| Berkshire Circuit 1735 - 1799 | |||
| 324 death sentences led to 85 confirmed executions and 2 probable ones | |||
| Executions took place at Early near Reading unless otherwise specified. | |||
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 & 1736 - No executions | |||
| 1737 - 2 executions | |||
| M 28 February | William George | Murder Elizabeth Blackford | S 19 March |
| M 18 July | Watkins Foreman | Housebreaking | W 3 August |
| 1738 - 2 executions | |||
| M 27 February | James Brown | At large | S 11 March |
| " | John Sturabout | Murder of Giles Blagrove | S 11 March |
| 1739 - 3 confirmed executions, plus 1 probable (Thomas Hitchcock) | |||
| M 5 March | Nathaniel Taylor | Highway robbery | S 17 March |
| M 30 July | Thomas Hitchcock | Arson | Unknown |
| " | Robert Milloway | Highway robbery | S 18 August |
| " | William Parrott | Highway robbery | S 18 August |
| 1740 & 1741 - No executions | |||
| 1742 - 3 executions | |||
| M 8 March | Paul Davis & | Housebreaking | S 20 March |
| " | Jacob Shervill | Housebreaking | S 20 March |
| " | John Parker | Sheep theft | S 20 March |
| 1743 - 1746 - No executions | |||
| 1747 - 1 execution | |||
| M 16 March | James Townley | Cattle theft | S 25 April |
| 1748 - 1 execution, plus 1 probable | |||
| M 29 February | Francis Spicer | Murder of George Nicholls | S 2 April |
| Hanged at Shinfield Green | |||
| M 18 July | John Strong | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| 1749 - No executions | |||
| 1750 - 3 executions | |||
| M 15 March | John Wells | Housebreaking | S 21 April |
| M 23 July | James Knight | Horse theft | S 11 August |
| " | John Horridge | Burglary | S 11 August |
| 1751 - 2 executions | |||
| M 4 March | George Hussey | Highway robbery | S 23 March |
| M 15 July | Samuel W Burgoyne | Horse theft | S 27 July |
| 1752 - 2 executions | |||
| F 28 February | James Whiting & | Highway robbery | S 14 March |
| " | Benjamin Whiting | Highway robbery | S 14 March |
| 1753 - 2 executions | |||
| M 5 March | John Heath | Burglary | S 24 March |
| S 28 July | William Cowderoy | Robbery | ??/August |
| 1754 - 6 executions | |||
| M 4 March | John Heddington | Burglary | S 23 March |
| " | John Burgh | Burglary | S 23 March |
| " | William Hooper | Burglary | S 23 March |
| " | Thomas Forster | Burglary | S 23 March |
| M 22 July | Thomas Bastin | Housebreaking & cattle theft | S 10 August |
| " | John Palmer | Housebreaking & cattle theft | S 10 August |
| 1755 - 2 executions | |||
| S 12 July | William Hill | Horse theft | Tu. 26 August |
| " | Margaret Wright | Murder of her bastard | Th. 17 July |
| 1756 - No executions | |||
| 1757 - 3 executions | |||
| W 30 March | William Short | Sacrilege | S 16 April |
| " | Robert Plank | Highway robbery | S 16 April |
| " | John Barnet | Burglary | S 16 April |
| 1758 - No executions | |||
| 1759 - 3 executions | |||
| Tu. 13 March | Thomas Harris | Rape of daughter Ann (11) | Unknown |
| " | William Cooper | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | Thomas Cross | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1760 - 1 execution | |||
| M 3 March | John Vaughan | Highway robbery | S 22 March |
| 1761 - 3 executions | |||
| M 2 March | Ann Giles | Arson | S 21 March |
| M 6 July | John Tucker | Bestiality | S 25 July |
| " | William Allen | Housebreaking | S 25 July |
| 1762 & 1763 - No executions | |||
| 1764 - 1 execution | |||
| M 5 March | Thomas Watkins | Murder of Mary Holland | F 9 March |
| Hanged at Windsor and afterwards in chains there | |||
| 1765 - No executions | |||
