377 death sentences led to 116 executions, plus 1 possible one. Executions took plase at Rushmere near Ipswich unless otherwise specified.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 – 4 executions | |||
| M 17 March | Robert Lambert | Housebreaking | W 9 April |
| Hanged at Melton | |||
| “ | Robert Bird | Horse theft | S 12 April |
| Th. 24 July | John Bigg | Murder of William Cam | F 8 August |
| “ | John Wilson | Murder of William Cam | F 8 August |
| Both hanged at Hadleigh | |||
| 1736 – 4 executions | |||
| M 22 March | Robert Brett | Murder of his wife, Ann | W 7 April |
| Hanged at Melton | |||
| “ | George Chandler | Horse theft | S 10 April |
| F 20 August | John Hayward | Burglary | S 18 September |
| Philip Ward | Burglary | S 18 September | |
| 1737 – 5 executions | |||
| M 14 March | John Bicker | Burglary | W 30 March |
| “ | John Wallage | Burglary | W 30 March |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds or Melton | |||
| “ | John Kitchen | Burglary | S 2 April |
| “ | Barrell Kitchen | Burglary | S 2 April |
| Th. 4 August | Roger Bicker | Burglary | Unknown |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| 1738 – 2 executions | |||
| M 20 March | William Tink | Highway robbery | S 8 April |
| “ | Jeoffrey Leakey | Highway robbery | S 8 April |
| 1739 – 2 executions | |||
| M 26 March | Richard Gathercole | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| “ | Isaac Lakes | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| 1740 – 1 execution | |||
| M 24 March | Charles Drew | Murder of his father | W 9 April |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| 1741 – 7 executions | |||
| W 18 March | John Knight | Housebreaking | W 1 April |
| “ | William Bell | Horse theft | W 1 April |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| “ | John Garnham | Housebreaking | S 4 April |
| “ | James Garnham | Housebreaking | S 4 April |
| “ | John Ablett | Housebreaking | S 4 April |
| Th. 16 July | Richard Baker | Burglary | W 29 July |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| “ | Henry Crack | Burglary | S 1 August |
| 1742 – 4 executions | |||
| M 22 March | William Townshend | Horse theft | W 7 April |
| “ | John Flower | Highway robbery | W 7 April |
| “ | Robert Reeve | At large | W 7 April |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| “ | Thomas Cheaney | Burglary | W 10 April |
| 1743 – No confirmed executions | |||
| W 16 March | William Goodward | Stole in dwelling house | Possibly hanged |
| 1744 – 1747 – No executions | |||
| 1748 – 1 execution | |||
| M 14 March | Stephen Pettitt | Murder of Joseph Keys | S 2 April |
| 1748 – 1 execution | |||
| W 22 March | John Gaiser | Sheep theft | S 8 April |
| 1750 – 2 executions | |||
| M 19 March | Thomas Martin | Highway robbery | W 4 April |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| Th. 16 August | Toby Gill | Murder of Ann Blackmore | F 14 September |
| Hanged at Blythburgh, afterwards in chains there. | |||
| 1751 – 5 executions | |||
| M 18 March | James Dunn | Burglary | S 6 April |
| W 24 July | Robert Clarke | Housebreaking | W 7 August |
| “ | Thomas Brock, | Housebreaking | W 7 August |
| “ | John Cunningham & | Housebreaking | W 7 August |
| “ | Francis Mahew | Housebreaking | W 7 August |
| 1752 – 3 executions | |||
| Tu. 17 March | Thomas Figgott | Murder of John Mills | Th. 9 April |
| “ | John Ward | Horse theft | Th. 9 April |
| Th. 23 July | Thomas Otley | Murder of his wife | M 27 July |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds and afterwards in chains on Black Close Hill | |||
| 1753 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 9 August | John Woods | Highway robbery | S 1 September |
| “ | John Watling | Housebreaking | S 1 September |
| 1754 – 3 executions | |||
| W 17 March | William Webber | Burglary | Unknown |
| Th. 8 August | Thomas Land | Highway robbery | W 4 September |
| “ | William Scott | Forgery | W 4 September |
| 1755 – No executions | |||
| 1756 – 1 execution | |||
| M 22 March | Thomas Herring | Horse theft | S 10 April |
| 1757 – No executions | |||
| 1758 – 1 execution | |||
| M 20 March | John Slayler | Highway robbery | S 8 April |
| 1759 – 2 executions | |||
| M 19 March | Henry Hall | Highway robbery | S 7 April |
| “ | Edward Mortersau | Highway robbery | S 7 April |
| 1760 – 1 execution | |||
| M 17 March | Thomas Kersey | Highway robbery | S 12 April |
| 1761 – 1 execution | |||
| M 16 March | Edward Johnson | Murder of Edward Stanley | M 23 March |
| Hanged at Sudbury, afterwards in chains there | |||
| 1762 – No executions | |||
| 1763 – 2 executions | |||
| M 21 March | Margaret Beddingfield | Murder of her husband John | F 8 April |
| Burned at the stake | |||
| “ | Richard Ringe | Aiding above | F 8 April |
| 1764 & 1765 – No executions | |||
| 1766 – 3 executions | |||
| M 18 March | Elizabeth Burroughs | Murder of Mary Booty | F 4 April |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| “ | John Brock | Housebreaking | Th. 10 April |
| “ | John Francis | Housebreaking | Th. 10 April |
| 1767 – No executions | |||
| 1768 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 21 July | Martha Green | Stole in dwelling house | S 13 August |
