Worcestershire & Worcester City 1735 - 1799 |
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Worcestershire
passed 416 death sentences which led to 104 confirmed executions |
and 9
probable ones |
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County
executions took place at Red Hill, outside Worcester unless otherwise stated |
26 death
sentences were passed by the City which led to 9 executions. |
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City
executions took place at Pitchcroft (now the racecourse) |
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Assize date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
1735 - 2
executions |
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S 19 July |
Jane Hornblower |
Murder of her female
bastard |
Unknown |
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John Blackbourne |
Stole off bleachcroft |
Unknown |
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1736 - 3
executions |
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S 3 April |
William Bithell & |
Cut down Ledbury Turnpike |
F 9 April |
" |
William Morgan |
Cut down Ledbury Turnpike |
F 9 April |
" |
Humphrey Mousel |
Horse theft |
F 9 April |
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1737 - 2
executions, 1 confirmed & 1 possible - no reprieve traced |
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S 26 March |
Benjamin Turner |
Burglary |
F 15 April |
" |
John Jones |
Bestiality |
Unknown |
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1738 - 3
executions |
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S 25 March |
William Taylor & |
Horse theft |
F 7 April |
" |
Thomas Hill |
Horse theft |
F 7 April |
" |
Edward Rowley |
At large |
F 7 April |
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1739 - 2
executions |
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S 10 March |
Godfrey Wheeler |
Housebreaking |
F 23 March |
" |
Humphrey Crow |
Housebreaking |
F 30 March |
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1740 - 2
probable executions, no reprieves traced |
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S 9 August |
Margaret Sherley |
Stole in dwelling house |
Unknown |
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Thomas Trapps |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
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1741 - 4
probable executions, no reprieves traced |
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S 28 March |
Henry Elcock |
Burglary |
Unknown |
S 1 August |
William Jones & |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
Solomon Cornett |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
Richard Taylor |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
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1742 - 4
executions, 2 confirmed & 2 probable |
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S 3 April |
Henry Birch |
Burglary |
Unknown |
" |
Samuel Rowley |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
Th. 12
August |
Richard Warall |
Burglary |
F 27 August |
" |
Henry Pearce |
Housebreaking |
F 27 August |
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1743 - No
executions |
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1744 - 6
executions |
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S 24 March |
Edward Smith, |
Highway robbery |
F 6 April |
" |
Robert Wright, |
Highway robbery |
F 6 April |
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James Cross & |
Highway robbery |
F 6 April |
" |
John Plunkett |
Highway robbery |
F 6 April |
" |
Elizabeth Haines |
Murder of Anne Haines |
F 6 April |
" |
Elizabeth Moreton |
P/T murder of husband |
F 10 August |
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Burned at the stake at Evesham |
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1745 - 1750
- No executions |
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1751 - 2
executions |
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S 9 March |
Anthony Craddock |
Stole from stable |
W 27 March |
" |
William Macrolly |
Murder of Daniel Smith |
W 27 March |
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1752 - No
executions |
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1753 - 2
executions |
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S 4 August |
John Morris jr |
Murder of John Adney |
Th. 9 August |
" |
John Alcock |
Horse theft |
W 29 August |
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1754 - 3
executions |
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S 9 March |
George Steel |
Murder of John Moore |
Th. 14 March |
" |
William Harrison |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
S 27 July |
William Kerry |
Highway robbery |
F 23 August |
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1755 - 1
execution |
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S 19 July |
James Berry |
Housebreaking |
F 1 August |
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1756 - 1
execution |
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S 13 March |
John Collins |
Highway robbery |
W 31 March |
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1757 - 2
executions |
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S 12 March |
Richard Collett |
Horse theft |
W 31 August |
S 13 August |
Joseph Brettall |
Stole in warehouse |
W 31 August |
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1758 - No
executions |
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1759 - 1
execution |
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S 28 July |
Erasmus Whitehall |
Highway robbery |
F 10 August |
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1760 - 1
execution |
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S 19 July
(city) |
William Goslin |
Murder of Susannah Linton |
F 1 August |
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1761 - No
executions |
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1762 - 5
executions |
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S 6 March
(city) |
Anne Nott |
Murder of her male bastard |
Th. 11 March |
W 11 August |
William Buckley |
Murder of his infant
daughter |
S 14 August |
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After execution his body was hanged
in chains in Wyre Forest |
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Robert Leeden |
Privately stealing |
F 20 August |
" |
Susannah Guise |
Privately stealing |
F 20 August |
" |
William Williams |
Horse theft |
F 20 August |
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1763 - 1
execution |
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S 16 July |
John Higgins |
At large |
F 29 July |
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1764 - No
executions |
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1765 - 2
executions |
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S 16 March |
John Davis |
Burglary |
W 3 April |
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Job Jenkins |
Housebreaking |
W 3 April |
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1766 - 2
executions |
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S 8 March |
William Adney |
Highway robbery |
F 21 March |
" (city) |
Richard Puckington |
Burglary |
F 21 March |
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1767 - 1
execution |
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S 21 March |
Samuel Turner |
Housebreaking |
M 27 April |
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1768 - 1
execution |
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S 5 March |
John Evans |
At large |
F
18 March |
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1769 - 1
execution |
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S 15 July |
Francis Adams |
Burglary |
F 28 July |
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1770 - 2
executions |
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W 14 March |
William Bosely |
Highway robbery |
W 28 March |
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John Harris |
Highway robbery |
W 16 May |
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1771 - 1
