Kirkby (Berry) Family Tree

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“At stonehouse, devon, John Kirkby Chaplain of HMS Windsor Castle and of Underbarrow, Westmorland to Nancy, third daughter of the late Captain Frayer or Harmony-Hill, Milthorpe. ”

https://devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk/records/DEX/7/b/1/1824/406

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Windsor_Castle_(1790)

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/genealogy/18-1900/W/05251.html

Schedule history of the HMS Windsor Castle:

Naval Database

Windsor Castle, 1790
Type: 2nd rate ; Armament 98
Launched : 1790 ; Disposal date or year : 1839
BM: 1874 tons
Complement: 746
Notes:

15 Apr 1793, departed under the command of Capt Sir Thomas Byard from Spithead with two 98s, and three 74 gun-ships, and two frigates, under Vice-admiral Philip Cosby, to form the second division of a Fleet to operate in the Mediterranean.

Early Aug 1794, Windsor-Castle, Vice-adm. (w.) Philip Cosby, Capt Sir Thomas Byard departed Bastia with Lord Hood in the Victory in pursuit of a French squadron, which sought safety of Gourjean bay. Leaving a squadron to blockade the French the Admiral returned to Corsica to continue operations. Due to stormy weather driving the British out to sea the French squadron was able return to Toulon.

10 Nov 1794, mutiny onboard the Windsor-Castle, Capt William Shield.

9 Mar 1795, the Mediterranean fleet departed from Leghorn, sighting the French fleet the following day. At daylight on the 13th Adm Hotham sent out the signal for a general chase which ended the following day with the capture of the Ca-Ira and Censeur and the fleets heading off in opposite directions. (Rear-adm. (r.) Robert Linzee, Capt John Gore)

14 Jun 1795 the fleet, whilst on a cruise, was joined by a squadron from Gibraltar and England off Minorca.

8 Jul 1795, the fleet, at anchor at in San-Fiorenzo bay, once aware that the French fleet was close by, gave chase. It was sighted on the 13th and later the order was given for the general chase, but apart from the loss of a 74 by the French the result was inconclusive and resulted in not a little criticism, the consequence perhaps being Admiral Hotham's resignation on 1 Nov 1795.

6 Aug 1795, Admiral Hotham put to sea on a cruise, sighting the French fleet in Toulon road.

5 Oct 1795, a squadron under Rear-admiral Mann, in the Windsor-Castle, departed from San-Fiorenzo in pursuit of a French squadron returning from Toulon to Brest ; but too late !

19 Apr 1799 Plymouth, in dock.

7 May 1799 Plymouth, in dock.

11 Jun 1799 Plymouth, ordered to be fitted for commission.

8 Jul 1799 Plymouth, commissioned.

27 Aug 1799 Plymouth, in Cawsand Bay.

25 Sep 1799 Plymouth, departed from Cawsand Bay for Torbay.

6 Jan 1800 Plymouth, arrived from the fleet with the Terrible, Prince Frederick, Beaulieu, and Nereide.

19 Feb 1800 Cawsand Bay, departed to join Admiral Gardner off Brest, with the Excellent, and Resolution.

24 Apr 1800 Torbay, departed with the Channel Fleet, under the command of Sir Alan Gardner.

18 May 1800 Plymouth, the Channel fleet passed up for Torbay this morning having experienced the fury of the gale when laying to off Brest, on Friday last under storm stay-sails ; the sea ran mountains high, and the wind suddenly shifted from S. W. to N. W. lay several men of war on their beams ends, but soon righted, though they shipped several heavy seas and the Windsor Castle, 98, had her mainyard, and part of her starboard middle gun deck half ports stove in.

20 May 1800 Plymouth, arrived from Torbay with the loss of her main-yard.

3 Jun 1800 Plymouth, departed with the Bellona, to join the fleet.

Circa 30 Jun 1800 Capt James Wilson is appointed to the command of the Windsor Castle.

