Gloucestershire passed 603 death sentences led to 118 executions. County executions took place at Over unless otherwise specified. Gloucester City passed a further 12 death sentences of which 3 were carried out at the West Gate.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 – 4 executions | |||
| S 9 August | Edmund Goodrich | Murder of Robert Gregory | F 22 August |
| Hanged at Corse Lawn, Cheltenham, afterwards in chains there. | |||
| “ | Sarah Baylis | Murder male bastard | F 22 August |
| “ | Nathaniel Willis | Highway robbery | F 22 August |
| “ | Jonathan Willis | Housebreaking | F 22 August |
| 1736 – 1 execution | |||
| S 28 August | Thomas James | At large | Th. 16 September |
| 1737 – 5 executions | |||
| S 5 March | Arthur Jotcham | At large | W 6 April |
| S 13 August | John Willis | Housebreaking | F 26 August |
| “ | John Gibbs | Housebreaking | F 26 August |
| “ | John Wood & | Highway robbery | F 26 August |
| “ | Abraham Wood | Highway robbery | F 26 August |
| 1738 – 5 executions | |||
| S 4 March | George Read | Burglary | F 17 March |
| “ | Dan Grastock | Burglary | F 17 March |
| S 5 August | John Ovens | Horse theft | F 18 August |
| “ | Henry Arvin | Highway robbery | F 18 August |
| “ | Nathaniel Webb | Highway robbery | F 18 August |
| 1739 – No executions | |||
| 1740 – 2 executions | |||
| S 29 March | Benjamin Fletcher | Highway robbery | M 14 April |
| “ | William Lewis | Highway robbery | M 14 April |
| 1741 – 3 executions | |||
| S 7 March | Thomas Cook & | Robbery | Th. 26 March |
| “ | Francis Cook | Robbery | Th. 26 March |
| S 11 July | John Leonard | Highway robbery | F 24 July |
| 1742 – 9 executions | |||
| S 13 March | William Seymour | Murder of his brother | W 31 March |
| “ | John Symonds | At large | W 31 March |
| “ | Giles Hancock | At large | W 31 March |
| “ | Benjamin Barnard | Burglary | W 31 March |
| “ | James Pewtrees | Burglary | W 31 March |
| city assizes | James Matthews | Horse theft | W 31 March |
| S 31 July | George Edwards | Burglary | W 18 August |
| “ | Daniel Crew | At large | W 18 August |
| “ | Thomas Bright | Horse theft | W 18 August |
| 1743 – 2 executions | |||
| S 5 March | Joseph Mulloe | Murder of Jane Clarke | Tu. 22 March |
| Hanged at on Rodborough Hill , afterwards in chains there. | |||
| “ | John Waters | Highway robbery | W 23 March |
| 1744 – 3 executions | |||
| S 3 March | Thomas Cambrey | Murder of Anne Millington | Tu. 20 March |
| Hanged at Bowling Green House, Cirencester, afterwards in chains | |||
| “ | Andrew Burnet | Murder of Richard Ruddle | Th. 22 March |
| “ | Henry Payne | Murder of Richard Ruddle | Th. 22 March |
| Both hanged at Durdham Down, afterwards in chains above Hot Well | |||
| 1745 – No executions | |||
| 1746 – 1 execution | |||
| S 8 March | William Gibbs | Burglary | Th. 27 March |
| 1747 – 2 executions | |||
| S 1 August | Samuel Baxter | Highway robbery | M 17 August |
| “ | Robert Hine | Highway robbery | M 17 August |
| 1748 – No executions | |||
| 1749 – 2 executions | |||
| S 5 August | George Bangor | H/T colouring coin | W 23 August |
| “ | Joseph Abseny | Murder of Mary Wiltshire | F 25 August |
| Hanged at Durdham Down, afterwards in chains there. | |||
| 1750 – 2 executions | |||
| S 10 March | Richard Merrick | Murder of John Poole (14) | W 28 March |
| Hanged in chains by the Monument on Lansdown | |||
| “ | William Collins | Horse theft | W 28 March |
