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Transportation
Christopher Metcalf was transported on the Fortune, departing 31st Oct 1812 and arriving 11th Jun 1813 with 200 passengers.
Fortune (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 84. UK Prison Hulk Registers (HO9/8). State Archives NSW, Indents (Series: NRS 12188; Item: 4/4004; Microfiche: 634) |
| 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
1831 - Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, Liverpool St Luke No; 254 Name; Christopher Metcalf Abode; Liverpool Hospital When Buried; 1831, 5 Nov. Age; 65 Ships Name; Unknown Quality or Profession; Taylor ** spelling as per register ** By whom the Ceremony was performed; Robert Cartwright 1828 - Census. Age; 58. Ship; Fortune. Trade. Taylor ** spelling as per register **
Trials of the Rioters, etc. The Court then adjourned till Wednesday morning, at nine, when twelve prisoners were put to the bar, charged with aiding and consenting to the administering an unlawful oath to Hollland Bowden, a Serjeant in the Bolton Regiment of Lancashire Local Militia. Their trial lasted till near seven o'clock, when the Jury retired for above half an hour, and brought in a verdict of Guilty against Christopher Medcalf (41), James Brierley (30), Henry Thwaite (24), Thomas Pickup (51), John Hurst (37), Samuel Radcliffe (35), who was acquitted yesterday of setting fire to the factory at Westhoughton, and Joseph Greenhalgh (22) — and acquitted Joseph Clement, William Gifford, John Hays, Peter Topping, and James Knowles; Lancaster Gazette, 30 May 1812.
The following convicts have been removed from our Castle, this week, to be severally transported, agreeably to their sentences, viz Charles Sefton, James Robinson, John Fisher, James Knowles, Thomas Holden, Samuel Crossley, John Hope, John Hurst, Christopher Medcalf, James Brierley, Henry Thwait, Joseph Greenhalgh, Thos. Pickup, and John Burney. Lancaster Gazette, 20 June 1812.
Convict Indents: Trade Tailor, Native Place York, aged 42
Prison Hulk ship Perseus moored at Portsmouth, Received 26 June 1812, aged 41, convicted 23 May 1812, Transferred to ship Fortune