| 1769 – 4 executions | |||
| W 15 March | Isaac Skinner | At large | W 12 April |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| “ | John Hainsworth | Housebreaking | S 22 April |
| “ | William Wilson | Housebreaking | S 22 April |
| Th. 13 July | Jonathan Vincent | Murder of Mary Canham | Th. 20 July |
| 1770 – No executions | |||
| 1771 – 4 executions | |||
| Tu. 19 March | John Beaumont | Housebreaking | S 13 April |
| “ | Ann Catchpole | Arson | S 13 April |
| Th. 25 July | Susan Dulwich | Murder of her bastard | W 31 July |
| “ | Samuel Place | Burglary | W 7 August |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| 1772 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 13 August | David Pigney | Forgery | S 12 September |
| 1773 – No executions | |||
| 1774 – 1 execution | |||
| M 21 March | Humphrey Scott | Housebreaking | W 20 April |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| 1775 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 10 August | George Smith | Murder of his wife | S 19 August |
| 1776 – No executions | |||
| 1777 – 1 execution | |||
| M 17 March | Edmund Eastoe | Murder of Joseph Harpur | S 22 March |
| 1778 – No executions | |||
| 1779 – 2 executions | |||
| S 13 March | William Long | Burglary | S 10 April |
| “ | Robert Hoy | Burglary | S 10 April |
| 1780 – 1 execution | |||
| M 20 March | Jonathan Sawyer | Burglary | Ex S 8 April |
| 1781 & 1782 – No executions | |||
| 1783 – 5 executions, all at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| Tu. 18 March | James May | Murder of Mrs Phipps | M 24 March |
| “ | Jeremiah Theobald | Murder of Mrs Phipps | M 24 March |
| Hanged in chains at Eriswell | |||
| “ | James Steggles | Shot at | W 2 April |
| “ | Samuel Roberts | Highway robbery | W 2 April |
| “ | Samuel Oxer | Burglary | W 2 April |
| 1784 – 3 executions | |||
| Tu. 23 March | William Simpson | Burglary | S 10 April |
| “ | Joseph Lambert | Burglary | S 10 April |
| S 31 July | Joseph Banks | Burglary | W 18 August |
| Banks hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| 1785 – 8 executions | |||
| Tu. 22 March | John Wilkinson & | Murder of daughter Martha | M 28 March |
| “ | Elizabeth Wilkinson | Murder of daughter Martha | M 28 March |
| “ | Abraham Stow | Housebreaking | W 6 April |
| Stow hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| “ | John Cone | Burglary | S 9 April |
| “ | Jonathan Latter | Burglary | S 9 April |
| Th. 14 July | Thomas Carty | Highway robbery | S 30 July |
| “ | Thomas Clark | Highway robbery | S 30 July |
| “ | John Dean | Highway robbery | S 30 July |
| 1786 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 21 March | John Williams | Burglary | S 15 April |
| “ | William Last | Sheep theft | S 15 April |
| 1787 – 6 executions | |||
| W 28 March | William Gowan | Arson | S 21 April |
| “ | Isaac Bromfield | Highway robbery | S 21 April |
| “ | Thomas Hutchinson | Highway robbery | S 21 April |
| Th. 26 July | John Mayes, | Burglary | S 11 August |
| “ | George Chamberlain & | Burglary | S 11 August |
| “ | John Barnes | Burglary | S 11 August |
| 1788 – No executions | |||
| 1789 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 30 July | John Dowsing | Murder of his wife, Susan | W 5 August |
| 1790 – 6 executions | |||
| W 17 March | John Southwell | Sodomy | S 3 April |
| “ | John Smith | Sodomy | S 3 April |
| “ | Francis Mills | Housebreaking | S 3 April |
| “ | John Barton | Housebreaking | W 7 April |
| “ | Thomas Brown | Housebreaking | W 7 April |
| “ | William Ranson | Burglary | W 28 April |
| Barton, Brown & Ranson hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| 1791 – No executions | |||
| 1792 – 1 execution | |||
| W 21 March | Roger Benstead | Murder of Thomas Briggs | M 26 March |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds, afterwards in chains on Undly Common near Lakenheath | |||
| 1793 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 18 July | Henry Haylock | Sheep theft | W 7 August |
| Hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| 1794 – 4 confirmed executions all at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| W 19 March | John Nichols | Murder daughter, Sarah | W 26 March |
| Hanged in chains at Honington | |||
| “ | Nathaniel Nicholls | Aiding above murder | W 26 March |
| Th. 7 August | Benjamin Brett | Murder of Thomas Baker | M 11 August |
| “ | Thomas Osborne | Housebreaking | W 27 August |
| 1795 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 23 July | Charles Blyth | Horse theft | S 15 August |
| James Dosser | Burglary | S 15 August | |
| 1796 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 14 July | James Copsey | Highway robbery | W 10 August |
| Daniel Burrows | Highway robbery | W 10 August | |
| Both hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| 1797 – 2 executions | |||
| W 22 March | William Spurgin | Horse theft | S 15 April |
| W 9 August | William Powell | Sodomy | W 30 August |
| Powell hanged at Bury St. Edmonds | |||
| 1798 & 1799 – No executions | |||
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