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William Denman was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 140 |
| 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
Digitised Indent of ship Matilda. William Narn, Richard Henson, and William Denman, tried at Lewes, Sussex, 4 Aug 1787, fourteen years.
At our assizes which ended on Tuesday last, 12 prisoners were tried, five of whom were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death, viz. ... William Narn, Richard Henson, and William Denman, for robbing Mr. Thomas Tourle, on the highway, in the parish of on the 30th of July last, between six and seven o’clock in the evening, of a metalwatch, eight or nine guineas in gold, and some silver, his property. … Seal, Narn, Henfon, and Denman, were reprieved before the Judges left the town. The three latter are be transported for fourteen years. Kentish Gazette, 14 Aug 1787. Last week the footpad who escaped apprehension after robbing Mr. Thurle on the highway near Deeding, with Narn, Henson, and Denman, who at our last assizes were capitally convicted of the offence, was last week apprehended in London and sworn to by Mr. Thurle. He is now in safe custody, and will take his trial for the crime at our next assizes. Kentish Gazette, 26 Aug 1787.
National Archives. Ref: HO 47/6/73 Certificate/memorial of Henry Gould and William Kempe concerning several convicts attainted on the Home Circuit in 1787 for whom 'some favourable Circumstances' appeared on/after their trial and now recommended for mercy on the conditions set against their names: Sussex Assizes at Lewes on 4 August 1787 William Narn, Richard Henson and William Denman, for a highway robbery and stealing goods and money, value £10:13:1, property Thomas Towle. 14 years