Index of Prisoner/Letter Writers: M-Y

Index of Prisoner/Letter Writers: M-Y

Macarthy, Ann [28–31, 45] utter, London, cap. ch. OB Feb. 1804, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., conditional pardon to life trspn; sailed on William Pitt, July 1805, having assisted Bank by informing on utterers; Bank sent £15 to ship's captain for her use. [BECLS no entry, not recorded in OBSP].

McBride, Elizabeth [481–2] 19, possess, London, not guilty plea OB Apr. 1820, found guilty, 14 yrs trspn, was refused money in Newgate, transferred to general penitentiary Millbank, Aug. 1820, granted free pardon as had friends to give accommodation, 1824. [M5/323: 1 Mar., 10 May, 24 May 1820; OBSP: Apr. 1820, case 487; H017/34/Eh27].

McCann (alias Murphy), John [653] sell, Preston, cap. ch. Lancs. summer ass. 1814, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, sailed on Baring Mar. 1815 [M5/314–15: 18 Aug., 23 Sept. 1814, 30 Mar. 1815].

McCarthy, Johanna [337, 695] utter, Bristol, Mar. 1817, PB Bristol spring ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, held Bristol bridewell, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/318–20: 27 Mar., 24 Aug. 1817, 8 Apr. 1818].

McDermot, Thomas [365] 26, said to have been in Newgate before, utter, London, refused PB OB Oct. 1819, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., rec. to mercy, petition for life trspn, in Newgate infirmary Dec. 1819 [M5/323: 14 Oct., 11 Nov., 22 Dec. 1819; OBSP: Oct. 1819, case 1439].

McMahon, Hugh [691, 701, 711] licensed hawker, widower, 3 children, possess Lancs., but recorded as cap. conv. Lancs. summer ass. 1817, (if so) resp. to life trspn, in Lancaster castle gaol summer 1817, Bellerophon hulk, Sheerness, early 1818 [M5/319–20: 26 June, 11 & 25 Sept. 1817, 8 Jan. 1818].

Maddocks, Benjamin [592–3] utter, Walsall, Aug. 1806, no record in BECLS of charge or trial, Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, Nov. 1808, sailed on Indispensable, Mar. 1809 [M5/307: 20 Aug. 1808].

Marr, Thomas [363] 20, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, [M5/323: 1 Mar., 10 May 1820; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7- error in OBSP numbering].

Marshall, J. [1–2] held Clerkenwell prison on suspicion of uttering Mar. 1796, no prosecution.

Martin, Catherine [362, 499] 20, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, granted 7s. 6d. a week from 9 Feb. 1820, £5 to sail on Morley, Apr. 1820 [M5/323: 5 & 26 Jan., 9 Feb., 12 Apr. 1820; OBSP: Jan. 1820, case 234/5 ].

Mather, Solomon [735] utter, Lancs., PB Lancs. spring ass. 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/321–2: 8 Oct. 1818, 25 Feb., 14 Apr. 1819].

Mayner, Samuel [5–6], held in Tothill Fields bridewell, 1781, no evidence of prosecution in Bank records or OBSP.

Mazagora, Mary [205] sell, Birmingham, Feb. 1815, cap. ch., unsuccessful not guilty plea, Warws. spring ass. 1815, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, July 1815 [M5/315: 24 Feb., 24 Apr., 13 July 1815].

Miares, Clementina Rebecca [532] utter, Lambeth, PB Surr. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821].

Middleton, William [98, 102] utter, Suss., refused PB Suss. summer ass. 1812, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich 1812–13 [M5/311–12: 29 June, 5 Aug. 1812, 17 Feb.1813].

Miller, Elizabeth [394] 1 child, possess Lambeth, guilty, Surr. summer ass. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, paid 5s. a week from Nov. 1818 to May 1819, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–1: 2 July, 10 Sept., 19 Nov. 1818, 19 May 1819].

Montagu, Elizabeth [532] utter, Oxford, PB Oxon. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 28 Feb., 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821, H017/34/EH38].

Moore, James [361] 30, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323: 11 Nov., 9 Dec. 1819; OBSP: Dec. 1819, cases 34/5].

Moore, John [727] possess, Borough, Surr. summer ass. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, Bellerophon hulk, winter 1819 [M5/322–3: 30 Sept., 29 Dec. 1819].

Morris, Elizabeth [99, 231, 627] no-one of this name prosecuted by Bank around this date; presumably wife of Thomas Slater (see below) and convicted of another offence; Slater about to sail June 1813 asked Bank to give 'allowance' to Elizabeth Morris; refused.

Morris, George [668–9, 674] sell, Birmingham, cap. ch. Warws. summer ass. 1816, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, on Bellerophon hulk giving information, Sheerness Oct./Nov. 1816 [M5/317: 6 June, 19 Sept. 1816].

Morris, John [306–7] 33, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1818, 14 yrs trspn [M5/321: 12 Nov., 24 Dec. 1818; OBSP: Dec. 1818, case 12].

Morris (alias Tongue), William [527] utter, Manchester, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, on hulk Justitia May 1821 [M5/325: 14 Mar., 9 May 1821].

Moxham, James [737] utter, Northants., refused PB Northants. spring ass. 1819, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, offers of information refused by Bank, on Retribution hulk Aug. 1819 [M5/321–2: 10 Dec. 1818, 25 Feb., 14 Apr. 1819].

Murphy, John [448] 33, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, about to sail July 1819 [M5/321–2: 7 Apr. 5 May 1819; OBSP: Apr. 1819, cases 530/1].

Neilde, John [666] utter, place not recorded in BECLS, May 1816, PB on trial, 14 yrs trspn, on Bellerophon hulk Nov. 1816, sailed on Morley, Dec. 1816 [BECLS: M5/317: 23 May 1816].

Newland (or Newman) Isaac [609–10, 613] 34, utter, London, PB OB May 1812, 14 yrs trspn, held Newgate, then Zealand hulk, Sheerness summer 1812, sailed on Fortune Nov. 1812 [M5/311–12: 1 Apr., 22 Apr. 1812; OBSP: May 1812, cases 469/70].

