| Yorkshire executions 1735 - 1799. | ||||
| Assizes were held in both Lent and Summer for both Yorkshire and the County of the City of York | ||||
| Additionally Assizes were held from time to time for the County of the Town of Kinston-upon-Hull. | ||||
| A Special Commission of Gaol Delivery was held at York following the Jacobite Rising in 1745 | ||||
| the Grand Jury meeting for the first time on 20th August and the actual trials beginning on | ||||
| Thursday, 2nd October. | ||||
| 703 death sentences led to 217 executions. York executions were carried out at Knavesmire, | ||||
| on what is now York race course. | ||||
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date | |
| 1735 - No executions. | ||||
| 1736 - 3 executions. | ||||
| M 29 March | Thomas Cooper | Horse theft | S 17 April | |
| " | William Randall | Highway robbery | S 17 April | |
| " | John Midge | Highway robbery | S 17 April | |
| 1737 - 2 executions. | ||||
| M 7 March | Richard Coulter | Arson | S 26 March | |
| M 25 July | John Smith | Highway robbery | S 13 August | |
| 1738 - 2 executions. | ||||
| M 13 March | Joseph Thompson | Horse theft | S 1 April | |
| " | John Frederick Edon | Grand Larceny | S 1 April | |
| 1739 - 2 executions. | ||||
| M 19 March | Richard Turpin | Horse theft | S 7 April | |
| " | John Stead (38) | Horse theft | S 7 April | |
| 1740 - 3 executions. | ||||
| M 10 March | William Spinks (26) | Horse theft | S 29 March | |
| M 21 July | George Leyburne | Burglary | S 9 August | |
| " | William Forster | Burglary | S 9 August | |
| 1741 - 5 executions. | ||||
| M 9 March | John Wright | Murder of Upkin Sterling (f) | S 11 April | |
| " | James Tyson | Burglary | S 11 April | |
| " | John Barber | Burglary | S 11 April | |
| " | George Bainton | Forgery | S 11 April | |
| M 13 July | Joseph Berton | Highway robbery | S 22 August | |
| 1742 - 2 executions. | ||||
| M 2 August | William Bedford | Cattle theft | S 4 September | |
| " | Thomas Bilton | Horse theft | Ex | |
| 1743 - 1 execution. | ||||
| M 7 March | Mark Nottingham | Highway robbery | S 26 March | |
| 1744 & 1745 - No confirmed executions. | ||||
| 1746 - 23 executions. | ||||
| M 10 March | William Hall | Horse theft | S 29 March | |
| October | George Hamilton | High treason | S 1 November | |
| Special | Edward Clavering | High treason | S 1 November | |
| Commission | Daniel Frazer | High treason | S 1 November | |
| " | Charles Gordon | High treason | S 1 November | |
| " | Benjamin Mason | High treason | S 1 November | |
| " | James Mayne | High treason | S 1 November | |
| " | William Conolly | High treason | S 1 November | |
| " | William Dempsey | High treason | S 1 November | |
| " | Angus MacDonald | High treason | S 1 November | |
| " | James Sparks | High treason | S 1 November | |
| " | David Row | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | William Hunter | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | John Endsworth | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | John Maclean | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | John Macgregor | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | Smith Mackenzie | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | Alexander Parker | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | Thomas MacGinnis | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | Archibald Kennedy | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | James Thompson | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | Michael Brady | High treason | S 8 November | |
| " | James Reid | High treason | S 13 November | |
| All above were sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered which was the mandatory | ||||
| sentence for High Treason. However it would appear that the disembowling and quartering | ||||
