Ships or Vessels Properly accomodated for the Security Employment
and health of the persons to be confined therein and by being
employed in hard Labour in the raising Sand, Soil and Gravel from
and cleaning the River Thames or any other Service for the benefit
of the Navigation of the said River or in any other public Works
upon the Banks or Shores of the same under the management
and direction of such Superintendant or Superintendants as hath
been or shall be appointed for the River Thames by the Justices of
of the peace for the County of Middlesex (to wit) the said John
Wright< no role > , John Fuller< no role > Robert Steward< no role > , Thomas Sutton< no role > , Dennis Shehan< no role >
and Richard Sharpling< no role > for the term of three years; the said
George Shipley< no role > , William Templer< no role > and Robert Bampton< no role > for the
term of two years and the said Michael Hasterly< no role > for the term
of one year pursuant to the Statute in that Case
made and provided Dated the nineteenth day of December
in the year of our Lord 1783.

E Rynolds
Clerk of the Session of Gaol
Delivery for the County of
Middlesex