Buckinghamshire 1735 - 1799 |
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320 death
sentences led to 91 confirmed executions and 8 probable ones. |
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Assize date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
1735 - 1
execution |
|
M 3 March |
Philip Thomas |
Horse theft |
F 21 March |
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1736 - 4
executions |
|
M
8 March |
Thomas Marsh & |
Murder of Edward Pontifex |
M 22 March |
" |
Richard Marshall |
Murder of Edward Pontifex |
M 22 March |
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Hanged at Rye Common High Wycombe. |
|
" |
Thomas Pinkard |
Wounding deer |
Tu. 30 March |
" |
Edward Skirrell |
Wounding deer |
Tu. 30 March |
|
1737 - 1
execution |
|
M 28 February |
Thomas Garner |
Burglary |
Unknown |
|
1738 - No
executions |
|
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1739 - 3
executions |
|
M
12 March |
Robert Owen |
Horse theft |
S 5 May |
" |
John Beves |
Burglary |
S 5 May |
" |
William Trasley |
Highway robbery |
S 5 May |
|
|
1740 - 6 executions |
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M 10 Mar |
Thomas Wilkinnson |
Murder of John Gilboy |
F 2 April |
" |
John Browes |
Burglary |
F 2 April |
" |
Daniel Goodman |
Burglary |
F 2 April |
W
16 July |
Benjamin Randall |
Murder of Thomas Watt |
F 8 August |
|
Hanged in chains after execution |
|
" |
Daniel Fordam & |
Burglary |
W 13 August |
" |
John Brewer |
Burglary |
W 13 August |
|
1741 - 7
executions |
|
Tu.
3 March |
Edward Bozwell |
Horse theft |
F 20 March |
" |
Finnimore Smyth |
Horse theft |
F 20 March |
" |
Edward Smyth |
Horse theft |
F 20 March |
" |
Richard Tavenner |
Highway robbery |
W 8 April |
M
6 July |
James Appleton |
Unknown |
S 25 July |
" |
William Evans |
Unknown |
S 25 July |
" |
Benjamin George |
Unknown |
S 25 July |
|
1742 - 2
confirmed executions, plus 3 probable where no reprieve traced |
M
8 March |
George White |
Robbery of Rev. Mr Jacques |
F 26 March |
" |
Daniel White |
Robbery of Rev. Mr Jacques |
F 26 March |
M
26 July |
Richard Sharkley |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
William Tilley |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
William Woollen |
Burglary |
Unknown |
|
|
1743 - 2
executions |
|
M
28 February |
William Clutterbuck |
Sheep theft |
Tu. 29 March |
M
18 July |
Mansole Sansbury |
Highway robbery |
F 22 July |
|
1744 - 2
executions |
|
M
5 March |
James King |
Murder of Elizabeth Anslee |
W 4 April |
" |
Edward Singer |
Highway robbery |
W 4 April |
|
1745 - 2
executions |
|
M 11 March |
Richard Parsons |
Burglary |
W 27 March |
" |
William Faulkes |
Highway robbery |
W 27 March |
|
1746 &
1747 - No executions |
|
|
1748 - 1
execution |
|
M 18 July |
Anthony Palmer |
Burglary |
W 10 August |
|
1749 - No
executions |
|
|
1750 - 4
executions |
|
M
5 March |
Benjamin Doddingham |
Highway robbery |
F 16 March |
" |
John Parrott |
Highway robbery |
F 16 March |
" |
Peter Moses |
Highway robbery |
F 23
March |
" |
Patrick Kelly |
Highway robbery |
F 23
March |
|
1751 - 3
executions |
|
M 4 March |
John Pahos (Fahors) |
Burglary |
F 22 March |
|
John Freeman |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
M
15 July |
Edward Harrot |
Highway robbery |
F 23 August |
|
1752 - 3
executions |
|
M 13 July |
Thomas Capon |
Highway robbery |
W 12
August |
" |
Thomas Smallbones |
Highway robbery |
W 12
August |
" |
John Appleton |
Rape of Martha
Peverell |
F 31 July |
|
1753 - 1
execution |
|
M 30 July |
Ann Course |
Arson |
M 27 August |
|
1754 - 1
execution |
|
W 13 March |
John Curtis (20) |
Highway Robbery |
F 5 April |
|
1755 - 1
execution |
|
M 10 March |
George Davis |
Highway Robbery |
M 31 March |
|
Hanged in chains on Holtspur Heath |
|
|
1756 - No
executions |
|
|
1757 - 3
executions |
|
M 14 March |
John Bates |
Horse theft |
F 1 April |
" |
Samuel Hunt |
Horse theft |
F 1 April |
" |
James Atkins |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 1 April |
|
1758 - 2
executions |
|
M 6 March |
John Bly |
Sheep theft |
F 31 March |
" |
