Executions in Kent 1735-1799

870 death sentences led to 308 confirmed executions plus 14 probable ones. All executions took place on Pennenden Heath, Maidstone unless otherwise stated.

Assize date	Name	Crime	Execution date
1735 – 4 executions
Tu. 11 March	William Flippit (Fidzar)	Burglary	Th. 27 March
“	Robert Jones	Burglary	Th. 27 March
“	William Allbone	Stole in dwelling house	Th. 27 March
“	Robert Skelton	Stole in dwelling house	Th. 27 March

1736 – 7 executions
Tu. 16 March	John Stott	Burglary	Th. 1 April
“	William Aldem	Highway robbery	Th. 1 April
“	William Fiske	Highway robbery	Th. 1 April
“	Henry Dennis	Horse theft	Th. 1 April
M 16 August	David Anderson	Highway robbery	Th. 2 September
“	William Jones	Highway robbery	Th. 2 September
“	William White	Horse theft	Th. 2 September

1737 – 7 executions
Tu. 8 March	John Curtis	Murder of his wife, Elizabeth	Th. 24 March
Tu. 26 July	Margaret Wickes	Murder of Lydia Fagg (18 mths)	Th. 18 August
“	John Wright	Highway robbery	Th. 18 August
“	John Jones	Housebreaking	Th. 18 August
“	Thomas Smith	Horse theft	Th. 18 August
“	Thomas Ward	Horse theft	Th. 18 August
“	John Lucas	Horse theft	Th. 18 August

1738 – 3 executions
Tu. 7 March	John Smith	Murder of John Brown	F 24 March
Tu. 7 March	Thomas Jones	Burglary	Th. 10 August
“	Henry Gorely	Burglary	Th. 10 August

1739 – 6 executions
Tu. 13 March	Francis Walker	Highway robbery	Th. 29 March
“	Henry Hubbart &	Highway robbery	Th. 29 March
“	William Harris	Highway robbery	Th. 29 March
“	Stephen Diaper	Murder	Th. 29 March
“	Anthony Bowers	Burglary	Th. 29 March
Tu. 14 August	Thomas White	Burglary	Th. 30 August

1740 – 3 executions
M 17 March	John Smith	Horse theft	Th. 3 April
Tu. 22 July	John Underdowne	Highway robbery	Th. 7 August
“	John Rock	Procure to enlist abroad	Th. 7 August

1741 – 2 executions
Tu. 10 March	John Scoones	Highway robbery	Th. 26 March
“	William Bennett	Burglary	Th. 26 March

1742 – 3 confirmed executions, plus 4 probable as no reprieves traced
M 15 March	William Pullen	Sheep theft	Th. 1 April
“	John Larner	Horse theft	??/April
“	Thomas Corkram	Sheep theft	??/April
Tu. 3 August	Henry Mayne	Horse theft	??/August
“	Benjamin Clarke	Murder of his wife and daughter	??/August
“	John Butcher	Sheep theft	??/August
“	Thomas Nash	Murder of his wife, Mary	??/August

1743 – 1 execution
W 16 March	John Ransom	Horse theft	Th. 7 April

1744 – No confirmed executions, but 4 probable as no reprieves traced
M 12 March	John Austin	Highway robbery	Unknown
“	Thomas Whiting	Highway robbery	Unknown
“	Edward Lewin &	Highway robbery	Unknown
“	Joseph Smith	Highway robbery	Unknown

1745 – 2 executions
M 5 August	Richard Cooper	Highway robbery	Th. 22 August
“	Richard Goodwin	Murder of Frances Jackson	Th. 22 August

1746 – 5 executions
M 17 March	Edward Tabraham	Burglary	Th. 3 April
“	John Wood	Burglary	Th. 3 April
“	Thomas Smee	Murder of Thomas Hooper	Th. 3 April
“	John Price &	Burglary	Th. 3 April
“	Henry Griffin	Burglary	Th. 3 April

1747 – 1 execution
M 30 March	Joseph Barker	At large	Th. 23 Apr

1748 – 6 executions
M 21 March	Francis Herbert	Murder of Hugh Bainbridge	Th. 14 April
“	Lockland Kelly	Burglary	Th. 14 April
“	William Hartnup	Stole uncustomed goods	Th. 14 April
Tu. 9 August	Thomas Foreman	Murder of Thomas Ward	Th. 1 September
“	John Dodd	H/T counterfeiting	Th. 1 September
“	William Potter	Smuggling uncustomed goods	Th. 1 September

