Dorset County Gaol, Dorchester - Prison Register 1782 - 1808

I have only extracted the names of people where 'Dorchester' or 'Fordington' has been given as their Parish.

Compiled by Mike Russell OPC for Dorchester & Fordington July 2024

[Resident in Dorchester = 42 : Resident in Fordington 77 : Total Records 119]

The county-gaol was erected near the site of the old castle in Dorchester, between 1789 and 1795, at an expense of £16,179,
and comprises a gaol, sheriffs' ward, penitentiary, and house of correction; the exterior is handsome,
and the interior is divided into various departments for the classification of prisoners, having four wings,
which, though detached, communicate with the central building by cast-iron bridges

Link to 'Dorchester Jails' for a brief history and pictures

The following Prison Register starts in the year 1782 which is the year the prison reformer John HOWARD visited the establishment and reported on its poor state.
For more information follow this link to separate website
"County Gaol and Bridewell, Dorchester Dorset.

PRISON REGISTER 1782-1808
(Source :- Ancestry.com images 1 to 204)
[Note:- In the original File some pages have been torn out and therefore missing. Not all entries in the Prison Register resulted in appearance at the Assizes usually because they related to relatively minor charges where the individual pleaded guilty and the sentence was for (or under) a months imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction. Female prisoners were often pressed into administration tasks such as food preparation or nursing the sick but also spinning wool. Men were put to work on the "Engine" or the making of "Hats". ]

INDEX:
'D' = Dorchester 'F' = Fordington

Dinah AMEY - 30 Jan 1802 - Born c1753 - 'F' - [Wid] - Domestic {Widow of John AMEY (d.1800/1) ]

Richard AMEY - 21 Nov 1801 - Born c1786 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Stealing - Also - 04 Oct 1802 - Stealing 1 horse shoe - Son of Dinah AMEY above.

Robert AMEY - 19th Jun 1787 - Born Dec 1776 - 'F' - [?] - Stealing - Son of Finah AMEY above.

John ANTHONY - 05 Jan 1808 - Born c1791 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Stealing

Charlotte BARNES - 22 Oct 1807 - Born 1793 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Housebreaking -Transported to New South Wales Australia for 7 years aged 14 on ship 'Aolus'

Samuel BAYLEY - 19 Jun 1806 - Born c1771 - 'D' - AllSts' - [Mar] - Housebreaking

Thomas BAILEY - 09 Oct 1797 - Born c1772 - 'F' - [Mar] - Receiving

Richard BILLETT - 05 Dec 1806 - Born c1786 -'D' St Peters - [Sgl] - Bastardy

John BIRT - 28 Feb 1801 - Born c1768 - 'F' - [Mar] - Idle disorderly

Robert BOWDITCH - 03 Nov 1801 - Born c1774 -'D' - [Mar] - Smuggling [Whipped] - Also - 25 Aug 1807 -

Richard BROOKES - 12 Aug 1800 - Born c1763 - 'F' - [Mar] - Poaching

Joseph BROWNE - 29 Nov 1792 - Born c1726 -'D' - [Mar] - Arson

Mary BUCKLER - 23 Jun 1804 - Born c1786 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Idle Disorderly - Also - 3 Nov 1804 and 27 July 1805

Betty BURNETT - 23 Nov 1799 - Born c1759 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Damage

Thomas BUTLER - 11 Feb 1801 - Born c1761 - 'F' - [Mar] - Stealing

Charlotte CANTERBURY - 2 Feb 1795 - Born 1770 -'D' - [Sgl] - Stealing - [Mother of Thomas Canterbury 20 Sep 1804]

Thomas CANTERBURY - 20 Sep 1804 - Born 1792 -'D' - [Sgl] - Damage - To be Transported 14 years - Drowned 1805 when on Prison Hulk 'Captivity' [Son of Charlotte above]

Phoebe CHAMBERLAINE - 15 Jan 1791 - Born c1731 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Stealing

Elizabeth CHURCHILL - 04 Nov 1804 - Born c1786 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Idle & Disorderly

Mary CHURCHILL - 27 Feb 1794 - Born c1754 - 'F' - [Wid] - Damage

Mary CHURCHILL - 30 Nov 1802 - Born c1742 - 'F' - [Wid] - Stealing

John CLARKE - 27 Dec 1800 - Born c1735 - 'F' - [Widower] - Idle disorderly

Samuel COLLIS [COLLES] - 19 Jan 1807 - Born Ibberton 1783 lives 'F' - [Mar] - Rogue & Vagabond

John DARE alias WEST - 09 Mar 1799 - Born c1790 - 'F' - [?] - Stealing

George DAVIS - 13 Mar 1792 - Born c1767 -'D' - [Sgl] - Burglary

John DAVIS - 12 May 1804 - Born c1775 - 'F' - [Mar] - Leaving Masters Service

Susan DAVIS - 19 Jul 1791 - Born c1733 -'D' - [?] - Stealing

Thomas DAVIS - 19 Jul 1791 - c1778 -'D' - [?] - Stealing

Robert DAW - 17 Sep 1794 - Born c1748 -'D' - [?] - Stealing

Mary ELLARD - 27 Nov 1802 - Born c1764- 'F' - [Wid] - Stealing

Ann FORTUNATUS - 16 Sep 1799 - Born 1755? -'D' - [Wid] - Stealing - {Born Broadmayne as Ann STEVENS in 1751]

Ann FORTUNATUS - 20 Dec 1800 - Born 1755 -'D' - [Wid] - Stealing [2nd Offence see above]

Joseph FOY - 24 Feb 1794 - Born c1775 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Rape and Robbery

William FRY - 09 Jan 1790 - Born c1773 -'F' - [Sgl] - Assault - Also - 15 Mar 1790 - Born c1773 - Failure to attend Militia

Stephen GALE - 24 Feb 1794 - Born c1775 -'D' - [Sgl] - Rape & Robbery

Lot GARTEL - 14 Sep 1802 - Born c1772 - 'F' - [Mar] - Breach of Peace - Also - 15 Jul 1803 - Sus Stealing - Released

Joseph GAWLER - 18 Oct 1800 - Born c -'D' - [Mar] - Stealing

Maria GAWLER - 02 Jun 1798 - Born c1775 - 'F' - [Mar] - Damage

Thomas GRAY - 24 Feb 1794 - Born c1773 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Rape & Robbery

Thomas GUPPY - 27 Mar 1786 - Born c1769 - 'D ' [Sgl] - Stealing - Also - 23 Sep 1794 - Born 1769 - [Mar] - Assault [Cont:-}

Thomas GUPPY (Cont:) - 26 Nov 1799 -'D' - [Mar] - Stealing Malt and a Sack [Whipped]

John HARRIS Jun - 20 Mar 1792 - Born c 1770 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Poaching

Elizabeth HOAR - 27 Feb 1794 - Born c1772 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Damage

