|
Executions at Tyburn 1775 – 1783. |
856 death sentences were passed during this period on
760 men and 96 women. Of these, 306 men
and 12 women were duly executed. Overall reprieve rate : 62.86%. Male reprieves :
59.74%, female reprieves : 87.50%.
The last hanging at Tyburn took place on
1775
There were
10 “hanging days” at Tyburn with 43 men and 1 woman being hanged.
83 men and
5 women were sentenced to death at the Old Bailey during the year, of which 43
men and 3 women were reprieved.
The
Sessions held on the 11th of January resulted in 8 men being sentenced to
death, of whom 4 men were reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Tuesday 10th January |
Richard Mitchell |
Stole from letter |
|
William Pritchard |
Burglary |
|
|
Peter Thane |
Burglary |
|
|
Edward Parker |
Burglary |
|
|
Amos Merritt |
Burglary |
|
|
John Williams |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 15th February (sentenced in 1774) |
Edward Batsford |
Highway robbery |
|
William Marley |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Brown |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Free |
Highway robbery |
The February
Sessions that began on the 15th resulted in a further 6 men being sentenced to
death, of whom 3 were hanged.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 21st April |
William Pine |
Burglary |
|
Joseph Taylor |
At large |
|
|
James Wright |
Housebreaking |
14 men were
sentenced to death at the 26th of April Sessions, of whom 6 were hanged on the
7th of June.
15 men
received death sentences at the 21st of May Sessions. There were 6 reprieves, 7
men were hanged in July and 2 more, the Perreaus, in
January of 1776.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 7th June |
Thomas Tunks |
Burglary |
|
Richard Walthall |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
Thomas Palmer |
Burglary |
|
|
Michael Conway |
Burglary |
|
|
Thomas McDonald |
Burglary |
|
|
Henry Jordan |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
The
Sessions on the 12th of July saw 4 men get the death sentence, of whom just 1
was reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 19th July |
Thomas Withall |
At large |
|
Charles Whittle |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Joseph Scott |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Greenwood |
Housebreaking |
|
|
George Miller |
Housebreaking |
|
|
George Morris |
H/T coining |
|
|
William Bromarch |
H/T coining |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 16th August |
Henry McAllister |
Highway robbery |
|
John Muggleton |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
William Jackling |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
The next Sessions
began on the 13th of September and resulted in 12 men and 3 women being
sentenced to death. 7 of the men and all
of the women were reprieved.
12 men and
1 woman were condemned at the 18th of October Sessions, of whom 3 men and the
woman were reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 23rd October |
Murder |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 25th October |
John Johnson |
Highway robbery |
|
Thomas Bath |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Robert Angus |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Wild |
At large |
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|
John Yardley |
H/T coining |
The
December Sessions opened on the 6th and 12 men and a woman received death
sentences, of whom 7 men were reprieved and 5 men were left for execution in
1776.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 13th December |
Murder of bastard child |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 20th December |
George Hartley |
Highway robbery |
|
Mark Clarke |
Burglary |
|
|
William Wilson |
Burglary |
|
|
William Archer |
Burglary |
|
|
Charles Reading |
Burglary |
|
|
William Winter |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Maguire |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Andrew Gray |
Burglary |
1776
82 men and 2
women were sentenced to death during this year and 39 men were hanged at Tyburn
on 10 “hanging days”.
The first
Sessions of 1736 were held on the 10th of January and resulted in 7 men
receiving death sentences, of which 5 were commuted.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 15th January (sentenced in 1776) |
Robert Williams |
Murder |
|
Joseph Bull |
Murder |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 17th January (sentenced in 1775) |
Robert Perreau |
Forgery |
|
Daniel Perreau |
Forgery |
|
|
Alexander Saunders |
Burglary |
|
|
Abraham Lyons |
Burglary |
|
|
George Lee |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Richard Baker |
H/T coining |
|
|
John Ratcliffe |
H/T coining |
The next Sessions
opened on the 21st of February and resulted in 4 death sentences, of which 2
were commuted.