Newman, Charlotte [305] utter, London, cap. ch. OB Dec. 1817, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., executed Feb. 1818. Husband transported for housebreaking [M5/319: 13 Nov., 4 Dec., 11 Dec. 1817; OBSP: Dec. 1817, case 53].

Newman, Samuel (alias Thomas) [240–2] 40, said to have been previously trsp'd; 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].

Noble, Ann [192] sell, Plymouth Docks, from large stock possessed by husband Robert. Both tried Devon spring ass., 1814, Robert lesser offence; Ann cap. ch., unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn; £5 to sail on Northampton, Jan. 1815 [M5/313–15: 1 Sept. 1813, 20 Apr., 22 Nov. 1814].

Norman, Mary, [333–4] utter, Litchfield PB Staffs. summer ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/319-20: 15 May, 11 Sept. 1817, 2 Apr. 1818].

Oliver, Barbara (or Barbery) [268] utter, Durham (with husband William) PB Durham summer. ass. 1816 (husband possession), both 14 trspn, £5 to sail on Friendship, Aug. 1817 [BECLS: M5/317–19:6 June, 22 Aug., 17 Oct. 1816, 24 Apr., 21 May, 29 May, 5 June 1817].

Orton, Sarah [450, 709] utter, Leicester, PB Leics. spring ass. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Lord Wellington, May 1819, was refused grant of £5 as 'very notorious wholesale dealer' [M5/320 & 322: 22 Jan., 8 Apr. 1818, 19 May 1819].

Outridge, John [708] utter Bedford, PB Beds. spring ass. 1818, 14 yrs trspn [M5/320: 19 Feb., 8 Apr. 1818].

Owen, Thomas [357–8] 37, said to have been in Newgate before, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/322: 8 Sept., 30 Sept. 1819: OBSP: Sept. 1819, cases 1125/6].

Owens, John [312] 35, sell, London, PB OB June 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Mallow Aug. 1818 [M5/320: 14 May, 26 June 1818; OBSP: June 1818, cases 91/2].

Paley, Sarah [475–7, 506, 533] 25, utter, London, with husband, George (executed), PB OB Jan. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, granted £5 to sail Apr. 1820, but too ill to go; 5s. a week from July 1820 until at least Jan. 1822; employed as wardswoman; keeper of Newgate reported she had worked and behaved well; granted conditional pardon May 1824 to reduce 14 yr trspn sentence to 7 yrs in prison (of which 5 already served) [M5/323–5: 9 Dec. 1819, 26 Jan., 1 Mar., 8 Mar., 12 Apr., 5 July, 13 July 1820, 9 Jan. 1822; OBSP: Jan. 1820, cases 248/9; HO17/44/1/Gk22].

Pascoe, Elizabeth [533] 33, utter, London, PB OB June 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 20 June, 5 Dec. 1821; OBSP: June 1821, case 731].

Paul, 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].

Pearson (alias Wright), Elizabeth [159, 165, 183–4, 187] utter, London (with husband John), PB OB May 1814, 14 yrs trspn, granted 5s. a week from May 1814, £5 to sail on Northampton, Jan. 1815 although likely to have continued selling notes in Newgate [M5/314: 16 Mar., 29 Apr., 24 May 1814; OBSP: May 1814, cases 314/5].

Pearson, John [159] 37, utter, London (with wife Elizabeth) PB OB May 1814, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich during 1814, sailed on Marquis of Wellington, Sept. 1814 [M5/314: 16 Mar., 29 Apr., 24 May 1814; OBSP: May 1814, cases 314/5].

Pedley, Martha [628, 636–7] utter, Birmingham, PB Warws. spring ass. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/313: 28 Apr., 7 July 1813].

Pendleton, Mary (or Martha) [317, 320, 377, 460] 18, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, refused money in prison until end Jan. 1819 when £2 for her sent to keeper of Newgate [M5/320–22: 26 June, 24 Sept., 8 Oct., 3 Dec. 1818, 28 Jan. 1819; OBSP: Sept. 1818, case 1107].

Pendray, William [349] man's mercer of Bodmin, utter, Plymouth, PB Devon summer ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn; on Justitia Hulk, Woolwich, in 1817 [M5/319: 26 June, 11 Sept. 1817].

Peters (alias Walker), William [586] possess, Gloucester, sentenced 14 yrs trspn Glos. spring ass. 1809; wife, Martha, petitioned Bank for help to return with her 5 children to their parish in Gloucester and was paid £5, June 1810. [M5/308: 2 Feb., 5 Apr. 1809, 13 June 1810].

Philips, William [575–6, 591, 596] jailed Warwick castle 1808, no record of prosecution in BECLS; likely not prosecuted but used as informer, since set free from gaol by Mar. 1809.

Pierce, Hugh [600] utter, Birmingham, cap. ch. cap. conv. Warws. spring ass. 1811, resp. to life trspn, on Portland hulk, Langstone harbour 1811 [M5/310: 29 Jan., 24 Apr. 1811].

Pilcher (or Pitcher), Sarah, [55] 32, widow, 2 children, utter, London, jointly indicted with Judith Kelly (alias Jane Smith, see below); PB OB Sept. 1806, 14 yrs trspn; £5 to sail on Sydney Cove, Jan. 1807 [M5/307: 20 Aug., 24 Sept., 23 Oct. 1806; OBSP: Sept. 1806, cases 455/6].

Pilkington, Anne [326] 25, 2 children, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, 7s. 6d. a week from 5 Feb. 1818, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/ 320: 1 Jan., 22 Jan., 5 Feb., 25 Mar. 1818; OBSP: Jan. 1818, cases 202 & 263].

Pimblott (alias Collins), Mary [532] sell, Lancs., PB Lancs. spring ass. 1821, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 7 Mar., 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821].

Platt, Mary Ann [536] utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/324–5: 8 Nov. 1820, 3 Jan., 2 June 1821; OBSP: Dec. 1820, cases 29/30].

