Examples of Warrant Officers' Half-Pay

Examples of Warrant Officers’ Half-Pay

Source: PRO: ADM 25/149 - (Commissioned Officers), Masters & Surgeons July to December 1805

Of a series of over 200 volumes stretching from 1729 to 1836, these ledgers detail both commissioned officers and warrant officers (when allowed half pay).

p.103

Under ‘50 Masters At 5s. per Diem New Establishment’:-

Name	Thomas Clements
From what Ships Discharged
Ships	Old Establishment
When	23 Aug. 1805
Half Pay
Commencing	24 Aug. 1805
Ending	1 December
Employed again
When	2 December 1805
In what Ship	Superintending Master at Deptford
Imprest noted
Front Employed	16
No of Days	100
Three Pence per £	6 3
Full	25 - -
Neat	23 17 9
When paid	2 July 06
and to Whom	Jas Sykes attny

p.120

Under ‘Surgeons On the New Establishment at 6s. & 5s. per Diem’:-

Name	William Bragg 6/0
From what Ships Discharged
Ships	Brondescarp
When	7 Oct. 1805
Half Pay
Commencing	8. Oct. 1805
Ending	24 Oct. 1805
Employed again
When	25 Oct. 1805
In what Ship	Argonaut
Imprest noted
Front Per Pax	6 3
No of Days	17
Three Pence per £	1.3
Full	5 2 0
Neat	4 14 6
When paid
and to Whom

Source: PRO: ADM 25/189 (Commissioned Officers and) Pursers, Masters & Surgeons January to March 1820

Of a series of over 200 volumes stretching from 1729 to 1836 (although for pursers from 1814), these ledgers detail both commissioned officers and warrant officers (when allowed half pay).

p.145

Under ‘100 Pursers at 5s. per Diem’:-

Name	James Brown
From what Ships Discharged
Ships
When
Half Pay
Commencing	1 Jan 1820
Ending	31 March 1820
Employed again
When
In what Ship
Imprest noted

No of Days
Three Pence per £	5.9
Full	22 15 0
Neat	22 9 3
When paid
and to Whom	Wm Marsh At

Source: PRO: ADM 11/5 - Masters 1819-22

This hand written volume is indexed by ships’ names at the front and by individuals’ names at the rear. Although for payments made are in the late 1830s these deal with much earlier service: starting from 1777. Also most of the headings are not shown, so in order to understand these often one must have a good grounding in naval administration of the time. Some entries, however, such as the one below are largely self-explanatory.

p.158 (and p.1 for some of the headings)

Age	21
Date of qualification	10 Aug 1811
Rate	6^th
	Richard Talbott
Seniority	14 Augt 1811
	Seine Helder ..........24 Jany 1812 Fly - 1 June 1813 Sept 1814
Dismifsed as Master Sentence of Court Martial 20 Apl 1812 + to serve 12 Months as Masters Mate or Midn: before he shall be eligible for further promotion. - Re-instated. See A.O. 4^th May 1813 with qualification DD 6 Decr 1814 Ply Hosl ?8 Gov? Greykes Lt

Source: PRO: PMG 15/3 (Commissioned Officers), Masters, Surgeons, Pursers and Chaplains October 1837 to March 1838

This is one of three volumes in this series relating to 1836 to 1838 (and not 1858 as in Professor Rodger’s book). There is an index at the front by rank and name.

p.242

Under ‘Masters Qualified for 5^th & 6^th Rates, Sloops, &c. At 5s. 0d. per Diem’

Date of Authority for the commencement of Half-Pay:	John Caught
Decr 2n 1837 Commencing:	1 Oct
Ending:	31 Dec
Full:	23 - -
Abatements:
Nett:	23
When Paid:	22 Jany 1838
When issue + Remittance No.:	10 Jany 1838
To whom Paid or by whom payable:	BE
Mch 2n 1838 Commencing:	1^st Jany
Ending:	31 Mch
Full:	22 10
Abatements:
Nett:	22 10
When Paid:	21 Apl
When issue + Remittance No.:	10 Apl
To whom Paid or by whom payable:	BE
Date of authority for Cessation of Half-Pay:
Remarks:
Agent’s Names, and how and where paid on former List:	BE

Sometimes there is other information printed across the entries. For example on page 209 a purser named James Dodd Keely was noted as ‘Lunatic at Haslar. 1s. 6d. per diem to be abated for his maintenance, per Admiralty Order, 13 May, 1831’.

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