320 death sentences led to 91 confirmed executions and 8 probable ones.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 – 1 execution | |||
| M 3 March | Philip Thomas | Horse theft | F 21 March |
| 1736 – 4 executions | |||
| M 8 March | Thomas Marsh & | Murder of Edward Pontifex | M 22 March |
| “ | Richard Marshall | Murder of Edward Pontifex | M 22 March |
| Hanged at Rye Common High Wycombe. | |||
| “ | Thomas Pinkard | Wounding deer | Tu. 30 March |
| “ | Edward Skirrell | Wounding deer | Tu. 30 March |
| 1737 – 1 execution | |||
| M 28 February | Thomas Garner | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1738 – No executions | |||
| 1739 – 3 executions | |||
| M 12 March | Robert Owen | Horse theft | S 5 May |
| “ | John Beves | Burglary | S 5 May |
| “ | William Trasley | Highway robbery | S 5 May |
| 1740 – 6 executions | |||
| M 10 Mar | Thomas Wilkinnson | Murder of John Gilboy | F 2 April |
| “ | John Browes | Burglary | F 2 April |
| “ | Daniel Goodman | Burglary | F 2 April |
| W 16 July | Benjamin Randall | Murder of Thomas Watt | F 8 August |
| Hanged in chains after execution | |||
| “ | Daniel Fordam & | Burglary | W 13 August |
| “ | John Brewer | Burglary | W 13 August |
| 1741 – 7 executions | |||
| Tu. 3 March | Edward Bozwell | Horse theft | F 20 March |
| “ | Finnimore Smyth | Horse theft | F 20 March |
| “ | Edward Smyth | Horse theft | F 20 March |
| “ | Richard Tavenner | Highway robbery | W 8 April |
| M 6 July | James Appleton | Unknown | S 25 July |
| “ | William Evans | Unknown | S 25 July |
| “ | Benjamin George | Unknown | S 25 July |
| 1742 – 2 confirmed executions, plus 3 probable where no reprieve traced | |||
| M 8 March | George White | Robbery of Rev. Mr Jacques | F 26 March |
| “ | Daniel White | Robbery of Rev. Mr Jacques | F 26 March |
| M 26 July | Richard Sharkley | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | William Tilley | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | William Woollen | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1743 – 2 executions | |||
| M 28 February | William Clutterbuck | Sheep theft | Tu. 29 March |
| M 18 July | Mansole Sansbury | Highway robbery | F 22 July |
| 1744 – 2 executions | |||
| M 5 March | James King | Murder of Elizabeth Anslee | W 4 April |
| “ | Edward Singer | Highway robbery | W 4 April |
| 1745 – 2 executions | |||
| M 11 March | Richard Parsons | Burglary | W 27 March |
| “ | William Faulkes | Highway robbery | W 27 March |
| 1746 & 1747 – No executions | |||
| 1748 – 1 execution | |||
| M 18 July | Anthony Palmer | Burglary | W 10 August |
| 1749 – No executions | |||
| 1750 – 4 executions | |||
| M 5 March | Benjamin Doddingham | Highway robbery | F 16 March |
| “ | John Parrott | Highway robbery | F 16 March |
| “ | Peter Moses | Highway robbery | F 23 March |
| “ | Patrick Kelly | Highway robbery | F 23 March |
| 1751 – 3 executions | |||
| M 4 March | John Pahos (Fahors) | Burglary | F 22 March |
| John Freeman | Highway robbery | F 22 March | |
| M 15 July | Edward Harrot | Highway robbery | F 23 August |
| 1752 – 3 executions | |||
| M 13 July | Thomas Capon | Highway robbery | W 12 August |
| “ | Thomas Smallbones | Highway robbery | W 12 August |
| “ | John Appleton | Rape of Martha Peverell | F 31 July |
| 1753 – 1 execution | |||
| M 30 July | Ann Course | Arson | M 27 August |
| 1754 – 1 execution | |||
| W 13 March | John Curtis (20) | Highway Robbery | F 5 April |
| 1755 – 1 execution | |||
| M 10 March | George Davis | Highway Robbery | M 31 March |
| Hanged in chains on Holtspur Heath | |||
| 1756 – No executions | |||
| 1757 – 3 executions | |||
| M 14 March | John Bates | Horse theft | F 1 April |
| “ | Samuel Hunt | Horse theft | F 1 April |
| “ | James Atkins | Stole in dwelling house | F 1 April |
| 1758 – 2 executions | |||
| M 6 March | John Bly | Sheep theft | F 31 March |
| “ | John Polly | Robbery | F 31 March |
| 1759 – No executions | |||
| 1760 – 2 executions | |||
