Gloucestershire Swing Rioters and Machine Breakers

Date: 22 Sep 2021 [unknown]
Location: Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Contents 1 Content 1.1 Summary 1.2 Transported to VDL 1.3 Sentencing Names Index 1.4 Linked Pages 2 Sources

Content

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Summary

Sentencing at Gloucester included many Transportation - and we have a female charged with machine breaking aged 23 and sentenced to 7 years in the colonies. in total: 7 men sentenced to fourteen years 19 men and one woman sentenced to seven years.

Transported to VDL

Name/ Age/ Term

BALL Robert 22 7 Years

BISHOP Thomas 28 14 Years

BOULTON Isaac 40 7 Years

COLE Richard 37 7 Years

COMPTON Henry 25 14 Years

COWLEY Robert 24 7 Years

EDGEWORTH James 28 7 Years

EDGINGTON Joseph 42 14 Years

ELDRIDGE Henry 22 7 Years

HUNT John 20 7 Years

JEFFERIES William 20 7 Years

MANN Worthy 22 7 Years

MITCHELL John 25 7 Years

MUSTO Edward 29 7 Years

PARKER ELIZABETH 23 7 Years

PONTING Christopher 43 7 Years

POOLE John 28 7 Years

SEALE Samuel 32 14 Years

SILK James 30 14 Years

SMITH Thomas 28 7 Years

SPENCER William 21 7 Years

STEVENS Joshua 45 14 Years

STEVENS Robert 50 14 Years

TIMBRILL Benjamin 25 7 Years

VENWELL or VENFIELD Richard 21 7 Years

WEAVING Thomas 30 7 Years

WITCHELL William 40 7 Years

Sentencing Names Index

The following people were all tried at the Epiphany Quarter Sessions held at Gloucester between 5th and 7th January 1831.

Further information about these men can be found in Gloucestershire Machine Breakers (see Publications) or a printout of the information on any of those listed below can be ordered from www.genfair.co.uk .

Name/Age/ Crime/ Sentence.

ADAMS Henry 23 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Turville 12m imprisonment in Penitentiary

ADAMS John 30 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Martin & Eastleach Turville 12m imprisonment in Penitentiary

ADAMS Richard 21 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged on Recognizance

ALLAN Joseph 21 Destroying machinery at Southrop 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

BALL Robert 22 Destroying machinery at Horsley 7 years Transportation

BAYLISS Benjamin 31 Destroying machinery at Southrop 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

BAYLISS Robert 27 Destroying machinery at Southrop 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

BIGLAND William 21 Destroying machinery at Beverstone 12m imprisonment in Penitentiary

BISHOP Thomas 28 Destroying machinery at Beverstone 14 years Transportation

BOULTON Isaac 40 Destroying machinery at Fairford 7 years Transportation. Free Pardon 12 July 1831

CARVER James 20 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged on Recognizance

CLAPPEN James 24 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged by Proclamation

COLE Richard 37 Machine breaking at Coln Rogers & cutting a horse 7 years Transportation

COMPTON Henry 25 Destroying machinery at Beverstone 14 years Transportation

COWLEY Robert 24 Destroying machinery at Fairford 7 years Transportation

COX Thomas 17 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Martin & Eastleach Turville 12m imprisonment in Penitentiary

COX William 23 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

CROOK Robert 22 Destroying machinery at Southrop 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

CYPHER John 39 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

DEBANK William 22 Destroying machinery at Coln St Aldwyn Not Guilty

DRAPER John 22 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged on Recognizance

EBSWORTH Robert 26 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Martin & Eastleach Turville 12m imprisonment in Penitentiary

EDGEWORTH James 28 Destroying machinery at Bibury 7 years Transportation

EDGEWORTH John 31 Destroying machinery at Bibury Discharged on Recognizance

EDGEWORTH Thomas 58 Destroying machinery at Bibury Not Guilty

EDGINGTON Joseph 42 Destroying machinery at Quenington 14 years Transportation

ELDRIDGE Henry 22 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Martin & Eastleach Turville 7 years Transportation

ELDRIDGE John 27 Destroying machinery at Southrop 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

ELLIOTTS John 27 Destroying machinery at Beverstone 12m imprisonment in Penitentiary

