DERBYSHIRE PRISONERS pre 1805 1754 Mary DILKES murder of her illegitimate male child executed 1759 Charles KIRKMAN murdering his infant child executed 1776 Matthew COCKAYNE murder of Mary Vickers executed 1782 Samuel JACKSON butcher Codnor sheep stealing 5yrs to Africa/spent 5yrs in Derby,Savoy & Woodstreet Compton gaols/good behaviour/wife deceased/3 children 1783 Benjamin HAMPSON ex soldier & deserter/stealing promissary notes 1784 George JACKSON sheep stealing 3yrs hard labour Thames hulks 1784 George LIMB horse stealing death commuted to 3yrs hard labour Thames hulks (reported ill on "Justicia" 1784 Thomas WRAGG horse stealing 3yrs hard labour Thames hulks 1784 Thomas ARNOLD stealing black mare 3yrs hard labour Thames hulks 1784 James HEATH sheep stealing 3yrs hard labour Thames hulks 1784 Thomas CHAPMAN burglary 3yrs hard labour Thames hulks 1784 Robert LOWE age 37/receiving stolen silver plate/arrested in London/14yrs transportation/sent to hulk "Ceres"/New South Wales/ship Surprize" 1789 1784 Richard NEWTON sheep stealing 7yrs transportation to America 1784 Jonathon STEELE stealing a lamb 7yrs transportation to America 1785 William DARBY house breaking 7yrs transportation 1785 John RUSHTON stealing a cow 7yrs transportation 1785 James BOOTH horse stealing 1 yr 1785 Elizabeth CLARKE 19/unmarr/of Ashbourne/stealing clothing value 6s 6d/7yrs/ship "Friendship"/bur.Sydney 4 Sep 1798 1785 Ann BEARDSLEY/theft/black satin cloak/7yrs/ship "Friendship"/Norfolk Island/child Harriet-father marine John McCarthy 1785 Samuel GILL stealing a flitch of bacon/14yrs transportation/trial Chesterfield/previous offences 1785 John ROSE stealing pr boots & coat from stable in Duffield/trial Chesterfield/7yrs transportation 1785 Thomas RATCLIFFE robbery of his master's shop till at Ashbourne/1 month & public whipping 1785 Ann SHAW wife of James SHAW miner/stealing piece of ribbon from master's shop at Wirksworth/private whipping and discharged 1785 Thomas BRAMBLEBY stealing winnowing sheet acquitted 1786 William STANLEY stealing hat & suit of clothes death 1786 Joseph JACKSON sheep stealing 2yrs gaol 1786 Thomas PEAT stealing gelding 1 yr gaol & public whipping 1786 David DOBBIN or DOBLIN 7yrs/New South Wales/ship "Surprize" 1786 Thomas DILLON 14yrs/New South Wales/ship "Surprize" 1786 Samuel McKEW sentenced to transportion.escaped from Derby gaol/Dec 14/5'8"/stout/swarthy/dark eyes/pockpitted 1786 James HALLIBURTON formerly served 6yrs as soldier/rape of Millicent Smith married woman/executed 1786 Aaron MALTBY stealing wool from shop/marr/5 children/1st offence/5yrs transportation 1787 Jane WHEELDON age 36 or 40/stealing silk handkerchief from shop Chesterfield/7yrs transportation/31 Mar 1789 sent from Derby gaol to Nottingham gaol/ship "Lady Juliana"/married John WOOD(s) at Parramatta NSW 1791/then ship "Atlantic to Norfolk Island 1787 John BOOTH 7yrs New South Wales ship "Matilda" 1787 Joseph BUTLER New South Wales ship "Albermarle" 1787 Thomas BARRETT/sheepstealing/2 yrs Derby Gaol 