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  <identification
    reference="ADM 115/747"
    title="GENERAL RECORD BOOK of the OFFICERS, SEAMEN, MARINES, and BOYS, of H.M.S. Phaeton between the 31st October 1861, and the 24th March 1865."
    location="PRO Kew" />
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  <notes>Square brackets denote modern gloss.  All other text, including punctuation amounts and spelling, is as per the original.
  </notes>
  <record id="70" gloss="Pay record for William Allen while at HMS Phaeton">
    <item name="Number" value="70" />
    <item name="Date of Continuous Service Engagement" value="30 Octr 59" />
    <item name="Period of Continuous Service Engagement" value="10 yrs" />
    <item name="Number of Continuous Service Engagement" value="38,966" />
    <item name="NAMES" value="Wm. Allen" />
    <item name="Parish, Town, and County where Born" value="Brighton Sussex" />
    <item name="Exact Date of Birth" value="30 Octr. 1841" />
    <item name="Notations of Seamen, Gunners, Divers, and Badges" value="T.M." />
    <itemGroup gloss="Accounting period">
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="Ranks and Ratings" value="Ord" />
        <item name="Whence - Name of last Ship borne in for Wages and Date of Discharge" value="Fisgard late Cressy 5 March 61" />
        <item gloss="Date of start of period" value="11 Septer. 61" />
        <item gloss="Date of end of period" value="31 Dec 61" />
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="112" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="1/3" />
        <item name="Wages" value="&amp;pound;7 0s 0d" />
        <item name="Badge Pay, Tool Money, and other Allowances" value="&amp;pound;0 9s 4d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total." value="&amp;pound;7 9s 4d" />
      <itemGroup gloss="Deductions">
        <item name="Clothing, &amp;c., Tobacco, Soap, and Religious Books issued." value="&amp;pound;0 16s 5d" />
        <item name="Advance - Foreign Remittances - and other Charges.." value="&amp;pound;3 12s 0d" />
        <item name="Allotment" value="1 Decr 61 20/-" />
        <item name="Amount" value="&amp;pound;1 0s 0d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total of Abatements." value="&amp;pound;5 8s 5d" />
      <item name="Balance or Net Sum due to each Man." value="&amp;pound;2 0s 11d" />
      <item name="Credit carried down" value="&amp;pound;2 0s 11d" >
        <notation>Paymt on Acct.</notation>
      </item>
    </itemGroup>
    <itemGroup gloss="Accounting period">
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="Ranks and Ratings" value="Ord" />
        <item gloss="Date of start of period" value="1 Janry. 62" />
        <item gloss="Date of end of period" value="30 Sept 62" />
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="273" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="1/3" />
        <item name="Wages" value="&amp;pound;17 1s 3d" />
        <item name="Badge Pay, Tool Money, and other Allowances" value="&amp;pound;2 0s 11d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="Ranks and Ratings" value="A.B" />
        <item gloss="Date of start of period" value="1 Octr 62" />
        <item gloss="Date of end of period" value="31 Dec 62" />
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="92" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="1/7" />
        <item name="Wages" value="&amp;pound;7 5s 8d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="365" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="-/1" />
        <item name="Wages" value="T.M." />
        <item name="Badge Pay, Tool Money, and other Allowances" value="&amp;pound;1 10s 5d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total Credits or Gross Pay." value="&amp;pound;27 18s 3d" />
      <itemGroup gloss="Deductions">
        <item name="Monthly Allowance Paid to Men." value="&amp;pound;3 7s 6d" />
        <item name="Clothing, &amp;c., Tobacco, Soap, and Religious Books issued." value="&amp;pound;3 15s 9d" />
        <item name="Advance - Foreign Remittances - and other Charges.." value="&amp;pound;0 1s 0d" >
          <notation>1/- Sub 14 Mch 62</notation>
        </item>
        <allotment>
          <item name="Commencement and ending." value="charged to 30 Sept 63" />
          <item name="Amount." value="&amp;pound;12 0s 0d" />
        </allotment>
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total of Abatements." value="&amp;pound;19 4s 3d" />
      <item name="Balance or Net Sum due to each Man." value="&amp;pound;8 14 0d" />
      <item name="Credit carried down" value="&amp;pound;4 15s 0d" />
      <item name="Amount Remitted and Paid" value="&amp;pound;3 19s 0d" />
    </itemGroup>
    <itemGroup gloss="Accounting period">
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="Ranks and Ratings" value="A.B" />
