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Biography:

1. Edward Speller (1) was a Bricklayer who was paid £1.9.9d for work carried out by the Engineers' Department in the Manufactory between the 15th and 21st July 1809 (Supply 5/228 dated the 21st July 1809). 2. WO54/516 dated February 1816, confirmed that he was employed as a casual Bricklayer earning 4/7d per day in the Engineers' Department, and that he was first employed by the Board on the 23rd July 1806. He was a 38-year-old widower with 3 unmarried children, living in Waltham Abbey 3. WO54/520 dated the 28th February 1817, recorded that Edward Speller (1) was in receipt of 4/1d per day, with all other details remaining the same. This appears to be the last entry for Edward, the Bricklayer.