| were remitted and just the heads cut off. | ||||
| 1747 - No confirmed executions. | ||||
| 1748 - 2 unconfirmed executions. | ||||
| M 7 March | Edward Equall | Highway robbery | Eo W 23 March | |
| " | William Bingley | Burglary | Eo W 23 March | |
| 1749 - 3 executions. | ||||
| M 6 March | Josiah Fearn | Murder of Thomas Grave | S 25 March | |
| " | Robert Fawthorp | Murder of Elizabeth Farrand | S 25 March | |
| " | Thomas Brown | Horse theft | S 25 March | |
| 1750 - 3 executions. | ||||
| M 12 March | John Tiplady | Horse theft | S 31 March | |
| " | Abraham Stott | Sheep theft | S 31 March | |
| " | Joseph Garbutt | Sheep theft | S 31 March | |
| 1751 - 2 executions. | ||||
| M 11 March | Thomas Moor | Horse theft | S 30 March | |
| M 22 July | William Donkan | House breaking | S 10 August | |
| 1752 - 2 executions. | ||||
| Tu. 17 March | Robert Loveday | Burglary | S 11 April | |
| " | Benjamin Fearney | Grand larceny | S 11 April | |
| 1753 - 6 executions. | ||||
| M 19 March | David Harkness | Horse theft | S 7 April | |
| " | Bezaleel Knowles | Murder of Dorothy Gibson | S 28 April | |
| " | Edward Watts (Wells) | Forgery | S 28 April | |
| M 6 August | William Smith | Murder of Harper family | W 15 August | |
| " | Thomas Downand | Sheep theft | S 25 August | |
| " | Thomas Wentworth | Stole in dwelling house | S 25 August | |
| 1754 - 2 executions. | ||||
| Th. 21 March | Joseph Rydale | Murder of Richard Marsden | F 29 March | |
| Francis Jefferson | House breaking | S 20 April | ||
| 1755 - No executions. | ||||
| 1756 - 6 executions. | ||||
| Tu. 23 March | George Trotter | Murder of Hannah Wilson | S 29 March | |
| " | Abijah Oakes | Burglary | S 10 April | |
| " | David Evans | Highway robbery | S 10 April | |
| S 7 August | Richard Varley | Burglary | S 28 August | |
| " | Richard Holsworth | Burglary | S 28 August | |
| 1757 - 3 executions. | ||||
| M 21 March | Mary Ellah | P/T murder husband Thomas | M 28 March | |
| Burnt at the stake | ||||
| " | Benjamin Holt | Horse theft | S 9 April | |
| S 23 July | Stephen Tudear | Murder of Ellen Applegarth | S 30 July | |
| 1758 - 2 executions. | ||||
| M 13 March | George Berry | Highway robbery | M 1 May | |
| " | Robert Cole | High treason | M 1 May | |
| 1759 - 5 executions. | ||||
| S 3 March | Henry Nelson | Felony | S 24 March | |
| " | Benjamin Windle | Burglary | S 24 March | |
| ??/??/August | Eugene Aram | Murder of Daniel Clark | M 6 August | |
| " | William Cockburn | Burglary | S 18 August | |
| " | John Cockburn | Burglary | S 18 August | |
| 1760 - 1 execution. | ||||
| M 3 March | Edward Smith | Murder of Samuel Lund | Th. 6 March | |
| 1761 - 1 execution. | ||||
| S 11 July | Robert King | Cattle theft | S 1 August | |
| 1762 - 1 execution. | ||||
| S 6 March | George Harger | Murder John Moore | Th. 18 March | |
| 1763 - 2 executions. | ||||
| S 5 March | William Bell | Murder William Wright | M 14 March | |
| S 16 July | John Hall | Horse theft | S 30 July | |
| 1764 - 2 executions. | ||||
| S 10 March | Charles S Dorrington | Highway robbery | S 31 March | |
| S 4 August | Abraham Clayton | Murder of wife, Elizabeth | S 11 August | |
| 1765 - 3 executions. | ||||
| S 16 March | William Carr | Highway robbery | S 20 April | |
| " | Thomas Smith | Stole in warehouse | Tu. 14 May | |
| " | John Slack | Horse theft | Tu. 14 May | |
| 1766 - 2 executions. | ||||
| W 19 March | Thomas Taylor | Stole in dwelling house | S 5 April | |
| " | Abel Hobson | Stole in dwelling house | S 5 April | |
| 1767 - 5 executions. | ||||
| M 30 March | Richard Clark | Housebreaking | S 18 April | |
| " | Matthew Young | Highway robbery | S 18 April | |
| S 1 August | Ann Sowerby | P/T murder husband, Timothy | M 10 August | |
| Burnt at the stake | ||||
| " | Thomas Boys | Highway robbery | S 17 October | |
| " | Richard Boys | S 17 October | ||
