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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Samuel Inskip was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 229 (116) |
| 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
FOOTNOTE: Samuel Inskip was most likely the youngest son and youngest of five children of John Inskip (b1777-), a wheelwright, and Jane Maison (1777-1842) who were married at St Mary, Hitchin, Hertfordshire on 23 October, 1800. According to family researchers, Samuel's birth was registered in 1812, and he was baptised on 15 Nov 1812 at St Mary, Hitchin, Hertford, England (England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975). --0--
IN WA: From his FREMANTLE jail record: INSKIP, Samuel; inmate #4562, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Date of Birth: 1812 Marital Status: Married 5 children Occupation: Miller Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Place: Cambridge, Cambridge, England Crime: Warehouse breaking Sentence Period: 15 years Ticket of Leave Date: 7 Jan 1860 Conditional Pardon Date: 25 Aug 1862 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
10 September, 1857: Sent from Portland, #55/6931, to board the Nile for WA; behaviour on the voyage "very good" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Character Book for Nos 4508-5585 (R8)). --0--
6 April, 1857: Admitted to PORTLAND at Dorset -- inmate #6931. Listed as married with 5 children, a dresser of mill stones and common labourer, 37 years old when convicted. Portland, Portsmouth, Chatham and Spike Island in Ireland were listed public works stations and the second stage in the penal process. After separate confinement, prisoners were “placed on work parties at various locations, most commonly naval stations, where maintenance of facilities was vital for the effective protection of Britain’s far flung commercial and military influences around the world. While there, attitude and behaviour were monitored closely. In theory, only after consistently positive reports was a prisoner moved on to the third stage of his incarceration—transportation.” (Edgar, p40) His behaviour in public works was "very good" (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32)). --0--
24 May, 1856: Admitted to PENTONVILLE prison, Caledonian Road, London. Served 10 months 14 days in separate confinement; behaviour "good". --0--
JAILS: 7 April, 1856: Admitted to MILLBANK prison, Westminster, London -- served 1 month 19 days in separate confinement; behaviour "good". “After a sentence of transportation was handed down, the prisoner entered into a separate stage where he was placed into an individual cell, isolated from others, apart from brief periods of exercise and attendance at chapel. However, no communication of any kind with other prisoners was permitted at any time. The philosophy behind this penal methodology had its provenances in the religious, monastic traditions; i.e., that in the isolation of his cell the malefactor would be able to contemplate the errors of his way, unadulterated by the negative influences of former contemporaries, and be reformed.” (Edgar, 2018, pp39-40) When first put into practice, the mandated period of separate confinement was 18 months. By the late 1840s, authorities had conceded that such conditions of imprisonment were “injurious to many prisoners’ mental health” and the stint was reduced to 12 months. Periods of separate confinement were reduced further “as a prisoner displayed good behaviour tendencies” (Edgar, p40). Millbank, Pentonville, Wakefield and Mountjoy in Ireland were the “Probation” or “Separate” prisons, as were some local jails. --0--
SEVEN YEARS LATER: ANOTHER TRIAL: 14 March, 1856: Samuel Inskip was convicted at the Easter Quarter Sessions, County Courts, Cambridge, and sentenced to 15 years' transportation for "breaking and entering a warehouse and stealing therein" 33 pounds of flour; his previous convictions for stealing hay in 1847 (7 years) and one for stealing wheat in 1844 (18 months) were noted (England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England; Cambridgeshire; 1856). --0--
24 February, 1849: All six men sent to the York were granted a Free Pardon. They were: James Monckton, Tobias Clayton, James Lomas, Samuel Inskip, George Furse and William Marshall (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; for Saml Inskip; Misc.; Register of Prisoners). --00--
2 February, 1849: Samuel Inskip was received aboard the YORK prison hulk at Gosport—one of six men diagnosed with cholera and sent from the Hashemy at Spithead. He was listed as inmate #2743, and 32 when convicted of stealing hay at the Reading Assizes in February, 1847. Typically, the York held up to 500 men at a time (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; for Saml Inskip; Misc.; Register of Prisoners). The Hashemy finally sailed from Portsmouth for NSW on 11 February. --0--
27 December, 1848: On board the Hashemy, Samuel Inskip was diagnosed with the disease. “Folio 21: case no. 47: Samuel Inskip, aged 34, prisoner from Wakefield; taken ill at Mother Bank; sick or hurt, [cholera]; put on sick list 27 December 1848, sent 2 February 1849 to York Hulk at Gosport.” --0--