Biography:
1. John Wright (1) was working as a Labourer in the "Engineers' Dept. Established", earning 1/6d per day, with "one day extra allowed per week agreeable to the Board's Order dated 12th March, 1801." (Supply 5/222 dated the 8th May 1804).
2. John possibly returned to the Mills by the 13th February 1814, since a John Wright is recorded as being a Puntman earning 2/8d per day and allowed to watch in turn (Supply 5/230). (He may well have been in the Engineers' Department for a longer period).