443 death sentences led to 100 confirmed executions plus 13 probable ones.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 – 1 execution | |||
| M 28 July | John Wayne | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1736 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 25 March | Samuel Davis | Murder of Mary Ellis | Unknown |
| M 16 August | Samuel Trickett | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1737 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 17 March | William Richards | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1738 – 5 executions | |||
| Th. 16 March | Michael Laky & | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Carbery Egan | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Edward Jones | Horse theft | Unknown |
| M 24 July | Rees Price | at large | Unknown |
| “ | William Asleby | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1739 – 2 executions | |||
| M 19 March | John Ryley | Privately stealing | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Richards | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1740 – 1 probable execution | |||
| M 17 March | Thomas Lawrence | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1741 – No executions | |||
| 1742 – No confirmed executions, but 8 probable ones. No reprieves traced | |||
| Th. 25 March | James Duffin | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Edwards | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Aaron Sankey | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Smallman | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| “ | Richard Jones | Privately stealing | Unknown |
| M 16 July | Edward Broome | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Shelley | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | Nicholas Lamb | Rape | Unknown |
| 1743 – No confirmed executions, but 4 probable ones | |||
| F 18 March | Richard Reynolds | Murder | Unknown |
| “ | Ralph Bostock | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | William Forster | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| S 30 July | Edward Wollaston | Murder of Richard Cadman | Unknown |
| Ordered to be hanged in chains after execution | |||
| 1744 – No executions | |||
| 1745 – 1 execution | |||
| F 22 March | David Daves | Horse theft | F 12 April |
| 1746 & 1747 – No executions | |||
| 1748 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 17 March | Joseph Whyley | Murder of Martha Shanston | S 2 April |
| 1749 – 1 execution | |||
| M 24 July | John Jones | Housebreaking | Th. 11 August |
| 1750 – No executions | |||
| 1751 – 1 execution | |||
| M 18 March | Thomas Davis | Highway robbery | S 6 April |
| 1752 & 1753 – No executions | |||
| 1754 – 2 executions | |||
| M 18 March | Richard Bassett | Highway robbery | S 6 April |
| “ | Thomas Williams | Highway robbery | S 6 April |
| 1755 – No executions | |||
| 1756 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 17 August | John Reece | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| “ | Edward Edwards | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1757 – 6 executions | |||
| S 5 March | Samuel Fletcher & | Housebreaking | S 26 March |
| “ | Samuel Capper | Housebreaking | S 26 March |
| “ | Roger Llewellyn & | Highway robbery | S 26 March |
| “ | Samuel Llewellyn | Highway robbery | S 26 March |
| “ | William Hayward | Stole in dwelling house | W 6 April |
| Daniel Thrustlecock | Housebreaking | W 6 April | |
| 1758 – No executions | |||
| 1759 – 3 executions | |||
| M 6 August | Joseph Darby jr | Murder of John Walker | S 11 August |
| “ | Thomas Darby | Murder of John Walker | S 11 August |
| “ | Joseph Darby sr | Aiding above murder | S 11 August |
| Joseph Darby jr & Thomas Darby gibbeted at Halesowen after execution | |||
| 1760 – 1 execution | |||
| M 17 March | Thomas Kerby | Murder of Samuel Bolton | M 24 March |
| 1761 – 1763 – No executions | |||
| 1764 – 3 executions | |||
| S 24 March | Thomas Newcombe | Burglary | S 21 April |
| “ | Russell Danilly | Burglary | S 21 April |
| “ | Richard Howells | Housebreaking | S 21 April |
| 1765 – No executions | |||
| 1766 – 1 execution | |||
| M 21 July | William Love | Rape of Eleanor Yardley | S 2 August |
| 1767 – 1 execution, at Bridgnorth. | |||
| S 4 April | John Scott | Housebreaking | Tu. 21 April |
| Hanged in chains there afterwards. | |||
| 1768 – 1 execution | |||
| W 3 August | John Davis | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| 1769 – 2 executions | |||
| S 25 March | Luke Folly | Murder of his wife, Ann | W 29 March |
