Hertfordshire 1735 - 1799 |
|
369 death
sentences led to 111 confirmed executions, plus 4 possible ones |
|
From 1741
executions took place at Gallows Hill on the Ware Road leading out of
Hertford |
|
Assize date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
1735 - 1
execution |
|
M
3 March |
Joseph Charlton |
Stole in dwelling house |
M 17 March |
|
1736 - 2
executions |
|
M
8 March |
William Morgan |
Murder of Daniel Hall |
M 22 March |
" |
Michael Barber |
Aiding above murder |
M 22 March |
|
1737 - 2
executions |
|
M 18 July |
John Wells |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
Richard Mortimore |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
1738 - 2
executions |
|
M 27 February |
George Slater & |
Horse theft |
W 15 March |
" |
John Collins |
Horse theft |
W 15 March |
|
1739 - No
executions |
|
|
1740 - 2
executions |
|
M 14 July |
Robert Underwood & |
Housebreaking |
W 13 August |
" |
Thomas Crook |
Housebreaking |
W 13 August |
|
|
1741 - 4
confirmed executions, plus two probable as no reprieves traced |
|
Th. 26 February |
William Sibthorp |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
John Clifton |
Burglary |
Unknown |
M
6 July |
Luke Humphries |
Highway robbery |
Tu. 21 July |
" |
Theophilus Dean |
Highway robbery |
Tu. 21 July |
" |
James Smith |
Highway robbery |
Tu. 21 July |
|
Above three hanged at Gallows Hill |
|
" |
Charles Cox |
Highway robbery |
Tu. 21 July |
|
Cox hanged opposite the gaol,
outside Half Moon Inn (the gaoler’s house) |
|
1742 - 1
execution |
|
Th.
4 March |
Richard Pilgrim |
Murder of William & Mary Woodland |
M 22 March |
Hanged in
chains in the parish of Knebworth near to the spot where the crime had been
committed. |
|
1743 - No
confirmed executions, but 1 probable as no reprieves traced |
|
M 18 July |
James Price |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
1744 - No
executions |
|
|
1745 - 2
executions |
|
Th. 28 February |
Joseph Sell |
Murder of Margaret Edwards |
Unknown |
M 29 July |
James Welch |
Burglary |
M 12 August |
|
1746 &
1747- No executions |
|
|
1748 - 2
executions |
|
Th. 10 March |
Thomas Flack |
Highway robbery |
Th 24 March |
" |
Thomas Bibby |
Highway robbery |
F 25 March |
|
Bibby hanged in chains at the Gravel
Pits, St Albans. |
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1749 &
1750 - No executions |
|
|
1751 - 5
executions |
|
Th.
7 March |
Joseph Watson |
Arson |
M 25 March |
" |
Richard Sloper |
Murder of Thomas Batchelor |
M 25 March |
" |
John Jones |
At large |
M 25 March |
" |
Walter Prior |
Highway robbery |
M 25 March |
M 29 July |
Thomas Colley |
Murder of Ruth
Osborn |
S 24 August |
|
Hanged at Gubblecut, afterwards in
chains there |
|
1752 - 5
executions |
|
W 4 March |
John Torrow |
Highway robbery |
W 18 March |
" |
Charles Smith |
Murder of his son, Thomas |
W 18 March |
" |
Thomas Hurry & |
Murder of bastard daughter |
W 18 March |
" |
Alice Andrew |
Murder of bastard daughter |
W 18 March |
M 13 July |
John Sewell |
Highway robbery |
M 27 July |
|
1753 - 1
execution |
|
M 13 August |
Job Wells |
Rape of his daughter, Maria |
M 27 August |
|
1754 - 5
executions |
|
W
6 March |
Alice Whitman |
Murder of her female bastard |
M 11
March |
" |
Thomas Burgess |
Highway robbery |
??/March |
" |
Daniel Keeble |
Highway robbery |
??/March |
M
5 August |
Samuel Belcher |
Highway robbery |
??/August |
" |
William Hulks |
Highway robbery |
??/August |
|
|
1755 - 4
executions, plus 1 possible where no reprieve traced |
|
Th. 6 March |
Isaac Shuffle |
Murder |
M 10 March |
" |
Thomas Wood |
Murder |
M 10 March |
" |
Thomas Hanscombe |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
Robert Freeman |
Highway robbery |
M 17 March |
" |
Henry Freeman |
Highway robbery |
M 17 March |
|
1756 - No
executions |
|
|
1757 - 2
executions |
|
M
11 April |
John Gatward |
Highway robbery |
W 27 April |
|
Hanged at Colliers End, afterwards
in chains there |
|
M 25 July |
William Staines |
Murder |
Th. 28 July |
|
1758 - No
executions |
|
|
1759 - 3
executions |
|
W
7 March |
Thomas Day |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
Christopher Harris |
At large |
Unknown |
" |
John Pain |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
1760 - 2
executions |
|
W
5 March |
John Cardinal |
Assault in dwelling house |
M 17 March |
" |
Jacob Morton |
Assault in dwelling house |
M 17 March |
|
1761 - 1
execution |
|
W
4 March |
Daniel Ginger |
Murder |
W 11 March |
|
1762 - No
executions |
|
|
1763 - 4
executions |
|
W
2 March |
William Harrow |
Burglary |
M 14 March |
" |
Thomas Jones |
Burglary |
M 14 March |
" |
William Basford |
Burglary |
M 14 March |
" |
John Wright |
Highway robbery |
M 14 March |
|
1764 - 1767
- No executions |
|
|
1768 - 3
executions |
|
Th.
