WE ARE PLEASED TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING
PUBLICATION ON CD ROM
HULKS (PORTSMOUTH AND GOSPORT)
RETURNS OF THE NAME, AGE, DATE OF RECEPTION
AND DEATH OF EACH PRISONER
WHO HAS DIED ON BOARD THE HULKS AT PORTSMOUTH & GOSPORT, FROM THE 1ST DAY OF JANUARY 1844 TO THE PRESENT TIME (see below for date coverage)
WITH THE DATE & VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S INQUEST
IN EACH CASE
"OF THE PLACE, AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE, WHERE EACH CORPSE HAS BEEN BURIED; DISTINGUISHING THOSE CLAIMED BY THEIR RELATIVES OR FRIENDS FROM THOSE SENT TO ANY AND WHAT HOSPITAL OR SCHOOL OF ANATOMY FOR DISSECTION"
THE DATE OF THEIR TRANSMISSION, THE NAME OF THE PERSON TO WHOM TRANSMITTED, BY WHOSE ORDER SO SENT, AND WHETHER ANY AND WHAT SUM HAS BEEN PAID OR CHARGED THEREON, AND BY WHOM RECEIVED
OF ALL CORPORAL PUNISHMENTS INFLICTED ON PRISONERS CONFINED ON BOARD THE HULKS AT PORTSMOUTH AND GOSPORT, FROM THE 1ST DAY OF JANUARY 1843 TO THE PRESENT TIME (EARLY 1847)
WITH THE NUMBER OF LASHES GIVEN IN EACH CASE, WITH THE DATE THEREOF
* THE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT RECORDS CONTAIN THE PRISONERS INITIALS ONLY, THERE WERE AT LEAST ALLOWED SOME DIGNITY
DEATH RECORDS HOWEVER GIVE THE FULL NAME
* THE EARLIEST DEATH NOTED IS 6TH MAY 1844
* THE LATEST DEATH NOTED IS 9TH MARCH 1847
*** I INCLUDE AN ACTUAL NAMES INDEX FOLLOWING THESE EXAMPLES ***
I NOW PROVIDE YOU WITH THREE FICTICIOUS SAMPLES SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RECORDS LOOK LIKE
ROBERT UNDERWOOD
AGE 49
DATE OF RECEPTION: 13TH DECEMBER 1830
DATE OF DEATH: 4TH JUNE 1844
WHERE DIED: ON BOARD THE BRITION
DATE OF CORONER'S INQUEST: 4TH JUNE 1844
VERDICT: SCROFULA
DATE BODY DISPOSED OF: 8TH JUNE 1844
IN WHAT MANNER: INTERRED IN THE CONVICT BURIAL GROUND
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JEREMIAH ARCHER
AGE 26
DATE OF RECEPTION: 15TH NOVEMBER 1842
DATE OF DEATH: 29TH DECEMBER 1845
WHERE DIED: ON BOARD THE BRITON
DATE OF CORONER'S INQUEST: 29TH DECEMBER 1845
VERDICT: CONSUMPTION
DATE BODY DISPOSED OF: 1ST JANUARY 1846
IN WHAT MANNER: BY INSPECTOR OF ANATOMY
SENT TO KING'S COLLEGE
DATE OF TRANSMISSION: 1ST JANUARY 1846
TO WHOM TRANSMITTED: PROFESSOR JOHNSON
WHERE BURIED: ST MARY'S
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DATE 2ND JANUARY 1843
PRISONER'S NAME: J.B.
PUNISHMENT: 18 LASHES ON THE BACK
HULK: YORK
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THE NAME LIST CONTAINED IN THIS ACTUAL RECORD
WHICH IS DISPLAYED OVER THREE PAGES IN THE SOFTWARE
WILLIAM ALLEN
ENOCH ANDREWS
TOBIAS APPLEYARD
ISAAC ARCHER
JOHN ASHMAN
GEORGE BARDEN
CHARLES BENNETT
GEORGE BIGGS
JAMES BRIFFETT
PHILIP MC BRIDE
GEORGE BYRNE
BAPTISTE CADIENNE
RICHARD CHANDLER
WILLIAM DAWE
WILLIAM EASTLAKE
JOHN EVERETT
RICHARD FAGAN
WILLIAM FEARNS
THOMAS GEORGE
CHARLES GIBSON
JOHN MC GREGOR
THOMAS HALL
SAMUEL HULME
WILLIAM MC INTOSH
JAMES JAMES
JOHN JEFFRIES
RICHARD LATHAM
THOMAS MAIDEN
JOSEPH MOORE
WILLIAM MORRIS
JOHN MC NALLY
JAMES NICHOLLS
ROBERT NORTHOVER
WILLIAM PARFITT
WILLIAM PAYNE
WILLIAM PEARCE
HENRY PERKINS
WILLIAM PESCOTT
ABRAHAM PHILLIPS
SAMUEL PIKE
THOMAS POWELL
JOHN PRYER
STEPHEN READ
JOHN RICHARDS
JAMES RICKMAN
JOHN ROBERTS
BENJAMIN SHAW
JOB SMITH
JOHN SMITH
THOMAS SMITH
ROBERT STARLING
JOHN STEPHENS
JAMES TAYLOR
WILLIAM TOOTEL
JABEZ TRIVETT
CHRISTOPHER TUCKER
CHARLES UNDERWOOD
THOMAS WADE
JOHN WAKELING
STEPHEN WILCOX
SAMUEL WILLIAMS
JOHN WILSON
PHILIP WITZELL
HENRY WRIGHT