1787 William HARRIS alias William ONIONS alias John ONIONS/stealing a bay mare/7yrs transportation 1787 Thomas DILLION age 26/stealing truss from Nags Head Inn Derby/14yrs transportation/removal to hulk "Ceres" Langstone Harbour Portsmouth Jun 1787/NSW/ship "Surprize" Nov 1789/buried Sydney Cove 2 Jul 1790 1787 John KIRKLAND removal to hulk in Langstone Harbour Portsmouth 1787 John SOARE age 24/stealing clothing feom Spread Eagle Inn Derby/7yrs transportation/removal to hulk "Ceres"in Langstone Harbour Portsmouth/ship "Surprize"/married Sarah Guest in Parramatta 1791/died Pitt Town 19 Jul 1825 1787 Thomas WRIGHT age 40/stealing 2 mares at Sleaford LIN/life/sent to hulk "Justicia"/New South Wales/ship "Surprize"died age 43 Oct 1790 Sydney Cove 1787 Joseph SAXTON age 17/stealing 2 guineas at Sawley/life/sent to hulk "Stanislaus"/New South Wales/1790/ship "Surprize"/pardon 29 Feb 1812/died 23 Mar 1850 Hawkesbury Asylum Windsor NSW age 73 1788 John HOWITT age 43 servant in husbandry for farmer George Thomas Hodgkinson at Tibshelf/marr/4 children/also publican at Selston/stealing 2 sacks flour/1st offence/7yrs transportation/sent to hulk "Stanislaus"/NSW/ship "Surprize" Nov 1789/buried Sydney Cove 27 Aug 1790 1788 Samuel JACKSON age 36/stealing cotton twist Darley Mill/7yrs transportation/sent to hulk "Stanislaus"/NSW/ship "Surprize" 1788 John EATON age 25/warehouse breaking at Drayton/7yrs transportation/sent to hulk "Stanislaus"/New/South Wales/ship "Surprize" Nov 1789/sent to Rose Hill Parramatta/buried 8 Mar 1791 1788 Joseph or John EDWARDS/stealing lead7yrs transportation/sent to hulk "Censor"/NSW/ship "Neptune" Aug 1788 1788 Thomas HIGGINS/stealing black mare/7yrs transportation/sent to "Stanislaus" hulk at Woolwich/NSW/ship "Surprize" 1789/died 22 Apr 1829 age 89 1788 Isaac ELLIOTT age 29/stealing 2 geldings/arrested London/7yrs transportation/sent to "Stanislaus" hulk at Woolwich then "Justicia"/NSW/ship "Neptune" Nov 1789 1788 Thomas BURTON stealing 2lbs candles/servant to shopkeeper/wife Sarah/6' tall/1st offence/7yrs to enlist as soldier in regiment abroad/petition for mercy HO47/7/117 1788 John MOULSEY age 21/stealing 2 silver watches/7yrstransportation/sent to hulk "Censor"/New South Wales/ship "Neptune"Nov 1789 1788 Nicholas ORME age 44/stealing iron Belper cotton mill/yrs transportation/lab of Duffield/sent to hulk "Stanislaus"/New South Wales/ship "Surprize"16 Nov 1789 1788 John COOPER/stealing bay mare/7yrs/transportation 1788 Thomas GRUNDY poisoning his brother/executed/body publicly dissected 1788 Henry BACON age 50/stealing 10 prs shoes Ashover/7yrs transportation/sent to hulk "Stanislaus"/ship "Surprize" Nov 1789 1789 John BENTLEY/7yrs/New South Wales ship "William & Ann" 1789 Samuel RASTALL/stealing mare/14yrs transportation 1789 Elizabeth MOSELEY/burglary/14yrs transportation 1790 Joseph WASS/shoplifting/7yrs transportation 1790 John CLIFFORD sheep stealing life transportation 1790 Robert JACKSON aka WALL house breaking life transportation 1790 Samuel ALLEN 