Warwickshire 1735 - 1799
In the years 1735 – 1756, 84 death sentences were commuted and 16 executions reported.
In the period 1757 to 1799 there were 486 death sentences passed of which 128 were carried out, 
plus 1 possible. It is possible that 3 further executions took place in this period.
Execution date Name Crime
c. August 1735   John Amus  Murder of Dodd, turnkey of Oxford gaol 
F  10 September 1736 John Lloyd  Robbery in a  dwelling house
c. April 1737 Thomas Savage  Murder
Hanged in chains 12 miles from Warwick
F  13 April 1739  Mary Brittain  Murder of her bastard
" John Jones  Horse theft
" William Butler  Burglary
W  14 April 1742   Robert Mansell Wilmot  Highway robbery
" John Andy  Housebreaking
Lent 1744   John Jeffrey  Murder of his wife
No reprieve traced.  Execution likely
Th.  25 April 1745   David Smith  Murder of his wife
Lent 1748 Charles Wright  Sheep theft
No reprieve traced.  Execution likely
F  18 November 1748 Thomas Sideway   Horse theft
Summer 1749   William Hunter Broke out of gaol & robbed gaoler
No reprieve traced.  Execution likely
F  13 April 1750   William Priest  At large
S  21 April 1753 James Williams  Highway robbery
F  1 August 1755 Samuel Hawkforth   Murder of Eleanor Keatley
S  17 April 1756 James Edwards  Highway robbery
W  25 August 1756 John Collins & Riot at Nuneaton
" Edward Cross  Riot at Nuneaton
S  14 May 1757 Thomas Heritage  Sheep theft
F  26 August 1757 Joseph Butler  Highway robbery
" John Clarkson  Highway robbery
S  5 April 1760 John Webb  Murder of Elizabeth Masters
F  7 August 1761 Richard Corden  H/T coining
Th.  12 August 1762 Anne Morrell  Murder of her bastard
S  17 September 1763 John Smith  At large
Th.  3 May 1764   John Browne  Horse theft
W  17 April 1765  Edward Drury,  Murder of Thomas Edwards 
" Robert Lesley & "
" Moses Baker  "
Hanged at Stoneleigh Common afterwards in chains there
F  6 September 1765 George Carter  Highway robbery
F  3 April 1767 Michael Allum  Murder of William Muddyman
S  25 April 1767 Henry Capes  Highway robbery
W  9 August 1769 John Armstrong  Housebreaking
F  10 May 1771   William Jenkinson  Housebreaking
" Charles Hasloe  Burglary
W  22 April 1772 John Jones & Highway robbery
" Joseph Robinson  Highway robbery
M  12 April 1773 Edward Glasrott  Sacrilege stealing from a church
S  21 August 1773 James Duckworth  H/T coining
M  19 March 1774 John Cliff   Sacrilege stealing from a church
Tu.  9 August 1774 William Cranmore  Highway robbery
F  5 May 1775 Thomas Aldridge  Highway robbery
Summer 1775 Hannah Saunders  Highway robbery
No reprieve traced, execution possible 
M  15 April 1776 William Whick  Housebreaking
" Edward Baker  Burglary
Th.  20 August 1778  Alice Curtis  Murder of her bastard
" Mary Knight  Murder of her son, Roger (6)
F  26 March 1779 Robert Jones  Murder of Josiah Connep
F  16 April 1779 John King & Highway robbery
" James Edmonds  Highway robbery
" John Colborne  Burglary
Aug/Sept  1780  John Shepherd  Burglary
M  2 April 1781 John Donnellan  Murder of Sir Thodosius Boughton
M  2 April 1781  John Hammond & Murder of Wilfred Barwick
" Thomas Pitmore  Murder of Wilfred Barwick
Hanged at Washwood Common, afterwards in chains there
W  18 April 1781 John Leviston  Burglary
W  12 September 1781 Richard Hopkins, Rape
" John Griffiths & Rape
" John Murphy Rape
S  29 March 1783 John Clay  Murder of Ann Hands
Hanged in chains at Chilvens Coton
