Executions in Huntingdonshire 1735-1799

57 death sentences led to 17 executions.

Assize dateNameCrimeExecution date
1735 & 1736 – No death sentences or executions
1737 – 1 execution
S  5 MarchRichard LilleyHorse theftS  19 March
1738 to 1740 – No confirmed executions, but no unreprieved death sentences traced.
1741 – 1 execution
S 11 JulyJohn GoodesHighway robberyS   25 July
1742 – 1 execution
S 13 MarchJohn Hammond Murder (victim unknown)S  27 March
1745 – No executions
1746 – 1 execution
S 16 JulyWilliam BudgeMurder of wife, AnnS   30 August
1747 – 2 executions
S 21 MarchDavid Burke BurglaryS  4 April
“John Burke BurglaryS  4 April
1748 to 1751 – No death sentences or executions
1752 – 1 execution
S  7 MarchRichard Palmer         Murder of wife, MaryS  21 March
1753 – No death sentences or executions
1754 – 1 execution
S  3 AugustJohn Martin            HousebreakingS  17 August
1755 & 1756 – No executions
1757 – 1759 – No death sentences or executions
1760 – No executions
1761 – 1 execution
S  7 MarchThomas Alfrey          ArsonS  28 March
1762 – No death sentences or executions
1763 – 1 execution
S 12 MarchRichard Keen           Murder (victim unknown)W  16 March
1764 – 1767 – No executions
1768 & 1769 – No death sentences or executions
1770 – 2 executions
S 10 MarchDaniel HitchcockHighway robberyF   6 April
“John HullHighway robberyF   6 April
1771 – No death sentences or executions
1772 – 1785 – No executions.
1786 – 2 executions
S 29 JulyJervase Matcham        Murder of Benjamin JonesW 2 August
Hanged in chains at Alconbury 
“Robert Hill            BurglaryS  19 August
1787 – 2 executions
S  21 JulyWilliam Atkins         Horse theftS  11 August
“John Chapman           Sheep theftS  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 HarrisonHorse theftS   6 August
1797 & 1798 – No death sentences or executions
1799 – No executions.


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