Contrats de transport des prisonniers, Middlesex, Angleterre, 1682 à 1787

Middlesex, England, Convict Transportation Contracts, 1682-1787

Information sur la source

Ancestry.com. Contrats de transport des prisonniers, Middlesex, Angleterre, 1682 à 1787 [base de données en ligne]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Données originales : Middlesex Transportation Orders. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Images produced by permission of London Metropolitan Archives (City of London Corporation). The City of London gives 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 London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB via – www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma. Infringement of the above condition may result in legal action.

 Contrats de transport des prisonniers, Middlesex, Angleterre, 1682 à 1787

Cette collection contient les décrets de la cour de sessions trimestrielles concernant les détenus prêts à être transférés aux colonies britanniques. En particulier les prisonniers transférés en Amérique, aux Caraïbes ou, plus tard en Australie.

Transportation, as a punishment for convicted criminals in England and other parts of the British Empire, came about in the seventeenth century. At first transportation was primarily to America and the Caribbean. However, transportation to America stopped with the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in 1776 and a new penal colony in Australia was developed. Transportation was formally abolished in 1868, but had not been practiced for nearly a decade before that.

What’s Included?

This is a collection of Middlesex Quarter Sessions Court orders for convicts to be transferred to British Colonies. Specifically the convicts were transferred to America, the Caribbean, or, in later years, Australia. Information available in these contracts includes:

  • Convict Name
  • Ship Name
  • Captain Name
  • Destination
  • Transfer Dates

These records can be used to help find court records relating to the original conviction. Search the records for the Middlesex Quarter Sessions Court for more information.