WAPP - Waltham Abbey Personnel Project

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Biography:

1. William Coote was employed as a Cooper earning 1/9d per day, and was not allowed to watch (Supply 5/230 dated the 13th February 1814). 2. List of Employees dated the 25th June 1818 (Supply 5/231) confirmed that William, aged 15, was still a Cooper and that he lived in Waltham Abbey and still earned 1/9d per day. 3. In a letter dated September 1818 (Supply 5/231) it was stated "We respectfully beg leave to add the names and stations of those persons whom it will be necessary to discharge in consequence of this arrangement", and the list included William Coote, Cooper.