Gloucestershire & the City of Gloucester
Gloucestershire passed 603 death sentences led to 118 executions
County executions took place at Over unless otherwise specified.
Gloucester City passed a further 12 death sentences of which 3 were carried out at the West Gate
Assize date  Name Crime Execution date
1735 - 4 executions
S 9 August    Edmund Goodrich         Murder of Robert Gregory F  22 August
Hanged at Corse Lawn, Cheltenham, afterwards in chains there.
" Sarah Baylis         Murder male bastard       F  22 August
" Nathaniel Willis          Highway robbery                 F  22 August
" Jonathan Willis          Housebreaking                   F  22 August
1736 - 1 execution
S 28 August  Thomas James             At large             Th. 16 September
1737 - 5 executions
S 5 March  Arthur Jotcham       At large             W   6 April
S 13 August    John Willis            Housebreaking  F  26 August
" John Gibbs             Housebreaking          F  26 August
" John Wood  &    Highway robbery   F  26 August
" Abraham Wood  Highway robbery   F  26 August
1738 - 5 executions
S 4 March    George Read        Burglary             F  17 March
" Dan Grastock    Burglary                   F  17 March
S 5 August    John Ovens             Horse theft                F  18 August
" Henry Arvin      Highway robbery                 F  18 August
" Nathaniel Webb  Highway robbery                 F  18 August
1739 - No executions
1740 - 2 executions
S 29 March   Benjamin Fletcher  Highway robbery                 M  14 April
" William Lewis Highway robbery                 M  14 April
1741 - 3 executions
S 7 March    Thomas Cook &   Robbery     Th. 26 March
" Francis Cook    Robbery     Th. 26 March
S 11 July    John Leonard           Highway robbery                 F  24 July
1742 - 9 executions
S 13 March    William Seymour           Murder of his brother      W  31 March
" John Symonds           At large             W  31 March
" Giles Hancock        At large             W  31 March
" Benjamin Barnard Burglary   W  31 March
" James Pewtrees    Burglary   W  31 March
city assizes          James Matthews         Horse theft               W  31 March
S 31 July    George Edwards          Burglary             W  18 August
" Daniel Crew             At large             W  18 August
" Thomas Bright       Horse theft                W  18 August
1743 - 2 executions
S 5 March    Joseph Mulloe           Murder of Jane Clarke  Tu. 22 March
Hanged at on Rodborough Hill , afterwards in chains there.
" John Waters            Highway robbery                         W  23 March
1744 - 3 executions
S 3 March    Thomas Cambrey   Murder of Anne Millington  Tu. 20 March
Hanged at Bowling Green House, Cirencester, afterwards in chains
" Andrew Burnet    Murder of Richard Ruddle   Th.  22 March
" Henry Payne      Murder of Richard Ruddle   Th.  22 March
Both hanged at Durdham Down, afterwards in chains above Hot Well
1745 - No executions
1746 - 1 execution
S 8 March    William Gibbs             Burglary             Th. 27 March
1747 - 2 executions
S 1 August    Samuel Baxter      Highway robbery                 M  17 August
" Robert Hine       Highway robbery                 M  17 August
1748 - No executions
1749 - 2 executions
S 5 August   George Bangor           H/T colouring coin       W  23 August
" Joseph Abseny           Murder of Mary Wiltshire F  25 August
Hanged at Durdham Down, afterwards in chains there.
