Index of Prisoner/Letter Writers: A-L

Index of Prisoner/Letter Writers: A-L

(those accused/convicted of Bank note forgery offences)

Information, where known, given as follows:

Name; ref. no. of letter; age; no. of children; offence; place of apprehension; whether PB offered; court & date of trial; outcome & sentence; further judicial history (e.g. trspn, disposal to hulks or other prisons; payments received from Bank).

[Source references include dates prisoners' cases or letters discussed by BECLS; for London and Mdx convicts, OB case nos. Sources for sentencing, trspn, execution, pardon etc; are TNA: H026, HO11, HO17, HO77].

Letter ref. nos in bold where written by or on behalf of prisoner; in italics where prisoner referred to by another writer.

Abell, Edward [147, 622] 30, sell, London, PB OB Apr. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Surrey, Feb.1814 [M/313: 17 Mar., 28 Apr. 1813; OBSP: Apr. 1813, cases 405–6].

Adams, John [440] 25, utter, London, cap. ch., cap. con. OB Jan. 1819, executed [M5/321: 18 Dec. 1818, 5 Feb., 12 Mar. 1819; OBSP: Jan. 1819, case 201].

Allen, Josiah [661] forge, Liverpool, Lancs. spring ass. 1816, charge unclear, sailed on Fame, Sept. 1816; see wife Mary Ann, below [M5/316: 15 Feb. 1816].

Allen, Mary Ann [235] see husband Josiah, above, utter, Liverpool, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, £5 Aug. 1816 to sail on Lord Melville [M5/316–7: 15 Feb., 25 July 1816].

Allen, William (or Thomas) [651, 654] utter, Lancs., PB Lancs. summer ass. 1811, 14 yrs trspn, still on Portland hulk, Portsmouth, Feb. 1815 [M5/ 311: 19 June 1811].

Anntwistle (or Entwistle), Ann [169–70] utter, Little Bolton, Lancs., PB Lancs. summer ass. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, £5 Jan. 1814 to sail on Broxbournbury [M5/314: 15 Sept. 1813, 11 Jan. 1814].

Appleton, Sarah [533] utter, London, PB OB June 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 18 Apr., 20 June, 5 Dec. 1821; OBSP: June 1821, case 731].

Armstrong, Joseph (or John) [340, 702] 25, utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Sheerness, 1817, sailed on Neptune, Dec. 1817 [M5/319: 9 Oct., 6 Nov. 1817; OBSP: Oct. 1817, cases 1458/9].

Arnold, Thomas [441–2] 21, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1819, 14 yrs trspn; ready to sail Apr. 1819 [M5/322: 24 Mar., 5 May 1819; OBSP: Apr. 1819, cases 530/1].

Ashby, Esther [235] sell, Birmingham, cap. ch., cap. conv. Warws. spring ass. 1816, resp. to life trspn, £5 Aug. 1816 to sail on Lord Melville [M5/ 316–7: 15 Feb., 25 July 1816].

Ashton, James [626, 627] 49, previously in Newgate as James Taylor, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1812, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Earl Spencer, June 1813 [M5/312–3: 19 Aug., 23 Sept., 18 Nov. 1812, 28 Apr. 1813; OBSP: Sept. 1812, cases 634/5].

Ashwell, Sarah [628, 636] sell, Surr., PB Surr. spring ass. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/313: 21 Jan., 28 Apr., 7 July 1813].

Ashworth, John [689] farmer, sell, Lancs., cap. ch. Lancs. summer ass. 1817, cap. conv., executed [M5/319: 3 July, 11 Sept. 1817].

Astell (or Esden), Lydia [398] utter, Suss., PB Suss. spring ass. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Janus, Oct. 1819 [M5/321–2: 18 Mar., 14 Apr., 14 Oct 1819].

Austin, David [439] 20, utter, London, PB OB July 1819, 14 yrs trspn, about to sail end July 1819 [M5/322: 7 July, 14 July, 29 July 1819; OBSP: July 1819, cases 948–50].

Baddeley, John [574, 593] utter, Stafford, PB Staffs, spring ass. 1808, 14 yrs trspn, on Captivity hulk, about to sail Feb. 1809 [M5/308: 10 Dec. 1807, 11 May 1808].

Bailey, Ann [177] 26, 3 children (one died Newgate), husband also prisoner, utter, London, PB OB, June 1814, 14 yrs trspn; despite continuing trade in notes in prison, Bank paid her 7s. 6d. a week from July 1814 – Dec. 1814; £5 to sail on Northampton, Jan 1815 [M5/314–15: 31 May, 14 July, 22 July, 8 Dec. 1814; OBSP: June 1814, cases 580–2].

Bamber, John [241] 24, utter, Mdx., PB OB July 1817, 14 yrs trspn, sailed Lady Castlereagh, Dec. 1817 [M5/319: 26 June 1817; OBSP: July 1817, case 965].

Bamford, Elizabeth [449, 720] sell (with other members of family – see Rebecca below, Ann executed, Benjamin acquitted), Birmingham; refused PB Warws. summer ass. 1818, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. con., resp. to life trspn, continued selling in Warwick castle gaol, Bank demanded sec./state remove her to NSW, was refused payment on sailing on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–2: 1 Jan., 8 Apr., 2 July 1818, 7 Apr., 19 May 1819].

Bamford, Rebecca [449, 720] sell (with other members of family; see Elizabeth above), Birmingham, refused PB Warws. summer ass. 1818, unsuccessful not guilty plea, sentenced to death, resp. to life trspn, continued selling in Warwick castle gaol, Bank demanded sec./state remove her to NSW, was refused payment on sailing on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–1: Jan., 8 Apr., 2 July 1818, 7 Apr., 19 May 1819].

Banister, William [64–8, 87] 30, possess, guilty plea Cheshire spring ass. 1808, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich 1808–10, sailed on Indian, July 1810 [M5/308: 9 Feb., 27 Apr. 1808].

Bannister, Moses [494] saddle & harness maker, utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/324: 1 Mar., 4 Oct., 8 Nov. 1820; OBSP: Oct 1820, cases 1253/4].

Barnard, Mary [191] utter, Hatfield, PB Herts. spring ass. 1814, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Northampton, Jan. 1815 [M5/313–15: 1 Sept. 1813, 20 Apr., 22 Nov. 1814].

Barnes, George [111, 149] sell, Kingston, PB Surr. spring ass. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk during 1813, sailed on General Hewett, Aug. 1813 [M5/312–13: 28 Oct. 1812, 24 Apr. 1813].

Beavitt, Mary (alias Gager, alias Beverton) [164, 208, 210, 235] 52, 5 children, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1814, 14 yrs trspn; despite continuing trade in notes in Newgate, paid 7s. 6d. a week until Sept. 1816, £5 to sail with 4 children on Lord Melville, Sept. 1816 [M5/314 & 317: 16 Mar., 26 Apr., 24 May 1814, 18 July 1816; OBSP: Apr. 1814, cases 216/7].

Belcher, William [322] 18, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Isabella, Apr. 1818 [M5/319–20: 11 Dec. 1817, 22 Jan. 1818, OB: Jan. 1818, cases 204 & 262].

Bell, John [663] possess, Liverpool, Lancs. spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Elizabeth, May 1816 [M5/317: 3 May 1816].

Bell, Matthew [63], pros. Newcastle ass. summer 1806 for possession, offence possibly in Scotland. No entry in BECLS; only information about him is this letter.

Bellairs, John [69, 88–91] utter, Romford, PB Essex summer ass. 1809, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk 1809–10, sailed on Indian, July 1810 [M5/ 308–9: 4 May, 31 Aug. 1809].

Bellars (alias Davis), Amelia, [76–8, 81] 3 children, 'old offender', possess (large quantity), London, OB Feb. 1810, 14 yrs trspn, paid 10s. 6d. a week until Apr./May 1811, £5 to sail, on Friends, May 1811 [M5/ 309–10: 24 Jan., 12 May, 6 Nov. 1810; OBSP: Feb. 1810, case 104].