7yrs New South Wales ship William & Ann" died 1791 John ALLEN Bakewell Sessions 14 yrs ship "Royal Admiral"1792 1791 Barrow JACKSON/7yrs/NSW ship "Royal Admiral" 1792 1791 Peter ALVEY/7yrs/NSW ship "Royal Admiral" 1792 1791 William CROPPER/7yrs/NSW ship "Pitt" 1791 1791 George RICHARDS/7yrs/NSW ship "Pitt" 1791 1791 Miles CAMPBELL/7yrs/NSW ship "Pitt" 1791 1791 Joseph HALL/7yrs/NSW ship "Pitt" 1791 1791 William TAYLOR/7yrs/NSW ship "Pitt" 1791 1791 Vincent WHYSALL/7yrs/NSW ship "Pitt" 1791 1791 Richard CARTER aka WILLIAMSON/7yrs/NSW ship "Pitt" 1791 1791 Thomas NEEDHAM/7yrs/NSW ship "Pitt" 1791 1792 John BARK or BACKE 32/sheepstealing/14yrs/NSW ship "Barwell" 1797 1792 James HICKSON 22/stealing 9 guineas from house of Wm Webster of Ilkeston/hulk "Prudentia"/NSW ship "Barwell" 1797 1792 Thomas PADLEY aka ROGERS/to hulks river Thames 1792 Patrick DELONE/to hulks river Thames 1792 David WRIGHT/to hulks river Thames 1792 Joseph REDDIKE/to hulks river Thames 1793 Michael ROCK 25/burglary/life/New South Wales/1797 ship "Barwell"/sawyer/pardon 31 Jan 1814 1793 James or Joseph BARNES 26/stealing in dwelling house above 40 shillings/NSW ship "Barwell" 1797 1793 Francis JENNISON 25/housebreaking/death/remitted to life on hulk/but executed at Langstone Harbour for killing guard 1794 1793 Thomas CHAPMAN/sheepstealing/7yrs 1794 John WOOD aka Thomas WILSON aka Richard CHAMBERS/stealing black mare/14yrs 1794 John PEARCE aka PARES/burglary/7yrs 1794 Oliver or Owen MURRAY 22/burglary/life/New South Wales ship "Barwell" 1797 1794 John GREEN 15/7yrs/New South Wales ship "Barwell" 1797 1795 Benjamin ALLEN 20/capital repite/7yrs/1801 hulk "Fortunee" Langstone Harbour/discharged 6 Oct 1802 1795 Thomas THORNBURY aka THORNBOROUGH/highway robbery/life/NSW ship "Ganges"/1797/pardon 1 Oct 1811 1796 Susannah MORETON murder of bastard child/death respited/free pardon 1796 Thomas FRETWELL 50/stealing ram lamb/life/hulks on river Thames/New South Wales ship "Barwell" 1797 1796 William BENHAM/hulks on river Thames/New South Wales ship "Barwell" 1797 1796 John WHEELDON aka WHIELDON/robbery from master/described as "stout lad"/hulks on river Thames/New South Wales ship "Hilsborough" 1798 1796 William NICHOLLS 7yrs New South Wales 1802 ship "Stirling" bricklayer 1796 Joseph DRONFIELD/14yrs/hulks on river Thames/New South Wales ship "Ganges" 1796 Samuel HASLAM 33/sheepstealing/14yrs/New South Wales ship "Barwell" 1797 1796 James WRIGHT 30/7yrs/hulks on river Thames/New South Wales ship "Barwell" 1797 1796 Philip BAKER 34/7yrs/New South Wales ship "Barwell" 1797 1796 Elizabeth JACKSON aka WARDLE housebreaking/death/respited/2yrs hard labour/Derby House of Correction 1796 James PRESTON 70 executed/murder of Susannah Moreton's male illegitimate child at Mickleover 1797 William BATTY 26/burglary/7yrs/1801 hulk "Fortunee" Langstone Harbour/NSW/ship "Canada"/6 Jun 1801 1797 William NICHOLLS 31/larceny/7yrs/1801 hulk "Fortunee" Langstone Harbour/NSW "Cormandel" 1802 1797 Joseph MARSHALL/stealing pr of shoes