9 men were
condemned at the April 17th Sessions, of whom 5 were hanged in June.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 12th April |
Samuel Whitlow |
Burglary |
|
James Langer |
Highway robbery |
The 22nd of
May Sessions resulted in 19 male death sentences, of which 10 were
commuted. 2 were hanged the following
Monday and the rest on Wednesday, the 17th of July.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 27th May |
Benjamin Harley |
Murder |
|
Thomas Henman |
Murder |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 19th June |
William Miles |
Highway robbery |
|
John Jones |
Burglary |
|
|
Christopher Saunders |
Bestiality |
|
|
Daniel Greenwood |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
Robert Street |
H/T coining |
4 death
sentences were passed at the Sessions on 10th of July, resulting in 1
execution.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 17th July |
John Bissel |
H/T coining |
|
Thomas Askew |
H/T coining |
|
|
John Mayo |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Standith |
Highway robbery |
|
|
James Humphries |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Archibald Girdwood (or Rowley) |
Sending threatening letter |
|
|
George Rowney |
Burglary |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 14th August |
Richard Goodwell |
Burglary |
The
September Sessions on the 11th saw 11 men and 2 women condemned, of whom 6 men
and the 2 women were reprieved. 2 were hanged the following Monday for their parts
in murder committed by Benjamin Harley and Thomas Henman,
whilst the others were held over for execution to October.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 16th September |
Robert Harley |
Murder |
|
Edward George |
Murder |
18 men were
sentenced to death at the October Sessions on the 16th of that month, with 8
left for execution in December and 10 reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 23rd October |
William Wood |
Housebreaking |
|
Charles Pipkins |
Housebreaking |
|
|
Robert Walker |
H/T coining |
A further
10 men were condemned at the 4th of December Sessions with 4 reprieved. The other 6 were hanged in January 1777.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 11th December |
Robert Smith |
Highway robbery |
|
John Richardson |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William Dover |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Harding |
Burglary |
|
|
William Davis |
Forgery |
|
|
John White (Wild) |
H/T coining |
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|
Joseph White (Wild) |
H/T coining |
|
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Charles McLaughlan |
Highway robbery |
1777
60 men and
4 women were sentenced to death during this year. There were 10 “hanging days”
at Tyburn this year with 32 men and no women executed..
9 men
received death sentences at the January Sessions on the 15th, of whom 4 were
reprieved and the rest hanged on the 26th of February.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 29th
January |
Richard Wright |
Housebreaking |
|
Benjamin Eyres |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
John Kelly |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
Thomas Lathom |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Moreton |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Burroughs |
Sodomy |
5 men and 1
woman were sentenced to death at the February Sessions on the 19th, of whom 3
men subsequently hanged.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 24th February |
Pedro Tolosa |
Murder |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 26th February |
Edward Goswell |
Highway robbery |
|
John Life |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Valentine Fuller |
Highway robbery |
|
|
George (Charles) Parsons |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Charles Davis |
Highway robbery |
7 men and a
woman were sentenced to death at the 9th of April Sessions, with 4 of the men
being hanged in May.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 16th April |
William Lavey |
H/T coining |
|
Joseph Wilson |
Highway robbery |
The May Sessions
on the 14th led to 3 men being condemned, with 1 man being reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 21st May |
James Field |
Burglary |
|
Benjamin Carraul |
Burglary |
|
|
David Sheffield |
Burglary |
|
|
William Sheffield |
Burglary |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 27th June |
Dr. William Dodd |
Forgery |
|
Joseph Harris |
Highway robbery |
12 men and
a woman were condemned at the 2nd of July Sessions, of whom 5 men and the woman
were later reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 6th August |
John (James) Stride |
Highway robbery |
|
William Miles |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Cox |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
Thomas Brady |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
Thomas Nash |
Burglary |
|
|
William Harsnett |
Burglary |
|
|
Edward Lynch |
Burglary |
4 men were
sentenced to death at the 10th of September Sessions, of whom 2 were reprieved
and the other 2 hanged in October.