1749 – 9 executions
M 6 March	Thomas Potter	Horse theft	Th. 30 March
“	William Briggs &	Burglary	Th. 30 March
“	James Bartlett	Burglary	Th. 30 March
“	Stephen Diprose	Robbery in a dwelling house	Th. 30 March
“	Richard Watson	Highway robbery	Th. 30 March
“	Samuel Ealing &	Highway robbery	Th. 30 March
“	John Davids	Highway robbery	Th. 30 March
M 24 July	John Church	Murder of his wife, Martha	Th. 10 August
“	James Tobee	Illegal exporting	Th. 10 August

1750 – 9 executions
M 19 March	John Collington &	Arson	S 7 April
“	John Stone	Arson	S 7 April
“	John Williams	Burglary	S 7 April
“	Francis Foster	Highway robbery	S 7 April
Tu. 31 July	Richard Gibson	Horse theft	Th. 23 August
“	William Pierpont	Uttering	Th. 23 August
“	John Ogleby	Murder of William Wooden	Th. 23 August
	Hanged at Igtham and afterwards hanged in chains there
“	Edward Flanaghan	Procure to enlist abroad	Th. 23 August
“	Thomas Bourke	Procure to enlist abroad	Th. 6 September

1751 – 7 executions
M 18 March	Peter Furlonger	Highway robbery	Th. 11 April
“	Darby Hurley &	Highway robbery	Th. 11 April
“	Francis Conner	Highway robbery	Th. 11 April
“	Ann Smith	Murder of her female bastard	Th. 11 April
“	George Steed	Highway robbery	Th. 11 April
M 5 August	Sarah Meredith	Highway robbery	Th. 22 August
“	John Payne	Horse theft	Th. 22 August

1752 – 10 executions
M 16 March	Christopher Ryley	Highway robbery	Th. 2 April
“	Dennis Doyle	Shot at	Th. 2 April
“	William Sawyer,	Murder of James Hastrich	Th. 2 April
“	Abraham Mulliner &	Murder of James Hastrich	Th. 2 April
“	Thomas Devail	Murder of James Hastrich	Th. 2 April
“	Elizabeth Sparks	Highway robbery	Th. 2 April
“	John Grace	Murder of his wife, Mary	F 3 April
	Hanged at Hooe Common, afterwards in chains there
W 29 July	James Rainshaw	Burglary	Th. 13 August
“	William Hatfield	At large	Th. 13 August
“	George Jennings	Housebreaking	Th. 13 August

1753 – 5 executions
M 19 March	John Downs &	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
“	Edward Shores	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
“	John Reeves	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
“	William Rimes &	Burglary	Th. 5 April
“	John Catt	Burglary	Th. 5 April

1754 – 7 executions
M 18 March	John Humphrey	Horse theft	Th. 4 April
“	John Slandice	Horse theft	Th. 4 April
“	John Night	Horse theft	Th. 4 April
“	George Foot	Highway robbery	Th. 4 April
“	John Thompson	Highway robbery	Th. 16 May
Tu. 13 August	John Hardy (Lee)	Horse theft	Th. 29 August
“	John Smith	Horse theft	Th. 29 August

1755 – 1 execution
M 17 March	William Clements	Horse theft	Th. 3 April

1756 – 4 executions
M 22 March	Ann Lance	Murder of her male bastard	M 29 March
“	John Simmonds	Stole in dwelling house	Th. 8 April
M 9 August	Thomas Wilson	Murder of his wife, Alice	S 14 August
“	John Lander	Murder of William Forster	M 16 August

1757 – 1 execution
Tu. 29 March	Thomas Hill	Rape of Mary Bridger	Th. 14 April

1758 – 5 executions
M 20 March	William Moore	Murder of Richard Moore	M 27 March
		Hanged in chains after execution
“	Thomas Cavendish	Murder of Thomas Marther	M 27 March
“	William Page	Highway robbery	Th. 6 April
“	John Burks	Burglary	Th. 6 April
M 17 July	Jonathan Merritt	Sheep theft	Th. 3 August

1759 – 3 executions
M 19 March	Simon Blunt	Burglary	Th. 5 April
“	James Lucas Boyd	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
M 30 July	Francis Walker	Highway robbery	Th. 16 August

1760 – No executions

1761 – 4 executions
M 16 March	Jean Baptiste Pickard	Murder of William Bassack	W 25 March
“	John Dastier	Forgery	Th. 2 April
Tu. 14 July	John Daly	Forgery	Th. 30 July
“	Robert Hume	Procure to personate	Th. 30 July

