| Devonshire 1735 - 1799 | |||
| County of Devon - 837 death sentences led to 219 executions, | |||
| with up to 13 more where no reprieve has been traced | |||
| Prior to 1795 Devonshire hangings usually took place at the Heavitree gallows near Exeter, | |||
| the last on 4th April 1794, afterwards on the New Drop outside the County Gaol at Exeter. | |||
| The City of Exeter Quarter Sessions passed at least 14 death sentences of which | |||
| 4 were carried out. City executions took place at the Magdalen Road gallows. | |||
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 - 2 executions | |||
| F 28 March | Mary Warren | Murder of her male bastard | Unknown |
| M 4 August | Mary Dulen | Murder of her male bastard | Unknown |
| 1736 - 2 executions | |||
| M 22 March | Nathaniel Woolrot | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| M 16 August | John Bird | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1737 - 3 executions | |||
| M 8 August | John Colliins | Murder of Jane Uprot | F 26 August |
| " | Thomas Prince | Murder wife, Ann | F 26 August |
| " | Benjamin Baker | Highway robbery | F 26 August |
| 1738 - 3 executions | |||
| M 20 March | John Ireland | Horse theft | Unknown |
| M 24 July | John Taylor | Horse theft | Unknown |
| " | Zachariah Mann | At large | Unknown |
| 1739 - 3 executions - plus 1 not confirmed | |||
| Th 22 March | Phillip Davey | Housebreaking | Unconfirmed |
| M 13 August | William Denton | Housebreaking | F 31 August |
| " | Simon Meeds | Housebreaking | F 31 August |
| " | James Tickner | Housebreaking | F 31 August |
| 1740 - 12 executions | |||
| M 24 March | Henry Woodford | Housebreaking | F 11 April |
| " | John Bale | Horse theft | F 11 April |
| " | Johanna Bryant | Murder of her male bastard | F 11 April |
| " | Dinah Turner | Murder of her male bastard | F 11 April |
| " | William Dugger | Housebreaking | F 11 April |
| " | Ann Cummings | Murder of her male bastard | F 11 April |
| " | Thomas Diggott | Highway robbery | F 11 April |
| " | Israel Jessing | Highway robbery | F 11 April |
| " | Simon Phillips | Murder of Richard Philips | F 11 April |
| W 6 August | John Every | Murder of his male bastard | F 29 August |
| " | Martha Allen | Horse theft | F 29 August |
| " | John Mounsoon | Arson | F 29 August |
| 1741 - Possibly 3 executions - not confirmed | |||
| M 20 July | Samuel Carly | Horse theft | Unconfirmed |
| " | Robert Yeall | Sheep theft | Unconfirmed |
| " | Thomas Dadd | Sheep theft | Unconfirmed |
| 1742 - 2 executions | |||
| M 29 March | Matthew Sheppard | Housebreaking | F 30 April |
| " | Daniel Kennard | Arson | F 30 April |
| 1743 - 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 15 March | David Gibbons | Murder wife, Elizabeth | F 15 April |
| " | Alice Stribbling | Murder of Elizabeth Tossle | F 15 April |
| " | John Lawford | Forgery | F 15 April |
| M 25 July | George Teague | Highway robbery | M 29 August |
| " | Rev. Peter Vine | Rape of Elizabeth Dark | W 5 October |
| 1744 - Probably 4 executions as no reprieves traced | |||
| Tu. 13 March | William Farey | Uttering | Unknown |
| " | Mary Grote | Arson | Unknown |
| " | Christopher Saunders | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| " | John Sowden | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| 1745 - Probably 2 executions | |||
| M 18 March | Philip Harding | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| " | William Fosbery | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1746 - 4 executions | |||
| M 17 March | Thomas Dyer | Murder wife, Ann | F 11 April |
| M 18 August | Robert Sanderson | Highway robbery | W 17 September |
| " | James Momford | Highway robbery | W 17 September |
| " | Humphrey Davis | Highway robbery | W 17 September |
| 1747 - 2 executions | |||
| M 13 April | John Tuckerman | Murder mother, Agnes | Unknown |
| W 19 August | Mary Wadland | Murder of her male bastard | F 18 September |
| 1748 - Probably 1 execution | |||
| M 21 March | James Whitehouse | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1749 - 5 executions | |||
