Wiltshire Swing Rioters and Machine Breakers

Date: 24 Sep 2021 [unknown]
Location: Wiltshire

Contents 1 Content 1.1 Summary 1.2 Sentencing Names Index 1.3 Linked Pages 1.4 Linked Pages 1.5 Acknowledgement 2 Sources

Content

Swing Rebellion - Swing Rioters from Wiltshire, Sentencing and Transported to Van Diemens Land in 1831. If you have an ancestor from Wiltshire you can use the sticker:

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Summary

It has been written somewhere that prior to the Rebellion - Wiltshire had a population of 9000. 830 people were arrested over the weekend primarily for machine breaking on December 23. 50 men arrested were sentenced to death for either machine breaking, robbery or larceny. Of the men sentenced to death - three had their sentences commuted to imprisonment, two had their sentence commuted to 14 years, while 17 men were sentenced to Transportation for Life. The consquence for the Wiltshire Rebels was that at least 153 men were transported to the colonies:

Name/Age/ Sentence

ABERY or ABREE or ABREY Thomas 32 Transportation for 7 years

ALEXANDER Joseph 25 Transportation for 7 years

ALEXANDER Matthias 18 Transportation for 7 years

AMOR Shadrach 21 Transportation for 7 years

BAKER David 29 Transportation for 7 years

BAKER James 42 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

BAKER Robert 28 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

BAKER William 27 Transportation for 7 years

BALL George 23 Transportation for 7 years

BANSTONE  aka MACEY Samuel 41 Transportation for 7 years

BARRETT John 24 Transportation for 7 years

BARRETT Robert 26 Transportation for 7 years

BARRETT Samuel 30 Transportation for 7 years

BARTLETT David 24 Transportation for 7 years

BARTLETT William 30 Transportation for 7 years

BEAMINSTER aka BEMINSTER Joseph 26 Transportation for 7 years

BECKLEY aka GIDDINGS Charles 20 Transportation for 7 years

BENNETT Charles 24 Transportation for 7 years

BLAKE Robert 25 Transportation for 7 years

BLAKE Shadrach 21 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

BLANDFORD James 28 Transportation for 14 Years

BOLTER aka HARRILL?? James Transportation for 7 years

BOLTER aka HARRILL?? William Transportation for 7 years

BRIND Thomas 38 Transportation for 7 years

BROADWAY Henry 33 Transportation for 7 years

BROWN Levi 37 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

BURDEN James 36 Transportation for 7 years

BURROUGH John 43 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

BURT Thomas 26 Transportation for 7 years

CASE James 47 Transportation for 7 years

CHEATER William 27 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

CHUBB aka HARVEY Joseph 32 Transportation for 14 Years

CLARKE James Transportation for 7 years

DAVIS Charles 31 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

DICKETTS Henry 19 Transportation for 7 years

DURHAM William 22 Transportation for 7 years

DURMAN George 26 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

EARL Isaac Transportation for 7 years

ELTON William, junior 23 Transportation for 7 years

EYRES         John 35 Transportation for 7 years

FOOT Thomas 30 Transportation for 7 years

FORD aka HENWOOD John 21 Death commuted to 18 months imprisonment

FORD John 17 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

FRANCIS William 21 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

FRIBBENS Robert 23 Transportation for 7 years

GANGE Thomas 20 Transportation for 7 years

GEE David 19 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 7 years

GEE Worthy 18 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 7 years

GODDARD Thomas 28 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation 7 years

GROVES Richard 21 Transportation for 7 years

HALE James 28 Transportation for 7 years

HARFORD Samuel 22 Transportation for 7 years

HAYTER William 28 Transportation for 7 years

HAYWARD John 20 Transportation for 7 years

HEATH David 23 Transportation for 7 years

HEATH David 20 Transportation for 7 years

HERRINGTON Henry 40 Transportation for 7 years

HIBBERD William 44 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years (Inquest into his death at age 68 in 1852 in VDL - murdered with throat cut and head bashed with axe).

