Examples
of Documents relating to the H.E.I.C.’s Poplar Fund
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/785 - Register of Applications for Pensions 1-1936B for 1809 to
1821 (marked as volume II)
Alphabetically
indexed at front, giving page and entry number.
Example (also see
below):-
p.40
.
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No. on the List |
754 |
|
Date of
Admission |
* |
|
Applicants Names |
Daniel Bland |
|
Age |
43 |
|
Relation |
|
|
Quality |
Armourer |
|
Died or killed |
|
|
Servitude (in
years, months and days) |
5 8 8 |
|
Hurt Wound or
Infirmity |
Hurt |
|
Under what
article Entitled Not Entitled |
3rd
|
|
For what Term
granted |
One year
(from) 11 Jany (1815) |
|
Amount per annm |
£5 8s |
|
Remarks |
|
* Entry blank,
although the last noted was 3rd June 1814 further up the page.
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/795 - Petitions for pensions from former officers and seamen, the
widows and orphans of former seamen, with accounts of time of service, marriage
certificates, medical certificates, certificates of birth or baptism and of
burial list of names - numbers 700-800
Paperwork for
Number 754 (continued from example above)...
‘To the
Honble Court of Directors
of the United East India Compy
the Humble Petition of Daniel Bland
Aged 43 years
Herewith
That your Petitioner
has
served your Honrs Four Voyages the
last as Armourer of the Tottenham and
is at present, incapable of doing his duty
at sea in consequence of a hurt he got
on the left Knee joint on board that
Ship
your Petitioner being in great distrefs
must humbly pray your Honrs will
take his case into consideration and grant
him such relief as to your Honrs
shall
seem meet and your Petitioner shall as in
Duty Bound
Ever
Pray
Ya Y Y
19th Augst
1814’
‘ To
John Monroe Esq
East India House
Sir
I have examined Danl
Bland
late Armourer in the Honble
Company’s Service
and do certify that he is afflicted with pain
and a partial Contraction of the left Knee
Joint which Complaint render him unfit
for another voyage to India this Year -
I
remain with great Respect
Your obt humble Servt
I Procter
120 Leadenhall
St
Augt 10 1814’
|
. ‘THIS is to certify, That Danl
Bland ...................................................................................................late a Armourer................. ---- .............in the Service of the United East-India Company, is an Inhabitant of this Parish,
is a sober, honest, industrious Man and worthy of the Honourable Company’s Charity; and; to the best of our Knowledge and Belief, has not the
means of decent Maintenance without. |
|||
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Dated
in the Parish of Bow |
the |
||
|
19
of Oct 1814 |
|
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|
|
Ch
Chambers |
--------------- |
Minister. |
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|
?H Youngers |
} |
||
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} Churchwardens. |
||
|
John
Gadden |
}’ |
||
.
The covering sheet gave his name; age; number
of voyages; pension given (£8 8s 5d) and that this had been allowed on the 1st
and 3rd clauses.
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/786 - Poplar Pensioners. Register of Applications, with
particulars Nos. 1937 to 3559, and list of all pensions with particulars (1822
to 1834)
These volumes are
neatly alphabetically indexed at the front giving page number where applicable
and also number(s). Actual entries give good info.
Example:-
Index - Michod,
Mary; p.3; 1981; 1
p.3
.
|
No. on the List: |
1981 |
|
Date of Application: |
May 1822 |
|
Names of Applicants: |
Mrs. Mary Michod |
|
Age: |
42 |
|
For whose Services Relation: Station last held in the Service: Died or Killed: |
Husband 2nd Mates Widow Died in the house allowed him at Poplar |
|
No. of Voyages: |
6 |
|
Time Serviced (in Years, months and days): |
8 11 12 |
|
Hurt, Wound, or Infirmity: |
Distress |
|
Under which clause Entitled: Not Entitled: |
9 new |
|
For what time granted: |
Life, Mar 1822 |
|
Annual amount of Pension: |
£60 |
|
Remarks: |
Husband had £60 a Year for his life - on
reference to precedent 31 July 1821. Mrs. M alld
new Scales to continue in house at Poplar |
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/809 - Pensions with certificates and other documents attached for
Pensions, Compensation, &c. - 1822
Example
(continued):-
.
No. 1981 Mrs. Mary Michod
.
There are eleven
sheets in this case. These cover hand-written letters and forms and contain a
great deal of personal, social and genealogical info. Although badly faded and
not the easiest of hands to read in places, the letters are well worth
persevering with as they show the perilous and distressing position Mrs. Michod was in.
Source: BL: IOR: L/MAR/C/787 - Registers
of Applications - 1822-1834
.
This volume,
compiled chronologically is also another way of finding application numbers and
gives similar information to that in L/MAR/C/786.
.
|
Names |
Mrs. Mary Michod.... 1981 |
|
Age |
42 |
|
Stations |
Second Mate’s Widow |
|
No. of Voyages |
6 |
|
Time of Service (in years, months and days) |
8 11 12 |
|
Cause of Application |
Distress |
|
For whom applying |
Herself |
|
Relief granted before |
Not any herself but her Husband had a
Pension of £60 per annm |
|
Clauses applicable to the Petitioner’s case |
9th new |
|
When Married |
3 Feb 1800 |
|
Date of Husband’s Burial |
20 May 1822 |
|
No. of Children on Reporting |
1 daughter No property |
|
Entered the Service |
1790 |
|
Ceased to be employed |
1805 |
|
Remarks |
|
Source: BL: IOR: L/MAR/C/788 - List of
Pensions on the Poplar Fund on the 4th April 1821
This single volume is compiled roughly
alphabetically and chronologically, making it simple to use.
.
Examples:-
..
|
.Name |
Station |
Time
of Admifsion |
Amount
Pension |
|
Marshall Hannah |
Chief Mate |
8th Apr 1823 |
44.. -- |
|
Mayor Susannah |
Caulker |
7th May 1823 |
.8... -- |
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/667 - Miscellaneous information relating to the Poplar Fund within
the List of Commanders, Officers and Other Ranks down to Carpenters in the
Company’s Service August 1828-34, with age, service, dates of discharge etc.
.
Registers to
applications for Maritime Compensation 1834 to 1836
.
Alphabetical
Index, but unfortunately this does not seem to tally with the subsequent
records. There are only snippets of various records, but one ‘series’ of eleven
pages has seemingly excellent genealogical information giving details of
marriages and children - so it may be worth trawling through these if there are
individual officers in this position. There are also eight pages showing the
deaths of officers and sometimes admissions to compensation of widows covering
1834 to 1857
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