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Transportation
William Proudley was transported on the Argyle, departing 5th Mar 1831 and arriving 3rd Aug 1831 with 252 passengers.
Argyle (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 52 |
| 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
March 1836 another assigned man, Edward Cushing, described the assault when William Brighton, overseer, was charged with fighting with William Proudley to the magistrate: "Last Sunday evening I saw Mr. Brighton and Proudley scuffling. Mr. Brighton threw him down and kicked him. Proudley got up and caught hold of Mr. Brighton again who again threw him down and kicked him and stamped on him - I did not see how the row commenced - Proudley was drunk ... I never saw Mr. Brighton strike Proudley or any other of the men before " In his defence William Brighton gave a slightly different account of events: "I followed Proudley into the stable & by Mr. Archer’s (Thomas Archer) directions & as he had a light with him, we were fearful he might do some mischief with it he being drunk. When I came up to him he was lying at the stable door with the lantern beside him he appeared to be asleep I took him by the shoulder and shook him and told him to go to bed ... I then left him and was going into the stable when he hit me on the back with this bludgeon which I now produce - I struck him ... he showed fight to me - I knocked him down - he got hold of my legs I then kicked him to disengage myself? In the light of Brighton’s deposition the charge made against him by Proudley was dismissed. Proudley was then brought before the bench and charged with drunkenness at the time of the incident. Found guilty, he received a sentence of twenty-one days solitary confinement on bread and water
Appropriation lists his age as 33 years Native place Westbourne, Sussex. Height: 5' 1¼", Hair/ Whiskers: Brown, Eyes: Grey Head: Round, Complexion: Brown, Visage: Round, Forehead: Low & Round, Eyebrows: Brown, Nose: Medium Size, Chin: Long Remarks: Scar rt side of mouth, middle finger left hand crippled Assigned to Thomas Archer at Woolmers: April 17th 1834, T. Archer/ drunk & disorderly - 25 lashes/ W. Barnes. March 1836, T. Archer/ charged with fighting convict overseer William Brighton and drunkenness at the time of the incident. Found guilty, he received a sentence of twenty-one days solitary confinement on bread and water. January 12th 1838, T. Archer/ insolence and neglect of duty 4 hours in the stocks. 11th May 1855, an inquest into the death of William Proudley: "An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lady the Queen at the House of Henry Davey Parr known by the sign of the Queens Head Wellington Street in the County of Cornwall within the Island of Van Diemen's Land this Eleventh day of May in the eighteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith before me Michael Kennedy Esquire one of the Coroners of our said Lady the Queen for the said Island and its Dependencies on view of the body of William Proudley then and there lying dead upon the Oaths of Joseph Hill, George Shipley, John Cartledge, William Edwards, William French, Henry Holding, John James Laird. Good and lawful men of the said Island and duly chosen and who being then and there duly sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lady the Queen when where how and after what manner the said William Proudley came to his death do upon their Oath say that the said William Proudley on the seventh day of May in the year aforesaid at Launceston aforesaid in the County aforesaid was riding upon a certain timber truck and being intoxicated and in liquor it so happened that the said William Proudley accidentally and carelessly and by misfortune fell to the ground by reason whereof the wheel of the said Timber Carriage did then and there pass over the head and body of the said William Proudley by means whereof the said William Proudley did then and there accidentally receive several mortal bruises upon his said body of which said mortal bruises the said William Proudley on the Eighth day of May in the year aforesaid at Launceston aforesaid then and there died and to the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said William Proudley in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally came to his death and not otherwise in witness whereof the said Coroner as the Jurors aforesaid to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the day and year of the place above mentioned."