57 death sentences led to 17 executions.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 & 1736 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1737 – 1 execution | |||
| S 5 March | Richard Lilley | Horse theft | S 19 March |
| 1738 to 1740 – No confirmed executions, but no unreprieved death sentences traced. | |||
| 1741 – 1 execution | |||
| S 11 July | John Goodes | Highway robbery | S 25 July |
| 1742 – 1 execution | |||
| S 13 March | John Hammond | Murder (victim unknown) | S 27 March |
| 1745 – No executions | |||
| 1746 – 1 execution | |||
| S 16 July | William Budge | Murder of wife, Ann | S 30 August |
| 1747 – 2 executions | |||
| S 21 March | David Burke | Burglary | S 4 April |
| “ | John Burke | Burglary | S 4 April |
| 1748 to 1751 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1752 – 1 execution | |||
| S 7 March | Richard Palmer | Murder of wife, Mary | S 21 March |
| 1753 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1754 – 1 execution | |||
| S 3 August | John Martin | Housebreaking | S 17 August |
| 1755 & 1756 – No executions | |||
| 1757 – 1759 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1760 – No executions | |||
| 1761 – 1 execution | |||
| S 7 March | Thomas Alfrey | Arson | S 28 March |
| 1762 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1763 – 1 execution | |||
| S 12 March | Richard Keen | Murder (victim unknown) | W 16 March |
| 1764 – 1767 – No executions | |||
| 1768 & 1769 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1770 – 2 executions | |||
| S 10 March | Daniel Hitchcock | Highway robbery | F 6 April |
| “ | John Hull | Highway robbery | F 6 April |
| 1771 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1772 – 1785 – No executions. | |||
| 1786 – 2 executions | |||
| S 29 July | Jervase Matcham | Murder of Benjamin Jones | W 2 August |
| Hanged in chains at Alconbury | |||
| “ | Robert Hill | Burglary | S 19 August |
| 1787 – 2 executions | |||
| S 21 July | William Atkins | Horse theft | S 11 August |
| “ | John Chapman | Sheep theft | S 11 August |
| 1788 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1789 – 1791 – No executions. | |||
| 1792 & 1793 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1794 & 1795 – No executions. | |||
| 1796 – 1 execution | |||
| S 9 July | George Harrison | Horse theft | S 6 August |
| 1797 & 1798 – No death sentences or executions | |||
| 1799 – No executions. | |||
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