acquitted 1797 Anne SCOTTON robbery 7yrs transportation/free pardon Jun 1799 1798 James SIDDONS larceny 7yrs transportation/free pardon Dec 1898 1798 Joseph BRAMWELL/7yrs/stealing smock frock/NSW ship "Canada" 1801 1798 Joseph ORANGE burglary/robbing John Wilson of Newbold/death/free pardon/Apr 1798 1798 Samuel WAINWRIGHT 22/burglary/7yrs/"Laurel" hulk/Portsmouth 1801/NSW/ship "Perseus"/15 Jan 1802 1798 John WARD burglary/7yrs/robbing John Wilson of Newbold/free pardon/4 Dec 1798 from Derby gaol 1798 William ROWE 40 for conveying instruments of release into Derby gaol/7yrs/disharged 25 Mar 1805 1798 David BACON stealing wearing apparel from Wm Holland of Barton Blount/2 yrs 1798 Robert CUNNINGHAM/stealing neck of mutton from Robt Jackson of Belper/whipped at Belper/1 fortnight gaol 1798 Thomas BESTWICK neglecting to try his issue of traverse at last Assizes/1 month 1798 John KINDER/shooting & killing Thos Martin of Ripley/no bill 1799 Ralph HALKIN/7yrs/NSW/ship "Earl Cornwallis" 1800 1799 Edward BRADSHAW 21/felony/7yrs/"Laurel" hulk/Portsmouth 1801/ship "Canada"/6 Jun 1801/ 1800 William MANSFIELD/7yrs/NSW/ship "Earl Cornwallis" 1800 1800 Henry COOPER/14yrs/NSW/ship "Earl Cornwallis" 1800 1800 John HILL aka DAY/forging an acceptance of Bill of Exchange/14yrs/NSW ship "Canada" 1801 1800 Samuel TOMLINSON burglary/14yrs/NSW/ship "Earl Cornwallis" 1800 1800 John JAMES/7yrs/NSW/ship "Earl Cornwallis" 1800 1800 Nicholas BRIGHT burglary 7yrs 1800 Amos MARKHAM burglary/7yrs/NSW/ship "Earl Cornwallis" 1800 1800 Thomas KNOWLES/sentenced to death in Derby gaol/uttering Sheffield forged notes/mercy refused 1800 William TEW sheepstealing 7yrs 1800 Josiah or Isaiah JACQUES 29/felony/7yrs/"Laurel" hulk/Portsmouth 1801/ship "Glatton"/Sep 1802 1800 James METCALF 7yrs Chesterfield/New South Wales ship "Earl Cornwallis" 1800 Thomas MOSS 29/grand larceny/7yrs/"Laurel" hulk/Portsmouth 1801/hulk "Captivity" 1802/pardoned 23 Dec 1803 1800 David AULKINS/7yrs/New South Wales ship Earl Cornwallis" 1800 William SMITH/life/New South Wales 1802 ship "Perseus" 1800 Thomas WARDLE/WADDLE aka BAILEY 27/capital respite/14yrs/"Laurel" hulk/Portsmouth 1801/NSW/ship "Perseus"/15 Jan 1802 1800 John GREEN aka SMITH 26/larceny/NSW/7yrs 1800 Herbert LEESON rape/death/respited to 2yrs/hard labour/Derby House of Correction 1801 Edward BOWER/New Mills Glossop/cotton manuf./arson on own mill/defraud Royal Exchange Assurance/12 months Derby Gaol 1801 Stephen VAINE or WAIN 23/7yrs/hulk "Laurel"/New South Wales/8 Sep 1802/ship "Glatton" 1801 Benjamin YATES 38/housebreaking/capital respite/life/"Laurel" hulk/Portsmouth 1801/NSW/ship "Perseus"/15 Jan 1802 1801 William WRAGG 23 felony/7yrs/hulk "Captivity"/pardoned 20 Dec 1803/to serve as soldier 1801 William SMITH aka AMBROSE aka Amos SIDDALL 40 capital respite/life/hulk "Captivity"/NSW/ship "Perseus"/15 Jan 1802 1801 William SMITH 35 burglary/7yrs/hulk "Captivity"/discharged 14 Mar 1808 1801 Robert SHERWIN 16/stealing brown mare/capital respite/7yrs/hulk "Captivity"/pardoned 