In the years 1735 – 1756, 88 death sentences were commuted and reports of 26 executions have been found. In the period 1757 to 1799, there were 243 death sentences passed of which 69 were carried out.
| Name | Crime | Execution date |
| Robert Lidgard | Horse theft | ??/March 1736 |
| John Thompson | Burglary | F 18 March 1737 |
| Thomas Dixon | Burglary | F 17 March 1738 |
| William Marshall | Highway robbery | F 17 March 1738 |
| William Lomas | Horse theft | F 23 March 1739 |
| Thomas Sharp | Horse theft | F 23 March 1739 |
| Joseph Binge | Burglary | F 23 March 1739 |
| William Dykes | Murder | ??/May 1739 |
| Thomas Brown | Privately stealing | ??/August 1739 |
| John Stovegrove | Housebreaking | ??/July 1740 |
| William Lewin | Housebreaking | ??/March 1741 |
| Henry Ginn | Highway robbery | ??/March 1742 |
| William Tyler | Murder | ??/March 1742 |
| Hanged at Spalding and afterwards in chains at Pinchbeck drainside | ||
| Clay Lee | Sheep theft | ??/August 1742 |
| Peter Brown | Privately stealing | ??/August 1742 |
| Jeremiah Buxton | Murder | ??/March 1746 |
| Mary Johnson | P/T murder of husband | ??/April 1747 |
| Burned at the stake | ||
| William Lyon | Murder of his wife | ??/April 1747 |
| Barnaby Freeman | Highway robbery | ??/April 1747 |
| William Burton | Stealing in a shop | ??/August 1748 |
| John Wood | Sheep theft | ??/August 1748 |
| Thomas Skegg | Highway robbery | F 9 Aug 1751 |
| John Bellamy | Horse theft | ??/March 1752 |
| Edward Walker | Sheep theft | ??/March 1753 |
| Timothy Raven | Sodomy or bestiality | F 16 August 1754 |
| Richard Austin | Horse theft | ??/August 1756 |
| Thomas Brown | Murder | W 28 March 1759 |
| Hanged in chains at Ancholm Corner near Spital | ||
| Thomas Hill | At large | F 26 March 1762 |
| Daniel Ryan | Murder of John Butterton | ??/August 1762 |
| Hanged on Lincoln City gallows. | ||
| Thomas Nicholson | Highway robbery | ??/March 1765 |
| William Fenwick | Burglary | F 9 August 1765 |
| Mary Davy | Murder of Mary Kemp | ??/March 1766 |
| P/T murder – not known if Davy was burnt. | ||
| George Dalton | Burglary | ??/July 1766 |
| John Baker | Housebreaking | F 14 Aug 1767 |
| Philip Heaton (Hooton) | Murder of Samuel Stockton | M 6 March 1769 |
| Hanged in chains on Surfleet Common | ||
| James Kearney | Murder of Robert Harrold | Th. 2 August 1770 |
| William Moore | At large | F 27 August 1773 |
| Hanged on Lincoln City gallows. | ||
| John Lyon | Highway robbery | F 24 March 1775 |
| William Farmery (21) | Murder of his mother | F 4 August 1775 |
| James Lee | Burglary | F 21 March 1777 |
| Henry Atkinson | Murder of his infant child | F 18 July 1777 |
| Thomas Ham | Highway robbery | F 25 July 1777 |
| Robert Blades | Highway robbery | F 20 March 1778 |
| Edward Dowson | Highway robbery | F 20 March 1778 |
| Jonathan Bennett | Horse theft | F 15 March 1782 |
| Edward Johnson | Forgery | F 15 March 1782 |
| John Storey | Arson | F 2 August 1782 |
| Edward Perplar | H/T counterfeiting | F 22 August 1783 |
| William Dale | H/T counterfeiting | F 22 August 1783 |
| Thomas Wood | Housebreaking | F 19 March 1784 |
| Richard Bull | Sheep theft | F 19 March 1784 |
| Robert Downing | Housebreaking | F 19 March 1784 |
| William Davidson (Dawson) | Housebreaking | F 19 March 1784 |
| William Wright | Housebreaking | F 6 August 1784 |
| Richard Dennis | Highway robbery | F 6 August 1784 |
| Patience Elsom | Arson | F 12 November 1784 |
| William Houldsworth | Highway robbery | F 18 March 1785 |
| Michael Harrison | Horse theft | F 18 March 1785 |
| George Huntingdon | Cattle theft | F 18 March 1785 |
| Thomas Rawson | Housebreaking | F 18 March 1785 |
| Jonathan Warner | Sheep theft | F 18 March 1785 |
| John Wright | Sheep theft | F 18 March 1785 |
| John Palmerson | Cattle theft | F 18 March 1785 |
| John Hudson | Highway robbery | F 18 March 1785 |
| William Ligburn | Highway robbery | F 18 March 1785 |
| Thomas Golling | Burglary | F 29 July 1785 |
| John Smith | Horse theft | F 29 July 1785 |
| Joseph Wilkinson | Murder of his child | Th. 16 March 1786 |
| Henry Knowles (18) | Sheep theft | F 24 March 1786 |
| Stephen Tarr | Cattle theft | F 24 March 1786 |
| John Curtis | Housebreaking | F 12 May 1786 |
| George Roberts | Sheep theft | F 11 August 1786 |
| Hanged on Lincoln City gallows. | ||
| William Rawby | Murder of Ann Leary (13) | F 16 March 1787 |
| Thomas Dickenson | Sheep theft | F 23 March 1787 |
| John Wilson | Murder of William Mason | F 14 March 1788 |
| George Bennett | Horse theft | F 21 March 1788 |
| William Mitchison Hardy | Horse theft | F 21 March 1788 |
| John Smith | Street robbery | F 21 March 1788 |
| Francis Acred | Horse theft | F 21 March 1788 |
| William Nettleship | Highway robbery | F 27 March 1789 |
| William Ward | Housebreaking | F 27 March 1789 |
| George Kilpike | Highway robbery | F 27 March 1789 |
| John George | Horse theft | F 7 August 1789 |
| John Ward | Robbery | F 19 March 1790 |
| Thomas Rowell | Sheep theft | F 30 July 1790 |
| William Burder | Murder of William Harrington | F 11 March 1791 |
| John Robson | Horse theft | F 18 March 1791 |
| William Campbell | Forgery | F 19 August 1791 |
| Jonathan Betts | Horse theft | F 19 August 1791 |
| Ralph Smith | Murder of Gentle Sutton | F 16 March 1792 |
| Hanged in chains at Frampton | ||
| John Cocking | Sheep theft | F 23 March 1792 |
| John Dinney | Housebreaking | F 29 August 1794 |
| Edward Coxon | Highway robbery | F 22 July 1796 |
| Elizabeth Brockleby | P/T murder of husband | F 17 March 1797 |
| Thomas Newman | Highway robbery | F 6 April 1798 |
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