Key: Ackrill, Robert seaman

Ackrill, Anthony non-seaman

Barnes [Barns], William standardised name, followed by name as found in the letter and any variants.

Ackrill, Anthony (A20–2); of Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire; with wife Mary, née Grime (marr. 30 May 1768, Grimsby), addressee of his son Robert Ackrill.

Ackrill, Robert (A20–2); Ordinary Seaman (no. 626), Sans Pareil (80) (named as Robert Ackerdale), age 24 on entry, entered Sans Pareil (80) on 18 Apr., appeared 13 May 1795, on board to at least 25 May 1797, with a period of service on board Pompée (74) in late 1795.2= A Quota man under the Quota Act of 1795, then a mariner, described as 5′8” tall, with dark brown hair tied back in a queue and grey eyes, to serve for the parishes of Brocklesby, Bigby, Barnetby le Wold, Croxton, Melton Ross and Cadney. His bounty amounted to 43 guineas, but his name does not appear on a list of fifty-four Lincolnshire men paid bounty under the Act of 1795, including one born in Grimsby, perhaps because he had had difficulties in proving his identity and payment was delayed, as is shown in his letters. Ackrill was given one-third of his bounty, amounting to £15 1s, and a receipt dated 27 Oct. 1795 shows that Ackrill's father eventually received £30 2s, the remaining two-thirds, from the Treasurer for the parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire. The total amount was comparable with bounties available in some ports of up to £30 or £40 for able seamen even before the first Quota Act of 1795, and afterwards, of up to £70. Born in Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire; writing either to his parents, Anthony and Mary Ackrill, or to his father; therefore apparently bapt. 17 Oct. 1769, Grimsby, possibly the eldest of at least nine children born there to the couple between then and 1792.

Admiralty, Lords of (mentioned Letters B7, B16, B20, B27–8); the members of the Board of Admiralty deputed to go to Sheerness to attempt to put an end to the mutiny at the Nore were Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794–1801; Lord Arden (Charles George Perceval, 2nd Lord Arden), Commissioner, 1783–1801; Rear-Admiral Sir William Young, Commissioner, 1795–1801, and William Marsden, 2nd Secretary, 1795–1804; the party stayed there 28–9 May 1797, but their mission was unsuccessful.