Biography:
1. A Report dated the 8th May 1801 (Supply5/221) recorded that Richard Boxall was working as a Labourer in Sussex earning 1/6d per day, and that he was married with 4 children. Note: In this document, anyone not an Artificer was described as a Labourer.
2. A Return of Artificers and Labourers dated the 3rd November 1801 (Supply 5/221) confirmed that he was still employed as a Labourer at the Cylinder Houses in Sussex. The same document said that since the cylinders had been out of repair, Boxall had been employed in stacking timber in the yards and levelling and preparing the ground where the cylinders were to be re-sited. He was given notice to leave in 1802 but returned to the Mills sometime in 1804.
3. According to the List of Foremen, Artificers and Labourers (Supply5/224 dated the 30th January 1806) Mr. Boxall was employed as a Cylinder Man earning 2/-d. per day, and that at that date he had 2 years' service.
4. According to a further List (Supply 5/226 dated the 18th June 1807) Mr. Boxall was still employed as a Cylinder Man earning 2/-d per day, as was the case in August 1808 (Supply 5/227 dated the 23rd August 1808), and this information is confirmed in a further Employment List (Supply 5/228 dated the 1st September 1810).
5. Richard was still a Cylinder Man according to a List of Employees (Supply 5/229 dated the 29th August 1812), but he was then earning 2/8d per day, and this information was confirmed in Supply 5/230 dated the 13th February 1814).
