Lancashire executions 1735 - 1799.  
Assizes were held twice a year (Lent and Summer) at Lancaster.
297 death sentences led to 78 executions which were carried out on Lancaster Moor.
Trial date Name Crime Execution date
1735 & 1736 - No executions traced.
1737 - 1 execution.
?? Andrew Berry            H/T counterfeiting ??/??/1737
1738 - No executions.
1739 - 2 executions.
S 31 March James Fazakerley     No indictment traced April 1739
W 5 September Samuel Tomllinson      Theft Sept 1739
1740 - No executions.
1741 - 1 execution.
F 14 August James Hanson            Burglary August 1741
1742 - 2 executions.
M 29 March John Croskell           Horse theft ??/??/1742
?? Lawrence Briercliffe  Murder of John Hind ??/??/1742
1743 & 1744 - No executions.
1745 & 1746 - No executions.
1747 to 1749 - No executions.
1750 - 1 execution.
M 26 March Christopher Jameson     Murder of William Goodshaw  April 1750
1751 to 1753 - No executions.
1754 - 2  executions.
M 11 March John Thompson            Horse theft S  30 March
" John Wilson             Horse theft S  30 March
1755 - 2  executions.
S  8 March John Bent               Murder of wife, Jane  F 14 March
S 16 August Thomas Moor             H/T coining S  30 August
1756 - 4  executions.
M 15 March Abraham Healey snr.  H/T counterfeit S   3 April
" Abraham Healey jnr.  H/T counterfeit S   3 April
" Joseph Woolstencroft    Sent threatening letter S   3 April
S 11 September William Freeman         Highway robbery September
1757 - No executions.
1758 - 2 executions
W  9 August William Harrison        Murder of Margaret Watson M  14 August
" John Greenwood  Stealing in a warehouse August/September
1759 - 1 execution
S 17 March John Grindred           Murder wife & children              S  24 March  
hanged in chains on Pendleton Moor
1761- No executions.
1762 - 2 executions
S 20 March Alice Ridley            Murder her male bastard F  26 March
" William Doodson         Rape of Elizabeth Kightly  S   3 April
1763- No executions.
1764 - 1 execution
S 24 March John Nelson             Stole in dwelling house S   7 April
1765 - 2 executions
S 30 March James Howarth           Murder of Alice Cowper S  13 April
" Thomas Wilkinson        Highway robbery S  20 April
1766 - 2 executions
S 29 March William Whittle         Murder of wife, Alice                S   5 April 
S  9 August John Smith              Robbed Customs House          S  23 August
hanged in chains at Liverpool
1767 - 1769 - No executions.
1770 - 2 executions
S  1 September Patrick Pearson         Highway robbery S  22 September
" Thomas Dunwoody Highway robbery S  22 September
1771 - 1 execution
S 10 August John Lewis              Murder of daughter, Ann S  17 August
1772 - 1 execution
S 28 March Mary Hilton             P/T murder - husband John M  6 April
Burned at the stake
1773 - 1 execution
S 21 August Robert Grocer           Burglary S  28 August 
1774 to 1776 - No executions.
1777 - 1 execution
S  9 August John Rotchley            Rape of Mary Sutherland S  30 August
1778 to 1781 - No executions.
1782 - 1 execution
Tu. 26 March John David Hunt         Forgery S  20 April
1783 - No executions.
1784 - 3 executions
Tu. 23 March John Toms               Murder of Edward Wilshaw M  29 March
" Henry Keys              Highway robbery  W   7 April
" John Dugdale            Highway robbery  W   7 April
1785 - 1 execution
Tu. 22 March   Charles Cooney          Stole from Liverpool Exchange S  23 April
1786 - 6 executions
W 29 March   Charles Adley           H/T possession of coining imps. S  13 May
S 26 August William Rice            Horse theft S  16 September 
" John Gray               H/T possession of coining imps. S  16 September 
" James Jones             Burglary S  16 September 
" Ralph Morris            Burglary S  16 September 
" James Lee (Holland)     Stole from bleachcroft         M  18 September
Hanged on Bolton Moor
1787 - 6 executions
M 26 March   John Jones              At large S  21 April 
" James Tyrie             At large S  21 April 
" William Pemberton Horse theft S  21 April 
" Thomas Coalpitts Horse theft S  21 April 
" Thomas Smith        Highway robbery S  21 April 
" James Wainwright Highway robbery S  21 April 
1788 - 2 executions
M 24 March   Patrick Burne        Robbery in a dwelling house                       S  31 March
" John Silvester Dowling Robbery in a dwelling house                       S  31 March
1789 - 2 executions
S 22 August   Christopher Hartley         Murder of Hannah Corbridge  F  28 August
" William Hodgson         House breaking S   5 September
1790 - 3 executions
S 13 March   Nathan Mather           Burglary S   3 April
" John Martin      Highway robbery S   3 April
S 14 August James McNamara          Burglary                        S  11 September
1791 - 4 executions
Tu. 22 March   Thomas Barrow           Horse theft S  16 April
" William Maddocks        Burglary S  16 April
S  3 September Robert Davies           Horse theft S   1 October 
" Charles Williamson      Burglary S   1 October 
1792 - 4 executions
S 10 March   Robert Pilkington       Murder Stephen Yates S  17 March
" Thomas Flemming         Highway robbery S   7 April
" Thomas Easthope         Stole letters S   7 April
S 18 August James Thompson          Horse theft S  15 September
1793 - 3 executions
S  9 March   Charles Burton          Forgery S  30 March
" Joseph Charles            Rape of Sarah Norcott  Th.  4 April
S 10 August Edward Miles            Robbed mail coach S  14 September
Hanged in chains near “The Twysters”, Manchester Road, Warrington
1794 - No executions.
1795 - 3 executions
M 14 March   John Reynolds H/T coining S  11 April 
" Erasmus Hinley H/T coining S  11 April 
S 15 August Thomas Case             H/T colouring coins S  12 September
1796 - 2 executions
S 19 March   James Berry             Forgery S  16 April
John Hewitt             Horse theft S  16 April
1797 - 1 execution
S 25 March   Samuel Longworth        Murder of William Horrocks M   3 April
1798 - 3 executions
S 18 August   John Eccles             Stole from bleachcroft S   8 September
" Henry Clarke        Highway robbery S   8 September
" George Russell          Stole from bleachcroft S  15 September
1799 - 3 executions
Tu. 26 March   John McFullin           Stole from bleachcroft S  27 April
" James Case              Forgery S  27 April
" John Guest              Stole from drying house S  27 April