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Hi everyone,

Does anyone know what the second word in this might be. Its a request for clemency.


Yarmouth, ? in strong terms where Mason was well known and where his wife and relatives now reside.

For context and help, the previous page and paragraph starts with

The petition is supported also by a memorial from the inhabitants of Great

Thanks for any suggestions

Cheers

I'm afraid that I haven't found anything in the tithe records.

Looking for a landowner called Borrett seemed like the most likely option since the events happened well before the tithe survey date.

An exact search for landowner = 'Borrett' gave 255 results mainly in Norfolk and Suffolk.
There were none in Kent and I also looked further afield (Sussex, Surrey, Middlesex) without finding any. There are some Borrett records from Essex/Dagenham, but looking more closely I couldn't see any evidence that they were relevant.

If I broaden the matching criteria then a search for 'Borrett' in Kent turns up lots of 'Barratt', 'Barrett', 'Burt' etc. However if I focussed this broad search I got:

Kent/Greenwich/ 0
Kent/Woolwich/ 0

Was the case reported fully  in newspapers? Such a report may give more details about Borrett's full name. When exactly was the conviction?

I can see a couple of prison records around that time for a Robert Mason, Kent, and I saw newspaper reports from March of a man of that name being convicted at Greenwich of 'uttering a forged bill of exchange for £30' and later being transferred to a prison hulk at Sheerness.

Thank you Alan for looking. Looks likes you spent a lot of time, appreciate that. Yes, that Robert Mason is my grandfather. Uttering a forged bill of exchange. He was sent to Australia on board the Henry Tanner. I havent really searched the British newspapers much (No subscription).

Thanks again

Great thank you. Definitely something worth looking into.

I cant seem to let go of the fact of having the same surname means something.... but who knows. And i dont like to presume anything until i have enough evidence.

Thanks again

If you give your ancestor's name I can have a look at tithe records (~1840) although there is no guarantee that the relevant area was included in the survey.

Tithe records record the names of owner and (often) occupier, and it is possible to locate plots in relation to modern maps.

Added: I just had a quick look and that area does seem to have excellent coverage.

Great thanks you.

My Grandfather was Robert Mason, originally from Great yarmouth he moved to Kent to work for Henyr Mason (unsure if a relative or not). The following is an except for his petition for clemency when nhe was found guilty of fraud:

In 1831 or 1832 he took a lease of some building ground of Mr Borrett of Greenwich with an understanding tha the would be supplied with money by a Mr Calvert, as the buildings progressed, on mortgage, to the amount of £500. The first house was built for a Mr Fry, for which he was to pay £46 per annum, the second house was building for a Mr Heymer, for which he was to have had a premium of £100, and a rental of £36. Unfortunately for Mason, Mr Heymer died before his house was half built and Mr Fry threw his house upon Masons hands because it was not finished at the time appointed.


Due to being handritten i may have the names incorrect, but this is the best i can make out. Im in Australia, so visiting physical locations isnt possible.

Thank you so much
Cheers