WAPP - Waltham Abbey Personnel Project

WAPP: 959

Name: John (2) Wright

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Sex: M

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Subject: Return of Employees

Document Date: 01/10/1833

PRO Reference: WO54/587

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Biography:

1. John Wright (2) had been appointed as a Saltpetre Refiner at Faversham on the 1st July 1821, and as a Cylinderman on the 19th November 1832. His appointment as a Cylinder House Man at Waltham Abbey, dated from the 2nd June 1833. He was paid £33.16.0d per annum, and allowed to watch in turn, giving him a total income of £39 per annum. He was a 32-year old-married man with 3 children who had just over 12 years' service, and had been trained as a Saltpetre Refiner.