Polley, Hannah [369, 413, 430–1] 51, said to have been in Newgate before, sell London, cap. ch., persuaded by Bank to plead guilty on guarantee of life trspn, OB June 1818, judge refused to accede to this, cap. conv.; resp. to life trspn Feb. 1819. Sec./state & Prince Regent objected to Bank strategies and reprimanded them. This appears to have been held against her; appeals for relief refused until Feb. 1819 when in great distress and keeper was paid £2 for her. [M5/320–1: 15 June, 26 June, 2 July, 15 Oct. 1818, 2 Feb., 9 June 1819; OBSP: June 1818, case 915].

Porter, Thomas [166, 402, 445, 740] 40, said to have been in Newgate before, possess, London, OB May 1819, unsuccessful not guilty plea, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk July 1819, where paid £5 for assisting Bank with information [M5/322: 19 May, 2 June 1819; OBSP: May 1819, case 829].

Price, George [446] 20, utter (2 x £20), London, cap. ch., cap. conv. OB Apr. 1819, executed [M5/321–2: 24 Mar. 1819, 5 May 1819; OBSP: Apr. 1819, case 567].

Prichard, Benjamin [233] possess, Surr., PB Surr. spring ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn [M5/318: 17 Oct. 1816, 1 May 1817].

Prince, Ann [542, 543] 22, 1 child (aged 4 weeks) utter, London, PB OB Nov. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, 5s. a week in Newgate, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/324–5: 20 Sept., 8 & 22 Nov. 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Nov. 1821, case 1253].

Prince, Mary [46, 52] 50 (she says 60), single, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1807, 14 yrs trspn, from Nov.1807, Bank paid 10s. 6d a week untill8 Feb. 1801, £5 to sail on Speke, May 1808 [M5/307–8: 6 Feb., 5 Mar., 1 Oct. 1807, 9 Feb. 1808; OBSP: Feb.1807, cases 210–212].

Prince, Sarah [532] utter, Odiham, PB Hants summer ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [BECLS: M5/325: 9 May, 26 Sept. 1821].

Pullen, Mary [54] 50, 'old offender', widow with children, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1806, 14 yrs trspn, paid 10s. 6d a week from Oct. 1806 until sailed on Sydney Cove, Jan. 1807 [M5/307: 15 Jan., 1 Oct. 1806; OBSP: Jan. 1806, cases 121–2].

Quin, James [663] utter, Liverpool, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Elizabeth, May 1816 [M5/316–7: 10 Nov. 1815, 3 May 1816].

Quinn, Catherine [532] sell, Manchester, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 18 Oct. 1820, 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821].

Radford, Richard [301, 373] utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Mallow, Aug. 1818 [M5/320: 13 Mar., 8 Apr. 1818; OBSP: Apr. 1818, cases 578, 611, 626].

Radford, William [592] utter, Monmouth, PB Mon. spring ass. 1807, 14 yrs trspn, Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, Nov. 1808 [M5/307–8: 5 Mar. 1807, 23 June 1808].

Redding (or Reading or Reeding), Sarah [511, 533] 18, 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].

Redgrave, Elizabeth [391] utter, Borough, PB, Surr. spring ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Morley, Apr. 1820 [M5/323–4: 17 Dec. 1819, 19 Apr. 1820].

Reed, Mary Ann [311, 412, 438, 453] 32, 1 child, utter, London, PB OB June 1818, 14 yrs trspn, paid 7s. 6d. a week from 16 July 1818, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320-2: 11 June, 26 June, 16 July 1818, 5 May 1819; OBSP: June 1818, cases 914 & 927].

Rhodes, Elizabeth [360, 432] 22, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, was refused relief, Sept. 1819 found in great distress and very ill, given £5 (or £2), also £5 to sail on Janus, Oct. 1819 [M5/321–3: 18 Feb., 5 May, 29 July, 15 Sept., 14 Oct. 1819; OBSP: Apr. 1819, case 530/1].

Riley, John [321, 373], utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1818; no trace of sailing with those in prison with him, but asked relief with others May 1818 [M5/319–20: 18 Dec. 1817, 22 Jan. 1818; OBSP: Jan 1818, cases 203 & 264].

Rimes, John [579], no trace of this name in BECLS records; sailed on Fortune early 1806.

Roberts, Thomas [653] sell, Preston, cap. ch. Lancs. summer ass. 1814, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, sailed on Baring, Mar. 1815 [M5/314–15: 18 Aug., 23 Sept. 1814, 30 Mar. 1815].

Robinson, George [243] no trace of this name in BECLS; no record in OBSP of trial for Bank note crime.

Robinson (alias Singleton), Mary [465, 467, 469, 470] 19, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/ 323–5: 1 Feb., 10 May, 1 Nov. 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7].

Rodgers (or Rogers), Henry [626, 627] utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1812, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Earl Spencer, June 1813 [M5/312–13: 9 Dec. 1812, 28 Apr. 1813; OBSP: Dec.1812, case 45].

Roe, Mrs. H. [26] may have been held as witness in Bank case, or may have been prosecuted, prior to BECLS records. No trace as defendant in OBSP. Bank gave her payment of 10s. 6d.

Rogers, John [373] 19, 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 530/1, 578, 618].

Rushton, Thomas, [49] prosecuted for possession Cheshire spring ass. 1802; prior to formation of BECLS, so no information other than in his letter.

Russell, George [111] 29, 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 265–6].

Russell, Henry [157] utter, Chipping Norton Oct. 1808, refused PB Oxon. spring ass. 1809, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn; hard labour on hulks for 5 years (1808–13) before sailing [M5/308 & 314: 6 Oct. 1808, 23 Mar., 5 Apr.1809, 24 Nov. 1813].

Sayers, John [344] utter, Putney, PB Surr. spring ass. 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/321–2: 1 Oct. 1818, 14 Apr. 1819].

Scott, Joseph [198] utter, Kingston, PB Surr. spring ass. 1815, 14 yrs trspn; transferred to Justitia, Woolwich, sailed on Ocean, Aug. 1815 [M5/ 315: 6 Oct. 1814, 1 June 1815].

Sellars (alias Wilson), Margaret [268] utter, Carlisle (with young daughters, Mary and Susannah whom Bank decided not to prosecute as under mother's influence), refused PB Cumb. summer ass. 1816, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, £5 to sail on Friendship, Aug. 1817 [M5/317–19: 6 June, 22 Aug., 17 Oct. 1816, 24 Apr., 21 May, 29 May, 5 June 1817].