12 men and a
woman were condemned at the October Sessions on the 15th of that month, of whom
10 men and the woman were reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 29th October |
Richard Turwood |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
John Graves |
Burglary |
The
Sessions held on the 3rd of December resulted in 8 death sentences being
passed, 1 man being hanged for murder on the 8th of December 4 being reprieved
and the others executed in 1778.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 8th December |
Francis Mercer |
Murder |
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 12th December |
Rev. Benjamin Russen |
Rape |
|
Morris Geary |
H/T Coining |
1778
There were 8
“hanging days” at Tyburn in 1758 with 33 men and no women being executed. 75
men and 8 women were condemned during this year.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 23rd January (sentenced in 1777) |
William Pollard |
Burglary |
|
John Gehagen |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Benjamin Johnson |
Burglary |
The first
Sessions of 1778 were held on the 14th of January resulting in 11 men being
condemned, of whom 5 men were reprieved.
13 men were
sentenced to hang at the February Sessions on the 18th with 6 being later
reprieved and the others hanged in May.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 6th March |
Henry Green |
Burglary |
|
Thomas Dunn |
Burglary |
|
|
William Stevens |
Burglary |
|
|
Thomas Pugh |
Burglary |
|
|
Robert Griffiths |
Burglary |
|
|
Francis Green |
Highway robbery |
The April
Sessions opened on the 29th and led to 15 death sentences on 14 men and 1
woman. 7 men and the woman were reprieved.
|
Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 4th May |
Murder |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 22nd May |
|
Highway robbery |
|
Thomas Osborne |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Philip Ramsey |
Burglary |
|
|
William Murray |
Burglary |
|
|
Peter Ceppi (Scipio) |
Shot at |
|
|
Thomas Hughes |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
Thomas Sherwood |
Forgery |
4 men were
condemned at the 3rd of June Sessions but were all reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 24th June |
Francis Crimson (Grimson) |
Burglary |
|
William Turner |
Burglary |
|
|
Joseph Davis |
Burglary |
|
|
Henry Jordan |
Burglary |
|
|
James Fryer |
Burglary |
|
|
Thomas Horner |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
12 men and
4 women were condemned at the 15th of July Sessions. 7 of the men were subsequently executed in
October.
9 men and a
woman were condemned at the September Sessions which opened on the 16th, the
woman and 7 of the men being subsequently reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 19th October |
Andrew Carleton |
Burglary |
|
John Holt |
Burglary |
|
|
Robert Allen |
Burglary |
|
|
John Milbourn |
Burglary |
|
|
John Meadows |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Henry Scott |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Lyon Lyons |
Burglary |
3 men and 2
women were condemned at the October Sessions, of whom 2 of the men and the
women were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 26th October |
Francis Delile |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
John Jones |
Rape |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 25th November |
Shot at |
The final
Sessions of 1778 took place on the 9th of December with 9 men being sentenced
to die, of whom 4 were reprieved. The
rest were hanged in February 1779.
1779
There were 9
“hanging days” at Tyburn this year with 22 men and 1 woman being hanged and 1
woman burned at the stake for High Treason.
50 men and 10 women were condemned during this year.
