Luke Culverwell

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1817 - New South Wales, Convict List. New South Wales. Name; Luke Carverwell [Culverwell] Ship; Guildford - Feb 1812 Trial; London - Oct 1810 Sentence; Remarks; RAN. 1816. Absconded ----------------------- 1821 - 28 Nov. Absolute Pardon. Native Place; Bath, England. Trade or calling; Labourer Trial; Middlesex, England. 31 Oct 1810. Height; 5 ft. 3 1/4 in Eyes; Grey Hair; Dk. Brown Completion; Sallow --------------------------- 1825 - Labourer, Sydney

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1810 - Old Bailey Proceedings Online October 1810, trial of HENRY CROSSWELL, alias CHAP LUKE CULVERWELL (t18101031-45). HENRY CROSSWELL, LUKE CULVERWELL, Theft > animal theft, 31st October 1810. 817. HENRY CROSSWELL, alias CHAP , and LUKE CULVERWELL , was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 19th of September , a gelding, value 5 l. the property of Peter Giles ...... CRESWELL, GUILTY - DEATH , aged 19. CALVERWELL, GUILTY - DEATH , aged 18. First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant. ---------------------- 1811 - 21 Feb. Sentence respited ----------------------

October 21st, 1810; HENRY CROSSWELL, alias CHAP, LUKE CULVERWELL, theft : animal theft, 31st October, 1810. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t18101031-45 Crime(s): theft : animal theft, Punishment Type: death, death, (Punishment details may be provided at the end of the trial.) Verdict: Guilty, Guilty, Other trials on 31 Oct 1810 Name search for: HENRY CROSSWELL, LUKE CULVERWELL, Crime Location: Smallborough Green-common, that is pretty near Hounslow Associated Records... Original Text: 817. HENRY CROSSWELL, alias CHAP , and LUKE CULVERWELL , was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 19th of September, a gelding, value 5 l. the property of Peter Giles . PETER GILES . I live at Hounslow; I am a surgeon. Q. Had you a gelding in your possession on the 19th of September - A. Yes, he was turned out upon Smallborough Green-common, that is pretty near Hounslow. I had last seen it on the 18th of September; he was turned out about six o'clock that evening; I know it of my own knowledge. On the following morning I missed him I sent my boy for him about seven o'clock, he was not to be found. Q. Do you usually turn him out upon this Common - A. Yes, on an evening, and fetch him up again in Summer time; he was an iron grey gelding with two broken knees about fourteen hands high. Q. Do you know either of the prisoners - A. No. Q. When did you see this gelding again - A. On the 15th of October I saw the gelding at Bath in Somersetshire, it was in the possession of the High Constable Q. Was the prisoner in custody then - A. No, they had been discharged they were taken up about an hour after I arrived at Bath, I swore to my horse at Bath. Q. What was the worth of this gelding - A. Five See original pound and upwards. The gelding now is at the New Inn in the Old Bailey, that is the gelding that I lost. I have not the smallest doubt of it being my horse. ELIZA BARRETT . I live at Entry Hill, near Bath, I am in the butchering and farmering line. Q. Do you know the two prisoners - A. Yes, they came on the 24th of September, they were both in company together, they had two horses with them at the time I saw them. Q. Was one of them an iron-grey horse - A. I really do not know, I saw them with two horses; Luke Calverwell asked me if I could take them in to keep, he said their backs were bad, he wanted me to take them both in for a week. Q. Did you understand that they had been galled by the saddle - A. Yes; the other prisoner stood out in the road with the two horses, I told him I would take them in, he asked me what I would charge, I said my husband was not at home, he would not overcharge them; I asked him what name I should put these horses down in, they gave me the name of Cross. Q. Was Creswell in hearing at this time - A. He was; Creswell then asked me where he was to take them to, I told him to go down the road to a large pair of blue gates, and I would send my servant to him, I called my servant and told him to take out the key and let these horses in. Q. When did you see the man again - A. On the 19th of October at the Magistrate's at Bath. Q. Were they under the accusation of having stolen the horses - A. Yes, they were waiting to have my evidence on the occasion. Mr. Giles was there, they were committed upon my evidence; I recollected the persons of both of them, and gave the same account as I have given now; Mr. Scuddimore came up to my house on the Thursday following Mr. Barret delivered up the horse to him. WILLIAM WEBB . Look at the prisoners, do you know their