HIBBERD William 32 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

HILLIER Arthur 22 Transportation for 7 years

HILLIER William 25 Transportation for 7 years

HILLMAN William 30 Transportation for 7 years

HISCOCK(S) John 23 Transportation for 7 years

HOLMES William 27 Transportation for 7 years

HOLT William 19 Transportation for 7 years

HOUSE James 23 Transportation for 7 years

HUTCHINSON Barnabas 19 Transportation for 7 years

JENNINGS John 18 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

JERRARD Charles, junior 22 Transportation for 7 years

KETTLE aka KIDDLE  Elias 18 Transportation for 7 years

KIBBLEWHITE William 20 Transportation for 7 years

KIMMER James 18 Transportation for 7 years

KNIGHT Abraham 29 Transportation for 7 years

LANE Charles 18 Transportation for 7 years

LANE James 36 Transportation for 14 years

LAWRENCE Thomas 19 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

LEGG John 18 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

LEGG Thomas 21 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

LEGG William 28 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

LIDDIARD Joseph 24 Transportation for 7 years

LOOKER Edward 19 Transportation for 7 years

LOOKER Isaac 54 Transportation for Life

LUSH James 40 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

MARSH William 25 Transportation for 7 years

MATTHEWS Richard 21 Transportation for 7 years

MILLARD Levi 26 Transportation for 7 years

MILLER Isaac 36 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 7 years

MOON John 26 Transportation for 7 years

MORGAN Abraham 28 Transportation for 7 years

MOULD James 39 Transportation for 7 years

MOULD James 23 Transportation for 7 years

MUNDAY William 38 Transportation for 7 years

NEW Jeremiah 16 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 7 years

NEWCOMBE John, junior 28 Transportation for 7 years

NEWTON Henry Transportation for 7 years

NILSON Edmund Transported for 7 years plus 1 week imprisonment

NORTH Daniel 28 Transportation for 7 years

NORTH Gifford 25 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

NORTH Samuel 30 Transportation for 7 years

NORTH William 22 Transportation for 7 years

OLDEN John 28 Transportation for 7 years

ORCHARD John 21 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

PERRY John 39 Transportation for 7 years

PINCHIN John 26 Transportation for 7 years

PINCHIN Joseph 45 Transportation for 7 years

PITMAN Richard 29 Transportation for 7 years

PIZZIE Charles 24 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

POPE Maurice 41 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

PORTER Thomas 18 Transportation for 7 years

POTTICARY Henry 30 Transportation for 7 years

POUNDS John 19 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

RANGER David 30 Transportation for 7 years

REEVES John 20 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

RIXEN Thomas 45 Transportation for 7 years

ROBERTS OR RABBITS Isaac 22 Transportation for 7 years

ROGERS William, junior 18 Transportation for 7 years

ROMAIN James 26 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

ROSE John 25 Transportation for 7 years

SEXTY William Transportation for 7 years

SHEPHERD Aaron 40 Transportation for 7 years

SHEPHERD John 20 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

SHEPPARD George 21 Transportation for 7 years

SHERGOLD George 28 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

SILCOX John Transportation for 7 years

SKITTRELL Charles 25 Transportation for 7 years

SMITH aka EWENS George 36 Transportation for 7 years

SMITH William 33 Transportation for 7 years

SNOOK William 22 Transportation for 7 years

STONE Aaron 36 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

STONE Laban 22 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

TAYLOR William 48 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 7 years

THORNE John 22 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 7 years

THORNTON Henry 37 Transportation for 7 years

TOMBS Henry 21 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

TOOMER George 36 Death - commuted to Transportation for 7 years

TOOMER James 35 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

VINEN Thomas 19 Transportation for 7 years

VIVASH Robert 22 Transportation for 7 years

VOKINS/ VOKINGS/VAUKINS John 20 Transportation for 7 years

WALDRON Job 35 Death Recorded: Commuted to Transportation for 14 years

WATERS Charles 24 Transportation for 7 years

WATTS Joseph 28 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

WELLS Thomas 21 Transportation for 7 years

WHEELER James 25 Transportation for 7 years

WHITE Edmund 20 Transportation for 7 years

WILDE John 20 Transportation for 7 years

WILLOUGHBY Robert 28 Transportation for 7 years

WILSON, William Transportation for 7 years

WITHERS Peter 23 Death recorded: Commuted to Transportation for Life

YOUNG alias SUTTON John 21 Transportation for 7 years ??

YOUNG  alias SUTTON John 21 Transportation for 14 years ??

Sentencing Names Index

The following list is not comprehensive and additions and improvements welcomed.

Linked Pages

• Swing Riots Australian Convicts and Van Diemens Land

Linked Pages

• Berkshire Swing Rioters and Machine Breakers

• Buckinghamshire Swing Rioters and Machine Breakers

• Dorset Swing Rioters and Machine Breakers

• Essex Swing Rioters and Machine Breakers

• Gloucestershire Swing Rioters and Machine Breakers

• Hampshire Swing Rioters and Machine Breakers

• English Prison Hulks

Acknowledgement

Original data from Wiltshire Trials transcribed for datasharing by Larina Harper, accessing links below. There may be human error involved and if people are interested in a particular person - suggest that they view the document to double check content. .

Sources

• Class: HO 27; Piece: 42; Page: 335. Description Year: 1830-1831 Source Information: Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.

Original data:Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex and Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales; Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies, Series HO 26 and HO 27; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to The National Archives Image Library, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, Tel: 020 8392 5225. Fax: 020 8392 5266. Source Description: This database contains criminal registers from England and Wales for the years 1791-1892. The criminal registers are a listing of individuals charged with crime. The registers provide information about the charged individual, their trial, and sentence (if convicted) or other outcome.Ancestry Document Viewer: Original Court Sentencing Transcripts <references/.