There were
7 male death sentences passed at 13th of January Sessions, of which 5 were
commuted.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 12th
February |
James Bean |
Burglary |
|
John Hartley |
Burglary |
|
|
Lambert Smith |
Burglary |
|
|
William Jones |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Richard Baker |
Highway robbery |
9 men and a
woman were condemned at the February Sessions on the 17th of that month, of
whom 7 men and the woman were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 19th
February |
Henry Ball |
Burglary |
|
Thomas Osborn |
Burglary |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 31 March |
Frederick John Eustace |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
Rowland Ridgway |
H/T Coining |
8 men and 2
women received death sentences at the April Sessions on the 14th of that month,
with 2 of the men being subsequently hanged.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 19th April |
James Hackman |
Murder |
5 men were
condemned at the 19th of May Sessions with 4 being reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 26th May |
John Bell |
Burglary |
|
Peter Weldon |
H/T Coining |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 28th July |
William Matthewson (Maxwell) |
Forgery |
6 men and a
woman were sentenced to death at the July Sessions on the 7th. 2 men and the woman were subsequently reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 25th August |
Michael Brannan |
Highway robbery |
|
Martin Galavan |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Ricketts |
Housebreaking |
|
|
James Barrett |
Rape |
The September
Sessions resulted in 5 men and 4 women being condemned. 2 women and 3 men were
reprieved. Isabella Condon was burnt at the stake.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 27th October |
Thomas King |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
Margaret Creamer |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William Chamberlain |
Stealing from a letter |
|
|
Isabella Condon |
H/T Coining |
The October
Sessions resulted in death sentences on 4 men and 2 women. 1 of the men and the 2 women were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 6th December |
Timothy Fitzpatrick |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
John Taylor |
Uttering |
|
|
John Staples |
Highway robbery |
6 men were
condemned at the December Sessions of whom only 1 was reprieved and the other held
over for execution until January 1790.
1780
There were
7 “hanging days” at Tyburn in this year when 26 men and 2 women were
executed. 84 men and 11 women were
condemned during this year.
The very high
numbers of death sentences were a result of the anti-Catholic Gordon
Riots. On the 2nd of July, Lord George
Gordon led a crowd estimated at some 50,000 to the House of Commons to present
a petition for the repeal of the 1778 Catholic Relief Act. A major riot ensued
and over the next 5 days, many Catholic chapels and private houses were
destroyed. 17 men and 2 women were
executed at various locations around London for their parts in the rioting.
The January Sessions on the 16th of that month resulted in 7 men and a
woman receiving death sentences. 2 men
and the woman were reprieved and the rest held over for execution on the 12th
of April.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 19th
January |
John Howell |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
William Kent (Flint) |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Hugh Malvey |
Burglary |
|
|
John Wiley |
Burglary |
|
|
John Woodmore |
Burglary |
7 men were
condemned at the February Sessions which opened on the 23rd. 4 were later reprieved and the rest held over
for execution on the 12th of April.
A further 5
men and 1 woman were sentenced to death at the April Sessions on the 5th, with
all but 1 man being reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 12th April |
Robert Hughes |
Burglary |
|
John Franque (Franks) |
Burglary |
|
|
John M’Cormick |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
John Benfield |
H/T Coining |
|
|
William Turley |
H/T Coining |
|
|
Robert Anders (Andrews) |
Burglary |
|
|
Richard Palmer |
Burglary |
4 men were
condemned at the 10th of May Sessions, of whom only 1 was to hang in
November.
The June
Sessions were extremely busy as a result of the Gordon Riots. 35 men and 3 women were sentenced to
hang. Of these, only 3 men were
condemned for offences other than riot and all 3 were hanged. Of 34 the rioters convicted and sentenced to
death, 15 men and 1 woman were reprieved, including Edward Dennis,
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 3rd July |
Murder of wife |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Thursday 13th July |
Christopher Plumley |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Saturday 22nd July |
James Early (Harley) |
Highway robbery |
|
Thomas Kelly |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Andrew Gray |
Highway robbery |
The 17 men
and 2 women executed for riot and pulling down houses are as follows :
(They are
not included in the Tyburn totals). A further woman, Mary Gardner, was hanged
in November.