Seymour, George [496–7] utter, London, PB OB May 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323–4: 10 May, 31 May, 14 June, 19 July 1820; OBSP: May 1820, cases 626/7].

Sharpe, David [447] 22, utter, London, PB OB May 1819, 14 yrs trspn, about to sail June 1819 [M5/322: 5 May, 2 June 1819; OBSP: May 1819, cases 808/9].

Sharpies, William [658] utter, Blackburn, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, on Captivity hulk, June 1815 [M5/314: 29 Dec. 1814].

Shaw, William [706] utter, Lancs., PB Lancs. spring ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, on Batavia hospital ship, Sheerness, Oct. 1817 [M5/318–19: 7 Nov. 1816, 24 Apr., 23 Oct. 1817].

Shone, Hannah [660] 67 or 71, utter with two sons, Shrewsbury, lesser ch. only, Salop spring ass. 1810; 14 yrs trspn; one son transported, she remained in Shrewsbury gaol until at least Dec. 1815; likely to have been released as Bank decided not to oppose petition from local gentry [M5/309 & 316: 28 Dec. 1809, 24 Mar. 1810, 31 Aug., 28 Dec. 1815].

Simcox (or Skinner), Thomas [347–8, 501] utter, Borough, PB Surr. summer ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, on Justitia hulk, Woolwich, Aug. 1820 [M5/324: 19 Apr., 21 Sept. 1820].

Skelton, Harriet [300] 35, upholsterer, utter, London, cap. ch. OB Feb. 1818, cap. conv.; executed. Her case subject of strenuous petitioning of sec./state and Bank by Elizabeth Fry [M5/320: 5 Feb., 26 Feb., 12 Mar., 19 Mar. 1818; OBSP: Feb. 1818, Case 434].

Sladen, Rachel [195] utter, Bury, Lancs., PB Lancs. summer ass. 1814, 14 yrs trspn; held Lancaster castle until sent to Northampton, Dec. 1814, £5 to sail, Jan. 1815 [M314–15: 14 June, 23 Sept. 1814].

Slater, Bridget (or Elizabeth) [530, 552, 555] 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. 1820, 7 Feb., 18 Apr., 2 & 15 June 1821; OBSP: Nov. 1820, case 1253].

Slater, Thomas [99, 626–7] 32, utter, London, PB OB Nov. 1812, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Earl Spencer, June 1813; (see also his wife Elizabeth Morris, above) [M5/312: 23 Sept., 4 Nov. 1812; OBSP: Nov.1812, cases 879–80].

Sly, (formerly Flamston), Elizabeth, [56–7, 70], possess, London, OB Nov. 1809, 14 yrs trspn; married John Sly (see below), Feb. 1810; in Newgate with husband; baby born to her Feb. 1810, joint appeal for relief with John: £10 granted to her when sailed on Canada, July 1810 [M3/309: 27 Sept., 8 Nov. 1809, 14 Feb. 1810; OBSP: Aug. 1809, cases 847–9].

Sly, John, [56–7, 70] late 50s, (at time of first letter, serving 6 months' sentence in house of correction for forging Covent Garden theatre tickets); engraving plate, London, OB Nov. 1809, 7 yrs trspn,; married Elizabeth Flamston, (see E. Sly above); both in Newgate; transferred to Zealand hulk, Apr. 1810, offered Bank information May 1810, for which was paid £5. Aug. 1810, other prisoners on Zealand contacted Bank to give evidence against Sly which Bank followed up, then dropped; John sailed Apr./ May. 1811 on Friends [M3/309: 27 Sept., 8 Nov. 1809, 14 Feb., 31 May, 17 Aug., 29 Aug. 1810; OBSP: Aug. 1809, cases 847–9].

Small, Archibald [661] possess, London, OB May 1816, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Sir William Bensley, Sept. 1816 [M5/317: 23 May 1816; OBSP: May 1816, case not reported].

Smith, Elizabeth (1) (or Harriet) [345, 453, 456] utter, Putney, PB Surr. spring ass. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/321–2: 1 Oct. 1818, 14 Apr., 5 May 1819].

Smith, Elizabeth (2) [478, 533] utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/323–4: 1 Mar., 10 May, 19 July 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7].

Smith, Elizabeth (3) [509, 533] 22, utter, London, PB OB June 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 2 May, 20 June, 5 Dec., 12 Dec. 1821; OBSP: June 1821, case 731; HO17/44/I/Gh38].

Smith, George (alias Tyler, Thomas) [204] utter, London, PB OB Jan 1815, 14 yrs trspn [M5/315: 22 Dec 1814, OBSP: Jan 1815, cases 141/2].

Smith, Jane [137, 139–40, 636, 638] 23, servant to Elizabeth Jones (see above), utter with her, London, PB OB, Apr. 1813, 14 yrs trspn £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813. (Previously trsp'd for uttering as Judith Kelly [see 55: for Sarah Pilcher with whom then jointly indicted], then had sailed on Sydney Cove, Jan. 1807) [M5/313: 3 Mar., 28. Apr. 30 June 1813; OBSP: Sept. 1806, cases 456/7 & Apr. 1813, cases 407/8].

Smith, John (1) [97, 101] utter, Suss., refused PB Suss, summer ass. 1812, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich 1812–13 [M5/312–13: 29 June, 5 Aug. 1812, 17 Feb. 1813].

Smith, John (2) [273] utter, Nottingham, PB, Notts. spring ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, Justitia hulk, Woolwich in 1817 [M5/319: 24 Apr. 1817].

Smith, John (3) [563–4] 24, utter, London, cap. ch. OB Sept. 1823, pleaded guilty, cap. conv., appeals refused, executed later in 1823 [M5/ 326–7: 9 July, 24 Sept., 1 Oct. 1823; OBSP: Sept. 1823, case 1000; Freshfields F1/43B/5].

Smith, Mary [453, 461] utter, Sunderland, refused PB, unsuccessful not guilty plea to cap. ch. Durham summer ass. 1818, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, £5 May 1819 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–2: 30 Apr. 10 Sept. 1818, 12 May 1819].

