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Executions at Tyburn 1745 – 1754. |
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342 men and 28 women were hanged at Tyburn during this 10
year period after trials at the
The average execution rate per year was 37.0, up from 30.3 in the previous decade. It is not clear why there was a substantial increase in the rate during the 1749–1751 period.
Analysis by Year.
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Death sentences |
Executions |
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Year |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
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1745 |
23 |
10 |
13 |
5 |
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1746 |
31 |
2 |
16 |
2 |
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1747 |
23 |
10 |
24 |
2 |
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1748 |
31 |
4 |
20 |
1 |
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1749 |
63 |
4 |
42 |
2 |
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1750 |
88 |
4 |
70 |
4 |
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1751 |
69 |
4 |
46 |
2 |
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1752 |
48 |
3 |
43 |
3 |
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1753 |
51 |
9 |
37 |
4 |
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1754 |
39 |
5 |
30 |
3 |
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Sub totals |
466 |
55 |
341 |
28 |
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Total death sentences 521 |
Total executions 369 |
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Analysis of executions by crime.
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Crime |
No. of executions |
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Murder (including of wife) |
32 |
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Murder of bastard child |
0 |
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Petty Treason murder |
0 |
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Highway robbery |
166 |
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Housebreaking |
10 |
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Burglary |
41 |
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Horse theft |
10 |
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Stealing in a dwelling house |
19 |
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Rape |
1 |
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High Treason - coining offences |
5 |
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Arson |
0 |
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Forgery |
15 |
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Robbery in a dwelling house |
2 |
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Privately stealing from person |
4 |
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Uttering |
12 |
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Stealing in a shop |
4 |
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At large |
11 |
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Riot |
1 |
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Sheep stealing |
3 |
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Smuggling |
30 |
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Other |
3 |
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Total |
369 |
Ordinary murders had risen quite considerably during this decade. The Murder Act of 1752 was specifically passed to reduce this by increasing the punishment to execution within 2 working days followed by dissection of the body. This act also accounts for the increase in “hanging days” after 1752. No one was to die for the murder of a bastard child or Petty Treason murders however
No one had been executed for smuggling in the previous decade, although some 30 men were to hang for it in this one.
Highway robbery remained the most common capital offence and accounted for 45.67% of all executions.
The “other” category comprises one offence each of Perjury as a debtor, procuring men to enlist in foreign service and shooting at.
1745
There were 4 “hanging days” at Tyburn with 13 men and 5 women being hanged.
A total of 33 people (23 men and 10 women) were sentenced to death in this year of which 23 were hanged and the rest reprieved, typically to transportation.
The 16th of January Sessions saw just 1 woman, Mary Stracey, condemned. The February Sessions that began on the 27th and led to 2 further death sentences, one of which was carried out. Both executions took place on the 15th of March.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 15th March |
Mary Stracey (or Martha Tracey) |
Highway robbery |
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James Stansbury |
Burglary |
5 men and 3 women were sentenced to death at the April Sessions and only 1 woman reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 7th June |
Mary “cut & come again” White |
Highway robbery |
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Stephen Parson |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Edward Ryan |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Edmund Gilbert |
Murder |
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Samuel Keep |
Sheep stealing |
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Lettuce Lyon |
Housebreaking |
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George Norton |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
6 men and 2 women were condemned at the May Sessions on the 30th of that month, with only 1 man reprieved. Additionally, Jeremiah Burton may have been hanged for privately stealing in a dwelling house but this cannot be absolutely confirmed.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Tuesday 9th July |
Benjamin Stevens |
Murder of wife |
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John Jeffs |
Highway robbery |
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Joseph Lucas |
Highway robbery |
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John Simmons |
At large |
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Margaret Greenaway |
Highway robbery |
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Ann Rush |
Highway robbery |
The Sessions on the 10th of July saw 4 men get the death sentence, of whom 3 were hanged.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 26th July |
William Kelly |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas St. Leger |
Highway robbery |
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John Rigleton |
Murder of wife |
The next Sessions began on the 11th of September and resulted in 5 men and 4 women being sentenced to death. 2 men and 3 women were reprieved.
