Biography:
1. Thomas Randall joined the Ordnance Board as a Corning House Man on the 6th November 1797, and also enlisted as a Private in the Volunteer Company (Supply 5/219 dated September 1798).
2. A signed document, Supply 5/220 of the 2nd February 1800 relating to a Petition on Pay, showed that he was literate and was working as a general Labourer.
3. In a letter dated 23rd June, 1801 (Supply 5/195) it was stated that the writer had "the Board's commands to transmit to you on the other side hereof a list of the men who have been burnt and otherwise hurt by the fire which lately destroyed (16th June, 1801) the Corning House at Waltham Abbey; and I am to desire the storekeeper will pay the men all their pay until they are recovered." The list included Thomas Randall.
4. In another letter to the Board dated the 29 July 1801 (Supply 5/221), it was stated that the men who were burnt at the Corning House on the 16th June had requested that they be reimbursed for the loss of clothing. The list included Thomas Randall, whose claim amounted to £1.4.6d for a hat (16/-d) stockings (4/-d) and handkerchiefs (4/6d).
5. Supply 5/222 dated the 8th May 1804 stated that Randall was working as a Refiner, with pay of 2/-d per day; all Refiners received an additional allowance of 1/-d per night when it was their turn to watch - on average every 5th night.