Smith, Mary Ann [472–4, 547] 19, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, £1 granted in Newgate July 1820, otherwise refused, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/323–5: 1 Mar., 10 May, 13 July, 20 Dec. 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7].

Smith, Thomas (1) [648–650] 24, 'old offender', utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1814, 14 yrs trspn, to Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, June-July 1814, sailed on Marquis of Wellington, Aug. 1814 [M5/314: 19 & 23 Jan., 7 June, 22 July 1814; OBSP: Feb. 1814, cases 239/40].

Smith, Thomas (2) [325, 373] 20, sailor, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Morley, July 1818 [M5/320: 19 Mar. 8 Apr. 1818; OBSP: Apr. 1818, cases 578, 611, 618].

Spears (or Spires), Margaret [232, 250–5, 261, 289–95, 330, 331] 22, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1816, 14 yrs trspn; paid 5s. a week from 12 Dec. 1816, then 10s. 6d. a week from 21 May 1817 on birth of twin girls in Newgate (one of whom shortly died). £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/ 318: 21 Nov., 10 Dec. 1816, 21 May 1817, 23 Mar. 1818; OBSP: Dec. 1816, cases 35, 37, 38].

Stalker, Mary [533] 4th time appr., utter, London, PB OB June 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 15 June, 5 Dec. 1821; OBSP: July 1821, case 964].

Startin, Sarah [628, 636] sell, Birmingham, PB Warws. spring ass. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/313: 17 Mar., 24 Apr., 7 July 1813].

Steel, Mary [453, 454] sell, Manchester, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/319–20: 24 Dec. 1817, 8 Apr. 1818, 12 May 1819].

Stevens (or Stevenson), William [347, 500] sell, Borough, Bank intended cap. ch at Surr. summer ass. 1820, but conv lesser ch, 14 yrs trspn [M5/324: 19 Apr., 21 Sept. 1820].

Stevenson, Maria [532] utter, Borough, PB Surr. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 14 Oct. 1820, 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821].

Stewart, Sarah [514, 533] 38, regarded as old offender, son transported 1820, 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, 8 Aug., 19 Sept., 5 Dec. 1821; OBSP: June 1821, case 731].

Stewart (or Steward), William (1) [606–7] 33, (previously in custody as Bennett) shoemaker, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1812, 14 yrs trspn; on Zealand hulk, Sheerness, summer 1812. Wife petitioned June 1812 offering information in exchange for pardon; Bank responded positively, acquired for him place in special regiment of army, which he rejected; sailed on Fortune, Nov. 1812 [M5/311: 30 Jan., 26 Feb. 1810, 10 June 1812; OBSP: Jan. 1812, case 264].

Stewart, William (2) [712] sell, Liverpool, cap. ch. Lancs. spring ass. 1818, cap. conv., held Lancaster castle [M5/319–20: 20 Nov. 1817, 8 Apr. 1818].

Stiles, Ann [235] utter, Norwich, PB Norf. spring ass. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Melville, Aug 1816 [M5/315–16: 2 Feb, 20 Apr. 1815, 25 July 1816].

Stone, William Lawton, [54, 58] utter, Surr., PB Surr. spring ass, 1808, 14 yrs trspn [M5/308: 6 Apr., 11 May 1808].

Storey, (or Storrey or Story) Ann [281–8] 34, said to be previously imprisoned Newgate, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1817, 14 yrs trspn; was refused relief in Newgate, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/319–20: 6 Nov., 11 Dec., 18 Dec. 1817, 25 Mar. 1818; OBSP: Dec. 1817, cases 111 & 113].

Storey (or Story), John [355] 21 or 30, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323: 22 Dec. 1819, 19 Jan. 1820; OBSP: Jan. 1820, cases 248/9].

Stott, Elizabeth (Betty), [333, 713] sell, Manchester, cap. ch. Lancs. spring ass 1817, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, relief refused Feb. 1818, sailed on Maria, May 1818 [M5/318–20: 28 Nov. 1816, 24 July 1817, 5 Feb., 2 Apr. 1818].

Stubbs (alias Chamberlain), Elizabeth [211, 216, 323] 22, utter with husband, William Chamberlain, London, both PB OB Sept. 1816, both 14 yrs trspn, illness delaying her removal; 5s. a week in prison, still in Newgate end 1817 [M5/317–18: 5 & 26 Sept. 1816; OBSP: Sept. 1816, case 848].

Swarbrick, Thomas [86] possess, Stafford, Staffs, spring ass. 1808, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich, 1809–10 [M5/308: 10 Dec. 1807, 27 Apr. 1808].

Tayler, Edward [200] utter, Kingston, PB, Surr. spring ass. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, transferred to Justitia hulk, Woolwich, sailed on Ocean, Aug. 1815 [M5/315: 6 Oct. 1814, 1 June 1815].

Taylor, Ann [209, 210] 30, 1 small child, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1815, 14 yrs trspn; associate of Elizabeth Hayselden; 7s 6d a week from 22 Dec. 1815 until sailed on Lord Melville, Aug. 1816. [M5/316–17: 8 Nov., 22 Dec. 1815, 18 July 1816; OBSP: Dec. 1815, case 13].

Taylor, Catherine [510, 533] 17, utter, London, PB OB June 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/323: 16 May, 20 June, 5 Dec. 1821; OBSP: June 1821, case 731].

Taylor, Jane [336] utter, Worcester, PB Worcs. spring ass. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Maria, May 1818 [M5/320: 29 Jan., 8 Apr. 1818].

Taylor, John [666] utter, Lancs, PB Lancs, summer ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, on Bellerophon hulk Nov. 1816, sailed on Morley, Dec. 1816 [M5/ 317: 23 May, 19 Sept. 1816].

Thatcher, Martha [265–6] 35, utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, paid 10s. 6d a week from 24 Apr. 1817, £5 to sail on Friendship, Aug. 1817 [M5/319: 10 & 24 Apr., 29 May 1817; OBSP: Apr. 1817, cases 582 & 589].

Thomas, Hosanna (or Rosanna) [336] utter, Worcester, PB Worcs. spring ass. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Maria, May 1818 [M5/320: 29 Jan., 8 Apr. 1818].