Benham, William [373] 70, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, [M5/319–20: 4 Dec. 1817, 22 Jan., 7 May 1818; OBSP: Jan. 1818, cases 203 & 264].

Bennett, Richard [314] 23, utter, London, refused PB OB Sept. 1818, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., no record of execution [M5/321: 3 Sept, 24 Sept. 1818; OBSP: 9 Sept. 1818, case no. 1145].

Best (alias Davis), Mary [629, 636] 34, forge & utter, London, refused PB OB May 1812, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/312: 22 Apr., 20 May 1812, 7 July 1813; OBSP: May 1812, case 448].

Bevan, Esther [356] 21, utter, London, PB OB July 1819, 14 yrs trspn, paid £5 (or £2) in Newgate (very ill), further £5 to sail on Janus, Oct. 1819 [M5/322–3: 30 June, 14 July, 8 Sept., 15 Sep., 14 Oct. 1819; OBSP: July 1819, cases 948–50].

Biggs, John [598–9] butcher, utter, Bath, PB Som. spring ass. 1811, 14 yrs trspn, Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, 2nd half 1811 [M5/309–11: 29 Sept. 1810, 24 Apr., 12 Oct 1811].

Blake, Susanna [185–6] utter, Andover, PB Hants summer ass. 1814, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Northampton, Jan 1815 [M5/315: 30 Mar., 7 Dec. 1814].

Blaker, George [215, 675–8] 32, utter, London, with wife Grace; charged with possession only, OB Sept. 1816, 14 yrs trspn; sailed Dec. 1816 on Morley [M5/317–18: 1 Aug., 26 Sept. 1816; OBSP: Sept. 1816, case 846].

Blaker, Grace [262–4, 675–9] 22, with husband George, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, was paid £5 to redeem clothes and £5 to sail on Friendship, July 1817 [M5/317–18: 1 Aug., 26 Sept., 1816, 21 May 1817; OBSP: Sept 1816, case 868 (incorrectly recorded)].

Borrows (alias Emery) John [181] utter, London. Bank did not prosecute, using as witness against co-utterer, Jacob Isaacs, OB Oct. 1814. [M5/315: 6 Oct., 13 Oct., 3 Nov. 1814; OBSP: Oct.1814, cases 916–18 v. Isaacs].

Boutell, Simon (alias Bailey, Joseph) [48, 592–3] appr. Dec. 1806 in Ireland for altering notes in Kent, PB Kent spring ass. 1807, 14 yrs trspn, hulk at Woolwich, then Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, Nov. 1808, sailed on Indispensable, Mar. 1809 [M5/307–8: 11 Dec. 1806, 18 Feb. 1807].

Boyd, James McLean [672, 673] sell, Liverpool, cap. ch. at Lancs. summer ass. 1816, cap. conv., in Lancaster castle Sept. 1816 [M5/317: 3 Aug., 19 Sept. 1816].

Bradney, Mary [449, 452, 720] sell, Birmingham, with husband Joseph [trsp 14 yrs], refused PB Warws. summer ass. 1818, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, continued selling in Warwick castle, Bank demanded sec./state remove her to NSW Apr. 1819, was refused money on sailing on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320 & 322: 1 Jan., 29 Jan., 8 Apr., 2 July 1818, 7 Apr., 19 May 1819].

Branley (or Brandley or Bradley), John [375–6] 42, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1818, 14 yrs trspn [M5/322: 3 Sept, 24 Sept, 8 Oct 1818; OB: Sept 1818, cases 1125–6].

Bridge, Jane [532] sell, Manchester, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 22 Nov. 1820, 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821].

Bridge, Joseph [578] utter, Lancs, cap. ch., cap. conv. Lancs. summer ass. 1804, resp. to life trspn, on hulks 1805, sailed on Fortune Jan. 1806 [M5/ 307: 19 June 1804].

Brooks, Elizabeth [404–8, 418, 438, 453] 43, 5 children, (said to have been cap. conv. before under another name), utter, London, refused PB OB Sept. 1818, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn Jan. 1819, was refused relief in prison; paid £5 to sail, and further £5 as taking 4 children on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–2: 23 July, 3 & 24 Sept. 1818, 21 Jan, 5 & 12 Feb., 5 May 1819; OBSP: Sept. 1818, case 1168].

Brooks, John [248] 36, known as 'old offender', utter, Hammersmith, PB OB Sept. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Morley, Dec. 1816 [M5/317–18: 15 Aug., 26 Sept. 1816; OBSP: Sept. 1816, case 850].

Brown, Benjamin [240–2] 39, utter, Mdx., PB OB July 1817, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Lady Castlereagh, Dec. 1817. [M5/319: 29 May 1817; OBSP: July 1817, cases 964 & 968].

Brown (alias Conner), Catherine [296–8, 324] utter with sister Louisa Kemble, London, PB OB Jan. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, was refused allowance in prison, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/319–20: 18 Dec. 1817, 22 Jan., 5 Feb., 25 Mar. 1818; OBSP: Jan 1818, cases 200 & 261].

Brown, Elizabeth [483, 507] 25, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, paid 7s. 6d. a week from July 1820 until early 1822 when Bank refused to pay any prisoners; still in Newgate Mar. 1823. May not have sailed because of influence of local clergyman's petition. [M5/323 & 326: 15 & 22 Mar., 10 May, 5 July 1820, 19 Dec. 1821, 5 Mar. 1823; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7].

Brown, Jane [218–20, 263–4] 21, utter, London, PB OB Sept.1816, 14 yrs trspn; paid 5s. a week in Newgate Oct. 1816 to July 1817, £5 to sail on Friendship, July 1817. [M5/317–18: 1 Aug., 26 Sept. 1816, 29 May 1817; OBSP: Sept.1816, case 847].

Brown, Mark [656] said to be previously transported, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, on Portland hulk, Portsmouth, until Aug. 1815 when sailed on Ocean [M5/314 & 316: 26 Jan., 24 Aug. 1815; OBSP: Feb. 1815, cases 366/7].

Brown Owen, Elizabeth [387–90] utter, Lambeth, PB Surr. spring ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Morley, May 1820 [M5/323–4: 19 Jan., 19 Apr., 26 Apr. 1820].

Bult, William (or Ebenezer), [498], utter, London, PB OB May. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323: 5 Apr., 10 May 1820].

Burbidge (alias Johnson), Richard [531] utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1821, 14 yrs trspn [M5/325: 7 Mar., 16 May 1821; OBSP: Apr. 1821, case 501].

Burn, Mary [584–5] utter, Croydon, PB Surr. spring ass. 1806, 14 yrs trspn, 10s. 6d. a week in prison until Jan. 1807 when sailed on Sydney Cove [M5/307: 4 Dec. 1805, 17 Apr., 26 June 1806].

Burton (alias Champion), Jemima [532, 755, 756–7] 4 children, possess, Bath (long term offender) Som. summer ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, offer of information followed up, used as witness while held in Ilchester castle, fluent writer, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 2, 8 & 30 Aug., 20 Sept., 5 Dec. 1821].

Bush, Elizabeth [419–21] 24, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, relief refused in Newgate, £5 to sail on Janus, Oct. 1819 [M5/ 321–3: 5 Mar., 9 June, 14 Oct. 1819; OB: Apr. 1819, case 530].

Butler, James [373] 25, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1818, 14 yrs trspn [M5/320; 19 Mar., 8 Apr., 7 May 1818; OB; Apr. 1818, cases 578 & 626].

Cadman, Josiah [513] royal marine, known as 'common utterer', utter, London, cap. ch., OB Sept. 1821, pleaded guilty, cap. conv., appeals rejected, executed. (Wife Ann Smith/Sarah Cadman appr. month earlier, also cap. conv. OB Sept. 1821, no trace of execution) [M5/325: 26 July, 22 & 29 Aug., 7 Nov. 1821; OBSP: Sept. 1821, case 1095; HO17/49/1/Hh2].

Carnegy, Charles [560] utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/324–5: 22 Nov. 1820, 3 Jan. 1821; OB: Dec. 1820, cases 29/30].