Only 1 death sentence was passed at the October Sessions on the 16th of that month.
There were no death sentences at the December Sessions. All 5 of those condemned and not reprieved from September, October and November were held over for execution until April 1746.
1746
There were 4 “hanging days” this year with 31 men and 2 women sentenced to death. 16 men and 2 women were hanged at Tyburn and another man hanged near the scene of his murder.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 4th April (All sentenced in 1745) |
Judith Tilly |
Highway robbery |
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John Moor |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Morgan |
Murder |
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Edward Lloyd |
H/T Coining |
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James Woolfe (or Webb) |
Uttering |
The first Sessions of 1746 were held on the 17th of January and resulted in 2 male death sentences, of which one was carried out.
5 men and 2 women were condemned at the February Sessions. 3 men and a woman were later reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 4th April (Sentenced in 1746) |
John Webb |
Murder |
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Abijah Burk |
Highway robbery |
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John Wareham |
Highway robbery |
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Catherine Howell |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
1 man was condemned at the April Sessions.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 25th April at New Bond Street |
Matthew Henderson |
Murder |
Henderson was afterwards hanged in chains on the Edgeware Road.
The next Sessions opened on Thursday, the 15th of May and resulted in 3 death sentences, of which 1 was commuted.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 20th of June |
William Russell |
Highway robbery |
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Samuel Priggs |
Murder |
8 men were condemned at the July Sessions and just one was reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 1st August |
John Short |
Highway robbery |
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George Thomas |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Bird |
Highway robbery |
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John Humphreys |
Highway robbery |
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John Stevens |
Highway robbery |
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John Jennings |
Highway robbery |
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William Bruce |
Highway robbery |
4 men were condemned at the September Sessions and all were executed, 3 in the following January and 1, John Pidgeon, in the following June.
A further 4 received death sentences at the October Sessions which opened on the 15th. One man was reprieved and the others executed in January.
The December Sessions resulted in a further 4 death sentences, of which 1 was commuted.
1747
23 men and 10 women were sentenced to death during this year.
There were 5 “hanging days” at Tyburn this year with 26 executions, comprising of 24 men and 2 women.
Carried over from 1746 were :
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 21st
January |
Barny Lindsay |
Highway robbery |
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Felix Matthews |
Highway robbery |
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Anthony Matthews |
Highway robbery |
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Samuel Mecum |
Burglary |
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Phillip Jewell |
Stealing in a shop |
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Robert Fitzgerald |
Uttering |
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John Wilkins |
Highway robbery |
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Richard Clay |
Burglary |
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John Matthews |
Burglary |
2 women were condemned at the January Sessions, of whom 1 was reprieved. A further man was condemned at the February Sessions and subsequently hanged.
4 men and 1 woman received death sentences at the April Sessions. One man and the woman were reprieved and 1 man died in prison.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 17th June |
Mary Allen (Smith) |
Stealing in a shop |
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Henry Simms |
Highway robbery |
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John Hudson |
Burglary |
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John Exelby |
Burglary |
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John Pidgeon |
Privately stealing in a dwelling house |
There was a crackdown on smuggling in 1747, due to an Act of 1746, allowing for the proclamation of the names of smugglers. If the person was subsequently caught and identified, the death sentence was mandatory.
4 men and a woman were sentenced to hang at the June Sessions. 2 of these had been convicted of smuggling with 1 reprieved. A further smuggler was condemned at the July Sessions.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 29th July |
Richard Ashcroft |
Smuggling |
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John Cook |
Smuggling |
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 31st July |
Samuel Hurlock |
Murder |
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Elizabeth Dennis |
Highway robbery |
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John Riley |
Highway robbery |
3 men were sentenced to die at the September Sessions of whom 2 were reprieved. A further 4 were condemned at the 14th of October Sessions and 1 of these was reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 16th of November |
Thomas Puryour |
Smuggling |
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Thomas Fuller |
Smuggling |
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Hosea Youell |
Murder |
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George Lancaster |
Uttering |
3 men and a woman were condemned at the December Sessions on the 9th of that month, the woman being spared.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 21st December |
Samuel Austin |
Smuggling |
Hanged in chains at Shepherd’s Bush after execution.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 23rd of December |
William Wardlow |
Highway robbery |
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James Walker |
Highway robbery |
1748
There were just 4 hanging days at Tyburn in 1748 with 20 men and 1 woman executed. 31 men and 4 women were sentenced to death during this year.