| " | Richard Bayly | Burglary | F 7 April |
| " | Thomas Wilson | Highway robbery | F 7 April |
| " | Richard Bond | Murder of John Richards | F 4 August |
| M 17 July | John Camp | Burglary | F 4 August |
| " | Matthew Cudmore | Horse theft | F 4 August |
| 1750 - 4 executions | |||
| F 16 March | Edward Murphy | Burglary | Th 12 April |
| " | John Lenard | H/T coining | Th 12 April |
| " | Elizabeth Packard | P/T murder husband | Th 12 April |
| " | Burnt at the stake | ||
| " | Susan Phillips | Murder of her male bastard | Th 12 April |
| 1751 - Possibly 2 executions as no reprieves traced | |||
| M 18 March | Robert Hanford | Burglary | Unknown |
| " | John Pope | Murder of John Elliott | Unknown |
| 1752 - 5 executions | |||
| M 16 March | John Davy | Murder wife, Ann | F 3 April |
| Hanged in chains afterwards | |||
| " | Joseph Phillips | Burglary | F 3 April |
| " | John Wilson | Highway robbery | F 3 April |
| " | Robert Stamp | Highway robbery | F 3 April |
| " | William Jennings | Highway robbery | F 10 April |
| 1753 - 3 executions | |||
| F 23 March | William Huish | Murder of father, William | S 31 March |
| S 11 August | John Clay | Housebreaking | F 31 August |
| " | Lawrence Bowan | Sheep theft | F 31 August |
| 1754 - 3 executions | |||
| M 18 March | John Knight | Highway robbery | F 19 April |
| " | John Colby | Highway robbery | F 5 April |
| " | John Allen | Highway robbery | F 23 August |
| 1755 - 7 executions | |||
| M 17 March | Henry Butcher | Murder wife, Elizabeth | F 24 March |
| " | James Reed | Stole in dwelling house | F 4 April |
| " | William Hooper | Highway robbery | F 4 April |
| " | John Vinneron | Sheep theft | F 4 April |
| M 28 July | John Wright | Housebreaking | Th. 14 August |
| " | Henry Broome | Cattle theft | Th. 14 August |
| " | Charles Menhennit | Horse theft | Th. 14 August |
| 1756 - 2 executions | |||
| M 29 March | Thomas Jones | Burglary | F 22 April |
| M 9 August | Clement Bole | Housebreaking | Th. 23 September |
| 1757 - 3 executions | |||
| M 1 August | Stephen Hill | Stole in dwelling house | Th. 18 August |
| " | Roger Rowe | Highway robbery | Th. 18 August |
| " | George Swanscombe | Highway robbery | Th. 18 August |
| 1758 - 10 executions | |||
| M 13 March | Thomas Smale | Murder of James Harris | M 20 March |
| " | James Pearce | Cattle theft | F 31 March |
| " | George Leman | Highway robbery | F 31 March |
| " | Stephen Sapper | Highway robbery | F 31 March |
| " | Christian Perkin | Housebreaking | F 31 March |
| " | Samuel Dennis | Burglary | F 31 March |
| " | Henry Johnson | Housebreaking | F 31 March |
| " | Thomas Pearce | Housebreaking | F 31 March |
| " | William Huish | Housebreaking | F 31 March |
| " | Richard Edwards | Housebreaking | F 31 March |
| 1759 - 16 executions | |||
| M 26 March | Robert Lattimore | Murder of James Harvey | M 2 April |
| " | John Morgan (16) | Stole in dwelling house | Th. 19 April |
| " | Patrick Connor | Burglary | Th. 19 April |
| " | Thomas Carter | Burglary | Th. 19 April |
| " | Patrick Butler | Rape of Mary Baker | Th. 19 April |
| " | John Watson | Rape of Mary Baker | Th. 19 April |
| " | Charles Darras | Murder of Jean Menaux | W 25 April |
| " | Fleurant Tremaine | Murder of Jean Menaux | W 25 April |
| " | Pierre Pitiel | Murder of Jean Menaux | W 25 April |
| " | Louis Boudecq | Murder of Jean Menaux | W 25 April |
| " | Pierre Lagnol | Murder of Jean Menaux | W 25 April |
| M 6 August | Jonathan Horner | Highway robbery | 23/24 August |
| " | John Halway | Highway robbery | 23/24 August |
| " | John Sutton | Highway robbery | 23/24 August |
| " | John Reynolds | Highway robbery | 23/24 August |
| " | John Richards | At large | 23/24 August |
| 1760 - 2 executions | |||
| M 17 March | Edward Hingston | Murder of Mordecai Solomon | M 24 March |
| " | Edward Kennedy | Housebreaking | F 11 April |
| 1761 - 6 executions | |||
| S 11 July | Richard Harris | Murder of John Carn | F 17 July |
| " | Jonas Woodrow | Murder of Elizabeth Zane | F 17 July |
| " | William Downey | Highway robbery and rape | F 31 July |
| " | James Fox | Highway robbery and rape | F 31 July |
