Messenger 1660-1832
From 1660 to 1711 an allowance of £50 was made available to one of the Messengers
of the Chamber who acted as Messenger to the Navy Board. (fn. 1) From 1711 the Messenger, appointed by Admiralty warrant at a salary of £50, was usually selected from
the Assistant Messengers to the Board, (fn. 2) the Admiralty Messengers, or the Navy
Board Clerks. (fn. 3) In 1796 the Messenger was relieved of his customary duty of paying
contingencies and awarded a salary of £120 plus an additional weekly allowance of
15s. in consideration of the extra duties imposed by the division of the Board into
Committees. (fn. 4) In 1807 the salary was increased to £240 when the weekly allowance,
various small perquisites and allowances for house rent and for coal and candles were
discontinued. (fn. 5) The salary was reduced to £150 in 1828, but increased to £200 in
1829. (fn. 6)
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1660 |
c. June |
Smith, R. |
| 1665 |
11 May |
Marlow, T. |
| 1711 |
24 May |
Appleby, T. |
| 1715 |
22 Oct. |
Enstone, T. |
| 1730 |
12 Dec. |
Doody, H. |
| 1733 |
9 Oct. |
Wyatt, W. |
| 1735 |
8 March |
Swaine, F. |
| 1755 |
15 Oct. |
James, J. |
| 1777 |
28 March |
Haysom, J. |
| 1792 |
5 April |
Harden, J. |
| 1799 |
26 Nov. |
Powell, J. |
| 1813 |
19 May |
Woolley, J. |
| 1828 |
25 March |
Lilburn, G. |
Footnotes
| 1 |
Adm. 20/1 no. 1332; Adm. 106/3520 f. 25. |
| 2 |
The Assistant Messengers, both of whom were acting by deputy in 1786 (5th Rept. on Fees, 180),
have not been included in this volume. They and other domestic servants of the Board are listed in the
Treasurer's Salary and Pension Books (Adm. 7/809-21). |
| 3 |
Enstone and Swaine were the two Clerks appointed Messenger. |
| 4 |
Orders in council 8 June 1796 (17th Rept. on Finance, 331-2) and 28 Dec. 1796 (ibid. 333). |
| 5 |
Order in council 28 Oct. 1807 (4th Rept. Commrs. of Naval Revision, 72, 211). |
| 6 |
Adm. 7/821 f. 103. |