Elizabeth Trindle

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Maureen Withey on 20th April 2022

Norfolk Lent Assizes. Ann Rummer, aged 20, Elizabeth Trindle, aged 29, and James Drury, aged 22, were severally indicted for forging a one pound note upon the banking house Messrs. Harveys and Hudsons, of Norwich, on the 30th of July last, at Acle, with intent to defraud the said Messrs. Harveys and Hudsons. The second count in the indictment charged the prisoners simply with having disposed of the said note, knowing the same to be forged and there were two other counts in the indictment, one charging them with having forged such note with intent to defraud one Robert Goodings, and the other charging them with having passed the same to the said Robt. Goodings, knowing it to be forged, with the like intent. Hezekiah Martin, driver the Yarmouth coach from Norwich, deposed that deposed that on fair-day, the 29th or 30th of July, he took up a man, two women, and a child, just out of Norwich; they all got down together at the Queen’s Head, Acle, their fare was 6s.; they gave him a 1£. note, which he changed; did not know what banker’s note it was ; left the prisoners at Acle; thinks the prisoners are very much like the persons took up, on his cross examination, said he could not go any further than thinking the prisoners were the persons; never heard any thing more of the note, which he paid away. William Bond, the waiter of the Queen’s Head Acle, stated that the prisoners were very much like three persons who came the Yarmouth coach from Norwich on the 30th July last, to his master’s inn; he did not see them till they were in the house; they breakfasted together, and staid about hour; he received a one-pound note from the man for the reckoning; it was one on the Norwich Crown Bank, Messrs. Harveys and Hudsons - gave them 16s. 8d. change out of it; he did not know which way they went upon leaving the house, got change for two notes of some bank m that morning which had never come back. Cross-examined.—There were not many persons came by the coach that morning; the change for appeared to be both had a crown on; he could not read; did not know the name of the person he took the other note of; he was a respectable looking gentleman; did not put the notes together; put no mark upon them did not get both of them … Norfolk Chronicle, 22 March 1823. —————————————————————————- At the close of the trials, his Lordship proceeded to pass sentence of death upon Ann Rummer, Elizabeth Trindle, James Drury, Wm. Bean alias Church, Wm. Shreeve alias Jefferies, alias Read, Wm. Steel, John Alden alias Rutts, Robert Morley, Thos. Williams, Thos. Cooper alias Draper, and Thos. Smith alias Johnson, Wm. Bone, Sand. Fitt, John Fitt, Thomas Wiles, John Lock, Wm. Bray, Edward Turvy, Matthew Craven, and Saml. Baccy; but all were reprieved before his Lordship’s leaving Thetford, except Bray, to whom he gave not the least hopes of pardon, but most impressively exhorted him not to lose one moment in preparing himself to undergo the dreadful sentence of the law. Norfolk Chronicle, 29 March 1823.

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Maureen Withey on 28th August 2020

Elizabeth had a child with her on Mary, who became ill on the ship. https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/ships/SurgeonsJournal_MaryIII_1823.pdf William Trindle age 12 months. Child to one of the Convicts, Taken ill at Sea July 14th 1823 “A very delicate and unhealthy child, his mother also in a very bad state of health, and has very little milk. He has been afflicted with Diarrhoea for some time past – which was at first attended with vomiting, it has been two or three times relieved by small doses of Rhubarb. Mist. Cretæ and occasionally a grain or two of Calomel, but they appear to have lost their good effect, as the Diarrhoea continues altho’ he takes them frequently. He is much emaciated, will take no kind of Food, starts in his sleep, is now much convulsed, his skin is sometimes very hot, p: extremely small quick and feeble, abdomen slightly tumefied but he does not shrink from pressure; evacuations of a light green colour, small but not very fluid – nor very frequent, and his very fretful at times. The warm bath has been used occasionally and a Flanner roller was applied at the commencement of the Complaint.” This poor little child’s illness, suffering and treatment, is described in detail up to his death: Died July 26th 1823. He continued to pass a considerable quantity of pus pleno, the emaciation is so great he has the appearance of a skeleton, has not slept the last 30 hours. P. so very feeble it cannot be felt, he rolls his Head incessantly on the pillow but is so very weak he cannot cry. He sank rapidly and expired at 3 P.M. ---------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Convict Conduct record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-9$init=CON40-1-9p164 27. Eliz Trendell. Mary 1823. Thetford 1 Mar 1823.Life. Transported for uttering forged notes. Dec 31 1824. Using improper language to her master- Factory for a/s.

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Maureen Withey on 28th August 2020

Convict Ship Mary 1823, Medical Journal. https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/ships/SurgeonsJournal_MaryIII_1823.pdf Elizabeth Trindle, age 29, convict, June 23 1823. Of a delicate constitution, and Phthisical habit, says she has been very unhealthy, frequently – afflicted with cancrous affections, and had one of the mamma extirpated. She has complained for several days past of a slight cough, but last night she as seized with pain in her right side, aggravated on full inspiration She continued to be ill throughout the journey, (described in detail) Sent to Hospital at Hobart Town Van Diemen’s Land. October 6th 1823.