| 1768 - 3 executions. | ||||
| W 2 March | Leonard Howson | Stole in dwelling house | S 19 March | |
| S 16 July | Thomas Lee | Murder of Richard Petty | M 25 July | |
| " | Joseph Stell (Hall) | H/T coining | S 6 August | |
| 1769 - 1 execution. | ||||
| S 25 March | Valentine Bailey | Murder John Smith | M 6 April | |
| 1770 - 3 executions. | ||||
| S 24 March | James Oldfield | H/T coining | S 28 April | |
| " | David Hartley | H/T coining | S 28 April | |
| S 4 August | Michael Naylor | Murder of William Lund | M 1 October | |
| 1771 - 2 executions. | ||||
| S 9 March | Luke Atkinson | Murder of William Smith | M 18 March | |
| " | John Wright | Burglary | S 30 March | |
| 1772 - 2 executions. | ||||
| S 14 March | John Lazenby | Murder of William Moor | S 21 March | |
| " | Thomas Lawrence | Highway robbery | S 4 April | |
| 1773 - 3 executions. | ||||
| S 6 March | John Early | Murder of Thomas Ossling | M 15 March | |
| " | William Fisher | Burglary | S 3 April | |
| " | John Horner | H/T coining | S 3 April | |
| 1774 - 3 executions. | ||||
| S 5 March | George Belt | Burglary | S 2 April | |
| S 16 July | John Scott | Murder of Hannah Stocks | M 25 July | |
| " | Robert Thomas | Highway robbery | S 6 August | |
| 1775 - 5 executions. | ||||
| March | William Bean | Highway robbery | S 15 April | |
| " | John Vicars | Highway robbery | S 15 April | |
| " | Matthew Normington | Highway robbery | S 15 April | |
| S 29 July | George Bulmer | Murder wife | M 7 August | |
| " | John Williamson | Highway robbery | S 19 August | |
| 1776 - 4 executions. | ||||
| S 9 March | Elizabeth Boardingham | P/T murder husband John | W 20 March | |
| Burnt at the stake | ||||
| " | Thomas Aikney | Murder of John Boardingham | W 20 March | |
| " | Robert Iredale | H/T possess coining imps. | S 6 April | |
| " | William Allison | Stole letter | S 6 April | |
| 1777 - No executions. | ||||
| 1778 - 1 execution. | ||||
| F 31 July @ Hull | John Rogerson | H/T coining | W 19 August | |
| 1779 - 1 execution. | ||||
| S 17 July | Thomas England | Horse theft | S 14 August | |
| 1780 - No executions. | ||||
| 1781 - 2 executions. | ||||
| S 10 March | Joseph Linwood | Highway robbery | S 7 April | |
| " | William Meyer | Murder of Joseph Spark | F 6 April | |
| 1782 - 1 execution. | ||||
| S 13 July | Francis Fearn | Murder of Nathan Andrews | Tu. 23 July | |
| Hanged in chains on Loxley Common | ||||
| 1783 - 6 executions. | ||||
| S 8 March | Charles Caldwell | Forgery | W 30 April | |
| S 2 August | Thomas Spencer | Highway robbery | S 16 August | |
| " | Mark Saltonstall | Highway robbery | S 16 August | |
| " | William Emmerson | Cattle theft | S 23 August | |
| " | William Field | Burglary | S 23 August | |
| " | John Riley | Burglary | S 23 August | |
| 1784 - 4 executions. | ||||
| S 6 March | Lydia Dickenson | Murder her bastard, Martha | M 22 March | |
| " | John Stewart | Burglary | M 29 March | |
| M 24 July | Thomas Knapton | Murder of Hannah Wood | Tu. 3 August | |
| " | William Spurling | Sheep theft | S 21 August | |
| 1785 - 6 executions. | ||||
| S 5 March | William Rilet | Highway robbery | S 2 April | |
| " | Joseph Clough | House breaking | S 2 April | |
| S 9 July | Robert Smithson | Sheep theft | S 6 August | |
| " | Charles Spencer | Horse theft | S 6 August | |
| " | Matthew Mason | Sacrilege | S 6 August | |
| " | John Beck | Highway robbery | S 27 August | |
| 1786 - 8 executions. | ||||
| S 11 March | Joseph Hartley | Highway robbery | S 8 April | |
| " | Robert Watson jr | Highway robbery | S 8 April | |
| " | James Proctor | Forgery | S 29 April | |
| S 29 July | William Shop | Burglary | S 19 August | |
| " | William Bamforth | Burglary | S 19 August | |
| " | John Charlesworth | Highway robbery | S 19 August | |
| " | William Nicholson | Horse theft | S 19 August | |