| 1751 – 2 executions | |||
| S 30 March | Joseph Oliver (16) | Highway robbery | F 19 April |
| “ | William Onion | Sheep theft | F 19 April |
| 1752 – 1 execution | |||
| S 7 March | John Handley | Highway robbery | W 25 March |
| 1753 – 5 executions | |||
| S 31 March | Walter Crabb | Stole in dwelling house | F 13 April |
| “ | Anne Williams | P/T murder of husband | F 13 April |
| Burned at the stake | |||
| “ | William Weobley | Sheep theft | F 13 April |
| S 25 August | William Hughes | Horse theft | W 12 September |
| “ | James Jones | Horse theft | W 12 September |
| 1754 – 5 executions | |||
| W 13 March | William Taylor | Housebreaking | W 27 March |
| “ | Samuel Cotterell | Highway robbery | W 27 March |
| “ | John Davis | Horse theft | W 27 March |
| “ | John Wire | Horse theft | W 27 March |
| “ | Thomas Cooke | Stole in dwelling house | Th. 18 April |
| 1755 – 4 executions | |||
| S 29 March | Ann Ockford | Murder of her female bastard | F 4 April |
| “ | Thomas Williams | Highway robbery | M 14 April |
| “ | Robert Long & | Highway robbery | M 14 April |
| “ | John Smith | Highway robbery | M 14 April |
| 1756 – 1 execution | |||
| W 4 August | William Cross Pearce | Murder of his wife, Mary | M 9 August |
| 1757 – 3 executions | |||
| W 23 March | John Allen | Cattle theft | W 6 April |
| “ | Richard Colwell & | Housebreaking | W 6 April |
| “ | Robert Colwell | Housebreaking | W 6 April |
| 1758 – 5 executions | |||
| M 6 March | Thomas Roberts | Murder of Benjamin Hedges | F 10 March |
| “ | Robert Prude | Highway robbery | W 22 March |
| S 29 July | Mary Vinson | Housebreaking | W 16 August |
| “ | James Hall | Burglary | W 16 August |
| “ | William Pitt | Burglary | M 28 August |
| 1759 – 1 execution | |||
| S 7 April | Edith Saunders | Murder of James Short | M 16 April |
| 1760 – No executions | |||
| 1761 – 5 executions | |||
| W 11 March | Elizabeth Brooks | Housebreaking | F 3 April |
| Th. 16 July | George Northcott | Murder | M 27 July |
| “ | Benjamin Fox | Murder | M 27 July |
| “ | Edward Brown | Highway robbery | M 3 August |
| “ | Richard Alexander | Highway robbery | M 24 August |
| 1762 – No executions | |||
| 1763 – 3 executions | |||
| W 9 March | Thomas Hanks | Murder of his wife, Ann | M 14 March |
| S 6 August | Daniel Neale | Highway robbery | F 26 August |
| “ | Richard Johnson | Housebreaking | F 26 August |
| 1764 – 3 executions | |||
| W 14 March | Daniel Pugh | Cattle theft | F 13 April |
| W 8 August | John Hancock | Highway robbery | F 24 August |
| “ | John Jordan | Highway robbery | F 24 August |
| 1765 – 4 executions | |||
| W 20 March | John Conroy | Highway robbery | F 12 April |
| “ | William O’Brien & | Stole in dwelling house | F 12 April |
| “ | Brian Birhagra | Stole in dwelling house | F 12 April |
| “ | Richard Holmes | Stole in dwelling house | F 12 April |
| 1766 – 6 executions | |||
| W 12 March | John Hosier | Highway robbery | W 26 March |
| “ | Thomas Evans | Highway robbery | W 16 April |
| S 13 December | Nathaniel Close | Murder of Sarah Vines | M 22 December |
| “ | Stephen Cratchley | Riot | F 9 January ’67 |
| “ | Joseph Wildey | Riot | F 9 January ’67 |
| “ | Aaron Prinn | Riot | F 9 January ’67 |
| 1767 – 3 executions | |||
| W 25 March | Joseph Tilling | Burglary | W 15 April |
| city assizes | |||
| S 1 August | Robert Jones | Murder of Stephen Matthews | F 7 August |