| Richard Roberts | Highway robbery | S 1 April | |
| 1770 – 3 executions | |||
| W 22 August | William Warph | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | John Jones | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Williams | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1771 – 1 execution | |||
| S 27 July | Elizabeth Williams | Murder of her male bastard | S 3 August |
| 1772 – No executions | |||
| 1773 – 1 execution | |||
| F 13 August | Edward Rogers | Highway robbery | S 28 August |
| 1774 – 3 executions | |||
| M 14 March | John Davies | Sacrilege | S 2 April |
| “ | Samuel Wheatley | Burglary | S 2 April |
| Tu. 26 July | John Parry | Stole off wreck | S 1 April 1775 |
| 1775 – 1 execution | |||
| M 20 March | Joseph Skidmore | Murder of Ann Chandler | S 25 March |
| 1776 – 2 executions | |||
| M 18 March | Thomas Yorke | Horse theft | S 30 March |
| “ | John Pool | Forgery | S 30 March |
| 1777 – 1 execution | |||
| S 22 March | Jeffrey Williams | Horse theft | S 12 April |
| 1778 – 1 execution | |||
| S 21 March | Richard Grindly jr | Burglary | S 4 April |
| 1779 – 2 executions | |||
| S 20 March | Thomas Corfield | Murder of Jospeh Cooper | F 26 March |
| “ | Absolam Pool | Housebreaking | S 3 April |
| 1780 – 1 execution | |||
| S 12 August | William Creswell | Murder of Sarah Boyden | Th. 17 August |
| 1781 – 1 execution | |||
| W 21 March | John Barrington | Highway robbery | S 7 April |
| 1782 – 1 execution | |||
| W 24 July | Sarah Turner | Murder of Mary Davies | M 29 July |
| 1783 – 1 execution | |||
| S 15 March | Thomas Challenor | Housebreaking | S 29 March |
| 1784 – 4 executions | |||
| S 13 March | Vicaria Owen | Stole in shop | S 27 March |
| “ | William Davies | Horse theft | S 27 March |
| “ | Thomas Hale | Horse theft | S 27 March |
| W 4 August | William Green | Sheep theft | S 11 September |
| 1785 – 7 executions | |||
| S 12 March | William Williams | Housebreaking | S 26 March |
| “ | Edward Edwards | Burglary | S 26 March |
| “ | Ann Hancock | Murder of her male bastard | F 18 March |
| “ | John Green | Murder of his wife, Elizabeth | F 18 March |
| “ | Sarah Davis | Housebreaking | S 26 March |
| S 23 July | Thomas Young | Sheep theft | S 6 August |
| “ | Henry Linall | Sheep theft | S 6 August |
| 1786 – No executions | |||
| 1787 – 5 executions | |||
| S 17 March | James Turner | Burglary | S 31 March |
| “ | Richard Hall | Highway robbery | S 31 March |
| S 4 August | John Phthean | Murder | Th. 9 August |
| “ | Henry Morris | Housebreaking | S 18 August |
| “ | David Elias | Horse theft | S 18 August |
| 1788 – 3 executions | |||
| S 15 March | Richard Boyden | Burglary | S 29 March |
| “ | Charles Higley | Horse theft | S 29 March |
| S 26 July | William Bullock | Housebreaking | S 9 August |
| 1789 – 5 executions | |||
| S 8 August | William Jones & | Highway robbery | S 22 August |
| “ | John Jones | Highway robbery | S 22 August |
| “ | Richard Price | Rape of Susannah Tonge | S 22 August |
| “ | Thomas Phipps sr & | Forgery | S 5 September |
| “ | Thomas Phipps jr | Forgery | S 5 September |
| 1790 – 3 executions | |||
| S 13 March | William Brompton | Housebreaking | S 27 March |
| “ | George Wall | Housebreaking | S 27 March |
| “ | Samuel Griffiths | Burglary | S 27 March |
| 1791 – 5 executions | |||
| S 12 March | John Edmonds | Highway robbery | S 26 March |
| “ | John Furber | Burglary | S 26 March |
| S 20 August | William Gough | Murder of Ann Brown | Th. 25 August |
| “ | Thomas Lane | Burglary | S 3 September |
| “ | Walter Lane | Sacrilege | S 3 September |
| 1792 – 2 executions | |||
| S 17 March | Sarah Shenston (18) | Murder of her male bastard | Th. 22 March |
| M 4 August | Thomas Taylor | Burglary | S 18 August |
| 1793 – 5 executions | |||
| S 27 July | John Woodcock | Abetting murder | Th. 1 August |
| “ | William Richards | Burglary | S 10 August |
| “ | John Mumford | Burglary | S 10 August |
| “ | Richard Sinister | Burglary | S 10 August |
| “ | Dan Sheldon | Burglary | S 10 August |
| 1794 – No executions | |||
| 1795 – 1 execution. First outside County Gaol in Shrewsbury | |||
| S 1 August | John Smith | Stole in shop | S 15 August |
| 1796 – 2 executions | |||
| S 12 March | Edward Quilt | Stole in dwelling house | S 26 March |
| “ | John Hill | At large | S 26 March |
| 1797 – 1 execution | |||
| S 25 March | Thomas Micklewright | Cattle theft | S 8 April |
| 1798 – 1 execution | |||
| S 24 March | Adam Humphreys | Arson | S 7 April |
| 1799 – No executions | |||
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