Worcestershire & Worcester City  1735 - 1799
Worcestershire passed 416 death sentences which led to 104 confirmed executions 
and 9 probable ones
County executions took place at Red Hill, outside Worcester unless otherwise stated
26 death sentences were passed by the City which led to 9 executions.
City executions took place at Pitchcroft (now the racecourse)
Assize date Name Crime Execution date
1735 - 2 executions
S 19 July   Jane Hornblower      Murder of her female bastard     Unknown
" John Blackbourne       Stole off bleachcroft   Unknown
1736 - 3 executions
S 3 April    William Bithell  &  Cut down Ledbury Turnpike F   9 April
" William Morgan Cut down Ledbury Turnpike F   9 April
" Humphrey Mousel           Horse theft                F   9 April
1737 - 2 executions, 1 confirmed & 1 possible - no reprieve traced
S 26 March    Benjamin Turner           Burglary             F  15 April
" John Jones             Bestiality           Unknown
1738 - 3 executions
S 25 March    William Taylor  &  Horse theft                F   7 April
" Thomas Hill        Horse theft                F   7 April
" Edward Rowley           At large             F   7 April
1739 - 2 executions
S 10 March   Godfrey Wheeler Housebreaking F  23 March
" Humphrey Crow  Housebreaking                           F  30 March
1740 - 2 probable executions, no reprieves traced
S 9 August    Margaret Sherley          Stole in dwelling house             Unknown
" Thomas Trapps            Housebreaking                   Unknown
1741 - 4 probable executions, no reprieves traced
S 28 March   Henry Elcock            Burglary             Unknown
S 1 August    William Jones &      Burglary             Unknown
" Solomon Cornett  Burglary             Unknown
" Richard Taylor            Housebreaking           Unknown
1742 - 4 executions, 2 confirmed & 2 probable
S 3 April   Henry Birch             Burglary             Unknown
" Samuel Rowley           Sheep theft               Unknown
Th. 12 August    Richard Warall            Burglary             F  27 August
" Henry Pearce            Housebreaking                   F  27 August
1743 - No executions
1744 - 6 executions
S 24 March    Edward Smith,     Highway robbery          F   6 April
" Robert Wright,     Highway robbery          F   6 April
" James Cross  &      Highway robbery          F   6 April
" John Plunkett     Highway robbery          F   6 April
" Elizabeth Haines          Murder of Anne Haines  F   6 April
" Elizabeth Moreton     P/T murder of husband     F  10 August
Burned at the stake at Evesham 
1745 - 1750 - No executions
1751 - 2 executions
S 9 March    Anthony Craddock        Stole from stable       W  27 March
" William Macrolly          Murder of Daniel Smith    W  27 March
1752 - No executions
1753 - 2 executions
S 4 August    John Morris jr         Murder of John Adney     Th.  9 August
" John Alcock            Horse theft      W  29 August
1754 - 3 executions
S 9 March   George Steel            Murder of John Moore    Th. 14 March
" William Harrison          Highway robbery                  F  22 March
S 27 July    William Kerry           Highway robbery       F 23 August
1755 - 1 execution
S 19 July    James Berry            Housebreaking                   F   1 August
1756 - 1 execution
S 13 March    John Collins           Highway robbery                  W  31 March
1757 - 2 executions
S 12 March    Richard Collett           Horse theft                W  31 August
S 13 August    Joseph Brettall         Stole in warehouse         W  31 August
1758 - No executions
1759 - 1 execution
S 28 July    Erasmus Whitehall    Highway robbery                  F  10 August
1760 - 1 execution
S 19 July (city)  William Goslin            Murder of Susannah Linton F  1 August
1761 - No executions
1762 - 5 executions
S 6 March (city)  Anne Nott            Murder of her male bastard      Th. 11 March
W 11 August    William Buckley           Murder of his infant daughter         S  14 August
After execution his body was hanged in chains in Wyre Forest
" Robert Leeden          Privately stealing                F  20 August
" Susannah Guise          Privately stealing                F  20 August
" William Williams          Horse theft                F  20 August
1763 - 1 execution
S 16 July    John Higgins           At large             F  29 July
1764 - No executions
1765 - 2 executions
S 16 March    John Davis             Burglary             W   3 April
" Job Jenkins          Housebreaking             W   3 April
1766 - 2 executions
S 8 March    William Adney             Highway robbery                  F  21 March
" (city) Richard Puckington        Burglary                   F  21 March
1767 - 1 execution
S 21 March    Samuel Turner       Housebreaking                        M  27 April
1768 - 1 execution
S 5 March    John Evans             At large                F  18 March        
1769 - 1 execution
S 15 July    Francis Adams             Burglary             F  28 July
1770 - 2 executions
W 14 March    William Bosely Highway robbery                  W  28 March
" John Harris            Highway robbery                  W  16 May
1771 - 1 execution