28 Jul 1800 Plymouth, arrived from the Channel fleet, to refit.

2 Aug 1800 Plymouth, departed to join the fleet.

Circa 1 Sep 1800 Capt Bover, of the Megaera, who was 1st Lt with Adm. Colpoys, is acting in the Windsor Castle.

28 Oct 1800 Plymouth, arrived from off the Sound from the fleet the Windsor Castle, 98, and Magnificent, 74.

1 Jan 1801 arrived Torbay with the Montague from a cruise.

23 Jan 1801 arrived Spithead from the Channel Fleet, last from St. Helen's.

20 Feb 1801 arrived Spithead from the Westward.

5 Mar 1801 departed Torbay, the Ville de Paris, Windsor Castle, San Josef, and Caesar, to join the Channel Fleet.

7 Mar 1801 passed by Plymouth Sound, to join the Channel Fleet.

10 Mar 1801 Rear-Admiral Saumarez, Bart. reports that the Ville de Paris, of 110 guns, Admiral Cornwallis ; San Josef, 118 ; and Windsor Castle, 98 ; had joined the fleet.

12 Mar 1801 the Ville de Paris, Adm. Cornwallis, arrived Torbay with the Royal George, San Josef, Prince George, Windsor Castle, Glory, Temeraire, Neptune, Atlas, Prince, and Capt from off Brest, where R.-Adm Saumarez remained with a strong squadron.

15 Mar 1801 departed Torbay with the fleet which arrived on Thursday evening, the 12th, along with the Unicorn, which arrived Friday evening.

17 Mar 1801 has just come to anchor in Torbay the fleet which departed on the 15th.

21 Mar 1801 the weather being reportedly blowing a heavy gale at W by N the fleet consisting of the same vessels as on 12 Mar., along with the Venerable, is taking shelter in Torbay.

30 Mar 1801 the Channel Fleet, now made up as follows : the Ville de Paris, Adm. Cornwallis ; Royal Sovereign, V.-Adm. Harvey ; Windsor Castle, V.-Adm. Mitchell ; Prince George, R.-Adm. Cotton ; Princess Royal, R.-Adm. Gower, Temeraire, R.-Adm. Whitshed ; Barfleur, R.-Adm. Collingwood ; San Josef, Capt Wolsley ; Atlas, Capt Murray ; Formidable, Capt Grindale ; Glory, Capt Draper ; Prince, Capt Northesk ; and frigate Fisgard, Capt Martin, departed Torbay for the Channel.

26 Aug 1801 came into Plymouth Sound the Windsor Castle, Canada and Resolution, to refit, from the Channel Fleet.

1 Sep 1801 the Windsor Castle, Canada, and Resolution, now lying in Cawsand Bay, unbent sails and payed their tops and bends, with the new patent black varnish.

9 Sep 1801 departed Plymouth Sound the Windsor Castle, and Resolution, to join the Channel Fleet with cattle and vegetables.

28 Oct 1801 the Namur is reported to have led the Atlas, Princess Royal, Formidable, Windsor Castle and Orion into Bearhaven harbour. It has subsequently blown hard and the Orion carried away her main and mizen masts and has been detached to Plymouth. The Glory, Malta and Resolution had parted in a fog and were expected shortly.

11 Nov 1801 the following ships were detached to cruise off Bantry Bay : the Windsor Castle, Glory, Namur, Atlas, Princess Royal, and Formidable

17 Nov 1801 Admiral Sir A. Mitchell made the signal for unbending sails, which was followed by the fleet, therefore it is supposed the squadron which consists of the following ships will winter near Beerhaven, in Bantry Bay, viz. Windsor Castle, Temeraire, Barfleur, Princess Royal, Formidable, Atlas, Namur, Majestic, Resolution, Vengeance, Malta, of 84 guns, Centaur. The Glory, had put into Cork, and the Juste, had not joined. Provisions were plenty : a fat sheep nine shillings, Geese one shilling each, eggs two-pence per dozen, and fish and game to be had in great abundance.