1762 – 3 executions
M 29 March	John Wyborne	Burglary	Th. 15 April
“	Archibald Glass	Procure to personate	Th. 15 April
“	Margaret Terry (Ramsey)	Personate	Th. 15 April

1763 – 3 executions
M 18 July	Richard Allen &	Highway robbery	Th. 4 August
“	John Smith	Highway robbery	Th. 4 August
“	William Hirkey	Highway robbery	Th. 4 August

1764 – 8 executions
M 19 March	John Welch	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
“	Robert Stevenson	Housebreaking	Th. 5 April
“	Dennis O’Brien	Horse theft	Th. 5 April
“	Timothy Rearden	Personate	Th. 5 April
“	William Flinton	Sodomy	Th. 5 April
“	Thomas Page	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
M 13 August	John Hughes	Highway robbery	Th. 30 August
“	James Clark	Forgery	Th. 30 August

1765 – 4 confirmed executions, plus 2 reported as executed and reprieved.
M 18 March	William Jones,	Highway robbery	Th. 4 April
“	William Munro &	Highway robbery	Th. 4 April
“	Robert Wood	Highway robbery	Th. 4 April
M 29 July	Thomas Rogers	Highway robbery	Th. 28 November
“	John King	Highway robbery Rep or	Th. 28 November
“	Samuel Matthews	Highway robbery Rep or	Th. 28 November

1766 – 11 executions
M 10 March	Thomas Dowdney	Aiding murder of John Fletcher	S 15 March
“	Thomas Molloy	At large after jail break	S 15 March
“	William Godfrey	At large after jail break	S 15 March
“	John Jordan	At large after jail break	S 15 March
“	James M’Donald	At large after jail break	S 15 March
“	William Perry	At large after jail break	S 15 March
“	Thomas Magee	Personate	Th. 27 March
“	Joseph Mercer	Highway robbery	Th. 27 March
M 21 July	Thomas Taylor	Murder of James Bulfill	F 25 July
“	Richard Ingram	Horse theft	Th. 7 August
“	Duke Lee Jr.	Horse theft	Th. 7 August

1767 – 3 executions
M 10 August	William Thomas &	Highway robbery	Th. 27 August
“	Joseph Budd	Highway robbery	Th. 27 August
“	James Howard	Highway robbery	Th. 17 September

1768 – 5 executions
M 14 March	Robert Knight	Highway robbery	Th. 31 March
“	Mark Jefferies	Stole in dwelling house	Th. 31 March
M 25 July	Mayne Allen &	Highway robbery	Th. 11 August
“	Thomas Hughes	Highway robbery	Th. 11 August
“	John Knock	Arson	Th. 11 August

1769 – 4 executions
M 6 March	Solomon Moscow	Highway robbery	Th. 23 March
“	Joseph Hammond	Highway robbery	Th. 23 March
M 17 July	Susannah Lott &	P/T murder of husband John	F 21 July
“	Benjamin Bush	Murder of John Lott	F 21 July
	Susannah Lott was burned at the stake

1770 – 2 executions
M 9 April	John Wells	Highway robbery	Th. 26 April
“	Thomas Hues	At large	Th. 26 April

1771 – 2 confirmed executions, plus 1 reported as executed and reprieved.
M 25 March	Isaac Merrifield	Highway robbery Rep or	Th. 11 April
“	John Swan	Forgery	Th. 11 April
M 15 July	John Turner	Murder of his wife, Elizabeth	F 19 July

1772 – 3 executions
M 23 March	Thomas Theobald	Mail robbery	Th. 9 April
“	Philip Page	Burglary	Th. 9 April
M 3 August	William Youson	Highway robbery	Th. 20 August

1773 – 1 execution
M 2 August	James Gardner	Highway robbery	Th. 19 August

1774 – No executions

1775 – 3 executions
M 20 March	John Packer	Highway robbery	Th. 6 April
M 7 August	Susan Bran	Murder of her male bastard	F 11 August
“	Stephen Barrow	Murder of his wife, Mary	F 11 August

1776 – 7 executions
M 11 March	Margaret Ryan	P/T murder of her husband, Patrick	M 18 March
		Burned at the stake
“	Charles Underwood	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
“	William Fitzsimmons	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
“	John Giles	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
M 29 July	Thomas Langford	Murder of Mary Missing	F 2 August
“	John Reynolds	Bestiality	Th. 15 August
“	Matthew M’Mahon	Highway robbery	Th. 15 August

1777 – 1 execution
M 17 March	William Frankland	Highway robbery	Th. 3 April

1778 – 1 execution
M 9 March	James Elliott	Forgery	Th. 26 March

1779 – 3 executions
Tu. 9 March	Thomas Pierrepont	Burglary	Th. 25 March
“	John Pierrepont	Burglary	Th. 25 March
“	Charles Waterman	Highway robbery	Th. 25 March

