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