Executions in Oxfordshire 1735-1799

County – 240 death sentences led to 59 confirmed executions and 3 possible ones. Executions were carried out either on a mound outside the West Gate or on the Castle Green.

Assize dateNameCrimeExecution date
1735 – 1737 – No executions
1738 – 1 execution
W 1 MarchWilliam CliffordBurglaryM 20 March
1739 – 1 execution
W 7 MarchJohn MartinHighway robberyM 26 March
1740 & 1741 – No executions
1742 – No confirmed executions but 3 possible where no reprieves have been traced
W 10 MarchFrancis Battin  Highway robberyUnknown
“Elizabeth CoxSheep theftUnknown
“William HardingSheep theftUnknown
1743 – 2 executions
W 2 MarchJohn GaleHighway robberyF  25 March
“Milly GrayHorse theftF  25 March
1744 & 1745 – No executions
1746 – 2 executions
W 5 MarchRose HurleMurder of William Hurle (son)Unknown
W 6 AugustRobert RowlwrightMurder of Rose Rowlwright Fuller W 20 August
1747 & 1748 – No executions
1749 – 1 execution
W 12 JulyPaul Wells jrForgeryF 1 September
1750 – 2 executions
W 7 MarchJames SmithHousebreakingM 2 April
“John WalkerHighway robberyM 2 April
1751 – No executions
1752 – 1 execution
S 29 FebruaryMary BlandyMurder of her father, Francis M 6 April
1753 – 1 execution
W 7 MarchWilliam GrindyAt largeUnknown
1754 – 3 executions
W 6 MarchRichard Baylis &  Highway robberyF 22 March
“Adam Brice       Highway robberyF 22 March
“James Till (17)Stole in dwelling houseF 26 April
1755 – 3 executions
W 5 MarchRichard Mansfield &Highway robberyF  21 March
“Richard Dancer   Highway robberyF  21 March
“Robert RandellSheep theftM 28 April
1756 & 1757 – No executions
1758 – 1 execution
Th. 2 MarchWilliam Hardiman         Highway robbery   M 20 March 
1759 & 1760 – No executions
1761 – 1 execution
W 4 March Isaac Dorking       Highway robbery M 23 March 
1762 – 3 executions
W 3 March Shadrack Smith      Highway robbery   M 22 March 
W 21 July  Susannah Harris        Murder of her female bastard      S  24 July
“James Costard         Murder of his mother, Sarah       S  24 July
1763 & 1764 – No executions
1765 – 1 execution
W 13 March Parker Hall         Burglary   M 22 April
1766 – 3 executions
W 5 MarchMary Lamphrey Murder of her daughter’s bastardM 10 March
W 9 July   John Williams & Highway robbery M 28 July
John Brown    Highway robbery M 28 July
1767 & 1770 – No executions
1771 – 2 executions
Tu.  9 July       Martin Reader  Burglary            M 29 July
“William Crooke (Cook)Burglary            F  16 August
1772 – 1 execution
W 4 March Richard Gardner          Burglary            M  23 March 
1773 & 1774 – No executions
1775 – 2 executions
W 8 MarchGeorge Strapp          Murder of Edward Bowden M 13 March
W 26 July   James Corbett         Burglary                   M 14 August
1776 – 1 execution
Richard Churn             Highway robbery      M 25 March
1777 – No executions
1778 – 1 execution
W 4 MarchRobert Hitchcock       Murder of his father, Edward    M 9 March
1779 – 1 execution
W 3 MarchWilliam Hide             Burglary            M 22 March
1780 – 1 execution
W 26 July   Richard Wells            Horse theftW  30 August
1781 – 1783 – No executions
1784 – 4 executions
W 3 MarchDaniel Cato            Murder of Thomas Rossen          M    8 March
“Benjamin Webb &Housebreaking       M  22 March
“George Ward   Housebreaking       M  22 March
“Giles Freeman       Highway robbery  Tu. 30 March
1785 – 1 execution
W 2 MarchJohn Price            Highway robbery        M  7 March 
1786 – 4 executions
W 8 MarchJohn Cox &         Killing a sheep   M 27 March
“Richard Cox         Killing a sheep   M 27 March
“John Grace         Sheep theft    M 27 March
“Miles Ward      Stealing in a CollegeM 27 March
1787 – 2 executions
W 18 July   Thomas White            Stole in dwelling house M  6 August 
“Charles Watter Wyatt     Stole from a letter           M  6 August 
1788 – 1 execution
W 5 MarchCharles Smith            Horse theftM  24 March
1789 – No executions
1790 – 4 executions
W 3 MarchThomas Davis            Horse theft M  22 March
W 14 July   Charles Evans Shury &Murder of David CharterisM 19 July
“John Castle         Murder of David CharterisM 19 July
“James Williams        Burglary M   2 August
1791 – 2 executions
W 2 MarchGiles Covington     Aiding murder of David CharterisM   7 March
John Kelly            Highway robbery M  21 March
1792 – 1 execution
W 7 MarchJoseph Tapp  Highway robbery       M  26 March
1793 – 1 execution
W 10 July   Robert Jenkinson      Horse theft     M  29 July
1794 – 1796 – No executions
1797 – 3 executions
W 2 August   John Marshall         Horse theft  M  21 August
“William Ure              Burglary            M  21 August
“Thomas Andrews          Horse theft   M  21 August
1798 – 1 execution
W 7 MarchJames Carpenter       Burglary M  26 March
1799 – No executions


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