6 Dec 1801 letters received Plymouth this day from the Namur, dated the 26th ult. state, that the fleet off Beerhaven were all well, and that the following ships had been victualled for five months, and were to sail soon with sealed orders, viz. Temeraire, Windsor Castle, Resolution, Vengeance, Majestic, and Centaur. Their destination is supposed for Jamaica.

26 Dec 1801 departed Bantry Bay for Portsmouth, following the receipt of Admiralty orders via the schooner Spider, Lt Harrison.

29 Dec 1801 this evening anchored at St Helen's, IoW, on arrival from Bantry Bay, the following ships, under the command of V.-Adm. Sir A. Mitchell : Windsor Castle, 98, V.-Adm Mitchell, Capt Oughton ; Princess Royal, 98, R.-Adm. Sir E. Gower, Capt Atkins ; Barfleur, 98, Rear-Admiral Collingwood, Capt Ommaney ; Temeraire, 98, Rear-Admiral Campbell, Capt Eyles ; Atlas, 98, Capt Jones ; Formidable, 98, Capt Grindall ; Glory, 98, Capt Wells ; Juste, 80, Capt Sir Edmund Nagle ; Malta, 84, Capt Bertie ; Achille, 74, Capt Wallis ; Majestic, 74, Capt Gould ; Resolution, 74, Capt the Hon. A. Gardner ; Orion, 74, Capt Cuthbert ; and Centaur, 74, Capt Littlehales, with a view to trying the mutineers. The Namur, Hon Capt de Courcy ; and Vengeance, Capt Duff ; parted from the squadron in the recent gales.

4 Jan 1802 now at Spithead.

26 Apr 1802 paid off at Portsmouth Saturday last, and is expected to be laid up in ordinary at Portchester Lake.

20 Mar 1803 the Prince of Wales, Britannia, Royal Sovereign, and Windsor Castle, at Portsmouth, are to be fitted for commission. Their ballast has been stowed, as has their ground tier of water, as a result of which it is said that once commissioned they can be sent out to Spithead.

16 May 1803 due to the pending war due to restart against France following a breakdown in the Treaty of Amiens the ship's company of HMS Excellent were not to be granted protection from the press gangs during the 14 days leave that they would normally have been entitled to when returning from service abroad, to which the men supposedly agreed as a patriotic gesture, so instead of going on leave after being paid off from the Excellent, they will go on board the Prince of Wales or the Windsor Castle, preparing for sea in Portsmouth harbour.

23 May 1803 due to go out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead.

Circa 28 May 1803 Capt Bertie apptd in command of the Windsor Castle.

8 Aug 1803 went out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead.

7 Oct 1803 the Windsor Castle, Capt Bertie, has departed Spithead to take up her station at Lymington, guarding the western entrance to the Solent, and is now lying off Jack-in-the-Basket. The Sea Fencibles at Lymington, commanded by Capt Portlock, have volunteered for the Windsor Castle.

22 Oct 1803 it is reported that the Sea Fencibles have exercised guns on a number of occasions, and on Sunday last received 3 cheers from the crew as they finished their exercise !!

7 Nov 1803 arrived at Spithead from off Lymington, having been relieved by the Experiment.

8 Nov 1803 dropped down to St Helen's from Spithead.

9 Dec 1803 the Prince George dropped down to St Helen's where she remains with the Britannia, Windsor Castle and Princess Royal. Circa 14 Jan 1804 the Windsor Castle, Capt Bertie ; and the Princess Royal, Capt Vashon, are ordered to Plymouth.

Circa 21 Jan 1804 Capt T Wells apptd to the Windsor Castle, vice Bertie, at Portsmouth.

Circa 21 Jan 1804 the Windsor Castle is waiting at St Helen's for a favourable wind to take her to Plymouth.