|
Date |
Name |
Place of execution |
|
Tuesday 11th July |
William Brown (age 22) |
|
|
William Pateman (age 20) |
|
|
|
William McDonald |
Tower Hill |
|
|
Mary Roberts |
Tower Hill |
|
|
Charlotte Gardner |
Tower Hill |
|
|
Wednesday 12th July |
James Henry |
|
|
Richard Roberts (age 17) |
|
|
|
Benjamin Taplin |
Bow Street |
|
|
Thursday 13th July |
Enoch Fleming |
|
|
Thursday 20th July |
James Jackson |
Old Bailey |
|
John Gamble |
Bethnal Green |
|
|
Samuel Solomons |
Whiechapel |
|
|
Friday 21st July |
George Staples |
White’s Alley
Moorfields |
|
Jonathan Stacey |
White’s Alley Moorfields |
|
|
Benjamin Waters |
Old Street opposite Golden Ln. |
|
|
Thomas Price |
Old Street opposite Golden Ln. |
|
|
James Burns |
Old Street opposite Golden Ln. |
|
|
Saturday 22nd July |
John Gray |
Bloomsbury Square |
|
Charles Kent |
Bloomsbury Square |
Further
rioters hanged.
|
Monday
14th August |
Robert
Lovell |
|
|
Edward
Dorman |
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Mary Cook
(age 25) |
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|
Oliver
Johnson |
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|
Elizabeth
Collins (age 17) |
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|
John Bridport (age 17) |
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Wednesday
23rd August |
Henry
Penny (respited from 14/08) |
12 men and 2
women were sentenced to death at the September Sessions on the 13th of that
month. 5 men and 1 of the women were
reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 22nd November |
William Edwards (sentenced in May) |
Highway robbery |
|
Steward Montague |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
Abraham Danford |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
|
William Newton |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
|
Samuel Baker |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Cox |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
Mary Gardner |
Riot & pulling down houses |
|
|
Benjamin Kinder |
Housebreaking |
|
|
Joseph Carter |
H/T Coining |
5 men and 3
women were condemned at the 18th of October Sessions, with 4 men and 2 women
being reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 29th November |
George Bishop |
Stealing from a letter |
|
Margaret M’Clachlan |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
9 men and 1
woman received death sentences at the December 6th Sessions. 7 of the men and the
woman were reprieved and the other 2 men hanging in February of 1781.
1781
There were
6 “hanging days” at Tyburn in 1781 with 24 men and 5 women being hanged. 73 men and 19 women were condemned during
this year.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Tuesday 20th February (sentenced in 1780) |
Michael Daniel |
Highway robbery |
|
William Thompson |
Highway robbery |
8 men and 5
women were condemned at the January Sessions on the 10th of that month and all
but one of the women were reprieved.
5 men and 3
women were given death sentences at the February Sessions on the 21st of that
month, 3 of the men and 1 woman being reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Tuesday 27th February (sentenced in 1781) |
Ann Martin (Harris) |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
8 men and a
woman were condemned at the April Sessions on the 25th. 4 men and the woman were reprieved.
13 men and
a woman were condemned at the May Sessions on the 30th. 7 men and the woman were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 6th June |
William Russell |
Highway robbery |
|
Jane Vincent |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
|
Richard Sherring |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John King |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Peter Boyce |
Burglary |
|
|
William Archer |
Highway robbery |
15 men and
2 women were sentenced to death at the July Sessions on the 11th, with all but
1 man being reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Thursday 26th July |
Thomas Dicks |
Making a false oath re a will |
|
John Calcott |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Lawrence Webb |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William Ives |
Housebreaking |
|
|
Thomas Holliday |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Andrew Daniels |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William Jackson |
Burglary |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 27th July |
Francois de la Motte |
High treason |
De la Motte was hanged, drawn and quartered. His head was cut
off, his heart was taken out and burned, although the quartering was remitted.
16 men and
6 women were condemned at the 12th of September Sessions, of whom 7 men and 3
women were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Thursday 18th October |
Mary Bond |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
Henry Jones |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Buckley |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Shenton |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John White |
Highway robbery |
|
|
James Clark |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Francis Waters |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Jane Fuller |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Elizabeth Hatchett |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Steward |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Charles Atkins |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Burrows |
H/T Coining |
6 men were
condemned at the October Sessions on the 17th and all were reprieved.
