Biography:
1. James Tims was employed as a Cylinder Man at Fisher Street in West Sussex at 2/-d per day (Supply 5/226 dated the 18th June 1807).
2. This was also the case in August 1808, according to a further List of Foremen, Artificers & Labourers Employed dated the 23rd August 1808 (Supply 5/227).
3. Supply 5/228 dated the 1st September 1810 confirmed the above information.
4. Tims was still a Cylinder Man according to the List of Employees, Supply 5/229, dated the 29th August 1812, but his pay had increased by then to 2/8d per day.