1780 – 4 confirmed executions, plus 1 possible
M 13 March	John Knight jr	Murder of John Aiken	S 18 March
	Hanged in chains near Boston Hill, Whitstable
M 7 August	William Roalfe	Murder of Richard Barker	F 11 August
“	Robert Butler	Murder of James Nelson	S 12 August
“	John Mackonegal	Highway robbery	Unknown
“	William Henry Turton	Murder of Charles Gutherson	Th. 10 September

1781 – 7 executions
M 12 March	Richard Green &	Burglary	Th. 29 March
“	John Scott	Burglary	Th. 29 March
“	William Deacon	Highway robbery	Th. 29 March
“	Henry King	Highway robbery	Th. 29 March
M 6 August	William Parker	Rape of Elizabeth Cooper	Th. 23 August
“	John Porter &	Highway robbery	Th. 23 August
“	Patrick Waldren	Highway robbery	Th. 23 August

1782 – 5 executions
M 11 March	George Draper &	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
“	Charles Draper	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
“	Jane Whiting	Murder of Hannah Fennell	M 18 March
“	John Carter	Highway robbery	S 6 April
M 22 July	Charles Storey (age 18)	Robbery & murder of Henry Perkins	F 26 July
“	Hanged in chains at Chatham

1783 – 9 executions
M 10 March	John M’Kennon	Murder of William Whitehead	M 17 March
“	John Cramp	Murder of his wife, Lucy	M 17 March
“	Richard Adams &	Burglary	Th. 27 March
“	Joseph Bailey	Burglary	Th. 27 March
“	William Johnson	Burglary	Th. 27 March
“	Bartholomew Heley	Burglary	Th. 27 March
M 11 August	John Gorham	Highway robbery	Th. 28 August
“	John Maddion	Highway robbery	Th. 28 August
“	William Steel	Highway robbery	Th. 4 September

1784 – 10 executions
M 15 March	John Huntly	Murder of his wife, Elizabeth	M 22 March
“	Martin Laas	Murder of Mary Bax	M 22 March
“	William Ray	Burglary	Th. 1 April
“	William Sharp	Highway robbery	Th. 1 April
“	George M’Gill	Highway robbery	Th. 1 April
“	Joseph Burrell	Highway robbery	Th. 1 April
“	Richard Squinton	Highway robbery	Th. 1 April
M 2 August	William Rigg	Burglary	Th. 19 August
“	John Morris	Housebreaking	Th. 19 August
“	Joseph Hinton	Highway robbery	Th. 19 August

1785 – 15 confirmed executions plus 1 possible (Saul Checkfield) as no reprieve traced.
M 14 March	John Lawder &	Burglary	Th. 31 March
“	William Strange	Burglary	Th. 31 March
“	Thomas Hutchinson	Burglary	Th. 31 March
“	George Norely	Highway robbery	Th. 31 March
“	David Williams	Burglary	Th. 31 March
“	John Harrow &	Highway robbery	Th. 31 March
“	Thomas Outridge	Highway robbery	Th. 31 March
“	Thomas Pellatt	Horse theft	Th. 31 March
“	William Beadle	Highway robbery	Th. 31 March
“	Saul Checkfield	Highway robbery	Unknown
M 11 July	William Pretlove	Highway robbery	Th. 28 July
“	Thomas Norris	Housebreaking	Th. 28 July
“	George Robinson	Burglary	Th. 28 July
“	William Holmes &	Highway robbery	Th. 28 July
“	Robert Collyer	Highway robbery	Th. 28 July
“	Seeligmann Alexander	Highway robbery	Th. 4 August

1786 – 18 executions
M 13 March	Manley Williams	Rape of Sarah Lucas	Th. 30 March
“	Leonard Sullivan	Highway robbery	Th. 30 March
“	James Reilly	Highway robbery	Th. 30 March
“	John Hutchings	Highway robbery	Th. 30 March
“	Samuel Coulson	Highway robbery	Th. 30 March
“	William Staggs &	Burglary	Th. 30 March
“	John Marsham	Burglary	Th. 30 March
“	Samuel Foster &	Burglary	Th. 30 March
“	Richard White	Burglary	Th. 30 March
“	Michael Flanaghan	Stole on river	Th. 30 March
“	James Waite &	Robbery	Th. 30 March
“	Thomas Wainwright	Robbery	Th. 30 March
M 31 July	John Williams	Murder of Mary Savin	S 5 August
“	William Oliver,	Highway robbery	Th. 17 August
“	Joseph Bagley &	Highway robbery	Th. 17 August
“	John Williams	Highway robbery	Th. 17 August
“	William Hutton	Housebreaking	Th. 17 August
“	John Thomas Wells	Shot at	Th. 31 August

