Henry Maydman of Portsmouth
(born 1639)Sitter in 2 portraits
by Frederick Hendrik van Hove, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1691
NPG D31291
by Frederick Hendrik van Hove, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1691
NPG D31292
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Joanna Godfree
13 July 2020, 12:52
Mr Maydman 'was authorised to superintend the disbursements [involved in the re-building of St. Thomas's Church, Portsmouth in the early 1690s after it had sustained severe structural damage during the Civil War] and keep a strict account in a book.' He was a retired Navy Paymaster. In 1691 he wrote a 'Discourse on the Royal Navy of England', proposing that poor boys, when they reached the age of 14, should be admitted to 'a General Hospital, viz. at Greenwich, the great House that stands void there, it might soon be fitted into an excellent general Hospital to serve as an everlasting Seminary of Seamen'. He was very critical of fancy wood-carving on ships' prows, saying that it caused issues when ships clashed and was often rotten, so a potential fire hazard, together with the oil-paints used, from 'coal of a Cartridge, or Tobacco'.