Assizes were held twice a year (Lent and Summer) at Lancaster. 297 death sentences led to 78 executions which were carried out on Lancaster Moor.
| Trial date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 & 1736 – No executions traced. | |||
| 1737 – 1 execution. | |||
| ?? | Andrew Berry | H/T counterfeiting | ??/??/1737 |
| 1738 – No executions. | |||
| 1739 – 2 executions. | |||
| S 31 March | James Fazakerley | No indictment traced | April 1739 |
| W 5 September | Samuel Tomllinson | Theft | Sept 1739 |
| 1740 – No executions. | |||
| 1741 – 1 execution. | |||
| F 14 August | James Hanson | Burglary | August 1741 |
| 1742 – 2 executions. | |||
| M 29 March | John Croskell | Horse theft | ??/??/1742 |
| ?? | Lawrence Briercliffe | Murder of John Hind | ??/??/1742 |
| 1743 & 1744 – No executions. | |||
| 1745 & 1746 – No executions. | |||
| 1747 to 1749 – No executions. | |||
| 1750 – 1 execution. | |||
| M 26 March | Christopher Jameson | Murder of William Goodshaw | April 1750 |
| 1751 to 1753 – No executions. | |||
| 1754 – 2 executions. | |||
| M 11 March | John Thompson | Horse theft | S 30 March |
| “ | John Wilson | Horse theft | S 30 March |
| 1755 – 2 executions. | |||
| S 8 March | John Bent | Murder of wife, Jane | F 14 March |
| S 16 August | Thomas Moor | H/T coining | S 30 August |
| 1756 – 4 executions. | |||
| M 15 March | Abraham Healey snr. | H/T counterfeit | S 3 April |
| “ | Abraham Healey jnr. | H/T counterfeit | S 3 April |
| “ | Joseph Woolstencroft | Sent threatening letter | S 3 April |
| S 11 September | William Freeman | Highway robbery | September |
| 1757 – No executions. | |||
| 1758 – 2 executions | |||
| W 9 August | William Harrison | Murder of Margaret Watson | M 14 August |
| “ | John Greenwood | Stealing in a warehouse | August/September |
| 1759 – 1 execution | |||
| S 17 March | John Grindred | Murder wife & children | S 24 March |
| hanged in chains on Pendleton Moor | |||
| 1761- No executions. | |||
| 1762 – 2 executions | |||
| S 20 March | Alice Ridley | Murder her male bastard | F 26 March |
| “ | William Doodson | Rape of Elizabeth Kightly | S 3 April |
| 1763- No executions. | |||
| 1764 – 1 execution | |||
| S 24 March | John Nelson | Stole in dwelling house | S 7 April |
| 1765 – 2 executions | |||
| S 30 March | James Howarth | Murder of Alice Cowper | S 13 April |
| “ | Thomas Wilkinson | Highway robbery | S 20 April |
| 1766 – 2 executions | |||
| S 29 March | William Whittle | Murder of wife, Alice | S 5 April |
| S 9 August | John Smith | Robbed Customs House | S 23 August |
| hanged in chains at Liverpool | |||
| 1767 – 1769 – No executions. | |||
| 1770 – 2 executions | |||
| S 1 September | Patrick Pearson | Highway robbery | S 22 September |
| “ | Thomas Dunwoody | Highway robbery | S 22 September |
| 1771 – 1 execution | |||
| S 10 August | John Lewis | Murder of daughter, Ann | S 17 August |
| 1772 – 1 execution | |||
| S 28 March | Mary Hilton | P/T murder – husband John | M 6 April |
| Burned at the stake | |||
| 1773 – 1 execution | |||
| S 21 August | Robert Grocer | Burglary | S 28 August |
| 1774 to 1776 – No executions. | |||
| 1777 – 1 execution | |||
| S 9 August | John Rotchley | Rape of Mary Sutherland | S 30 August |
| 1778 to 1781 – No executions. | |||
| 1782 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 26 March | John David Hunt | Forgery | S 20 April |