Carter, Jane [514, 516, 533] 25, sell, London, PB OB June 1821, 14 yrs trspn, relief refused in Newgate, regarded as notorious criminal, husband and subsequent cohabiting men executed or transported, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 23 May, 20 June, 4 July, 8 Aug., 5 Dec. 1821; OBSP: June 1821, cases 731/2].

Carter, John [381] 22, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/ 323: 19 Jan., 1 Mar. 1820; OBSP: Feb. 1820, cases 366/7].

Carter, Sarah [465–7, 508, 540–1, 542] 18, utter, London, PB OB June 1820, 14 yrs trspn, refused allowance in Newgate as childless, £5 to sail Providence, June 1821 [M5/323–4: 7 June, 10 May, 19 July, 11 Oct., 18 Oct., 1 Nov., 22 Nov. 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: June 1820, case 754/5].

Chamberlain, William [216] 64, utter, London, with wife Elizabeth Stubbs, PB OB Sept. 1816, 14 yrs trspn [M5/317–18: 5 & 26 Sept. 1816; OBSP: Sept. 1816, case 849].

Chandler, Phoebe [632] utter, Bristol, PB Bristol spring ass. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/312: 28 Oct. 1812, 28 Apr., 14 July 1813].

Chave, John [616–7] 36, 'old offender', tradesman, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1813, 14 yrs trspn., on Portland hulk, Langstone harbour, Apr.-Aug. 1813 [M5/313: 24 Feb., 28 Apr. 1813; OBSP: Apr. 1813, cases 397–8].

Chedlow, Elizabeth [634, 636] utter, Stafford, PB Staffs. summer ass. 1812, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/312–13: 5 May 1812, 14 July 1813].

Chrisford, William [110–11] utter, Feb. 1813 (provinces) PB (?) spring ass. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich during 1813, sailed on General Hewett, Aug. 1813. [M5/313: 3 & 24 Feb., 28 Apr. 1813].

Clark, John [747] utter (£20), Manchester, cap. ch. Lancs. spring ass. 1819, death sentence [M5/321–2: 1 Jan., 14 Apr. 1819].

Clarkson, James [47, 72] 30, forge, London, PB OB Apr. 1807, 14 yrs trspn; Newgate, then Retribution hulk on Thames, then back at Newgate; trspn delayed as unfit [M5/308: 18 Feb., 9 Apr. 1807; OBSP: Apr. 1807, cases 263/4].

Clowes, Sarah [343, 453, 456] possess, Surr., Sept. 1818, Surr. spring ass.1819, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–1; 13 Aug. 17 Sept. 1818, 14 Apr., 5 May 1819].

Clowsley, Elizabeth, [471] 36, said to have been in Newgate before, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/323–5: 1 Mar., 10 May 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7].

Coe, James [22] shopman, father butcher; held on suspicion of uttering in Surr. 1799, no Bank record of prosecution.

Cole (or Coal), Thomas [730] utter, Essex, PB Essex spring ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323–4: 2 Dec. 1819, 14 Apr. 1820].

Cooper, Charles [129, 145–6] 63, utter, London, PB OB June 1813, 14 yrs trspn, died on hospital ship, Mar. 1814 [M5/313: 5 Mar., 9 June, 7 July 1813; OBSP: June 1813, cases 555/6].

Courtney, Susannah or Susan [237, 249, 276] 24, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, paid 5/- a week from May to July 1817, £5 to sail on Friendship, July 1817. Returned from NSW (as Elizabeth Jones) before expiry of sentence, appr. London, Aug. 1823, cap. conv. OB Sept. 1823. (Not executed, probably re-trsp'd) [M5/318–19: 3 & 24 Apr., 29 May 1817; OBSP: Apr. 1817, cases 584 & 590, Sept. 1823, case 1042].

Coutts (or Coote), Thomas [313] 17, utter, London, PB OB June 1818, 14 yrs trspn [M5/320: 27 May, 26 June 1818; OBSP: June 1818, cases 914 & 927].

Crampton, Hannah [275] utter with husband William, Yorks., PB Yorks. spring ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail Friendship, July 1817 [M5/ 318–19: 27 Feb., 24 Apr., 29 May 1817].

Crampton, William Henry (or Hammond) [694] utter with wife Hannah, Yorks., refused PB Yorks. spring ass. 1817, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, Retribtution hulk, Sheerness summer 1817 [M5/318: 27 Feb., 24 Apr. 1817].

Crawley, David [370, 741] utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, family to sail with him Nov. 1818, but still on Retribution hulk, Sheerness, early 1819 [M5/321: 22 Oct., 5 Nov. 1818; OBSP: Oct. 1818, cases 1430 & 1484].

Croft, Mary Anne [366] 19, said to have been in Newgate before (unspecified offence), utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, relief refused, regarded by Keeper as 'one of the worst sort', £5 to sail on Morley, Apr. 1820 [M5/323: 21 Oct., 11 Nov., 1819, 1 & 8 Mar., 12 Apr. 1820; OBSP: Oct. 1819, cases 1415/6].

Currey, Thomas [712] sell, Liverpool, cap. ch. Lancs. spring ass. 1818, cap. con., held Lancaster castle [M5/319–20: 20 Nov. 1817, 8 Apr. 1818].

Cuthbert, William [212–3] 23, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1815, 14 yrs trspn [M5/317: 23 Nov. 1815, 3 May 1816; OBSP: Dec. 1815, case 11].

Dale, Henry [129, 152, 153] utter, London, OB July 1813, tried for possession only, unsuccessful not guilty plea, 14 yrs trspn, informer; (wife, Ann, given £5, Apr. 1814), sailed on Somersetshire, May 1814 [M5/313–14: 12 & 26 May, 21 July 1813, 20 Apr. 1814; OBSP: July 1813, case 739].

Dardis, Thomas [614–5] utter, London, PB OB July 1812,14 yrs trspn, Portland hulk, Langstone harbour, Sept. 1812, sailed on Earl Spencer, May 1813 [M5/312–13: 25 June, 8 & 15 July 1812, 17 Feb. 1813; OBSP: July 1812, cases 548–9].

Davies, Prudence [532] utter, Surr., PB Surr. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 14 Mar., 9 May, 17 Dec. 1821].

Davies (alias Young), William [384] 18, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323–4: 1 Mar., 10 May 1820; case not recorded in OBSP under either name].

Davis, John (1) [593] utter, Dorchester, PB Dorset spring ass. 1807, 14 yrs trspn, Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, early 1809, sailed about Mar. 1809 [M5/ 308: 26 Aug. 1807].

Davis, John (2) [620–25] utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, petition to remain in Newgate as afraid to go on hulks refused, on Laurel hulk, Portsmouth, Sept.-Dec. 1813, sailed on Surrey, Jan. 1814 [M5/313: 24 Mar. 21 Apr., 16 June, 19 May 1813; OBSP: Feb. 1813, cases 271/2].

Davis, Joseph [386] utter, London, discharged, evidence slight Sept. 1818; utter again, London, PB OB Oct. 1818, 14 yrs trspn [M5/321: 3 Sept., 1 Oct., 5 Nov. 1818; OBSP: Oct. 1818, case 1470].

Davis, Mary [268] 9 children, utter, Nottingham, refused PB Notts. spring ass. 1817, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, £10 to sail Friendship, July 1817 with all her children [M5/317–19: 22 Aug., 24 Apr., 5 June 1817].

Davis (alias Long), Sarah [73] 36, described in newspaper report as 'prepossessing woman', utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1811, 14 yrs trspn, paid 7s. a week until Aug. 1812, and £5 Mar. 1812 as so distressed; sailed on Indefatigable, Aug. 1812 [M5/310-11: 24 July, 12 Oct. 1811, 11 Mar. 1812; OBSP: Sept. 1811, cases 677 & 679, London Chronicle 21 Sept. 1811].

Deal, Mary [422] 25, utter, London, PB OB July 1819, 14 yrs trspn, relief refused, but paid £2 to redeem clothes Sept. 1819, £5 to sail on Janus, Oct. 1819 [M5/322–3: 9 June, 14 July, 8 Sept., 14 Oct. 1819; OBSP: July 1819, cases 948–50].