F 12 July    John Child             Murder of Francis Best      Th. 18 July
1772 - 3 executions
S 7 March    Edward Stevens          Burglary          W  25 March
" Matthew Rolin & Highway robbery        W  25 March
" John Cole     Highway robbery        W  25 March
1773 - 2 executions
S 21 August    Walter Kidson        Murder of Obadiah Rollason     F  27 August
Hanged  on Stourbridge Common, afterwards in chains there
" John Jeenes            Stole in dwelling house             F   3 September 
1774 - 2 executions
S 5 March    Edward Goodhall         Burglary             W  23 March
" (city) William Hamilton   Burglary             W  23 March
1775 - 2 executions
S 11 March    Benjamin Holloway         Highway robbery                  M  10 April
S 29 July (city)  Philip Pugh Murder infant daughter, Sarah      F  4 August
1776 - 1 execution
S 9 March   Ann Hale             Murder of her male bastard      Th. 14 March
S 20 July Thomas Hart  Forgery F  2 August 
1777 - 2 executions
S 8 March    Thomas Burley            Burglary   F  21 March
S 12 July    Thomas Birch             Housebreaking         F  25 July
1778 & 1779 - No executions
1780 - 2 executions
S 4 March   Susan Grigg            Murder of her female bastard     Th. 9 March
S 29 July    Benjamin Turner           Burglary             F  11 August
1781 - 3 executions
W 28 March   Joseph Barrow           Uttering               W  18 April
" (city) William Smith &       Privately stealing                M   7 May
" (city) Archibald Kennedy   Privately stealing                M   7 May
1782 - 1 execution
S 9 March    Catherine Higgs           Murder of her daughter, Mary     Th. 14 March
1783 - 3 executions
S 8 March    John Day               Highway robbery                  F  21 March
" John Jones             Burglary  F  21 March
S 2 August    Thomas Wardle            Murder of John Webb       Th. 7 August
After execution his body was hanged in chains at Bromsgrove Lock
1784 - 6 executions
S 6 March    Thomas Tomlinson         Housebreaking                   F  19 March
" William Till              Housebreaking                   F  19 March
" William Lapworth, Housebreaking                   F  19 March
" James Feast,        Burglary             F  19 March
" John Owen &         Burglary             F  19 March
" Richard Morris Burglary             F  19 March
1785 - 1 execution
S 5 March    John Strickland        Forgery             F  18 March
1786 - 9 executions
S 11 March   John Murphy           Robbery                  F  24 March
" Michael Gough            Burglary             F  24 March
" William Prosser           Highway robbery                  F  24 March
" Thomas Neale             Housebreaking                   F  24 March
" Richard Watts             Highway robbery                  F  24 March
" (city) Joseph Cook             Burglary                  F  24 March
S 29 July    John Jones,             Burglary                  F  11 August
" Joseph Watts &          Burglary                  F  11 August
" James Cook             Burglary                  F  11 August
1787 - No executions
1788 - 6 executions
S 8 March    William Smith            Murder of his wife, Mary         Th. 13 March
" Richard Rook             Murder of Thomas Ashcroft  Th. 13 March
" John Thomas        Burglary             S  22 March
" William Weston   Burglary             S  22 March
" (city) Thomas Ford              Burglary                   S  22 March
S 12 July    James Merrill          Housebreaking                   F  25 July
1789 - 6 executions
M 30 March   Richard Shaw              Burglary    S  11 April
" William Perkins           Forgery             S  11 April
" Thomas Jepson            Sheep theft    S  11 April
S 25 July    Henry Noxon             Housebreaking        F   7 August
" John Wilks             Sheep theft                F   7 August
" William Hill             Housebreaking                   F   7 August
1790 - 2 executions
S 6 March    James Wyllie           Burglary   F  19 March 
S 17 July    Thomas Goodfellow        Burglary             F 30 July
1791 - 2 executions
S 6 August    Richard Pittaway          Burglary     F  19 August
" Robert Cook             Riot       F  19 August
1792 - 1 execution
S 10 March    Edward Skott    Riot       F  23 March
1793 - 1 execution
S 13 July    James Wiggett          Stole in warehouse                  F   2 August 
1794 - 1 execution
S 2 August    Thomas Pewtrees          Housebreaking        F  15 August
1795 - 1 execution
S 18 July  William Morris            Burglary                   F  31 July
1796 - No executions
1797 - 3 executions
S 11 March    John Dubbins           Murder of Jonathan Partington          Th. 16 March
S 5 August    William Price & Burglary             F  18  August 
" James Tucker    Burglary             F  18  August 
1798 - 4 executions
S 10 March    William Jones             Burglary      F  23 March
" John Holward           Housebreaking           F  23 March
S 21 July    Joseph Pearson &     Stole in warehouse                  F   3 August
" John Scarlett      Stole in warehouse                  F   3 August
1799 - No executions