| " | Thomas Mercer | Highway robbery and rape | F 31 July |
| " | Dennis Kenedy | Highway robbery and rape | F 31 July |
| 1762 - 4 executions | |||
| M 15 March | Robert Haynes | Murder of Unknownn man | F 16 April |
| " | Pierce Mitchell | Murder of Vincent Bevan | F 16 April |
| " | William Goddard | Highway robbery | F 16 April |
| " | John Sackmore | Highway robbery | F 16 April |
| 1763 - 6 executions | |||
| M 14 March | Robert Clegg | Robbery | Unknown |
| " | James Watts | Robbery | Unknown |
| " | William Langton | Burglary | Unknown |
| M 25 July | James Gooding | Murder of Samuel Sprogett | S 30 July |
| " | Richard Connor | Murder of Samuel Sprogett | S 30 July |
| " | Pablo More | Murder of William Lock | S 30 July |
| 1764 - 5 executions | |||
| M 19 March | Nicholas Maunder | Murder of William Couch | M 26 March |
| " | William Loxham | Highway robbery | F 6 April |
| " | Thomas Carver | Highway robbery | F 6 April |
| " | William Cause | Burglary | F 6 April |
| M 13 August | Joal Goss | Horse theft | F 14 September |
| 1765 - 4 executions | |||
| M 25 March | George Nicholls | Highway robbery | W 22 May |
| " | Richard Higgins | Highway robbery | W 22 May |
| M 29 July | Thomas Vogwell | Burglary | F 16 August |
| " | Elizabeth Staddon | Arson | F 16 August |
| 1766 - 3 executions | |||
| M 17 March | David Burk | Highway robbery | F 4 April |
| " | James Connor | Highway robbery | F 4 April |
| M 21 July | David Maroney | Highway robbery | F 8 August |
| 1767 - 1 execution | |||
| M 10 August | John Hockaday | At large | F 28 August |
| 1768 - 3 executions | |||
| M 14 March | John Stiles | Rape of Ann Tucker | M 2 May |
| " | James Oliver | Rape of Ann Tucker | M 2 May |
| " | John Owen | Rape of Ann Tucker | M 2 May |
| 1769 - 1 execution | |||
| M 13 March | Ann Windsor | Murder of her bastard daughter | M 27 March |
| 1770 - No executions | |||
| 1771 - 1 execution | |||
| M 18 March | Christopher Conig | Murder of James Legett | M 25 March |
| 1772 - 2 executions | |||
| M 10 August | John Brooke jr | Sheep theft | F 28 August |
| Nicholas Mason | Stole in dwelling house | F 28 August | |
| 1773 - 2 executions | |||
| M 15 March | Frances Hallson | Murder of her baby | M 22 March |
| M 9 August | John Wilkinson | Horse theft | F 2 April |
| 1774 - 3 executions | |||
| M 14 March | James Perry | Burglary | F 8 April |
| " | William Edwards | Burglary | F 8 April |
| M 1 August | John Winworth | Highway robbery | F 19 August |
| 1775 - No executions | |||
| 1776 - 2 executions | |||
| M 18 March | Edward Bradlick | Cattle theft | F 12 April |
| " | Richard Wood | Highway robbery | F 12 April |
| 1777 - 3 executions | |||
| M 21 July | Thomas Bartley | Highway robbery | F 8 August |
| " | Thomas Lamb | Highway robbery | F 8 August |
| " | Arthur Hamill | Highway robbery | F 8 August |
| 1778 - No executions | |||
| 1779 - 2 executions | |||
| M 15 March | Edward Hutchings | Murder wife Mary | M 22 March |
| " | Alice Bishop | Murder of her infant daughter | Tu. 25 May |
| 1780 - 3 executions | |||
| M 13 March | William Wooton | Murder | M 20 March |
| M 7 August | Alice Widdison | Stole in dwelling house | F 25 August |
| " | John M'Mahon | Stole in dwelling house | F 25 August |
| 1781 - 1 execution | |||
| M 6 August | John Andrews | Cattle theft | F 24 August |
| 1782 - 3 executions | |||
| M 18 March | Elizabeth Waldron | Murder of her male bastard | M 25 March |
| " | John Tralhing | Murder of Mary Balkwill | M 25 March |
| M 22 July | Rebecca Downing | P/T murder her master | M 29 July |
| Burned at the stake | |||
| 1783 - 9 executions | |||
| M 11 August | John Cunningham (16) | Murder of John Pratt | M 18 August |
| " | John Grimslade | Murder of Rev. Gilbert Yard | M 18 August |
| Both hanged at Halldown, near Kingsteignton | |||
| " | Simon Masters | Highway robbery | F 29 August |
| " | Amos Barnes | Highway robbery | F 29 August |
| " | John Pidgeon | Highway robbery | F 29 August |
| " | Simon Frazer | Highway robbery | F 29 August |
| " | Patrick Dogherty | Highway robbery | F 29 August |
