708 death sentences led to at least 159 executions, plus another 17 probable ones. Executions were normally carried out at Gallows Hill, Winchester. Occassionally, there was an Assize for the County of the Town of Southampton. 6 death sentences were passed here, of which 3 were carried out.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 – 2 executions | |||
| W 5 March | William Stormes | Horse theft | S 22 March |
| W 16 July | Edward Painter | Horse theft | c S 2 August |
| 1736 – 2 executions | |||
| W 3 March | William Cleverley | Murder of Jane Mansbridge | S 13 March |
| “ | William Smith | Horse theft | ??/ July |
| 1737 – 2 executions | |||
| W 2 March | Michael Morey | Murder of James Dew | S 19 March |
| Hanged in chains near the murder place on the Isle of Wight | |||
| Tu. 19 July | William Smith | Highway robbery | S 30 July |
| 1738 – 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 28 February | John Boyd | Highway robbery | S 18 March |
| “ | James Warwick | Horse theft | S 18 March |
| “ | Mary Groke (16) | P/T murder her mistress, Justin Turner | S 18 March |
| Burned at the stake | |||
| Tu. 11 July | Thomas Baker | Highway robbery | c S 29 July |
| “ | Daniel Hooker | Housebreaking | c S 29 July |
| 1739 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | Sarah Farmer | Murder of her female bastard | ??/ March |
| “ | John Edwards | Housebreaking | ??/ March |
| 1740 – No confirmed executions, but 2 probable | |||
| Tu. 4 March | John Brooks | Housebreaking | ? |
| “ | John Brown | Highway robbery | ? |
| 1741 – No confirmed executions, but 2 probable | |||
| Tu. 3 March | Thomas Warne | Forgery | ? |
| Tu. 7 July | Moses Jacob | Housebreaking | ? |
| 1742 – No executions | |||
| 1743 – 1 confirmed execution plus 5 probable where no reprieves have been found | |||
| Tu. 1 March | Domingo Goodheart | Murder of John Hollingshead | W 16 March |
| Hanged in chains near the spot where the murder was committed | |||
| Tu. 1 March | William May | Rape | Unknown |
| “ | George Ripper | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | Richard Loaten | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | William Moore | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| Tu. 12 July | Edward Seagrave | Murder of Mary Azeland | Unknown |
| 1744 – No confirmed executions, but 5 probable where no reprieve has been found | |||
| Tu. 28 February | John Slayden | Murder his wife, Mary | Unknown |
| “ | William Coney | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Robert Say | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Rd Hamilton | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Samuel George | At large | Unknown |
| 1745 – No executions | |||
| 1746 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 4 March | Stephen Potgeiter | Murder of Owen Sullivan | Tu. 15 April |
| 1747 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 24 March | Samuel Cox | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Charles Cox | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1748 – 1 probable execution | |||
| Tu. 26 July | William Blake | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1749 – 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 28 February | Robert Faircloth | Murder of Richard Dunn | S 18 March |
| Tu. 4 July | William Cop | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Joseph Rawlins | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Henry Borrow | Damaging fishpond | Unknown |
| 1750 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | Edward Coggin | Burglary | Th. 14 June |
| “ | William Kemp | Murder of William May | or S 16 June |
| 1751 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 5 March | John Kempsall | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1752 – 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 14 July | John Billington | Highway robbery | S 29 August |
| “ | John Russellwood | Highway robbery | S 29 August |
| “ | Walter Robbins | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | John Marsh | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1753 No executions | |||
| 1754 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 23 July | Thomas Fancy | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | Walter Piper | Murder of John Pinchbeck | M 29 July |
| 1755 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 4.March | Mary Russell | Murder of Philip Lander | M 10 March |
| 1756 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 9 March | Ambrose Batchelor | Sheep theft | S 3 April |
| Tu. 27 July | Richard Mason | Murder of William Mason | M 13 September |
| 1757 – 2 executions | |||
| M 18 July | Alexander Cartwright | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Mary Williams | Stole in dwelling house | Unknown |
| 1758 – 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 28 February | Jacob Rogers | Highway robbery | c S 20 March |
| “ | Thomas Lee | Highway robbery | c S 20 March |
