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Transportation
John Craven was transported on the Guildford, departing 4th Apr 1822 and arriving 15th Jul 1822 with 192 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 164 |
| 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
Hulk Records. Sheerness Hulks, Bellerophon. HO-9-7_5 page 26. Received Fourteen prisoners from York, 11 Nov 1821. John Craven, age 26, CR, Burglary, Tried York, 4 Aug 1821, 14 years, To NSW 29 Mar 1822, per Guildford.
Since our last were committed to Castle, John Craven, of Hull, mariner, and Mary, his wife, charged upon oath with suspicion of having, the night-time, between the fifth and sixth days of April instant, burglariously broken into the dwelling-house of Thomas Fawcett, at Sculcoates, and feloniously stolen therefrom four silver tea-spoons, two silver table-spoons, and other articles, his property.— Yorkshire Gazette, 28 April 1821. JOHN CRAVEN, and MARY his wife, were charged with burglariously entering the house of Thomas of Sculcoates, and stealing thereout four silver tea. and two table spoons, and a silk handkerchief, his property. The prosecutor is a grocer at Sculcoates, and on the 6th of April, his house was broken into and the articles stated in the indictment, together with a quantity of tobacco, and some silver and copper coin, taken away. On the 11th April, the female prisoner offered a lump of silver, in a suspicious state, for sale, to a silversmith in Hull. He refused to purchase it, and communicated the circumstance to a constable, who apprehended her on the 14th. Upon her person was found the piece of silver; and in the house, a quantity of tobacco, and a silk handkerchief, which the prosecutor identified.— Eight shillings in silver, and some copper, were found under the bed. The husband was taken into custody at York, on the 22d, where he was going by the name of Pinder. The Jury found Craven Guilty, and Acquitted his wife. Leeds Intelligencer, 13 Aug 1821. John Craven (26) and Mary, his wife, (30) for a burglary in the house of T. Fawcett, Sculcoates.— John guilty ; Mary acquitted. Sheffield Independent, 11 Aug 1821. On Friday morning, the following convicts left York castle, in order to be delivered on board the hulks at Sheerness, up the river Medway :— ... also John M'Coy and John Craven, for 14 years. Leeds Intelligencer, 12 Nov 1821.