Shropshire
1735 - 1799 |
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443 death
sentences led to 100 confirmed executions plus 13 probable ones |
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Assize date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
1735 - 1
execution |
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M 28 July |
John Wayne |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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1736 - 2
executions |
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Th. 25 March |
Samuel Davis |
Murder of Mary Ellis |
Unknown |
M 16 August |
Samuel Trickett |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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1737 - 1
execution |
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Th. 17 March |
William Richards |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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1738 - 5
executions |
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Th. 16 March |
Michael Laky & |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
Carbery Egan |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
Edward Jones |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
M 24 July |
Rees Price |
at large |
Unknown |
" |
William Asleby |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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1739 - 2
executions |
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M 19 March |
John Ryley |
Privately stealing |
Unknown |
" |
Thomas Richards |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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1740 - 1
probable execution |
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M 17 March |
Thomas Lawrence |
Burglary |
Unknown |
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1741 - No
executions |
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1742 - No
confirmed executions, but 8 probable ones. No reprieves traced |
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Th. 25 March |
James Duffin |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
Thomas Edwards |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
Aaron Sankey |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
" |
Thomas Smallman |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
" |
Richard Jones |
Privately stealing |
Unknown |
M 16 July |
Edward Broome |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
" |
Thomas Shelley |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
" |
Nicholas Lamb |
Rape |
Unknown |
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1743 - No
confirmed executions, but 4 probable ones |
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F 18 March |
Richard Reynolds |
Murder |
Unknown |
" |
Ralph Bostock |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
" |
William Forster |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
S 30 July |
Edward Wollaston |
Murder of Richard Cadman |
Unknown |
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Ordered to be hanged in chains after
execution |
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1744 - No
executions |
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1745 - 1
execution |
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F 22 March |
David Daves |
Horse theft |
F 12 April |
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1746 &
1747 - No executions |
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1748 - 1
execution |
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Th. 17 March |
Joseph Whyley |
Murder of Martha Shanston |
S
2 April |
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1749 - 1
execution |
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M 24 July |
John Jones |
Housebreaking |
Th. 11 August |
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1750 - No
executions |
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1751 - 1
execution |
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M 18 March |
Thomas Davis |
Highway robbery |
S 6 April |
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1752 &
1753 - No executions |
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1754 - 2
executions |
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M 18 March |
Richard Bassett |
Highway robbery |
S 6 April |
" |
Thomas Williams |
Highway robbery |
S 6 April |
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1755 - No
executions |
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1756 - 2
executions |
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Tu. 17
August |
John Reece |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
" |
Edward Edwards |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
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1757 - 6
executions |
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S 5 March |
Samuel Fletcher & |
Housebreaking |
S 26 March |
" |
Samuel Capper |
Housebreaking |
S 26 March |
" |
Roger Llewellyn & |
Highway robbery |
S 26 March |
" |
Samuel Llewellyn |
Highway robbery |
S 26 March |
" |
William Hayward |
Stole in dwelling house |
W 6 April |
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Daniel Thrustlecock |
Housebreaking |
W 6 April |
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1758 - No
executions |
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1759 - 3
executions |
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M 6 August |
Joseph Darby jr |
Murder of John Walker |
S 11 August |
" |
Thomas Darby |
Murder of John Walker |
S 11 August |
" |
Joseph Darby sr |
Aiding above murder |
S 11 August |
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Joseph Darby jr & Thomas Darby
gibbeted at Halesowen after execution |
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1760 - 1
execution |
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M 17 March |
Thomas Kerby |
Murder of Samuel Bolton |
M 24 March |
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1761 - 1763
- No executions |
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1764 - 3
executions |
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S 24 March |
Thomas Newcombe |
Burglary |
S 21 April |
" |
Russell Danilly |
Burglary |
S 21 April |
" |
Richard Howells |
Housebreaking |
S 21 April |
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1765 - No
executions |
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1766 - 1
execution |
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M 21 July |
William Love |
Rape of Eleanor
Yardley |
S 2 August |
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1767 - 1
execution, at Bridgnorth. |
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S 4 April |
John Scott |
Housebreaking |
Tu. 21 April |
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Hanged in chains there afterwards. |
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1768 - 1
execution |
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W 3 August |
John Davis |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
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1769 - 2
executions |
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S 25 March |
Luke Folly |
Murder of his wife, Ann |