| 1783 – No executions. | |||
| 1784 – 3 executions | |||
| Tu. 23 March | John Toms | Murder of Edward Wilshaw | M 29 March |
| “ | Henry Keys | Highway robbery | W 7 April |
| “ | John Dugdale | Highway robbery | W 7 April |
| 1785 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 22 March | Charles Cooney | Stole from Liverpool Exchange | S 23 April |
| 1786 – 6 executions | |||
| W 29 March | Charles Adley | H/T possession of coining imps. | S 13 May |
| S 26 August | William Rice | Horse theft | S 16 September |
| “ | John Gray | H/T possession of coining imps. | S 16 September |
| “ | James Jones | Burglary | S 16 September |
| “ | Ralph Morris | Burglary | S 16 September |
| “ | James Lee (Holland) | Stole from bleachcroft | M 18 September |
| Hanged on Bolton Moor | |||
| 1787 – 6 executions | |||
| M 26 March | John Jones | At large | S 21 April |
| “ | James Tyrie | At large | S 21 April |
| “ | William Pemberton | Horse theft | S 21 April |
| “ | Thomas Coalpitts | Horse theft | S 21 April |
| “ | Thomas Smith | Highway robbery | S 21 April |
| “ | James Wainwright | Highway robbery | S 21 April |
| 1788 – 2 executions | |||
| M 24 March | Patrick Burne | Robbery in a dwelling house | S 31 March |
| “ | John Silvester Dowling | Robbery in a dwelling house | S 31 March |
| 1789 – 2 executions | |||
| S 22 August | Christopher Hartley | Murder of Hannah Corbridge | F 28 August |
| “ | William Hodgson | House breaking | S 5 September |
| 1790 – 3 executions | |||
| S 13 March | Nathan Mather | Burglary | S 3 April |
| “ | John Martin | Highway robbery | S 3 April |
| S 14 August | James McNamara | Burglary | S 11 September |
| 1791 – 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 22 March | Thomas Barrow | Horse theft | S 16 April |
| “ | William Maddocks | Burglary | S 16 April |
| S 3 September | Robert Davies | Horse theft | S 1 October |
| “ | Charles Williamson | Burglary | S 1 October |
| 1792 – 4 executions | |||
| S 10 March | Robert Pilkington | Murder Stephen Yates | S 17 March |
| “ | Thomas Flemming | Highway robbery | S 7 April |
| “ | Thomas Easthope | Stole letters | S 7 April |
| S 18 August | James Thompson | Horse theft | S 15 September |
| 1793 – 3 executions | |||
| S 9 March | Charles Burton | Forgery | S 30 March |
| “ | Joseph Charles | Rape of Sarah Norcott | Th. 4 April |
| S 10 August | Edward Miles | Robbed mail coach | S 14 September |
| Hanged in chains near “The Twysters”, Manchester Road, Warrington | |||
| 1794 – No executions. | |||
| 1795 – 3 executions | |||
| M 14 March | John Reynolds | H/T coining | S 11 April |
| “ | Erasmus Hinley | H/T coining | S 11 April |
| S 15 August | Thomas Case | H/T colouring coins | S 12 September |
| 1796 – 2 executions | |||
| S 19 March | James Berry | Forgery | S 16 April |
| John Hewitt | Horse theft | S 16 April | |
| 1797 – 1 execution | |||
| S 25 March | Samuel Longworth | Murder of William Horrocks | M 3 April |
| 1798 – 3 executions | |||
| S 18 August | John Eccles | Stole from bleachcroft | S 8 September |
| “ | Henry Clarke | Highway robbery | S 8 September |
| “ | George Russell | Stole from bleachcroft | S 15 September |
| 1799 – 3 executions | |||
| Tu. 26 March | John McFullin | Stole from bleachcroft | S 27 April |
| “ | James Case | Forgery | S 27 April |
| “ | John Guest | Stole from drying house | S 27 April |
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