| Hanged in chains at Bourton on the Hill, near to where the murder took place | |||
| “ | Samuel Williams | Rape of Elizabeth Woodcock | F 21 August |
| 1768 – 1 execution | |||
| W 9 March | William Howard | Burglary | W 30 March |
| 1769 – No executions | |||
| 1770 – 2 executions | |||
| S 17 March | Samuel Crew | Burglary | F 6 April |
| “ | Richard York | Burglary | F 6 April |
| 1771 – No executions | |||
| 1772 – 6 executions | |||
| W 11 March | William Morgan | Murder of Mary Jones | M 16 March |
| “ | Elizabeth Twigg | Murder of William Twigg | M 16 March |
| S 22 August | William Keely | Murder of Richard Dyer | F 28 August |
| Hanged at Campden, afterwards in chains there | |||
| “ | Richard Daw | Accessory to murder | S 12 September |
| “ | Richard Bidmead | Accessory to burglary | S 12 September |
| “ | Jeremiah Workman | Horse theft | S 12 September |
| 1773 – 4 executions | |||
| S 27 March | Thomas Taylor | Horse theft | F 16 April |
| “ | Henry Rook | Highway robbery | F 16 April |
| “ | John Butt | Sheep theft | F 16 April |
| S 31 July | George Giles | Uttering | W 25 August |
| 1774 – 4 executions | |||
| S 24 March | Richard Falkener | Highway robbery | F 15 April |
| “ | James Donald & | Burglary | F 15 April |
| “ | Josiah Gardiner | Burglary | F 15 April |
| “ | William Townsend | Cutting & maiming | F 15 April |
| 1775 – No executions | |||
| 1776 – 3 executions | |||
| Th. 28 March | Thomas Harmer | Murder of Jonathan Hayward | W 3 April |
| “ | John Gilbert | Housebreaking | F 19 April |
| “ | Susannah Underwood | Arson | F 19 April |
| 1777 – 2 executions | |||
| W 16 July | William Cockeran & | Housebreaking | F 1 August |
| John Chapman | Housebreaking | F 1 August | |
| 1778 – 3 executions | |||
| W 11 March | Elizabeth Grimett | Murder of her male bastard | M 16 March |
| “ | Thomas Smart & | Highway robbery | F 27 March |
| “ | Samuel Warren | Highway robbery | F 27 March |
| 1779 – 2 executions | |||
| W 10 March | Stephen Walker | Highway robbery | F 26 March |
| S 7 August | Catherine Jenkins | Murder of her niece, Ann Jenkins | Th. 12 August |
| 1780 – No executions | |||
| 1781 – 2 executions | |||
| S 10 March | John Read & | Burglary | F 30 March |
| “ | John Ward | Burglary | F 30 March |
| 1782 – 3 executions | |||
| W 27 March | Thomas Stallard | Murder of William Millard | Ex M 1 April |
| “ | John Wiggins | Highway robbery | Ex F 26 April |
| “ | Richard Eyman | Murder of Margaret Eyman | Ex F 26 April |
| 1783 – 4 executions | |||
| W 26 March | Jenkin Prothero | Murder of Evan Daniel | M 31 March |
| Hanged on on Durdham Downs, afterwards in chains there | |||
| “ | William Butt | Highway robbery | F 18 April |
| “ | Hannah Williams | Housebreaking | F 18 April |
| W 6 August | James Bryant | Sheep theft | F 29 August |
| 1784 – 10 executions | |||
| W 24 March | John Mayo | Burglary | F 16 April |
| “ | William Turner | Housebreaking | F 16 April |
| “ | Richard Baxter & | Sheep theft | F 16 April |
| “ | James Blewitt | Sheep theft | F 16 April |
| S 24 July | Henry Dunsden | Murder of William Harding | F 30 July |
| “ | Thomas Dunsden | Aiding above murder | F 30 July |
| Both hanged in chains at Shipley-cum-Wichwood | |||
| “ | James Bond & | Sacrilege | F 13 August |
| “ | Rob Cook | Sacrilege | F 13 August |
| “ | John Young & | Highway robbery | F 13 August |
| “ | Samuel Harmer | Highway robbery | F 13 August |
| 1785 – 12 executions | |||
