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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Brooks was transported on the Guildford, departing 22nd Aug 1823 and arriving 15th Mar 1824 with 160 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 89 (46) |
| 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
Prison Hulk record HO 9-8-5 p 18. Received from Fisherton, 12 May 1823. Thomas Brooks, age 21, Convicted of a felony at New Sarum, 8 Mar 1823, sentence - 14 yrs. Left hulk for NSW 13 Aug 1823.
The following were convicted and sentenced as under: Death- Richard Wait, for maliciously cutting down and destroying trees; John Bugden, Jas. Rooke, George Quinton, Thomas Torrance, James Hulbert, John Townsend, James Woodman, Thomas Brooks, John Butcher, and William Edmonds, for burglary; Moses Ball, Wm. Beamont, William and Joseph Crabb for stealing from the person; Job Drew and John Oak, jun. for housebreaking; Stephen May, for stealing above the value of ? in a dwelling-house; Francis Willis and Williams, for horse-stealing; John Bell for sheep-stealing. (all the above prisoners have been reprieved. Transportation for 7 years: . .. Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 17 Mar 1823