Chatham Chest

 

 

Source: PRO: ADM 82/116 - Register of Payments to Pensioners (Midshipmen, Masters, Surgeons, Boatswains, Gunners, Carpenters, Cooks and Ratings 1796

This is one of over 100 volumes relating to the Chatham Chest over the period 1675-1799. The entries are very roughly in alphabetical order.

 

p.150

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(Presumably year entered)

81

Ship names

Edgar

Pensr names

Jno Hogg

Amt Paid

4 0 0

2s due

4

Money paid

 

To whom

 

 

 

Source: PRO: ADM 82/123 - Index to Pensioners 1779 to c.1797

This is also roughly in alphabetical order. Apart from giving the date of when payments were first made by this charity, details of injuries and such like and ship’s names are also given, along with sums. It can be difficult finding particular men (as found in the payment registers), although this might just be for the latter years.

 

Example:-

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John Hogg

His right leg wounded by splinter

Grafton

17 Apr 80

6 0 0

 

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Source: Jersey Archive: L/F/189

 

Although slightly out of the time frame that I normally deal with, a friend of mine showed me a photocopy of the following wound certificate, knowing that I would be interested. A most rare document, with some help I found out that the original is now held in Jersey. Through the courtesy of the Jersey Heritage Trust, they have given their blessing to this ‘facsimile’:-

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These are to certify the Worshipful the Governours

of ye Chest of Chatham for relief of hurt and wounded

Seal Seamen, in His Majesty’s Service, That ---

Phillip Billet - Seaman --- Aged about twenty

five years was wounded on board .....His Majesty’s

ship Victory --- by receiving ...... a fracture of the

Radius of the right Arm, which occupies great Pain

and Inflammation ----------------------------

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No. on the 7th of May in the year one Thousand

seven Hundred and eighty --- being then actually

upon His Majesty’s Service in afsisting to row off

one of the Boats from the Shore -------

..................To the truth whereof We certify this

Twelfth day of May 1780 ---

 

....Henry Olins Captain .............. Jas Keating Purser

.......................Lieutent ............... T H Mann Boatsn

John Madgeson Master ..............Benjn Vicary Gunner

JW Thompson Surgeon ............Danl Scarville Carpenter

 

Note. That in the Certificate above be exprefsed the part of the Body

wherein, the time when (in words at length) and manner how, the

wound with ye nature thereof was receivd, that this Certificate be filled

up, signed & deliverd to the Person as soon as He is cured on board or

before He is sent from the Ship for cure and not afterwards

 

 

 

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