        <item gloss="Date of start of period" value="1 Janry 63" />
        <item gloss="Date of end of period" value="31 Decr 63" />
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="365" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="1/7" />
        <item name="Wages" value="&amp;pound;28 17s 11d" />
        <item name="Badge Pay, Tool Money, and other Allowances" value="&amp;pound;4 15s 0d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="365" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="-/1" />
        <item name="Wages" value="TM." />
        <item name="Badge Pay, Tool Money, and other Allowances" value="&amp;pound;1 10s 5d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total." value="&amp;pound;35 3s 4d" />
      <itemGroup gloss="Deductions">
        <item name="Monthly Allowance Paid to Men." value="&amp;pound;10 10s 0d" />
        <item name="Clothing, &amp;c., Tobacco, Soap, and Religious Books issued." value="&amp;pound;3 16s 3d" />
        <allotment>
          <item name="Amount." value="&amp;pound;9 0s 0d" />
        </allotment>
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total of Abatements." value="&amp;pound;23 6s 3d" />
      <item name="Balance or Net Sum due to each Man." value="&amp;pound;11 17s 1d" />
      <item name="Credit carried down" value="&amp;pound;9 17s 1d" />
      <item name="Amount Remitted and Paid" value="&amp;pound;2 0s 0d" />
    </itemGroup>
    <itemGroup gloss="Accounting period">
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="Ranks and Ratings" value="A.B" />
        <item gloss="Date of start of period" value="1 Jany 64" />
        <item gloss="Date of end of period" value="31 Dec 64" />
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="366" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="1/7" />
        <item name="Wages" value="&amp;pound;28 19s 6d" />
        <item name="Badge Pay, Tool Money, and other Allowances" value="&amp;pound;9 17s 1d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="366" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="-/1" />
        <item name="Wages" value="TM." />
        <item name="Badge Pay, Tool Money, and other Allowances" value="&amp;pound;1 10s 6d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total." value="&amp;pound;40 7s 1d" />
      <itemGroup gloss="Deductions">
        <item name="Monthly Allowance Paid to Men." value="&amp;pound;8 0s 0d" />
        <item name="Clothing, &amp;c., Tobacco, Soap, and Religious Books issued." value="&amp;pound;3 11s 7d" />
        <item name="Desertion and Straggling Charges." value="&amp;pound;1 0s 0d" >
          <notation>20/- Straggling 8 June 64</notation>
        </item>
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total of Abatements." value="&amp;pound;12 11s 7d" />
      <item name="Balance or Net Sum due to each Man." value="&amp;pound;27 15s 6d" />
      <item name="Credit carried down" value="&amp;pound;27 15s 6d" />
    </itemGroup>
    <itemGroup gloss="Accounting period">
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="Ranks and Ratings" value="A.B" />
        <item gloss="Date of start of period" value="1 Janry 65" />
        <item gloss="Date of end of period" value="24 Mch 65" />
        <item name="Whither - to what Ship - or for what reason" value="Fisgard paid off" />
        <item name="Character." value="Very Good" />
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="83" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="1/7" />
        <item name="Wages" value="&amp;pound;6 11s 5d" />
        <item name="Badge Pay, Tool Money, and other Allowances" value="&amp;pound;27 15s 6d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <itemGroup gloss="Gross pay">
        <item name="No. of Days entitled to pay in each rating" value="83" />
        <item name="Rate of Pay per Day." value="-/1" />
        <item name="Wages" value="TM." />
        <item name="Badge Pay, Tool Money, and other Allowances" value="&amp;pound;0 6s 11d" />
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total." value="&amp;pound;34 13s 10d" />
      <itemGroup gloss="Deductions">
        <item name="Clothing, &amp;c., Tobacco, Soap, and Religious Books issued." value="&amp;pound;2 2s 9d" />
        <item name="Advance - Foreign Remittances - and other Charges.." value="&amp;pound;0 7s 6d" >
          <notation>1/6 Sub 27 Feby 65</notation>
          <notation>3/- Sub 28 Feb 65</notation>
          <notation>3/- Sub 2 Mch 65</notation>
        </item>
      </itemGroup>
      <item name="Total of Abatements." value="&amp;pound;2 10s 3d" />
      <item name="Balance or Net Sum due to each Man." value="&amp;pound;32 3s 7d" >
        <notation>24 Mch 65"</notation>
      </item>
      <item name="Amount Remitted and Paid." value="&amp;pound;32 3s 7d" />
    </itemGroup>
  </record>

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