Oxfordshire 1735 - 1799 |
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County -
240 death sentences led to 59 confirmed executions and 3 possible ones. |
Executions
were carried out either on a mound outside the West Gate or on the Castle
Green |
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Assize date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
1735 - 1737
- No executions |
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1738 - 1
execution |
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W 1 March |
William Clifford |
Burglary |
M 20 March |
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1739 - 1
execution |
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W 7 March |
John Martin |
Highway robbery |
M 26 March |
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1740 &
1741 - No executions |
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1742 - No
confirmed executions but 3 possible where no reprieves have been traced |
W 10 March |
Francis Battin |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
Elizabeth Cox |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
" |
William Harding |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
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1743 - 2
executions |
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W 2 March |
John Gale |
Highway robbery |
F 25 March |
" |
Milly Gray |
Horse theft |
F 25 March |
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1744 &
1745 - No executions |
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1746 - 2
executions |
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W 5 March |
Rose Hurle |
Murder of William Hurle (son) |
Unknown |
W 6 August |
Robert Rowlwright |
Murder of Rose Rowlwright
Fuller |
W 20 August |
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1747 &
1748 - No executions |
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1749 - 1
execution |
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W 12 July |
Paul Wells jr |
Forgery |
F 1 September |
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1750 - 2
executions |
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W 7 March |
James Smith |
Housebreaking |
M 2 April |
" |
John Walker |
Highway robbery |
M 2 April |
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1751 - No
executions |
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1752 - 1
execution |
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S 29 February |
Mary Blandy |
Murder of her father, Francis |
M 6 April |
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1753 - 1
execution |
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W 7 March |
William Grindy |
At large |
Unknown |
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1754 - 3
executions |
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W 6 March |
Richard Baylis & |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
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Adam Brice |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
" |
James Till (17) |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 26 April |
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1755 - 3
executions |
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W 5 March |
Richard Mansfield & |
Highway robbery |
F 21 March |
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Richard Dancer |
Highway robbery |
F 21 March |
" |
Robert Randell |
Sheep theft |
M 28 April |
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1756 &
1757 - No executions |
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1758 - 1
execution |
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Th. 2 March |
William Hardiman |
Highway robbery |
M 20 March |
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1759 &
1760 - No executions |
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1761 - 1
execution |
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W 4 March |
Isaac Dorking |
Highway robbery |
M 23 March |
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1762 - 3
executions |
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W 3 March |
Shadrack Smith |
Highway robbery |
M 22 March |
W 21 July |
Susannah Harris |
Murder of her female
bastard |
S 24 July |
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James Costard |
Murder of his mother,
Sarah |
S 24 July |
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1763 &
1764 - No executions |
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1765 - 1
execution |
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W 13 March |
Parker Hall |
Burglary |
M 22 April |
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1766 - 3
executions |
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W 5 March |
Mary Lamphrey |
Murder of her daughter’s bastard |
M 10 March |
W 9 July |
John Williams & |
Highway robbery |
M 28 July |
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John Brown |
Highway robbery |
M 28 July |
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1767 &
1770 - No executions |
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1771 - 2
executions |
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Tu. 9 July |
Martin Reader |
Burglary |
M 29 July |
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William Crooke (Cook) |
Burglary |
F 16 August |
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1772 - 1
execution |
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W 4 March |
Richard Gardner |
Burglary |
M
23 March |
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1773 &
1774 - No executions |
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1775 - 2
executions |
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W 8 March |
George Strapp |
Murder of Edward Bowden |
M 13 March |
W 26 July |
James Corbett |
Burglary |
M 14 August |
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1776 - 1
execution |
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Richard Churn |
Highway robbery |
M 25 March |
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1777 - No
executions |
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1778 - 1
execution |
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W 4 March |
Robert Hitchcock |
Murder of his father,
Edward |
M 9 March |
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1779 - 1
execution |
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W 3 March |
William Hide |
Burglary |
M 22 March |
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1780 - 1
execution |
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W 26 July |
Richard Wells |
Horse theft |
W 30 August |
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1781 - 1783
- No executions |
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1784 - 4
executions |
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W 3 March |
Daniel Cato |
Murder of Thomas Rossen |
M 8 March |
" |
Benjamin Webb & |
Housebreaking |
M 22 March |
" |
George Ward |
Housebreaking |
M 22 March |
" |
Giles Freeman |
Highway robbery |
Tu. 30 March |
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1785 - 1
execution |
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W 2 March |
John Price |
Highway robbery |
M 7
March |
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1786 - 4
executions |
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W 8 March |
John Cox & |
Killing a sheep |
M 27 March |
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Richard Cox |
Killing a sheep |
M 27 March |
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John Grace |
Sheep theft |
M 27 March |
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Miles Ward |
Stealing in a College |
M 27 March |
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1787 - 2
executions |
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W 18 July |
Thomas White |
Stole in dwelling house |
M
6 August |
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Charles Watter Wyatt |
Stole from a letter |
M
6 August |
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1788 - 1
execution |
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W 5 March |
Charles Smith |
Horse theft |
M 24 March |
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1789 - No
executions |
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1790 - 4
executions |
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W 3 March |
Thomas Davis |
Horse theft |
M 22 March |
W 14 July |
Charles Evans Shury & |
Murder of David Charteris |
M 19 July |
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John Castle |
Murder of David Charteris |
M 19 July |
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James Williams |
Burglary |
M 2 August |
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1791 - 2
executions |
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W 2 March |
Giles Covington |
Aiding murder of David Charteris |
M 7 March |
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John Kelly |
Highway robbery |
M 21 March |
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1792 - 1
execution |
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W 7 March |
Joseph Tapp |
Highway robbery |
M 26 March |
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1793 - 1
execution |
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W 10 July |
Robert Jenkinson |
Horse theft |
M 29 July |
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1794 - 1796
- No executions |
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1797 - 3
executions |
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W 2 August |
John Marshall |
Horse theft |
M 21 August |
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William Ure |
Burglary |
M 21 August |
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Thomas Andrews |
Horse theft |
M 21 August |
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1798 - 1
execution |
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W 7 March |
James Carpenter |
Burglary |
M 26 March |
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1799 - No
executions |
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