Frederick Worseldine

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JUDY ADAMS on 23rd January 2025

Bells_Weekly_Messenger_14_September_1834 p294 POLISCS REPORTS. —— GUILDHALL. On Thursday two lads, named Henry and Frederick Worseldine, were charged with stealing a painting of Belshazzar’s Feast, and some smaller paintings, of the the value of 40/, from the premises of Mr. Everingham, a picture-dealer in Bride-lane. The father of the prisoners occupies apartments in the complainant’s house, and this gave them the opror- tunity to visit an upper room in which Mr. E. keeps his pictures. The room was kept padlocked; and as Mr. E. always found the door secure, he had no suspicion that his stock was not safe, and the pictures had been purloined and pawned nearly a fortnight before he dis- covered his loss. The robbery was effected by the aid of a false key. On taking Frederick into custody on suspicion, the duplicates were found on a lad who was then in his company. The two prisoners were proved to have employed a ie to pawn the pictures for them at Mr. Russeli’s, in Holborn. The prisoners denied the charge, but Mr. Alderman Johnson thought there was ample cvi- dence to justify him in committing them for trial https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0001286%2F18340914&page=6

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JUDY ADAMS on 13th January 2014

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 Name: Frederick Worseldine Record Type: Baptism Date: 6 Feb 1814 Father's Name: John Worseldine Mother's Name: Maria Worseldine Parish: Saint Mary At Lambeth Borough: Lambeth County: Middlesex Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary At Lambeth, Register of baptisms, P85/MRY1, Item 350 ******************** The Old Bailey Proceedings Online Project FREDERICK WORSELDINE, HENRY WORSELDINE, Theft > theft from a specified place, 16th October 1834. Reference Number: t18341016-96 Offence: Theft > theft from a specified place Verdict: Not Guilty 1572. FREDERICK WORSELDINE and HENRY WORSELDINE were indicted for stealing, on the 21st of August, 3 paintings, value 6l., the goods of Charles Everingham , in his dwelling-house . CHARLES EVERINGHAM. I am a picture dealer . I keep the house, No. 3, Bride-lane , and live there - Henry Worseldine lodged there with his father, and Frederick came to work for his father as a carpenter - I missed these pictures from the first-floor front room - I got the officer, and we asked Frederick about them - I said I had lost some pictures - he denied knowing any thing about them - I gave both the prisoners in charge - I did not speak to Henry about them - I found these pictures at the pawnbroker's - they are worth 6l. - while I was sitting in the parlour, I heard the rattling of the padlock on the first-floor front room - I went up, and found it was fast. RICHARD JENNINGS FORD . I am in the service of Mr. Russell, pawnbroker, Holborn-bars. These pictures were pawned on the 21st of August, by Henry Robert Hall. HENRY ROBERT HALL . Frederick Worseldine asked me to pawn these pictures, and I took them to Mr. Russell - Henry Worseldine was with him - it was at the top of the court, by Mr. Russell's private door - they were behind a board, wrapped up in a white apron - Henry Worseldine came to my mother, and asked her to let my brother Benjamin go on errand - she said, "No" - he then asked if I might go - Henry gave them to me, but both desired me to pawn them - I think the pawnbroker gave me 12s. for them - I do not think the prisoners gave me any thing for pawning them. Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS. Q. I suppose you never pawned any thing before? A. No - I am going on for ten years old - I clean knives and forks - my brother has pawned things before - I had been in a pawnbroker's shop before with my mother, but I never pawned any thing myself - I did not count the money - I mentioned a sum to the pawnbroker - I forget what - he asked me whose they were, and I said,"My father's patterns," as the prisoners had told me - I kept the money in my hand - the pawnbroker knew where I lived, as he comes down the court after Jack Ritchie - he knew my father. RICHARD JENNINGS FORD re-examined. Q. Did you take them in of this child? A. Yes - I knew his father and mother - his father is a wire-blind painter - I lent 5s. on them - I did not give 12s. - I think he asked me 10s. - I told him to go and ask his father if 5s. would do. ROBERT MASON (City police-constable, No. 91). I took the prisoner - I found these duplicates at David Oxenham's - the prisoner, Frederick, gave information where they were, but I did not hear him. CHARLES EVERINGHAM . These are my pictures - I gave two guineas for these two. Cross-examined. Q. Who did you buy them of? A. I took them in change of a gentleman - I will not tell who - if a gentleman comes to my shop to buy a picture, and says he has one to sell, I take it