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Transportation
James York was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 430 |
| 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
James York was indicted for stealing a hempen sack and a bushel of beans, the property of Messrs. I. and S. Catchpole, of Letheringham. Mr. Catchpole, jun., stated, that in December 1828, the prisoner was employed by him to thrash beans ; on the 19th of that month, witness found a sack and some beans in a ditch near his barn, and having suspicion that the prisoner had stolen them, watched that and the following evening, when the prisoner came and took the sack and beans out the ditch, and carried them away; witness followed, and took the beans from the prisoner, who then confessed his guilt, but absconded and left the country, and was not apprehended till November last. Mr. John Catchpole, a brother of the prosecutor, confirmed his testimony- when the Jury found the prisoner guilty; and the Court sentenced him to 7 years transportation. Suffolk Chronicle, 16 Jan 1830. Tuesday last George Stearn, James York, James English, and Robert Waspe, under sentence of transportation for seven years, were removed from the County Gaol, in this town; the former three to he put on board the Leviathan hulk;, Portsmouth, and the latter to the Penitentiary, Millbank Ipswich Journal, 6 March 1830 Hulk Records. Portsmouth Hulks, Leviathan. HO 9-8_6 page 11/54. Received from Ipswich, 3 March 1830. Jas York, age 26, Larceny, tried at Ipswich, 15 Jan 1830, 7 years, To NSW, 26 June 1830, R. Admiral.