4 Feb 1804 Admiral Cornwallis has resumed his station off Brest and has been joined by the Britannia, 100 ; Windsor Castle, 98 ; Prince George, 98 ; and Princess Royal, 98, from St Helen's.

Circa 16 Apr 1804 Capt T Wells, of the Windsor Castle, apptd to the Glory.

Circa 16 Apr 1804 Capt S Osborn, apptd to the Windsor Castle.

Circa 28 Apr 1804 Capt Gould, apptd to the Windsor Castle.

25 Jun 1804 the Windsor Castle, Foudroyant, Terrible, and Montague, departed Plymouth to join the Channel Fleet.

11 Oct 1804 per a report from Brixham, the following squadron under Adm Cornwallis arrived Torbay, the Ville de Paris, San Josef, Prince, Prince George, Princess Royal, Temeraire, Windsor Castle, Glory, and Plantagenet. On Tuesday they attempted to go back to sea, but the wind became contrary again and they returned to Torbay, joining the hired armed ship Lady Melville, and the Nimrod hired armed cutter.

Circa 27 Oct 1804 it is reported that the Channel Fleet : the Ville de Paris, San Josef, Prince, Prince George, Princess Royal, Temeraire, Windsor Castle, and Plantagenet had departed Torbay for their station, being joined from Plymouth by the Britannia and Venerable.

15 Jul 1805 with the blockading squadron off Ferrol, under Sir Robert Calder : departed 30 to 40 leagues off Finisterre to intercept Franco-Spanish fleet from the West Indies. 22nd sighted each other. Signal made to engage the enemy - the engagement. The damage ; subsequent manoeuvres by the two fleets ; the wash-up ; 26 Jul 1805 movements of the fleet following the battle.

Circa 31 Jul 1805 Reported to be refitting at Cawsand Bay.

21 Aug 1805 Returned to sea.

25 Sep 1806 with a squadron under Commod. Sir Samuel Hood, off Rochefort, when a squadron of French frigates, bound to the West Indies, escaped : the signal for a general chase was given, resulting in the Armide striking to the Centaur ; Minerve to the Monarch ; Infatigable to the Mars, who also chased the Gloire, and at 3 P.M. compelled her to surrender, all 4 frigates being added to the Royal Navy.

18 Jan-3 Mar 1807 With Sir John Duckworth on what some have described as his somewhat less than successful expedition to Constantinople. 18 Jan Windsor-Castle and Repulse departed Gibraltar, in company with the Royal-George, for Malta, arriving on the 30th. 4th departed for the Archipelago, arriving off the off Tenedos on the 10th, where she joined the Canopus and her squadron. 11 Feb the squadron departed for Constantinople. 14th anchored off Cape Janizary, ships' boats used to attempt to rescue men from the burning Ajax. 19th steered for Constantinople. 2 Mar returned to the Mediterranean.

late 1807 stationed at Palermo.

8 Nov 1817 to be fitted at Plymouth with new store rooms.

27 Nov 1821 in commission and based on Plymouth.

5 Jan 1822 paid off at Plymouth, and re-commissioned by Capt. Charles Dashwood.

6 Oct 1822 Broke from her moorings in Hamoaze and nearly got on shore on the Oyster Bank.

29 Feb 1824 the packet Magnet departed the Tagus, for Falmouth, leaving the Windsor Castle, the frigates Tribune and Glasgow having previously departed for the Mediterranean. Whilst there the packet Eclipse, Passingham arrived from Rio (10 Jan).