| W 23 March | David Castell | Highway robbery | F 15 April |
| “ | John Howard | Burglary | F 15 April |
| “ | James Brooke | Sheep theft | F 15 April |
| “ | William White | Burglary | F 15 April |
| “ | Thomas Jones | Horse theft | F 15 April |
| “ | John Garner | Burglary | F 15 April |
| “ | William Day | Burglary | F 15 April |
| Samuel Green | Highway robbery | F 15 April | |
| City assizes | Samuel Griffiths | Stole in dwelling house | F 15 April |
| W 13 July | Charles Jenkins | Murder of his wife, Sarah | M 18 July |
| “ | Mary Morgan | Horse theft | F 5 August |
| “ | James Hawkins | Burglary | F 5 August |
| 1786 – 9 executions | |||
| W 29 March | William Crew, | Burglary | F 21 April |
| “ | John Chapman & | Burglary | F 21 April |
| “ | William Matthews | Burglary | F 21 April |
| “ | Samuel Allaway | Housebreaking | F 21 April |
| “ | James Davis | Housebreaking | F 21 April |
| “ | Thomas Russ | Highway robbery | F 21 April |
| “ | Joseph Fry & | Housebreaking | F 21 April |
| “ | Samuel Ward | Housebreaking | F 21 April |
| “ | William Whittick | Horse theft | F 21 April |
| 1787 – No executions | |||
| 1788 – 8 executions | |||
| W 26 March | Francis Turner | Horse theft | W 16 April |
| “ | Thomas Trueman | Burglary | W 16 April |
| “ | Charles Frost | Housebreaking | W 16 April |
| “ | Thomas Fox | Housebreaking | W 16 April |
| “ | Robert Collins | Housebreaking | W 16 April |
| “ | Joseph Wilcox | Housebreaking | W 16 April |
| W 16 July | John Birchill & | Horse theft | F 8 August |
| “ | John Anstell | Horse theft | F 8 August |
| 1789 – 3 executions | |||
| W 29 July | Charles Brassington | Murder of Martha Huntly | M 3 August |
| “ | John Davies | Sheep theft | F 28 August |
| “ | George Dalby | Rape of Elizabeth Paul (child) | F 28 August |
| 1790 – 3 executions (last at the old county gallows) | |||
| Th. 25 March | Thomas Ferryman | Housebreaking | F 16 April |
| “ | Charles Brown | Housebreaking | F 16 April |
| “ | Edmund Sweet | Burglary | F 16 April |
| 1791 – No executions | |||
| 1792 – 2 executions (first outside the County Gaol, Gloucester) | |||
| W 28 March | Charles Rachford & | Highway robbery | S 14 April |
| “ | John Hughes | Highway robbery | S 14 April |
| 1793 – 1 execution | |||
| S 30 March | John Evans | Housebreaking | S 13 April |
| 1794 – 3 executions | |||
| Tu. 19 August | Hannah Limbrick | Murder of Deborah Limbrick | F 22 August |
| “ | Hannah Weobley | Murder of her male bastard | S 23 August |
| “ | William Williams | Sheep theft | S 6 September |
| 1795 – 1 execution | |||
| W 11 March | William Large | Sheep theft | S 28 March |
| 1796 – 5 executions | |||
| W 23 March | John Smith | Housebreaking | S 9 April |
| “ | Thomas Yemm | Stealing | S 9 April |
| “ | Thomas Rosser | Stealing | S 9 April |
| W 13 July | Thomas Smith | Sheep theft | S 30 July |
| “ | James Cornock | Sheep theft | S 30 July |
| 1797 – 3 executions | |||
| W 15 March | John Viner | Horse theft | S 1 April |
| “ | Edward Davis | Sheep theft | S 1 April |
| “ | William Freeman | Horse theft | Th. 13 April |
| 1798 – 3 executions | |||
| W 25 July | John Roberts | Housebreaking | S 11 August |
| “ | John Hawkins | Housebreaking | S 11 August |
| “ | Benjamin Gullick | Housebreaking | S 11 August |
| 1799 – 1 execution | |||
| W 13 March | William Jewell | Murder of John Ayliffe | M 18 March |
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