Dell (or Dale), Samuel [374] 36, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/322: 8 & 30 Sept. 1819; OBSP: Sept. 1819, cases 1125–6].

Denham, Eliza(beth) [538 (signed Dent), 550–3, 555–6] 20, 2 children, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, 7s. 6d. a week granted in Newgate, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/324–5: 1 Nov., 20 Dec. 1820, 3 & 10 Jan., 7 Feb., 2 June 1821; OBSP: Dec. 1820, cases 29/30].

Dewhurst, Elizabeth [633] acquitted of possession at Yorks. spring ass. 1812; sell, Manchester, cap. ch. Lancs. spring ass. 1813, on understanding that judge would sentence to life trspn, unsuccessful not guilty plea, life trspn, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/312–13: 18 Mar. 1812, 17 Feb., 28 Apr., 14 July 1813].

Dicken, Anne [449, 451] sell, Birmingham, refused PB Warws. spring ass. 1818, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., granted free pardon by panel of 12 judges on point of evidence; then tried on lesser offence, 14 yrs trspn, continued selling in Warwick castle, Bank demanded sec./state remove her to NSW, was refused money on sailing on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320 & 322: 12 Mar., 8 Apr., 2 & 16 July, 10 Sept. 1818, 7 Apr., 19 May 1819].

Dicken (alias Oliver), Benjamin [664] joiner, possess, Liverpool, Lancs. summer ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn; previously similarly convicted but pardoned for good behaviour after 4 years on hulks; sailed on Morley Dec. 1816 [M5/317: 22 Aug., 19 Sept. 1816].

Docker, Elizabeth (or Sarah) [335] sell, Birmingham July 1817, cap. ch., cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, sailed on Maria, May 1818 [M5/319: 30 July, 11 Sept. 1817].

Dodds, Hannah [235] possess, Chester, Cheshire spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Melville, Sept. 1816 [M5/316: 7 Mar., 25 July 1816].

Downes, (alias Ward) Clarissa, [310, 367, 438, 453] utter, London, PB OB May 1818, 14 yrs trspn, paid 5s. a week from May 1818 - May 1819, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5320–2: 30 Apr., 27 May, 4 June 1818, 5 May 1819; OBSP: May 1818, cases 772–3].

Downes, George [373] 18, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Morley, July 1818 [M5/320: 19 Mar, 8 Apr, 7 May 1818; OBSP: Apr. 1818, cases 578 & 626].

Downes, James [495] utter, London, PB OB June 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/ 324: 31 May, 5 July 1820; OBSP: July 1820, case 754/5].

Downes, William [373] 27, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Morley, July 1818 [M5/320: 19 Mar., 8 Apr., 7 May 1818; OBSP: Apr. 1818, cases 578 & 626].

Downs, Ann [188] utter, Lancaster, PB Lancs. summer ass. 1814, 14 yrs trspn, held Lancaster castle until moved to Deptford, Nov. 1814; £5 to sail on Northampton, Jan. 1815 [M5/314–15: 23 Mar., 23 Sept., 22 Nov. 1814].

Doyle, William [665] possess, Liverpool, Lancs. summer ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Morley, Dec. 1816 [M5/317: 19 Sept. 1816].

Dudley, Elizabeth [50–1] said to be 56 [or 60], utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1807, 14 yrs trspn, paid 10s. 6d. a week from Nov. 1807 until May 1808, £5 to sail on Speke, May 1808 [M5/303: 8 Oct. 1807, 9 Feb. 1808; OBSP: Sept. 1807, case 567; London Chronicle: 25 Sept. 1807].

Duncan, Mary [235] utter, Chester, PB Cheshire spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Melville Sept. 1816 [M5/ 316–17: 7 Mar. 25 July 1817].

Dunn, Elizabeth [235] utter, Bristol, PB Bristol spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Melville, Sept. 1816 [M5/316–17: 7 Mar., 25 July 1816].

Dunn, John [274] utter, Gloucester, PB, Glos. spring ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, on Justitia hulk, Woolwich, 1817 [M5/318–19: 14 Nov. 1816, 24 Apr. 1817].

Dye, Henry [661] utter, London, PB OB May 1816, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Sir William Bensley, Oct. 1816 [M5/317: 23 May 1816; OBSP: May 1816, cases 498/9].

Dye, Robert Henry [661] utter, London, PB OB May 1816, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Sir William Bensley, Oct. 1816 [M5/317: 23 May 1816; OBSP: May 1816, cases 498/9].

Eastwaite (or Erstwaite), Thomas [230, 661] 30, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Fame, Oct 1816 [M5/316: 8 Nov. 1815; OBSP: Dec. 1815, case 12].

Eastwood, John [592–3] utter Lancs., PB, Lancs. spring ass. 1808, 14 yrs trspn, Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, Nov. 1808, sailed on Indispensable, Mar. 1809 [M5/308: 1 Mar., 6 Apr. 1808].

Ellis, (alias Latkow), John (or George) [517] known as common utterer, utter, London, cap. ch. OB Sept. 1821, cap. conv., all petitions refused, executed [M5/325: 22 Aug., 26 Sept., 31 Oct. 12 1821; OBSP Sept. 1821, case 1097, HO 17 Hh22].

England, Mary [163, 184, 189] 4 children, utter, London, (with husband James, whom Bank discharged), PB OB Feb. 1814, 14 yrs trspn; paid 10s. 6d a week until Nov. 1814, £10 to sail on Northampton, Jan. 1815 with 4 children [M5/314–15: 27 Jan., 3 May 1814, 17 Nov. 1814; OBSP: Feb. 1814, cases 223/4].

Evans, Ann [235] utter, Chester, PB Cheshire spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Melville, Sept. 1816 [M5/316–17: 7 Mar., 25 July 1816].

Evans, Simon (or Samuel) [557, 759] boot maker, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, on Leviathan hulk, Feb. 1821 [M5/324–5: 20 Dec. 1820, 12 Jan. 1821; OBSP: Jan. 1821, cases 241/2].

Farmilo, Susan [423] 22, utter, London (with husband whom Bank discharged), refused PB OB Oct. 1818, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, was refused relief, [M5/321: 3 Sept., 5 Nov. 1818, 10 Mar. 1819; OBSP: Oct. 1818, case 1455].

Fear, John [738–9, 740] utter, London, PB OB June 1818, 14 yrs trspn; 12 months on Retribution hulk, Sheerness; petition for mitigation held back by Bank as wife Ann assisting them convict two major dealers; only when both dealers executed did Bank send petition to sec./state who refused it but Bank paid him £5 for his help; sailed on Granada, May 1819. Ann Fear petitioned Bank, Oct. 1820 for support for 2 of their 3 children to go to a philanthropic institution; Bank referred her to Jeremiah Harman, former governor of Bank [M5/320–1, 324: 11 June, 8 Oct., 12 & 26 Nov., 18 & 24 Dec. 1818, 8 Jan., 5 May 1819, 11 Oct. 1820; OBSP, June 1818, cases 914, 126].

Fisher, Frederick George James [wife's letters 225–6] utter, PB Surr. summer ass. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, sailed before Feb 1816; Bank paid wife £20 to enable her to go into service to support herself and child [M5/315: 29 June 1815, 11 Jan., 15 Feb. 1816].

Forbes, Jonathan [589, 593] tailor, utter, London, PB OB, Feb. 1807, 14 yrs trspn, was paid 10s. 6d. a week in Newgate presumably for information, on Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, early 1809, was refused further money on sailing on Indispensable, Feb. 1809 [M5/307: 6 Feb., 5 Mar 1807; OBSP: Feb. 1807, case 218].