| " | Elizabeth Rumbelow | Sheep theft | F 29 August |
| " | Richard Mann | Sheep theft | F 29 August |
| 1784 - 5 executions | |||
| M 15 March | Thomas Harris | Highway robbery | F 2 April |
| " | William Peters | Highway robbery | F 2 April |
| M 2 August | Thomas Smart | Murder of Thomas Ewings | S 7 August |
| " | John Tolland | Highway robbery | F 20 August |
| " | James Quirk | Highway robbery | F 20 August |
| 1785 - 7 executions | |||
| M 14 March | Robert Ellwood | Highway robbery | F 1 April |
| " | John Bliss | Horse theft | F 1 April |
| " | William Coombe | Horse theft | F 1 April |
| " | William Clarke | Burglary | F 1 April |
| " | Thomas Freeman | Stole in dwelling house | F 1 April |
| " | John Dare | Burglary | F 1 April |
| M 18 July | Hembury Fort | Burglary | F 5 August |
| 1786 - 4 executions | |||
| M 20 March | Thomas Russell | Murder of John Breeze | M 27 March |
| " | James Herslake | Cattle theft | F 7 April |
| " | William Brooks | Horse theft | F 7 April |
| M 7 August | Daniel Rendall Haynes | Horse theft | F 25 August |
| 1787 - 6 executions | |||
| M 19 March | Richard Leigh | Burglary | M 9 April |
| " | Richard Joyce | Housebreaking | M 9 April |
| " | Edward Dolling | Sheep theft | M 9 April |
| " | William Patrick | Burglary | M 9 April |
| M 30 July | Thomas Crispin | Sodomy | M 6 August |
| " | John Piper | Housebreaking | F 17 August |
| 1788 - 6 executions | |||
| M 17 March | William Smith & | Murder of Philip Smith | M 24 March |
| " | John Richards | Murder of Philip Smith | M 24 March |
| " | William Salter (father), | Murders of William Jenkins | M 24 March |
| " | Peter Salter (son) & | and William Scott | M 24 March |
| " | Daniel Goslin | as above | M 24 March |
| " | Peter Loosemore | Cattle theft | F 4 April |
| 1789 - 5 executions | |||
| M 16 March | James Waybourn | Highway robbery | F 3 April |
| " | William Snow | Housebreaking | F 3 April |
| M 3 August | William Stephens | Highway robbery | F 21 August |
| " | Richard Ford | Highway robbery | F 21 August |
| " | George Turner | Housebreaking | F 21 August |
| 1790 - 2 executions | |||
| M 26 July | John Pope | Highway robbery | F 13 August |
| " | James Hole | Cattle theft | F 13 August |
| 1791 - 3 executions | |||
| M 14 March | Henry Glanville | Arson | F 1 April |
| " | William Ball | Stole in dwelling house | F 1 April |
| M 22 August | Joan Pierce | Murder of her female bastard | F 26 August |
| 1792 - 5 executions | |||
| M 19 March | William Tremlett | Housebreaking | F 13 April |
| " | John Ebden | Sheep theft | F 13 April |
| " | James Fullerton | Highway robbery | F 13 April |
| " | William Butler | Highway robbery | F 13 April |
| " | William Cuddiver | Sheep theft | F 13 April |
| 1793 - 1 execution | |||
| M 18 March | Francis Martin | Robbed postboy | Th. 28 March |
| Hanged in chains on the brow of Halldown | |||
| 1794 - 1 execution | |||
| M 17 March | Joan Stone | Arson | F 4 April |
| 1795 - 5 executions | |||
| M 16 March | William Martinborough | Murder Henry Smith | F 20 March |
| M 27 July | James Lee | Highway robbery | F 14 August |
| " | William M'Gregor | Highway robbery | F 14 August |
| " | George Rapson | Cattle theft | F 14 August |
| " | Thomas Campion | Riot | Th. 6 August |
| Hanged at Bovey Heath (Bovey Tracey) afterwards in chains there | |||
| 1796 - 2 executions | |||
| M 14 March | James Wilson | Housebreaking | F 1 April |
| M 18 July | Joseph Maiden | H/T coining | F 5 August |
| 1797 - No executions | |||
| 1798 - 3 executions | |||
| M 19 March | James Nicholson | Forgery | M 9 April |
| M 30 July | Peter Peele | At large | F 17 August ? |
| " | James M'Intyre | At large | F 17 August ? |
| 1799 - 2 executions | |||
| M 18 March | Mary Ann Martin | Murder of Margaret Palmer | S 23 March |
| " | Betty Limpany (18) | Arson | F 5 April |
| Executions in the City of Exeter | |||
| July 1761 | Samuel Wish | Murder wife | W 8 July |
| Sept 1783 | John Ashbolt | Highway robbery | F 26 September |
| Sept 1783 | John Lee | Highway robbery | F 26 September |
| Dec 1786 | William Fitzgerald | Highway robbery | W 24 January 1787 |