21 Dec 1803/to serve as soldier 1801 Francis BIDDLE aka BIDDULPH 36 burglary/capital respite/7yrs/hulk "Captivity"/pardoned 21 Dec 1803/to serve as soldier 1801 William MILLER/MELLOR 19/highway robbery/capital respite/life/hulk "Captivity"/NSW/ship "Perseus"/15 Jan 1802 1801 Richard REDDISH 30/sheepstealing/capital respite/life/hulk "Captivity"/NSW/8 Sep 1802/ship "Glatton" 1801 James HOLLAND 21/highway robbery/capital respite/life/hulk "Captivity"/NSW ship "Perseus"/pardon 31 Jan 1815 1801 Joseph HOBSON 40/returning from transportation/life/hulk "Captivity"/Portsmouth/8 Sep 1802/New South Wales ship "Glatton"/pardon 31 Jan 1816/killed by natives 1801 Isaiah JACQUES 29/felony/14yrs/hulk "Captivity"/New South Wales ship "Glatton" 1801 George DUCE 37/stealing a bay mare/capital respite/life/hulk "Captivity"/NSW/ship "Perseus"/15 Jan 1802/prev.in Nottingham Gaol 1801 William GILLMAN 38 felony/7yrs/hulk "Captivity"/New South Wales/8 Sep 1802/ship "Glatton" 1801 John REEDER 21/sheepstealing/capital respite/life/hulk "Captivity"/reduced to 12m House of Correction/pardoned 14 May 1802 1801 Edward TAFT 46/picking pockets on Derby race ground/7yrs/hulk "Captivity"/Portsmouth/discharged 6 Oct 1808 1801 John ASHER breaking pound at Ticknall 14 days 1801 Ellis DAKIN stealing coat & pr stockings 3 months 1801 John DENT 47 of Coleorton sheepstealing executed 1801 John EVANS 22 Duffield sheepstealing executed 1801 James GRATTON 28 burglary executed 1801 John DRUMMOND highway robbery executed 1801 George Lacey POWELL highway robbery executed 1801 Mary WHEELDON aka MORT stealing petticoat,shawl,gold ring,money at Hollington committed to Derby gaol 1801 John ABBOTT boatman stealing hatchet from boat Cromford Canal committed to Derby gaol 1801 William SPARROW boatman stealing hatchet from boat Cromford Canal committed to Derby gaol 1801 Lawrence WINDSOR tinker Coton in the Elms stealing 2 ash poles committed to Derby gaol 1802 Jonathon JOHNSON stealing suet from shop Bakewell 1 year House of Correction Ashbourne & whipped at Bakewell 1802 Ann BURK uttering counterfeit coin Belper 12 months 1802 Charles BURK uttering counterfeit coin Belper 12 months 1802 William PEARCE uttering counterfeit coin Belper 12 months 1802 Joseph WILLIAMSON embezzlement of money from employers Erewash Canal Proprietors 12 months 1802 Adam BARKER receiving stolen goods 1 year 1802 Mary BARKER his wife receiving stolen goods 1 month 1802 Paul SEARSTON leaving his family chargeable to Scarcliff 6 months House of Correction Chesterfield 1802 Martha FERN stealing wearing apparel Weston Underwood 3 months 1802 James SMITH stealing tallow 3 months 1802 William SIMS stealing sugar/7 yrs/hulk "Captivity" Portsmouth 1802 Peter BLACKHOUSE stealing earthenware from crates on boat Shardlow Wharf committed to Derby County gaol 1802 William BANNISTER stealing bacon from shop St Peters St. Derby/7 yrs/ 1802 John WRIGHT aka EDDISHAW stealing tools,fowls & myrtle trees 12 months & whipped publicly 1802 Joseph CRESWELL stealing 