| Southamptonshire (Hampshire) 1735 - 1799 | |||
| 708 death sentences led to at least 159 executions, plus another 17 probable ones. | |||
| Executions were normally carried out at Gallows Hill, Winchester | |||
| Occassionally there was an Assize for the County of the Town of Southampton. | |||
| 6 death sentences were passed here, of which 3 were carried out. | |||
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 - 2 executions | |||
| W 5 March | William Stormes | Horse theft | S 22 March |
| W 16 July | Edward Painter | Horse theft | c S 2 August |
| 1736 - 2 executions | |||
| W 3 March | William Cleverley | Murder of Jane Mansbridge | S 13 March |
| " | William Smith | Horse theft | ??/ July |
| 1737 - 2 executions | |||
| W 2 March | Michael Morey | Murder of James Dew | S 19 March |
| Hanged in chains near the murder place on the Isle of Wight | |||
| Tu. 19 July | William Smith | Highway robbery | S 30 July |
| 1738 - 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 28 February | John Boyd | Highway robbery | S 18 March |
| " | James Warwick | Horse theft | S 18 March |
| " | Mary Groke (16) | P/T murder her mistress, Justin Turner | S 18 March |
| Burned at the stake | |||
| Tu. 11 July | Thomas Baker | Highway robbery | c S 29 July |
| " | Daniel Hooker | Housebreaking | c S 29 July |
| 1739 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | Sarah Farmer | Murder of her female bastard | ??/ March |
| " | John Edwards | Housebreaking | ??/ March |
| 1740 - No confirmed executions, but 2 probable | |||
| Tu. 4 March | John Brooks | Housebreaking | ? |
| " | John Brown | Highway robbery | ? |
| 1741 - No confirmed executions, but 2 probable | |||
| Tu. 3 March | Thomas Warne | Forgery | ? |
| Tu. 7 July | Moses Jacob | Housebreaking | ? |
| 1742 - No executions | |||
| 1743 - 1 confirmed execution plus 5 probable where no reprieves have been found | |||
| Tu. 1 March | Domingo Goodheart | Murder of John Hollingshead | W 16 March |
| Hanged in chains near the spot where the murder was committed | |||
| Tu. 1 March | William May | Rape | Unknown |
| " | George Ripper | Horse theft | Unknown |
| " | Richard Loaten | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | William Moore | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| Tu. 12 July | Edward Seagrave | Murder of Mary Azeland | Unknown |
| 1744 - No confirmed executions, but 5 probable where no reprieve has been found | |||
| Tu. 28 February | John Slayden | Murder his wife, Mary | Unknown |
| " | William Coney | Burglary | Unknown |
| " | Robert Say | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | Rd Hamilton | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | Samuel George | At large | Unknown |
| 1745 - No executions | |||
| 1746 - 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 4 March | Stephen Potgeiter | Murder of Owen Sullivan | Tu. 15 April |
| 1747 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 24 March | Samuel Cox | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | Charles Cox | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1748 - 1 probable execution | |||
| Tu. 26 July | William Blake | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1749 - 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 28 February | Robert Faircloth | Murder of Richard Dunn | S 18 March |
| Tu. 4 July | William Cop | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | Joseph Rawlins | Burglary | Unknown |
| " | Henry Borrow | Damaging fishpond | Unknown |
| 1750 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | Edward Coggin | Burglary | Th. 14 June |
| " | William Kemp | Murder of William May | or S 16 June |
| 1751 - 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 5 March | John Kempsall | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1752 - 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 14 July | John Billington | Highway robbery | S 29 August |
| " | John Russellwood | Highway robbery | S 29 August |
| " | Walter Robbins | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | John Marsh | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1753 No executions | |||
| 1754 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 23 July | Thomas Fancy | Horse theft | Unknown |
| " | Walter Piper | Murder of John Pinchbeck | M 29 July |
| 1755 - 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 4.March | Mary Russell | Murder of Philip Lander | M 10 March |
| 1756 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 9 March | Ambrose Batchelor | Sheep theft | S 3 April |
| Tu. 27 July | Richard Mason | Murder of William Mason | M 13 September |
| 1757 - 2 executions | |||
| M 18 July | Alexander Cartwright | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | Mary Williams | Stole in dwelling house | Unknown |
| 1758 - 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 28 February | Jacob Rogers | Highway robbery | c S 20 March |
| " | Thomas Lee | Highway robbery | c S 20 March |
