| Warwickshire 1735 - 1799 |
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| In the years
1735 – 1756, 84 death sentences were commuted and 16 executions reported. |
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the period 1757 to 1799 there were 486 death sentences passed of which 128
were carried out, |
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possible. It is possible that 3 further executions took place in this period. |
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| Execution date |
Name |
Crime |
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August 1735 |
John Amus |
Murder of
Dodd, turnkey of Oxford gaol |
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| F 10 September 1736 |
John Lloyd |
Robbery in a
dwelling house |
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| c. April 1737 |
Thomas Savage |
Murder |
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Hanged in chains 12 miles from Warwick |
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| F 13 April 1739 |
Mary Brittain |
Murder of her bastard |
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John Jones |
Horse theft |
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William Butler |
Burglary |
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| W 14 April
1742 |
Robert Mansell Wilmot |
Highway robbery |
| " |
John Andy |
Housebreaking |
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| Lent
1744 |
John Jeffrey |
Murder of his wife |
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No reprieve traced. Execution likely |
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| Th. 25
April 1745 |
David Smith |
Murder of his wife |
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| Lent 1748 |
Charles Wright |
Sheep theft |
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No reprieve traced. Execution likely |
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| F 18 November 1748 |
Thomas Sideway |
Horse theft |
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| Summer
1749 |
William Hunter |
Broke out of gaol & robbed gaoler |
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No reprieve traced. Execution likely |
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| F 13 April
1750 |
William Priest |
At large |
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| S 21 April 1753 |
James Williams |
Highway robbery |
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| F 1 August 1755 |
Samuel Hawkforth |
Murder of Eleanor Keatley |
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| S 17 April 1756 |
James Edwards |
Highway robbery |
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| W 25 August 1756 |
John Collins & |
Riot at Nuneaton |
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Edward Cross |
Riot at Nuneaton |
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| S 14 May 1757 |
Thomas Heritage |
Sheep theft |
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| F 26 August 1757 |
Joseph Butler |
Highway robbery |
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John Clarkson |
Highway robbery |
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| S 5 April 1760 |
John Webb |
Murder of Elizabeth Masters |
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| F 7 August 1761 |
Richard Corden |
H/T coining |
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| Th. 12 August 1762 |
Anne Morrell |
Murder of her bastard |
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| S 17 September 1763 |
John Smith |
At large |
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| Th. 3 May 1764 |
John Browne |
Horse theft |
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| W 17 April 1765 |
Edward Drury, |
Murder of Thomas
Edwards |
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Robert Lesley & |
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Moses Baker |
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Hanged at Stoneleigh Common afterwards in
chains there |
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| F 6 September 1765 |
George Carter |
Highway robbery |
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| F 3 April 1767 |
Michael Allum |
Murder of William Muddyman |
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| S 25 April 1767 |
Henry Capes |
Highway robbery |
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| W 9 August 1769 |
John Armstrong |
Housebreaking |
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| F 10 May 1771 |
William Jenkinson |
Housebreaking |
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Charles Hasloe |
Burglary |
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| W 22 April 1772 |
John Jones & |
Highway robbery |
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Joseph Robinson |
Highway robbery |
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| M 12 April 1773 |
Edward Glasrott |
Sacrilege stealing from a church |
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| S 21 August 1773 |
James Duckworth |
H/T coining |
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| M 19 March 1774 |
John Cliff |
Sacrilege stealing from a church |
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| Tu. 9 August 1774 |
William Cranmore |
Highway robbery |
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| F 5 May 1775 |
Thomas Aldridge |
Highway robbery |
| Summer 1775 |
Hannah Saunders |
Highway robbery |
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No
reprieve traced, execution possible |
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| M 15 April 1776 |
William Whick |
Housebreaking |
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Edward Baker |
Burglary |
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| Th. 20
August 1778 |
Alice Curtis |
Murder of her bastard |
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Mary Knight |
Murder of her son, Roger (6) |
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| F 26 March 1779 |
Robert Jones |
Murder of Josiah Connep |
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| F 16 April 1779 |
John King & |
Highway robbery |
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James Edmonds |
Highway robbery |
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John Colborne |
Burglary |
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| Aug/Sept 1780 |
John Shepherd |
Burglary |
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| M 2 April 1781 |
John Donnellan |
Murder of Sir Thodosius Boughton |
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| M 2 April 1781 |
John Hammond & |
Murder of Wilfred Barwick |
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Thomas Pitmore |
Murder of Wilfred Barwick |
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Hanged at Washwood Common, afterwards in chains
there |
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| W 18 April 1781 |
John Leviston |
Burglary |
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| W 12 September 1781 |
Richard Hopkins, |
Rape |
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John Griffiths & |
Rape |
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John Murphy |
Rape |
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| S 29 March 1783 |
John Clay |
Murder of Ann Hands |
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Hanged in chains at Chilvens Coton |
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| F 11 April 1783 |
James Knight & |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
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Joseph Knight |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
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Walter Bakewell |
Highway robbery |
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| M 26 April 1784 |
Guy Earl |
Housebreaking |
