758 death sentences led to 255 confirmed executions and 22 possible ones. All executions were carried out at Chelmsford unless otherwise specified.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date | |
| 1735 – 9 executions | ||||
| W 5 March | Jasper Gregory | Burglary | M 31 March | |
| “ | William Markham | Housebreaking | M 31 March | |
| “ | Robert Long | Highway robbery | M 31 March | |
| “ | Thomas Wilbey | Stole | M 31 March | |
| W 23 July | Herbert Haines | Burglary | F 8 August | |
| “ | John Waller | Horse theft | F 8 August | |
| “ | Edward Ellis | Highway robbery | F 8 August | |
| “ | Peter Isham | Stole in dwelling house | F 8 August | |
| “ | Margaret Onion | P/T murder of her husband, Sam | F 8 August | |
| Burned at the stake | ||||
| 1736 – 5 executions | ||||
| W 4 August | James Daniel & | Horse theft | F 20 August | |
| “ | John Price | Horse theft | F 20 August | |
| “ | Thomas Baker | Horse theft | F 20 August | |
| “ | Henry Dawkins & | Highway robbery | F 20 August | |
| “ | George Dawkins | Highway robbery | F 20 August | |
| 1737 – 3 executions | ||||
| W 2 March | John Hoy & | Burglary | F 18 March | |
| “ | John Middleton | Burglary | F 18 March | |
| W 20 July | John Unkle | Highway robbery | F 5 August | |
| 1738 – 2 executions | ||||
| W 1 March | Samuel Davis | Highway robbery | S 25 March | |
| “ | Cornelius Weld | Horse theft | Unknown | |
| 1739 – 3 executions | ||||
| M 5 March | William Rogers | Shot at | M 26 March | |
| “ | George Baker & | Burglary | M 26 March | |
| “ | Isaac Winteal | Burglary | M 26 March | |
| 1740 – 8 confirmed executions, plus 4 probable as no reprieves traced | ||||
| Tu. 11 March | William Child | Highway robbery | F 28 March | |
| “ | John Rudd | Highway robbery | F 28 March | |
| “ | John Hetherington & | Horse theft | F 28 March | |
| “ | Thomas Hetherington | Horse theft | F 28 March | |
| “ | Samuel Fordham | Stole in dwelling house | F 28 March | |
| “ | George Brooks | Housebreaking | F 28 March | |
| “ | Benjamin Johnson | Burglary | F 28 March | |
| “ | Samuel Harvey | Burglary | F 28 March | |
| W 16 July | Peter Purkis | Horse theft | Unknown | |
| “ | Joseph Houching | Murder | Unknown | |
| “ | James Houching | Murder | Unknown | |
| “ | Thomas Thorne | Highway robbery | Unknown | |
| 1741 – 2 confirmed executions, plus 4 probable as no reprieves traced | ||||
| Tu. 3 March | Robert Rogers | Highway robbery | Unknown | |
| “ | James Ellis | rob church | Unknown | |
| “ | John Walpole | Housebreaking | Unknown | |
| “ | John Thorpe | Burglary | Unknown | |
| W 8 July | Thomas Fuller & | Highway robbery | F 31 July | |
| “ | Nimpus Fuller | Highway robbery | F 31 July | |
| 1742 – No confirmed executions, but 5 probable as no reprieves traced | ||||
| M 8 March | Robert Samms | Sheep theft | Unknown | |
| “ | William Hood | Highway robbery | Unknown | |
| W 28 July | William Bammond | Burglary | Unknown | |
| “ | Henry Fuller | Sheep theft | Unknown | |
| “ | William Quittance | Highway robbery | Unknown | |
| 1743 – No executions | ||||
| 1744 – No confirmed executions, but 2 probable as no reprieves traced | ||||
| M 5 March | James Long | Highway robbery | Unknown | |
| “ | Warren Dunn | At large | Unknown | |
| 1745 – 3 executions | ||||
| M 4 March | Robert Parker | Highway robbery | S 23 March | |
| “ | Andrew Browne | Murder | S 23 March | |
| W 31 July | Jonathan Byerly | Burglary | ??/ Aug | |
| 1746 – 2 executions | ||||
| M 10 March | Mary Brewer | Murder of her male bastard | S 29 March | |
| W 13 August | John Skinner | Murder of Daniel Brett | F 29 August | |
| 1747 – 2 executions | ||||
| M 23 March | John Powell | Burglary | W 22 April | |
