369 death sentences led to 111 confirmed executions, plus 4 possible ones. From 1741 executions took place at Gallows Hill on the Ware Road leading out of Hertford.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 – 1 execution | |||
| M 3 March | Joseph Charlton | Stole in dwelling house | M 17 March |
| 1736 – 2 executions | |||
| M 8 March | William Morgan | Murder of Daniel Hall | M 22 March |
| “ | Michael Barber | Aiding above murder | M 22 March |
| 1737 – 2 executions | |||
| M 18 July | John Wells | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Richard Mortimore | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1738 – 2 executions | |||
| M 27 February | George Slater & | Horse theft | W 15 March |
| “ | John Collins | Horse theft | W 15 March |
| 1739 – No executions | |||
| 1740 – 2 executions | |||
| M 14 July | Robert Underwood & | Housebreaking | W 13 August |
| “ | Thomas Crook | Housebreaking | W 13 August |
| 1741 – 4 confirmed executions, plus two probable as no reprieves traced | |||
| Th. 26 February | William Sibthorp | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | John Clifton | Burglary | Unknown |
| M 6 July | Luke Humphries | Highway robbery | Tu. 21 July |
| “ | Theophilus Dean | Highway robbery | Tu. 21 July |
| “ | James Smith | Highway robbery | Tu. 21 July |
| Above three hanged at Gallows Hill | |||
| “ | Charles Cox | Highway robbery | Tu. 21 July |
| Cox hanged opposite the gaol, outside Half Moon Inn (the gaoler’s house) | |||
| 1742 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 4 March | Richard Pilgrim | Murder of William & Mary Woodland | M 22 March |
| Hanged in chains in the parish of Knebworth near to the spot where the crime had been committed. | |||
| 1743 – No confirmed executions, but 1 probable as no reprieves traced | |||
| M 18 July | James Price | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1744 – No executions | |||
| 1745 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 28 February | Joseph Sell | Murder of Margaret Edwards | Unknown |
| M 29 July | James Welch | Burglary | M 12 August |
| 1746 & 1747- No executions | |||
| 1748 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 10 March | Thomas Flack | Highway robbery | Th 24 March |
| “ | Thomas Bibby | Highway robbery | F 25 March |
| Bibby hanged in chains at the Gravel Pits, St Albans. | |||
| 1749 & 1750 – No executions | |||
| 1751 – 5 executions | |||
| Th. 7 March | Joseph Watson | Arson | M 25 March |
| “ | Richard Sloper | Murder of Thomas Batchelor | M 25 March |
| “ | John Jones | At large | M 25 March |
| “ | Walter Prior | Highway robbery | M 25 March |
| M 29 July | Thomas Colley | Murder of Ruth Osborn | S 24 August |
| Hanged at Gubblecut, afterwards in chains there | |||
| 1752 – 5 executions | |||
| W 4 March | John Torrow | Highway robbery | W 18 March |
| “ | Charles Smith | Murder of his son, Thomas | W 18 March |
| “ | Thomas Hurry & | Murder of bastard daughter | W 18 March |
| “ | Alice Andrew | Murder of bastard daughter | W 18 March |
| M 13 July | John Sewell | Highway robbery | M 27 July |
| 1753 – 1 execution | |||
| M 13 August | Job Wells | Rape of his daughter, Maria | M 27 August |
| 1754 – 5 executions | |||
| W 6 March | Alice Whitman | Murder of her female bastard | M 11 March |
| “ | Thomas Burgess | Highway robbery | ??/March |
| “ | Daniel Keeble | Highway robbery | ??/March |
| M 5 August | Samuel Belcher | Highway robbery | ??/August |
| “ | William Hulks | Highway robbery | ??/August |
| 1755 – 4 executions, plus 1 possible where no reprieve traced | |||
| Th. 6 March | Isaac Shuffle | Murder | M 10 March |
| “ | Thomas Wood | Murder | M 10 March |
| “ | Thomas Hanscombe | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Robert Freeman | Highway robbery | M 17 March |
| “ | Henry Freeman | Highway robbery | M 17 March |
| 1756 – No executions | |||
| 1757 – 2 executions | |||
| M 11 April | John Gatward | Highway robbery | W 27 April |
| Hanged at Colliers End, afterwards in chains there | |||
| M 25 July | William Staines | Murder | Th. 28 July |
| 1758 – No executions | |||
| 1759 – 3 executions | |||
| W 7 March | Thomas Day | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Christopher Harris | At large | Unknown |
| “ | John Pain | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1760 – 2 executions | |||
| W 5 March | John Cardinal | Assault in dwelling house | M 17 March |
| “ | Jacob Morton | Assault in dwelling house | M 17 March |
| 1761 – 1 execution | |||
| W 4 March | Daniel Ginger | Murder | W 11 March |
| 1762 – No executions | |||
