Devonshire 1735 - 1799
County of Devon - 837 death sentences led to 219 executions, 
with up to 13 more where no reprieve has been traced
Prior to 1795 Devonshire hangings usually took place at the Heavitree gallows near Exeter, 
the last on 4th April 1794, afterwards on the New Drop outside the County Gaol at Exeter.  
The City of Exeter Quarter Sessions passed at least 14 death sentences of which 
4 were carried out. City executions took place at the Magdalen Road gallows.
Assize date Name Crime Execution date
1735 - 2 executions
F 28 March    Mary Warren          Murder of her male bastard Unknown
M 4 August   Mary Dulen           Murder of her male bastard Unknown
1736 - 2 executions
M 22 March    Nathaniel Woolrot         Highway robbery                  Unknown
M 16 August    John Bird              Horse theft   Unknown
1737 - 3 executions
M 8 August    John Colliins          Murder of Jane Uprot  F  26 August
" Thomas Prince            Murder wife, Ann        F  26 August
" Benjamin Baker Highway robbery                  F  26 August
1738 - 3 executions
M 20 March    John Ireland           Horse theft                Unknown
M 24 July    John Taylor            Horse theft                Unknown
" Zachariah Mann At large             Unknown
1739 - 3 executions - plus 1 not confirmed
Th 22 March Phillip Davey Housebreaking                  Unconfirmed
M 13 August William Denton Housebreaking                  F 31 August
" Simon Meeds Housebreaking                  F 31 August
" James Tickner Housebreaking                  F 31 August
1740 - 12 executions
M 24 March    Henry Woodford   Housebreaking                  F  11 April
" John Bale              Horse theft               F  11 April
" Johanna Bryant       Murder of her male bastard F  11 April
" Dinah Turner         Murder of her male bastard F  11 April
" William Dugger            Housebreaking                  F  11 April
" Ann Cummings         Murder of her male bastard F  11 April
" Thomas Diggott    Highway robbery                 F  11 April
" Israel Jessing      Highway robbery                 F  11 April
" Simon Phillips       Murder of Richard Philips  F  11 April
W 6 August    John Every             Murder of his male bastard F  29 August
" Martha Allen         Horse theft                F  29 August
" John Mounsoon          Arson                F  29 August
1741 - Possibly 3 executions - not confirmed
M 20 July Samuel Carly Horse theft               Unconfirmed
" Robert Yeall Sheep theft Unconfirmed
" Thomas Dadd Sheep theft Unconfirmed
1742 - 2 executions
M 29 March    Matthew Sheppard        Housebreaking                  F 30 April
" Daniel Kennard          Arson                F 30 April
1743 - 5 executions
Tu. 15 March    David Gibbons     Murder wife, Elizabeth         F  15 April
" Alice Stribbling Murder of Elizabeth Tossle   F  15 April
" John Lawford           Forgery              F  15 April
M 25 July    George Teague           Highway robbery                 M 29 August
" Rev. Peter Vine      Rape of Elizabeth Dark             W   5 October
1744 - Probably 4 executions as no reprieves traced
Tu. 13 March   William Farey             Uttering Unknown
" Mary Grote  Arson                Unknown
" Christopher Saunders            Sheep theft                Unknown
" John Sowden  Sheep theft                Unknown
1745 - Probably 2 executions 
M 18 March    Philip Harding  Sheep theft                Unknown
" William Fosbery           Highway robbery Unknown
1746 - 4 executions
M 17 March    Thomas Dyer              Murder wife, Ann     F  11 April
M 18 August    Robert Sanderson   Highway robbery                          W  17 September
" James Momford  Highway robbery                  W  17 September
" Humphrey Davis  Highway robbery                          W  17 September
1747 - 2 executions
M 13 April    John Tuckerman         Murder mother, Agnes Unknown
W 19 August   Mary Wadland         Murder of her male bastard    F  18 September
1748 - Probably 1 execution
M 21 March James Whitehouse Highway robbery                          Unknown
1749 - 5 executions 
" Richard Bayly             Burglary             F   7 April
" Thomas Wilson     Highway robbery                  F   7 April
" Richard Bond              Murder of John Richards  F   4 August
M 17 July    John Camp              Burglary             F   4 August
" Matthew Cudmore          Horse theft                F   4 August
1750 - 4 executions
F 16 March Edward Murphy  Burglary             Th 12 April
