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William Varley was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 368 |
| 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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Hulk Record HO-9-7_1 page 28. Sheerness Hulk. Retribution, and Bellerophon. Received from York 12 May 1817. William Varley, age 26, Capitally respited, Tried York 8 March 1817, Life, Transported 8 July 1817.
NSW Convict Index. William Varley, per Larkins, 1817, ticket of Leave, No 26/15. District, Windsor; Born, York 1787; Trade, Labourer; Tried, York 1817. Convict Death Register. William Varley, per Larkins, Date: 21/04/1836. District, Port Macquarie. A. Gamack.
On Tuesday, a … was lodged at York Castle, against Richard Roper, alias Long, and William Varley, alias Foster, alias Brown, who stand charged with robbing the Rev. Mr. Preston's house, at Moreby, for having on the i15th January last, broke and escaped from the county gaol of Nottingham, where they were detained on suspicion of burglary, committed in  that county. Leeds Mercury, 8 Feb 1817 Assize Intelligence. YORK. The following are the prisoners who have been capitally convicted, and who have received sentence of death :— Varley, … for burglary, … The two first in this sad enumeration were executed on Monday the 17th inst.— ... and Varley  are likewise to suffer; the rest are reprieved.  Manchester Mercury, 1 April 1817.  William Varley, who remained for execution with the above, for robbing the house of his former master the Rev Thos. Preston of Moorby Hall, in the East Riding, was reprieved. Lancaster Gazette, 19 April 1817.  The following male convicts left the Castle, on Monday morning, to be delivered on board the Retribution Hulk at Sheerness, up the river Medway, viz.— William Varley, … to be severally transported for life. York Herald, 17 May 1817.