Thompson, Louisa [532] possess, Lincs., Lincs. summer ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 26 Apr., 20 Sept. 1820, 5 Dec. 1821].

Thorn, Charlotte [533] utter, London, refused PB OB June 1821, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 25 Apr., 20 June, 5 Dec. 1821; OBSP: June 1821, case 738].

Thorn, Louisa [463–481] 20, possess, London, OB Apr. 1820, pleaded not guilty to lesser ch., found guilty, 14 yrs trspn; said to have been in Newgate before, was refused money in Newgate, £5 to sail on Providence, June 1821 [M5/323 & 325: 1 Mar., 10 & 24 May, 19 July 1820, 2 June 1821; OBSP: Apr. 1820, case 486 (incorrect report of case)].

Thorpe, Eleanor [630] utter, Warrington (with husband against whom no case brought), PB Lancs. summer ass. 1812, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/312: 5 May 1812, 14 July 1813].

Thorpe, George [488] 24, utter, London, PB OB May 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/324: 19 Apr., 31 May 1820; OBSP: May 1820, cases 626/7].

Tomlinson, Eleanor [639–41] 24, utter ('notorious utterer'), London, PB OB Jan. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, relief in Newgate refused as caused problems for Bank as witness for them in other cases, £5 to sail on Wanstead, July 1813 [M5/312–13: 18 Nov. 1812, 20 Jan., 10 Feb., 30 June 1813; OBSP: Jan. 1813, cases 159–60].

Townsend, John [593] possess, Stafford, Staffs, summer ass. 1807, 14 yrs trspn; Captivity hulk early 1809, sailed on Indispensable, Mar. 1809 [M5/ 308: 26 Aug. 1807].

Treemer (or Freeman, alias Day), Harriett [468–9, 544] 17, utter, London, PB OB June 1820, 14 yrs trspn, refused payment in Newgate [M5/ 324: 15 Mar., 7 June, 5 & 19 July, 18 Oct., 1 Nov., 1820; OBSP: June 1820, cases 754/6].

Turnbull, William [380] 35, transported before, utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/322–3: 3 & 23 Sept., 11 Nov. 1819; OBSP: Oct. 1819, case 1415].

Turner, Esther (or Hester) [235] alter and utter, Bath, PB Som. spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Lord Melville, Aug. 1816 [M5/315 & 317: 3 Aug. 1815, 25 July 1816].

Turner, Sarah [338–9] utter, Surr., cap. ch., persuaded by Bank to plead guilty in exchange for sentence of life trspn, Surr. spring ass. 1818, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/320: 19 Feb, 8 & 23 Apr. 1818].

Twine, Richard [342] utter, Surr., PB Surr. spring ass, 1819, 14 yrs trspn [M5/321: 5 Nov., 1818, 14 Apr. 1819].

Velton, George [371] 21, in Newgate before, BECLS record as 'a most dangerous character and ought not to be at large', utter, London, PB OB Oct. 1818, 14 yrs trspn [M5/321: 23 & 31 Oct, 5 Nov. 1818; OBSP: Oct. 1818, case 1484].

Wade (alias Whitaker), Abraham [754] 67, utter, Lancs, refused PB Lancs, spring ass. 1821, sentenced to death, Bank refused to support petition for remission [M5/324: 11 Oct. 1820, 9 May 1821].

Walker, James [698] utter, Lancs., PB Lancs. spring ass. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, on Bellerophon hulk, Sheerness summer 1818 [M5/319–20: 20 Nov. 1817, 8 Apr., 18 June 1818].

Walker, Richard [112, 120–1, 125, 127, 149] (wife Mary Walker (alias Glover) [119, 122–4, 126, 128–30, 149, 190]) 44, utter, London, PB OB June 1813. He and wife in regular touch (for payment) with Bank, before trial; Mary paid £130 reward after OB sessions July 1813. Bank reject earlier petition from him (not in this archive) requesting restoration to his family. While in Newgate, Bank paid wife, £5 Dec.1813, £10 Sept. 1814. Richard sailed on Somersetshire, May 1814. Wife and son followed Dec. 1814 on Northampton [M5/313–15: 12 May, 9 June, 21 July, 4 Aug., 22 Dec. 1813, 8 Sept. 1814; OBSP: June 1813, cases 552–3].

Waples, Robert [681–8] utter, London, PB OB July 1816, 14 yrs trspn, on Bellerophon hulk, Sept. 1816, Retribution hulk, Nov. 1816, sailed on Morley, Dec. 1816; wife under Bank surveillance [M5/317: 20 June 1816; OBSP: July 1816, cases 681/2].

Ward, John [299, 300] 28, utter, London, cap. ch., unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv. OB Feb. 1818; Bank refused to support plea for mitigation; executed Sept. 1818 [M5/320: 12 & 26 Feb. 1818; OBSP: 8 Feb. 1818, case 414].

Ward, Sarah [359, 433–5] 27, 4 children, utter, London, refused PB, unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv. OB Sept. 1818, resp. to life trspn, 10s. 6d. a week from 14 Jan. 1819; £5 to sail on Janus, Oct. 1819 [M5/ 320–1 & 323: 26 June, 24 Sept. 1818, 14 Jan., 14 Oct. 1819; OBSP: Sept. 1818, case 1119].

Wardle (or Waddle), Letitia [453,454] utter, with husband James, Liverpool, both PB Lancs, summer ass. 1818, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320: 26 June, 10 Sept. 1818, 12 May 1819].

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

Ware (or Weare), Elizabeth [40–2, 45, 71, 74–5, 79–81] 28, utter, London, with husband Thomas, shoemaker, major forger. PB OB, May 1803,14 yrs trspn. Wrote to Bank early 1803 to ask support for mitigation. (These letters, held in different section of Bank archives [F2/176], include one to brother, written on transport ship Experiment, asking news of her three older children since she had with her only baby born in Newgate); Bank tried to get £15 to her on Experiment but already sailed: Dec. 1803; ship made back to Portsmouth, money given to captain with instructions to use it for her comfort. Returned to England before expiry of 14 yr sentence, arrested in Woolwich Reach, Dec. 1809; tried OB on cap. ch. of returning from trspn before expiry of sentence, cap. conv., then conditional pardon to complete period of trspn. Bank paid her 7s. a week from 30 May 1810 until sailed, and £5 to sail on Friends, May 1811 [M5/309: 4 Jan., 30 May, 6 Nov. 1810; OBSP: May 1803, cases 577–8; Dec. 1809, case 50; Freshfields 2/176].

