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Transportation
William Worlledge was transported on the Phoenix, departing 31st Oct 1821 and arriving 20th May 1822 with 184 passengers.
Built at Thames, England 1798. 589 tons.
Phoenix (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 111 (57) |
| 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
Tasmanian Records. Description: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-3/CON23-1-3-P130 William Worlledge, age 27, Farm lab & ploughman, Tried Cambridge, 6 Aug 1821, 7 years. Native place, Bury, Suffolk. F.Cert. 312/13 Aug 28 1828. Convict Conduct Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-45/CON31-1-45P134 No400. William Worlledge. Transported for Grand Larceny. Gaol Report, Character rather indifferent & his conduct here not quite correct. Hulk report, Orderly. Stated this offence, Grand Larceny. Wife & 3 children at Soanne (Soham). M. (mother) at Hensdale, Suffolk. No other bad conduct recorded.
The following is an account of the trials of the gang at the late assizes held for this county George Isaacson, Edward Isaacson, Wm. Worlledge, Richard Cater, James Bailey, Henry Bailey, and William Arnold, were severally indicted for stealing, in April 1819, Snailwell in this county, bushels of barley, the property of Mr. Charles Filbey, and acquitted. ... William Worlledge was next tried on an indictment which charged him with stealing a quantity of beans, barley, oats, and bran, mixed together, the property of Mr. Joseph Slack, of Wicken.— Guilty. Geo. Isaacson, Edward Isaacson, Wm. Worlledge, William West, Henry Attlesey, and John Attlesey were next tried on an indictment which charged them with stealing five turkies and various articles, the property of Mr. William Westrope, of Freckenham, in the month of February last. It appeared evidence  that in consequence of various robberies committed at Fordham (a village adjoining to Soham,) the farmers set persons  to watch, and the prisoners were seen to go through Fordham between eleven and twelve o'clock at night.  Some of the property stolen from Mr. Westrope was afterwards (in consequence of a discovery made John Lord, an accomplice) found in the prisoners' houses.— All guilty. ... Thomas Isaacson, George Isaacson, Edward Isaacson, James Bailey, William West, Wm. Worlledge, Henry Attlesey, John Attlesey, Samuel Wright the elder, and Samuel Wright the younger, were next placed the bar, and the learned Judge, after commenting on the manner in which it appeared the prisoners had for a long period carried on a system of plunder never before heard of this country, ... and sentenced them all to transported for seven years. ... A few days previous to the assizes, several ponds and ditches near the prisoners' premises were searched, and a great number of working tools and valuable articles  belonging to different persons, were found. Large quantities of corn have also been found secreted in ditches and other places. It is but justice to the farmers in Soham to state, none of the persons convicted were by any means in want of employment, or in distressed circumstances. ... We are happy to announce to our readers, that the most perfect tranquillity has prevailed at Soham, and throughout the neighbourhood, since the commitment of this desperate gang, whose nocturnal depredations were a constant source of alarm. We have not heard of single instance of robbery since their apprehension, and we trust that the example made of Thurston and Wright sen., convicted of receiving stolen goods, will deter others from similar practices. Cambridge Chronicle, 24 Aug 1821.