| Tu. 11 July | Richard Roper | Housebreaking | c S 29 July |
| “ | Nicholas Bulger | Housebreaking | c S 29 July |
| 1759 – 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 13 March | James Gray | Horse theft | S 31 March |
| “ | Hannah Thomas | Housebreaking | S 31 March |
| “ | Terence Sweeny | Highway robbery | S 31 March |
| “ | James Curry | Highway robbery | S 31 March |
| “ | Henry Pickernell | Stole in dwelling house | S 31 March |
| “ | Richard Adams | Murder of John Ennis | M 19 March |
| “ | Robert Sign | Sheep theft | S 31 March |
| Tu. 24 July | John Lovelock | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| 1760 – 1 execution | |||
| S 19 July | John Marchant | Murder of his wife, Elizabeth | M 21 July |
| Southampton Town execution | |||
| 1761 – 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 3 March | Joseph Saunders | Murder of his nephew, Moses | W 18 March |
| “ | Michael M’Cormick | Highway robbery | M 23 March |
| “ | Thomas Stone | Highway robbery | M 23 March |
| “ | James Watson | Highway robbery | M 23 March |
| M 29 June | James Daniel | Housebreaking | S 11 July |
| “ | George Masters | Horse theft | S 11 July |
| “ | Joseph Gillam | Housebreaking | S 11 July |
| “ | Francis Arsine | Murder of Peter Varley | S 4 July |
| Hanged in chains at Blockhouse Point | |||
| 1762 – 3 executions plus 1 unconfirmed – French respited until Feb. 1763 | |||
| Tu. 20 July | David Burke | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Edward Caffrey | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Patrick King | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | John French | Murder | Unknown |
| 1763 – 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 1 March | Daniel Shean | Highway robbery | Spring 1763 |
| Tu. 12 July | Francis Kenny | Highway robbery | Spring 1763 |
| “ | Thomas Callahan | Highway robbery | Summer 1763 |
| “ | Francis M’Ardell | Highway robbery | Summer 1763 |
| “ | John Hurdle | Murder of his wife, Martha | M 18 July |
| 1764 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | James Mooney | Highway robbery | S 24 March |
| “ | Roger Tuttle | Burglary | S 24 March |
| 1765 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 16 July | John Hellier | Highway robbery | S 10 August |
| 1766 – 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 4 March | Thomas Arlot | Horse theft | S 29 March |
| “ | George Day | Horse theft | S 29 March |
| “ | Charles Connor | Highway robbery | S 29 March |
| “ | John Pendergross | Highway robbery | S 29 March |
| F 11 July S’ton | Daniel Moreto | Forgery | M 9 August |
| Southampton Town execution | |||
| 1767 – No executions | |||
| 1768 – 1 execution | |||
| S 16 July | James Williams | Murder of Samuel Lewis | Th. 28 July |
| Hanged at Southsea Beach, Portsmouth, afterwards in chains on same gallows | |||
| 1769 – No executions | |||
| 1770 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 27 March | James Cosgrove | Highway robbery | W 18 April |
| 1771 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 5 March | John Drake | Murder of William Blackmore | M 11 March |
| 1772 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 3 March | Martin Stanley | Highway robbery | W 25 March |
| 1773 – 1 execution | |||
| M 1 March | Robert Arlett | Highway robbery | S 20 March |
| 1774 – No executions | |||
| 1775 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 14 March | James Fitzgerald | Burglary | S 1 April |
| “ | Joseph Bayles | Burglary | S 1 April |
| 1776 – 1 execution | |||
| Tu. 5 March | Richard Whatley | Sodomy | S 23 March |
| 1777 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 4 March | James Hill | Arson in dockyard | M 10 March |
| Hanged at Portsmouth Dock, afterwards in chains at Blackhouse Point | |||
| “ | Richard Carter | Arson | S 22 March |
| 1778 – 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 3 March | John Desmont & | Murder of Thomas Holland | M 9 March |
| “ | Joseph Maseley | Murder of Thomas Holland | M 9 March |
| Hanged in the parish of Exton near murder site | |||
| Maseley hanged in chains there, Desmont anatomised | |||
| Tu. 28 July | Thomas Boulter | Highway robbery | W 19 August |
| “ | James Caldwell | Highway robbery | W 19 August |
| 1779 – No executions | |||
| 1780 – 5 executions | |||
| Tu. 29 February | Thomas Mason | Shot at | S 18 March |
| “ | Jacob Levi | Burglary | S 18 March |
| “ | Samuel Myers | Burglary | S 18 March |
| “ | Francis Elliott | Housebreaking | S 18 March |
| “ | Thomas Williams | Housebreaking | S 18 March |
| 1781 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | Edward Paul | Highway Robbery | S 24 March |
| Tu. 24 July | John Bryan | Murder of William Wisdom | M 30 July |
| “ | Hanged in chains at Blockhouse Point, near the gibbet of John the Painter | ||
| 1782 – 1 execution. | Tried by Special Commission | ||
| David Tyrie | High Treason | S 24 August | |
