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Samuel Flatt was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 30th May 1792 and arriving 7th Oct 1792 with 349 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 186, Norfolk Chronicle, Saturday 20 Aug 1791 page 2; NSW St John's Parish Parramatta Burial Register 1793. |
| 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
Samuel Flatt's surname was a fairly well-known one around Norwich where he was tried, however he said he came from Suffolk. * He was 25 yrs old, a butcher and tried for stealing cloth from a bleach ground in Norwich, in August 1791. * He was sent to the Censor hulk at Woolwich and sailed on the "Royal Admiral" in May 1792. * within three months of arriving in NSW he was dead Burial recorded for 17 January 1793, at St Phillip's,Sydney. His history is set out in a number of newspaper accounts. BURY & NORWICH POST, WED 10 AUGUST 1791. p3 "Friday last Samuel Flatt, of the parish of St James in this City, butcher, but says he belongs to Holton, in the county of Suffolk, was committed to the Castle by George Stone Esq, charged on the oath of Mr John Sayer of Ditchingham, linen-weaver,with stealing on Thursday the 4th inst, two pieces of hempen cloth from off his bleaching-ground in Ditchingham aforesaid, containing about 38 yards each piece. This young man had 100l left him about a month ago. He is supposed to have some accomplices, and generally travelled with a light cart and horse." (Ipswich Journal, Sat 11 July 1791 page He was convicted at the Norfolk Assizes held at Norwich between Tues 16th and Thursday 18th August 1792 with a dead sentence which was reprieved by the judge. NORFOLK CHRONICLE, Sat 20 Aug 1792: "on Thursday last ended the Assizes for this County [i.e.Norfolk] which were held before the RtHon Lord Kenyon, CJ of the Crt of King's Bench and Sir Wm Henry Arthurs, Knight, when the following prisoners took their trial, viz: "William Bales, aged 25, for stealing a grey coach gelding the property of Martin Folkes Rishton, esq, was capitally convicted and received sentence of death; " Robert Blanchflower aged 33, for stealing a black cart horse, the property of John Leech of Garboldisham, was capitally convicted and received sentence of death; "Samuel Flatt, aged 25, for robbing the bleach ground of John Sayer of Ditchingham, linen-weaver, of two pieces of hempen cloth, was capitally convicted and received sentence of death; " John Turner, aged 26, for breaking into the dwelling house of Sarah Coates, of Great Cressingham and stealing 19 yards of Irish cloth etc, was capitally convicted, and received sentence of death. "Before the judges left town,which was yesterday morning, [i.e Frid 19th August] Judge Arthurs reprieved Blanchflower and Flatt, and left Bales and Turner for execution." The ship's indent recorded him as "FLATT". His crime was noted as "stealing" although Robert Blanchflower's was noted as "capitally convicted", even though Flatt and also been capitally convicted.