Watchmen c. 1694-1832

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. Originally published by University of London, London, 1975.

Citation:

'Watchmen c. 1694-1832', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870, ed. J C Sainty( London, 1975), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol4/p73 [accessed 16 November 2024].

Provision was made for a Watchman with a salary of £20 in the establishment of 1694. (fn. 1) Salaries of £27 for two further Watchmen were made available in 1705. (fn. 2) The salaries of all three Watchmen were fixed at £18 in 1713, at £20 in 1728 and at £25 in 1800. (fn. 3) In 1800 it was arranged that one of the Watchmen should act as Extra Porter with an additional allowance of £40. This was raised to £50 in 1807. (fn. 4) The office of one of the Watchmen was discontinued in 1821. In 1832 the remaining two Watchmen appear to have been absorbed into the class of Hall Messengers. (fn. 5)

LIST OF APPOINTMENTS

By 1694		Mason, G.
1698		Buck, T.
1699		Lindsey, J.
1704-5		Pratt, B.
1704-5		Waldron, R.
1719	27 Oct.	Blasedale, A.
1720	7 April	Kettlewell, J.
1720	30 Sept.	Mears, H.
1732	5 July	Jefferson, T.
1742	28 June	Pearce, J.
1742	4 Nov.	Spike, A.
1748	3 June	White, W.
1751	21 March	Chirm, T.
1754	25 Dec.	Hutchinson, R.
1761	16 Feb.	Spike, S.
1768	26 Dec.	Merryam, J.
1773	14 Jan.	Downing, W.
1773	10 April	Allpuss, R.
1777	8 April	Man, J.
1778	4 July	Millman, W.
1781	10 Feb.	Scott, T.
1784	11 Feb.	Winchester, C.
1786	29 Sept.	Potts, R.
1788	24 June	Crockford, J.
1791	16 July	Sandford, T.
1800	11 Jan.	Munday, J.
1801	19 Aug.	Smith, J.
1801	19 Aug.	Legatt, J.
1812	14 Jan.	Barlow, J.
1822	6 May	Taylor, J.
1825	30 March	Legatt, R.