Richard Wood had been tried and convicted for unlawful assembly and robbery during the Cheshire disturbances of 1812, at the high point of insurrection during that year in that part of the world.
Aged 27 at the time, he was sentenced to death at Chester Special Commission, but was respited, though unlike some of his co-accused, he was not transported, but was apparently held on the Prison Hulks for 5 years.
According to the Prison Hulk register, he was pardoned on Friday 7th November 1817 & set free.
The Prison Hulk Register can be found at HO 9/8.
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