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Transportation
Elizabeth Beckford was transported on the Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1786 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 356 passengers.
Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And AlexanderReferences
| Primary Source | Convict database. Convict Profile. State Archives NSW, Convict List (HO10/7) |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 12 July 2020), January 1787, trial of ELIZABETH BECKFORD (t17870110-67). ELIZABETH BECKFORD, Theft > grand larceny, 10th January 1787. 226. ELIZABETH BECKFORD was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of October last, twelve pounds weight of Gloucester cheese, value 4 s. the property of Henry Austen . The prisoner was taken instantly with the cheese. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice WILSON.
Convict List: on ship Lady Penrhyn, Tried in Middlesex, London on 10 January 1787, Offence: Felony, 7 years, diedd 13 July 1787 Convict Index: Birth Year: About 1710, aged 78
Her parents were Peter Beckford and Bathshua Hering. The cheese cost 4 shillings. Went to court in Old Bailey, London. She was born in Jamaica. She arrived on the 22 of January, 1788.
She stole cheese