Extract from Treasury Board Papers and In-Letters, 1785 (T1/613). This is a list of clothing issued to male and female prisoners on the
Dunkirk prison hulk. This evidence allowed the hulk Overseer to reclaim his costs from the Treasury.
.
1 Dec 1784
Price :2:10 :4:2 :1:10 :3:6 :3:2 :5:6 :3:0
Thomas Limpis
2
1
1
1
1
Henry Roach
2
1
1
1
1
William Browne
2
1
1
1
1
Francis Garland
2
1
1
1
1
Thomas Brown
2
1
1
1
1
John Jones
2
1
1
1
1
Womans :1:6
Ruth Mercer
1
1
1
Ann Taunton
1
1
1
Elizabeth Dudgon
1
1
1
Elizabeth Barber
1
1
1
Susanah Gratos als Garth
1
1
1
Charlotte Ware
Hannah Green
Frances Hart
Margaret Hall
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Aprons
We whose names are hereunto subscribed do
acknowledge to have received of Mr William Cowdry
the several articles of clothing against our names
expressed
Gowns
Caps mans
Trowsers
Jackets
Womans
Shifts
Shirts
Names
Mans
Shoes
Stockings man
Time
When
Year
:1:6 :3:3 :2:9
1
1
1
1
1
1
:1:0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Thomas Limpis [signature]
Henry Roach [signature]
The mark of William Browne [X]
The mark of Francis Garland [X]
Thomas Brown [signature]
The mark of John Jones [X]
The mark of Ruth Mercer [X]
The mark of Ann Taunton [X]
The mark of Elizabeth Dudgon [X]
Elizabeth Barber [signature]
The mark of Susanah Gratos als Garth
[X]
The mark of Charlotte Ware [X]
The mark of Hannah Green [X]
The mark of Frances Hart [X]
The mark of Margaret Hall [X]
£
1
1
1
1
1
1
S
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
D
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
15
1
1
1
1
15
0
0
0
0
0
1st December 1784
The above several articles of slop cloaths1 were this day
Issued to the several convicts as against such of those
names expressed in the presence of
William Cowdrey [signature] Overseer
Digory [signature] Ships Surgeon
£
27
28
26
0
7
12
6
0
2
97
14
8
Notes:
1. Shift: smock dress female clothing
2. ‘als’ – alias
3. £ S D: Pounds Shilling Pence (old pence). Therefore 2:10 meant £0, 2 shillings and 10 old pence. There were 20 shillings to a
pound and 12 old pence per shilling
4. Supervision of prison hulk convicts was passed on to an ‘Overseer’. The Overseer was a private businessman used by the
government to run the hulks. There was also a separate arragement for a contractor to supply food, shelter and clothing to the
convicts. Often both roles were fulfilled by the same person (thus William Cowdrey’s signature on the inventory).
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