Biography:
1. Peter Bowie was a 15-year-old Waltham Abbey lad, who started as an Apprentice to the Master Carpenter on the 5th January, 1814. He was paid 6/-d per week, as he was during 1817, but in 1818, his pay had increased to 6/4d per week.
2. According to WO54/528 dated the 19th May 1819, at that date his pay had been increased to 6/8d per week.
3. List of Employees dated the 13th September 1820 ( WO54/532) confirmed that Bowie was still an Apprentice to the Master Carpenter. He was now aged 19, lived in Waltham Abbey, and single man; his pay at that date had been increased to 7/-d per week.