............William
Armes Gunner
of the Ship.............William
Fairlie
when last in the employ of the East India Company, make
oath, and
declare that I have been informed by my Parents and
Relatives, and
which information I verily believe to be true, that I was
born at Wighton
...............................in the county of Norfolk on the Second
Baptized
on the Twentieth day
of April in the year of our Lord 1777
|
......Sworn before me, at Poplar this.....Fifth
day of ........Jany in the Year 1835 |
} }
John ?Floret? } |
f.3
This is merely a covering sheet
f.4
STATEMENT of the Services of William Armes
on board the following Ships employed by the East-India
Company.
.
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SHIPS NAMES. |
SEASON OUTWARD. |
STATION. |
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First Voyage
Second do.
.. Third do.
.. Fourth do.
Fifth do.
... Sixth do.
.. Seventh do.
.. Eighth do.
Ninth do.
. Tenth do.
. Eleventh do.
Twelfth do.
. |
Woodford London Marquis of Huntley Marquis of Huntley Marquis of Huntley General Harris William Fairlie |
And
Seven Eighteen
hundred 1822 1824 1826 1828 1830 1832 |
Quarter Master Gunner* Gunner Gunner Gunner Gunner Gunner |
|
Entered the Ship London as Gunner on the
20 March 1822 Left the Wm. Fairlie. -.... -...... do --------- 17 May 1833 ................................................Upwards of 10 years Service. .................................................................................R.R. ...GENTLEMEN, .......I William Armes............................................................................................
, do hereby declare, that I had not, previously to August 1833,
quitted the Maritime Service of the Company, for the purpose either of
retiring from it, or of following any other pursuit; and that if the Company
had gone on trading in common with the Public, it was my intention to
continue to follow the Maritime profession in that Service. .......................................................I am, ....................................................................GENTLEMEN, ................................Directors..........................Your most obedient Servant, To the Honourable Court of the......................................William
Wm Armes ......East-India Company .................................................................Not Married |
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* Written across these entries confirmed
with ledger
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