29 Dec 1825 remains Plymouth.

28 Sep 1826 remain at Devonport

17 Dec 1826 went out of Plymouth harbour to the Sound

19 Dec 1826 departed Plymouth Sound for Lisbon with troops.

6 Jan 1827 at Lisbon.

31 Jan 1828 in the Plymouth Sound.

31 Jan 1828 is fitting at Plymouth to carry troops from Portugal, possibly to the Mediterranean.

10 Apr 1828 arrived Spithead from Lisbon with troops.

30 Nov 1828 refitting at Valletta.

27 Jan 1829 reported to be departing Valletta for Naples on the 29th inst.

16 Apr 1829 departed Valletta for Syracuse.

21 Apr 1829 arrived Syracuse.

28 Apr 1829 departed Syracuse for Corfu.

28 Oct 1829 refitting at Vourla.

15 Nov 1829 it is reported at Malta to be at Smyrna.

18 Nov 1829 reported to be at Vourla.

6 Feb 1830 at Vourla.

2 Jan 1830 remains Smyrna.

7 Mar 1830 in the Levant.

3 Apr 1830 at Valletta.

1 Jan 1831 arrived Portsmouth from Malta, which she departed in company with the Gloucester, (27 Nov), arriving Gibraltar 15 Dec, where she remained 48 hours, whilst she took on board fresh victuals and water, and embarked the 43rd Regt. The Gloucester was seen arriving at Gibraltar as she departed.

7 Jan 1831 arrived Plymouth from Portsmouth, to be paid off, surveyed, and fitted for Channel service.

29 Jan 1831 departed Plymouth for the Cork station.

1 Jun 1831 arrived Plymouth from Lisbon, Capt. the Hon. D. P. Bouverie, in command.

20 Jun 1831 paid off into ordinary at Plymouth.

https://kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=176.0

Full history of HMS Windsor Castle: cut and pasted below the relevant part to Rev John Kirkby (as Chaplain of the ship dates uncertain):

"HMS Windsor Castle remained in the Mediterranean until 1808, when she returned to the UK. By this time, the navies of Britain's enemies were defeated and exhausted. The Royal Navy simply did not need as many large ships of the line, so big ships like HMS Windsor Castle became surplus to requirements. HMS Windsor Castle paid off at Plymouth in September 1808. In November, the ship entered the Ordinary at Plymouth, her guns, sails, yards, stores and running rigging all removed and manned by a skeleton crew comprising of a few core craftsmen and their respective servants.

The ship remained at her mooring until October 1813, when she was taken into the Royal Dockyard at Plymouth. The reason for this was that war had broken out with the United States of America and the British had become aware that both France and Spain were in the process of either building or planning new battle fleets which would take advantage of the latest technology. The British needed to keep up and in addition to this, the average age of a ship of the line in the Royal Navy was increasing and although new ships were being built in large numbers, it was not enough. HMS Windsor Castle had been chosen to be cut down from a 98 gun second rate ship with three gundecks, into a large 74 gun third rate ship with two.

What emerged from the refit in June of 1814 was an extraordinarily powerful ship. More powerful, in fact, than when the work commenced, despite having had a complete gundeck removed. On completion of the work, HMS Windsor Castle was armed with 26 x 32pdr long guns and 2 x 68pdr carronades on her lower gundeck, 28 x 24pdr long guns and 2 x 68 pdr carronades on her upper gundeck, 4 x 24pdr long guns and 10 x 32pdr carronades on her quarterdeck and 2 x 24pdr long guns and 2 x 32pdr carronades on her forecastle. Her total weight of broadside after the work was heavier than it was before. When complete, the work had cost £47,725. Unfortunately, by the time the work was complete, the war was over. The war had been ended by the Treaty of Fontainebleau, signed on 11th April 1814. For this reason, HMS Windsor Castle did not commission until January 1819, when she commissioned as Guardship at Plymouth. On 6th October 1822, she broke free from her mooring and almost ran aground on the Oyster Bank off Plymouth. The ship was finally fitted for sea in December 1826 and spent time at Lisbon and was in the Mediterranean from 1828 to 1830. In June 1831, she paid off again. Between 1834 and 1838, she was Depot Ship at Deal and was broken up at Pembroke Dockyard in May 1839."