| W 5 August | William Farrer | Highway robbery | F 21 August | |
| 1748 – No executions | ||||
| 1749 – 5 executions | ||||
| Tu. 28 Februar | William May | Highway robbery | F 17 March | |
| “ | John Westwood | Burglary | F 17 March | |
| W 19 July | Phillis Dikes | Murder of her male bastard | F 4 August | |
| “ | Thomas White | Smuggling | F 4 August | |
| “ | John Ayles | Housebreaking | F 4 August | |
| 1750 – 2 confirmed executions, plus 4 probable as no reprieves traced | ||||
| Tu.13 March | Thomas Nunn | Highway robbery (Mail) | F 6 April | |
| “ | John Hall | Highway robbery (Mail) | F 6 April | |
| Both hanged in chains on Harrolds Wood Common near Rumford Gallows | ||||
| “ | Benjamin Barker | Highway robbery | ??/ April | |
| W 25 July | John Spicer | Murder of his wife, Dorothy | ??/ August | |
| “ | Mary Farthing | Murder of her female bastard | ??/ August | |
| “ | James Jury | Highway robbery | ??/ August | |
| 1751 – 8 executions | ||||
| M 11 March | John Gailer | Bestiality | F 29 March | |
| “ | John Williams | Highway robbery | F 29 March | |
| “ | John King | Highway robbery | F 29 March | |
| “ | William Searls | Highway robbery | F 29 March | |
| “ | William Turner | Highway robbery | F 29 March | |
| W 31 July | Joshua Warren & | Highway robbery | F 16 August | |
| “ | Anthony Hoggett | Highway robbery | F 16 August | |
| “ | John Ives | Murder | F 16 August | |
| 1752 – 5 executions | ||||
| M 9 March | Samuel Prior | Receiving smuggled goods | Th. 26 March | |
| “ | Samuel Yell | Highway robbery | Th. 26 March | |
| “ | William Maddock | At large | Th. 26 March | |
| “ | John Swan | Murder of Joseph Jeffries | S 28 March | |
| “ | Elizabeth Jeffries | Aiding above murder | S 28 March | |
| Both hanged in Epping Forrest. Swan afterwards in chains at Buckets Hill. | ||||
| 1753 – 3 confirmed executions, plus 1 possible as no reprieve traced | ||||
| W 15 August | Samuel Crisp | Highway robbery | F 31 August | |
| “ | Thomas Raw | At large | F 31 August | |
| “ | Robert Hood (Wood) | Burglary | F 31 August | |
| “ | Patrick Field | Procuring to enlist for foreign serv | Unknown | |
| 1754 – 4 executions | ||||
| M 11 March | William James | Stole in dwelling house | F 29 March | |
| “ | Thomas Hide | Horse theft | F 29 March | |
| W 7 August | Frances Cheek | Murder of her daughter, Hester | M 12 August | |
| “ | George Carter | Sheep theft | ??/ August | |
| 1755 – 3 executions | ||||
| M 10 March | John Brett | Highway robbery | Tu. 29 April | |
| W 30 July | Samuel White & | Burglary | F 15 August | |
| “ | John Hitchcock | Burglary | F 15 August | |
| 1756 – No executions | ||||
| 1757 – 2 executions | ||||
| M 4 April | John Mason | Highway robbery | ??/ April | |
| W 27 July | Matthew Snatt | Mail robbery | F 12 August | |
| Hanged in chains at the Bare Faced Stagg in Epping Forest | ||||
| 1758 – 8 executions | ||||
| M 13 March | James Pookey | Murder of John Brown | S 18 March | |
| “ | Thomas Fane | Sheep theft | F 31 March | |
| “ | Abraham Perry | house breaking | F 31 March | |
| “ | Reuben Russell | Sheep theft | F 31 March | |
| “ | Jacob Cranfield | Highway robbery | F 31 March | |
| W 12 July | John Cole | Murder of Olive Robinson | M 17 July | |
| “ | Walter Allen & | Arson | F 28 July | |
| “ | Joseph Hitchcock | Arson | F 28 July | |
| 1759 – 1 execution | ||||
| M 12 March | Benjamin Downing | Burglary | F 30 March | |
| 1760 – 1 execution | ||||
| W 23 July | Charles Killenback | Burglary | F 8 August | |
| 1761 – 2 executions | ||||
| M 9 March | John Campbell | Burglary | M 30 March | |
| “ | Thomas Ingersole | Highway robbery | M 30 March | |
| 1762 – No executions | ||||