2 men were sentenced to hang for smuggling at the January Sessions on the 15th of that month.
A further 5 men were condemned at the February Sessions, of whom 1 was reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 18th March |
Samuel Chilvers |
Smuggling |
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Robert Scott |
Smuggling |
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William Stevens |
Highway robbery |
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Francis Hill |
Highway robbery |
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William Whurrier |
Murder |
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John Parker |
Forgery |
3 men and 1 woman were condemned at the April Sessions on the 20th. One man and the woman being reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 11th May |
Arthur Gray |
Smuggling |
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William Rowland |
Smuggling |
3 men were sentenced to death at the 26th of May Sessions and all hanged.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 22nd June |
George Cock |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
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Benjamin Thomas |
Burglary |
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James Watling |
Smuggling |
There were no death sentences passed at the July Sessions.
12 men and a woman were condemned at the September Sessions, with 1 man and the woman being subsequently reprieved, 1 man dying in jail and Thomas Chestney disappearing from the records – he may have been hanged but this cannot be confirmed.
4 men and a woman were condemned at the October Sessions on the 12th of that month. 2 of the men were reprieved and a third died in Newgate.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 28th October |
John Lancaster |
Burglary |
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John Roberts |
Burglary |
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John Armson |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Thomas Atkins |
Highway robbery |
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Francis Andrews |
Smuggling |
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Robert Cunningham |
Smuggling |
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William Garner |
Rape |
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Thomas Thompson |
Horse theft |
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Sarah Kennington |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Samuel Chapman |
Smuggling |
The final Sessions of 1748 took place on the 7th of December with 2 men and a woman being sentenced to die. The woman was reprieved.
1749
There were 10 hanging days at Tyburn this year with 45 men and 2 woman being executed. 63 men and 4 women were condemned during this year. The executions of 2 of the women were held over to 1750, presumably because they had “pleaded their belly”, i.e. that they were pregnant.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 20th February (sentenced in 1748) |
William Jeffreys |
Smuggling |
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John Frimley |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Jones |
Uttering |
4 men and a woman were sentenced to hang at the 13th of January Sessions, with 1 man and the woman being reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 20th February |
Usher Gehagen |
H/T Filing coins |
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Terrence Connor |
H/T Filing coins |
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Joseph Mapham |
H/T Filing coins |
5 men were condemned at the February Sessions, of whom 3 were executed.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 17th March |
Thomas Holly |
Highway robbery |
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Benjamin Watts |
Smuggling |
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John Burk |
Highway robbery |
The April Sessions were a busier affair with 10 men and a woman condemned. Just two men were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 26th April
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Dominick White |
Burglary |
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William Horner |
Burglary |
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David Davis |
Highway robbery |
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William Maclaughlan |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Kingsmill ** |
Housebreaking |
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William Fairall ** |
Housebreaking |
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Richard Perrin |
Housebreaking |
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John Waters |
At large |
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Ann Vain |
Highway robbery |
** Hanged in chains afterwards.
6 death sentences were passed at the May Sessions on the 11th of that month on 5 men and 1 woman, 1 man being reprieved and the woman respited until 1750.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 3rd July
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Lawrence Lee |
Highway robbery |
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Peter Murphy |
Highway robbery |
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Patrick Hayes |
Burglary |
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John Rodgers |
Highway robbery |
11 men and a woman received death sentences at the Sessions on the 5th of July. 3 of the men’s sentences were commuted, a further man dying in prison and the woman respited until 1750.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 4th of August
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John Gray |
Murder of wife |
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Valentine Goodwin |
Highway robbery |
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James Johnson |
Highway robbery |
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John Palmer |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Uriah Creed |
Smuggling |
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Richard Mapsedon |
Smuggling |
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John Howard (also Stewart) |
Highway robbery |
The September Sessions were also very busy with 18 men and a woman being condemned. 4 men were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 18th October
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Bosaven Penlez |
Riot |
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James Arnold |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Robinson |
Highway robbery |
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David Boyd |
Highway robbery |
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John Cross |
Highway robbery |
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Phillip Lacey |
Highway robbery |
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John Alford |
Highway robbery |
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John Graham |
Highway robbery |
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William Cavenagh |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Hazard |
Highway robbery |
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Joseph Macgennis |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Minnot |
Highway robbery |
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Mary Dymer |
Highway robbery |
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John Collison |
Horse theft |
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George Aldridge |
Horse theft |
There were no death sentences at the October Sessions.
