Please can someone tell me what the entry says ..

[tessie31082]

for William Jennings - what is the crime and what does the last box say? I think he is being sent to NSW on a life sentance?

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...wcB&pId=142210

Thank you

[herky]

Last box could be ......pard (pardoned) to serve in the army ? May1804

[herky]

I can't decide on the crime....Cap. could be short for capital. The second word looks like tespite but that doesn't mean anything to me or Mr Google. I wonder is it is respite but that would be strange....capital respite!

[tessie31082]

I can't decide on the crime....Cap. could be short for capital. The second word looks like tespite but that doesn't mean anything to me or Mr Google. I wonder is it is respite but that would be strange....capital respite!

That's what I was making it out to be but obviously not correct! Need someone who knows shorthand words for hulk registers

[2weis]

crime is Cap Respite , if you look down 7 lines it is a lot clearer, no idea what crime that is
sentenced to Life. Pard (pardoned) to serve in army. May 1804
Brian

[cbcarolyn]

I am rubbish at reading things, but that box seems to be things like died, discharged, died etc so thinking it means he was sent/discharged/pardoned

??? to serve in the army 7 May 1804

[tessie31082]

Hmmm, will have to look up why someone would be pardoned to serve in the army in that time. Wonder what the crime means!! Thanks

[GallowayLass]

This will help explain https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/Execution

[GallowayLass]

Plenty wars going on in and around 1804 - take your pick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1800–1899

[ozgirl]

Capital respite was when prisoners were transported instead of being executed. Presumably by enlisting he could then get a pardon and freedom (of some sort).

[GallowayLass]

I can’t access this as it’s on fold3 and the version on TNA is not downloadable. Could this be the same man? As he was on a prison hulk in Woolwich, the RA seems a good fit. The age at enlistment is a bit out though. He should be 5 years older. Worth a look if somebody has fold3 even if it’s only to eliminate him.

Name: William Jennings

Enlistment age: 26

Discharge age: 40

Birth Date: abt 1778

Birth Place: Deventry Northampton

Enlistment Year: 1804

Discharge Year: 1818

Regiment: Royal Regt Of Artillery, 6th Battalion

[vera2013]

On FMP
doesn't answer your question but

Reported 11 Mar 1803 Star London

Oxford Assizes 02 Mar 1803

Henry Woodley and William Jennings convicted of burglary at house of the Rev Thomas Ellis, Gt Milton

William Coleman convicted of sheep stealing

All capitally convicted and received sentence of death but reprieved before Judges left the Town

Can snip if you wish

Vera

[vera2013]

I can’t access this as it’s on fold3 and the version on TNA is not downloadable. Could this be the same man? As he was on a prison hulk in Woolwich, the RA seems a good fit. The age at enlistment is a bit out though. He should be 5 years older. Worth a look if somebody has fold3 even if it’s only to eliminate him.

Name: William Jennings

Enlistment age: 26

Discharge age: 40

Birth Date: abt 1778

Birth Place: Deventry Northampton

Enlistment Year: 1804

Discharge Year: 1818

Regiment: Royal Regt Of Artillery, 6th Battalion

Can see him in Fold. Not sure. B Daventry, enlisted Aug 1804 Birmingham. Dis after 14 years. Rheumatism. Given 9 shillings for marching money to Manchester

General conduct good

Age 40. Height 5' 4" Sandy hair, Grey eyes, Fair complexion. Occupation Cordwainer


Vera

[tessie31082]

On FMP
doesn't answer your question but

Reported 11 Mar 1803 Star London

Oxford Assizes 02 Mar 1803

Henry Woodley and William Jennings convicted of burglary at house of the Rev Thomas Ellis, Gt Milton

William Coleman convicted of sheep stealing

All capitally convicted and received sentence of death but reprieved before Judges left the Town

Can snip if you wish

Vera

Vera, he was born/lived in Great Milton so this must of been why he was being transported and why I found him on the hulk registers - the baptism record for the ancestor I'm following has a note by the clerk/vicar saying the father William 'ran away' after the birth!!

[tessie31082]

I can’t access this as it’s on fold3 and the version on TNA is not downloadable. Could this be the same man? As he was on a prison hulk in Woolwich, the RA seems a good fit. The age at enlistment is a bit out though. He should be 5 years older. Worth a look if somebody has fold3 even if it’s only to eliminate him.

Name: William Jennings

Enlistment age: 26

Discharge age: 40

Birth Date: abt 1778

Birth Place: Deventry Northampton

Enlistment Year: 1804

Discharge Year: 1818

Regiment: Royal Regt Of Artillery, 6th Battalion

I don't think this is him - thanks for the look up though!

[tessie31082]

Capital respite was when prisoners were transported instead of being executed. Presumably by enlisting he could then get a pardon and freedom (of some sort).

Thanks for this, once he'd served in the Army would he then be free - was there a time limit that he would of served for?

[vera2013]

On FMP EDIT Napoleonic War Records 1775 - 1817

possible but date of enlistment out by a few days from that on Prison Hulk Register ? 07/05/1804

William Jennings
Private 4th Dragoon Guards
Enlisted 04/05/1804

N.A. Ref WO25/887. There is a file but not yet digitalised.

No image

Vera

[tessie31082]

On FMP

possible but date of enlistment out by a few days from that on Prison Hulk Register ? 07/05/1804

William Jennings
Private 4th Dragoon Guards
Enlisted 04/05/1804

N.A. Ref WO25/887. There is a file but not yet digitalised.

No image

Vera

Thanks Vera, I'll keep this on file in case one day it gets digitised