| 1763 – 4 executions | |||
| W 2 March | William Harrow | Burglary | M 14 March |
| “ | Thomas Jones | Burglary | M 14 March |
| “ | William Basford | Burglary | M 14 March |
| “ | John Wright | Highway robbery | M 14 March |
| 1764 – 1767 – No executions | |||
| 1768 – 3 executions | |||
| Th. 3 March | John Scrivener | Highway robbery | F 18 March |
| “ | Henry Partridge | Highway robbery | F 18 March |
| M 18 July | William Bale | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1769 – 1771 – No executions | |||
| 1772 – 6 executions | |||
| Tu. 10 March | Joshua Parker | Burglary | M 30 March |
| “ | John PeArson | Burglary | M 30 March |
| “ | Thomas Preston | Burglary | M 30 March |
| “ | Joshua Messenger | Highway robbery | M 30 March |
| “ | Marcus Hartogh | Burglary | W 22 April |
| “ | Robert Wright | Highway robbery | W 22 April |
| 1773 – 3 executions | |||
| Tu. 9 March | William Passell | Murder | S 13 March |
| M 26 July | William Staines | Highway robbery | F 13 August |
| John Staines | Highway robbery | F 13 August | |
| 1774 – 6 executions | |||
| Tu. 1 March | John Ferris | Highway robbery | W 16 March |
| “ | John Pratt | Highway robbery | W 16 March |
| “ | Joseph Seal | Highway robbery | W 16 March |
| “ | William Sharpe | Highway robbery | W 16 March |
| “ | Richard Darby | Highway robbery | W 16 March |
| “ | John Hopkinson | Highway robbery | W 16 March |
| 1775 – 2 executions | |||
| W 8 March | John Buckley sr & | Highway robbery | F 14 April |
| “ | John Buckley jr | Highway robbery | F 14 April |
| 1776 – 1778 – No executions | |||
| 1779 – 2 executions | |||
| M 1 March | William Davidson | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | James Corner | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1780 – 4 executions | |||
| M 6 March | William Childs | Highway robbery | F 24 March |
| Thomas Chetwynd | Highway robbery | F 24 March | |
| M 31 July | Henry Thomas | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| Luke Morgrave | Highway robbery | Th. 17 August | |
| 1781 – No executions | |||
| 1782 – 1 execution | |||
| M 4 March | Francis Day | Highway robbery | Th. 21 March |
| 1783 – 4 executions | |||
| M 3 March | Joseph Clibbon | Highway robbery | F 7 March |
| “ | Thomas Halling | Burglary | F 7 March |
| “ | John Holden | Burglary | F 7 March |
| “ | Richard Maze | Burglary | Th. 20 March |
| 1784 – 4 executions | |||
| W 3 March | William George | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Taylor | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Rust | Highway robbery | W 17 March |
| “ | John Smith | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1785 – 7 executions | |||
| W 2 March | Robert Fowler | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Henry Marsh | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | James Day | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | Robert Usher | Horse theft | Unknown |
| M 4 July | Thomas Rogers | Burglary | F 22 July |
| “ | Patrick Welch & | H/T counterfeiting | F 22 July |
| “ | John Welch | H/T counterfeiting | F 22 July |
| 1786 – 5 executions | |||
| Th. 2 March | Francis Gilbar | Burglary | Th. 16 March |
| “ | Joseph Moore | Burglary | Th. 16 March |
| “ | Mary Melley | Burglary | Th. 16 March |
| “ | Joseph Harrow | Burglary | Th. 16 March |
| “ | Jonathan Hickman | Burglary | Th. 16 March |
| 1787 – 4 executions | |||
| Th. 8 March | Richard Baker | Burglary | F 23 March |
| “ | Thomas Smith (Cockle) | Sheep theft | F 13 April |
| Th. 19 July | Thomas Smith | Highway robbery | F 3 August |
| “ | John Kennedy | Highway robbery | F 3 August |
| 1788 & 1789 – No executions | |||
| 1790 – 1 execution | |||
| M 12 July | Edward Venables | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1791 – 4 executions | |||
| Th. 3 March | William Pateman | Burglary | Th. 17 March |
| “ | Edmund Pateman | Burglary | Th. 17 March |
| “ | John King | Burglary | Th. 17 March |
| Th. 28 July | John Wade | Murder | M 1 August |
| 1792 & 1793 – No executions | |||
| 1794 – 1 execution | |||
| M 4 August | James Hawkins | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1795 – 1 execution | |||
| M 9 March | William Salmon | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| 1796 – 1 execution | |||
| M 7 March | Richard Watts | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1797 – 1 execution | |||
| M 24 July | John Baker | Burglary | F 11 August |
| 1798 – No executions | |||
| 1799 – 1 execution | |||
| M 4 March | Alexander Hobbs | Highway robbery | W 20 March |
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