| Hanged drawn & quartered at Portsmouth | |||
| 1783 – 10 executions | |||
| M 3 March | Thomas Godfrey | Murder of John Barrett | M 10 March |
| “ | John Taylor | Murder of James Stores | M 10 March |
| “ | John Tafferson | Highway robbery | S 22 March |
| “ | Theophilus Crimsey | Highway robbery | S 22 March |
| “ | James Denison | Highway robbery | S 22 March |
| Tu. 29 July | John Marshall | Murder wife, Mary | M 4 August |
| “ | James Murray | Highway robbery | S 16 August |
| “ | John Cormolly | Highway robbery | S 16 August |
| “ | John Champ | Horse theft | S 16 August |
| “ | John Jenkins | Burglary | S 16 August |
| 1784 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 2 March | John Quin & | Murder of Cornelius Bailey | M 8 March |
| “ | Mary Bailey | P/T murder husband, Cornelius | M 8 March |
| Burned at the stake | |||
| 1785 – 11 executions | |||
| Tu. 1 March | John Muddle | Burglary | S 19 March |
| “ | Nathaniel Wilmer | Highway robbery | S 19 March |
| “ | Richard Adams | Highway robbery | S 19 March |
| “ | Robert Stratton | Burglary | S 19 March |
| “ | William Perry | Burglary | S 19 March |
| “ | Robert Carpenter | Forgery | S 2 April |
| Tu. 5 July | Samuel Keefe | Highway robbery | S 23 July |
| “ | Bryan M’Donald | Highway robbery | S 23 July |
| “ | Moses Powell | Burglary | S 23 July |
| “ | Charles Dillon | Highway robbery | S 23 July |
| S’ton S 9 July | William Shawyer | Burglary | W 27 July |
| Southampton town execution | |||
| 1786 – 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 7 March | Richard Forder | Sheep theft | S 25 March |
| Tu. 25 July | John Hastings | Murder of James (or Robert) Warnock | M 31 July |
| Hanged in chains at Hardway, near Gosport | |||
| “ | Robert Brown | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| “ | William Earls | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| 1787 – No executions | |||
| 1788 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 4 March | Charles Sainsbury | Housebreaking | S 22 March |
| “ | William White | Horse theft | S 22 March |
| 1789 – 3 executions | |||
| Th. 5 March | John Bridger | Cutting & maiming horse | S 21 March |
| “ | William Dungan | Housebreaking | S 21 March |
| Tu. 21 July | William Earl | Rape of Sarah Spicer | Th. 6 August ?? |
| 1790 – 2 executions, plus 1 unconfirmed (Forder) | |||
| W 14 July | Luke Stanley | Horse theft | S 31 July |
| “ | John Patrick | Horse theft | S 31 July |
| “ | John Forder | Sheep theft | Tu. 10 August ?? |
| 1791 – 2 executions | |||
| W 2 March | William Weeks | Stole in dwelling house | F 1 April |
| “ | Samuel Leath | Forgery | S 19 March |
| 1792 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 6 March | John Shaw | Forgery | S 24 March |
| “ | John Charles | Murder wife, Mary | S 10 March |
| 1793 – No executions | |||
| 1794 – 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 4 March | George Bentham | Murder of William Barnes | M 10 March |
| “ | Edward Powell | Murder of William Barnes | M 10 March |
| “ | Charles Talmage | Burglary | S 22 March |
| “ | Thomas Noble | Extortion | S 29 March |
| Tu. 29 July | Francis Jennison | Murder of John Groundwater | M 4 August |
| “ | William Butterworth | Murder of John Groundwater | M 4 August |
| Both hanged at Portsea | |||
| “ | Patrick Quin | Burglary | S 16 August |
| “ | Patrick Coine | Burglary | S 16 August |
| Both hanged near Northwood, Isle of Wight, afterwards in chains there | |||
| 1795 – No executions | |||
| 1796 – 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 1 March | William McCarter | Murder of John Smith | M 7 March |
| “ | Summo | Murder of Meramo (fellow P.o.W.) | M 7 March |
| “ | Raban | “ | M 7 March |
| “ | Ravon | “ | M 7 March |
| “ | Sarax | “ | M 7 March |
| “ | John Price | Highway robbery | S 19 March |
| “ | William Dight | Highway robbery | S 19 March |
| W 6 July | Valerie Coffre | Murder of Nicholas Chartier | M 11 July |
| Hanged at Porchester Castle | |||
| 1797 – 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 7 March | Gaspard Keep | Rape of Elizabeth Lock | S 25 March |
| “ | Nicholas Wagner | Rape of Elizabeth Lock | S 25 March |
| “ | William Smith | Housebreaking | S 25 March |
| Tu. 25 July | George Barnes | Horse theft | S 12 August |
| “ | John Murphy | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| “ | Richard Knowles | Stole in dwelling house | S 12 August |
| “ | Edward Farrell | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| “ | Edward Roach | Highway robbery | S 12 August |
| 1798 – 3 executions | |||
| W 18 July | George Prince | Murder of Mary Moody | M 23 July |
| Hanged in chains at Bramshaw | |||
| “ | John Hughes | At large | S 4 August |
| “ | Joseph Carter | Housebreaking | S 4 August |
| 1799 – 3 executions | |||
| Tu. 5 March | James Pullen | Uttering | S 23 March |
| “ | John Matson | Forgery | S 23 March |
| “ | William Baker | Burglary | S 23 March |
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