Charles HODDER - 29 Apr 1795 - Born c1776 -'D' - [Sgl] - Bastardy

Edmund HUNT - 09 Jan 1790 - Born c1768 - 'F' - [Mar] - Assault

Thomas KEATS - 06 Oct 1803 - Born c1743 -'D' - [Mar] - Leaving Masters Service

Ann KING - 10 Sep 1791 - Born c1763 -'D' - [Sgl] - Stealing

James KING - 04 Jul 1791 - Born c1755 - 'F' - [Mar] - Threat

Samuel LEGG - 12 Jan 1802 - Born c1781 -'D' - [Sgl] - Bastardy

Elizabeth LESTER - 10 May 1800 - Born c1787 - 'F' - [Sgl] receiving

Susan LEWIS - 19 Jul 1791 - Born c1733 -'D' - [?] - Stealing

Thomas LEWIS - 19 Jul 1791 - c1778 -'D' - [?] - Stealing

Richard LOCK - 19 Feb 1803 - c 1759 - 'F' - [Mar] - Stealing

Mary LUCAS - 08 Sep 1786 - Born ? - 'F' - [Mar] - Stealing

Sarah LUCAS - 23 Nov 1799 - Born c1777 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Damage

Sus? LUCAS - 15 Dec 1798 - Born c1784 - 'F' - [?] - Stealing

Susannah LUCAS - 23 Nov 1799 - Born c1780 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Damage - {Actually Born 'F' 1879]

Susan LUCAS - 20 Nov 1790 - Born c1767 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Arson

Betty MABER - 24 Aug 1790 - Born c1775 -'D' - [Sgl] - Stealing

Elizabeth MANFIELD - 10 Dec 1803 - Born c1782 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Vagabond - Also 19 Sep 1805 Idle & discorderly (ill) - and - 18 Apr 1806 - R & Vagabond - and - 20 Aug 1806 - R&V and 18 Dec 1806 R & V

Sarah MARTIN - 18 Jun 1796 - Born c1781 -'D' - [Sgl] - Stealing

James MILFORD - 06 Oct 1807 - Born c1772 - 'F' [Widower] - Bastardy - Discharged

William MOREY - 30 Mar 1803 - c1745 -'D' - [Sgl] - Breach of Paving Act

Joseph NORRIS - 01 Sep 1803 - Born 1779 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Desertion from Army Reserve

William NORRIS - 18 Jan 1793 - Born c1771 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Bastardy

William NORRIS - 22 Dec 1804 - Born c1765 - 'F' - [Mar] - Family Chargeable on Parish

Richard OLDIS - 30 Jan 1790 - Born ? -'D' - [?] - Bastardy

Cassandra PLOWMAN - 06 Jun 1806 - Born c.1754 -'D' - [Wid] - Smuggling

John RANDEL - 25 Mar 1805 - Born c.1768 -'D' - [Mar] - Stealing

Thomas REASON - 09 Jan 1790 - Born c1763 -'F' - [Sgl] - Assault

Sarah SEAL - 29 Aug 1801 - Born c1778 - 'F' - [Mar] - Stealing - [Wife of Thomas SEAL]

Thomas SEALE - 02 Jun 1792 - Born c1771 -'F' - [Sgl] - Assault - Also - 02 Aug 1792 Born c1771 - House Breaking

William SEAL - 18 Oct 1800 - Born c1731 - 'F' - [Mar] - Stealing

William SEALE Jun - 12 Jul 1791 - Born c1764 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Stealing

William SILCOCK - 06 Jan 1800 - Born c1774 -'D' (All Saints) - [Sgl] - Stealing Soap (dismissed) Stealing a Pocket Hankerchief guilty

Daniel SPENCER - 21 July 1786 - Born c1763 -'D' - [Mar] - Receiving -Transported to Prison Hulk 'Dunkirk' Plymouth, Placed on 'Charlotte' First Fleet Australia

William STAYNER - 30 Jun 1796 - Born c1775 -'D' - [Sgl] - Stealing [Whipped] - Also - William STAINER - 05 Feb 1806 - [Mar] Sarah LUCAS FStG 1805

Dorothy STYLE - 10 Sep 1791 - Born c1761 -'D' - [Sgl] - Stealing

Thomas STYLE - 27 July 1803 Born c1781 -'D' - [Sgl] - Stealing

Mary SUMMERS - 19 Jun 1806 - Born c1782 - 'F' - [Sgl} - Vagrancy

Robert SUMMERS - 09 Jan 1790 - Born c1750 - 'F' - [Mar] - Assault

Nicholas SWYER - 23 Apr 1794 - Bornc1754 - 'F' - [Mar] - Stealing

James SWYER - 27 July 1799 - Born c1761 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Poaching

John Allen SWYER - 23 Mar 1801 - Born c1775 - 'F' - [Mar] - Released

Sarah SWYER - 13 Mar 1788 - Born ? - 'F' - [Sgl] - Stealing - Sentenced to Transportation 7 years - Pardoned

Ann SYMES - 20 Aug 1803 - Born c.1771 - 'F' - [Mar] - Stealing - [Wife of John Symes]

John SYMES - 19 Feb 1803 - Born c1768 - 'F' - [Mar] - Stealing - Also - 20 Aug 1803 - Breach of Peace

James THORNE - 25 Sep 1793 - Born c1777 -'D' - [Sgl] - Bastardy

John TIZARD - 12 Aug 1807 - Born c1785 - 'F' [Sgl] - Rape & Further investigation

William TRAVERS - 04 Jan 1802 - Born c1766 -'D' - [Mar] Stealing

William VATCHER - 04 Jan 1802 - Born c1781 -'D' - [Mar] - Stealing

Ann WARREN - 09 Feb 1792 - Born? -'D' - [Mar] - Stealing - [Wife Richard Warren]

John WARREN - 16 Dec 1794 - Born c1778 -'D' - [Sgl] - Bastardy

Richard WARREN [Jun] 09 Feb 1792 - Born c1742 -'D' - [Mar] - Stealing

John WEST - 15 Apr 1805 - Born c1789 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Stealing - Also - 17 Apr 1805- Stealing - Sentenced to Death (reprieved) to Transportation to New South Wales for life delivered to Hulk 'Captivity' Plymouth 1807

Margaret WESTON - 29 Aug 1801 - Born c1753 -'D' - [Wid] - Stealing

Matthew WHITE - 29 Apr 1795 - Born c1776 - 'F' - [Mar] - Desertion

William WHITE - 17 Apr 1790 - Born c 1760 - 'F' - [Mar] - Swindling - Sentenced to Death 1790 - Reprieved to Transportation 7 years 1792 - Reprieved 5 years hard labour then enter Service as Soldier.

John WHITTLE - 15 Jun 1802 - Born c1781 -'D' - [?] - Released

Jane WHITTY - 12 Feb 1808 - Born c1786 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Idle & Disorderly

William WILCOCK - 06 Jan 1800 - Born c1774 -'D' - [Sgl] - Stealing

Susanna WILSON - 30 Oct 1799 - Born ? Widow - 'F' - [Wid] - Damage

Elizabeth WINZAR - 23 Jun 1804 - Born c1786 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Idle & Disorderly - Also - 06 Nov 1804

John WINZAR - 11 Feb 1801 - Born c1752 - 'F' - [Mar] - Breach of the Peace

Mary WINZAR - 12 Feb 1808 - Born 1789 'F' - [Sgl] - Idle & Disorderly

Sarah WINZAR - 23 Jun 1804 - Born c1780 - 'F' - [Sgl] - Idle & Disorderly - Also - 06 Nov 1804

