Lincolnshire 1735 - 1799
In the years 1735 – 1756, 88 death sentences were commuted and reports of 
26 executions have been found.
In the period 1757 to 1799 there were 243 death sentences passed of which 69 were carried out.
Name Crime Execution date
Robert Lidgard  Horse theft ??/March 1736
John Thompson  Burglary F  18 March 1737 
Thomas Dixon  Burglary F  17 March 1738 
William Marshall  Highway robbery F  17 March 1738 
William Lomas  Horse theft F  23 March 1739 
Thomas Sharp Horse theft F  23 March 1739 
Joseph Binge  Burglary F  23 March 1739 
William Dykes  Murder ??/May 1739
Thomas Brown  Privately stealing ??/August 1739
John Stovegrove  Housebreaking ??/July 1740
William Lewin  Housebreaking ??/March 1741
Henry Ginn  Highway robbery ??/March 1742
William Tyler  Murder ??/March 1742
Hanged at Spalding and afterwards in chains at Pinchbeck drainside
Clay Lee  Sheep theft ??/August 1742
Peter Brown  Privately stealing ??/August 1742
Jeremiah Buxton  Murder ??/March 1746
Mary Johnson  P/T murder of husband ??/April 1747
Burned at the stake
William Lyon  Murder of his wife ??/April 1747
Barnaby Freeman  Highway robbery ??/April 1747
William Burton   Stealing in a shop ??/August 1748
John Wood  Sheep theft ??/August 1748
Thomas Skegg  Highway robbery F  9 Aug 1751 
John Bellamy  Horse theft ??/March 1752
Edward Walker  Sheep theft ??/March 1753
Timothy Raven  Sodomy or bestiality F  16 August 1754 
Richard Austin  Horse theft ??/August 1756
Thomas Brown  Murder W  28 March 1759
Hanged in chains at Ancholm Corner near Spital
Thomas Hill  At large F  26 March 1762 
Daniel Ryan  Murder of John Butterton ??/August 1762
Hanged on Lincoln City gallows.
Thomas Nicholson  Highway robbery ??/March 1765
William Fenwick  Burglary F  9 August 1765 
Mary Davy  Murder of Mary Kemp ??/March 1766
P/T murder - not known if Davy was burnt.
George Dalton  Burglary ??/July 1766
John Baker  Housebreaking F  14 Aug 1767 
Philip Heaton (Hooton) Murder of Samuel Stockton  M  6 March 1769 
Hanged in chains on Surfleet Common
James Kearney  Murder of Robert Harrold  Th.  2 August 1770
William Moore  At large F  27 August 1773 
Hanged on Lincoln City gallows.
John Lyon  Highway robbery F  24 March 1775
William Farmery  (21) Murder of his mother F  4 August 1775
James Lee Burglary F  21 March 1777
Henry Atkinson  Murder of his infant child F  18 July 1777 
Thomas Ham  Highway robbery F  25 July 1777 
Robert Blades  Highway robbery F  20 March 1778
Edward Dowson  Highway robbery F  20 March 1778
Jonathan Bennett  Horse theft F  15 March 1782
Edward Johnson  Forgery F  15 March 1782
John Storey  Arson F  2 August 1782
Edward Perplar  H/T counterfeiting F  22 August 1783 
William Dale  H/T counterfeiting F  22 August 1783 
Thomas Wood  Housebreaking F  19 March 1784 
Richard Bull  Sheep theft F  19 March 1784 
Robert Downing  Housebreaking F  19 March 1784 
William Davidson (Dawson) Housebreaking F  19 March 1784 
William Wright  Housebreaking F  6 August 1784 
Richard Dennis  Highway robbery F  6 August 1784 
Patience Elsom  Arson F  12 November 1784 
William Houldsworth  Highway robbery F  18 March 1785
Michael Harrison  Horse theft F  18 March 1785
George Huntingdon  Cattle theft F  18 March 1785
Thomas Rawson  Housebreaking F  18 March 1785
Jonathan Warner  Sheep theft F  18 March 1785
John Wright  Sheep theft F  18 March 1785
John Palmerson  Cattle theft F  18 March 1785
John Hudson  Highway robbery F  18 March 1785
William Ligburn  Highway robbery F  18 March 1785
Thomas Golling  Burglary F  29 July 1785
John Smith  Horse theft F  29 July 1785
Joseph Wilkinson  Murder of his child Th.  16 March 1786 
Henry Knowles (18) Sheep theft F  24 March 1786
Stephen Tarr  Cattle theft F  24 March 1786
John Curtis  Housebreaking F  12 May 1786
George Roberts  Sheep theft F  11 August 1786
Hanged on Lincoln City gallows.
William Rawby  Murder of Ann Leary (13) F  16 March 1787
Thomas Dickenson  Sheep theft F  23 March 1787
John Wilson  Murder of William Mason  F  14 March 1788
George Bennett  Horse theft F  21 March 1788
William Mitchison Hardy  Horse theft F  21 March 1788
John Smith  Street robbery F  21 March 1788
Francis Acred  Horse theft F  21 March 1788
William Nettleship  Highway robbery F  27 March 1789
William Ward  Housebreaking F  27 March 1789
George Kilpike  Highway robbery F  27 March 1789
John George  Horse theft F  7 August 1789
John Ward  Robbery F  19 March 1790
Thomas Rowell  Sheep theft F  30 July 1790
William Burder  Murder of William Harrington  F  11 March 1791
John Robson  Horse theft F  18 March 1791
William Campbell  Forgery F  19 August 1791
Jonathan Betts  Horse theft F  19 August 1791
Ralph Smith  Murder of Gentle Sutton  F  16 March 1792
Hanged in chains at Frampton
John Cocking  Sheep theft F  23 March 1792
John Dinney  Housebreaking F  29 August 1794  
Edward Coxon  Highway robbery F   22 July 1796
Elizabeth Brockleby  P/T murder of husband F  17 March 1797
Thomas Newman  Highway robbery F  6 April 1798