1750 - 2 executions
S 10 March    Richard Merrick           Murder of John Poole (14) W  28 March
Hanged in chains by the Monument on Lansdown
" William Collins           Horse theft                W  28 March
1751 - 2 executions
S 30 March    Joseph Oliver (16)        Highway robbery                 F  19 April
" William Onion             Sheep theft                F  19 April
1752 - 1 execution
S 7 March    John Handley           Highway robbery                 W  25 March 
1753 - 5 executions
S 31 March   Walter Crabb           Stole in dwelling house             F  13 April
" Anne Williams        P/T murder of husband       F  13 April
Burned at the stake
" William Weobley           Sheep theft                F  13 April
S 25 August    William Hughes            Horse theft W  12 September
" James Jones            Horse theft W  12 September
1754 - 5 executions
W 13 March    William Taylor            Housebreaking                   W  27 March
" Samuel Cotterell        Highway robbery                 W  27 March
" John Davis             Horse theft                W  27 March
" John Wire              Horse theft                W  27 March
" Thomas Cooke             Stole in dwelling house             Th. 18 April
1755 - 4 executions
S 29 March    Ann Ockford          Murder of her female bastard    F   4 April
" Thomas Williams Highway robbery    M  14 April
" Robert Long  & Highway robbery    M  14 April
" John Smith      Highway robbery    M  14 April
1756 - 1 execution
W 4 August    William Cross Pearce      Murder of his wife, Mary M   9 August
1757 - 3 executions
W 23 March    John Allen             Cattle  theft                 W   6 April
" Richard Colwell  & Housebreaking                   W   6 April
" Robert Colwell    Housebreaking                   W   6 April
1758 - 5 executions
M 6 March    Thomas Roberts Murder of Benjamin Hedges F  10 March
" Robert Prude           Highway robbery                 W  22 March
S 29 July   Mary Vinson          Housebreaking                   W  16 August
" James Hall             Burglary             W  16 August
" William Pitt              Burglary             M  28 August
1759 - 1 execution
S 7 April   Edith Saunders       Murder of James Short   M  16 April
1760 - No executions
1761 - 5 executions
W 11 March   Elizabeth Brooks Housebreaking                   F   3 April
Th. 16 July    George Northcott        Murder               M  27 July
" Benjamin Fox              Murder               M  27 July
" Edward Brown            Highway robbery                 M   3 August
" Richard Alexander         Highway robbery                 M  24 August
1762 - No executions
1763 - 3 executions
W 9 March    Thomas Hanks Murder of his wife, Ann M  14 March
S 6 August    Daniel Neale            Highway robbery                 F  26 August
" Richard Johnson           Housebreaking                   F  26 August
1764 - 3 executions
W 14 March    Daniel Pugh             Cattle theft                 F  13 April
W 8 August    John Hancock           Highway robbery               F  24 August
" John Jordan            Highway robbery                 F  24 August
1765 - 4 executions
W 20 March    John Conroy            Highway robbery                 F  12 April
" William O'Brien & Stole in dwelling house             F  12 April
" Brian Birhagra      Stole in dwelling house             F  12 April
" Richard Holmes            Stole in dwelling house             F  12 April
1766 - 6 executions
W 12 March    John Hosier   Highway robbery                 W  26 March
" Thomas Evans  Highway robbery                 W  16 April
S 13 December Nathaniel Close           Murder of Sarah Vines M  22 December
" Stephen Cratchley         Riot                 F   9 January '67
" Joseph Wildey           Riot                 F   9 January '67
" Aaron Prinn         Riot                 F   9 January '67
1767 - 3 executions
W 25 March    Joseph Tilling          Burglary             W  15 April
city assizes         
S 1 August    Robert Jones           Murder of Stephen Matthews    F   7 August
Hanged in chains at Bourton on the Hill, near to where the murder took place
" Samuel Williams         Rape of Elizabeth Woodcock  F  21 August
1768 - 1 execution
W 9 March   William Howard Burglary             W  30 March
1769 - No executions
1770 - 2 executions
S 17 March    Samuel Crew        Burglary             F   6 April
" Richard York         Burglary             F   6 April
1771 - No executions
1772 - 6 executions
W 11 March    William Morgan Murder of Mary Jones              M  16 March
" Elizabeth Twigg           Murder of William Twigg               M  16 March
S 22 August    William Keely             Murder of Richard Dyer              F  28 August
Hanged at Campden, afterwards in chains there
" Richard Daw               Accessory to murder               S  12 September
" Richard Bidmead   Accessory to burglary            S  12 September
" Jeremiah Workman       Horse theft                S  12 September
1773 - 4 executions
S 27 March    Thomas Taylor            Horse theft                F  16 April
" Henry Rook              Highway robbery                 F  16 April
" John Butt              Sheep theft                F  16 April
S 31 July    George Giles            Uttering                   W  25 August
1774 - 4 executions
S 24 March    Richard Falkener Highway robbery                 F  15 April
" James Donald &   Burglary             F  15 April
" Josiah Gardiner  Burglary             F  15 April
" William Townsend          Cutting & maiming           F  15 April
1775 - No executions
1776 - 3 executions
Th. 28 March    Thomas Harmer            Murder of Jonathan Hayward W   3 April
" John Gilbert         Housebreaking                   F  19 April
" Susannah Underwood      Arson                F  19 April
1777 - 2 executions
W 16 July    William Cockeran & Housebreaking        F   1 August