Image 4 - 27 Mar 1786 - Thomas GUPPY

Thomas GUPPY

Dorchester

Privately Whipped

Image 5 - 21 July 1786- Daniel SPENCER

No. : 21
Warrant Date: 21 July 1786
By Whom : Charged in custody by judge in Court
Admitted to Prison: 4 Aug 1786
Name: Daniel SPENCER
Parish: Dorchester
Trade: Labourer
Condition: Married
Age: 23
Size: 5ft 7ins
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: Receiving stolen goods
Bef whom tried: Sir Richard PERRYN Knight
When tried: 1786 Summer Assizes
Event of trial: Guilty
Sentence: 14 years Transportation
Behaviour: - orderly
When Discharged: 9th Aug 1786
Prison Reg No. : 53
Remarks: Put on board 'Dunkirk' at Plymouth

[Note:- His Trial is recorded in the Quarter Session Records Image 210 Ancestry.com on 16th Sep 1786 - under heading Gaoler Transport Order: Link to full Transcription. The ship referred to used to be HMS Dunkirk and was a 60 gun fourth rate ship of the line and launched in 1754 from Woolwich dockyard. She ceased service for the Royal Navy in 1782 and converted to the hulk 'Dunkirk' operating from 1784 to 1791 at Plymouth. In 1786 she became a depot ship holding convicts waiting to join the first fleet ships to Botany Bay and held a small contingent of female prisoners.

[Note:- Brief report Salisbury and Winchester Journal Monday 14th Aug 1786 Page 3 "At Dorchester Assizes:- -- Daniel SPENCER, for buying a quantity of fowls knowing them to be stolen, to be transported for fourteen years." ]

[Note:- Although records here show that he was placed on board the Dunkirk to await transportation to Australia Wikipedia suggests that he went to Australia on board the 'Charlotte' with the first fleet ]

Court order for Transportation

Image 6 - 8th Sep 1786 Mary LUCAS

Mary LUCAS

Fordington

Sarah LUCAS, Rebecca LUCAS, and Frances WINZAR

Fordington

Image 10 - 19th June 1787 - Robert AMEY

No. : 20
Warrant Date: 19th June 1787
By Whom :The Mayor of the Borough of Dorchester
Admitted to Prison: 19th June 1787
Name: Robert AMEY
Parish: from the Parish Fordington -
Trade: Labourer
Condition: [Blank]
Age: 9 [Born Dec 1776 see comments below]
Size: -
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: Stealing Iron
Bef whom tried: Mayor of Dorchester & Wm Templeman Esq
When tried:
Event of trial: Discharged
Sentence:
Behaviour:
When Discharged: 6th July 1787
Prison Reg No. : 105
Remarks: This boy was committed to be tried at the Borough Sessions for Dorchester and was discharged by the order of the Mayor of the said Borough and Wm Templeman Esq

[Note:- Robert AMEY was the 2nd child of John & Dinah AMEY and baptised at St Georges Church in Fordington on 8th Dec 1776 ]

Image 13 - 13th Mar 1788 - Sarah SWYERS

Sarah SWYERS

Fordington

7 years Transportation

Discharged: 5th Nov 1788

8th Oct 1788

Thomas BRYER (1750-1818)

Fordington

Sarah SWYER

Charles Frederick BROOKES

John MORGAN

Fordington

James BONNETT

John HAYNE (d.1799)

HAYNE family

Thomas BEDLOE (1743-1804)

Sarah SWYER

Caleb CLOTHIER

Ann nee BISHOP

" Dorchester 22nd Oct 1788 and addressed to Mr WALLIS -- Recommendation of Mary? SYYW for a Free Pardon -- one enclosure" .

5th Nov 1788.

William FRY

[Note:- William FRY, Thomas REASON, Robert SUMMERS, Edmund HUNT all tried together for the same offence]

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William FRY

Fordington

Image 22 - 09 Jan 1790 - Thomas REASON [Note:- William FRY, Thomas REASON, Robert SUMMERS, Edmund HUNT all tried together for the same offence]

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Thomas REASON

Fordington

Image 22 - 09 Jan 1790 - Robert SUMMERS [Note:- William FRY, Thomas REASON, Robert SUMMERS, Edmund HUNT all tried together for the same offence]

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Robert SUMMERS

Fordington

Image 22 - 09 Jan 1790 - Edmund HUNT [Note:- William FRY, Thomas REASON, Robert SUMMERS, Edmund HUNT all tried together for the same offence]

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Edmund HUNT

Fordington

Image 23 - 30th Jan 1790 - Richard OLDIS

Richard OLDIS

Dorchester

Richard OLDIS

Image 24 - 15th Mar 1790 - William FRY [Note Items in brackets:- [xx*] have been taken from earlier conviction Image 22 dated 9th Jan 1790]

William FRY

Fordington

Image 24 - 17th Apr 1790 - William WHITE

No. : 6
Warrant Date: 17th Apr 1790
By Whom : The Mayor of the Borough of Dorchester
Admitted to Prison: 17th Apr 1790
Name: William WHITE
Parish: Fordington
Trade: Labourer
Condition: Married
Age: 30
Size: 5ft 6 ins
Hair: Dark
Complexion: Swarthy
Eyes: Gray
Marks: A cut perpendicular at the right end of the right eye - scarcely visible, another across the left thumb, Lusty
Crime: Swindling
Bef whom tried: Sir John Heath Esq
When tried: 1790 Summer Assizes
Event of trial: Guilty
Sentence: - Death : [Reprieved and to be transported for 7 years - Began work 1791 14th March how employed Hatting [Note:- The manufacture of hats was one of the jobs given to prisoners - DHC Ref D1721/4/1] : [1792 May 18th Received an extension of his Majesty's Mercy on condition of being kept to hard labour for the term of 5 years from 12th April 1792] : [1794 April 8th Received a further an extension of Mercy towards this Prisoner on condition of his entering to Serve his Majesty as a Soldier]
Behaviour: orderly
When Discharged: 11th April 1794
Prison Reg No. : 256
Remarks: Delivered to Corporal WINZAR of the Dorset Regiment

Image 26 - 24th Aug 1790- Betty MABER

Betty MABER

Dorchester

Image 26 - 20th Nov 1790 - Susan LUCCAS [LUCAS]

Susan LUCCAS

Fordington

[Note:- This was probably Susannah LUCAS the daughter of John & Mary LUCAS bapt at FStG 8th Apr 1765]

Image 28 - 15 Mar 1791- Phoebe [Phabe] CHAMBERLAINE

Phoebe CHAMBERLAINE

Fordington

Image 28 - 4th July 1791 - James KING

James KING

Fordington

Image 29 - 12 July 1791 - William SEALE Junior

William SEALE Junior

Fordington

Image 29 - 19th July 1791 - Susa [Susan] LEWIS alias DAVIS

Susa [Susan] LEWIS alias DAVIS

Dorchester

Image 30 - 19th July 1791 - Thomas LEWIS alias DAVIS

Thomas LEWIS alias DAVIS

Dorchester

Image 30 - 10th Sep 1791- Ann KING

Ann KING

Dorchester

Image 31 - 10th Sep 1791- Dorothy STYLE

Dorothy STYLE

Dorchester

Image 31 - 09 Feb 1792 - Richard WARREN [Note:- Married to Ann WARREN No. 25 below]

Richard WARREN

Dorchester

[All Saints ]

[1742 actually 1736*]