| 1766 - 4 executions | |||
| M 3 March | Richard Maysey | Horse theft | Unknown |
| M 1 December | Daniel Eckland | Riot | Tu. 6 January '67 |
| " | William Simpson | Riot | F 26 December |
| " | John Shelton | Riot | F 26 December |
| Eckland, Simpson & Shelton tried by a Special Commission at Reading | |||
| 1767 - 2 executions | |||
| M 27 July | William Bryant & | Highway robbery | S 15 August |
| Thomas Bryant | Highway robbery | S 15 August | |
| 1768 - 1772 - No executions | |||
| 1773 - 2 executions | |||
| M 26 July | William Waldron | Sheep theft | M 16 August |
| " | John Blagro | Highway robbery | M 16 August |
| 1774 - 2 executions | |||
| M 28 February | Richard Hoare | Housebreaking | S 26 March |
| M 11 July | Richard Myott | Burglary | S 30 July |
| 1775 - No executions | |||
| 1776 - 1 execution | |||
| M 4 March | William Clifford | Burglary | S 23 March |
| 1777 - No executions | |||
| 1778 - 3 executions | |||
| M 2 March | Richard Latham | Highway robbery | S 21 March |
| M 27 July | Richard Watkins | Burglary | S 15 August |
| " | Stephen Dicker | Robbery in dwelling house | S 15 August |
| 1779 - No executions | |||
| 1780 - 2 executions | |||
| M 24 July | Richard Odcroft | Horse theft | S 12 August |
| " | Joseph Sansum | Burglary | S 12 August |
| 1781 - 4 executions | |||
| M 5 March | Robert Jennings | Highway robbery | S 24 March |
| M 23 July | John Lightfoot | Highway robbery | S 11 August |
| " | William Matthews | Highway robbery | S 11 August |
| " | John Keeling | Highway robbery | S 11 August |
| 1782 - No executions | |||
| 1783 - 2 executions | |||
| M 3 March | Daniel Gibbs & | Burglary | S 22 March |
| " | William Wayne | Burglary | S 22 March |
| 1784 - 2 executions | |||
| M 19 July | Richard Bailey | Highway robbery | S 7 August |
| " | Benjamin Griffiths | Housebreaking | S 7 August |
| 1785 - 2 executions | |||
| M 28 February | William Prizey | Burglary | Th. 24 March |
| M 4 July | John Kimber | Housebreaking | S 23 July |
| 1786 - 3 executions | |||
| M 6 March | Richard Hemmings | Horse theft | S 25 March |
| " | John Steptoe | Sheep theft | S 25 March |
| " | William Cripps | Housebreaking | S 25 March |
| 1787 - 3 executions | |||
| M 5 March | Abraham Tule (19) | Murder of William Billimose | F 9 March |
| " | William Hawkins (16) | Aiding above murder | F 9 March |
| Both hanged on Mortimer Common, afterwards in chains there | |||
| " | John Butler | Shot at Benjamin Andrews | S 24 March |
| 1788 - 3 executions | |||
| M 3 March | Thomas Rider | Stole in dwelling house | S 22 March |
| " | Richard Holloway | Horse theft | S 22 March |
| 1789 - No executions | |||
| 1790 - 1 execution | |||
| M 12 July | John Lloyd | Murder of William Lailey | Th. 15 July |
| 1791 - 1 execution | |||
| M 1 August | James Chapman | Housebreaking | S 20 August |
| 1792 - 1794 - No executions | |||
| 1795 - 1 execution | |||
| M 13 July | James Barnes | Housebreaking | S 1 August |
| First execution on the "New Drop" outside Reading Gaol | |||
| 1796 - 1 execution | |||
| M 4 July | Thomas Collins | Burglary | S 23 July |
| 1797 - 1 execution | |||
| S 4 March | Alexander Brown Rose | Housebreaking | S 25 March |
| 1798 - 2 executions | |||
| S 3 March | John Williams | Highway robbery | S 24 March |
| " | John Davis | Highway robbery | S 24 March |
| 1799 - 4 executions | |||
| M 4 March | Joseph Edwards | Stole in dwelling house | S 23 March |
| M 1 July | John Talbot | Highway robbery | S 20 July |
| " | William Matthews & | Horse theft | S 20 July |
| " | Thomas White | Horse theft | S 20 July |