1787 – 9 executions
M 19 March	Robert Hurst	Sheep theft	Th. 5 April
“	Roger Hambrose	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
“	Robert Newman	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
“	John Harbour	Sheep theft	Th. 5 April
“	John Round	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
“	William Rayner &	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
“	Nicholas Cousins	Highway robbery	Th. 5 April
“	Thomas Thorpe	Horse theft	F 13 April
M 30 July	John Rooke	Personate	Th. 16 August

1788 – 1 execution
M 17 March	William Tomkins	Housebreaking	Th. 3 April

1789 – 6 executions
M 16 March	Joseph Pasmore	Arson	Th. 2 April
	May have been hanged at Butt End, Deptford
“	William Wood	Highway robbery	Th. 2 April
“	John Smith	Highway robbery	Th. 2 April
“	Edward James &	Burglary	Th. 2 April
“	Henry Alexander	Burglary	Th. 2 April
M 27 July	William Roberts	Highway robbery	Tu. 25 August

1790 – 3 executions
M15 March	George Clarke	Burglary	Th. 1 April
“	Thomas Willard	Burglary	Th. 1 April
M 19 July	William Hussey	Highway robbery	Th. 5 August

1791 – 4 executions
M 14 March	George Brown	Highway robbery	Th. 31 March
M 8 August	Thomas Godfrey	Stole in dwelling house	Th. 25 August
“	James Philips	Highway robbery	Th. 25 August
“	Thomas Hines	Forgery	Th. 25 August

1792 – 6 executions
M 12 March	Thomas Smith	Shot at	Th. 29 March
M 30 July	Charles Catt	Housebreaking	Th. 16 August
“	John Cooke &	Highway robbery	Th. 16 August
“	Robert Dawson	Highway robbery	Th. 16 August
“	John Boohy	At large	Th. 16 August
“	Thomas Mulley	Horse theft	Th. 16 August

1793 – 8 executions
M 11 March	Richard Eston	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
“	William Turpin	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
“	John Harris,	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
“	George Beck &	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
“	William Betts	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
M 15 July	Ambrose Ward &	Highway robbery	Th. 1 August
“	William Collins	Highway robbery	Th. 1 August
“	James Lloyd	Housebreaking	Th. 1 August

1794 – 2 executions
M 11 August	Samuel Ward &	Horse theft	Th. 28 August
“	Robert Curtis	Horse theft	Th. 28 August

1795 – 1 execution
W 18 March	Richard Chapman	Murder of John Winder	M 23 March

1796 – 2 executions
M 18 July	John Clark	Murder of Elizabeth Mann	F 22 July
“	William Clark	Highway robbery	Th. 4 August

1797 – 6 executions
W 15 March	Elizabeth Amos (19)	Murder of her husband, Stephen	M 20 March
“	William Piper	Highway robbery	Th. 30 March
“	Thomas Sewins	Highway robbery	Th. 30 March
“	Joseph Godden	Housebreaking	Th. 30 March
M 31 July	John Stanford	Murder of James Buchanan	F 4 August
“	John Alderson	Burglary	Th. 17 August

1798 – 8 executions
M 12 March	William Jones	Horse theft	Th. 29 March
“	Thomas Faulknor &	Highway robbery	Th. 29 March
“	Matthew Stacey	Highway robbery	Th. 29 March
“	James Savage &	At large	Th. 29 March
“	Barnabas Egan	At large	Th. 29 March
“	George How	Sheep theft	Th. 29 March
Tu. 22 May	James Quigley	High Treason	Th. 7 June
Special commission	Drawn on a hurdle to the gallows and beheaded afterwards
M 23 July	Edward Dawson	Murder of John Matthew	F 27 July

1799 – 5 confirmed executions, plus 1 possible (Thomas Bowles for sodomy)
M 11 March	Sarah Williams	Murder of her female bastard	M 18 March
“	James Pimbleton	Burglary	Th. 28 March
“	Thomas Austen	Highway robbery	Th. 28 March
M 15 July	Stephen Pott	Murder of Jesse Tanton	S 20 July
“	Philip Keating	Murder of Lt. Col. Peter Shadwell	S 20 July
“	Thomas Bowles	Sodomy (possibly reprieved)	S 3 August

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