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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Cooke was transported on the Florentia, departing 14th Aug 1827 and arriving 3rd Jan 1828 with 173 passengers.
Florentia was a 453-ton merchant ship built at Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1821. Two voyages to Australia transporting convicts - 1827 and 1830.
FlorentiaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 266 |
| 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
At the assizes for this county, which open on Saturday before Justices Park and Holroyd, there are only 15 prisoners for trial:—viz. … Thomas Cooke, on two charges of sheep-stealing, at Market Deeping and James Deeping respectively, and also on charge of stealing a sheep-skin at the former place;.. Stamford Mercury, 15 July 1825. Sheep stealing Market Deeping. Thomas Cooke, aged 35, late of Market Deeping, shepherd, was convicted of stealing, on the 10th of Oct last, two shearing ewes, the property of Mr. Rd. Turnill, of Stamford. Mr. Turnill, besides having a farm at Stamford, occupies quantity of land at Deeping and the prisoner had been employed him for the eight or nine years to superintend his flock at that place. .... Stamford Mercury, 22 July 1825 The following convicts were removed from Lincoln Castle on Saturday the 28th ult. for the Dolphin hulk lying off Chatham: Thomas Cooke, Joseph Walker, Robert Scargall, Wm. Hodgson, and John Royte, for the term of their natural lives; Edward Laythorpe, for 14 years; and Samuel Glover, George Gibson, Wm. Ellis, Thomas King, William Dunn, and Wm. Blood, for the term of seven years each. Stamford Mercury, 3 Feb 1826. Hulk Records, Chatham HO-9-1_3 (12 Prisoners) Received from Lincoln Castle, 29 Jan 1826 Thos Cooke, age 35, Stealing sheep, Tried at Lincoln, 16 July 1825, Life, NSW Aug 1827.