| Tu. 11 July | Richard Roper | Housebreaking | c S 29 July |
| " | Nicholas Bulger | Housebreaking | c S 29 July |
| 1759 - 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 13 March | James Gray | Horse theft | S 31 March |
| " | Hannah Thomas | Housebreaking | S 31 March |
| " | Terence Sweeny | Highway robbery | S 31 March |
| " | James Curry | Highway robbery | S 31 March |
| " | Henry Pickernell | Stole in dwelling house | S 31 March |
| " | Richard Adams | Murder of John Ennis | M 19 March |
| " | Robert Sign | Sheep theft | S 31 March |
| Tu. 24 July | John Lovelock | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| 1760 - 1 execution | |||
| S 19 July | John Marchant | Murder of his wife, Elizabeth | M 21 July |
| Southampton Town execution | |||
| 1761 - 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 3 March | Joseph Saunders | Murder of his nephew, Moses | W 18 March |
| " | Michael M'Cormick | Highway robbery | M 23 March |
| " | Thomas Stone | Highway robbery | M 23 March |
| " | James Watson | Highway robbery | M 23 March |
| M 29 June | James Daniel | Housebreaking | S 11 July |
| " | George Masters | Horse theft | S 11 July |
| " | Joseph Gillam | Housebreaking | S 11 July |
| " | Francis Arsine | Murder of Peter Varley | S 4 July |
| Hanged in chains at Blockhouse Point | |||
| 1762 - 3 executions plus 1 unconfirmed - French respited until Feb. 1763 | |||
| Tu. 20 July | David Burke | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | Edward Caffrey | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | Patrick King | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| " | John French | Murder | Unknown |
| 1763 - 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 1 March | Daniel Shean | Highway robbery | Spring 1763 |
| Tu. 12 July | Francis Kenny | Highway robbery | Spring 1763 |
| " | Thomas Callahan | Highway robbery | Summer 1763 |
| " | Francis M'Ardell | Highway robbery | Summer 1763 |
| " | John Hurdle | Murder of his wife, Martha | M 18 July |
| 1764 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | James Mooney | Highway robbery | S 24 March |
| " | Roger Tuttle | Burglary | S 24 March |
| 1765 - 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 16 July | John Hellier | Highway robbery | S 10 August |
| 1766 - 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 4 March | Thomas Arlot | Horse theft | S 29 March |
| " | George Day | Horse theft | S 29 March |
| " | Charles Connor | Highway robbery | S 29 March |
| " | John Pendergross | Highway robbery | S 29 March |
| F 11 July S'ton | Daniel Moreto | Forgery | M 9 August |
| Southampton Town execution | |||
| 1767 - No executions | |||
| 1768 - 1 execution | |||
| S 16 July | James Williams | Murder of Samuel Lewis | Th. 28 July |
| Hanged at Southsea Beach, Portsmouth, afterwards in chains on same gallows | |||
| 1769 - No executions | |||
| 1770 - 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 27 March | James Cosgrove | Highway robbery | W 18 April |
| 1771 - 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 5 March | John Drake | Murder of William Blackmore | M 11 March |
| 1772 - 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 3 March | Martin Stanley | Highway robbery | W 25 March |
| 1773 - 1 execution | |||
| M 1 March | Robert Arlett | Highway robbery | S 20 March |
| 1774 - No executions | |||
| 1775 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 14 March | James Fitzgerald | Burglary | S 1 April |
| " | Joseph Bayles | Burglary | S 1 April |
| 1776 - 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 5 March | Richard Whatley | Sodomy | S 23 March |
| 1777 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 4 March | James Hill | Arson in dockyard | M 10 March |
| Hanged at Portsmouth Dock, afterwards in chains at Blackhouse Point | |||
| " | Richard Carter | Arson | S 22 March |
| 1778 - 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 3 March | John Desmont & | Murder of Thomas Holland | M 9 March |
| " | Joseph Maseley | Murder of Thomas Holland | M 9 March |
| Hanged in the parish of Exton near murder site | |||
| Maseley hanged in chains there, Desmont anatomised | |||
| Tu. 28 July | Thomas Boulter | Highway robbery | W 19 August |
| " | James Caldwell | Highway robbery | W 19 August |
| 1779 - No executions | |||
| 1780 - 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 29 February | Thomas Mason | Shot at | S 18 March |
| " | Jacob Levi | Burglary | S 18 March |
| " | Samuel Myers | Burglary | S 18 March |
| " | Francis Elliott | Housebreaking | S 18 March |
| " | Thomas Williams | Housebreaking | S 18 March |
| 1781 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | Edward Paul | Highway Robbery | S 24 March |
| Tu. 24 July | John Bryan | Murder of William Wisdom | M 30 July |
| " | Hanged in chains at Blockhouse Point, near the gibbet of John the Painter | ||
| 1782 - 1 execution. | Tried by Special Commission | ||