9 men were sentenced to death at the December Sessions, of whom 1 was reprieved. Two disappeared from the records and the remainder were hanged in 1750.
1750
There were 7 hanging days at Tyburn in this year with 70 men and 4 women being executed. 88 men and 4 women were condemned during this year.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 7th February (sentenced in 1749) |
James Aldridge |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Good |
Highway robbery |
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Robert Hickson |
Highway robbery |
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Edward Dempsey |
Highway robbery |
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Patrick Dempsey |
Highway robbery |
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John Edwards |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
The January Sessions were held on the 17th and resulted in 6 men and a woman receiving death sentences, of which 3 were carried out.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 7th February (sentenced in 1750) |
Dennis Graham |
Highway robbery |
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William Purcell |
Highway robbery |
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Lawrence Savage |
Privately stealing from person |
15 men were condemned at the February Sessions, of whom 4 were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 26th March
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Thomas Jones |
Privately stealing from person |
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John Carbold |
Smuggling |
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Lawrence Sandiland |
Smuggling |
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Charles Gawen |
Smuggling |
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William Russell |
Highway robbery |
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Edward Busby |
Highway robbery |
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Peter Oldfield |
Highway robbery |
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John Doe |
Smuggling |
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James Young |
Uttering |
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Patrick Roney |
Highway robbery |
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John Barstow |
Highway robbery |
18 men were sentenced to death at the April Sessions. 13 of these were hanged.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 16th May
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Andrew Carey |
Highway robbery |
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Job Savage |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Lewis |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas May |
Highway robbery |
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Benjamin Campbell Hamilton |
Highway robbery |
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John Giddis |
Highway robbery |
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Henry Smith |
Highway robbery |
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John Groves |
Highway robbery |
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James Nicholson |
Highway robbery |
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William Archer |
Shot at |
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Michael Nunnan |
H/T Coining |
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John Clark |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Perry |
Uttering |
1 woman was condemned at the 30th of June Sessions and she was hanged alongside the 2 women held over from 1749.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 6th July
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Catherine Conway |
Uttering |
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Margaret Harvey |
Privately stealing from person |
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Elizabeth Banks |
Highway robbery |
The July Sessions opened on the 11th and handed down death sentences upon 8 men, 2 of whom were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 8th August
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Samuel Cooke |
Highway robbery |
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James Taylor |
Highway robbery |
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Ely Smith |
Highway robbery |
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Henry Webb |
Highway robbery |
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Benjamin Chamberlain |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Crawford |
Highway robbery |
16 men were sentenced to death at the September Sessions, of whom 2 were reprieved and one held over until November and again, 1 vanished from the records.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 3rd October
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William Smith |
Forgery |
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James McLean |
Highway robbery |
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James Saunders |
Highway robbery |
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John Dewick |
Horse theft |
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William Tyler |
Horse theft |
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Thomas Shehen |
Burglary |
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George Taylor |
Burglary |
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George Lloyd |
Burglary |
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Moses Wright |
Burglary |
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Anthony Whittle |
Burglary |
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Richard Wright |
Highway robbery |
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John Griffiths |
Highway robbery |
9 men and a woman were condemned at the 7th of October Sessions, of whom 5 men and the woman were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 7th November
|
William Ryley |
Murder |
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Thomas Reynolds |
Procuring men to enlist in foreign service |
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George Anderson |
Stealing in a shop |
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John Prior |
Highway robbery |
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George Robins |
Stealing in a shop |
16 men and 1 woman received death sentences at the December 5th Sessions, of which 15 were carried out on the last day of that month.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 31st December
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Anthony Burne |
Burglary |
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William Tidd |
Burglary |
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John Newcombe |
Highway robbery |
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John Watling |
Smuggling |
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John Carbold |
Smuggling |
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Adam Dawson |
Highway robbery |
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John Foster |
Highway robbery |
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William Knight |
Highway robbery |
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Benjamin Becclesfield |
Highway robbery |
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John Ross |
Burglary |
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Thomas Proctor |
Burglary |
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Darby Long |
Burglary |
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William Baker |
Uttering |
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Catherine Connor |
Uttering |
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John Richardson |
Burglary |
1751
There were 6 hanging days at Tyburn in 1751 with 46 men and 2 women being hanged. 69 men and 4 women were sentenced to death during the year.