" John Lenard  H/T coining Th 12 April
" Elizabeth Packard  P/T murder husband Th 12 April
" Burnt at the stake
" Susan Phillips  Murder of her male bastard    Th 12 April
1751 - Possibly 2 executions as no reprieves traced
M 18 March    Robert Hanford          Burglary             Unknown
" John Pope              Murder of John Elliott   Unknown
1752 - 5 executions
M 16 March    John Davy             Murder wife, Ann        F   3 April
Hanged in chains afterwards
" Joseph Phillips         Burglary             F   3 April
" John Wilson        Highway robbery                  F   3 April
" Robert Stamp       Highway robbery                  F   3 April
" William Jennings          Highway robbery                  F  10 April
1753 - 3 executions
F 23 March    William Huish            Murder of father,  William      S  31 March
S 11 August    John Clay              Housebreaking                   F  31 August
" Lawrence Bowan            Sheep theft                F  31 August
1754 - 3 executions 
M 18 March    John Knight            Highway robbery  F 19 April
" John Colby             Highway robbery F 5 April
" John Allen  Highway robbery F 23 August
1755 - 7 executions
M 17 March    Henry Butcher           Murder wife, Elizabeth    F  24 March
" James Reed             Stole in dwelling house             F   4 April
" William Hooper            Highway robbery                  F   4 April
" John Vinneron          Sheep theft                F   4 April
M 28 July    John Wright            Housebreaking                   Th. 14 August
" Henry Broome           Cattle theft              Th. 14 August
" Charles Menhennit            Horse theft                Th. 14 August
1756 - 2 executions
M 29 March    Thomas Jones    Burglary                           F   22 April
M 9 August    Clement Bole         Housebreaking    Th. 23 September
1757 - 3 executions
M 1 August    Stephen Hill              Stole in dwelling house             Th. 18 August
" Roger Rowe           Highway robbery                  Th. 18 August
" George Swanscombe       Highway robbery                  Th. 18 August
1758 - 10 executions
M 13 March   Thomas Smale Murder of James Harris M  20 March
" James Pearce           Cattle theft              F  31 March
" George Leman   Highway robbery                  F  31 March
" Stephen Sapper     Highway robbery                  F  31 March
" Christian Perkin Housebreaking                   F  31 March
" Samuel Dennis           Burglary                   F  31 March
" Henry Johnson   Housebreaking                   F  31 March
" Thomas Pearce   Housebreaking                   F  31 March
" William Huish    Housebreaking                   F  31 March
" Richard Edwards  Housebreaking                   F  31 March
1759 - 16 executions
M 26 March    Robert Lattimore       Murder of James Harvey    M   2 April
" John Morgan  (16)        Stole in dwelling house             Th. 19 April
" Patrick Connor    Burglary             Th. 19 April
" Thomas Carter     Burglary             Th. 19 April
" Patrick Butler           Rape of Mary Baker               Th. 19 April
" John Watson            Rape of Mary Baker               Th. 19 April
" Charles Darras    Murder of Jean Menaux  W  25 April
" Fleurant Tremaine Murder of Jean Menaux  W  25 April
" Pierre Pitiel     Murder of Jean Menaux  W  25 April
" Louis Boudecq     Murder of Jean Menaux  W  25 April
" Pierre Lagnol     Murder of Jean Menaux  W  25 April
M 6 August    Jonathan Horner  Highway robbery                  23/24  August
" John Halway        Highway robbery                  23/24  August
" John Sutton            Highway robbery                  23/24  August
" John Reynolds         Highway robbery                  23/24  August
" John Richards          At large             23/24  August
1760 - 2 executions
M 17 March    Edward Hingston         Murder of Mordecai Solomon     M  24 March
" Edward Kennedy          Housebreaking                   F  11 April
1761 - 6 executions
S 11 July    Richard Harris            Murder of John Carn      F 17 July
" Jonas Woodrow        Murder of Elizabeth Zane   F 17 July
" William Downey Highway robbery and rape         F  31 July
" James Fox          Highway robbery and rape         F  31 July
" Thomas Mercer   Highway robbery and rape         F  31 July
" Dennis Kenedy     Highway robbery and rape         F  31 July
1762 - 4 executions
M 15 March    Robert Haynes          Murder of Unknownn man            F  16 April
