| Sussex 1735 - 1799 | ||||
| 294 death sentences led to 88 confirmed executions and 10 probable ones | ||||
| Executions were carried out at Horsham unless otherwsie stated. | ||||
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date | |
| 1735 - 1 sentence that resulted in death through peine fort et dur | ||||
| S 2 August | John Weekes | Murder | F 11 August | |
| 1736 - No executions | ||||
| 1737 - 2 executions | ||||
| M 14 March | Alexander Screwens | Horse theft | ??/March or April | |
| S 30 July | Edward Daw | Housebreaking | ??/August | |
| 1738 - 1 execution | ||||
| M 13 March | Thomas Smith | Housebreaking | ??/March or April | |
| 1739 - No executions | ||||
| 1740 - 2 probable executions where no reprieves have been traced | ||||
| M 24 March | John Whatman | Burglary | ??/April | |
| " | Robert Knowlden | Burglary | ??/April | |
| 1741 - 2 confirmed executions, plus 3 probable where no reprieves have been traced | ||||
| M 16 March | Lawrence Holliday | Murder of Thomas Avann | W 1 April | |
| Hanged in chains near murder spot on Fairlight Common | ||||
| " | Richard Allen | Burglary | ??/April | |
| " | James Harrison & | Housebreaking | ??/April | |
| " | Thomas Marlen | Housebreaking | ??/April | |
| S 18 July | Philip Dean | Highway robbery | F 7 August | |
| 1742 - 3 probable executions where no reprieves have been traced | ||||
| M 9 August | Edward Farrier & | Highway robbery | ??/August | |
| " | James Morphey | Highway robbery | ??/August | |
| " | James Horley | Horse theft | ??/August | |
| 1743 - No executions | ||||
| 1744 - 1 probable execution where no reprieve traced | ||||
| M 19 March | William Rapley | Horse & sheep theft | ??/April | |
| 1745 - 2 executions | ||||
| M 18 March | John Vinall | Horse theft | S 6 April | |
| " | John Wharton | Horse theft | S 27 April | |
| 1746 & 1747 - No executions | ||||
| 1748 - 1 execution | ||||
| M 28 March | Benjamin Killingback | Murder of Henry Collier | Unknown | |
| 1749 - 15 executions | ||||
| 7 men tried by Special Commission at Chichester for the murders of William Galley and Daniel Chater. | ||||
| for the murders of William Galley and Daniel Chater. Hanged at Chichester | ||||
| M 16 January | Benjamin Tapner | Murder | Th. 19 January | |
| " | John Cobby | Murder | Th. 19 January | |
| " | John Hammond | Murder | Th. 19 January | |
| " | William Carter | Murder | Th. 19 January | |
| " | Richard Mills, Sr. | Murder | Th. 19 January | |
| " | Richard Mills, Jun. | Murder | Th. 19 January | |
| Carter was hanged in chains near Rake, Tapner on Rook’s Hill near Chichester | ||||
| and Cobby and Hammond on the beach at Selsey Isle. | ||||
| 1749 - Assizes | ||||
| M 13 March | John Mills | Murder of Richard Hawkins | M 20 March | |
| Hanged in chains on Slindon Common | ||||
| " | Henry Shearman | Murder of William Galley | Tu. 21 March | |
| Hanged in chains at Rake | ||||
| " | John Brown | Highway robbery | S 1 April | |
| " | Robert Fuller | Highway robbery | S 1 April | |
| " | Lawrence Kent (Kemp) | Stole in dwelling house | S 1 April | |
| " | Thomas Kent (Kemp) | Stole in dwelling house | S 1 April | |
| " | Hugh MacCullam | Murder of Richard Hall | ??/March/April | |
| S 29 July | Edmund Richards | Murder of William Galley | W 9 August | |
| Hanged in chains on Hambrook Common | ||||
| " | George Chapman | Aiding and abetting murder | S 19 August | |
| All the executions in 1749 (including those at Chichester), except those on 1st April, were of members | ||||
| of smuggling gangs | ||||
| 1750 - 5 confirmed executions, plus 1 probable (Maccony) | ||||
| M 26 March | Thomas Carey | Aiding and abetting murder | ??/April | |
| " | William England | Robbed dwelling house | ??/April | |
| " | John Jeffrey | Highway robbery | ??/April | |
| " | Patrick Maccony | Stole in dwelling house | ?? | |
| M 6 August | Isaac Adrian | Aiding and abetting murder | ??/August | |
| " | Patrick Tobin | Highway robbery | ??/August | |
| 1751 - 2 executions | ||||
| M 25 March | Elizabeth Lewes | Murder of her male bastard | ??/April | |
| S 10 August | John Daw | Burglary | ??/August | |
| 1752 - 4 executions | ||||
| M 23 March | Thomas Prestwood | Burglary | ??/April | |
| " | John Heath | Highway robbery | S 25 April | |
| M 20 July | Ann Whale & | P/T murder her husband James | F 7 August | |
| " | Sarah Pledge | Aiding and abetting above murder | F 7 August | |
| Both were executed at Broadbridge Heath, Ann Whale being burned at the stake | ||||
| 1753 - No executions | ||||
| 1754 - 2 executions | ||||