| 1763 – 2 confirmed executions, plus 1 possible – reported as both hanged and reprieved | ||||
| M 7 March | Samuel Sorrell | Highway robbery | F 25 March | |
| W 13 July | Hezekiah Dowsett | Forgery | Th. 11 August | |
| “ | John Jones | Highway robbery | F 5 August or R 16. 2.64 | |
| 1764 – 1 execution | ||||
| W 8 August | William Bacon | Highway robbery | F 24 August | |
| 1765 – 3 executions | ||||
| M 11 March | David Browne | Highway robbery | F 29 March | |
| W 24 July | John Oram Thomas | Stole in dwelling house | F 9 August | |
| “ | Richard Davis | Housebreaking | F 9 August | |
| 1766 – No executions | ||||
| 1767 – 3 executions | ||||
| M 9 March | William Timbrell | Highway robbery | F 27 March | |
| W 5 August | Thomas Goodeve | Horse theft | F 21 August | |
| “ | John Butcher | Horse theft | F 21 August | |
| 1768 – 4 executions | ||||
| M 7 March | Thomas Williams | Highway robbery | F 25 March | |
| W 20 July | John Rivers | Stole in dwelling house | F 5 August | |
| “ | Samuel Read | Highway robbery | F 5 August | |
| “ | John Saltmarsh | Highway robbery | F 5 August | |
| 1769 – 3 executions | ||||
| Tu. 28 Februar | William Robinson | Rape of Ann Day | F 17 March | |
| W 12 July | William Brown | Horse theft | F 28 July | |
| “ | William Reynolds | Housebreaking | F 28 July | |
| 1770 – 5 executions | ||||
| M 26 March | Thomas Malt | Burglary | W 11 April | |
| “ | Robert Eastwell | Burglary | W 11 April | |
| “ | Francis Wilson | Highway robbery | W 11 April | |
| “ | John Sorrell & | Burglary | W 25 April | |
| “ | Thomas Sorrell | Burglary | W 25 April | |
| 1771 – 1 execution | ||||
| W 10 July | John Lundy | Robbery in dwelling house | F 26 July | |
| 1772 – 6 executions | ||||
| M 16 March | Samuel Dowsett | Burglary | F 10 April | |
| “ | John Humphries | Burglary | F 10 April | |
| “ | David Jones | Burglary | F 24 April | |
| “ | Thomas Chesterman | Highway robbery | F 24 April | |
| W 29 July | Daniel Halls | Burglary | F 14 August | |
| “ | Robert Miles | Highway robbery | F 14 August | |
| 1773 – 7 executions | ||||
| M 15 March | Robert Fawkes | Highway robbery | F 2 April | |
| “ | James Fox & | Highway robbery | F 2 April | |
| “ | James Crudd | Highway robbery | F 2 April | |
| “ | James Farnley | Burglary | F 2 April | |
| “ | William Harrold & | Burglary | F 2 April | |
| “ | Edmund Butler | Highway robbery | F 2 April | |
| W 28 July | Edward Tweed | Burglary | F 13 August | |
| 1774 – 6 executions | ||||
| M 7 March | William Higgs | Murder of Richard Lambert | M 14 March | |
| W 20 July | John Dickson | Murder of Francis Bolgar | Tu 26 July | |
| “ | Henry Butcher | Housebreaking | F 5 August | |
| “ | William Mason | Stole in dwelling house | F 5 August | |
| “ | Matthew Maguire | Burglary | F 5 August | |
| “ | Jonathan Adams | Housebreaking | F 5 August | |
| 1775 – 9 executions | ||||
| M 13 March | Philip Ward | Highway robbery | F 31 March | |
| “ | John Brabant, | Housebreaking | F 31 March | |
| “ | Lawrence Wade & | Housebreaking | F 31 March | |
| “ | John Hutchins | Housebreaking | F 31 March | |
| “ | Thomas Pickett | Highway robbery | F 31 March | |
| W 2 August | Lambert Reading | Robbery in dwelling house | S 5 August | |
| “ | Thomas Clamping | Housebreaking | F 11 August | |
| “ | Nathanial Chapman | Robbery in dwelling house | F 18 August | |
| “ | David Hoy | Burglary | F 18 August | |
| 1776 – 4 executions | ||||
| M 4 March | Samuel Norfolk | Murder of his wife, Sarah | S 9 March | |
| “ | Richard Johnson | Highway robbery | F 22 March | |
| W 24 July | John Wren | Burglary | F 9 August | |
| “ | Samuel Watts | Burglary | F 9 August | |
| 1777 – 6 executions | ||||
| M 10 March | John Ellis & | Highway robbery | F 4 April | |