[Note:- (*) This is Richard WARREN Junior (1736- ) who was the 2nd child from the marriage of Richard WARREN Senior (1696-1773) to Alice STOVEY and had been baptised at All Saints Church in Dorchester on 4th Sep 1736. He later married Ann KNIGHT at Stinsford Dorset on 19th Feb 1770. ]

Image 31 - 9th Feb 1792- Ann WARREN [Wife of Richard WARREN - See No.24 above]

Ann WARREN

Dorchester

[All Saints ]

Image 32 - 13th Mar 1792 - George DAVIS

Habeus Corpus

George DAVIS

Dorchester

Habeus Corpus

Image 36 - 20 Mar 1792 - John HARRIS Junior

John HARRIS Junior

Fordington

Image 35 - 02 June 1792 - Thomas SEALE [See also Image 36 dated 2nd Aug 1792]

Thomas SEALE

Fordington

Mr ARDEN

[Note:- * Christopher ARDEN Senior MD (1751-1811) was appointed as the Surgeon and Apothecary to the Dorset County Gaol situated at Dorchester on 6th Oct 1789. At the Quarter Sessions held at Shaston 10th July 1792 Christopher ARDEN was granted his quarterly salary of £7.10s. 0d Image 384 and on Image 386 A Calendar and Delivery of the Gaol of the County and of the Prisoners therein :- Includes : "Thomas SEALE Indicted for a trespass and assault and pleaded guilty ordered that he do pay a Fine of Sixpence and to stand committed until the fine is paid and then to be discharged - ALSO RECORDED IN:- -- Quarter Sessions Plea Books 1781-1793 Image 272 " Pleaded Guilty -- Indicted now No.8 for a trespass and assault on one Peter HATHERLEY".

Image 36 - 02 Aug 1792 - Thomas SEALE [See also Image 35 dated 2nd June 1792]

No. : 30
Warrant Date: 02 Aug 1792
By Whom : Honorable L. Damer
Admitted to Prison: 02 Aug 1792
Name: Thomas SEALE
Parish: Fordington:
Trade: -
Condition: -
Age: - [21 - 1771]
Size: -
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: House Breaking and stealing
Bef whom tried: John Heath Esq
When tried: 1793 Lent assizes
Event of trial: Guilty
Sentence: - Death : [ Reprieved and received His Majesty's Mercy dated the 10th April 1793 on Condition of being kept to hard labour for the term of 5 years] Began work 20th Aug 1792 employed at Hatting until 27th Ar 1797 [Received an unconditional Pardon for T.SEALE
Behaviour: Disorderly at first but afterwards very orderly
When Discharged: - 28th April 1797
Prison Reg No. : 385
Remarks: [Note:- Reference to previous conviction No. 30 Folio 35

Image 36 - 29th Nov 1792- Joseph BROWNE

Joseph BROWNE

Dorchester

Image 37 - 18 Jan 1793 - William NORRIS

William NORRIS

Fordington

[Note:- Mary DAVIS gave birth to a daughter baptised at FStG on 26th Aug 1792 as Jane DAVIS]

[Note:- Col Michael was David Robert MICHAEL JP who attended the Quarter Sessions at Blandford Forum on 15th January 1793 . William NORRIS Married Mary DAVIS on the day he was discharged from prison at FStG on 4th Feb 1793 - - follow link for more information ]

Image 40 - 25th Sep 1793- James THORNE

James THORNE

Dorchester

[Note:- James THORN the son of James & Elizabeth THORN was baptised at FStG 24th Dec 1776]

Image 44 - 24 Feb 1794- Thomas GRAY

Thomas GRAY

Fordington

Image 43 - 24 Feb 1794 - Stephen GALE

Stephen GALE

Dorchester

Image 43 - 24th Feb 1794- Joseph FOY

Joseph FOY

Fordington

Image 43 - 27th Feb 1794- Mary CHURCHILL

Mary CHURCHILL

Fordington

Image 43 - 27th Feb 1794- Elizabeth HOAR

Elizabeth HOAR

Fordington

Image 45 - 23 Apr 1794 - Nicholas SWYER

Nicholas SWYER

Fordington

[Note:- Nicholas SWYER married Ann EWER at FStG on 6th June 1787. Nicholas was charged above with stealing 5ft of Deal Board valued at 10d the property of Bernard GALE (Image 23 of 261) in Quarter Sessions Plea Books 1793-1810. He pleaded Not Guilty and was acquitted by the jury at The Easter Assizes Image 430 Quarter Sessions Order Books 1783-1797 and ordered to be discharged]

Image 48 - 17 Sep 1794- Robert DAW

Robert DAW

Dorchester

Image 48 - 23 Sep 1794 - Thomas GUPPY

Thomas GUPPY

Dorchester

Image 51 - 16 Dec 1794 - John WARREN

- John WARREN

Dorchester

Image 53 - 02 Feb 1795 - Charlotte CANTERBURY

No. :73
Warrant Date: 02 Feb 1795
By Whom : The Mayor of the Borough of Dorchester
Admitted to Prison: 02 Feb 1795
Name: - Charlotte CANTERBURY
Parish: - Dorchester
Trade: - Servant
Condition: - Single
Age: - 23 [1771]
Size: -
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: Stealing a Shirt
Bef whom tried: - Sir F Buller Bart
When tried: 1795 Lent Assizes
Event of trial: - Guilty
Sentence: - Fined 1s and 6 months hard labour [ Work started 9th Mar 1795 - Lining Hats - until 10th Sep 1795 ]
Behaviour: somewhat disorderly
When Discharged: 11 Sep 1795
Prison Reg No. :597
Remarks: This woman became orderly and industrious [Note:- Charlotte CANTERBURY was baptised at Holy trinity Church Dorchester on 12th April 1770 the daughter and 12th child from the marriage of Richard CANTERBURY (d.1794) to Sarah LOCK at HT on 18th Aug 1751.]

Image 53 - 25 Feb 1795- Matthew WHITE

Matthew WHITE

Fordington

Image 57 - 29 Apr 1795 - Charles HODDER

- Charles HODDER

Dorchester

Image 69 - 18 June 1796 - Sarah MARTIN

Sarah MARTIN

Dorchester

Image 69 - 30 Jun 1796 - William STAYNER

William STAYNER

Dorchester

Image 80 - 09 Oct 1797- Thomas BAILEY

Thomas BAILEY

Fordington

Image 86 - 02 Jun 1798- Maria GAWLER

Maria GAWLER

Fordington

[Note:- Joseph GAWLER of All Saints Parish in Dorchester married Meriah [Maria] SAMPSON at St Georges Church in Fordington on 15th Jan 1795 ]

[Follow marriage link above for more information]

Image 89 - 15 Dec 1798- Sus? LUCAS

Sus? LUCAS

Fordington

Image 91 - 09 Mar 1799 - John DARE otherwise WEST the younger

John DARE

WEST

Fordington

(Source Ancestry.com Pleas Books 1793-1810 Image 87 of 261 )

John DARE also WEST

Thomas REASON

Fordington

John CLARE

Dorchester

Image 93 - 30 Oct 1799 - Susanna WILSON

WILSON

Fordington

Image 97 - 27 July 1799- James SWYER

James SWYER

Fordington

Image 98 - 11 Sep 1799 - Ann FORTUNATUS (1751-1812)

Ann FORTUNATUS

[Note:- Ann STEPHENS married Fortunatus FORDINGTON at Broadmayne in Dorset on 1st Aug 1768]

Dorchester

[See comments under account about her life via above link]

[Actually Born Broadmayne in 1751]

[Note:- Her name appears in the Calendar of Prisoners appearing before the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions held at Bridport on 8th Oct 1799 (Image 92 Order Books 1798-1806 ) along with another prisoner Richard Whittle who had been charged with killing & stealing a duck. They had been working in the prison since arrest and no bill was presented for either of them so they appeared in court to be officially released. Image 95 is also of interest as it shows that two witnesses, named as William HENNING Gent and George OLD Yeoman, both of Frome Whitfield a small hamlet within Holy Trinity Parish, had been ordered to appear in Court to prosecute Ann's felony.]