" Pierce Mitchell      Murder of Vincent Bevan    F  16 April
" William Goddard  Highway robbery                  F  16 April
" John Sackmore      Highway robbery                  F  16 April
1763 - 6 executions
M 14 March    Robert Clegg       Robbery                  Unknown
" James Watts        Robbery                  Unknown
" William Langton           Burglary                   Unknown
M 25 July    James Gooding   Murder of Samuel Sprogett  S  30 July
" Richard Connor  Murder of Samuel Sprogett  S  30 July
" Pablo More            Murder of William Lock    S  30 July
1764 - 5 executions
M 19 March    Nicholas Maunder          Murder of William Couch     M  26 March
" William Loxham Highway robbery                  F   6 April
" Thomas Carver  Highway robbery                  F   6 April
" William Cause    Burglary             F   6 April
M 13 August    Joal Goss            Horse theft                F 14 September
1765 - 4 executions
M 25 March    George Nicholls       Highway robbery                          W 22 May
" Richard Higgins           Highway robbery                 W 22 May
M 29 July    Thomas Vogwell Burglary             F  16 August
" Elizabeth Staddon         Arson                F  16 August
1766 - 3 executions
M 17 March    David Burk         Highway robbery                  F   4 April
" James Connor           Highway robbery                  F   4 April
M 21 July    David Maroney          Highway robbery                  F 8 August
1767 - 1 execution
M 10 August    John Hockaday          At large             F  28 August
1768 - 3 executions
M 14 March    John Stiles        Rape of Ann Tucker                 M  2 May
" James Oliver       Rape of Ann Tucker                 M  2 May
" John Owen           Rape of Ann Tucker                 M  2 May
1769 - 1 execution
M 13 March    Ann Windsor          Murder of her bastard daughter  M  27 March
1770 - No executions
1771 - 1 execution
M 18 March    Christopher Conig            Murder of James Legett   M  25 March
  
1772 - 2 executions
M 10 August    John Brooke jr            Sheep theft                F 28 August
Nicholas Mason            Stole in dwelling house             F 28 August
1773 - 2 executions
M 15 March    Frances Hallson Murder of her baby       M  22 March
M 9 August    John Wilkinson          Horse theft                F   2 April
1774 - 3 executions
M 14 March    James Perry        Burglary             F   8 April
" William Edwards Burglary             F   8 April
M 1 August    John Winworth       Highway robbery                          F  19 August
1775 - No executions
1776 - 2 executions
M 18 March    Edward Bradlick  Cattle theft F 12 April
" Richard Wood          Highway robbery                  F 12 April
1777 - 3 executions
M 21 July    Thomas Bartley   Highway robbery                  F 8 August
" Thomas Lamb     Highway robbery                  F 8 August
" Arthur Hamill          Highway robbery                  F 8 August
1778 - No executions
1779 - 2 executions
M 15 March    Edward Hutchings Murder wife Mary    M  22 March
" Alice Bishop         Murder of her infant daughter      Tu. 25 May
1780 - 3 executions
M 13 March    William Wooton Murder    M  20 March
M 7 August    Alice Widdison        Stole in dwelling house             F  25 August
" John M'Mahon           Stole in dwelling house             F  25 August
1781 - 1 execution
M 6 August   John Andrews           Cattle theft           F  24 August
1782 - 3 executions
M 18 March    Elizabeth Waldron         Murder of her male bastard       M  25 March
" John Tralhing          Murder of Mary Balkwill  M  25 March
M 22 July    Rebecca Downing      P/T murder her master M  29 July
Burned at the stake
1783 - 9 executions
M 11 August    John Cunningham (16)       Murder of John Pratt   M  18 August
" John Grimslade         Murder  of Rev. Gilbert Yard   M  18 August
Both hanged at Halldown, near Kingsteignton
" Simon Masters        Highway robbery                          F  29 August
" Amos Barnes          Highway robbery                          F  29 August
" John Pidgeon         Highway robbery                          F  29 August
" Simon Frazer        Highway robbery                          F  29 August
" Patrick Dogherty Highway robbery                          F  29 August
" Elizabeth Rumbelow        Sheep theft                F  29 August
" Richard Mann              Sheep theft                F  29 August
1784 - 5 executions
M 15 March    Thomas Harris     Highway robbery                  F  2 April
