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Executions at Tyburn 1775 – 1783. |
856 death sentences were passed during this period on
760 men and 96 women. Of these, 306 men
and 12 women were duly executed. Overall reprieve rate : 62.86%. Male reprieves :
59.74%, female reprieves : 87.50%.
The last hanging at Tyburn took place on
1775
There were
10 “hanging days” at Tyburn with 43 men and 1 woman being hanged.
83 men and
5 women were sentenced to death at the Old Bailey during the year, of which 43
men and 3 women were reprieved.
The
Sessions held on the 11th of January resulted in 8 men being sentenced to
death, of whom 4 men were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Tuesday 10th January |
Richard Mitchell |
Stole from letter |
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William Pritchard |
Burglary |
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Peter Thane |
Burglary |
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Edward Parker |
Burglary |
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Amos Merritt |
Burglary |
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John Williams |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 15th February (sentenced in 1774) |
Edward Batsford |
Highway robbery |
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William Marley |
Highway robbery |
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John Brown |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Free |
Highway robbery |
The
February Sessions that began on the 15th resulted in a further 6 men being
sentenced to death, of whom 3 were hanged.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 21st April |
William Pine |
Burglary |
|
Joseph Taylor |
At large |
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|
James Wright |
Housebreaking |
14 men were
sentenced to death at the 26th of April Sessions, of whom 6 were hanged on the
7th of June.
15 men
received death sentences at the 21st of May Sessions. There were 6 reprieves, 7
men were hanged in July and 2 more, the Perreaus, in January
of 1776.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 7th June |
Thomas Tunks |
Burglary |
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Richard Walthall |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Thomas Palmer |
Burglary |
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Michael Conway |
Burglary |
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Thomas McDonald |
Burglary |
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Henry Jordan |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
The
Sessions on the 12th of July saw 4 men get the death sentence, of whom just 1 was reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 19th July |
Thomas Withall |
At large |
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Charles Whittle |
Highway robbery |
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Joseph Scott |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Greenwood |
Housebreaking |
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George Miller |
Housebreaking |
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George Morris |
H/T coining |
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William Bromarch |
H/T coining |
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 16th August |
Henry McAllister |
Highway robbery |
|
John Muggleton |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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William Jackling |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
The next
Sessions began on the 13th of September and resulted in 12 men and 3 women
being sentenced to death. 7 of the men
and all of the women were reprieved.
12 men and
1 woman were condemned at the 18th of October Sessions, of whom 3 men and the
woman were reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 23rd October |
Murder |
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 25th October |
John Johnson |
Highway robbery |
|
Thomas Bath |
Highway robbery |
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Robert Angus |
Highway robbery |
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John Wild |
At large |
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John Yardley |
H/T coining |
The
December Sessions opened on the 6th and 12 men and a woman received death
sentences, of whom 7 men were reprieved and 5 men were left for execution in
1776.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 13th December |
Murder of bastard child |
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 20th December |
George Hartley |
Highway robbery |
|
Mark Clarke |
Burglary |
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William Wilson |
Burglary |
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William Archer |
Burglary |
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Charles Reading |
Burglary |
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William Winter |
Highway robbery |
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John Maguire |
Highway robbery |
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Andrew Gray |
Burglary |
1776
82 men and
2 women were sentenced to death during this year and 39 men were hanged at
Tyburn on 10 “hanging days”.
The first Sessions
of 1736 were held on the 10th of January and resulted in 7 men receiving death
sentences, of which 5 were commuted.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 15th January (sentenced in 1776) |
Robert Williams |
Murder |
|
Joseph Bull |
Murder |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 17th January (sentenced in 1775) |
Robert Perreau |
Forgery |
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Daniel Perreau |
Forgery |
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Alexander Saunders |
Burglary |
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Abraham Lyons |
Burglary |
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George Lee |
Highway robbery |
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Richard Baker |
H/T coining |
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John Ratcliffe |
H/T coining |
The next
Sessions opened on the 21st of February and resulted in 4 death sentences, of
which 2 were commuted.
9 men were condemned
at the April 17th Sessions, of whom 5 were hanged in June.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 12th April |
Samuel Whitlow |
Burglary |
|
James Langer |
Highway robbery |
The 22nd of
May Sessions resulted in 19 male death sentences, of which 10 were
commuted. 2 were hanged the following
Monday and the rest on Wednesday, the 17th of July.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 27th May |
Benjamin Harley |
Murder |
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Thomas Henman |
Murder |
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 19th June |
William Miles |
Highway robbery |
|
John Jones |
Burglary |
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Christopher Saunders |
Bestiality |
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Daniel Greenwood |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Robert Street |
H/T coining |
4 death
sentences were passed at the Sessions on 10th of July, resulting in 1
execution.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 17th July |
John Bissel |
H/T coining |
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Thomas Askew |
H/T coining |
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John Mayo |
Highway robbery |
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John Standith |
Highway robbery |
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James Humphries |
Highway robbery |
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Archibald Girdwood (or Rowley) |
Sending threatening letter |
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George Rowney |
Burglary |
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 14th August |
Richard Goodwell |
Burglary |
The
September Sessions on the 11th saw 11 men and 2 women condemned, of whom 6 men
and the 2 women were reprieved. 2 were hanged the following Monday for their
parts in murder committed by Benjamin Harley and Thomas Henman,
whilst the others were held over for execution to October.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 16th September |
Robert Harley |
Murder |
|
Edward George |
Murder |
18 men were
sentenced to death at the October Sessions on the 16th of that month, with 8
left for execution in December and 10 reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 23rd October |
William Wood |
Housebreaking |
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Charles Pipkins |
Housebreaking |
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Robert Walker |
H/T coining |
A further
10 men were condemned at the 4th of December Sessions with 4 reprieved. The other 6 were hanged in January 1777.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 11th December |
Robert Smith |
Highway robbery |
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John Richardson |
Highway robbery |
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William Dover |
Highway robbery |
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John Harding |
Burglary |
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William Davis |
Forgery |
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John White (Wild) |
H/T coining |
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Joseph White (Wild) |
H/T coining |
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Charles McLaughlan |
Highway robbery |
1777
60 men and
4 women were sentenced to death during this year. There were 10 “hanging days”
at Tyburn this year with 32 men and no women executed..
9 men received
death sentences at the January Sessions on the 15th, of whom 4 were reprieved
and the rest hanged on the 26th of February.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 29th
January |
Richard Wright |
Housebreaking |
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Benjamin Eyres |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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John Kelly |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Thomas Lathom |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Moreton |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Burroughs |
Sodomy |
5 men and 1
woman were sentenced to death at the February Sessions on the 19th, of whom 3
men subsequently hanged.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 24th February |
Pedro Tolosa |
Murder |
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 26th February |
Edward Goswell |
Highway robbery |
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John Life |
Highway robbery |
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Valentine Fuller |
Highway robbery |
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George (Charles) Parsons |
Highway robbery |
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Charles Davis |
Highway robbery |
7 men and a
woman were sentenced to death at the 9th of April Sessions, with 4 of the men
being hanged in May.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 16th April |
William Lavey |
H/T coining |
|
Joseph Wilson |
Highway robbery |
The May Sessions on the