Image 100 - 23 Nov 1799 - Sarah LUCAS

Sarah LUCAS

Fordington

[Note:- Sarah the daughter of William & Rebecca LUCAS was baptised at St Georges Church in Fordington on 24th Aug 1777 - Susannah LUCAS below was her younger sister]

Image 100 - 23 Nov 1799 - Susannah LUCAS

Susannah LUCAS

Fordington

actually Sep 1779 see comments below

[Note:- Sister of Sarah above: Susannah the daughter of William & Rebecca LUCAS was baptised at St Georges Church in Fordington on 22nd Sep 1779 ]

Image 100 - 23 Nov 1799 - Betty BURNETT

Betty BURNETT

Fordington

Image 100 - 26 Nov 1799 - Thomas GUPPY

Thomas GUPPY

Dorchester

Image 100 - 27 Nov 1799 - Thomas GUPPY

Thomas GUPPY

Dorchester

Image 102 - 06 Jan 1800 - William SILCOCK - - [ See 2nd Charge 72 below]

William SILCOCK

Dorchester

Not tried on this indictment

Image 102 - 06 Jan 1800 - William SILCOCK [See 1st charge above]

William SILCOCK

Dorchester

[All Saints]

[Note:- WilliamSILCOCK married Martha JESTINS 25th Jan 1801 All Saints Dorchester]

[Note:-Dorset Quarter Sessions Plea Books Image 99 of 261 Ancestry.com , James Barnacle of Kingston Servant, Mary Mitchell Spinster of same place witnesses to prosecute and give evidence against one William SILLCOCK -- Quarter Sessions Order books 1798-1806 Image 104 of 386 "William SILCOCK - Indicted and convicted of felony ordered that he be imprisoned in the House of Correction of this County to hard labour for the space of two calendar months and then to be discharged. ]

Image 107 - 10 May 1800 - Elizabeth LESTER

Elizabeth LESTER

Fordington

Image 111 - 12 Aug 1800 - Richard BROOKES

- Richard BROOKES

Fordington

Image 114 - 18 Oct 1800 - Joseph GAWLER

Joseph GAWLER

Dorchester

[Note:- Joseph GAWLER (1766-1822) of All St's married Meriah [Maria] SAMPSON at St Georges Church in Fordington on 15th Jan 1795 ]

Joseph GAWLER

ALSO

Edward ENSOR

Isaac TOOGOOD

Image 114 - 18 Oct 1800 - William SEAL

William SEAL

Fordington

Image 116 - 20 Dec 1800- Ann FORTUNATUS (1751-1812)

Ann FORTUNATUS

[Note:- Ann STEPHENS married Fortunatus FORDINGTON at Broadmayne in Dorset on 1st Aug 1768]

Dorchester

[See comments under account about her life via above link]

[Actually Born Broadmayne in 1751]

16 Sep 1799

Ann FORTUNATUS

Image 117 - 27th Dec 1800- John CLARKE

John CLARKE

Fordington

Image 120 - 14 Feb 1801 - Thomas BUTLER

Thomas BUTLER

Fordington

Image 120 - 11 Feb 1801 - John WINZAR

John WINZAR

Fordington

Image 121 - 28th Feb 1801 - John BIRT

John BIRT

Fordington

Image 123 - 23 Mar 1801 - John Allen SWYER

John Allen SWYER

Fordington

Image 131 - 29 Aug 1801- Sarah the wife of Thomas SEAL

No. : - 11
Warrant Date: - 29 Aug 1801
By Whom : - William Foyer Esq
Admitted to Prison: - 29 Aug 1801
Name: - Sarah wife of Thomas SEAL
Parish: Fordington
Trade: - Pedlar
Condition: - Married
Age: 23 [C1778]
Size: -
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: - Stealing a Wheat Sheaf
Bef whom tried: - W.M.Pitt Esq
When tried: - 1801 Michaelmas Sessions
Event of trial: - Guilty
Sentence: -One Weeks Imprisonment
Behaviour:- orderly
When Discharged: - 14th Oct 1801
Prison Reg No. : -
Remarks: [Note:- Dorset Quarter Sessions Plea Books 1793-1810 Image 134 of 261 William BOWER of Dorchester Esq and Samuel LEGG of Forthington Yeoman To appear prosecute and give evidence against Margaret Weston a& Sarah the Wife of Thomas SEAL for Felony"]

Dorset Quarter Session Records Order Books 1798-1806 Image 170 and 171 of 386 " Sarah the wife of Thomas SEAL & Margaret WESTON Indicted and convicted of Felony ordered that they be imprisoned in the House of Correction of this County (Situated at Dorchester) for the space of 1 week and then to be discharged - Also - At the Prayer of William Bower Esq Prosecutor of Margaret WESTON and Sarah the wife of Thomas SEAL tried and convicted before this Court of Felony that the Western Treasurer of the County Stock of this County do pay unto the said William Bower the sum of [Blank] and also Samuel LEGG his witness which to this Court doth seem reasonable for their expenses trouble and attendance therein according to directions of the statute in that case made and provided"].

Image 131 - 29th Aug 1801 - Margaret WESTON

Margaret WESTON

Dorchester

[Note:- See remarks under Sarah wife of Thomas SEAL above which equally apply to Margaret Weston]

Image 133 - 03 Nov 1801 - Robert BOWDITCH [Note:- Later arrested for smuggling 25th Aug 1807]

Robert BOWDITCH

Dorchester

[In 1807 Married - A Robert BOWDITCH from All Saints Parish in Dorchester married a Mary CLARK at Charminster 22 July 1798]

[c.1774]

[In 1807 Age 33 - so in 1801 aged 27]

[In 1807- 5ft 7ins]

- [same]

- [Swarthy]

[same]

"Right hand off

[same]

[In 1807 Smuggling]

Whipped

Image 134 - 21 Nov 1801 - Richard AMEY

Richard AMEY

Fordington

[Note;- Dorset Quarter Sessions Order Books 1789-1806 Image 184 of 386 Richard AMEY, Thomas WILKINS and William VATCHER Indicted severally of a felony and found not guilty ordered that they be severally discharged . ]

Image 135 - 04 Jan 1802 - William TRAVERS

William TRAVERS

Dorchester Holy Trinity

[Note:-Dorset Quarter Sessions Order Books 1798-1806 - Image 184 of 386 " William TRAVERS (with others) - For want of Prosecution Ordered that they be severally discharged"]

Image 135 - 04 Jan 1802 - William VATCHER

William VATCHER

Dorchester Holy Trinity

[Note:-Dorset Quarter Sessions Order Books 1798-1806 - Image 184 of 386 " William VATCHER (with Richard Amey and Thomas Wilkins ) - Indicted severally for a felony and found not guilty Ordered that they be severally discharged"]