| " | James Braithwaite | Stole in dwelling house | S 19 August | |
| 1787 - 5 executions. | ||||
| S 10 March | Daniel Gouldthorpe | Stole off tenters | S 7 April | |
| " | William Bryan | Burglary | S 7 April | |
| " | John Thompson | Oxen theft | S 7 April | |
| " | Timothy Obrian | Horse theft | S 7 April | |
| " | Thomas West | Horse theft | S 7 April | |
| 1788 - 7 executions. | ||||
| S 8 March | David Lord | Burglary | S 5 April | |
| " | Thomas Greenwood | Burglary | S 5 April | |
| " | Catherine Savage | Burglary | S 5 April | |
| " | James Ashroth | Sheep theft | S 5 April | |
| " | John Eastwood | Sheep theft | S 5 April | |
| " | Joseph Pulleyn | Highway robbery | S 5 April | |
| " | Elijah Pulleyn | Highway robbery | S 5 April | |
| 1789 - 3 executions. | ||||
| S 14 March | George Lockey | Murder of Christopher Barker | M 23 March | |
| " | Robert Wilkinson | Highway robbery | S 11 April | |
| S 25 July | Hannah Whitley | Murder of Joseph Rhodes | M 3 August | |
| 1790 - 11 executions. | ||||
| Tu. 23 March | Thomas Lastley | Highway robbery | S 17 April | |
| " | John Stephens | Highway robbery | S 17 April | |
| " | Edward Williams | highway robbery | S 17 April | |
| " | James Hartley | Burglary | S 17 April | |
| " | John Gills | Horse theft | S 17 April | |
| " | George Moore | Burglary | S 17 April | |
| S 17 July | William Howson | Horse theft | S 14 August | |
| " | Robert Crammam | Horse theft | S 14 August | |
| " | James Ferguson | Horse theft | S 14 August | |
| " | Henry Bell | Horse theft | S 14 August | |
| " | John Brigg | Sheep theft | S 14 August | |
| 1791 - 4 executions. | ||||
| S 5 March | James Gould | House breaking | S 9 April | |
| S 6 August | John Bennett | Arson | S 3 September | |
| " | Robert Minter | Arson | S 3 September | |
| " | Abraham Robertshaw | Forgery | S 3 September | |
| 1792 - 6 executions. | ||||
| M 19 March | Elizabeth Elliott | Murder of Mary Walker | M 26 March | |
| " | Spence Broughton | Highway robbery | S 14 April | |
| " | John Lucas | Burglary | S 14 April | |
| " | Thomas Stearman | Burglary | S 14 April | |
| " | Joseph Brearley | Burglary | S 14 April | |
| " | Thomas Crawshaw | Stole in dwelling house | S 14 April | |
| 1793 - 4 executions. | ||||
| M 18 March | William Atkinson | Riot | S 13 April | |
| " | Richard Watson | Grand larceny | S 13 April | |
| " | Thomas Jewitt | Cattle theft | S 13 April | |
| S 13 July | John Hoyland (77) | Bestiality | S 10 August | |
| 1794 - 3 executions. | ||||
| S 15 March | William Waddington | H/T colouring coin | S 12 April | |
| S 2 August | Ann Scalberd | Murder of Mary Scalberd | Tu. 12 August | |
| " | Thomas Kirk | Rape | S 30 August | |
| 1795 - 6 executions. | ||||
| Tu. 24 March | Charles Elliott | Murder of John Mead | M 30 March | |
| " | Thomas Mann | Burglary | S 25 April | |
| " | William Britain | Burglary | S 25 April | |
| " | William Branham | Burglary | S 25 April | |
| " | George Fawcett snr. | Sheep theft | S 25 April | |
| " | William Jackson | Sheep theft | S 25 April | |
| 1796 - 4 executions. | ||||
| S 5 March | Thomas Maclean | Highway robbery | S 2 April | |
| " | James Sutcliffe | Highway robbery | S 2 April | |
| " | Thomas Birch | Burglary | S 2 April | |
| S 9 July | James Beaumont | Murder of Sarah Turton | M 18 July | |
| 1797 - 2 executions. | ||||
| S 11 March | Owen Pendergrass | Highway robbery | S 8 April | |
| S 29 July | Robert Dyson | Stole letter | W 30 August | |
| 1798 - 4 executions. | ||||
| S 10 March | Peter Buck | Highway robbery | S 7 April | |
| " | Robert Hollingworth | Highway robbery | S 7 April | |
| " | George Ledger | Highway robbery | S 7 April | |
| S 21 July | William Larkin | Forgery | S 18 August | |
| 1799 - 1 execution. | ||||
| S 6 July | Richard Clegg | Murder of John Morson | M 15 July | |