Foss (alias Haynes), Ann [35–9, 45] 28, born London, utter, London (with Sarah Whiley, and husband Henry Foss, mariner), cap ch. OB Mar. 1804, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv.; through Bank mediation conditionally pardoned to life trspn, 27 June 1804. (Husband 44, born Devon, charged with possession, sentenced to 14 yrs trspn, on hulks June 1804 to at least Jan 1805, sailed thereafter). Ann Foss previously in prison in London 1794, one year (as Ann Gilbert) for uttering small value counterfeit coins. Bank refused relief as believed supported by husband. Sailed on William Pitt, July 1805 [M5/307: 28 Mar., 17 & 25 Apr. 1804; OBSP: Mar. 1810, case 273].

Foss, Thomas [131–4, 149] 32, printer employed by Bank, forgery, London; after attempting to corrupt witnesses, cap. ch. OB Sept. 1813, cap. con., executed [M/313–14: 25 Aug., 16, 22 & 29 Sept., 20 Oct. 1813: OBSP: Sept. 1813, case 875].

France, Richard [601] possess, Lancaster, Lancs. summer ass. 1810, 14 yrs trspn, on Portland hulk, Langstone harbour, June 1811 [M5/309–10: 8 Aug., 18 Sept. 1810].

Franks, Joseph [766] utter, Portsmouth, PB Southampton spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, held Winchester gaol [M5/325: 22 Feb., 9 May 1821].

Fuller, Thomas [392] utter, Borough, PB Surr. spring ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323–4: 18 Aug. 1819, 19 Apr. 1820].

Games, Charles (alias Garner, George) [158] 'old offender', 34, utter, London, PB OB June 1813, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich rest of 1813, sailed with family (to whom Bank agreed to pay £10) on Surrey, Feb.1814 [M5/313–14: 12 May, 9 June 1813, 1 Dec. 1813; OBSP: June 1813, cases 548/9].

Gardener, Sarah [267, 680] 24, utter, London, PB, OB Dec. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, paid 5s. a week in Newgate from Dec. 1817 [M5/318: 21 Nov., 10 Dec., 19 Dec. 1816; OBSP: Dec. 1816, cases 37/38].

Gearing (or Garing, or Gerain), Michael [603–4] 66, possess, London, unsuccessful not guilty plea OB Jan. 1810, 14 yrs trspn: (wife Susannah, 77, cap. conv. for uttering, died in Newgate awaiting execution). He was paid 5s. a week in Newgate, but was refused money Aug. 1810 on going to Zealand hulk, Sheerness; also refused when requested from Discovery hospital ship, June 1812 [M5/309 & 312: 28 Dec. 1809, 24 Jan., 12 May, 17 Aug. 1810, 10 June 1812; OBSP Jan. 1810, case 106].

George (alias Buncal), Robert [92-3] utter, Bedford, PB Beds. summer ass. 1810, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich, during 1810 [M5/ 309–10; 21 Mar., 3 Apr., 18 Sept. 1810].

Gilbert, Hannah [317, 319, 377, 424–7, 438, 453] 19, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, requests for money rejected until Jan. 1819 when £2 allowed, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/321–2: 3 & 24 Sept., 8 Oct., 3 Dec. 1818, 14 Jan., 5 May 1819; OBSP: Sept. 1818, case 1107].

Gilbert, John [602] formerly long-term serving soldier, utter, Yarmouth, PB Norf. summer ass. 1808, 14 yrs trspn, still on Zealand hulk, Sheerness, Nov. 1810 [M5/307–8: 18 Mar., 1 Sept. 1808].

Gilbert, Samuel [674] 27, engine weaver with East India Co., sell, London, Bank intend PB but cap. ch. put first, OB June 1815; successful not guilty plea, then found guilty of lesser charge, 14 yrs trspn, petitions for relief etc. rejected, but wife, Mary, with 5 children, given £25 to allow her to get work to support them; sailed on Mariner, May 1816 [M5/315–6: 15 & 21 June 1815, 20 Jan., 29 Feb. 1816; OBSP: June 1816, case 697].

Giles, Thomas [656, 661] utter, Wallsall, PB Staffs. spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Fame, Oct. 1816 [M5/316: 11 Jan. 1816].

Gillis, Mary [326] 20, utter, London, PB OB Jan 1818, 14 yrs trspn, relief rejected in Newgate, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/320: 1 & 22 Jan., 5 Feb., 25 May 1818; OBSP: Jan. 1818, cases 202 & 263].

Gorman, Catherine [343, 453, 455–6, 499] utter, Surr., PB Surr. spring ass. 1819, 14 yrs trspn; paid £2 in Horsemonger Lane gaol, Apr 1819, as so distressed; £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–1: 13 Aug., 17 Sept, 1818, 14 Apr., 21 Apr., 28 Apr., 5 May 1819].

Gould, Elizabeth [539] utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, allowance refused in Newgate, but gift of £2 given, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/324–5: 19 July, 27 Sept., 15 Nov. 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Sept. 1821, case 933].

Gould, Jane [559] utter, Borough, PB Surr. summer ass. 1820, [husband, Steven, similarly prosecuted and sentenced London OB], aid refused in prison, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/324–5: 26 Apr., 21 Sept., 27 Dec. 1820, 2 June 1821].

Green, Hannah [366] 19, utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, relief refused, Newgate keeper regards her as 'one of worst sort', £5 to sail on Morley, May 1820 [M5/322-3: 23 Sept., 11 Nov. 1819, 1 Mar., 12 Apr. 1820; OBSP: Oct. 1819, cases 1451/2].

Green, John [572] utter, cap. ch. Denb. summer ass. 1802, death sentence, resp. (as still in prison in Ruthin, early 1804); no further information -case before commencement of BECLS.

Greenslade, Isaac [217, 248] 46, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Morley, Dec. 1816 [M5/317–18: 15 Aug., 26 Sept. 1816; OBSP: Sept. 1816, case 850].

Gregg, John [752] 41, utter, Birmingham, PB Warws. spring ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, on Leviathan hulk, Portsmouth, Oct. 1820 [M5/324: 19 Apr. 1820].

Gregory, Henrietta [115–18] 38, 6 children, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, paid 7s. per week until Feb. 1814, £5 to sail on Broxbournebury, Feb. 1814 and another £5 as 5 children sailing with her [M5/ 313–14: 13, 22 & 29 Sept., 29 Dec. 1813, 11 Jan. 1814; OBSP: Sept. 1813, cases 872–3].

Grey, Frances [512, 533] 17, utter, London, PB OB June 1821, 14 yrs trspn, relief refused in Newgate, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/ 325: 18 Apr., 20 June, 11 July, 5 Dec. 1821; OBSP: June 1821, case 731].

Grey, Robert [694] utter, Yorks., refused PB Yorks. spring ass. 1817, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, Retribution hulk, Sheerness summer 1817 [M5/ 318: 27 Feb., 24 Apr. 1817].

Griffiths (alias Dart), Mary Ann [428] 17, possess, London (with Henry Dart), unsuccessful not guilty plea OB Apr. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, £2 to redeem clothes, July 1819, £5 to sail on Janus, Oct. 1819 [M5/322–3: 19 Apr., 5 May, 14 July, 14 Oct. 1819: OBSP: Apr. 1819, case 613].

Grigg, John [241] 47, utter, Mdx., PB OB July 1817, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Lady Castlereagh, Dec. 1817 [M5/319: 26 June 1817; OBSP:, July 1817, case 965].

Grime, James (sr.) [735] utter, Lancs., refused PB Lancs. spring ass. 1819, death sentence [M5/321–2: 8 Oct. 1818, 25 Feb., 14 Apr. 1819].

Grime, James (jr.) [735] utter, Lancs., PB Lanc. spring ass. 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/321–2: 8 Oct. 1818, 25 Feb., 14 Apr. 1819].

Grosvenor, Thomas, [443] 28, sailor, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/321: 24 Dec. 1818, 12 & 28 Jan., 5 Feb. 1819; OBSP: Jan 1819, cases 190/1].

Gulley, Thomas [575–6, 590–1, 593] major seller, Birmingham, cap. ch. Warws. spring ass. 1807, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, on Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, 1808–9, until sailing on Indispensable, Mar. 1809. (Wife Martha, sell & forge, PB Warws. spring ass. 1808, 14 yrs trspn) [M5/ 307–8: 4 & 11 Dec. 1806, 9 Apr., 5 Nov. 1807, 6 Apr. 1808, 23 Feb. 1809].