| M 14 July | Francis Griffen (Drake) | Stole in shop | F 1 August |
| “ | William Mortimore | Stole in shop | F 1 August |
| 1761 – No executions | |||
| 1762 – 2 executions | |||
| M 8 March | William Bowland | Murder | F 12 March |
| “ | Edward Barrow | Burglary | Th. 25 March |
| 1763 – 1 execution | |||
| M 18 July | William Lacy | Highway robbery | F 5 August |
| 1764 – No executions | |||
| 1765 – 1 execution | |||
| M 18 March | Robert Harper | Housebreaking | M 8 April |
| 1766 – No executions | |||
| 1767 – 1 execution | |||
| M 2 March | John Hale | Highway robbery | M 23 March |
| 1768 & 1769 – No executions | |||
| 1770 – 2 executions | |||
| M 5 March | Edward Bury | Burglary | W 11 April |
| M 30 July | John Turner | At large | M 13 August |
| 1771 & 1772 – No executions | |||
| 1773 – 3 executions | |||
| M 1 March | Samuel Lamb | Highway robbery | W 17 March |
| “ | Francis Mortimer | Highway robbery | W 17 March |
| M 19 July | Edward Corbett | Murder of Richard Holt | F 23 July |
| Hanged in chains at Bierton | |||
| 1774 – 1 execution | |||
| M 7 March | Edward Milsomm | Highway robbery | F 6 April |
| 1775 – No executions | |||
| 1776 – 2 executions | |||
| M 4 March | Thomas Norwood | Burglary | F 22 March |
| M 22 July | Charles Smith | Murder of Hannah Falconer | F 26 July |
| 1777 – No executions | |||
| 1778 – 1 execution | |||
| M 9 March | William Gould | Highway robbery | M 30 March |
| 1779 – No executions | |||
| 1780 – 2 executions | |||
| M 6 March | Hannah Bryant | Murder of her female bastard | F 10 March |
| “ | Elizabeth Kerby | Housebreaking | W 5 April |
| 1781 & 1782 – No executions | |||
| 1783 – 4 executions | |||
| M 3 March | Richard Carter | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| M 4 August | Henry Moore | Burglary | Th. 21 August |
| “ | Thomas Williamson | Burglary | Th. 21 August |
| “ | Christopher Townsend | Burglary | Th. 21 August |
| 1784 – 4 confirmed executions, plus 2 possible | |||
| M 8 March | William Smith | Sheep theft | F 16 April |
| “ | Samuel Adams | Housebreaking | F 16 April |
| “ | James Finch | Burglary | Th. 25 March |
| M 19 July | James Radley | Highway robbery | Th. 5 August |
| “ | John Hawkes | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | William Eysdon | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1785 – 2 executions | |||
| S 5 March | William Ship | Burglary | Tu. 29 March |
| “ | William Coventry | Stealing | Tu. 29 March |
| 1786 – No executions | |||
| 1787 – 5 executions | |||
| S 10 March | Joseph Seare | Highway robbery | M 9 April |
| “ | William Sheffield | Highway robbery | M 9 April |
| “ | William Headley | Highway robbery | M 9 April |
| M 16 July | James Clarke | Highway robbery | Tu. 21 August |
| “ | John Smith | Housebreaking | Tu. 21 August |
| 1788 – 2 confirmed executions, plus 1 posssible | |||
| S 1 March | John Davis | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | Nicholas Day | Murder | Th. 6 March |
| Jonathan Letts | Housebreaking | Unknown | |
| 1789 – 2 possible executions, as no reprieves traced. | |||
| S 7 March | Nathaniel Hearn | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Summers | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1790 – 2 executions | |||
| M 1 March | William Howland | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | John Clemmons | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1791 & 1792 – No executions | |||
| 1793 – 1 execution | |||
| M 8 July | Mary Humphrey | Murder of her female bastard | F 12 July |
| 1794 – No executions | |||
| 1795 – 2 executions | |||
| M 13 July | William Brown | Burglary | F 4 August |
| “ | Henry Richardson | Rape of Susannah Arnold & | F 4 August |
| highway robbery of her | |||
| 1796 – 1 execution | |||
| S 27 February | John Davy | Horse theft | M 21 March |
| 1797 – No executions | |||
| 1798 – 1 execution | |||
| M 16 July | William Croeden | Burglary | W 1 August |
| 1799 – No executions | |||
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