Montgomeryshire : a calendar of the criminal and misdemeanor prisoners : now in the custody of John Davies, keeper of His Majesty's gaol for the said county : the 30th day of March, 1811 / Edward Heyward, Esq. Sheriff
- Bib ID:
- 7763552
- Format:
- Book
- Printer:
- Pool : Maidson, Printer
- Description:
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- [Pool, Montgomeryshire, Wales] : [Court of Great Sessions?], 1811
- 1 broadside ; 33.5 x 21.5 cm
- Summary:
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This broadside of 1811 lists the names of "criminal and misdemeanor" prisoners held in county prisons at Court of Great Sessions, at Pool in Montgomeryshire, Wales (renamed Welshpool from 1835). It is a relatively early example of a regional prison "calendar" recording convicts sent for transportation in Australia, and lists the names of four relevant prisoners: Eleanor Owen, aged 56, "Transported for the term of her natural life. For felony"; William Bellamy, aged 33, "Transported for seven years. For felony"; Jane Lloyd, no age given, "Transported for seven years. For felony"; and Pryce Morris, aged 29, "Transported for the term of his natural life. For felony" and also "Ordered on Board the Hulks in the River Thames." In addition one prisoner, Robert Goodwin, aged 23, is condemned to a two year gaol sentence for felony; two women are listed for trial, and two men are confined for lunacy and insanity. -Adapted from a catalogue from Samuel Gedge Ltd., May 2018.
- Biography/History:
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Pryce Morris (1783-1867) was convicted at the Great Sessions 7 April 1810 of sheep stealing and ordered to be transported for the 'term of his natural life'. He was among the two hundred convicts transported to New South Wales on the ship Guildford which departed England in August 1811. In 1818 he married Mary Spear (1802-1888) at Windsor, New South Wales and in 1828 is recorded as living with his family on a smallholding at Portland Head, in the Windsor district. He recieved a conditional pardon on 6 April 1833. -Adapted from catalogue from Samuel Gedge Ltd., May 2018 and Brian Owen, Transportation by Montgomeryshire courts 1788-1868 (Llanidloes Powys, Wales: Powysland Club, 2003), page 105.
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- Subject:
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- Heyward, Edward, 1746?-1820
- Owen, Eleanor, born 1755?
- Bellamy, William, born 1778?
- Lloyd, Jane, active 1811
- Morris, Pryce, 1783-1867
- England and Wales. Court of Great Sessions (Montgomeryshire)
- Criminal courts -- Wales -- Montgomeryshire
- Court records -- Wales -- Montgomeryshire
- Court calendars -- Wales -- Montgomeryshire
- Prisoners -- Wales -- Montgomeryshire
- Broadsides -- Great Britain
- Montgomeryshire (Wales) -- History
- Australian
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1820
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- Publication date:
- 1811
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