" William Peters     Highway robbery                  F  2 April
M 2 August Thomas Smart  Murder of Thomas Ewings S 7 August
" John Tolland       Highway robbery                          F  20 August
" James Quirk  Highway robbery                          F  20 August
1785 - 7 executions
M 14 March    Robert Ellwood     Highway robbery                  F   1 April
" John Bliss             Horse theft                F   1 April
" William Coombe Horse theft                F   1 April
" William Clarke   Burglary                     F   1 April
" Thomas Freeman           Stole in dwelling house             F   1 April
" John Dare              Burglary             F   1 April
M 18 July    Hembury Fort         Burglary             F 5 August
1786 - 4 executions
M 20 March    Thomas Russell           Murder of John Breeze   M  27 March
" James Herslake         Cattle theft                 F   7 April
" William Brooks            Horse theft                F   7 April
M 7 August Daniel Rendall Haynes   Horse theft                F  25 August
1787 - 6 executions
M 19 March    Richard Leigh             Burglary             M   9 April
" Richard Joyce             Housebreaking                   M   9 April
" Edward Dolling          Sheep theft                M   9 April
" William Patrick           Burglary             M   9 April
M 30 July    Thomas Crispin   Sodomy               M   6 August
" John Piper             Housebreaking                   F  17 August
1788 - 6 executions
M 17 March    William Smith &     Murder of Philip Smith     M  24 March
" John Richards      Murder of Philip Smith     M  24 March
" William Salter (father),       Murders of William Jenkins  M  24 March
" Peter Salter (son) & and William Scott     M  24 March
" Daniel Goslin     as above M  24 March
" Peter Loosemore      Cattle theft              F   4 April
1789 - 5 executions
M 16 March    James Waybourn  Highway robbery                          F   3 April
" William Snow              Housebreaking                   F   3 April
M 3 August    William Stephens Highway robbery                  F  21 August
" Richard Ford       Highway robbery                  F  21 August
" George Turner           Housebreaking                   F  21 August
1790 - 2 executions
M 26 July    John Pope              Highway robbery                  F  13 August
" James Hole             Cattle theft              F  13 August
1791 - 3 executions
M 14 March    Henry Glanville         Arson                F   1 April
" William Ball              Stole in dwelling house             F   1 April
M 22 August    Joan Pierce          Murder of her female bastard      F  26 August
1792 - 5 executions
M 19 March    William Tremlett          Housebreaking                   F  13 April
" John Ebden             Sheep theft                F  13 April
" James Fullerton    Highway robbery                  F  13 April
" William Butler   Highway robbery                  F  13 April
" William Cuddiver          Sheep theft                F  13 April
1793 - 1 execution
M 18 March    Francis Martin            Robbed postboy          Th. 28 March
Hanged in chains on the brow of Halldown 
1794 - 1 execution
M 17 March    Joan Stone             Arson                F   4 April
1795 - 5 executions
M 16 March    William Martinborough Murder Henry Smith F  20 March
M 27 July    James Lee           Highway robbery                  F  14 August
" William M'Gregor Highway robbery                  F  14 August
" George Rapson           Cattle theft              F  14 August
" Thomas Campion       Riot                         Th.  6 August
Hanged at Bovey Heath (Bovey Tracey) afterwards in chains there
1796 - 2 executions
M 14 March James Wilson           Housebreaking                   F   1 April
M 18 July     Joseph Maiden           H/T coining           F  5 August
1797 - No executions
1798 - 3 executions
M 19 March    James Nicholson        Forgery              M   9 April
M 30 July    Peter Peele          At large             F 17 August  ?
" James M'Intyre         At large             F 17 August  ?
1799 - 2 executions
M 18 March    Mary Ann Martin      Murder of Margaret Palmer   S  23 March
" Betty Limpany (18)     Arson                F   5 April
Executions in the City of Exeter
July 1761 Samuel Wish Murder wife W  8 July 
Sept 1783 John Ashbolt Highway robbery F 26 September
Sept 1783 John Lee Highway robbery F 26 September
Dec 1786 William Fitzgerald Highway robbery W 24 January 1787