Nottinghamshire 1735 - 1799 |
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In
the years 1735 – 1756, 50 death sentences were commuted and reports of |
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executions have been found. |
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In
the period 1757 to 1799 there were 128 death sentences of which 34 were
carried out. |
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It
is possible that other executions took place in this period. |
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Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
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James Gilders (Gibbins) |
Highway robbery |
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24 Mar 1738 |
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Henry
Parnell |
Murder of his wife |
F 4 August 1738 |
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John Graham (Grimes) & |
Highway robbery |
W
14 August 1745 |
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Ignatius
Fisher |
Highway robbery |
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14 August 1745 |
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John Smith |
Highway robbery |
W 14 Aug 1751 |
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Joseph
Millner |
Robbery |
W 14 Aug 1751 |
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Woolston Roberts & |
Cutting & maiming of |
Tu. 21 April 1752 |
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William Sandham |
Benjamin Voss |
Tu. 21 April 1752 |
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James Wogden |
Murder of Edward Whatman |
M 10 August 1752 |
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Richard
Sturgees |
Robbing dyehouses |
Tu. 20 Septermber 1757 |
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Robert
Wilson |
Highway robbery |
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29 March 1758 |
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Samuel Ward |
Housebreaking |
W
4 April 1759 |
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Nottingham town execution |
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William Andrew Horne (74) |
Murder of his bastard |
Th. 30 November 1759 |
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Elizabeth
Morton (aged 15) |
Murder of her master’s child |
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6 April 1763 |
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James Bromwich & |
Highway robbery |
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30 July 1766 |
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William
Wagner |
Highway robbery |
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30 July 1766 |
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Robert Downe |
Murder of Thomas Greenwood |
M
10 August 1767 |
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Hanged in
chains at the Gravel Pits, Lichfield Lane near Mansfield |
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Thomas
Reynolds |
Burglary |
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19 August 1767 |
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William
Hobbs (Hebb) |
Murder of Thomas Burrill
(aged 79) |
M
27 March 1769 |
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Richard
Wheatley |
Robbing bleachground |
W
30 March 1774 |
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Joseph Shaw |
Burglary |
W
30 March 1774 |
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William Voce
(19) |
Murder of Mary Dufty |
M
20 March 1775 |
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John Spencer |
Murder of William Yeadon |
M
26 July 1779 |
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Hanged in
chains at Scrooby near the murder spot |
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George
Brown (Bounds) |
Housebreaking |
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28 March 1781 |
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Adam Bagshaw |
Housebreaking |
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28 March 1781 |
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Cooper Hall |
Mail robbery |
W 27 March 1782 |
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Hanged in
chains on Jearling Moor. |
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Robert
Rushton |
Murder 9 year old daughter |
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17 March 1784 |
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Ann
Castledine (28) |
Murder of her bastard |
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17 March 1784 |
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Thomas Henfrey & |
Highway robbery |
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31 March 1784 |
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William
Rider |
Highway robbery |
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31 March 1784 |
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Thomas
(William) Cook |
Highway robbery |
W
23 March 1785 |
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John Townshend & |
Highway robbery |
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23 March 1785 |
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John
Pendrill |
Highway robbery |
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23 March 1785 |
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John
Anderson |
Horse theft |
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23 March 1785 |
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Thomas Cobb |
Burglary |
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27 July 1785 |
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William
Hands |
Horse theft |
W
29 March 1786 |
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John Lister |
Sheep theft |
W
29 March 1786 |
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Samuel Martin (21) & |
Robbing warehouse |
W
24 March 1790 |
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Anthony
Farnsworth (17) |
Robbing warehouse |
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24 March 1790 |
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William
Healey |
Horse theft |
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27 Mar 1793 |
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David
Proctor |
Rape of Charlotte Waters (10) |
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25 March 1795 |
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John Miller |
Cattle theft |
W 16 Aug 1797 |
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James
Brodie (aged 23) |
Murder of William Henesal (8) |
M
15 July 1799 |
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