Hale, Samuel [234] 32, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, Retribution hulk, Sheerness, during 1817 [M5/318: 14 Nov., 10 Dec. 1816; OBSP: Dec. 1816, case 47].

Hall, Anne [366] 17, utter, London, Jan 1820, PB OB Jan. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, was refused relief as Newgate keeper regards her as 'one of worst sort', £5 to sail on Morley, May 1820 [M5/323: 17 & 20 Dec. 1819, 26 Jan., 1 & Mar., 12 Apr. 1820; OBSP: Jan. 1820, case 248].

Halliwell, Antony [662] utter, Lancs., with wife Sarah, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, to Retribution hulk, Sheerness, sailed on Sir William Bensley, Sept. 1816 [M5/316: 19 Oct. 1815].

Halliwell, Sarah [235] utter, Lancs., with husband Anthony, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Melville Sept. 1816 [M5/ 316: 19 Oct. 1815, 25 July 1816].

Hammill, Isabella [532] sell, Lancs., PB Lancs. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 7 Mar, 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821].

Hardacre, Catherine, [333–4, 713] sell, Lancs., PB Lancs. summer ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn; relief refused Feb. 1818, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/319–20: 3 July, 11 Sept. 1817, 5 Feb, 2 Apr. 1818].

Harland, Edward [179] 28, forge & utter, London, pleaded guilty to 2 cap. chs despite legal and judge's advice, OB Mar.1815, executed Apr. 1815. Bank refused to support petition for mitigation, but paid widow £20 in recognition of extreme distress [M5/314: 9 Mar., 12 & 13 Apr. 1814; OBSP: Mar.1815, cases 473–4].

Harris (alias Fleming), Ann [652] previously trspn for uttering, with husband; 6 children, youngest born in prison; utter high value notes, Worcester, PB Worcs. spring ass. 1810, refusal by Bank of petitions for mitigation; [M5/309 & 314: 8 Nov. 1809, 10 Mar. 1810, 27 & 28 Oct. 1813].

Harris, Henry [546] 19, utter, London, refused PB OB Sept. 1820, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., no trace of execution [M5/324: 16 Aug., 27 Sept., 1820; OBSP: Sept. 1820, case 951].

Harrison, Charlotte [238] 18, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, paid 5s. a week from 6 Mar. 1817 [M5/318: 6 & 27 Feb., 6 Mar. 1817; OBSP: Feb. 1817, case 425].

Harrison, William, [241], no trace of this person being prosecuted by Bank either in BECLS or OBSP.

Hartnell (or Hartned or Wilson or Read), Mary [318, 429, 438, 453] 26, 2 children, utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, paid 7s. 6d. a week from Jan. to Oct. 1819, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/321–2: 24 Sept., 5 Nov. 1818, 1 Jan., 5 May 1819; OBSP: Oct. 1818, cases 1430 & 1484 ].

Harvey, William [244–5] 34, licensed navy agent, previously imprisoned for perjury, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Lady Castlereagh, Dec. 1817 [M5/319: 4 & 25 Sept. 1817; OBSP: Sept. 1817, cases 1138 & 1158].

Hatfield, Amelia [176, 177] 22, 2 children, utter, London, PB OB May 1814, 14 yrs trspn. (Brothers John 29, and Thomas, 24, similarly tried/ sentenced 1814; husband in prison awaiting trspn); despite continued trading in notes in Newgate, Bank paid 7s. 6d. a week from July 1814 until Jan. 1815; £5 to sail on Northampton, Jan. 1815 [M5/314–15: 31 May, 14 June, 22 July, 8 Dec. 1814; OBSP: June 1814, cases 580–2].

Hatton, John [582–3] possess, Manchester, Lancs. summer ass. 1806, 14 yrs trspn, held Lancaster castle [M5/307–8: 14 Aug. 1806, 28 May 1807].

Hayselden (or Hazelton), Elizabeth [210, 235] 34, possess, [300 notes worth £500], Bethnal Green, unsuccessful not guilty plea OB Dec. 1815, 14 yrs trspn; continued selling in prison; all requests for relief while in Newgate refused, also refused money to sail, July 1816 on Lord Melville, Sept. 1816 [M5/316–17: 22 Dec. 1815, 11 & 25 July 1816; OBSP: Jan. 1816, case 202].

Healey, Betty [333–4, 713] sell, Lancs., PB Lancs. summer ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, was refused relief Feb. 1818, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/ 319–20: 3 July, 11 Sept. 1817, 5 Feb., 2 Apr. 1818].

Hearn, John [373] variously 25 and 45, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Morley, June/July 1818 [M5/319–20: 18 Dec. 1817, 7 May 1818; OBSP Jan. 1818, cases 199 & 265].

Hearson (or Eyreson) Hannah (or Ann) [104–5, 141, 143, 627, 635] 39, utter, London, (with husband, John) PB OB Oct. 1812, 14 yrs trspn, paid 7s. 6d. a week from Mar. 1813 in Newgate, daughter with her, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/312–13: 7 Oct., 4 & 18 Nov. 1812, 20 Jan., 3 Mar., 14 Apr., 30 June 1813; OBSP: Oct. 1812, cases 872, 899–900].

Hearson, John George, [103–4, 626, 627] 39, utter, London, with wife, Hannah, pros. possession only, OB Oct. 1812, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich, early 1813, sailed on Earl Spencer, May 1813 [M5/ 312–13: 7 Oct., 4 & 18 Nov., 20 Jan., 3 Mar., 28 Apr., 30 June 1813; OBSP: Oct. 1812, cases 872, 899–900].

Henningham, William Simpson [107, 608] 33, 'old offender', utter (£10 notes), London, PB OB Oct. 1811, 14 yrs trspn; provided information in Newgate, was paid 7s. a week for 6 weeks; Zealand hulk, Sheerness, May 1812, sailed on Fortune, Nov. 1812; wife was paid £5 [M5/311: 25 Sept., 6 Nov., 4 Dec. 1811, 19 Feb. 1812; OBSP: Oct.1811, cases 855–6].

Henshaw, Mary [235] utter, Chester, PB Cheshire spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Melville, Sept. 1816 [M5/316–17: 7 Mar., 25 July 1816].

Herbert, Rachel [545] 20, utter, London, PB OB Nov. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, refused allowance in Newgate, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M/ 324–5: 27 Sept., 8 Nov., 6 Dec. 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Nov. 1821, casel253].

Hewster, Sarah [486–7, 542, 543] 45, utter, London, PB,OB June 1820, 14 yrs trspn; relief refused in Newgate, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/324–5; 5 July, 19 July, 22 Nov. 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: June 1820, cases 754/5].

Hill, John [303–4, 373] 38, possess, London, OB Feb. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, was refused relief May 1818, sailed Aug. 1818 on Mallow; wife and children followed June 1821, bank refused their request for assistance [M5/ 320, 28 Jan., 26 Feb. 1818, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Feb. 1818, case 390].

Hill, William [562] 36, utter, London, guilty plea to cap. ch. OB Feb. 1824, executed Nov./Dec. 1824 [M5/327: 17, 23 & 24 Dec. 1823; OBSP: Feb. 1824, case 435; H017:49/I/Hk5].

Hilton, Catherine [532] utter, Liverpool, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 8 Aug. 1820, 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821].

Hines (or Haines), Amelia [449, 720] sell, Birmingham, refused PB Warws. summer ass. 1818, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, continued selling in Warwick castle, Bank demanded sec./state remove her to NSW, was refused money to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320 & 322: 1 & 29 Jan., 8 Apr., 2 July 1818, 7 Apr., 19 May 1819].

Hitchens, Frances [720] sell, Birmingham, cap. ch. to which pleaded guilty, Warws. ass. spring 1818, resp. to life trspn, not listed for sailing [M5/320–1: 12 Mar., 8 Apr., 2 & 16 Julyl818, 7 Apr. 1819].

