Biography:
1. Henry Halsted was a Clerk with a salary of £60 per annum, together with £15 annually for house rent (Supply 5/217 dated the 3rd July 1795).
2. Supply 5/220 dated the 2nd February 1800, recorded that Halsted signed, as a witness, the Petition on Pay and Allowances presented by the workforce . He was the 2nd Clerk.
3. By May 1804, Henry had been promoted to First Clerk with a salary of £80 per annum, lodging allowance of £20.16.0d, and coal/candle allowance of £12.10.0d per annum. He had been awarded a £10 increase in pay and a gratuity of £8.0.0d according to Supply 5/222 dated the 8th May 1804.