2 fowls Denby 1 month 1802 Benjamin HUNT stealing 2 fowls Denby 1 month 1802 Isaac SALT stealing silver watch Ashbourne committed to Derby County gaol 1802 Ann MOORE stealing turkey at The Ash 1 month 1802 James KIDGER 26/shopbreaking Swarkestone/stealing boots & sealskin/7yrs/hulk "Captivity"/Portsmouth"/discharged 12 Jan 1809 1802 William SMITH 28/felony/stealing sugar/7yrs/NSW/"Calcutta" 9 Apr 1803 1802 Joseph JOHNSON 27/native place Tissington DBY/stealing mares/capital respite/life/hulk Langstone Harbour/NSW/"Calcutta"/1803/pardon 7 Aug 1821/died 1852 1802 John CLARKE 33/stealing black mare/capital respite/life/hulk Langstone Harbour/NSW/"Calcutta"/1803/pardon 7 Aug 1821/wife & dau Mary arrived 1826 1802 Thomas DAWKINS 33/capital respite/life/hulk Langstone Harbour/NSW/"Calcutta"/died Port Philip 1803 1802 Samuel TOMLINSON 36/sheepstealing Hathersage/capital respite/life/hulk Langstone Harbour/discharged 4 Aug 1803 1802 John GADSBY 30/sheepstealing/capital respite/life/hulk Langstone Harbour/NSW/"Calcutta"/pardon 31 Jan 1814/died 1827 1802 Thomas PAGE 50/FWK/native place Littleover DBY/highway robbery/capital respite/life/hulk Langstone Harbour/NSW/"Calcutta"/died Port Philip 1804 1802 William BANNISTER 42/felony/stealing bacon/7yrs/hulk Langstone Harbour/NSW/"Calcutta" 1802 Matthew LOWE 25 felony/7yrs/discharged 9 Aug 1802 1802 John WATSON 35 felony/7yrs/pardoned 10 May 1804 /to join Army 1803 Ann ALLEN 7yrs/New South Wales/Nov 1803 1803 Thomas CARTER 40 sheepstealing/7yrs/discharged 15 Apr 1810 1803 David GILLOTT 29 burglary/life/died 18 Oct 1805 1803 George BEATSON 45 felony/7ys/to "Coromandel" 28 Oct 1803 1803 Thomas STEVENSON 32 felony/7yrs/pardoned 10 May 1804 /to join Army 1803 George WILCOXSON 23 felony/7yrs/conditional pardon 23 Dec 1803 1803 George SALTER 27 grand larceny/7yrs/transported/ship "Admiral Gambier"/13 Jun 1803 1803 John SHORTHOUSE aka SHORTHOSE/watchman at wharf/former navy man/stealing 7 lbs of tow from warehouse at Shardlow/committed to Derby gaol/then to serve in Army or Navy 1803 William WELLS executed Nuns Green for murder of George Bingham age 70/confessed to another murder committed 2 yrs ago 1804 Richard BOOTH horse stealing executed Nuns Green Apr 6 1804 John PARKER horse stealing executed Nuns Green Apr 6 1804 Francis WHITE 40 felony/7yrs/hulks at Portsmouth/died 20 Dec 1805 1804 John WHITE 38 felony/7yrs/hulks Portsmouth/discharged 10 Jul 1811 1804 James BOWLER 24 felony/yrs/NSW 2 Jan 1807/ship "Duke of Portland" 1804 Ellis DEACON 22 capital respite/life/stealing in a bleaching ground/Portsmouth hulks/discharged 10 Mar 1806/to join Royal African Corps 1804 Emmanuel BONNINGTON 37 stealing oil/7yrs/Portsmouth hulks/discharged 7 Apr 1808 1804 Robert BROWN aka APPLEYARD 23 capital respite/life/hulks Woolwich/escaped 5 Oct 1805 1804 William KNIGHT 45 7yrs/hulks Woolwich/discharged 10 Jan 1811 1804 William SIMPSON 27 7yrs/hulks Woolwich/discharged 10 Jan 1811 1804 George SIDDALLS boatman Burton Boat Co./stealing poultry/yrs transportation