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