Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Joseph Ratcliff was transported on the Guildford, departing 22nd Aug 1823 and arriving 15th Mar 1824 with 160 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 | UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/8. Ancestry. State Archives NSW, NRS 12188; Item: [4/4009]; Microfiche: 651. State Records NSW (Pardons Reel No. 777, Roll No. 1250)&(1828 Census Australian Copy, NRS 1272, Reel 2555). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 88 |
| 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
Committed to our Gaol. — David Bugg, Abraham Bacon, Joseph Ratliffe, and Joseph Ward, (by the Rev. C. Cooke) charged with burglariously entering the dwelling-house of William Teverson, of Layham, and stealing a quantity of pickled pork, some butter, and a bill-hook, his property. Bury and Norwich Post, 26 Feb 1823. David Bugg, aged ?, Abraham Bacon, aged ?, and Joseph Ratcliffe, aged ?, were convicted burglary in the house of Teverson, of Layham, and received sentence of death. Joseph Ward, an accomplice, was admitted King’s evidence, and severely admonished. Norwich Mercury, 5 April 1823. ——————————————————————————————————- Later the same year, Joseph Ward was again in court and was himself, sentenced to be transported to Van Diemen’s Land per Chapman 1824, for 7 years.
Death. —D. Bugg, A. Bacon, and Joseph Ratcliffe, for a burglary in the house of Mr Teverson, of Layham. Norfolk Chronicle, 5 April 1823. --------------------------------------------------------------------
Prison Hulk ship Leviathan moored at Portsmouth, aged 22, Received 18 April 1823 from Bury St. Edmunds., Offence Burglary, (with Abraham Bacon aged 26, transported on ship Guildford too), transferred 13 August 1823 for NSW 1828 Australia Census: aged 25, Trade Labourer for Mr. John Dickson in Cooke Conditional Pardon No. 39/458, convicted 21 March 1823, aged 36, Year of Birth 1803, Native Place Suffolk, Trade Ploughman