Richard Burgess Trial Lewes August 1817

[Pauline44]

Hi Everyone
I have a  Richard Burgess who was so the story tried twice at Lewes, Sussex in Aug 1817.  He was charged with Breaking and entering a dwelling house and then stealing Sentence: 14 years - Transportation we know the name of the ship etc he arrived on in Tasmania with the other convicts.

We have not been able to find his trial info at Lewes would anyone know where else we could look?
bfn Pauline

[barrystanford]

hi pauline, re richard burgess, he doese not appear in the sussex quarter sessions index, he most proberly was tried by the sssizes and there records are kept in london, good luck ,Barry

[barrystanford]

hi pauline, i have the namesof 5 burgess,es who were transported they are, charles, george, john ,thomas, and william, if any of these are of interest to you i can supply limited info on them BARRY.

[Pauline44]

Hi Barry
Thankyou for your reply it is only a Richard Burgess we are looking for have the records in London been filmed or can we write to ask as we are not in UK do you know the address please?
thankyou again
Pauline

[barrystanford]

sorry i dont but put a mess, on the lookup service good luckBarry

[Chris in 1066Land]

Pauline & other Rootschatters

I am aware that these are not related to you, but those five names referred to by barrystanford are already on line through a rootschat members page at

www.rootschat.com/history/hastings
as follows:

BURGESS al. GATES George, 15, labourer, Brighton - 7yrs. Ref: QR/952 - 1850 Nov
BURGESS al. GATES William, 17, Brighton - 7+7yrs. Ref: QR/852 - 1838 Apr
BURGESS Charles, 21, Westmeston - 7yrs. Ref: QR/847 - 1837 Sept
BURGESS John, 24, Brighton - 7yrs. Ref: QR/791 - 1827 Apr
BURGESS Thomas, 21, West Firle - 14yrs. Ref: QR/843 - 1837 Feb

together with many more prisoners details who were sentenced to transportation etc.

Chris in 1066

[barrystanford]

hi cris the names you have on your webbsite are the names of those sentenced to transportation not those actualy transported, BARRY