3 March |
John Scrivener |
Highway robbery |
F 18 March |
" |
Henry Partridge |
Highway robbery |
F 18 March |
M 18 July |
William Bale |
Burglary |
Unknown |
|
1769 - 1771
- No executions |
|
|
1772 - 6
executions |
|
Tu. 10 March |
Joshua Parker |
Burglary |
M 30 March |
" |
John PeArson |
Burglary |
M 30 March |
" |
Thomas Preston |
Burglary |
M 30 March |
" |
Joshua Messenger |
Highway robbery |
M 30 March |
" |
Marcus Hartogh |
Burglary |
W 22 April |
" |
Robert Wright |
Highway robbery |
W 22 April |
|
1773 - 3
executions |
|
Tu.
9 March |
William Passell |
Murder |
S 13 March |
M
26 July |
William Staines |
Highway robbery |
F 13 August |
|
John Staines |
Highway robbery |
F 13 August |
|
1774 - 6
executions |
|
Tu. 1 March |
John Ferris |
Highway robbery |
W 16 March |
" |
John Pratt |
Highway robbery |
W 16 March |
" |
Joseph Seal |
Highway robbery |
W 16 March |
" |
William Sharpe |
Highway robbery |
W 16 March |
" |
Richard Darby |
Highway robbery |
W 16 March |
" |
John Hopkinson |
Highway robbery |
W 16 March |
|
1775 - 2
executions |
|
W
8 March |
John Buckley sr & |
Highway robbery |
F 14 April |
" |
John Buckley jr |
Highway robbery |
F 14 April |
|
1776 - 1778
- No executions |
|
|
1779 - 2
executions |
|
M
1 March |
William Davidson |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
James Corner |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
1780 - 4
executions |
|
M 6 March |
William Childs |
Highway robbery |
F 24 March |
|
Thomas Chetwynd |
Highway robbery |
F 24 March |
M 31 July |
Henry Thomas |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
Luke Morgrave |
Highway robbery |
Th. 17 August |
|
1781 - No
executions |
|
|
1782 - 1
execution |
|
M
4 March |
Francis Day |
Highway robbery |
Th. 21 March |
|
1783 - 4
executions |
|
M
3 March |
Joseph Clibbon |
Highway robbery |
F 7
March |
" |
Thomas Halling |
Burglary |
F 7
March |
" |
John Holden |
Burglary |
F 7
March |
" |
Richard Maze |
Burglary |
Th. 20 March |
|
|
1784 - 4
executions |
|
W
3 March |
William George |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
Thomas Taylor |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
Thomas Rust |
Highway robbery |
W 17 March |
" |
John Smith |
Burglary |
Unknown |
|
|
1785 - 7
executions |
|
W
2 March |
Robert Fowler |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
Henry Marsh |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
James Day |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
" |
Robert Usher |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
M
4 July |
Thomas Rogers |
Burglary |
F 22 July |
" |
Patrick Welch & |
H/T counterfeiting |
F 22 July |
" |
John Welch |
H/T counterfeiting |
F 22 July |
|
1786 - 5
executions |
|
Th.
2 March |
Francis Gilbar |
Burglary |
Th. 16 March |
" |
Joseph Moore |
Burglary |
Th. 16 March |
" |
Mary Melley |
Burglary |
Th. 16 March |
" |
Joseph Harrow |
Burglary |
Th. 16 March |
" |
Jonathan Hickman |
Burglary |
Th. 16 March |
|
1787 - 4
executions |
|
Th.
8 March |
Richard Baker |
Burglary |
F 23 March |
" |
Thomas Smith (Cockle) |
Sheep theft |
F 13 April |
Th. 19 July |
Thomas Smith |
Highway robbery |
F 3 August |
" |
John Kennedy |
Highway robbery |
F 3 August |
|
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1788 &
1789 - No executions |
|
|
1790 - 1
execution |
|
M 12 July |
Edward Venables |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
|
1791 - 4
executions |
|
Th.
3 March |
William Pateman |
Burglary |
Th. 17 March |
" |
Edmund Pateman |
Burglary |
Th. 17 March |
" |
John King |
Burglary |
Th. 17 March |
Th. 28 July |
John Wade |
Murder |
M 1
August |
|
1792 &
1793 - No executions |
|
|
1794 - 1
execution |
|
M
4 August |
James Hawkins |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
1795 - 1
execution |
|
M
9 March |
William Salmon |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
|
1796 - 1
execution |
|
M
7 March |
Richard Watts |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
|
1797 - 1
execution |
|
M 24 July |
John Baker |
Burglary |
F 11 August |
|
1798 - No
executions |
|
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1799 - 1
execution |
|
M
4 March |
Alexander Hobbs |
Highway robbery |
W 20 March |
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