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William Aldridge was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 121 (62) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
William Aldridge, aged ?, committed the 12th March, 1832, by Charles Clo?es, Esq. and Maurice ?bey, charged on suspicion of having on the night of the 26th of Feb. last, the parish of Iver, feloniously set fire to a barn, two ricks of hay, and other property, belonging to Wm. Ashley. Bucks Gazette, 14 July 1832. Arson. At the Buckingham Assizes, William Aldridge was indicted for having, in February last, set fire to a barn and two stacks of hay, the property of William Ashley, of Iver. The prisoner had been a servant of the prosecutor, who was farmer, and assistant overseer of Iver. He discharged prisoner because could not plough, and the prisoner is supposed to have entertained a grudge against him for not finding him work. The fire took place the 26th of February, and the barn, a great quantity of corn, and two stacks of hay, were all burnt. The principal evidence against the prisoner was his sister-in-law, who said that on the evening of the fire he came to her house. He had two bundles of matches, and an old file and a flint, with the latter of which he struck tire. He got a piece of rag from her, which he made into tinder. She went bed leaving the prisoner and her husband up. Shortly after she heard them out together. In an hour or two they returned, and her husband said to prisoner, he wondered whether his wife was sleeping. The prisoner replied, what need have you be afraid? It’s a good job. I struck the light before we got to the place, else should have made such noise, and I’ve done it very clever not to be seen.” The prisoner took away her children’s victuals the next morning as he had often done. She then threatened to tell about the fire, which she was sure he had occasioned, anti he said he would murder her. It appeared that the poor woman had three children, whom her husband frequently left three or four days without food and she was reduced to the necessity of parting with her tea kettle, and other articles of domestic use, in order to save herself and children from starvation. Her husband was then in gaol. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to suffer death. Cambridge Chronicle, 27 July 1832. On Tuesday morning, September ?th, the following convicts were removed from Aylesbury gaol, to the hulks, at Chatham :—On board the Cumberland hulk —James Ford, for sheepstealing, and Wim. Aldridge, for arson, to be transported for life; ... Bucks Gazette, 22 Sep 1832.