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Transportation
William Tennent was transported on the Runnymede , departing 11th Jun 1856 and arriving 7th Sep 1856 with 247 passengers.
The original 'Runnymede' was built in London 1825, 389 tons. Sailing of this ship to Australia with convict transportees, including boy convicts 1839/1840 to Van Diemen's Land. (It appears this ship made other sailings to Australia, as a barque with immigrant passengers.) This Runnymede was wrecked near the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal in 1844. n.b. There is another 'Runnymede' ship. Built in Sunderland in 1854, the 720 ton ship Runnymede II - embarked 248 male convicts at Plymouth on 15 June 1856, landing all in Western Australia on 7 September, after a passage of 84 days - the sailing also had soldier families for settlement there. A 284 ton barque Runneymede of Hobart was wrecked at Frenchman's Bay, on 24 December 1878.
Runnymede (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 201 (102) |
| 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
BEFORE LORD IVORY. William M‘Millin and William Tennent were accused of having, on Monday, the 3d of July last, while in Dalmarnock Road, attacked and assaulted Thomas Nimmo, commission merchant, and seized him by the throat, struck him several severe blows on the face, whereby he was rendered insensible, and robbed him of a gold watch, gold chain, gold seal, and gold ring. The panels pleaded not guilty. After a short trial, the jury returned a verdict, finding the panels guilty as libelled, and they were each sentenced to be transported for the period of 15 years. This case was perpetrated in the usual cruel manner, by seizing the assailed person by the throat, covering his face with a kind of pitch plaster, and rendering him quickly insensible by dealing repeated blows on the head and face. Mr. Nimmo was so severely handled that he was under medical treatment for several days after the assault was committed. The prisoners were stout young fellows, each apparently about the the age of twenty-five. Glasgow Gazette, 30 Sept 1854.