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Title: Richard Burgess Trial Lewes August 1817
Post by: Pauline44 on Saturday 29 October 05 05:56 BST (UK)
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
Title: Re: Richard Burgess Trial Lewes August 1817
Post by: barrystanford on Saturday 12 November 05 20:08 GMT (UK)
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
Title: Re: Richard Burgess Trial Lewes August 1817
Post by: barrystanford on Saturday 12 November 05 20:26 GMT (UK)
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.
Title: Re: Richard Burgess Trial Lewes August 1817
Post by: Pauline44 on Saturday 12 November 05 21:32 GMT (UK)
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
Title: Re: Richard Burgess Trial Lewes August 1817
Post by: barrystanford on Saturday 12 November 05 21:56 GMT (UK)
sorry i dont but put a mess, on the lookup service good luckBarry
Title: Re: Richard Burgess Trial Lewes August 1817
Post by: Chris in 1066Land on Sunday 13 November 05 00:26 GMT (UK)
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
Title: Re: Richard Burgess Trial Lewes August 1817
Post by: barrystanford on Sunday 13 November 05 10:23 GMT (UK)
hi cris the names you have on your webbsite are the names of those sentenced to transportation not those actualy transported, BARRY