Northamptonshire 1735 - 1799 |
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249 death sentences led to
66 executions. |
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Crime |
Execution date |
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Mary Fawson (aged 20) |
P/T murder of husband |
F 8 August 1735 |
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Burnt at the stake |
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Elizabeth
Wilkinson |
Privately stealing |
F 8 August 1735 |
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Mary Haddon |
Murder of her mother |
F
20 August 1736 |
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Jacob
Mendlicoate |
Highway robbery |
S 6 August 1737 |
Henry Doggs |
Highway robbery |
S 6 August 1737 |
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Henry Clarke |
Murder of John Humphreys |
S
29 July 1738 |
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John Cotton |
Murder of infant son |
Th. 22 March 1739 |
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Hanged in chins on Paulerspury
Common |
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William
Welford |
Burglary |
F
25 April 1740 |
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Bryan
Connell |
Murder of Richard Brimley |
F 3 April 1741 |
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Hanged in chains at Weedon Common |
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William
Porter |
Murder Benjamin Meadows |
F 11 March 1743 |
William
Attleborough |
Aiding above murder |
S 26 March 1743 |
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James
Goodman |
Highway robbery |
F 9 August 1745 |
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William
Curtis |
Murder of his wife |
F 14 August 1747 |
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Joseph Elliott & |
Highway robbery |
F 17 March 1749 |
William Lamb |
Highway robbery |
F 17 March 1749 |
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Thomas
Wakelin |
Highway robbery |
F
23 March 1750 |
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Hanged in chains between Dunstable
& Hockley |
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John
Lavendar |
Arson |
F 24 August 1750 |
Joseph Dobbs |
Burglary |
F 24 August 1750 |
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William Love
(16) |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
F 16 August 1754 |
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John Brown |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
F
25 July 1755 |
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Ann Loale |
Murder of her bastard |
S
31 March 1759 |
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Richard
Alcock |
Horse theft |
F 6 April 1759 |
John Forward |
Uttering forgery |
F 6 April 1759 |
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William
Smart |
At large |
S 28 April 1759 |
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Richard Dove |
At large |
S 11 August 1759 |
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Thomas
Seamark |
Highway robbery |
M 23 April 1764 |
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Russell
Rowledge |
Highway robbery |
S 5 May 1764 |
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John
Croxford, |
Murder of a peddlar |
S 4 August 1764 |
Benjamin Deacon & |
Murder of a peddlar |
S 4 August 1764 |
Richard
Butlin |
Murder of a peddlar |
S 4 August 1764 |
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Hanged in chains on Hollowell Green
at Guilsborough |
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John Kilsby |
Highway robbery |
F 10 August 1764 |
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William Craddock & |
Highway robbery |
S 14 April 1770 |
Anthony
Harwood |
Highway robbery |
S 14 April 1770 |
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Samuel
Wright |
Burglary |
F 16 April 1773 |
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Samuel Pain |
Burglary |
Tu. 11 April 1775 |
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William
Narker (or Parker) |
Forgery |
F 11 August 1775 |
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William
Collins |
Mail Robbery |
F 19 March 1779 |
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Thomas Pool |
Murder of William Luck |
S 4 March 1780 |
Catherine Parker |
Murder of Thomas Cottingham |
S 4 March 1780 |
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Richard
Taylor |
Highway robbery |
F 23 March 1781 |
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Elizabeth
Nokes |
Murder of her bastard |
M 8 March 1784 |
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Richard
Wilson |
Shot at |
F 26 March 1784 |
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John Roberts |
Mail robbery |
S 5 March 1785 |
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Hanged in chains at Boughton Lane |
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John Bull |
Horse theft |
F 18 March 1785 |
Thomas
Skelcher |
Horse theft |
F 18 March 1785 |
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James Tarry |
Highway robbery |
F 22 July 1785 |
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John Smith & |
Highway robbery |
F 5 August 1785 |
John Hall |
Highway robbery |
F 5 August 1785 |
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William
Howell |
Murder |
S
11 March 1786 |
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Thomas Allen |
Highway robbery |
F 24 March 1786 |
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David Coe & |
Housebreaking |
F 3 August 1787 |
William
Bowers, |
Housebreaking |
F 3 August 1787 |
William
Pettifer, |
Highway robbery |
F 3 August 1787 |
Richard Law, |
Highway robbery |
F 3 August 1787 |
John Smith
snr, |
Highway robbery |
F 3 August 1787 |
John Hulbert |
Highway robbery |
F 3 August 1787 |
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The last 4
were members of "The Culworth Gang" |
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John Bateman |
Sheep theft |
S 22 March 1788 |
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Thomas
Underwood |
Burglary |
F 27 March 1789 |
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Thomas
Gordon |
Murder of George Linnett |
Tu. 18 August 1789 |
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Thomas Smith & |
Highway robbery |
F 23 March 1792 |
Jane Cross |
Highway robbery |
F 23 March 1792 |
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Benjamin
Pearce |
Stealing in a shop |
F 21 March 1794 |
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Thomas Brown |
Highway robbery |
F 28 March 1794 |
John Higgins |
Horse theft |
F 28 March 1794 |
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Thomas
Hanger |
Horse theft |
F
19 July 1799 |
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