execution |
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F 12 July |
John Child |
Murder of Francis Best |
Th. 18 July |
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1772 - 3
executions |
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S 7 March |
Edward Stevens |
Burglary |
W 25 March |
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Matthew Rolin & |
Highway robbery |
W 25 March |
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John Cole |
Highway robbery |
W 25 March |
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1773 - 2
executions |
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S 21 August |
Walter Kidson |
Murder of Obadiah Rollason |
F 27 August |
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Hanged on Stourbridge Common, afterwards in chains
there |
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John Jeenes |
Stole in dwelling house |
F
3 September |
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1774 - 2
executions |
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S 5 March |
Edward Goodhall |
Burglary |
W 23 March |
" (city) |
William Hamilton |
Burglary |
W 23 March |
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1775 - 2
executions |
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S 11 March |
Benjamin Holloway |
Highway robbery |
M 10 April |
S 29 July
(city) |
Philip Pugh |
Murder infant daughter,
Sarah |
F 4 August |
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1776 - 1
execution |
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S 9 March |
Ann Hale |
Murder of her male bastard |
Th. 14 March |
S 20 July |
Thomas Hart |
Forgery |
F
2 August |
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1777 - 2
executions |
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S 8 March |
Thomas Burley |
Burglary |
F 21 March |
S 12 July |
Thomas Birch |
Housebreaking |
F 25 July |
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1778 &
1779 - No executions |
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1780 - 2
executions |
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S 4 March |
Susan Grigg |
Murder of her female
bastard |
Th. 9 March |
S 29 July |
Benjamin Turner |
Burglary |
F 11 August |
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1781 - 3
executions |
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W 28 March |
Joseph Barrow |
Uttering |
W 18 April |
" (city) |
William Smith & |
Privately stealing |
M 7 May |
" (city) |
Archibald Kennedy |
Privately stealing |
M 7 May |
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1782 - 1
execution |
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S 9 March |
Catherine Higgs |
Murder of her daughter,
Mary |
Th. 14 March |
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1783 - 3
executions |
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S 8 March |
John Day |
Highway robbery |
F 21 March |
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John Jones |
Burglary |
F 21 March |
S 2 August |
Thomas Wardle |
Murder of John Webb |
Th. 7 August |
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After execution his body was hanged
in chains at Bromsgrove Lock |
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1784 - 6
executions |
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S 6 March |
Thomas Tomlinson |
Housebreaking |
F 19 March |
" |
William Till |
Housebreaking |
F 19 March |
" |
William Lapworth, |
Housebreaking |
F 19 March |
" |
James Feast, |
Burglary |
F 19 March |
" |
John Owen & |
Burglary |
F 19 March |
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Richard Morris |
Burglary |
F 19 March |
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1785 - 1
execution |
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S 5 March |
John Strickland |
Forgery |
F 18 March |
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1786 - 9
executions |
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S 11 March |
John Murphy |
Robbery |
F 24 March |
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Michael Gough |
Burglary |
F 24 March |
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William Prosser |
Highway robbery |
F 24 March |
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Thomas Neale |
Housebreaking |
F 24 March |
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Richard Watts |
Highway robbery |
F 24 March |
" (city) |
Joseph Cook |
Burglary |
F 24 March |
S 29 July |
John Jones, |
Burglary |
F 11 August |
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Joseph Watts & |
Burglary |
F 11 August |
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James Cook |
Burglary |
F 11 August |
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1787 - No
executions |
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1788 - 6
executions |
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S 8 March |
William Smith |
Murder of his wife, Mary |
Th. 13 March |
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Richard Rook |
Murder of Thomas Ashcroft |
Th. 13 March |
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John Thomas |
Burglary |
S 22 March |
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William Weston |
Burglary |
S 22 March |
" (city) |
Thomas Ford |
Burglary |
S 22 March |
S 12 July |
James Merrill |
Housebreaking |
F 25 July |
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1789 - 6
executions |
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M 30 March |
Richard Shaw |
Burglary |
S 11 April |
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William Perkins |
Forgery |
S 11 April |
" |
Thomas Jepson |
Sheep theft |
S 11 April |
S 25 July |
Henry Noxon |
Housebreaking |
F 7 August |
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John Wilks |
Sheep theft |
F 7 August |
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William Hill |
Housebreaking |
F 7 August |
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1790 - 2
executions |
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S 6 March |
James Wyllie |
Burglary |
F
19 March |
S 17 July |
Thomas Goodfellow |
Burglary |
F 30 July |
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1791 - 2
executions |
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S 6 August |
Richard Pittaway |
Burglary |
F 19 August |
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Robert Cook |
Riot |
F 19 August |
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1792 - 1
execution |
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S 10 March |
Edward Skott |
Riot |
F 23 March |
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1793 - 1
execution |
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S 13 July |
James Wiggett |
Stole in warehouse |
F
2 August |
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1794 - 1
execution |
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S 2 August |
Thomas Pewtrees |
Housebreaking |
F 15 August |
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1795 - 1
execution |
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S 18 July |
William Morris |
Burglary |
F 31 July |
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1796 - No
executions |
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1797 - 3
executions |
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S 11 March |
John Dubbins |
Murder of Jonathan
Partington |
Th. 16 March |
S 5 August |
William Price & |
Burglary |
F
18 August |
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James Tucker |
Burglary |
F
18 August |
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1798 - 4
executions |
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S 10 March |
William Jones |
Burglary |
F 23 March |
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John Holward |
Housebreaking |
F 23 March |
S 21 July |
Joseph Pearson & |
Stole in warehouse |
F 3 August |
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John Scarlett |
Stole in warehouse |
F 3 August |
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1799 - No
executions |
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