| M 25 March | Samuel Shefford | Highway robbery | Tu. 30 April | |
| M 19 August | John Millet (Mills) | Horse theft | ??/September | |
| 1755 - 1757 - No executions | ||||
| 1758 - 2 executions | ||||
| S 22 July | John Noyse | Aiding and abetting murder | Th. 27 July | |
| " | John Weak | Aiding and abetting murder | Th. 27 July | |
| 1759 - 1 execution | ||||
| S 4 August | Thomas Ansell | Aiding and abetting murder | Th. 2 or 9 August | |
| 1760 - 1 execution | ||||
| M 24 March | John Bulbeck | Forgery | S 19 April | |
| 1761 - 1763 - No executions | ||||
| 1764 - 1 execution | ||||
| M 26 March | Sarah Young | Murder of her male bastard | F 30 March | |
| 1765 - 1768 - No executions | ||||
| 1769 - 1 execution | ||||
| M 13 March | John Ney | Highway robbery | S 25 March | |
| 1770 - No executions | ||||
| 1771 - 1 execution | ||||
| M 18 March | John Upperton | Highway robbery | S 6 April | |
| Hanged in chains at Burpham | ||||
| 1772 - No executions | ||||
| 1773 - 3 executions | ||||
| M 9 August | William Stemp | Highway robbery | M 30 August | |
| " | Ambrose Cannon | Aid and abet murder | M 30 August | |
| " | Richard Bridger | Housebreaking | M 30 August | |
| 1774 - 1 execution | ||||
| M 1 August | Thomas Jarrett | Horse theft | S 20 August | |
| 1775 - No executions | ||||
| 1776 - 2 executions | ||||
| M 5 August | Ann Cruttendon | Murder of her husband, Joseph | Th. 8 August | |
| Burned at the stake | ||||
| " | Richard Tomkins | At large | S 24 August | |
| 1777 - 1779 - No executions | ||||
| 1780 - 1 execution | ||||
| M 20 March | William Garrett | Murder of his wife, Elizabeth | Th. 23 March | |
| 1781 - 2 executions | ||||
| M 19 March | Joseph Soane | Highway robbery | S 14 April | |
| F 10 August | Nicholas Vinall | Rape of Martha Thomas (child) | M 27 August | |
| 1782 - No executions | ||||
| 1783 - 4 executions | ||||
| M 17 March | Zachariah Smith | Burglary | S 5 April | |
| F 15 August | Thomas Jones & | Burglary | S 23 August | |
| " | Robert Parsons | Burglary | S 23 August | |
| " | John Beach | Housebreaking | S 23 August | |
| 1784 - 2 executions | ||||
| M 22 March | William Darby (30) | Housebreaking | S 17 April | |
| " | Joseph Varnfield (24) | Burglary | S 17 April | |
| 1785 - 2 executions | ||||
| M 21 March | Benjamin Kennard | Stole in dwelling house | S 9 April | |
| M 18 July | John Carpenter | Cattle theft | S 6 August | |
| 1786 - 5 executions | ||||
| M 20 March | William Edwards | Highway robbery | S 8 April | |
| " | Joseph Clark | Housebreaking | S 8 April | |
| " | William Hartley | Housebreaking | S 8 April | |
| M 7 August | James Wells | Horse theft | S 26 August | |
| " | Francis Fowler | Burglary | S 26 August | |
| 1787 - 3 executions | ||||
| Tu. 27 March | James Wilder (21) | Highway robbery | S 14 April | |
| " | Richard Scipio Bristow | Robbed dwelling house | S 14 April | |
| " | Charles Roberts | Highway robbery | S 14 April | |
| 1788 - 1 execution | ||||
| F 11 July | William Still | Horse theft | S 26 July | |
| 1789 - 1 execution | ||||
| M 23 March | James Winn | Horse theft | S 11 April | |
| 1790 - 8 executions | ||||
| M 22 March | Richard Grazemark | Murder of Jemima Marten | S 27 March | |
| " | Cooper Goodsiff | Horse theft | S 17 April | |
| " | George Summer | Burglary | S 17 April | |
| " | John Saunders | Accessory to burglary | Th. 29 April | |
| F 23 July | Philip Davy | Highway robbery | S 7 August | |
| " | William Brook | Horse theft | S 7 August | |
| " | James West & | Horse theft | S 7 August | |
| " | Thomas Smith | Horse theft | S 7 August | |
| 1791 & 1792 - No executions | ||||
| 1793 - 2 executions | ||||
| M 18 March | Edward Howell & | Highway robbery | Tu. 23 April | |
| " | James Rook | Highway robbery | Tu. 23 April | |
| Hanged at Peterdene Lane, near Shoreham, afterwards in chains. | ||||
| 1794 - No executions | ||||
| 1795 - Special Commission - 2 executions | ||||
| W 27 May | William Sanson | Riot | S 13 June | |
| W 27 May | William Sykes | Riot | S 13 June | |
| 1795 - General Assize - 1 execution | ||||
| F 24 July | William Midwinter | Highway robbery | S 8 August | |
| 1796 & 1797 - No executions | ||||
| 1798 - 1 execution | ||||
| F 27 July | Thomas Hilton | Highway robbery | S 11 August | |
| 1799 - 3 executions | ||||
| M 25 March | Robert Drewitt | Highway robbery | S 13 April | |
| " | William Drewitt | Highway robbery | S 13 April | |
| Hanged in chains on North Heath Common, near Midhurst. | ||||
| F 19 July | Elizabeth Lavender (19) | Murder of her male bastard | M 22 July | |