Image 136 - 12 Jan 1802- Samuel LEGG

Samuel LEGG

Dorchester

[Note:- In QS Plea Books Image 128 he is referred to as a Mason]

[Note:- Vicar of Stinsford Dorset and a Justice of the Peace - Samuel LEGG who appeared before the Epiphany Assizes on 12th Jan 1802 and found guilty of bastardy - Link to Transcript detailing maintenance order. Mary LUCAS had her illegitimate daughter baptised as Elizabeth LUCAS at FStG on Christmas Day 1801]

Image 136 - 30 Jan 1802 - Dinah AMEY

Dinah AMEY

Fordington

[Note:- Her age when she died in 1833 was given as being 83 which would make her born c1750]

[Note:- Dinah AMEY (1750/3-1833) was the widow of John AMEY (d.1800/1) ]

Image 140 - 15 Jun 1802- John WHITTLE

John WHITTLE

Dorchester

Blind

Image 142 - 14 Sep 1802 - Lot GARTEL [GARTELL and GARRTELL]

Lot GARTEL

Fordington

[Note Lot GARTEL married Elizabeth BUN at FStG on 03 Dec 1795 but she appears to have died and he remarried to Sarah TERRELL at FStG on 3rd Apr 1800]

Image 143 - 04 Oct 1802 - Richard AMEY

Richard AMEY

Fordington

[In 1801 Single]

[In 1801 aged 15 i.e. born c1786]

[Note:- Link to Previous Arrest: See Folio 134 No. 44 ]

Image 144 - 27 Nov 1802- Mary ELLARD

Mary ELLARD

Fordington

Image 144 - 30 Nov 1802 - Mary CHURCHILL

Mary CHURCHILL

Fordington

Image 145 - 19 Feb 1803 - John SYMES

John SYMES

Fordington

[Note:- QS Records Order Books 1789-1806 Image 234 of 386 "Richard Wallis the prosecutor of Richard LOCK and John SYMES was paid £1 expenses -- Image 236 " Richard LOCK and John SYMES Indicted and severally convicted of felony ordered that they be severally imprisoned in the House of Correction of this County (situated in County Prison in Dorchester to hard labour for the space of two months and then to be discharged - Also repeated in Plea Books 1793-1810 Image 157 and image 158 a warrant was issued for Richard WALLIS of Herringston a Yeoman to appear prosecute and give evidence against John SYMES and Richard LOCK for Felony ] [See Later arrest 20th Aug 1803 ]

Image 145 - 19 Feb 1803 - Richard LOCK

Richard LOCK

Fordington

Image 148 - 30 Mar 1803- William MOREY

William MOREY

Dorchester

Image 151 - 15 July 1803 - Lot GARTEL [Items in Italics were blank but details carried forward from previous offence]

Lot GARTEL

[:Fordington ]

[Carrier]

[Age 31 Born c1772]

[5ft 8½ ins]

[Light Brown]

[ Fair ]

[Gray ]

[Mole under left side of neck & a cut across little finger left hand, Thumb out of joint same hand]

142 No.7 dated 14th Sep 1802

[Note Lot GARTEL married Elizabeth BUN at FStG on 03 Dec 1795 but she appears to have died and he remarried to Sarah TERRELL at FStG on 3rd Apr 1800]

Image 152 - 27 July 1803- Thomas STYLE

Thomas STYLE

Dorchester

Image 154 - 20 Aug 1803 - Ann Wife of John SYMES

Ann Wife of John SYMES

Fordington

Image 154 - 20 Aug 1803 - John SYMES

John SYMES

Fordington

No.65 Image 145

Image 155 - 01 Sep 1803- Joseph NORRIS

Joseph NORRIS

Fordington

Image 156 - 06 Oct 1803 - Thomas KEATS

Thomas KEATS

Dorchester

Image 157 - 10 Dec 1803 - Elizabeth MANFIELD

Elizabeth MANFIELD

Fordington

Image 162 - 12 May 1804 - John DAVIS

John DAVIS

Fordington

Image 163 - 23 Jun 1804 - Sarah WINZAR

Sarah WINZAR

Fordington

[Note:- Dorset Quarter Sessions Order Books 1798 - 1806 (QSM 1/12) Ancestry.com image 329 of 386 Epiphany Sessions held at Blandford Forum on Tuesday 15th, Wed 16th and Thur 17th Jan 1805 " Mary BUCKLER , Sarah WINZAR and Elizabeth WINZAR charged and Adjudged Rogues and Vagabonds Ordered that they be severally Imprisoned in the House of Correction for the space of six calendar months and then to be discharged"

Image 163 - 23 Jun 1804 - Elizabeth WINZAR

Elizabeth WINZAR

Fordington

Image 163 - 23 Jun 1804 - Mary BUCKLER

Mary BUCKLER

Fordington

[See further offence next record]

Image 165 - 3 Nov 1804 - Mary BUCKLER

Mary BUCKLER

[ Fordington ]

[ Single]

[Aged 18 Born c.1786]

Image 165 - 20 Sep 1804 - Thomas CANTERBURY

No. : - 15
Warrant Date: - 20 Sep 1804
By Whom : - The Mayor of Weymouth
Admitted to Prison: - 20 Sep 1804
Name: - Thomas CANTERBURY
Parish: - Dorchester
Trade: - Sailor
Condition: - Single
Age: 12 [c1792*]
Size: -
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: - Feloniously damaging a ship {Note:- He was with Benjamin WATERHOUSE of Chatham a Sailor age 16 who was also charged with the same offence]
Bef whom tried: -
When tried: -
Event of trial: -
Sentence: - Working the Engine
Behaviour:- orderly
When Discharged: - 2nd Jan 1805
Remarks: Removed by Habeas Corpus to Newgate [Note:- See other Records relating to him from Newgate and Portsmouth below :-]

(1) UK Prison Commission Records 1770-1951 - Newgate Prison List of Felons 1859-1890 - Image 128 of 278 - He is Listed under the heading of "Admiralty Transports" as "Del 19 March 1805 : Thomas CANTERBURY : 13 : Portsmouth : 14 yrs : Jan 16 1805 " -- Also 119 of 278 -- Also

(2) Newgate Calendar of Prisoners 1785-1853 Piece 61:1804-1810 Ancestry.com Image 201 of 533 Entry States " Delivered at Portsmouth 19th March 1805 : Benjamin WATERHOUSE and Thomas CANTERBURY } Convicted of Maliciously damaging a certain vessel called a Sloop belonging to Benjamin KERRIDGE upon the high seas within & are severally ordered to be transported beyond the seas for a term of 14 years" -- Also

(3) Newgate Calendar of Prisoners 1785-1853 Piece 12:1804 Dec 1895 Oct Image 54 of 401 (a printed published document) ADMIRALTY No. 17 Benjamin WATERHOUSE and Thomas CANTERBURY from Dorchester Gaol committed by sir W Scott, Knight, J Nicholl, J Arnold, and F Lawrence Esq's for felony committed on the high seas, within the jurisdiction if the Admiralty of England . Also listed image 120 of 401 which confirms convicted at an Admiralty Session held January 16th 1805 of felony and ordered to be transported beyond the seas for a term of 14 years. -- Also