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James Griffith |
Burglary |
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William Stringer |
H/T coining |
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| F 27 August 1784 |
Thomas Buckler & |
Burglary |
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John Buck |
Burglary |
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| F 22 April 1785 |
Elizabeth Green |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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John Chatburn |
Cattle theft |
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Samuel Smith |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Samuel Packwood |
Housebreaking |
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John Slight |
Horse theft |
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John Shardlove |
Horse theft |
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| S 13 August 1785 |
John Richardson |
Highway robbery |
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| M 3 April 1786 |
Eleanor Haywood |
Murder of her bastard |
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William Wood |
Murder of Rebecca Brindley |
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| S 15 April 1786 |
William Prested |
Sheep theft |
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John Thay (17) |
Horse theft |
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Ann Sutton |
Theft |
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| M 2 April 1787 |
John Barnes |
Burglary |
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| F 20 April 1787 |
David Wright |
Privately
stealing from the person |
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John Swift |
Highway robbery |
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| F 24 August 1787 |
John Nicholls |
Burglary |
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George Whittall |
Highway robbery |
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Charles Hunt |
Rape |
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John Wilmot |
Highway robbery |
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| F 18 April 1788 |
John Hawkes |
Highway robbery |
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Joseph Huckwill |
Highway robbery |
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William Turrell |
Privately
stealing from the person |
| Former member
of the "Culworth Gang" of whom 4 were hanged at Northampton in 1787 |
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| F 25 July 1788 |
Brian M'Mahon |
Murder of William Whitmore |
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| F 8 August 1788 |
John Smith |
Highway robbery |
| Former member
of the "Culworth Gang" of whom 4 were hanged at Northampton in 1787 |
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William Giles |
H/T coining |
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| F 1 May 1789 |
Thomas Hall |
Highway robbery |
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| F 28 August 1789 |
Matthew Delane |
Highway robbery |
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| F 16 April 1790 |
Thomas Longshaw & |
Burglary |
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Thomas Wiggins |
Burglary |
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William Cooksey |
Cattle theft |
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Richard Cox |
Horse theft |
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Richard Francis, |
Highway robbery |
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John Johnson, |
Highway robbery |
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William Collis & |
Highway robbery |
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Charles Hargrove |
Highway robbery |
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| F 15 April 1791 |
William Terry |
Burglary |
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Richard Gill |
Burglary |
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Edward Harris |
Burglary |
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| Th. 8 September 1791 |
Francis Field |
Riot |
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John Green |
Riot |
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William Millinton |
Horse theft |
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Edward Brown |
Highway robbery |
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| F 20 April 1792 |
William Pears, |
Highway robbery |
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Richard Pearson & |
Highway robbery |
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James Wright |
Highway robbery |
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Luke Parker |
Theft |
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Benjamin Phillips |
Housebreaking |
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| F 7 September 1792 |
Daniel Ryan |
Burglary |
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| F 26 April 1793 |
Richard Palmer |
Forgery |
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Ann Cooke |
Highway robbery |
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Bickley Barnes |
Highway robbery |
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| F 16 August 1793 |
William Downs (17) |
Burglary |
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James Wilson (16), |
Robbing Birmingham Coach Office |
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Edward Revey |
Robbing Birmingham Coach Office |
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James Clarke |
Robbing Birmingham Coach Office |
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| M 2 September 1793 |
John Wyatt |
Horse theft |
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| F 14 August 1795 |
James Price & |
H/T coining |
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John Lappidge |
H/T coining |
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Richard Orton |
Forgery |
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Margaret Boulker |
Riot |
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John Ward |
Riot |
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| M 28 March 1796 |
Patrick Welch, |
Murder of Joseph Pinfold |
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William Howard & |
Murder of Joseph Pinfold |
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William Ridley |
Murder of Joseph Pinfold |
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| F 8 April 1796 |
William Allen |
H/T coining |
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| F 5 August 1796 |
Thomas Ward |
Burglary |
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| M 3 April 1797 |
John Brown |
Murder of Sergeant Cartwright |
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| S 15 April 1797 |
Charles Hawkins |
Horse theft |
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Richard Tallis |
Sheep theft |
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Edward Walker |
Horse theft |
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| F 20 April 1798 |
William Parsons & |
Burglary |
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John Robinson |
Burglary |
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Francis Holmes |
Sheep theft |
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John Chandler |
Sheep theft |
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George Knight |
Sheep theft |
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Thomas White |
Sheep theft |
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| F 12 April 1799 |
William Jameson |
Horse theft |
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James Buck |
Highway robbery |
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| F 9 August 1799 |
John Smith |
Housebreaking |
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