WAPP - Waltham Abbey Personnel Project

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Biography:

1. Edward Godwin (2) worked in the Corning House and was paid 1/6d per day (Supply 5/213 dated the 22nd August 1789). Supply 5/214 dated September 1789 cofirmed his position and pay, and his age was given as 24 years. These details were repeated in Supply 5/214 dated the 27th March 1790. 2. Supply 5/215 dated 11th December 1790, recorded that Edward Godwin was no longer in the Corning House, his name being replaced by John Godwin, who was later severely burnt when the Corning Mill blew up in June 1801.