13 men were condemned at the January Sessions on the 16th of that month, of whom 3 were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 11th of February
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James Field |
Highway robbery |
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William Vincent |
Highway robbery |
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William Parsons |
At large |
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Daniel Davis |
Highway robbery |
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Anthony Wesley |
Burglary |
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Thomas Clements |
Burglary |
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Edward Smith |
Burglary |
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Thomas Applegarth |
Highway robbery |
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Michael Sauce |
Highway robbery |
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Jeremiah Sullivan |
Forgery |
6 men and a woman were condemned at the February Sessions on the 27th of that month. One of the men and the women were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 25th of March |
Henry Grover |
Horse theft |
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Richard Butler |
Forgery |
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John Atkins |
Burglary |
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Joseph Burrows |
Forgery |
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John Carr |
Forgery |
The April Sessions were a calmer affair with just 3 men condemned, one of them being reprieved.
9 men were condemned at the May Sessions which opened on the 23rd of May and 6 were subsequently executed.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 17th June
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William Gibbs |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Edward Ward |
Burglary |
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Thomas Quinn |
Highway robbery |
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Joseph Dowdell |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Talbot |
Highway robbery |
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William Hatton |
Burglary |
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Robert Damsel |
Highway robbery |
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Joseph Peacock |
Highway robbery |
9 men were condemned at the July Sessions on the 3rd of the month, of whom only 1 was reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 29th July
|
Robert Glasgow |
Highway robbery |
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Edward Dixon |
Smuggling |
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Thomas Catchpole |
Smuggling |
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Richard Holland |
Highway robbery |
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Daniel Thorowgood |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Masterson |
Highway robbery |
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John Thompson |
Highway robbery |
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William Brown |
Forgery |
The 11th of September Sessions resulted in 15 men and 2 women being sentenced to hang. 6 men were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 23rd October |
Robert Steel |
Murder of wife |
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William Newman |
Highway robbery |
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John March |
Highway robbery |
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Edward Bland |
Highway robbery |
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Ann Berry |
Highway robbery |
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John Jarmy |
Smuggling |
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John Carbold |
Smuggling |
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John Ireland |
Highway robbery |
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Bridget Shepherd |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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John Robinson |
Burglary |
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David Brown |
Highway robbery |
9 men and a woman were condemned at the October Sessions, of whom 3 men and 1 woman were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 11th of November |
Alexander Byrne |
Highway robbery |
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James Malone |
Highway robbery |
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Terence McCane |
Highway robbery |
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William Holmes |
Highway robbery |
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John Newton |
Highway robbery |
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|
Francis Manderville |
Highway robbery |
4 men and a woman received death sentences at the December Sessions on the 4th. One man was reprieved and the executions of the others were held over until the following January.
1752
There were 9 hanging days at Tyburn this year, with 43 men and 3 women being hanged. 48 men and 3 women received death sentences this year. 2 men died in Newgate. Unusually, 11 murderers were to hang this year. (Additionally, 1 man was hanged at Isleworth.)