Watkins, Margaret [332] utter, Monmouth, celebrated case, Bank persuaded her to plead guilty to cap. ch. Mon. summer ass. 1817 on promise of life trspn; judge refused to accede, cap. conv.; Bank refused to back petition for mitigation to trspn but resp.to life trspn, sailed on Maria, May 1818 [M5/319: 30 July, 21 Aug., 11 Sept. 1817].

Watson, Cathrine [100, 142, 144, 627, 636] 20, wife of Isaac Wise, massive uttering together in Whitechapel, jointly indicted OB Oct. 1812. PB allowed as Wise's father provided Bank with information on people who sold notes. Both sentenced to 14 yrs trspn. Cathrine paid 7s. 6d. a week from Feb. 1813, £5 to sail on Wanstead, Aug. 1813 [M5/312–13: 7, 21 & 28 Oct., 4 Nov. 1812, 17 Feb., 30 June 1813; OBSP: Oct. 1812, cases 870–1].

Watson, Mary [178, 206–7] 17, daughter of Sarah Watson, utter, London, PB OB Jan. 1815, 14 yrs trspn; 5s. a week in Newgate, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, July 1815 [M5/315: 5 & 26 Jan., 29 June 1815; OBSP: Jan. 1815, cases 146–7].

Watson, Sarah [178, 184, 194] 34, 3 children, utter, London, PB OB July 1814, 14 yrs trspn; continued trade in notes in Newgate, with help of daughter, Mary (see above); despite this, Bank paid her 7s. 6d. a week from 22 Sept. 1814, £5 to sail on Northampton, Jan. 1815 [M5/315: 8 & 22 Sept., 22 Nov. 1814; OBSP: July 1814, cases 736–7].

Watson, Thomas [373] 35, possess, London, unsuccessful not guilty plea OB Jan. 1818, 14 yrs trspn [M5/320: 1, 8 & 22 Jan., 7 May 1818; OBSP: Jan. 1818, case 226].

Webb, William [196] utter, Gloucester, PB Glos. spring ass. 1814, 14 yrs trspn; transferred to Justitia hulk, ready to sail Dec. 1814 [M5/314: 23 Mar., 20 Apr., 15 Dec. 1814].

Webster, Elizabeth [509, 533] utter, London, refused PB OB June 1821, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 11 Apr., 20 June, 5 Dec. 1821; OBSP: June 1821, case 760].

Wells, Cathrine [399] 38, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, but severe illness prevented her sailing, remained in Newgate until May 1818 when pardoned and set free [M5/315: 26 Jan. 1815, OBSP: Feb. 1815, cases 312/3].

Westcoat, Richard [580, 593–4] baker & pastry cook, possess, Exeter, with wife Jane; each prosecuted separately, Devon summer ass. 1807, both 14 yrs trspn; Richard on Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, Nov. 1808, sailed on Indispensable, Mar. 1809; Bank requested proper care be provided for their 12 yr-old daughter, Jane, jr. [M5/307: 16 Apr., 26 Aug.1807].

Whiley (alias Evans), Sarah [32–4, 36, 45] 34, born Devon, utter, London, with Ann and Henry Foss (see above); cap ch. OB, jointly with Ann Foss, Mar. 1804; unsuccessful not guilty plea, cap. conv.; Bank sought mitigation, conditional pardon, 27 June 1804, to life trspn; relief from Bank in prison, sailed on William Pitt, July 1805, leaving 9 children in England. Bank sent £5 for her to captain of ship, Aug. 1805 [M5/307: 28 Mar., 17 Apr. 1804; OBSP: Mar. 1804, Case 273].

Whitby, Francis [382] utter, Borough, PB Surr. spring ass. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323: 17 Dec 1819, 19 Apr. 1820].

White, Isaac [716, 722] utter, Hungerford, cap. ch. Hants spring ass. 1818, cap. conv. [M5/319–20: 4 Sept. 1817, 8 Apr. 1818].

Whitehead, John [699] sell, Manchester, Bank intended cap. ch, but sentenced to 14 yrs trspn Lancs. spring ass. 1817, on Bellerophon hulk, Sheerness summer 1818 [M5/318–19: 28 Nov. 1816, 24 Apr. 1817, 18 June 1818].

Whiteley, Hannah [532] utter, Liverpool, PB Lancs. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 15 Nov. 1820, 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821].

Wild, Betty [333–4] utter, Chester, PB Cheshire summer ass., 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/319–20: 5 June, 11 Sept. 1817, 2 Apr. 1818].

Wilkes, Maria [316, 317, 352, 377, 436, 438, 453] 20, utter, London with husband, William, both PB in joint indictment OB Sept. 1818, 14 yrs trspn; joint petition for relief refused Oct. 1818; due to great distress in Jan. 1819 was paid £2 through Newgate keeper, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–2: 6 Aug., 24 Sept., 1 Oct., 18 Dec., 1818, 14 Jan., 5 May 1819; OBSP: Sept. 1818, case 1107].

Wilkes, William [352, 436] 21, joiner, utter, London with wife, Maria, PB joint indictment OB Sept. 1818, 14 yrs trpsn; joint petition for relief refused Oct. 1818, on Retribution hulk, sailed 1819 [M5/320–1: 6 Aug., 24 Sept., 1 Oct. 1818: OBSP: Sept. 1818, case 1107].

Wilkins, William [197, 201] utter, Birmingham, PB Warws. spring ass. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, on Justitia hulk, Woolwich, in 1815, sailed on Ocean, Aug. 1815 [M5/315: 10 Nov. 1814, 27 Apr., 8 May 1815].

Wilkinson, John, [518] utter, Surr., PB Surr. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn [M5/325: 14 Mar., 9 May 1821].

Willcock, Alice [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].

