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London Infantry Volunteers, 1798

No. 76 Dowgate Ward Volunteers

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Order Arms (from advance 2nd motion) (see original 1799 description below)

This plan was published in Strype’s 1755 annotated edition of Stowe’s ‘Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster’. Its title features in cartouche at top centre, with compass star at bottom left and scale bar at bottom right. A key to streets, churches and halls appears in a panel down the right side of the plate. First published in 1720, Strype’s ward plans were carefully updated for this edition. From the Crace Collection of maps at The British Library. Copyright © The British Library Board. ANNOTATED by Iain Laird 10th October 2022).

Dowgate, also referred to as Downgate and Downegate, is a small ward in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London  (see map – click to expand).
Dowgate Ward (circled in red) in 1756 (From the Crace collection of maps at the British Library in London)The ward is bounded to the east by Swan Lane and Laurence Poutney Lane, to the south by the River Thames, to the west by Cousin Lane and College Hill, and to the north by Cannon Street. It is where the “lost” Walbrook watercourse emptied into the Thames.
A number of City livery companies are quartered in the ward: the Worshipful Company of Dyers, Worshipful Company of Innholders, Worshipful Company of Skinners and Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers. There is one church, St. Michael Paternoster, where, in addition to its local and congregational causes, the Anglican Mission to Seafarers convenes and fundraises. The ward also contains Cannon Street station, which is on the site of the Steelyard (a mediaeval trading port of the Hanseatic League), and Dowgate Fire Station on Upper Thames Street, the only London Fire Brigade station within the City of London.
Dowgate is one of the 25 wards of the City of London, each electing an alderman to the Court of Aldermen and commoners (the City equivalent of a councillor) to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation. Only electors who are Freemen of the City of London are eligible to stand.

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Description

(Original 1799 Description of Unit)
No. LXXVI.
DOWGATE WARD VOLUNTEERS.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH FITZWILLIAM VANDERCOM.
THIS Corps was formed, and the Commission dated the 25th of July 1799,  to assist in protecting the City of London in all civil Commotion, or Invasion by a foreign enemy. It consists of one Company, of 76 Privates, united  with Dowgate, Cornhill, Candlewick, Vintry, Walbrook, Bread-street,  Cripplegate Within, and Cheap Wards. This Corps has not yet received its  Colours. It has a Committee chosen by the whole Corps ; and its
OFFICERS’ NAMES ARE: Captain, Joseph Fitzwilliam Vandercom.  Lieutenant,
DRESS: Helmets; on a Label, DOWGATE VOLUNTEERS; ornament on ditto, Garter,  Crown, and G. R.  Breastplate, oval; the Crown, and G. R. under.  Cartouch Box ; a Star.  Buttons; Crown, and D. V.  Whole Gaiters.

Additional information

Weight 0.0121 kg
Dimensions 25.5 × 32.5 cm

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