| “ | John Price | Highway robbery | F 4 April | |
| “ | Richard Padgett & | Burglary | F 4 April | |
| “ | Stephen Player | Burglary | F 4 April | |
| W 16 July | George Gillam & | Horse theft | F 1 August | |
| “ | John Gorsden | Horse theft | F 1 August | |
| 1778 – 4 executions | ||||
| W 5 August | Joseph Harrison, | Burglary | F 21 August | |
| “ | William Pollard & | Burglary | F 21 August | |
| “ | Thomas Bright | Burglary | F 21 August | |
| “ | John Swain | Burglary | F 21 August | |
| 1779 – 2 executions | ||||
| W 21 July | John Holmsted & | Housebreaking | F 6 August | |
| “ | William Smith | Housebreaking | F 6 August | |
| 1780 – 3 executions | ||||
| W 8 March | John Gunn | Burglary | S 25 March | |
| “ | Thomas Woodbine | Burglary | S 25 March | |
| W 2 August | John Horn | Housebreaking | F 18 August | |
| 1781 – 7 executions | ||||
| W 7 March | William Ellis, | Housebreaking | F 23 March | |
| “ | George Bartingdon & | Housebreaking | F 23 March | |
| “ | Philip Jones | Housebreaking | F 23 March | |
| W 1 August | James Martin | Horse theft | F 17 August | |
| “ | Thomas Spencer | Robbed booth | F 17 August | |
| “ | Samuel Parker & | Burglary | F 17 August | |
| “ | John Fox | Burglary | F 17 August | |
| 1782 – 7 executions | ||||
| W 6 March | Henry Weaver, | Highway robbery | F 22 March | |
| “ | John Tansley & | Highway robbery | F 22 March | |
| “ | John Eainsman | Highway robbery | F 22 March | |
| “ | William Clare | Highway robbery | F 22 March | |
| W 17 July | John Bunch | Burglary | F 2 August | |
| “ | Richard Tharm | Murder of Michael Wilkinson | M 5 August | |
| “ | Elizabeth Holmstead | Burglary | F 22 November | |
| 1783 – 9 executions | ||||
| W 5 March | James Smith | Murder of Richard Gaisor | M 10 March | |
| “ | Barney Farrell | Murder of Richard Moss | M 10 March | |
| “ | Lewis Arnold | Highway robbery | Th. 3 April | |
| W 6 August | Richard Jones & | Highway robbery | F 22 August | |
| “ | Robert Jones | Highway robbery | F 22 August | |
| “ | George Spradbury & | Horse theft | F 22 August | |
| “ | William Fox | Horse theft | F 22 August | |
| “ | John Staines | Housebreaking | F 22 August | |
| “ | William Jones | Highway robbery | F 22 August | |
| 1784 – 6 executions | ||||
| M 8 March | William West | Housebreaking | Th. 18 March | |
| “ | Charles Dunsdon | Highway robbery | F 26 March | |
| “ | Richard Leather | Housebreaking | F 26 March | |
| “ | Henry Snook | Horse theft | F 2 April | |
| “ | Richard Frazier | Highway robbery | S 3 April | |
| “ | John Carney | Highway robbery | M 5 April | |
| 1785 – 15 executions. From here on at the Essex County Gaol, at Moulsham. | ||||
| M 7 March | Robert Wright | Murder of Samuel Pewter | S 12 March | |
| “ | John Godfrey & | Burglary | F 18 March | |
| “ | William Dobson | Burglary | F 18 March | |
| “ | William Grace | Burglary | S 26 March | |
| “ | George Ingram | Horse theft | S 26 March | |
| W 6 July | Thomas Abrams | Burglary | F 22 July | |
| “ | Thomas Littler | Stole in dwelling house | F 22 July | |
| “ | Michael Whadcock, | Highway robbery | F 22 July | |
| “ | William Moore & | Highway robbery | F 22 July | |
| “ | John Williamson | Highway robbery | F 22 July | |
| “ | William Jones | Housebreaking | F 22 July | |
| “ | John Morgan & | Highway robbery | F 22 July | |
| “ | Thomas Wheeler | Highway robbery | F 22 July | |
| “ | Edward Smith | Highway robbery | F 22 July | |
| “ | Edward Green | Highway robbery | F 22 July | |
| 1786 – 8 executions | ||||
| M 6 March | Thomas Brett | Housebreaking | F 24 March | |
| “ | William Brooks | Housebreaking | F 24 March | |
| “ | John Sparrow | Highway robbery | F 24 March | |