John Polly |
Robbery |
F 31 March |
|
1759 - No
executions |
|
|
1760 - 2
executions |
|
M
14 July |
Francis Griffen (Drake) |
Stole in shop |
F 1 August |
" |
William Mortimore |
Stole in shop |
F 1 August |
|
1761 - No
executions |
|
|
1762 - 2
executions |
|
M
8 March |
William Bowland |
Murder |
F 12 March |
" |
Edward Barrow |
Burglary |
Th. 25 March |
|
1763 - 1
execution |
|
M
18 July |
William Lacy |
Highway robbery |
F 5 August |
|
1764 - No
executions |
|
|
1765 - 1
execution |
|
M
18 March |
Robert Harper |
Housebreaking |
M 8 April |
|
1766 - No
executions |
|
|
1767 - 1
execution |
|
M
2 March |
John Hale |
Highway robbery |
M 23 March |
|
1768 &
1769 - No executions |
|
|
1770 - 2
executions |
|
M
5 March |
Edward Bury |
Burglary |
W 11 April |
M
30 July |
John Turner |
At large |
M 13 August |
|
1771 &
1772 - No executions |
|
|
1773 - 3
executions |
|
M
1 March |
Samuel Lamb |
Highway robbery |
W 17 March |
" |
Francis Mortimer |
Highway robbery |
W 17 March |
M
19 July |
Edward Corbett |
Murder of Richard Holt |
F 23 July |
|
Hanged in chains at Bierton |
|
|
1774 - 1
execution |
|
M
7 March |
Edward Milsomm |
Highway robbery |
F 6 April |
|
1775 - No
executions |
|
|
1776 - 2
executions |
|
M
4 March |
Thomas Norwood |
Burglary |
F 22 March |
M
22 July |
Charles Smith |
Murder of Hannah Falconer |
F 26 July |
|
1777 - No
executions |
|
|
1778 - 1
execution |
|
M
9 March |
William Gould |
Highway robbery |
M 30 March |
|
1779 - No
executions |
|
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1780 - 2
executions |
|
M
6 March |
Hannah Bryant |
Murder of her female bastard |
F 10 March |
" |
Elizabeth Kerby |
Housebreaking |
W 5 April |
|
1781 &
1782 - No executions |
|
|
1783 - 4
executions |
|
M
3 March |
Richard Carter |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
M
4 August |
Henry Moore |
Burglary |
Th. 21 August |
" |
Thomas Williamson |
Burglary |
Th. 21 August |
" |
Christopher Townsend |
Burglary |
Th. 21 August |
|
1784 - 4
confirmed executions, plus 2 possible |
|
M
8 March |
William Smith |
Sheep theft |
F 16 April |
" |
Samuel Adams |
Housebreaking |
F 16 April |
" |
James Finch |
Burglary |
Th. 25 March |
M
19 July |
James Radley |
Highway robbery |
Th. 5 August |
" |
John Hawkes |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
William Eysdon |
Burglary |
Unknown |
|
1785 - 2
executions |
|
S
5 March |
William Ship |
Burglary |
Tu. 29 March |
" |
William Coventry |
Stealing |
Tu. 29 March |
|
1786 - No
executions |
|
|
1787 - 5
executions |
|
S
10 March |
Joseph Seare |
Highway robbery |
M 9 April |
" |
William Sheffield |
Highway robbery |
M 9 April |
" |
William Headley |
Highway robbery |
M 9 April |
M
16 July |
James Clarke |
Highway robbery |
Tu. 21 August |
" |
John Smith |
Housebreaking |
Tu. 21 August |
|
1788 - 2
confirmed executions, plus 1 posssible |
|
S
1 March |
John Davis |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
" |
Nicholas Day |
Murder |
Th. 6 March |
|
Jonathan Letts |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
|
1789 - 2
possible executions, as no reprieves traced. |
|
S
7 March |
Nathaniel Hearn |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
Thomas Summers |
Burglary |
Unknown |
|
1790 - 2
executions |
|
M
1 March |
William Howland |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
John Clemmons |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
1791 &
1792 - No executions |
|
|
1793 - 1
execution |
|
M
8 July |
Mary Humphrey |
Murder of her female bastard |
F 12 July |
|
1794 - No
executions |
|
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1795 - 2
executions |
|
M 13 July |
William Brown |
Burglary |
F 4 August |
" |
Henry Richardson |
Rape of Susannah Arnold & |
F 4 August |
|
highway robbery of her |
|
|
1796 - 1
execution |
|
S 27 February |
John Davy |
Horse theft |
M 21 March |
|
1797 - No
executions |
|
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1798 - 1
execution |
|
M
16 July |
William Croeden |
Burglary |
W 1
August |
|
1799 - No
executions |
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