Williams, Ann [532] utter, Borough, PB Surr. spring ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/324–5: 29 Nov. 1820, 9 May, 5 Dec. 1821].

Williams, James (alias King, John) [111, 113] utter (£5 notes), Reading, PB Berks. spring ass. 1813, 14 yrs trspn, on Retribution hulk, Woolwich during 1813, sailed Aug. 1813 on General Hewett [M5/312–13: 9 Dec. 1812, 28 Apr. 1813].

Williams, Jane [308–9, 319–20, 377, 404–6, 408, 412, 424, 429, 433, 437, 438, 451–3] 38, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, paid 5s. a week from 29 Oct. 1818 until May 1819, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819. Able to write well [M5/320–2: 20 Aug., 8 & 29 Oct., 1818; 5 May 1819; OBSP: Sept. 1818, case 1107].

Williams, Maria (1) [366] 21, utter, London, PB OB Dec. 1819, 14 yrs trspn, relief refused in prison, keeper regards as 'one of worst sort', £5 to sail on Morley, Apr. 1820 [M5/323: 25 Nov., 9 Dec. 1819, 1 & 8 Mar., 12 Apr. 1820].

Williams, Maria (2) [566–7] 19, utter, London, cap. ch. OB Jan. 1824, cap. conv., resp. to life trspn., £5 on sailing, probably on Granada, Sept. 1824 [M5/327: 17 Dec. 1823, 1 Sept. 1824; OBSP: Jan. 1824, case 262].

Wilson, Jean (or Jane), [394, 414, 453, 457] utter, Surr., PB Surr. summer ass. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, was refused relief until Jan. 1819 when £2 sent to jailer for her, £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–1: 27 May, 10 Sept., 19 Nov. 1818, 21 Jan., 19 May 1819].

Wilson, John Ivy [202–3] utter, Ashbourne, PB Derbys. spring ass. 1815, 14 yrs trspn, on Justitia hulk, Woolwich in 1815 [M5/315: 20 Apr. 1815].

Wilson, Susannah (Susan) [315] utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1818, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Maria, May 1818 [M5/320: 12 Mar., 8 Apr. 1818; OBSP: Apr. 1818, cases 578, 626].

Wilson Wright, Mary [532] sell, Cheshire (with husband, James), PB Cheshire summer ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn, £5 to sail on Mary Ann, Dec. 1821 [M5/325: 15 June, 26 Sept., 5 Dec. 1821].

Wingfield (or Winfield) Elizabeth [411, 438, 453] 19, sell, London, cap. ch. jointly with Hannah Polley OB June 1818; persuaded by Bank to plead guilty on guarantee of life trspn; judge refused to accede, cap. conv.; resp. to life trspn Feb. 1819. sec/state & Prince Regent objected to Bank strategy, reprimanding them. Refused relief in Newgate, but £5 to sail on Lord Wellington, May 1819 [M5/320–2: 15 & 26 June, 2 July 1818, 5 Feb., 5 May 1819; OBSP: June 1817, case 915].

Wise, Isaac [619] 19, in Newgate before aged 13, utter, Whitechapel, with wife, Cathrine Watson (see above) with whom jointly indicted, PB OB Sept. 1812, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on General Hewitt, Aug. 1813 [M5/312: 7, 21 & 28 Oct., 4 Nov. 1812; OBSP: Oct. 1812, cases 869/70].

Wolstencroft, William [707] utter, Lancs., PB Lancs. Spring ass. 1817, on Batavia hospital ship, Oct. 1817 [M5/319: 24 Apr., 23 Oct. 1817].

Wood, John [60] possess, Hertford; Herts, spring ass., 1802, 14 yrs trspn, retained on Prudentia hulk, Woolwich, as carpenter for 4 years; requested Dec. 1805 that his sentence be carried out, Bank asked sec./state to send him quickly to NSW [M5/307: 12 Dec. 1805].

Wood, Robert [758] utter, Essex, PB Essex summer ass. 1821, 14 yrs trspn [M5/325: 18 Apr., 26 Sept. 1821].

Woodbury (or Woodberry), William Thomas [490] utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323: 29 Mar., 10 May 1820; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7].

Woodbury (or Woodberry), Sophia Matilda [491] utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn. [M5/323: 15 Mar., 10 May 1820; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7].

Woodhead, William [493] utter, London, PB OB Apr. 1820, 14 yrs trspn [M5/323: 29 Mar., 10 May 1820; OBSP: Apr. 1820, cases 436/7].

Wright, Sarah [484, 551, 554, 555] 21, utter, London, PB OB Sept. 1820, 14 yrs trspn, paid £2 on birth of baby in Newgate Oct. 1820, 5s. a week from Dec. 1821 until at least Jan. 1822, £5 to sail on Lord Sidmouth, Aug. 1822 [M5/324–6: 9 Aug., 27 Sept., 25 Oct., 1 Nov. 1820, 10 Jan., 19 Feb., 17 Mar. 1821, 14 Aug. 1822; OBSP: Sept. 1820, cases 993/4].

York, Mary Ann [270, 328–9] 27, utter, London, PB OB Feb. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, 5s. a week in Newgate from 6 Mar. 1817, still there Dec. 1817 [M5/318: 30 Jan., 27 Feb., 6 Mar. 1817; OBSP: Feb. 1817, cases 423/4].

Young, George [667] utter, Bury St Edmunds, PB Suff. spring ass. 1816, 14 yrs trspn, on Captivity hulk, Portsmouth, Nov. 1816 [M5/317:16 May, 13 June 1816].

Young, Mary [334–5] possess, Carlisle, Cumb.. summer ass. 1817, 14 yrs trspn, sailed on Maria, May 1818 [M5/318 & 320: 24 Oct. 1816, 11 Sept. 1817].

Young, Thomas [61] utter, Slough, cap. ch., Bucks. spring ass. 1805; Bank put lesser charge, but Young, in confusion, pleaded guilty both to lesser and cap. ch.; judge heard cap. ch. first, cap. conv. with recommendation that Bank apply for royal mercy to obtain life trspn; this done Mar. 1805; on Royal Admiral hulk, Woolwich, during 1805 [M5/307: 29 Aug. 1804, 19 Mar. 1805].