Berkshire Circuit 1735 - 1799
324 death sentences led to 85 confirmed executions and 2 probable ones
Executions took place at Early near Reading unless otherwise specified.
Assize date	Name	Crime	Execution date
1735 & 1736 - No executions
1737 - 2 executions
M 28 February	William George	Murder Elizabeth Blackford	S  19 March
M 18 July	Watkins Foreman	Housebreaking	W   3 August
1738 - 2 executions
M 27 February	James Brown	At large	S  11 March
"	John Sturabout	Murder of Giles Blagrove	S  11 March
1739 - 3 confirmed executions, plus 1 probable (Thomas Hitchcock)
M 5 March	Nathaniel Taylor	Highway robbery	S  17 March
M 30 July	Thomas Hitchcock	Arson	Unknown
"	Robert Milloway	Highway robbery	S  18 August
"	William Parrott	Highway robbery	S  18 August
1740 & 1741 - No executions
1742 - 3 executions
M 8 March	Paul Davis &	Housebreaking	S  20 March
"	Jacob Shervill	Housebreaking	S  20 March
"	John Parker	Sheep theft	S  20 March
1743 - 1746 - No executions
1747 - 1 execution
M 16 March	James Townley	Cattle theft	S 25 April
1748 - 1 execution, plus 1 probable
M 29 February	Francis Spicer	Murder of George Nicholls	S  2 April
	Hanged at Shinfield Green
M 18 July	John Strong	Sheep theft	Unknown
1749 - No executions
1750 - 3 executions
M 15  March	John Wells	Housebreaking	S 21 April
M 23 July	James Knight	Horse theft	S 11 August
"	John Horridge	Burglary	S 11 August
1751 - 2 executions
M 4 March	George Hussey	Highway robbery	S  23 March
M 15 July	Samuel W Burgoyne	Horse theft	S  27 July
1752 - 2 executions
F 28 February	James Whiting &	Highway robbery	S  14 March
"	Benjamin Whiting	Highway robbery	S  14 March
1753 - 2 executions
M 5 March	John Heath	Burglary	S  24 March
S 28 July	William Cowderoy	Robbery	??/August
1754 - 6 executions
M 4 March	John Heddington	Burglary	S  23 March
"	John Burgh	Burglary	S  23 March
"	William Hooper	Burglary	S  23 March
"	Thomas Forster	Burglary	S  23 March
M 22 July	Thomas Bastin	Housebreaking & cattle theft	S  10 August
"	John Palmer	Housebreaking & cattle theft	S  10 August
1755 - 2 executions
S 12 July	William Hill	Horse theft	Tu. 26 August
"	Margaret Wright	Murder of her bastard	Th. 17 July
1756 - No executions
1757 - 3 executions
W 30 March	William Short	Sacrilege	S  16 April
"	Robert Plank	Highway robbery	S  16 April
"	John Barnet	Burglary	S  16 April
1758 - No executions
1759 - 3 executions
Tu. 13 March	Thomas Harris	Rape of daughter Ann (11)	Unknown
"	William Cooper	Highway robbery	Unknown
"	Thomas Cross	Highway robbery	Unknown
1760 - 1 execution
M 3 March	John Vaughan	Highway robbery	S  22 March
1761 - 3 executions
M 2 March	Ann Giles	Arson	S 21 March
M 6 July	John Tucker	Bestiality	S  25 July
"	William Allen	Housebreaking	S  25 July
1762 & 1763 - No executions
1764 - 1 execution
M 5 March	Thomas Watkins	Murder of Mary Holland	F  9 March
	Hanged at Windsor and afterwards in chains there
1765 - No executions
1766 - 4 executions
M 3 March	Richard Maysey	Horse theft	Unknown
M 1 December	Daniel Eckland	Riot	Tu. 6 January '67
"	William Simpson	Riot	F  26 December
"	John Shelton	Riot	F  26 December
	Eckland, Simpson & Shelton tried by a Special Commission at Reading
1767 - 2 executions
M 27 July	William Bryant &	Highway robbery	S  15 August
	Thomas Bryant	Highway robbery	S  15 August
1768 - 1772 - No executions
1773 - 2 executions
M 26 July	William Waldron	Sheep theft	M  16 August
"	John Blagro	Highway robbery	M  16 August
1774 - 2 executions
M 28 February	Richard Hoare	Housebreaking	S  26 March
M 11 July	Richard Myott	Burglary	S  30 July
1775 - No executions
1776 - 1 execution
M 4 March	William Clifford	Burglary	S  23 March
1777 - No executions
1778 - 3 executions
M 2 March	Richard Latham	Highway robbery	S  21 March
M 27 July	Richard Watkins	Burglary	S  15 August
"	Stephen Dicker	Robbery in dwelling house	S  15 August
1779 - No executions
1780 - 2 executions
M 24 July	Richard Odcroft	Horse theft	S  12 August
"	Joseph Sansum	Burglary	S  12 August
1781 - 4 executions
M 5 March	Robert Jennings	Highway robbery	S  24 March
M 23 July	John Lightfoot	Highway robbery	S  11 August
"	William Matthews	Highway robbery	S  11 August
"	John Keeling	Highway robbery	S  11 August
1782 - No executions
1783 - 2 executions
M 3 March	Daniel Gibbs &	Burglary	S  22 March
"	William Wayne	Burglary	S  22 March
1784 - 2 executions
M 19 July	Richard Bailey	Highway robbery	S  7 August
"	Benjamin Griffiths	Housebreaking	S  7 August
1785 - 2 executions
M 28 February	William Prizey	Burglary	Th. 24 March
M 4 July	John Kimber	Housebreaking	S  23 July
1786 - 3 executions
M 6 March	Richard Hemmings	Horse theft	S  25 March
"	John Steptoe	Sheep theft	S  25 March
"	William Cripps	Housebreaking	S  25 March
1787 - 3 executions
M 5 March	Abraham Tule (19)	Murder of William Billimose	F   9 March
"	William Hawkins (16)	Aiding above murder	F   9 March
	Both hanged on Mortimer Common, afterwards in chains there
"	John Butler	Shot at Benjamin Andrews	S  24 March
1788 - 3 executions
M 3 March	Thomas Rider	Stole in dwelling house	S  22 March
"	Richard Holloway	Horse theft	S  22 March
1789 - No executions
1790 - 1 execution
M 12 July	John Lloyd	Murder of William Lailey	Th. 15 July
1791 - 1 execution
M 1 August	James Chapman	Housebreaking	S  20 August
1792 - 1794 - No executions
1795 - 1 execution
M 13 July	James Barnes	Housebreaking	S   1 August
	First execution on the "New Drop" outside Reading Gaol
1796 - 1 execution
M 4 July	Thomas Collins	Burglary	S  23 July
1797 - 1 execution
S 4 March	Alexander Brown Rose	Housebreaking	S  25 March
1798 - 2 executions
S 3 March	John Williams	Highway robbery	S  24 March
"	John Davis	Highway robbery	S  24 March
1799 - 4 executions
M 4 March	Joseph Edwards	Stole in dwelling house	S  23 March
M 1 July	John Talbot	Highway robbery	S  20 July
"	William Matthews &	Horse theft	S  20 July
"	Thomas White	Horse theft	S  20 July