| “ | John Wells | Highway robbery | F 24 March | |
| W 26 July | Thomas Jaggard | Highway robbery | F 11 August | |
| “ | James Cowell | Horse theft | F 11 August | |
| “ | Samuel Riglin | Burglary | F 11 August | |
| “ | William Smith | Horse theft | Th. 22 August | |
| 1787 – 9 executions | ||||
| M 12 March | William Day | Highway robbery | F 30 March | |
| “ | John Woollard | Horse theft | F 30 March | |
| “ | William Slaton | Burglary | F 30 March | |
| “ | John Say | Burglary | F 30 March | |
| M 23 July | John Phillips, | Highway robbery | F 10 August | |
| “ | John Wheeler & | Highway robbery | F 10 August | |
| “ | Jacob Ludlow | Highway robbery | F 10 August | |
| “ | William Green & | Highway robbery | F 10 August | |
| “ | Thomas Ward | Highway robbery | F 10 August | |
| 1788 – 1 execution | ||||
| W 2 July | Thomas Hogg | Highway robbery | F 18 July | |
| 1789 – 4 executions | ||||
| M 9 March | Charles Clarke & | Housebreaking | F 27 March | |
| “ | Joseph Ruth | Housebreaking | F 27 March | |
| “ | William Brown | Housebreaking | F 27 March | |
| “ | Robert Adams | Highway robbery | F 27 March | |
| 1790 – 3 executions | ||||
| M 8 March | William Saville | Murder of Thomas Bray | M 15 March | |
| Hanged at Manuden, afterwards in chains there. | ||||
| “ | Clare Montford | Burglary | F 26 March | |
| “ | John Murray | Highway robbery | F 26 March | |
| 1791 – 1 execution | ||||
| M 7 March | John Hugh Jones | Murder of Evan Roberts | S 12 March | |
| 1792 – 1 execution | ||||
| M 5 March | James Read | Housebreaking | F 23 March | |
| 1793 – 3 executions | ||||
| M 4 March | Thomas Jones | Highway robbery | F 22 March | |
| “ | John Hay | Burglary | F 22 March | |
| W 10 July | John Wilshere | Highway robbery | F 26 July | |
| 1794 – 2 executions | ||||
| W 6 August | John Hall & | Highway robbery | M 15 September | |
| “ | Richard Wiltshire | Highway robbery | M 15 September | |
| 1795 – 2 executions | ||||
| W 11 March | Thomas Flack | Burglary | F 27 March | |
| “ | William Thorogood | Highway robbery | F 27 March | |
| 1796 – 6 executions | ||||
| W 9 March | Richard Chilcot & | Burglary | S 26 March | |
| “ | Colbourne Smith | Burglary | S 26 March | |
| “ | John Jones & | Highway robbery | S 26 March | |
| “ | James Smith | Highway robbery | S 26 March | |
| W 13 July | James Orwell | Murder of Joseph Chiswell | M 18 July | |
| “ | Richard Saunders | Highway robbery | F 29 July | |
| 1797 – 6 executions | ||||
| W 8 March | James Glendening | Counselling to commit burglary | F 24 March | |
| “ | William Akenhead | Burglary | F 24 March | |
| “ | John Theobald | Burglary | F 24 March | |
| W 26 July | Edward Sewell | Burglary | F 11 August | |
| “ | William Dench | Highway robbery | F 11 August | |
| “ | John Mermon | Burglary | F 11 August | |
| 1798 – 5 executions | ||||
| M 5 March | William Baldry | Horse theft | F 23 March | |
| Andrew M’Cafe & | Rape | F 23 March | ||
| Robert Rutlidge | Rape | F 23 March | ||
| W 18 July | John Saunders | Burglary | F 3 August | |
| John Morris | Burglary | F 3 August | ||
| 1799 – 8 confirmed executions, plus 1 possible as reported as both naged and reprieved | ||||
| W 6 March | James Robinson & | Burglary | S 23 March | |
| John Robinson | Burglary | S 23 March | ||
| James Thompson & | Highway robbery | S 23 March | ||
| James Meyrick | Highway robbery | S 23 March | ||
| W 10 July | James Owers | Rape of Elizabeth Cox | F 26 July | |
| Christopher Trailing & | Housebreaking | F 26 July | ||
| Joseph Hainsworth | Housebreaking | F 26 July | ||
| Stephen Richardson | Sheep theft | F 26 July | ||
| Charles Martin | Sheep theft | Ex 26/7 or R 3. 8.99 | ||
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