| David Tyrie | High Treason | S 24 August | |
| Hanged drawn & quartered at Portsmouth | |||
| 1783 - 10 executions | |||
| M 3 March | Thomas Godfrey | Murder of John Barrett | M 10 March |
| " | John Taylor | Murder of James Stores | M 10 March |
| " | John Tafferson | Highway robbery | S 22 March |
| " | Theophilus Crimsey | Highway robbery | S 22 March |
| " | James Denison | Highway robbery | S 22 March |
| Tu. 29 July | John Marshall | Murder wife, Mary | M 4 August |
| " | James Murray | Highway robbery | S 16 August |
| " | John Cormolly | Highway robbery | S 16 August |
| " | John Champ | Horse theft | S 16 August |
| " | John Jenkins | Burglary | S 16 August |
| 1784 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 2 March | John Quin & | Murder of Cornelius Bailey | M 8 March |
| " | Mary Bailey | P/T murder husband, Cornelius | M 8 March |
| Burned at the stake | |||
| 1785 - 11 executions | |||
| Tu. 1 March | John Muddle | Burglary | S 19 March |
| " | Nathaniel Wilmer | Highway robbery | S 19 March |
| " | Richard Adams | Highway robbery | S 19 March |
| " | Robert Stratton | Burglary | S 19 March |
| " | William Perry | Burglary | S 19 March |
| " | Robert Carpenter | Forgery | S 2 April |
| Tu. 5 July | Samuel Keefe | Highway robbery | S 23 July |
| " | Bryan M'Donald | Highway robbery | S 23 July |
| " | Moses Powell | Burglary | S 23 July |
| " | Charles Dillon | Highway robbery | S 23 July |
| S'ton S 9 July | William Shawyer | Burglary | W 27 July |
| Southampton town execution | |||
| 1786 - 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 7 March | Richard Forder | Sheep theft | S 25 March |
| Tu. 25 July | John Hastings | Murder of James (or Robert) Warnock | M 31 July |
| Hanged in chains at Hardway, near Gosport | |||
| " | Robert Brown | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| " | William Earls | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| 1787 - No executions | |||
| 1788 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 4 March | Charles Sainsbury | Housebreaking | S 22 March |
| " | William White | Horse theft | S 22 March |
| 1789 - 3 executions | |||
| Th. 5 March | John Bridger | Cutting & maiming horse | S 21 March |
| " | William Dungan | Housebreaking | S 21 March |
| Tu. 21 July | William Earl | Rape of Sarah Spicer | Th. 6 August ?? |
| 1790 - 2 executions, plus 1 unconfirmed (Forder) | |||
| W 14 July | Luke Stanley | Horse theft | S 31 July |
| " | John Patrick | Horse theft | S 31 July |
| " | John Forder | Sheep theft | Tu. 10 August ?? |
| 1791 - 2 executions | |||
| W 2 March | William Weeks | Stole in dwelling house | F 1 April |
| " | Samuel Leath | Forgery | S 19 March |
| 1792 - 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | John Shaw | Forgery | S 24 March |
| " | John Charles | Murder wife, Mary | S 10 March |
| 1793 - No executions | |||
| 1794 - 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 4 March | George Bentham | Murder of William Barnes | M 10 March |
| " | Edward Powell | Murder of William Barnes | M 10 March |
| " | Charles Talmage | Burglary | S 22 March |
| " | Thomas Noble | Extortion | S 29 March |
| Tu. 29 July | Francis Jennison | Murder of John Groundwater | M 4 August |
| " | William Butterworth | Murder of John Groundwater | M 4 August |
| Both hanged at Portsea | |||
| " | Patrick Quin | Burglary | S 16 August |
| " | Patrick Coine | Burglary | S 16 August |
| Both hanged near Northwood, Isle of Wight, afterwards in chains there | |||
| 1795 - No executions | |||
| 1796 - 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 1 March | William McCarter | Murder of John Smith | M 7 March |
| " | Summo | Murder of Meramo (fellow P.o.W.) | M 7 March |
| " | Raban | " | M 7 March |
| " | Ravon | " | M 7 March |
| " | Sarax | " | M 7 March |
| " | John Price | Highway robbery | S 19 March |
| " | William Dight | Highway robbery | S 19 March |
| W 6 July | Valerie Coffre | Murder of Nicholas Chartier | M 11 July |
| Hanged at Porchester Castle | |||
| 1797 - 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 7 March | Gaspard Keep | Rape of Elizabeth Lock | S 25 March |
| " | Nicholas Wagner | Rape of Elizabeth Lock | S 25 March |
| " | William Smith | Housebreaking | S 25 March |
| Tu. 25 July | George Barnes | Horse theft | S 12 August |
| " | John Murphy | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| " | Richard Knowles | Stole in dwelling house | S 12 August |
| " | Edward Farrell | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| " | Edward Roach | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| 1798 - 3 executions | |||
| W 18 July | George Prince | Murder of Mary Moody | M 23 July |
| Hanged in chains at Bramshaw | |||
| " | John Hughes | At large | S 4 August |
| " | Joseph Carter | Housebreaking | S 4 August |
| 1799 - 3 executions | |||
| Tu. 5 March | James Pullen | Uttering | S 23 March |
| " | John Matson | Forgery | S 23 March |
| " | William Baker | Burglary | S 23 March |