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 date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 – 1737 – No executions | |||
| 1738 – 1 execution | |||
| W 1 March | William Clifford | Burglary | M 20 March |
| 1739 – 1 execution | |||
| W 7 March | John Martin | Highway robbery | M 26 March |
| 1740 & 1741 – No executions | |||
| 1742 – No confirmed executions but 3 possible where no reprieves have been traced | |||
| W 10 March | Francis Battin | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Elizabeth Cox | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| “ | William Harding | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| 1743 – 2 executions | |||
| W 2 March | John Gale | Highway robbery | F 25 March |
| “ | Milly Gray | Horse theft | F 25 March |
| 1744 & 1745 – No executions | |||
| 1746 – 2 executions | |||
| W 5 March | Rose Hurle | Murder of William Hurle (son) | Unknown |
| W 6 August | Robert Rowlwright | Murder of Rose Rowlwright Fuller | W 20 August |
| 1747 & 1748 – No executions | |||
| 1749 – 1 execution | |||
| W 12 July | Paul Wells jr | Forgery | F 1 September |
| 1750 – 2 executions | |||
| W 7 March | James Smith | Housebreaking | M 2 April |
| “ | John Walker | Highway robbery | M 2 April |
| 1751 – No executions | |||
| 1752 – 1 execution | |||
| S 29 February | Mary Blandy | Murder of her father, Francis | M 6 April |
| 1753 – 1 execution | |||
| W 7 March | William Grindy | At large | Unknown |
| 1754 – 3 executions | |||
| W 6 March | Richard Baylis & | Highway robbery | F 22 March |
| “ | Adam Brice | Highway robbery | F 22 March |
| “ | James Till (17) | Stole in dwelling house | F 26 April |
| 1755 – 3 executions | |||
| W 5 March | Richard Mansfield & | Highway robbery | F 21 March |
| “ | Richard Dancer | Highway robbery | F 21 March |
| “ | Robert Randell | Sheep theft | M 28 April |
| 1756 & 1757 – No executions | |||
| 1758 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 2 March | William 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 March | Mary Lamphrey | Murder of her daughter’s bastard | M 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 March | George 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 March | Robert Hitchcock | Murder of his father, Edward | M 9 March |
| 1779 – 1 execution | |||
| W 3 March | William Hide | Burglary | M 22 March |
| 1780 – 1 execution | |||
| W 26 July | Richard Wells | Horse theft | W 30 August |
| 1781 – 1783 – No executions | |||
| 1784 – 4 executions | |||
| W 3 March | Daniel 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 March | John Price | Highway robbery | M 7 March |
| 1786 – 4 executions | |||
| W 8 March | John 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 College | M 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 March | Charles Smith | Horse theft | M 24 March |
| 1789 – No executions | |||
| 1790 – 4 executions | |||
| W 3 March | Thomas Davis | Horse theft | M 22 March |
| W 14 July | Charles Evans Shury & | Murder of David Charteris | M 19 July |
| “ | John Castle | Murder of David Charteris | M 19 July |
| “ | James Williams | Burglary | M 2 August |
| 1791 – 2 executions | |||
| W 2 March | Giles Covington | Aiding murder of David Charteris | M 7 March |
| John Kelly | Highway robbery | M 21 March | |
| 1792 – 1 execution | |||
| W 7 March | Joseph 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 March | James Carpenter | Burglary | M 26 March |
| 1799 – No executions | |||
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