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Thomas Prichard was transported on the Friendship, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 21st Jan 1788 with 107 passengers.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
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Convict Notes
Thomas Prichard was tried at Old Bailey, London on 10 December 1783 for stealing 50 pounds weight in lead from roof with a value of 8 shillings. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17831210-103-defend1084&div=t17831210-103#highlight He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 22 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as labourer. Thomas was tried many times before at the Old Bailey and the magistrate commented on this fact. Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny. Report from Dunkirk hulk was “in general tolerably well behaved but troublesome at times”.