FERRABEE Richard 27 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

FERRIS Charles 31 Destroying machinery at Fairford 2 years imprisonment in Penitentiary

FORD Daniel (John) 22 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

FOX James 17 Destroying machinery at Bibury 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

FRY Jeremiah 16 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

GILLETT Charles 25 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged on Recognizance

GOLDING William 18 Destroying machinery at Tetbury & Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

HALL James 21 Destroying machinery at Southrop 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

HARVEY Charles 31 Destroying machinery at Fairford 9m imprisonment in Penitentiary

HICKS Richard 24 Destroying machinery at Southrop 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

HIGNELL George 24 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged on Recognizance

HUNT Benjamin 54 Destroying machinery at Southrop 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

HUNT John 20 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Turville 7 years Transportation

JEFFERIES William 20 Destroying machinery at Bibury 7 years Transportation

JONES William 30 Destroying machinery at Fairford 9m imprisonment in Penitentiary

KENT John 28 Destroying machinery at Coln St Aldwyn Not Guilty

KEYLOCK Edward 20 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged on Recognizance

KING William 19 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

LEWIS John 46 Destroying machinery at Fairford 6m imprisonment in Penitentiary

LOOKER Harman 16 Destroying machinery at Bibury Discharged on Recognizance

LOOKER Henry 20 Destroying machinery at Bibury Discharged on Recognizance

MANN Worthy 22 Destroying machinery at Beverstone 7 years Transportation

MAY William 26 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged on Recognizance

MERRETT James 19 Destroying machinery at Bibury Discharged on Recognizance

MILES Robert 18 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Martin 2 years imprisonment in Horsley House of Correction

MITCHELL John 25 Destroying machinery at Fairford 7 years Transportation

MITCHELL Thomas 30 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged on Recognizance

MUSTO Edward 29 Destroying machinery at Bibury 7 years Transportation

PALMER Edmund 18 Destroying machinery at Southrop 6m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

PARKER ELIZABETH 23 Destroying machinery at Beverstone 7 years Transportation.

PARKER Robert 36 Destroying machinery at Southrop 18m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

PONTING Christopher 43 Destroying machinery at Fairford 7 years Transportation

POOLE John 28 Destroying machinery at Beverstone 7 years Transportation

RADFORD John 19 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

SCOTFORD Edward 29 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Turville 18m imprisonment in Penitentiary

SEALE Samuel 32 Destroying machinery at Beverstone 14 years Transportation

SILK James 30 Destroying machinery at Quenington 14 years Transportation.

SMITH Thomas 28 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Martin & Eastleach Turville 7 years Transportation

SPARROW William 16 Destroying machinery at Fairford Discharged on Recognizance

SPENCER William 21 Destroying machinery at Bibury 7 years Transportation

STANCOMBE John 22 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

STEVENS Joshua 45 Destroying machinery at Coln St Rogers 14 years Transportation

STEVENS Robert 50 Destroying machinery at Coln St Rogers 14 years Transportation

TIMBRILL Benjamin 25 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Martin 7 years Transportation

TRINDER Thomas 18 Destroying machinery at Bibury Discharged on Recognizance

TURNER Thomas 25 Destroying machinery at Bibury 12m imprisonment in Northleach House of Correction

VENWELL or VENFIELD Richard 21 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Martin & Eastleach Turville 7 years Transportation

WEAVING Thomas 30 Destroying machinery at Quenington 7 years Transportation

WELLS Thomas 46 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Martin & Eastleach Turville 3 years imprisonment in Penitentiary

WHITE James 22 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

WHITE John 30 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

WHITE Joseph 25 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

WHITEHEAD Edward 27 Destroying machinery at Coln St Aldwyn Not Guilty

WILLIAMS John 19 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

WITCHELL William 40 Destroying machinery at Eastleach Turville 7 years Transportation

WOOD George 27 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

WOODMAN John 27 Destroying machinery at Beverstone Discharged on Recognizance

Linked Pages

• [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Swing_Riots-_Australian_Convicts_and_Van_Diemen%27s_Land Swing Riots Australian Convicts and Van Diemens Land.

• English Prison Hulks

Sources

• Jill Chambers- Black Sheep: https://www.black-sheep-search.co.uk/essex/