persons - A. I do; I was servant to Mr. Barret at that time, I am quite sure of their persons. Q. What passed between you and them on the 24th of September - A. I went down and unlocked the gates by my mistress's order for the prisoner, there was only Creswell at the gate; I only saw Creswell, they went out at the back door, they went down the road; I received two horses from Creswell, and put them into my master's meadow, they were in my master's field from Monday the 24th of September, till the Thursday following, and then they were delivered to Mr. Scuddimore. Q. To Mrs. Barrett. When was the horse parted with to Mr. Scuddimere - A. On the Thursday following. Q. to Webb. What did Creswell say when you put these horses into the field - A. He said he was going to put these horses in the field for a week till their backs got better, their backs were very bad when I took them in. Q. Have you seen the iron-grey horse in the stable in the Old Bailey - A. Yes; that is one of the horses that I took in of Creswell. I saw the horse when Mr. Scuddimore had it in his possession; I then knew that it was one of the horses that Creswell brought to me. I saw it on the Thursday afternoon, the prisoners were then in custody on suspicion of having stolen them. I recollected Creswell's person then; I told the same story before the magistrate as I have now; the prisoners were then discharged, there was nobody could identify the horses. Q. Is the horse that is now in the stable in the Old Bailey; the same horse that you saw at Bath when they were under suspicion of having stolen the horses - A. Yes, it is an iron-grey horse, with two broken knees near fourteen hands high. Q. Did you afterwards see the horse when they were taken up the second time - A. I saw the horse, I swore to the horse, and to Creswell's person. Creswell's Defence. I was going to the pit with my horses on Monday morning of Kingsdown fair. I met a man with these two horses, the man asked me whether I had any place to keep them for three or four day, or whether I could tell him of any place, I said very likely he might have it at Mr. Barret's, at the butchers, or at the Cross Keys; the man said he would satisfy me very well if I would put them in one of the places, and keeping them three or four days, or a week; he went and fetched three or four pots of beer for us, at a public house; about a mile and a half from Bath, he said he wanted to go to Bristol for something particular, he said he would satisfy me for it. I did not want any more than the three pots of beer, the man paid for the beer, and I had these horses to put into the field. Q. Who was this person - A. I cannot tell, he was a stranger to me; he left me, and said he was going to Bristol; I never saw the man before nor since Calverwell was with me. Calverwell's Defence the same. CRESWELL, GUILTY - DEATH , aged 19. CALVERWELL, GUILTY - DEATH , aged 18. First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant. Henry Crosswell (aged 19yrs), a labourer of the County of Somerset, tried at the Middlesex Quarter Sessions Court for felonious stealing of a gelding (horse), valued at 5/-, from the property of Peter Giles on the 19th of September, 1810. He was tried with a friend, Luke Culverwell (aged 18yrs). Both were found guilty and sentenced to death being kept in Newgate Prison, but in February 1811they were taken to the hulk, "Bellerophon" to be transported instead. Transported as a convict from London on the "Guilford" on 3rd September 1811, arriving in Sydney, Australia on the 18th January 1812. Crosswell Henry Arrived Hobart, 19 Feb 1812 on Ship "Ruby/Ruby of Calcutta" remarks: To NSW per Guildford (database number 16147 ) Transported then to Hobart and then to New Norfolk, Tasmania to be set to work for a settler. Index to Convict Pardons : CULVERWELL Luke - Guildford 1812 - CP 28 Nov 1821 [4/4430] 774 - 177 Csre Lands: 2/7836 1116 CULVERWELL Luke 1831 1831 Greville's Post Office Directory, 1872 COLVERWELL L. jun. farmer Dirty Swamp COLVERWELL L. sen. farmer Dirty Swamp death 9681/1876 CULVERWELL LUKE LUKE ANN QUEANBEYAN Luke Colverwell (1795-1876), a convict from England, arrived in Sydney Cove on the Guildford in 1812. He was granted a conditional pardon on 28 November 1821 and on 28 May 1831, married Mary Danahy (1799-?), whom he had met whilst working in Gundaroo. Mary Danahy, an Irish convict, arrived in Sydney Cove on the City of Edinburgh in 1828. Shortly after their marriage the couple settled at ‘Dirty Swamp’, living in a hut located on the banks of Glen Burn Creek, just above the site of the present Colverwell graves. They had six children: Elizabeth (1831), Margaret (1832), Eliza (1835), Mary (1836), Jane (1839) and Luke (1841).