3 men
received death sentences at the 5th of December Sessions and again all were
reprieved.
1782
There were 9
“hanging days” at Tyburn in this year with 38 men and 2 women were
executed. 96 men and 18 women were
condemned during this year.
10 men and
a woman were sentenced to death at the 9th of January Sessions, of whom 6 men
and the woman were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 13th March |
James Riley |
Highway robbery |
|
John Coleman |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Lucas |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Edmund Harris |
Housebreaking |
10 death sentences
passed at the 20th of February Sessions on 8 men and 2 women. 6 men and the 2 women were reprieved
15 men and
3 women were condemned at the 10th of April Sessions, of whom 9 men and 2 women
were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 24th April |
William Roberts (Cutler) |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
William Smith |
Highway robbery |
One man and
1 woman received death sentences at the 15th of May Sessions, with the woman
being reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 12th June |
Mary Rawlins |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
George Perkins |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
|
Robert Hutton |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William Bailey |
Highway robbery |
|
|
William Brewster |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Richard Davis |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Job Wilkinson |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Francis Cunoy |
Housebreaking |
10 men and
1 woman were sentenced to hang at the 3rd of July Sessions, with 4 men and the
woman being reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Tuesday 3rd September |
David Jones |
Burglary |
|
James Maken |
Burglary |
|
|
Joseph Weston |
Shot at |
|
|
George Weston |
Forgery |
|
|
James Baker |
Burglary |
|
|
George Lele |
Burglary |
25 men and
7 women were condemned at the 11th of September Sessions. Of these, 10 men and 6 women were reprieved.
The rest were hanged in 3 batches on the 16th of September and 15th of October.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 16th September |
James Messenger |
Burglary |
|
Evan Price |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Joseph Caddie |
Abetting murder |
|
|
John Stunnel |
Abetting murder |
|
|
Charles Kelly |
Burglary |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 4th October |
Highway robbery |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Tuesday 15th October |
Peter Verrier |
Burglary |
|
Henry Berthond |
Personate |
|
|
William Jones |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
William Odom |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Gladenboul |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Charlotte Goodall |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
John Edmunds |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
John Weatherby |
H/T Coining |
|
|
John Lafore |
H/T Coining |
|
|
John Graham |
Uttering |
10 men were
condemned at the 16th of October Sessions, of whom 6 were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Saturday 19th October |
Murder |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 27th November |
David Hughes |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
Michael Ronton (or Bonton) |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Thomas Condon (Collins) |
H/T Coining |
3 women and
17 men were condemned at the December Sessions on the 6th, with 10 men and the
3 women being reprieved. 1 man, William
Saunders, died in prison and the rest were hanged in January 1783.
1783
There were
10 “hanging days” at Tyburn, with 49 men being hanged. 157 men and 19 women were condemned during
this year. With the exception of John
Austen, all of those sentenced to death at the October and December Sessions
were hanged outside Newgate Prison. Executions at Tyburn ceased on the 7th of
November.
