William BURGUM 1763 (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 11:42 (4471 days ago) @ Burgum FHS

Can anyone help? I now live in Andorra and in Spain, which makes UK research beyond the Internet rather difficult!

In the Monthly Magazine and British Register V.9, published in 1800, page 407, is a list of news and activities for Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire. It includes the following....

At Gloucester Assizes eight prisoners were convicted capitally, and sentenced to death; three of who were named Palmer, Parsons and Burgum, were left for execution. The two former have since been executed, the latter reprieved.

I failed to find a specific reference to this case during an online search of the National Archives. Eight prisoners capitally convicted, some executed, this must have been a high-profile case? Naturally I would like to know who Mr Burgum was, where he was from, what had he done and what became of him. Would this have been covered by the newspapers of the day?

Any suggestions or help very welcome.

Doug Burgum
(formerly of the Forest of Dean!)

Maybe it was not one trial, and this is a summary of the Assizes sitting (?)

The online database I use doesn't have Gloucester Assizes in 1800 reported :-(

and they are not coming up in Ancestry's criminal register either

on the Prison Hulks :-

Name: William Burgum
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1763
Date Received: 1 Apr 1803
Ship: Prudentia
Place Moored: Woolwich
Date Convicted: 12 Mar 1800 (Capital respite)
Place Convicted: Gloucester

New South Wales for Life
landed 14th June 1805

looks like he is in the New South Wales census in 1828 William Burgin

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