(4) UK Commission Records 1770-1951 Newgate Prison List of Felons 1770-1951 - Newgate Prison List of Felons 1845-1851? (Image 166 of 279) Their names are listed as having been "Delivered on board the 'Captivity' - for transport" [Note: Captivity was previously HMS Monmouth (1772) who was paid off in 1784 and became renamed as a prison hulk moored at Portsmouth from 20 Oct 1796]. There are no dates on the page but this listing carries on a listing started on image 162 which has a date of March 1805

(5) UK Prison Hulk Registers & Letter Books 1802-1849 - Captivity Register 1801-1836 Ancestry.com image 21 of 47 :- Name: Benjamin Waterhouse : Age 17: Offence Admiralty Sessions: When & Where Convicted London 16 Jan 1805 Sentence 14 years : Remarks Sent on Board the Fortune 9th Jan 1806 -- Thomas CANTERBURY Age 13: Offence Admiralty Sessions: When & Where Convicted London 16 Jan 1805 Sentence 14 years : Remarks Drowned 5th July 1805? [Last digit unclear]

(6) NOTE:-Thomas CANTERBURY was baptised at Holy Trinity Church in Dorchester on 17th March 1790* the illegitimate son of Charlotte the 12th child from the marriage of Richard CANTERBURY of HT to Sarah LOCK of Broadmayne at HT on 18th Aug 1751. Follow link for more information about his father and family.

[(7) Note:-Newspapers: Oracle and the Daily Adviser - Thursday 17rth January 1805 :-
Yesterday Sessions commenced before the Rt Hon. Sir William Scott; Sir Simeon Le Blanc; Baron Hotham, &c. for the trials and offences committed on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty. Benjamin Waterhouse and Thomas Canterbury were indicted for feloniously and maliciously boring two holes in the keel of a sloop called the Five Brothers, off Weymouth, on the 9th of Sep with an intent to sink the said vessel.

The circumstances of the case were such as follow. Patrick HODGE the Captain of the vessel which was laying half a mile off Weymouth Harbour, and laden with Portland Stone, went on shore at ten o'clock on the morning stated, and left the vessel in the care of prisoners, who were his apprentices. At the time the sloop was in good condition, but on the Captain returning on board at seven o'clock in the evening, he assisted in weighing anchor, with an intent to place the vessel in Weymouth inner road for security. He found out that she was water logged, there being about five feet water in the hold, and to save her from almost instantly going down, he was obliged to run her ashore. He sent for MR B.Killage the owner who assisted in working at the pumps until ten o'clock, but finding that their exertions gained but little on the leak, they went below to adopt some plan, and on their arrival again on deck, the prisoners had escaped in the ship's boat. They worked at the pumps all night an din the morning having nearly emptied her they perceived that two holes had been bored in her bottom, of an inch in diameter. He also perceived that the cabin door had been forced by which the prisoners had got below and effected their purpose.

The prisoners were pursued and taken; the one at Blandford, the other at Wimborne in Dorsetshire. A written confession as declared by the Prisoners before the Mayor of Weymouth, was read in Court. This instrument gave a statement of the whole of the transaction and in which the Prisoners declared it was determined to sink the vessel, and that Waterhouse had suggested the plab ---Guilty. Sir Wm Scott remarked to the prisoners, that they had been found guilty of a wicked and unprovoked offence, and he passed on them the sentence of 14 years transportation beyond the seas: Waterhouse is 18 years of age, and Canterbury 14.

(8) Note:- Similar Article in Morning Post - Thursday 17th Jan 1805 but with slightly different account:-
Ben, WATERHOUSE, a lad of 16, and Thomas CANTERBURY, aged 13, were indicted upon the statute of 33 Geo.III. The indictment charged that they being mariners on board a sloop called the 'Five Brothers', on the 9th of September last in Weymouth Roads, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, did feloniously and maliciously damage a sloop belonging to Edw. KERRIDGE, by boring holes through the bottom whereby the said sloop was in imminent danger of being sunk and lost. Patrick HUGHES, the master, stated that the two prisoners were on board the sloop on the 9th of September, when they came to Weymouth Roads, The eldest was his apprentice, and the other was up[on liking. He went on shore at eight o'clock in the morning on the 9th, and left only the two boys on board. He returned about nine in the evening, and hailed a boat which did not answer: he then hailed a man of war's boat, which sent his boat on shore: when he got on board they weighed anchor with ba view of coming closer in shore, but he found the ship water logged. They then set the pumps to work, and run her aground to prevent he4r sinking in deep water: he sent for the owner, who came on board, and upon a search they found that the ceiling had been broken up, and two holes bored through the bottom near the keel; they appeared to have been made with a borer of the same sort, and there was a spike gimber on board which would make just such sort of hole; The boys in the course of the evening both got ashore, and ran away. Kerridge the owner confirmed this account, and stated that he traced the boys, one of whom was taken at Blandford and the other near it.

The confession of the boys as taken before the Mayor of Weymouth was then read. It stated that being left alone the eldest exclaimed, he wished there was a hole in the ship's bottom, upon which they both went down below, broke up the ceiling with a hatchet, and bored the hole with a spike gimblet, that the head of the instrument came off as they were about the last, and the gimblet slipped through the hole. Being called upon for their defence, they did not deny the fact, but said the Captain was always beating them. This the Captain denied in his evidence. The Jury withdrew a short time and returned with a verdict of Guilty against both. Sir William Scott immediately pronounced the sentence of the Court, which was that they should be transported for 14 years.

Image 166 - 03 Nov 1804 - Elizabeth CHURCHILL

Elizabeth CHURCHILL

Fordington

Image 166 - 06 Nov 1804 - Sarah WINZAR [Items in italics from prior conviction]

Sarah WINZAR

[Fordington]

[ Single ]

[ Age 24 c.1780]

Folio 163 No. 30

Image 166 - 06 Nov 1804 - Elizabeth WINZAR[Items in italics from prior conviction]

Elizabeth WINZAR

[Fordington]

[Single]

[ 23 Born c 1781 ]

Folio 163 No. 31

Image 168 - 22 Dec 1804 - William NORRIS

William NORRIS

Fordington

Mary DAVIS

18th Jan 1793

Image 171 - 25 Mar 1805 - John RANDEL

John RANDEL

Dorchester

Plea Books

John WARD

William DAVISON

John RANDELL

Order Books

Image 171 - 15 Apr 1805 - John WEST

[of Stinsford and JP]

John WEST

Fordington

[but escaped remarks and next entry below ]

Escaped

Image 172 - 17 Apr 1805 - John WEST

John WEST

Fordington

16 [c.1789]

[5ft 4 ins]

[ Flaxen ]

[ Fair ]

[ Gray ]

[ A cut between the eyebrows leaning towards the left eye, a dent near the tip of the right middle finger occasioned by the bite of an adder, Lusty]

DEATH

'Captivity'

[Note: Captivity was previously HMS Monmouth (1772) who was paid off in 1784 and became renamed as a prison hulk moored at Portsmouth from 20 Oct 1796]

Image 174 - 27 July 1805 - Mary BUCKLER

Mary BUCKLER

[Fordington]

[ Single in 1804]

[Age 19 --18 in 1805 Born c 1786]

Filio 165 No 28.

