Uncatalogued

CHATHAM Chest, Copy of the Decree of the Commissioners of Charitable Uses to the Institution of the Chatham Chest.

Administrative / biographical background
The Chatham Chest, established in 1590, was the world’s first funded occupational pension scheme, it paid pensions to Royal Navy seamen becoming disabled on active service.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/84/142
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: ITEM
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London