Nottinghamshire 1735 - 1799
In the years 1735 – 1756, 50 death sentences were commuted and reports of 
9 executions have been found.
In the period 1757 to 1799 there were 128 death sentences of which 34 were carried out.
It is possible that other executions took place in this period.
Name Crime Execution date
James Gilders (Gibbins) Highway robbery F  24 Mar 1738 
Henry Parnell  Murder of his wife F  4 August 1738
John Graham (Grimes) & Highway robbery W  14 August 1745 
Ignatius Fisher  Highway robbery W  14 August 1745 
John Smith   Highway robbery W  14 Aug  1751
Joseph Millner  Robbery W  14 Aug  1751
Woolston Roberts & Cutting & maiming of Tu. 21 April  1752  
William Sandham Benjamin Voss Tu. 21 April  1752  
James Wogden  Murder of Edward Whatman  M  10 August 1752
Richard Sturgees  Robbing dyehouses  Tu. 20 Septermber  1757
Robert Wilson  Highway robbery W  29 March 1758  
Samuel Ward  Housebreaking W  4 April  1759 
Nottingham town execution
William Andrew Horne (74) Murder of his bastard Th. 30 November 1759 
Elizabeth Morton (aged 15)  Murder of her master’s child W  6 April 1763 
James Bromwich  & Highway robbery W  30 July 1766 
William Wagner  Highway robbery W  30 July 1766 
Robert Downe  Murder of Thomas Greenwood  M  10 August 1767 
Hanged in chains at the Gravel Pits, Lichfield Lane near Mansfield
Thomas Reynolds  Burglary W  19 August 1767 
William Hobbs (Hebb)  Murder of Thomas Burrill (aged 79)  M  27 March 1769 
Richard Wheatley  Robbing bleachground  W  30 March 1774 
Joseph Shaw  Burglary W  30 March 1774 
William Voce (19)  Murder of Mary Dufty  M  20 March 1775 
John Spencer  Murder of William Yeadon M  26 July 1779 
Hanged in chains at Scrooby near the murder spot
George Brown (Bounds)  Housebreaking W  28 March 1781 
Adam Bagshaw  Housebreaking W  28 March 1781 
Cooper Hall  Mail robbery W  27 March 1782
Hanged in chains on Jearling Moor.
Robert Rushton  Murder  9 year old daughter  W  17 March 1784 
Ann Castledine (28)  Murder of her bastard W  17 March 1784 
Thomas Henfrey & Highway robbery W  31 March 1784 
William Rider  Highway robbery W  31 March 1784 
Thomas (William) Cook  Highway robbery W  23 March 1785 
John Townshend & Highway robbery W  23 March 1785 
John Pendrill  Highway robbery W  23 March 1785 
John Anderson   Horse theft W  23 March 1785 
Thomas Cobb  Burglary W  27 July 1785 
William Hands  Horse theft W  29 March 1786 
John Lister  Sheep theft W  29 March 1786 
Samuel Martin (21) & Robbing warehouse  W  24 March 1790 
Anthony Farnsworth (17)  Robbing warehouse  W  24 March 1790 
William Healey  Horse theft W  27 Mar  1793 
David Proctor  Rape of Charlotte Waters (10) W  25 March 1795 
John Miller  Cattle theft W  16 Aug  1797
James Brodie (aged 23)  Murder of William Henesal (8) M  15 July 1799