Hodges, Joseph [59] utter, Surr., PB Surr. summer ass. 1805, 14 yrs trspn, hulk at Woolwich during 1805 [M5/307: 20 Aug. 1805].

Hogan, Lydia [364, 519–21] 38, 5 children, utter, London, PB OB May 1819, 14 yrs trspn, paid 10s. 6d a week in Newgate from June 1819, reduced to 5s. a week 5 July 1819 as only 1 child then with her in prison, discontinued 14 Mar. 1821 when moved to Giltspur Street house of correction with mitigation to serve only another 2 years in prison; Bank refused request to continue payment [M5/322 & 324–5: 5 May, 2 & 16 June 1819, 5 July 1820, 14 Mar., 9 May 1821; OBSP: May 1819, cases 807/8].

Holman, James [528–9, 760–2] tobacconist, utter, Greenwich, PB Kent spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, on Justitia hulk, May 1821, sailed on Malabar, June 1821 [M5/324–5: 31 Jan., 9 May, 20, June 1821].

Hopgood, John [156] 25, said to be previously imprisoned, Newgate; utter, London, Bank changed cap. ch. to lesser ch. in view of his being witness for them in case v. William Hughes; PB OB July 1813, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich 1813, sailed on Surrey with his family, Feb. 1814. (Bank paid wife Mary, £5 on sailing since also witness in same case for them) [M5/313–14: 7 & 21 July, 1813, 5 Jan. 1814; OBSP: July 1813; cases 724/5, & 747 (witness)].

Hopkins, Mary [271] 44, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, paid 5s. week in Newgate from 19 Dec. 1816; moved to general penitentiary Millbank, received general free pardon, 24 Nov. 1821, release agreed 9 Dec. 1821 on grounds of good conduct since confinement [M5/318: 21 Nov., 10 & 19 Dec. 1816; OBSP: Dec. 1816, cases 37–8; HO 17/49:Hh14].

Horne, Mary [398] utter, Dartford, PB, Kent summer ass. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, petition to take 6 yr-old son with her on ship refused, £5 to sail on Janus, Oct. 1819 [M5/321: 31 Mar., 25 Aug., 7 Oct. 1819].

Howard, Mary [485, 552, 556, 751] 45, one child, utter, London, with husband William (see below); PB OB Sept. 1820, money refused in Newgate as child supported by friend; remained in Newgate until June 1824 when ship's surgeon refused her for sailing; since keeper of Newgate reported 'very well behaved', given free pardon. [M5/324–5: 13 July, 27 Sept. 1820, 7 Feb. 1821; OBSP Apr. 1820, cases 993/4; HO17/1/Ch37 & 17/53/2/Ik25].

Howard, William (alias Isaac) [556, 751] possess (large quantity), London, with wife Mary (see above), OB Sept. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, on Leviathan hulk, paralysed and too unfit to sail [M5/324: 13 July, 27 Sept. 1820; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 933/4].

Howell, (alias Roberts, alias Holmes), Sarah [256–61, 265, 330–1] 24, servant, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1817, 14 yrs trspn; paid 5s. a week in Newgate from 24 Apr, 1817, raised to 10s. 6d. a week 17 July 1817 on birth of child. May have been moved to (unidentified) house of correction by Oct. 1817 [M5/319: 10 & 24 Apr., 17 July 1817; OBSP: Apr. 1817, cases 582, 589].

Hughes, Martha [631] sell, Manchester, refused PB Lancs, spring ass. 1813, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/313: 17 Mar., 28 Apr., 14 July 1813].

Hughes, Michael (or William) [578] utter, Bolton, cap. conv. Lancs. summer ass. 1804, resp. to life trspn, hard labour on hulks, sailed on Fortune, Jan. 1806 [M5/307: 19 June, 29 Aug. 1804].

Hughes, Peter [673] sell and utter, Lancs, cap. ch. at Lancs. summer ass. 1816, cap. conv.; in Lancaster castle Sept. 1816 [M5/317: 23 May, 19 Sept. 1816].

Hulbert, Samuel [592–3] utter, Monmouth, PB Mon. spring ass. 1807, on Capitivity hulk, Portsmouth, Nov. 1808, sailed on Indispensable, Mar. 1809 [M5/307: 8, 5 Mar. 1807, 23 June 1808].

Hyland (or Ireland), Sarah [377, 412] 22, 3 children, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1818, 14 yrs trsp, husband trsp'd, paid 10s. 6d. a week in Newgate [M5/321: 3 & 24 Sept., 8 Oct. 1818; OBSP: Sept. 1818, case 1107].

Jackson, John (alias Tarbox, Joseph) [742–6] 30, in Newgate before, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, on Leviathan hulk, Mar. 1819, sailed on John Barry, Apr. 1819 [M5/321: 21 Jan., 25 Feb. 1819; OBSP: Feb. 1819, cases 341–2].

James, John [246] 23, said to have been in Newgate before, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Lady Castlereagh, Dec. 1817 [M5/319: 24 July, 25 Sept. 1817; OBSP: Sept. 1818, cases 1136, 1159].

Jasper, William [378] utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1818, 14 yrs trspn; petition refused Nov. 1818 [M5/321:15 Oct., 5 & 12 Nov. 1818; OBSP: Oct. 1818, cases 1430 & 1484].

Jelly, James [723–4] sell, Manchester, Bank wish him to accept guilty plea in exchange for life trspn, he refuses and offers information (Bank request aid of someone who can understand Lancs. dialect); Bank allow lesser charge, Lancs. spring ass. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, on Bellerophon hulk, Sheerness summer 1818; wife Catherine, also charged by Bank, acquitted; 10 children; they wish her to go with James to NSW to prevent her further involvement in forgery. [M5/319–20: 11 Dec. 1817, 15 & 29 Jan, 8 & 30 Apr. 1818].

Jenkins, George [581] utter, Manchester, cap. ch., cap. conv. Lancs. spring ass. 1807; resp. to life trspn, held Lancaster castle [M5/308: 6 Dec. 1806].

Jenkinson, Mary Ann [43–5] 34, married, from Stafford, japanner, forge & utter, London, unsuccessful not guilty plea, OB Feb. 1805; cap. conv., conditional pardon, May 1805, to life trspn; sailed on William Pitt, July 1805. [M5/307: 3 Jan., 28 Feb. 1805; OBSP: Feb.1805, case 202].

Jennings, Joseph [618, 701] possess (98 notes buried in garden), Birmingham, PB Warws. spring ass. 1813, on Laurel hulk, Portsmouth, Aug. 1813 [M5/313: 11 Mar., 28 Apr. 1813].

Jervis, William [534] utter, Surr., refused PB, Surr. spring ass. 1821, cap. conv., all petitions for mercy refused, executed [M5/325: 7 Mar., 11 & 18 Apr., 9 May 1821].

Johns, Phillis [537] 39, utter, London, gave birth to boy when held in Giltspur St compter, had 2 other small children with her on arrest, £2 given; PB OB Nov. 1820, 14 yrs trspn; 7s. 6d. a week while in Newgate, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/324–5: 20 Sept., 8 & 11, Oct., 2 June 1821; OBSP: Nov. 1820, case 1253].

Johnson, Hannah [206, 207] 29, with small child, deserted by husband, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1815, 14 yrs trspn; granted 5s. a week until July 1815, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, July 1815 [M5/315: 29 Dec. 1814, 9 Feb., 29 June 1815; OBSP: Jan. 1815, case 169].

Johnson, John [592–3] utter, Staffs., PB Staffs. spring ass. 1808, 14 yrs trspn, Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, Nov. 1808, sailed on Indispensable, Mar. 1809 [M5/307–8: 10 Dec. 1807, 6 Apr., 11 May 1808].

Johnson, Robert [111] 41, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on General Hewett, Aug. 1813. [M5/312–13: 3 Feb., 24 Feb. 1813; OBSP: Feb. 1813, cases 267–8].

Johnson, Sarah [514, 515, 533] 22, utter, London, PB OB June 1821, 14 yrs trspn, relief refused in Newgate, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 2 May, 20 June, 8 Aug., 5 Dec. 1821].

