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Richard Sennard was transported on the Calcutta, departing 31st Jan 1803 and arriving 4th Oct 1803 with 305 passengers.
HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley (1795), converted to a Royal Navy ship. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia. The French Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805. In 1809, after she ran aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads and her crew had abandoned her, a British boarding party burned her. In 1803 the Calcutta sailed into Port Phillip bay where at least 4 convicts escaped , in Sydney in April 1804 it was reported that 8 had died on the trip. Of the four known escapees one was shot on escape, 2 turned back after 2 days to reattach to the group at the camp in bay before the boat left , one continued on ...into Australia's history books. At least 13 convicts were transferred on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia.The ship also carried officers, wives and free settlers.
Calcutta (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 337 (168) |
| 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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Tasmanian Records: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p002j2k Page printed, Burials St Davids, Hobart. Handwritten: Death at Camp Sullivan Bay, Pt Phillip. Richard Lennard, buried 22 January 1804, age 19, Ceremony carried out by R. Knopwood. The Rev R. Knopwood also travelled to VDL on the Calcutta, in 1803, and was at teh Camp at Sullivan Bay.
Tasmanian Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0656 List of prisoners beginning with L. Richard Lennard, tried at London G.D. 16 September 1801. 7 years.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 04 April 2023), September 1801, trial of RICHARD LEONARD (t18010916-11). RICHARD LEONARD, Theft > grand larceny, 16th September 1801. 638. RICHARD LEONARD was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 7th of September , a book, value 2s. the property of James Angier .(The case was opened by Mr. Hart.) JAMES ANGIER sworn. - Examined by Mr. Hart. I am a manufacturer at Norwich: On Monday the 7th of this month, about twelve o'clock in the day, as I was walking through Cheapside , I felt something drawn out of my pocket, I turned about and saw a boy running, I called out instantly, stop thief, and some persons pursued him; he was brought back, and the pocket-book delivered to the constable; then I went to the Mansion-house. Q. Of what value is this pocket-book? - A. I cannot say. Court. Q. Is it worth any thing - is it worth a penny or two pence? - A. It is worth sixpence. THOMAS EVANS sworn. - Examined by Mr. Hart. I am a porter; I was coming down the Old-Jewry, about half-past eleven o'clock, and heard a cry of stop thief; I turned round and saw some people run; the prisoner ran by me; I followed him, and took him in Church-passage, by a spout, and the pocket-book was underneath him as he stood against the spout; I did not see him drop any thing; I then took him to the Poultry-Compter. Jury. Q.Were there any more boys in this passage, or near him? - A. No. JOSEPH HORTON sworn. - Examined by Mr. Hart. On the 7th of the present month, I was going down the Poultry, and the prosecutor cried out, stop thief; I was then within twenty yards of him, or thereabouts; I saw the prisoner at the bar run from him very swiftly; I pursued him, and he ran down the Old-Jewry, through Frederick's-place, into Church-passage; he could not get any further without being stopped; he then stopped against a spout, put his hand behind him, and pulled out the pocket-book; I saw him do it; there was a holdfast against the spout, and he put the pocketbook behind him, and it rested upon the holdfast till he was removed from the spot, at which time it dropped down; he was then taken to the Poultry-Compter, and from thence to the Mansion-house; at the time the pocket-book was taken up, he said, he knew nothing of it. EDWARD ALDERMAN sworn. - Examined by Mr. Hart. I am a constable; the prisoner was brought to the Poultry-Compter, and the book delivered to me, that is all I know of it; I have had the pocket-book ever since. (Produces it; the book was deposed to by the prosecutor.) Prisoner's defence. I heard this gentleman call stop thief, and going through Church-passage, I saw the book lying by a spout; I ran to pick it up, when the porter laid hold of me, and said, I had taken the gentleman's pocket-book. GUILTY, aged 17. Transported for seven years . London Jury, before Mr. Recorder. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard was born about 1784, calculated from his age at trial.