William Cranfield

William Cranfield, Belchamp Walter

What I know so far

William Cranfield was born in Belchamp Walter in 1807 and baptised there 7th August 1808. He was transported to Sydney Australia in 1824.

From my research I found an adopted daughter (presumeably) living with Robert and Emma Byford at number 7 Cottage Row. Harriet Cranfield may have been a daughter or grand-daughter of William. 1891 is a considerable time span from the deportation so this may not be the case. Harriet was 8 years old in 1891 so this would place a d.o.b. as 1883.

7 Cottage Row - now Bells Road

No 7-Robert Byford - head - aged 26 --- brewers labourer- B.W.
Emma-wife- aged 28 - Lt Yeldham
Harriet Cranfield - daughter - aged 8 - scholar - Lt Yeldham
Hannah Byford - daughter - aged 1 - B.W.

Cottage Row is believed to be on Soft Road Belchamp Walter, pretty much opposite the 8 Bells pub. Between the pond and Cottage Row was a former "workhouse".

I have more information on the Cranfield family and am in the process of doing more research.

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Map of Belchamp Walter from 1897

More information obtained by correspondence

The following was provided as the result of an email to this website:

" William was the son of Walker Cranfield (1783-1822) and Susan Finch (1772 - ), and had a brother John and sister Mary.

William arrive(d) on the “Mangles 3” in October 1824, having boarded on 13 July 1824, travelling via Teneriffe.

There is a record of his arraignment, also of his ancestry which includes 3 named Mordecai, which is a biblical name and possibly Jewish. "

" William Cranfield died 2 Sep 1860 in Camden, New South Wales and was buried St John’s Anglican Church, Camden NSW. William died following injuries following a fall from a horse.

The Mangles and "Claim a Convict"

According to Wikipedia the Mangles had quite an illustrious history:

" Mangles was built in Calcutta in 1803 and immediately sailed for England. Including that voyage, she made a total of six voyages as an "extra ship" for the British East India Company (EIC). Between her first as second voyages for the EIC a French privateer captured her. Mangles also made nine voyages transporting convicts to Australia: eight voyages to Port Jackson, one to Hobart Town, and one in which she delivered some convicts to Port Jackson but carried most of her charges to Norfolk Island. She was last listed in 1844. "

Mangles 3 probably refers to the 3rd convict voyage (1824)

" Captain Cogill sailed from Portsmouth on 7 July 1824. Mangles left Teneriffe on 28 July, and arrived at Port Jackson on 27 October.[13] She had embarked 190 male convicts and suffered no convict deaths.[15] A detachment of an officer, a surgeon, and 57 men of the 40th Regiment of Foot had provided the guard. Two crew members were lost overboard during the voyage.

Mangles sailed for England on 12 February 1825. She cleared the Sydney Heads but as she was coming abreast of the Macquarie Lighthouse the wind dropped and she became becalmed. A strong current started to drive her towards land, but she dropped her anchors, which held. Boats from HMS Slaney, plus two pilot boats, brought out hawsers and sea anchors. Finally, after seven hours of riding at risk, Mangles was able to continue safely on her journey to England. On the way back into the harbour William Cossar, one of the pilot boats, was wrecked, but the pilot and her six crew members managed to survive, though not without some difficulty.[16] Some merchants in Sydney later gathered 240 Spanish dollars to be distributed among the crewmen of Slaney that had gone to help Mangles. She arrived in England by mid-June. "

William Cranfield was convicted at the Suffolk Assizes, 27 March 1824 - his sentanced was Life.

It is not known what the charge was.

Suffolk Assizes was located either in Bury St. Edmunds or Ipswich. The parliament.uk website talks about a proposed move in 1832.

Background to this page

This page is to attract searches for William Cranfield of Belchamp Walter. Apparently there is someone who is trying to trace an ancestor.

My work in compiling information on Belchamp Walter's history is to attract such searches as I believe that an Internet search is the best method of finding such information. The problem is that the information needs to be posted for the Internet user to find when making a search. If the information is not there they will not find it.

It is all very well that the information is contained in Parish records, Births and baptisms, but if that information is "squirreled" away in an archive behind a pay-wall, it will NOT be found. This page will not be linked from other pages on this website but it WILL be indexed by Google and other search engines. If it is found and the person making the search contacts me I may be able to help further and am more than happy to post that information and incorporate it into my Belchamp Walter history.

The request for information was made via the Parish magazine. The Parish magazine is very unlikely to result in any feedback. The magazine should be on-line (this is a bias of mine). The distribution of the magazine is limited and quite frankly is not read. The person who was contacted and placed the request in the magazine is well aware that I am compiling this history but has not contacted me regarding this.

William Cranfield, Belchamp Walter

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