W 29 March |
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Richard Roberts |
Highway robbery |
S 1 April |
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1770 - 3
executions |
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W 22 August |
William Warph |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
" |
John Jones |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
" |
Thomas Williams |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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1771 - 1
execution |
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S 27 July |
Elizabeth Williams |
Murder of her male bastard |
S
3 August |
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1772 - No
executions |
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1773 - 1
execution |
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F 13 August |
Edward Rogers |
Highway robbery |
S 28 August |
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1774 - 3
executions |
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M 14 March |
John Davies |
Sacrilege |
S 2 April |
" |
Samuel Wheatley |
Burglary |
S 2 April |
Tu. 26 July |
John Parry |
Stole off wreck |
S 1 April 1775 |
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1775 - 1
execution |
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M 20 March |
Joseph Skidmore |
Murder of Ann Chandler |
S 25 March |
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1776 - 2
executions |
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M 18 March |
Thomas Yorke |
Horse theft |
S 30 March |
" |
John Pool |
Forgery |
S 30 March |
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1777 - 1
execution |
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S 22 March |
Jeffrey Williams |
Horse theft |
S 12 April |
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1778 - 1
execution |
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S 21 March |
Richard Grindly jr |
Burglary |
S 4 April |
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1779 - 2
executions |
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S 20 March |
Thomas Corfield |
Murder of Jospeh Cooper |
F 26 March |
" |
Absolam Pool |
Housebreaking |
S 3 April |
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1780 - 1
execution |
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S 12 August |
William Creswell |
Murder of Sarah Boyden |
Th. 17 August |
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1781 - 1
execution |
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W 21 March |
John Barrington |
Highway robbery |
S 7 April |
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1782 - 1
execution |
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W 24 July |
Sarah Turner |
Murder of Mary Davies |
M 29 July |
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1783 - 1
execution |
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S 15 March |
Thomas Challenor |
Housebreaking |
S 29 March |
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1784 - 4
executions |
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S 13 March |
Vicaria Owen |
Stole in shop |
S 27 March |
" |
William Davies |
Horse theft |
S 27 March |
" |
Thomas Hale |
Horse theft |
S 27 March |
W 4 August |
William Green |
Sheep theft |
S 11 September |
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1785 - 7
executions |
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S 12 March |
William Williams |
Housebreaking |
S 26 March |
" |
Edward Edwards |
Burglary |
S 26 March |
" |
Ann Hancock |
Murder of her male bastard |
F 18 March |
" |
John Green |
Murder of his wife,
Elizabeth |
F 18 March |
" |
Sarah Davis |
Housebreaking |
S 26 March |
S 23 July |
Thomas Young |
Sheep theft |
S 6 August |
" |
Henry Linall |
Sheep theft |
S 6 August |
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1786 - No
executions |
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1787 - 5
executions |
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S 17 March |
James Turner |
Burglary |
S 31 March |
" |
Richard Hall |
Highway robbery |
S 31 March |
S 4 August |
John Phthean |
Murder |
Th. 9 August |
" |
Henry Morris |
Housebreaking |
S 18 August |
" |
David Elias |
Horse theft |
S 18 August |
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1788 - 3
executions |
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S 15 March |
Richard Boyden |
Burglary |
S 29 March |
" |
Charles Higley |
Horse theft |
S 29 March |
S 26 July |
William Bullock |
Housebreaking |
S 9 August |
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1789 - 5
executions |
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S 8 August |
William Jones & |
Highway robbery |
S 22 August |
" |
John Jones |
Highway robbery |
S 22 August |
" |
Richard Price |
Rape of Susannah Tonge |
S 22 August |
" |
Thomas Phipps sr & |
Forgery |
S 5 September |
" |
Thomas Phipps jr |
Forgery |
S 5 September |
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1790 - 3
executions |
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S 13 March |
William Brompton |
Housebreaking |
S 27 March |
" |
George Wall |
Housebreaking |
S 27 March |
" |
Samuel Griffiths |
Burglary |
S 27 March |
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1791 - 5
executions |
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S 12 March |
John Edmonds |
Highway robbery |
S 26 March |
" |
John Furber |
Burglary |
S 26 March |
S 20 August |
William Gough |
Murder of Ann Brown |
Th. 25 August |
" |
Thomas Lane |
Burglary |
S 3 September |
" |
Walter Lane |
Sacrilege |
S 3 September |
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1792 - 2
executions |
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S 17 March |
Sarah Shenston (18) |
Murder of her male
bastard |
Th. 22 March |
M 4 August |
Thomas Taylor |
Burglary |
S 18 August |
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1793 - 5
executions |
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S 27 July |
John Woodcock |
Abetting murder |
Th. 1 August |
" |
William Richards |
Burglary |
S 10 August |
" |
John Mumford |
Burglary |
S 10 August |
" |
Richard Sinister |
Burglary |
S 10 August |
" |
Dan Sheldon |
Burglary |
S 10 August |
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1794 - No
executions |
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1795 - 1
execution. First outside County Gaol
in Shrewsbury |
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S 1 August |
John Smith |
Stole in shop |
S 15 August |
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1796 - 2
executions |
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S 12 March |
Edward Quilt |
Stole in dwelling house |
S 26 March |
" |
John Hill |
At large |
S 26 March |
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1797 - 1
execution |
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S 25 March |
Thomas Micklewright |
Cattle theft |
S 8 April |
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1798 - 1
execution |
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S 24 March |
Adam Humphreys |
Arson |
S 7 April |
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1799 - No
executions |
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