7 men and 4
women were condemned at the January Sessions on the 15th of that month, of whom
4 men and all of the women were reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 22nd
January |
John Booker |
Stealing in a shop |
|
William Wood |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
|
John Fitzgerald |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
|
John Johnson |
H/T Coining |
|
|
John Lawson |
H/T Coining |
|
|
Thomas Cope |
H/T Coining |
6 men were condemned
at the February Sessions on the 26th of that month, with 3 being later
reprieved.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 7th March |
John Merchant |
Highway robbery |
|
John Kelly |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Smith |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
The next Sessions opened on Wednesday, the 30th of April, with 16 men
and 2 women being condemned. 10 of the
men and the 2 women were reprieved. John
Mills was hanged on the 2nd of July opposite St. Andrew’s Church, Holborn Hill
for cutting and maiming.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 14th of May |
Edward Muslin |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
James West |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Edward Wootton |
Highway robbery |
20 men and 2 women were condemned at the June Sessions on the 6th, with 12
men and the 2 women being reprieved. One man, Alexander Smith, died in prison.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Thursday 3rd July |
John Wharton |
Burglary |
|
John Hazelworth |
Highway robbery |
|
|
Robert Cullom |
Burglary |
|
|
William Pratt |
Burglary |
|
|
William Harcourt |
H/T Coining |
14 men were condemned at the 23rd of July Sessions, of whom 7 were to
hang.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 28th July |
Murder |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Wednesday 20th
August |
Richard Pratt |
Personate |
|
Thomas Davis |
Housebreaking |
|
|
John Bitton |
Highway robbery |
|
|
George Adams |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
John Morella |
Stealing in a shop |
|
|
John Fantum |
Highway robbery |
|
|
James Grant |
Housebreaking |
|
|
William Smith |
Housebreaking |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 29th August |
William Wynne Ryland |
Forgery |
|
James Brown (Oatley) |
Burglary |
|
|
John Edwards |
Personate |
|
|
James Rivers |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
|
|
Thomas Burgess |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Lloyd |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
No less than 53 men and 4 women were condemned at the September Sessions
on the 10th, of whom 35 men and the women were reprieved. One man, Joseph Scott, died in prison. 24 of the men were condemned for their parts
in a mutiny on board the transportation ship “Swift” which meant that they were
legally “at large” - 6 of them were
hanged on the 22nd of September.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Monday 22nd September |
Charles Thomas |
At large |
|
David Hart |
At large |
|
|
Thomas Mullington |
At large |
|
|
William Matthews |
At large |
|
|
Abraham Hyams |
At large |
|
|
Christopher Trusty |
At large |
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Tuesday 28th October |
John Francis |
Forgery |
|
Matthew Damel |
Uttering |
|
|
James Neale |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
John Pilkington |
Housebreaking |
|
|
John Booker |
Highway robbery |
|
|
John Anderson |
Personate |
|
|
John Starkey |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
Thomas Smith |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
|
|
William Moore |
H/T Coining |
|
|
John Burton |
Burglary |
21 men and a woman were sentenced to hang at the October Sessions on the
29th. 12 of the men were subsequently
reprieved. John Austen was the last to
suffer at Tyburn. The others were hanged
outside Newgate on the “New Drop” on Tuesday, the 9th of December.
|
Date |
Name |
Crime |
|
Friday 7th November |
John Austin |
Highway robbery |
18 men and 6 women received death sentences at the Sessions on the 10th
of December. 14 of the men and 5 women
were reprieved.
|
Year |
Men |
Women |
|||
|
|
Sentenced
to death |
Hanged |
Sentenced
to death |
Hanged |
Burnt |
|
1775 |
83 |
43 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
1776 |
82 |
39 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
1777 |
60 |
32 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
1778 |
75 |
33 |
8 |
0 |
|
|
1779 |
50 |
22 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
|
1780 |
84 |
26 |
11 |
2 |
|
|
1781 |
73 |
24 |
19 |
5 |
|
|
1782 |
96 |
38 |
18 |
2 |
|
|
1783 |
157 |
49 |
19 |
0 |
|
|
Totals |
760 |
306 |
96 |
11 |
1 |
Analysis by crime.
|
Murder |
16 |
|
Murder bastard child |
1 |
|
P/T murder |
0 |
|
Highway robbery |
96 |
|
Housebreaking |
15 |
|
Burglary |
75 |
|
Horse theft |
0 |
|
Stealing in a dwelling house |
31 |
|
Rape/sodomy |
4 |
|
H/T and H/T coining offences |
29 |
|
Arson |
0 |
|
Forgery |
9 |
|
Robbery in a dwelling house |
14 |
|
Uttering |
3 |
|
Stealing in a shop/warehouse |
2 |
|
At large |
9 |
|
Riot |
1 |
|
Other crimes |
13 |
|
Total |
318 |
Note : Other crimes include personating, bestiality, shot at,
and sending threatening letters.
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