Rutland 1735 - 1799
7 executions were carried out at Mount Pleasant. Oakham. 
In the years 1735 – 1756, 6 death sentences were commuted and a report of 1 execution 
In the period 1757 to 1799 there were 21 death sentences passed of which 6 were carried out.
has been found. It is possible that other executions took place in this period.
Name Crime Execution date
William Walton Unknown S  11 March 1738 
Edward Bate  Highway robbery S  11 March 1758 
John Swanson  Murder of Robert Brown & Ann Woods  M  12 March 1759 
Thomas Sculthorpe  Highway robbery M  7 April 1760 
John Bowland  Robbing Mail coach Th.  20 July 1769 
Hanged in chains on Empington Common
William Weldon & Murder of John Freeman M  16 March 1789 
Richard Weldon  Murder of John Freeman M  16 March 1789 
Both hanged in chains on Hambledon Hill