The first set of executions took place on the 13th of January, when those not reprieved from the December 1752 Sessions were hanged.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 13th of January
|
James Macnamara |
Burglary |
|
Russell Parnell |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Rachel Beachem |
Murder |
|
|
William Dikenson |
Stealing in dwelling house |
The January Sessions on the 16th of that month saw 4 men receive death sentences. William Bayliss and Joseph Saunders died in prison before their executions.
12 men and 2 women were condemned at the February Sessions on the 19th of that month and all subsequently hanged.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 23rd March
|
Samuel Hill |
Murder |
|
Michael Maggennis |
Murder |
|
|
James Hayes |
Highway robbery |
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|
Richard Broughton (or Brannan) |
Highway robbery |
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|
James Davies |
Highway robbery |
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|
John Powney |
Stealing in dwelling house |
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|
John Andrews |
Forgery |
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|
Ann Walsum (or Wilson) |
Murder |
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|
Mary Gilfoy |
Stealing in dwelling house |
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|
William Girdler |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Anthony de Rosa |
Murder |
|
|
Joseph Geraldine |
Murder |
|
|
Thomas Huddle |
At large |
|
|
Benjamin Agnew |
Forgery |
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|
Thomas Fox |
Forgery |
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|
Thomas Gale |
Forgery |
7 death sentences were passed on men at the April Sessions on the 8th. One man was reprieved.
John Salisbury was hanged on Wednesday, the 29th of April at Smallbury Green, Isleworth and afterward hanged in chains on Hounslow Heath.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 27th of April
|
John Stevens |
Highway robbery |
|
Robert Lake |
Highway robbery |
|
|
George Hall |
Burglary |
|
|
George Bassett |
Burglary |
|
|
John Turner |
Sheep stealing |
2 death sentences were recorded at the May Sessions on the 14th of that month.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 1st of June
|
James Brown |
At large |
|
Morris Salisbury |
At large |
12 men were condemned at the 25th of June Sessions and all were hanged.
It should be noted that the provisions of the Murder Act of 1752 were now being fully instituted. Murderers were to be executed within 2 days of sentence unless the 2nd day was a Sunday. This required additional hanging days.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Thursday 2nd of July |
Thomas Wilford |
Murder of wife |
Wilford was the first person to suffer in accordance with the provisions of the Murder Act of 1752.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 13th July
|
George Gibbon |
Burglary |
|
William Signal |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William Ward |
Highway robbery |
|
|
James Holt |
Smuggling |
|
|
Pere de Brie |
Stealing in dwelling house |
|
|
Daniel McQuin |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Robert Wincrow |
Forgery |
|
|
William Belcher |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Jonathan Burgin |
Burglary |
|
|
Richard Lane |
Burglary |
|
|
James Joyce |
Uttering |
5 men were condemned at the 14th of September Sessions, none of whom were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 22nd of September |
Randolph Branch |
Murder & highway robbery |
|
William Descent |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 11th October
|
Matthew Lee |
Highway robbery |
|
John Wilks |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Butler |
At large |
2 men were sentenced to hang at the October Sessions on the 26th. One was reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 13th November |
William Montgomery |
Perjury as a debtor |
5 men and 1 woman were condemned at the December Sessions, of whom 2 men were reprieved.
3 men and the woman’s execution were held over to February 1753.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 11th December |
Abraham Ward |
Murder |
1753
There were 9 hanging days at Tyburn, this with 37 men and 4 women being hanged. 51 men and 9 women were condemned during this year.
Five men were condemned at the January Sessions on the 11th of that month. One man was subsequently reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 12th February
|
Ann Fox |
Stealing in dwelling house |
|
William Clarke |
Uttering |
|
|
William Morris |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Briant |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William Baldwin |
Burglary |
|
|
Joseph Hall |
Burglary |
|
|
Timothy Murphy |
Uttering |
4 men and 3 women were condemned at the February Sessions on the 21st of that month, all but one woman being subsequently hanged.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 16th April
|
Edward Manning |
Burglary |
|
Charles Sickamore |
Burglary |
|
|
Grace Weeden |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Isabelle Roe |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Higgins |
Burglary |
|
|
John Jetter |
At large |
The next Sessions opened on the 2nd of May where 8 men were condemned. 4 of these men were executed.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 28th of May |
George Robertson |
Highway robbery |
|
Thomas Morris |
Horse theft |
|
|
Thomas Jones |
Forgery |
6 men and a woman were condemned at the June Sessions on the 7th, with 3 of the men being hanged.
