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Name: William Dudley

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Subject: List of Foreman Artificers & Labourers Employed

Document Date: 30/01/1806

PRO Reference: Supply 5/224

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1. William Dudley was working in the Corning House at 2/2d per day according to Supply 5/224 dated the 30th January 1806, and at that date he had been employed by the Ordnance for 9 months. 2. According to Supply 5/228 dated the 1st September 1810, William was a Brimstone and Saltpetre Millman, with pay of 2/-d per day, and allowed to watch in turn. 3. List of Employees dated the 29th August 1812 (Supply 5/229) confirmed that Mr. Dudley was still a Brimstone and Saltpetre Millman who then earned 3/-d per day, and in addition, he was allowed to watch in turn, for which he earned 1/6d per night. 4. Dudley was still employed as a Brimstone and Saltpetre Millman on the 13th February 1814 (Supply 5/230), but with a his pay reduced to 2/8d per day. However, he was still allowed to watch in turn for 1/6d per night. 5. In 1816, the Board formed three tenements out of the dwellings in the Tanyard on the south side of High Bridge Street. William was allocated one of Plots Nos. 54 and 55 on the Waltham Abbey Town Map, with a rental of 2/-d per week (Winters' Centenary Memorial, p.83).