Cambridgeshire 1735 - 1799
105 death sentences led to 34 executions
Assize date Name Crime Execution date
1735 - No executions
1736 - 2 executions
M 15 March   John Neale          Horse theft S 27 Mar or 3 Apr
M 16 August Martha Colston           Arson S 28 Aug or 4 Sept
1737 - 2 executions
M  7 March Thomas Thirley           Highway robbery S  19 March
" Joseph Wright            Burglary S  19 March
1738 to 1740 - No confirmed executions, but no unreprieved death sentences traced.
1741- 1 execution
M 13 July Isaac West               Murder wife S  1 August
1742- 1 execution
M 15 March Thomas Waite         Housebreaking S  3 April  
1743 & 1744 - No executions
1745 - 4 executions
M 18 March Francis Knight           Highway robbery  S   6 April
" William Gussor           Sheep theft S   6 April
M 29 July Henry Footmass    Highway robbery S  10 August
" John Jerroms         Highway robbery S  10 August
1746 to 1758 - No executions
1759- 1 execution
M 12 March Robert Selby             Broke into shop S  31 March
1760 to 1762 - No executions
1763- 1 execution
M 14 March William Johnson          Housebreaking S  2 April
1764 to 1769 - No executions
1770 - 2 executions
Tu. 13 March  William Bass             Burglary S   7 April
M  6 August Nicholas Brown           Shot at Peter Dunn S   1 September
1771 to 1774 - No executions
1775- 1 execution
M  7 August John Stickwood           Murder of Andrew Nunn F  11 August
1776 to 1778 - No executions
1779 - 1 execution
M  8 March Thomas Dellar            Sheep theft S   3 April
1780 - 1 execution
M 13 March Elizabeth Butchill       Murder of her female bastard F  17 March
1781 - 1 execution
M 30 July George Reynolds          Burglary S  18 August
1782 - No executions
1783 - 1 execution
Tu. 11 March George Mean              Murder of George Cooper S  15 March
1784 - 1 execution
Tu. 16 March Michael Jaggard  Stole in shop S  10 April
1785 - 4 executions
M 14 March Thomas Ashe              Highway robbery S   2 April
" John Hopper              Burglary S   2 April
M 11 July John Peters              Burglary S  30 July
" Andrew Frysen            Privately stealing  S   6 August
1786 - 1 execution
M 31 July George Miller            Murder of Elizabeth Hunt F   4 August
1787 - 2 executions
M 19 March John Moore               Murder of wife, Mary F  23 March
" John Wiggs               Highway robbery S   7 April
1788 - 2 executions
Tu. 11 March James Mitchell           Highway robbery S  29 March
" John Smith       Housebreaking S  29 March
1789 - 2 executions
M 16 March Francis Brown     Burglary S   4 April
" Thomas Brown    Burglary S   4 April
1790 & 1791 - No executions
1792 - 2 executions
Tu. 13 March Jeremiah Archer      Arson S  31 March
M 23 July Edward Coarse            Rape of Sarah Ellis S  11 August
1793 to 1798 - No executions
1799 - 1 execution
M  8 July Henry Holland            Stole in dwelling house S  27 July