Jones, Elizabeth [135–8, 140, 148, 636, 638] 27, 3 children, utter, London (with servant, Jane Smith), PB OB Apr. 1813, 14 yrs trspn. Previously trsp'd for possession, pardoned by governor of NSW after 2 yrs of this 14 yr sentence, on return to London, immediately committed identical offence; thus not deemed 'an object deserving relief'; £5 to sail on Wanstead, July. 1813 [M5/313: 3 Mar., 28 Apr., 16 June 1813; OBSP: Apr.1813, cases 407/8].

Jones, James [702] 27, soldier, utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, Retribution hulk, Sheerness, Nov. 1817, sailed on Neptune, Dec. 1817 [M5/319: 9 Oct., 6 Nov. 1817; OBSP: Oct. 1817, case 1457].

Jones, John [444] 21, soldier, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/321: 8 Jan., 2 & 5 Feb. 1819; OBSP Jan 1819, cases 190–1].

Jones, Mary [549] utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, to general penitentiary Millbank, Apr. 1821, transferred to hulk Heroine during cholera epidemic, granted free pardon, Apr. 1824 [M5/324: 1 Nov., 27 Dec. 1820; OBSP: Dec. 1821, cases 29/30; H017/34/Ek28].

Jones, Richard [592–3] possess, Warwick, Warws. spring ass. 1808, 14 yrs trspn, on Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, Nov. 1808, sailed on Indispensable, Mar. 1809 [M5/307: 5 Nov. 1807, 6 Apr. 1808].

Kain, [or Kaine, Kane, Kean, Keen] Catherine [171] utter, London (with husband John Kain alias Wright). Both tried OB Dec. 1813, (John cap. ch. only, guilty, executed Dec. 1813). Catherine PB, 14 yrs trspn; paid 5s. a week from date of husband's death, £5 to sail on Broxbournbury, Jan. 1814 [M5/314: 24 Nov., 22 Dec. 1813, 5 Jan. 1814; OBSP: Dec.1813, cases 27/28].

Kelly, Mary [401] 20, 'very old offender', utter, London same month, PB OB Jan. 1820, 14 yrs trspn; one child died in prison so paid £2 and then 5s. a week; £5 to sail on Morley, Apr. 1820 [M5/323: 30 Dec. 1819, 26 Jan., 23 Feb., 1 Mar., 12 Apr. 1820; OBSP Jan 1820, cases 248/9].

Kemble, Louisa (alias Conner, Emma) [296–8, 324] utter, London, with sister Catherine Brown, PB OB Jan. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, refused allowance in prison, sailed on Maria, May 1818 [M5/319–20: 18 Dec. 1817, 22 Jan., 5 Feb., 25 Mar. 1818; OBSP: Jan 1818, cases 200, 261].

Kershaw, Thomas [666] utter, place not recorded by Bank, May 1816, PB on trial, 14 yrs trspn, on Bellerophon hulk, Nov. 1816, sailed on Morley, Dec. 1816 [M5/317: 23 May 1816].

King, George [558] utter, Surr., PB Surr. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn [M5/324: 5, 8 Aug., 21 Sept. 1820].

King, Mary [393] utter, London, Feb. 1820, bill thrown out by grand jury (unusual for Bank cases), remained held in Newgate for uttering Surr., PB Surr. spring ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn; £5 to sail on Morley, Apr. 1820 [M5/ 323–4: 9 Feb., 1 Mar., 19 Apr. 1820].

Kirby, Thomas [379] 25, utter, London, known as suspicious character, PB OB Oct. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, petition for relief refused Nov. 1818 [M5/ 321: 24 Sept., 1 Oct., 5 & 12 Nov. 1818; OBSP: Oct. 1818, cases 1430 & 1484].

Lambert, Mary [548] 17, utter, London, PB OB Nov. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, relief refused in Newgate, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/324–5: 11 Oct., 8 Nov., 20 Dec. 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Nov. 1821, case 1253].

Lane, Timothy [351] 52, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1818, 14 yrs trspn [M5/320–1: 27 Aug., 24 Sept. 1818; OBSP: Sept. 1818, case 1107].

Law, James [327] 16, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1818,14 yrs trspn, sailed on Morley, July 1818. [M5/320: 2 & 26 Feb. 1818; OBSP: Feb. 1818, case 390].

Layshaw (alias Wardle) Ann (alias Sarah) [565] utter, London, and Essex, cap ch. Essex summer ass. 1822, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann III, May 1823 [M5/326: 15 Apr., 23 Oct. 1822, 30 May 1823].

Lazarus, Eleazar [199] possess (224 notes) Derby, unsuccessful not guilty plea to lesser charge, Derbys. spring ass. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, Justitia hulk Woolwich, sailed on Ocean, Aug. 1815 [M5/315: 16 Feb., 1 June 1815].

Leach, Elizabeth [94–5] 34, utter, London (with husband Thomas, 48) refused PB OB July 1811, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn; (husband, who, 2 years earlier served sentence on hulks for another (non-Bank) offence, accepted PB, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Fortune, Nov. 1812); Elizabeth too ill to sail with husband; after year in Newgate, sentence mitigated to life imprisonment in London [M5/311–12: 3 July, 21 Aug. 1811, 27 July 1812; OBSP: July 1811, case 575].

Leeson, Catherine [400] utter, Bath, PB Som. summer ass. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Morley, May 1820 [M5/321: 7 July, 7 Oct. 1819].

Lenny (or Linney), Mary [268–9] 6 children, lodging house keeper/ school teacher, able to write; alter & utter, Winchester, PB Hants spring ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn; £10 to sail (as taking 6 children) on Friendship, Aug. 1817 [M5/317–19: 6 June, 22 Aug., 17 Oct. 1816, 24 Apr., 21 & 29 May, 5 June 1817].

Leonard, Susannah [409] 49, utter, London (with husband John, 65) refused PB OB Oct. 1818, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv. with recommendation to mercy, resp. to life trspn, Feb. 1819 [M5/321–2: 22 Oct., 5 Nov. 1818, 18 & 25 Feb. 1819; OBSP: Oct. 1818, case 1454 jointly with husband].

Lomas, John (alias Jecks, Lloyd) [522–4] 19, utter large amount, high value, London, two cap. chs OB May 1822, pleaded guilty to both as believed life trspn was offered, cap. conv., petitions refused, executed June 1822 [M5/326: 6 Mar., 3 & 15 Apr., 8 May, 5 June, 4 July 1822; OBSP: May 1822, cases 758–9].

Longman, Samuel [492] possess, London, OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323: 1 Mar., 10 May 1820; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7].

Lord, Ann, [333–4, 715] widow, sell, with several members of family, Lancs. cap. ch., unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv. Lancs. spring ass. 1817; Bank petitioned for resp. to life trspn, granted May 1817 (they wished her to come to London from time to time to give information on forgers); Bank refused to support her request for move to general penitentiary Millbank, or free pardon, Dec. 1817; £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/319–20: 27 Feb., 24 Apr., 8 May, 4 Dec. 1817, 2 Apr. 1818].

Low, John Vesey [154], no trace of a Bank prosecution against this name in BECLS or OBSP.

Lucas, Martha [479–80, 505, 533] 27, 1 child, utter, London, with husband George (PB and transported), refused PB OB Dec 1819, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn; petitioned sec./ state., Mar. 1820 for further mitigation. Bank granted £5, 12 Apr. 1820 as ordered to ship, but unable to go as in poor state of health. Remained in Newgate; Bank granted 5s. a week from 4 Oct. 1820 until at least Jan. 1822. Worked as wardswoman. Mother petitioned sec./state, Mar. 1824. May 1824 granted conditional pardon to 14 yrs in Newgate, continuing to work there. (Report from keeper - her work as wardswoman satisfactory, 'becoming and orderly') [M5/323–5: 25 Nov., 8 Dec. 1819, 12 Apr., 4 Oct. 1820, 19 Dec. 1821; OBSP: Dec. 1819, case 51; H017/34/Eh27 & 17/44/l/Gk22].