Image 178 - 19 Sep 1805- Elizabeth MANFIELD

Elizabeth MANFIELD

[Fordington]

[Single]

[Age 21 in 1803 Born c1782]

Folio 157 No. 55

Image 181 - 05 Feb 1806 - William STAINER

William STAINER

Dorchester

[Note:- Quarter Sessions Order Books 1798-1806 Image 375 of 386 " At the Prayer of John PITMAN the Prosecutor of William STAINER tried and convicted before this Court of Felony that the Western Treasurer of the County Stock of this County do pay unto the said John PITMAN the sum of One Pound and 4 shillings and also to Joseph JONES and George STILE the sum of 15 shillings each his witnesses which to this Court doth seem reasonable for expenses trouble and attendance therein] [Note:- William SATYNER married Sarah LUCAS at FStG on11 March 1805 ]

Image 184 - 18 Apr 1806 - Elizabeth MANFIELD

Elizabeth MANFIELD

[Fordington]

[Single]

[Age 21 in 1803 Born c1782]

Image 185 - 06 June 1806 - Cassa [Cassandra] PLOWMAN

Cassa [Cassandra] PLOWMAN

Dorchester

[Note:- John PLOWMAN married Cassandra MULLINS at Holy Trinity Church in Dorchester on 18th Jan 1782 but he died and was buried at Holy Trinity on 1st April 1801 leaving her a widow as stated above]

Image 186 - 19 Jun 1806 - Mary SUMMERS

Mary SUMMERS

Fordington

Image 186 - 19 Jun 1806 - Samuel BAYLEY

Samuel BAYLEY

Dorchester

Image 188 - 20 Aug 1806 - Elizabeth MANFIELD

Elizabeth MANFIELD

[Fordington]

[Single]

[Age 21 in 1803 Born c1782]

Folio 184 No. 20

Image 191 - 05 Dec 1806 - Richard BILLETT

Richard BILLETT

Dorchester St Peters

[Note:- At this date is was common practice for illegitimate children to be baptised with the father's surname as a second name if the mother and/or child were likely to fall for support from the overseers of the poor. A female child was baptised at St Peters church on 12th January 1807 as Ann Billet the daughter of Elizabeth GOULD.]

Image 192 - 18 Dec 1806 - Elizabeth MANFIELD

Elizabeth MANFIELD

[Fordington]

[Single]

[Age 21 in 1803 Born c1782]

Folio 188 No. 16

Image 192 - 19 Jan 1807 - Samuel COLLIS

Samuel COLLIS

Ibberton

Fordington

[Note:- He was born at Ibberton in Dorset and baptised there on 28th Nov 1783 recorded as Samuel COLLES son of John & Amey COLLES]

Image 198 - 12 Aug 1807 - John TIZARD

John TIZARD

Fordington

[ Note:- John TIZARD a blacksmith from the parish of Askerwell appeared at the Quarter Sessions held at Blandford Forum on 13th January 1807 to answer a charge that he was the reputed father of a female bastard child delivered by Dinah SHEPARD of the Parish of Maiden Newton on the 6th December 1806. He was found guilty and ordered to pay 20 shillings towards the lying in of Dinah Sheppard and the maintenance of the child to that date and 1shilling and sixpence weekly thereafter. Dina SHEPPARD herself also had to pay a weekly charge of 9 pence to the churchwardens and overseers of the Poor of Maiden Newton in case she shall not nurse and take care of the child herself. I have not so far found any further information about this arrest]

Image 199 - 25 Aug 1807 - Robert BOWDITCH [Note:- Previous arrest 3rd Nov 1801 for smuggling]

Robert BOWDITCH

Dorchester

[Note:- A Robert BOWDITCH from All Saints Parish in Dorchester married a Mary CLARK at Charminster 22 July 1798]

[Note:- There was an advert in the Sherborne Mercury Monday 17 Aug 1807 which may be relevant" Custom House London 30th July 1807 - Whereas it has been represented to the commissioners of his Majesty's Customs that on the 19th day of June last the Boat's Crew of the TYGER CUTTER in the service of the customs stationed at Roquine in the Island of Guernsey whilst in chase of a Smuggling boat were feloniously fired on by some persons unknown on board the said smuggling boat, which escaped ---The Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs in order to bring to justice the person or persons concerned in this felony and outrage are hereby pleased to offer a REWARD of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS to any person or persons who shall apprehend or cause to be apprehended any one or more of the said offenders, to be paid by the Receiver - General of his Majesty's Customs upon conviction. ]

Image 199 - 06 Oct 1807 - James MILFORD

James MILFORD

Fordington

Bastardy Order

[Note:- Baptism Register Tolpuddle Dorset "Feb: 14 - John - Base Son of Jane PEARCE "]

Image 200 - 22 Oct 1807 - Charlotte BARNES

No. : - 30
Warrant Date: - 22 Oct 1807
By Whom : - J.H.Browne Esq
Admitted to Prison: - 23 Oct 1807
Name: - Charlotte BARNES
Parish: Born at Fordington lives at Maiden Newton
Trade: - Labourer
Condition: - Single [Note:- [Actual age 14]
Age: 13 [c.1794] [Note:- Baptised FStG 11th Aug 1793 Charlotte base-born daughter of Martha BARNES - Being very young she is likely to have moved to maiden Newton with her mother Martha, and I note that a Martha BARNES married William GROVES of Broadway at Maiden Newton on 11th Jan 1797.]
Size: -
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: - Housebreaking
Bef whom tried: - Sergeant Marshall
When tried: - 1808 Lent Assizes
Event of trial: - Guilty
Sentence: - Seven years Transportation
Behaviour:- Disorderly
When Discharged: - 19th May 1808
Remarks: Put on board the 'Aolus' ^(*) Transport at Deptford for New South Wales.

[File Notes:-
Article in the Sherborne Mercury - Monday 2nd Nov 1807 page 4 " Charlotte BARNES, charged with breaking open the dwelling-house of Benjamin CAVE, at Froome Vauchurch and stealing there-out a blue handkerchief, containing a quantity of nuts and a pair of slippers."]

Ancestry.com - Dorchester England & Wales Criminal Registers 1791-1892 - Dorset - 1808 - Image 1 of 3 :: "NAME - Charlotte BARNES : Where Tried Lent Assizes : Crime - Larceny in a dwelling house : Sentence - Transportation for 7 years : Disposed of [Blank?]

Ancestry.com - Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Other Fleets & Ships 1791-1868 - Image 127 of 140 :: NAME Charlotte BARNES - Where Tried - Dorset Assizes - When 16 March 1808 - Term 7 years

(*) Note:- The ship referred to above is the Convict Ship Aeolus which in June 1808 was moored in the Thames River at Deptford where 79 female prisoners from districts throughout England and Scotland were to be embarked. Follow link to this site and note the text regarding the appeal regarding the treatment of Female prisoners on arrival and lack of any real prospect of their ever returning. I have also copied the following text as the 14 year old referred to was in all probability Charlotte BARNES.

fourteen years of age

Aeolus

AEOLUS 1809

4th May 1809

Image 201 - 05 Jan 1808 - John ANTHONY

John ANTHONY

Dorchester

Image 203 - 12 Feb 1808 - Jane WHITTY

Jane WHITTY

Fordington

Image 203 - 12 Feb 1808 - Mary WINZAR

xxxx

Fordington

Dorset County Gaol, Dorchester - Prison Register 1782 - 1808

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