John Chapman   Housebreaking        F   1 August
1778 - 3 executions
W 11 March    Elizabeth Grimett         Murder of her male bastard       M  16 March
" Thomas Smart  &    Highway robbery                 F  27 March
" Samuel Warren     Highway robbery                 F  27 March
1779 - 2 executions
W 10 March    Stephen Walker         Highway robbery                 F  26 March
S 7 August    Catherine Jenkins Murder of her niece, Ann Jenkins Th. 12 August
1780 - No executions
1781 - 2 executions
S 10 March    John Read &        Burglary                   F 30  March
" John Ward         Burglary                   F 30  March
1782 - 3 executions
W 27 March    Thomas Stallard          Murder of William Millard Ex  M   1 April
" John Wiggins           Highway robbery                 Ex  F  26 April
" Richard Eyman             Murder of Margaret Eyman    Ex  F  26 April
1783 - 4 executions
W 26 March    Jenkin Prothero      Murder of Evan Daniel M  31 March
Hanged on on Durdham Downs, afterwards in chains there
" William Butt              Highway robbery                 F  18 April
" Hannah Williams         Housebreaking                   F  18 April
W 6 August    James Bryant           Sheep theft                F  29 August
1784 - 10 executions
W 24 March    John Mayo              Burglary                  F  16 April
" William Turner            Housebreaking                   F  16 April
" Richard Baxter &   Sheep theft                F  16 April
" James Blewitt        Sheep theft                F  16 April
S 24 July    Henry Dunsden     Murder of William Harding   F  30 July
" Thomas Dunsden  Aiding above murder    F  30 July
Both hanged in chains at Shipley-cum-Wichwood
" James Bond & Sacrilege             F  13 August
" Rob Cook     Sacrilege             F  13 August
" John Young &       Highway robbery                  F  13 August
" Samuel Harmer   Highway robbery                  F  13 August
1785 - 12 executions
W 23 March    David Castell          Highway robbery                 F  15 April
" John Howard            Burglary             F  15 April
" James Brooke           Sheep theft                  F  15 April
" William White             Burglary             F  15 April
" Thomas Jones             Horse theft                F  15 April
" John Garner            Burglary             F  15 April
" William Day     Burglary             F  15 April
Samuel Green            Highway robbery                 F  15 April
City assizes          Samuel Griffiths        Stole in dwelling house                 F  15 April
W 13 July    Charles Jenkins           Murder of his wife, Sarah  M  18 July
" Mary Morgan          Horse theft                F   5 August
" James Hawkins          Burglary                   F   5 August
1786 - 9 executions
W 29 March    William Crew, Burglary                   F  21 April
" John Chapman & Burglary                   F  21 April
" William Matthews Burglary                   F  21 April
" Samuel Allaway         Housebreaking                   F  21 April
" James Davis            Housebreaking             F  21 April
" Thomas Russ              Highway robbery                 F  21 April
" Joseph Fry  &            Housebreaking             F  21 April
" Samuel Ward Housebreaking             F  21 April
" William Whittick          Horse theft                F  21 April
1787 - No executions
1788 - 8 executions
W 26 March    Francis Turner            Horse theft       W  16 April
" Thomas Trueman           Burglary        W  16 April
" Charles Frost   Housebreaking          W  16 April
" Thomas Fox       Housebreaking          W  16 April
" Robert Collins Housebreaking          W  16 April
" Joseph Wilcox           Housebreaking          W  16 April
W 16 July John Birchill  & Horse theft     F   8 August
" John Anstell  Horse theft     F   8 August
1789 - 3 executions
W 29 July    Charles Brassington       Murder of Martha Huntly M   3 August
" John Davies            Sheep theft                F  28 August
" George Dalby            Rape of Elizabeth Paul (child)      F  28 August
1790 - 3 executions (last at the old county gallows)
Th. 25 March   Thomas Ferryman Housebreaking    F  16 April
" Charles Brown     Housebreaking    F  16 April
" Edmund Sweet            Burglary F  16 April
1791 - No executions
1792 - 2 executions (first outside the County Gaol, Gloucester)
W 28 March    Charles Rachford & Highway robbery                 S  14 April
" John Hughes       Highway robbery                 S  14 April
1793 - 1 execution
S 30 March    John Evans             Housebreaking                   S  13 April
1794 - 3 executions
Tu. 19 August   Hannah Limbrick      Murder of Deborah Limbrick F  22 August
" Hannah Weobley       Murder of her male bastard       S  23 August
" William Williams          Sheep theft                S   6 September
1795 - 1 execution
W 11 March    William Large             Sheep theft                S  28 March
1796 - 5 executions
W 23 March   John Smith             Housebreaking                   S   9 April
" Thomas Yemm     Stealing                  S   9 April
" Thomas Rosser    Stealing                  S   9 April
W 13 July Thomas Smith             Sheep theft                S  30 July
" James Cornock          Sheep theft                S  30 July
1797 - 3 executions
W 15 March    John Viner             Horse theft                S   1 April
" Edward Davis            Sheep theft                S   1 April
" William Freeman           Horse theft                Th. 13 April
1798 - 3 executions
W 25 July    John Roberts       Housebreaking                           S  11 August
" John Hawkins       Housebreaking                           S  11 August
" Benjamin Gullick Housebreaking         S  11 August
1799 - 1 execution
W 13 March    William Jewell            Murder of John Ayliffe             M  18 March