336 death sentences led to 56 confirmed executions, plus 7 possible ones. Executions took place at Gallows Tumps, Hereford and then St Olave’s St, Hereford for the executions in 1790. Afterwards outside the County Gaol.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 & 1736 – No executions. | |||
| 1737 – 1 execution | |||
| S 12 March | William Sutor | Murder of his wife, Catherine | S 2 April |
| 1738 – 2 executions | |||
| S 11 March | William Summers | Housebreaking | S 25 March |
| John Tipping | Housebreaking | S 25 March | |
| 1739 – No executions | |||
| 1740 – No confirmed executions, but 1 probable one, where no reprieve traced. | |||
| S 26 July | John Morgan | At large | Unknown |
| 1741 – No confirmed executions, but 2 probable where no reprieve traced. | |||
| S 14 March | John Summers | Unknown | Unknown |
| S 18 July | Anthony Matthews | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| 1742 – No confirmed executions, but 1 probable where no reprieve traced. | |||
| S 20 March | John Stevens | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| 1743 – No confirmed executions, but 1 probable where no reprieve traced. | |||
| S 12 March | Thomas Perry | At large | Unknown |
| 1744 – No confirmed executions, but 1 probable where no reprieve traced. | |||
| S 14 July | Thomas Newton | Murder of his wife Joan | Unknown |
| 1745 & 1748 – No executions. | |||
| 1749 – 1 execution | |||
| S 11 March | John Morris | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1750 – No executions | |||
| 1751 – 1 execution | |||
| S 23 March | James Morse | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1752 – 1 execution | |||
| S 18 July | John Herbert | Forgery | ??/August |
| 1753 – 2 executions | |||
| S 24 march | Joseph Woodhill | Burglary | ??/April |
| S 24 march | Jacob Jones | Housebreaking | ??/April |
| 1754 – 1 execution | |||
| W 20 March | Elizabeth Williams | Stealing in a shop | ??/April |
| 1755 – 1 execution | |||
| S 22 March | Thomas Webb | Housebreaking | W 9 April |
| 1756 – 2 confirmed executions, lus 1 possible | |||
| W 24 March | William Morgan | Horse theft | ??/April |
| W 24 March | Robert Fern | Highway robbery | ??/April |
| W 24 March | Thomas Watts | At large | Unknown |
| 1757 – 1 execution | |||
| S 30 July | Henry Parry | Sheep theft | ??/August |
| 1758 – No executions | |||
| 1759 – 1 execution | |||
| M 2 April | William Jones | Sacrilege | ??/April |
| 1760 – 1766 – No executions | |||
| 1767 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 31 March | John Pugh | Housebreaking | S 18 April |
| “ | John Hunt | At large | S 18 April |
| 1768 & 1769 – No executions | |||
| 1770 – 6 executions | |||
| S 24 March | William Spiggott | Aiding murder of William Powell | F 30 March |
| “ | William Morris | Aiding murder of William Powell | F 30 March |
| “ | David Morgan | Aiding murder of William Powell | F 30 March |
| “ | William Walter Evan | Aiding murder of William Powell | F 30 March |
| “ | Charles David Morgan) | Aiding murder of William Powell | F 30 March |
| “ | David Llewellyn | Aiding murder of William Powell | F 30 March |
| “ | Spiggott and Evan were hanged in chains on Hardwick Common, near Hay | ||
| 1771 & 1772 – No executions | |||
| 1773 – 2 executions | |||
| S 20 March | John Medlicot | Highway robbery at Ludlow | S 3 April |
| “ | Samuel Williams | Housebreaking at Collard & Canon Foome | S 3 April |
| 1774 – 1 execution | |||
| S 19 March | Samuel Aymiss | Privately stealing at Kimbolton | S 2 April |
| 1775 & 1776 – No executions | |||
| 1777 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 22 July | Charles Williams | Burglary of house at Stoke Bliss | S 2 August |
| 1778 – 1 execution | |||
| F 14 August | David Davis | Murder of Elizabeth Owen (child) | Th. 20 August |
| 1779 – 1781 – No executions | |||
| 1782 – 1 execution | |||
| F 10 July | John Webb | Stealing off a wreck | S 7 Sept |
| 1783 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 20 March | Eustace Love | Sheep theft | W 9 April |
| 1784 – 8 executions | |||
| Th. 18 March | James Harris | Sheep theft | F 2 April |
| “ | Christopher Carter | Burglary | F 2 April |
| “ | Thomas Watkins | Housebreaking | F 2 April |
| “ | George Woodhouse & | Burglary | F 2 April |
| “ | Abraham Ankridge | Burglary | F 2 April |
| “ | John Nicholls | Assault & robbery in a dwelling house | F 2 April |
| F 30 July | James Williams | Horse theft | F 13 August |
| “ | Elizabeth Wright | Burglary at Bodenham | F 13 August |
| 1785 – 4 executions | |||
| Th. 17 March | William Jelf | Burglary at Middleton on the Hill | F 1 April |
| “ | William Jones | Cattle theft | F 1 April |
| “ | Richard Stephens | Housebreaking | F 1 April |
| “ | William Hall alias Evans | Housebreaking at Lugwardine | F 1 April |
| 1786 – 4 executions | |||
| Th. 23 March | William Collins & | Housebreaking | F 7 April |
| “ | Thomas Yeates | Housebreaking | F 7 April |
| “ | Timothy Weaver | Housebreaking at Whitbourne | F 7 April |
| Th. 10 August | Susannah Minton (17) | Arson of barn at Kilpeck | S 16 Sept |
| 1787 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 22 March | William Morris & | Housebreaking at Brilley | S 7 April |
| “ | Thomas Jones | Housebreaking at Brilley | S 7 April |
| 1788 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 20 March | Thomas Walters | At large | F 4 April |
| 1789 – 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 17 March | Solomon Woodyatt | Burglary | W 1 April |
| “ | William Hiles | Horse theft | W 1 April |
| Tu. 4 August | Francis Carpenter, | Housebreaking | F 21 August |
| “ | Christopher Morris & | Housebreaking | F 21 August |
| “ | Benjamin Tottem | Housebreaking | F 21 August |
| 1790 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 29 July | William Jones | Poison murder of his wife, Ann | M 2 August |
| Hanged in chains on Longtown Green | |||
| “ | Susannah Rugg | Aiding above murder | M 2 August |
| 1791 – 1795 – No executions | |||
| 1796 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 19 July | William Phillips | Sheep theft at Garway | S 6 August |
| First execution outside the County Gaol. | |||
| 1797 – 1799 – No executions | |||
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