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Of all of Orderic’s female subjects Mabel was the most cunning and treacherous; if not entirely for her own misdeeds then as the mother of Robert de Bellême, who had a reputation for savagery as well as cruelty.[9] In one passage Orderic describes her as "small, very talkative, ready enough to do evil, shrewd and jocular, extremely cruel and daring."[2]
In perpetuating her family’s feud with the Giroie family she set her sights on Arnold de Echauffour, the son of William fitz Giroie who her father had mutilated at his wedding celebration.[a] She obtained part of his estates when she and her husband Roger convinced Duke William to confiscate his lands. In 1063 however, Arnold was promised forgiveness by the Duke and was to have his lands restored. To prevent this Mabel plotted to kill Arnold.[10] She attempted to poison Arnold of Echauffour by placing it in a glass of wine but he declined to drink. Her husband's brother, refreshing himself after a long ride, drank the wine and died shortly thereafter. In the end though she bribed Arnold's chamberlain providing him with the necessary poison, this time being successful.[b][11]
Excepting Theodoric, abbot of the abbey of Saint-Evroul, who she listened to at times, Mabel was hostile to most members of the clergy; but her husband loved the monks at Saint-Evroul so she found it necessary to be more subtle.[2] In an incident in 1064,[12] she deliberately burdened their limited resources by visiting the abbey for extended stays with a large retinue of her soldiers.[c] When rebuked by Theodoric the abbot for her callousness she snapped back that the next time she would visit with an even larger group. The abbot predicted that if she did not repent of her evilness she would suffer great pains and that very evening she did. She left the abbey in great haste as well as in great pain and did not abuse their hospitality again.[13]
Mabel continued her wickedness causing many nobles to lose their lands and become destitute.[3] In 1077 she took the hereditary lands of Hugh Bunel by force.[14] Two years later while resting after a bath, she was murdered in her bed by the same Hugh Bunel[15] Hugh had enlisted the help of his three brothers, gained entry to the castle of Bures on the Dives and struck off her head with his sword. The murderers were pursued but escaped by destroying a bridge behind them.[3] Mabel's murder occurred on 2 December 1079 and she was buried three days later at Troarn.[16]
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From B & M Chapman Eagleby (QLD) Australia 1997-2009 website
Australia's Red Coat Settlers
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/Balance%20of%2 0Ships.htm
Balance of the Ships transporting the New South Wales Corps
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"Royal Admiral"
3rd Date Arrived
Built 1777 On the Thames
Weight 914 tons
3rd Trip Arrived Sydney 22 November 1800; sailed 23 May 1800 from England, trip 181
300 Male convicts - Deaths 43 males
Ship's Master - William Wilson
Ship's Surgeon - Samuel Turner
BARNS, Richard - Enlisted England - Sergeant 1800. Born 1771, Prior Military Service Transfered Sydney 73rd Regiment 24/4/1810
CULLINAN, James (Collighan) Enlisted England - Private - Transferred 73rd Regiment 24/4/1810
CUMBERLIDGE, Thomas - Enlisted Sydney - Private 1792 - Discharged Sydney 20/1/1797
HUGHES, Thomas - Sgt - Enlisted England 1800 - Transferred from the NSW Corps, Transfered 73rd regiment 24/4/1810. , Prior Military Service
MINCHIN, William - Enlisted England 2/3/1797 - Ensign - Returned England 2/5/1808 - Returned Sydney14/8/1809 " Mary Ann". Returned England 12//5/1810 "Dromedary" Returned Sydney 1819 born 1774, involved in the McArthur duel
MORRISON, George - Enlisted England 3/9/1796 - Corporal. Transfered 24/4/1810 Veteran Company. Died 1812, aged 41
PEACHMAN, Stephen
SINGLETON, Thomas - Enlisted Sydney ex Convict 23/8/1800 -Private - Transferred 73rd Regiment
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From Wikipedia
Battle
Major Johnston's contingent, wearied by their night march, was obviously going to need time to close with the retreating rebels, so he rode after them with a small mounted party to implement delaying tactics. He first sent his mounted trooper on to call them to surrender and take the benefit of the Governor's Amnesty for early surrender. This failing, he dispatched Roman Catholic priest Father James Dixon to appeal to them. Next he rode up himself, appealing to them, then got their agreement to hear Father Dixon again.
Meanwhile the pursuing forces had closed up and Major Johnston with Trooper Analzark came again to parley, calling down the leaders Cunningham and Johnston from the hill. Demanding their surrender, he received the response from Cunningham 'Death or Liberty' and by some report added 'and a ship to take us home' (which appeared in the press of the day based on Marsden's tale). With the NSW Corps and militia now formed up in firing lines behind him Major Johnston and Analzark produced pistols duping the two leaders of the uprising, and escorting them back to the Red Coat's lines. Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Laycock, on being given the order to engage, directed over fifteen minutes of musket fire, then charged cutting Cunningham down with his cutlass. The now leaderless rebels first tried to fire back, but then broke and dispersed.
During the battle (at least) fifteen rebels had fallen, according to the official reports, Major Johnston prevented further bloodshed and killings by threatening his troops with his pistol tempering their enthusiasm. Several convicts were captured and others killed in the pursuit which went up to Windsor all day until late in the night, with new arrivals of soldiers from Sydney joining in the search for rebels. Large parties who lost their way in the night turned themselves in under the Amnesty or made their way back to Castle Hill.
Muster records from just before and not long after the uprising indicate over 150 no longer lived as no extant records of their names can be found. The Quakers over the next few months cleared and buried the dead where they fell, the only indication a circle cairn of stones around the shallow graves. Local reports indicate firing could be heard for several days later.