FOOTNOTES:
[136] All I know of Henry Clarke is contained in two little documents in my Borrow Papers which run as follows:
'These are to Certify the Principal Officers and Commissioners of H.M. Navy that Mr. Henry Clarke has Served as Midshipman on board H.M. Ship Salvador del Mundo under my Command from the 23 September 1810 to the date hereof, during which time he behaved with Diligence, Sobriety, and Attention, and was always obedient to Command.
Given under my Hand on board the
Salvador del Mundo the 4 April
1811.
James Nash, Captain.'
'These are to Certify the Principal Officers and Commissioners of H.M. Navy that Mr. Henry Clarke has Served as Midshipman on board H.M. Ship Tisiphone under my Command from the 20th of June 1813 to the date hereof, during which time he behaved with Diligence, Sobriety, and Attention, and was always obedient to Command.
Given under my Hand on board the
Tisiphone in the Needles passage
this 30th day of November 1813.
E. Hodder, Captain.'
[137] Vide supra, p. 158.
[138] Knapp's Life, vol. i. 189.
[139] The tombs in Oulton Churchyard bear the following inscriptions:
(1) Beneath this stone are interred in the same grave the Mortal Remains of Edmund Skepper, who died Febry. 5th, 1836, aged 69. Also Ann Skepper, his wife, who died Sept. 15th, 1835, aged 62.