WAPP - Waltham Abbey Personnel Project

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Biography:

1. Henry Dugleby, according to the C.V. of Clerks working at Waltham Abbey (Supply 5/216 dated the 23rd August 1792) started work at Woolwich on the 1st January 1781, became Clerk at Woolwich on the 2nd February 1783, and was appointed Clerk at Waltham Abbey on the 1st April 1788. 2. He became a First Lt. in the Militia formed at the Mills in 1794, according to Winters (p.51). 3. Report on Pay and Allowances for Artificers and Labourers (Supply 5/217 dated the 3rd July 1795) recorded that his salary was £70 per annum, with £15 per annum for house rent. 4. According to Supply 5/220 dated the 2nd February 1800, Henry had become the First Clerk. 5. In a document dated the 19th August 1801 (Supply 5/195), Dugleby was promoted to Clerk of Cheque, replacing Robert Coleman. 6. According to Supply 5/222 dated the 8th May 1804, Henry's salary at that time was £150 per annum, with a lodging allowance of £26 per annum, and coal/candle allowance of £12.10.0d. 7. Supply 5/222 dated the 8th May 1804 recorded that Mr. Dugleby was, additionally, an Overseer in the "Engineers' Department Established", and was paid 1/6d per day by the Storekeeper. 8. Henry Dugleby was replaced by William Breeze as the Clerk of the Cheque on the 6th February 1805 (Supply 5/223).