of him - I do not know the name of the gentleman I had these of - he goes to and fro from abroad - I do not know where he lives - I cannot tell how often he had been to me before - I bought them to sell again - many pictures of this size are worth one hundred guineas - these are by a master whose works are worth five guineas apiece. JURY. Q. Was the lock broken? A. No - the person who was taken up with the prisoner had made a false key, they went in and out, and the pictures flew out of the room. NOT GUILTY . ******************** FREDERICK WORSELDINE, HENRY WORSELDINE, Theft > theft from a specified place, 16th October 1834. Reference Number: t18341016-97 Offence: Theft > theft from a specified place Verdict: Not Guilty 1573. FREDERICK WORSELDINE and HENRY WORSELDINE were again indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 22nd of August , 2 paintings, value 8l.; the goods of Charles Everingham , in his dwelling-house . CHARLES EVERINGHAM . These two paintings were taken from my first-floor front room, the same way as the others - on the 22nd of August, Henry was running up and down stairs - we heard him trying the lock of the door, and Frederick was there at work - there were other lodgers in the house - I missed the paintings altogether, and found them at Mr. Russel's. RICHARD JENNINGS FORD . I am shopman to Mr. Russel. These two paintings were pawned by Hall, on the 22nd of August, for 12s. HENRY ROBERT HALL . I took these two paintings to pawn at Mr. Russel's for 12s. - I gave the silver to Frederick Worseldine, and Henry took the halfpence - they were both together, and both told me to pawn the pictures - each of the prisoners gave me a halfpenny, and a young girl who was with them, when I came out, gave me a penny. ROBERT MASON . I found the duplicates of these pictures with the other. CHARLES EVERINGHAM . These are both my paintings - I gave 4l. or 4l. 10s. for this one - it is supposed to be by Vandyke. NOT GUILTY . ******************** FREDERICK WORSELDINE, Theft > theft from a specified place, 16th October 1834. Reference Number: t18341016-98 Offence: Theft > theft from a specified place Verdict: Guilty Punishment: Transportation 1574. FREDERICK WORSELDINE was again indicted for stealing, on the 30th of August , at St. Bride, 1 painting, value 20l.; the goods of Charles Everingham , in his dwelling-house . CHARLES EVERINGHAM . I am a picture-dealer , and live at No. 3, Bride-lane, in the parish of St. Bride, Fleet-street - it is my dwelling-house - I have been there fifteen months - the prisoner's father lodged in my house, and he used to work for his father - I had this painting of Belshazzar's feast in my room - I missed it on the 3rd of September, and it was traced to the pawnbroker's - the prisoner was taken into custody on account of this picture. CHRISTIANA EVERINGHAM . I am the prosecutor's wife. I remember this painting being in the room - my husband kept the key - the padlock was always found locked. RICHARD JENNINGS FORD . I am shopman to Mr. Russel, a pawnbroker. This picture was brought by the prisoner to pawn - he asked 8l. for it - he said it belonged to John Baxter - I suspected it was stolen, and told him to go and fetch John Baxter - he went and brought a person who I knew was not John Baxter - I refused to give it up, and they said they would summon me - the officer afterwards came for it. ROBERT MASON . I am an officer. I took the prisoner, and went and got the painting. CHARLES EVERINGHAM . This is my painting - it cost me upwards of 20l. - a young man painted it for me in my house. GUILTY . Aged 20. - Transported for Life . There was another indictment against the prisoner. ******************** England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 Name: Frederick Worseldine Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814 Date of Trial: Oct 1834 Trial Year: 1834 Location of Trial: Middlesex, England Sentence: Transportation Crime: LARCENY ... OF DWELLING HOUSE Date of Execution or Release: LIFE Source Citation: Class: HO 26; Piece: 40; Page: 275 ******************** UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 Name: Fredk Worseldine Age: 20 Estimated birth year: abt 1814 Date Received: 31 Oct 1834 (from newgate prison) Ship: Leviathan Place Moored: Portsmouth Date Convicted: 16 Oct 1834 Place Convicted: Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London Source Citation: Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books, Class: HO9; Piece: 8. ******************** Vessel Arrived Port Port Days Embarked Tasmania Master Surgeon landed Sailed Males Males From on board Landed Waterloo (4) 3/3/1835 VDL 20/11/1834 Portsmouth 103 224 224 Jn Cow Geo Roberts Tasmanian Convict Ships List Waterloo (1) First voyage Male convicts on board Departure Port: Portsmouth / London Departure Date: 20 / 29 Nov 1834 Arrival Port: Hobart Arrival Date: 03 Mar 1835 Convicts landed: 224 Notes: Surgeon's Journal possibly available on AJCP microfilms. Sources: Archives Office of Tasmania, Guide to Convict Records by Ship Reference. Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships 1787-1868, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1985. Nicholson, Ian Hawkins, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, 1834-1842, Roebuck, 1985, p31. Phillips, Margaret E., Australian Joint Copying Project, Handbook Part 7, Public Records Office Admiralty Records, National Library of Australia 1993, pp 75-77. Convicts on board listed by Researchers APTED Richard BAILEY John CLAY John COAD Robert CRUSE John Owen FRASER John HALES William HORLER Joseph HOWARD William LEE James NYE Richard PRICE Thomas SHORTEN James STEWARD Henry WORSELDINE Frederick YEWER John ******************** Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 Name: Frederick Worseldine Vessel: Waterloo Convicted Date: (16 oct 1834) Voyage Date: 18 Nov 1834 Colony: Van Dieman'S Land Piece: HO 11/9 Place of Conviction: London County of Conviction: London Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO11); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. ******************** New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 Name: Frederick Worseldine Vessel: Waterloo Piece: HO 10/50 Province: Tasmania Title: List of convicts (incomplete) Year(s): 1835 ******************** New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 Name: Frederick Worseldine Vessel: Waterloo Piece: HO 10/51 Province: Tasmania Title: List of convicts (incomplete) Year(s): 1841 ******************** The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Wednesday 12 February 1845 Page 2 POLICE REPORT. wednesday. feb. 5. F. Worseldine, ticket-of-leave, was sen- tenced to three months bard labour on the roads, for not acquainting the police authorities with his "whereabouts." ******************** New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 Name: Fredk Worseldine Arrival Date: 1835 Vessel: Waterloo Piece: HO 10/39 Province: Tasmania Title: Ledger Returns S-Z Year(s): 1846 Place of Conviction: London ******************** The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Wednesday 28 July 1847 Page 2 POLICE REPORT. Monday Frederick Worseldine, ticket-of-leave, was favoured with a recommendation to the good offices of Mr. Hortham, who by the bye, he was specially directed to assist in the pre paration of a large quantity of meal. He was allowed fourteen days for the completion of his task, and was dis missed by the magistrate with the remark, ' that at the ex piration of that time, he would probably see the necessity of keeping himself sober.' ******************** New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 Name: Fredk Worseldine Arrival Date: 1835 Vessel: Waterloo Piece: HO 10/40 Province: Tasmania Title: Ledger Returns Year(s): 1849 Place of Conviction: London Source Information: Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 31, 52-64); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. newspaper report reintent to grant pardons New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons, 1834-1859 Name: Fredk Worseldine Vessel: Waterloo Piece: HO 10/60 Province: Tasmania Title: Pardons Year(s): 1847-1848 Place of Conviction: London Source Information: Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons, 1834-1859 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 31, 52-64); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England. ******************** Index to Convict Applications For Permissions to Marry 1829-1857 Family Name (1) Given Names (1) Ship or Free (1) Family Name (2) Given Names (2) Ship or Free (2) Date CON Ref(s) RGD Ref(s) WORSELDINE Frederick Waterloo DOLBY Lucinia free 00 APR 1848 CON52/1/2 p402 RGD37/7 : 1848/2236 ******************** Australia Marriages, 1810-1980 Groom's Name Frederick Worseldine Groom's Birth Date 1818 Groom's Birthplace Groom's Age 30 Bride's Name Lucinia Dolby Bride's Birth Date 1829 Bride's Birthplace Bride's Age 19 Marriage Date 04 May 1848 Marriage Place Westbury, Tasmania, Australia Groom's Father's Name Groom's Mother's Name Bride's Father's Name Bride's Mother's Name Groom's Race Groom's Marital Status Groom's Previous Wife's Name Bride's Race Bride's Marital Status Bride's Previous Husband's Name Indexing Project (Batch) Number M31046-5 System Origin Australia Source Film Number 1368289 Reference Number The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints transcript from familysearch beta ******************** muster 1849 Name Ship Dep Date Port Dep Where TO Ship to Colony Status Worseldine Frederick Raven 6 Jul 1849 Launceston Port Phillip Waterloo Conditional Pardon Worseldine Lucinia Raven 6 Jul 1849 Launceston Port Phillip Ann Thompson Free Formerly Lucinia Dolby newspaper re funeral land aplication marriage to elizabeth age 78 at death ******************** brother henry imigrated to victoria 1853