6 men and 2 women were condemned at the July Sessions. Both women were subsequently reprieved. John Stockdale and Christopher Johnson were hanged in chains on Winchmore Hill after their execution.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 23rd July |
John Stockdale |
Murder |
|
Christopher Johnson |
Murder |
|
|
William Peers |
Murder of wife |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 6th of August |
William Corby |
Highway robbery |
|
Thomas Cullingham |
Smuggling |
|
|
John Aycliffe |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Irish (or Fish) |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Buckmore |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Williams |
Stealing in dwelling house |
|
|
Thomas Twynbrow |
Highway robbery |
3 men and 2 women were condemned at the September Sessions
which opened on the 6th.
1 woman was reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 1st of October |
John Harris |
Burglary |
|
Phillip Wilson |
Burglary |
|
|
Hannah Wilson |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Edward Johnson |
Burglary |
The 24th October Sessions saw 11 death sentences with 2 reprieves.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 29th of October
|
James Hayler |
Murder |
|
James Galliher |
Murder |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 3rd of December |
Job Horniblow |
Highway robbery |
|
Mark Shields |
Highway robbery |
|
|
George Haley |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Isaac Clarke |
Highway robbery |
|
|
George French |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Martin Sullivan |
At large |
|
|
James Fairbrother |
Burglary |
8 men and a woman received death sentences at the Sessions on the 5th of December. Only one man was reprieved. John Hambleton was executed under the provisions of the Murder Act of 1752, the rest were held over to 1753.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 12th of December |
John Hambleton |
Murder |
1754
There were 5 hanging days at Tyburn in 1754, with 31 men and 3 women being hanged. 39 men and 5 women were condemned during this year.
9 men were condemned at the January Sessions on the 16th, of whom 4 were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 4th of
February
(7sentenced in 1754) |
Daniel Neale |
Highway robbery |
|
John Mason |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Welch |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Robert Keys |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Grace Grannett |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Richard Hutton |
At large |
|
|
John Smith |
Horse theft |
|
|
William Ford |
Horse theft |
|
|
Daniel Wood |
Sheep theft |
|
|
Joshua Kidden |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William James |
Stealing in a shop |
|
|
Thomas Barnard |
Housebreaking |
6 men and a woman were condemned at the February Sessions on the 27th of that month, there being no reprieves. Eleanor Conner’s execution was delayed until December, presumably because she had “pleaded her belly.”
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 1st of April
|
James Abbott |
Highway robbery |
|
George Miles |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Samuel Deane |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William Wilson |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Jacob Sampson |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
|
John Arnold |
Highway robbery |
The 24th April Sessions led to 5 men and 1 woman being condemned. 2 men and the woman were subsequently reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 29th of April |
William Bradford |
Murder |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 5th of June |
John Parry |
Highway robbery |
|
David Edem |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
2 death sentences were passed at the May Sessions on the 30th.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 26th of June |
Thomas Wormsley |
Forgery |
|
George Watson |
Forgery |
3 men and 3 women were sentenced to hang at the 17th July Sessions, two of the women being reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 22nd of July |
Robert Finch |
Murder of wife |
|
Joseph Miles |
Murder |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 5th of August |
James Cobley |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
Mary Smith |
Highway robbery |
5 men were condemned at the September Sessions, of whom 3 were to hang. Another 6 were condemned at the 21st of October Sessions, with 4 being reprieved and 1 dying in jail.
3 men were sentenced to hang at the 4th of December Sessions. Henry Mansell was executed under the 1752 Act and the other 2 held over until 1755.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 9th of December |
Eleanor Conner |
At large |
|
John Haines |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Robert Haggard |
Smuggling |
|
|
Edward Brocket |
Horse theft |
|
|
Charles Flemming |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Massey |
Burglary |
|
|
Henry Mansell |
Murder |
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