F  11 April 1783 James Knight & Robbery in a dwelling house
" Joseph Knight  Robbery in a dwelling house
" Walter Bakewell  Highway robbery
M  26 April 1784 Guy Earl  Housebreaking
" James Griffith  Burglary
" William Stringer  H/T coining
F  27 August 1784 Thomas Buckler & Burglary
" John Buck  Burglary
F  22 April 1785  Elizabeth Green  Stealing in a dwelling house
" John Chatburn  Cattle theft
" Samuel Smith  Stealing in a dwelling house
" Samuel Packwood  Housebreaking
" John Slight  Horse theft
" John Shardlove  Horse theft
S  13 August 1785 John Richardson   Highway robbery
M  3 April 1786  Eleanor Haywood  Murder of her bastard
" William Wood  Murder of Rebecca Brindley
S  15 April 1786 William Prested  Sheep theft
" John Thay (17)  Horse theft
" Ann Sutton  Theft
M  2 April 1787 John Barnes  Burglary
F  20 April 1787 David Wright  Privately stealing from the person 
" John Swift  Highway robbery
F  24 August 1787 John Nicholls  Burglary
" George Whittall  Highway robbery
" Charles Hunt  Rape
" John Wilmot  Highway robbery
F  18 April 1788 John Hawkes  Highway robbery
" Joseph Huckwill  Highway robbery
" William Turrell  Privately stealing from the person 
Former member of the "Culworth Gang" of whom 4 were hanged at Northampton in 1787
F  25 July 1788 Brian M'Mahon  Murder of William Whitmore
F  8 August 1788 John Smith  Highway robbery
Former member of the "Culworth Gang" of whom 4 were hanged at Northampton in 1787
" William Giles  H/T coining
F  1 May 1789 Thomas Hall  Highway robbery
F  28 August 1789 Matthew Delane  Highway robbery
F  16 April 1790 Thomas Longshaw & Burglary
" Thomas Wiggins Burglary
" William Cooksey  Cattle theft
" Richard Cox  Horse theft
" Richard Francis,  Highway robbery
" John Johnson,  Highway robbery
" William Collis & Highway robbery
" Charles Hargrove  Highway robbery
F  15 April 1791 William Terry  Burglary
" Richard Gill  Burglary
" Edward Harris  Burglary
Th.  8 September 1791 Francis Field  Riot
" John Green  Riot
" William Millinton  Horse theft
" Edward Brown  Highway robbery
F  20 April 1792  William Pears,  Highway robbery
" Richard Pearson & Highway robbery
" James Wright  Highway robbery
" Luke Parker  Theft
" Benjamin Phillips  Housebreaking
F  7 September 1792 Daniel Ryan  Burglary
F  26 April 1793 Richard Palmer  Forgery
" Ann Cooke  Highway robbery
" Bickley Barnes  Highway robbery
F  16 August 1793 William Downs (17)  Burglary
" James Wilson (16),  Robbing Birmingham Coach Office
" Edward Revey  Robbing Birmingham Coach Office
" James Clarke  Robbing Birmingham Coach Office
M  2 September 1793 John Wyatt  Horse theft
F  14 August 1795 James Price & H/T coining
" John Lappidge  H/T coining
" Richard Orton  Forgery
" Margaret Boulker  Riot
" John Ward  Riot
M  28 March 1796 Patrick Welch,  Murder of Joseph Pinfold
" William Howard & Murder of Joseph Pinfold
" William Ridley  Murder of Joseph Pinfold
F  8 April 1796 William Allen  H/T coining
F  5 August 1796 Thomas Ward  Burglary
M  3 April 1797 John Brown  Murder of Sergeant Cartwright
S  15 April 1797 Charles Hawkins  Horse theft
" Richard Tallis  Sheep theft
" Edward Walker  Horse theft
F  20 April 1798 William Parsons & Burglary
" John Robinson  Burglary
" Francis Holmes  Sheep theft
" John Chandler  Sheep theft
" George Knight  Sheep theft
" Thomas White  Sheep theft
F 12 April 1799 William Jameson  Horse theft
" James Buck  Highway robbery
F  9 August 1799 John Smith  Housebreaking