468 death sentences were passed which led to 147 confirmed executions. There were another 7 probable ones, where no reprieves have been traced. Executions were carried out at Fisherton Anger up to 1796 and thereafter at Fisherton Anger Gaol from 1798.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 – 2 executions | |||
| S 8 March | John Horton | Horse theft | Tu. 25 March |
| S 19 July | Stephen Francis | Highway robbery | Tu. 12/19 August |
| 1736 – 1 execution | |||
| S 31 July | Richard Early | Horse theft | Tu 17 August |
| 1737 – 1 execution | |||
| S 5 March | Edward Pillen | Murder of his wife, Elizabeth | S 26 March |
| 1738 – 2 executions | |||
| S 4 March | John Edwards | Housebreaking | S 25 March |
| “ | Henry Buller | Stole in dwelling house | S 25 March |
| 1739 – 6 executions | |||
| S 10 March | John Andrews | Housebreaking | M 2 April |
| “ | John Crabb, | Riot | M 2 April |
| “ | Richard Rowel & | Riot | M 2 April |
| “ | John Braser | Riot | M 2 April |
| S 4 August | William Brown | Highway robbery | Tu.21 August |
| “ | William Swain | Highway robbery | Tu.21 August |
| 1740 – 4 executions | |||
| S 8 March | Henry Wheeler | Murder of William Harecourt | S 29 March |
| Hanged in chains near the murder spot | |||
| S 19 July | Henry Hawkins | Horse theft | Tu. 5 August |
| “ | Jeremiah Brewer | Housebreaking | Tu. 5 August |
| “ | Samuel Gilcomb (Tidcomb) | Housebreaking | Tu. 5 August |
| 1741 – 5 executions plus 2 probable as no reprieves traced | |||
| S 7 March | Abraham Appleton | Housebreaking | W 25/3 or 1/4 |
| “ | John Bartlett | Housebreaking | W 25/3 or 1/4 |
| “ | Daniel Bartlett | Housebreaking | W 25/3 or 1/4 |
| “ | Jeremiah Holloway | Housebreaking | W 25/3 or 1/4 |
| “ | Alexander Dore | Horse theft | W 25/3 or 1/4 |
| S 11 July | James Hart | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Harbolt | Stealing in a dwelling house | Unknown |
| 1742 – 3 probable executions – no reprieves traced. | |||
| Lent | Dennis Gore | Shot at | Unknown |
| “ | Philip Bromfield | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| “ | Robert Sandy | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1743 – 1 probable execution – no reprieve traced. | |||
| Summer | Charles Taylor | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1744 – No executions | |||
| 1745 – 1 execution | |||
| Lent | John Creed | Murder of James Boulton | Unknown |
| 1746 – 3 executions | |||
| S 8 March | Alexander Harper & | Murder of Zachariah Bayly | W 26 March |
| “ | Thomas Hatward | Murder of Zachariah Bayly | W 26 March |
| “ | Joseph Gale | Highway robbery | W 26 March |
| 1747 – 3 executions | |||
| S 28 March | Elizabeth Tarrant | Arson | Tu. 14 April |
| “ | Henry Timbury | Highway robbery | Tu. 14 April |
| “ | Hugh Murray | Highway robbery | Tu. 14 April |
| 1748 – 4 executions | |||
| S 5 March | Abraham Durrill | Murder of Ann Wilson | W 30 March |
| Hanged at Great Bedwin, afterwards in chains there | |||
| “ | William Cole | Highway robbery | Tu. 29 March |
| “ | William Stevens | Sheep theft | Tu. 29 March |
| “ | Peter Lloyd | Robbery in dwelling house | Tu. 29 March |
| 1749 – 4 executions | |||
| S 4 March | Edward Williams | Forgery | Unknown |
| S 8 July | Robert Kilbarry | Murder | Tu. 25 July |
| “ | Thomas Jones | H/T coining | Tu. 25 July |
| “ | John Carter | H/T coining | Tu. 25 July |
| 1750 – No executions | |||
| 1751 – 3 executions | |||
| S 9 March | Edward Eatall | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | Benjamin Brown | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| M 22 July | James Bryan | Stole in shop | Tu. 6 August |
| 1752 – 2 executions | |||
| S 7 March | James Rosier | Murder of Edmund Woodhouse | S 28 March |
| S 18 July | John Fidler (Smith) | Horse theft | Tu. 4 August |
| 1753 – 4 executions | |||
| M 19 March | James Harvey | Highway robbery | Tu. 1 May |
| “ | Edward Reeds | Rape of Hannah Bull (under 10) | Tu. 1 May |
| “ | Joseph Norris & | Arson | Tu. 1 May |
| “ | John Wallis | Arson | Tu. 1 May |
| 1754 – 3 executions | |||
| S 9 March | Joseph Parsons | Cattle theft | Tu. 26 March |
| “ | Thomas Brown | Sheep theft | Tu. 26 March |
| “ | James Symes | Arson | Tu. 26 March |
| 1755 – 5 executions | |||
| S 8 March | John Best & | Highway robbery | Tu. 25 March |
| “ | Thomas Cooper | Highway robbery | Tu. 25 March |
| “ | Thomas Howell | Highway robbery | Tu. 25 March |
| S 19 July | Richard Ashman | Housebreaking | Tu. 5 August |
| “ | Daniel Cornish | Horse theft | Tu. 21 August |
| 1756 – 4 executions | |||
| S 13 March | George Coleman | Horse theft | S 3 April |
| “ | William Pinker | Horse theft | S 3 April |
| “ | John Smith | Housebreaking | S 3 April |
| S 31 July | James Arundell | H/T possess coining implements | Tu. 17 August |
| 1757 – 7 executions | |||
| S 5 March | John Philips & | Highway robbery | Tu. 22 March |
| “ | Bernardo Cerda | Highway robbery | Tu. 22 March |
| “ | Daniel Scrivenbrow | Housebreaking | Tu. 22 March |
| F 22 July | Elizabeth Newman | Murder of her female bastard | Th. 28 July |
| “ | Thomas Saunders | Housebreaking | Tu. 9 August |
| “ | William Simmonds | Housebreaking | Tu. 9 August |
| “ | William Dozel | Horse theft | Tu. 9 August |
| 1758 – 3 executions | |||
| S 4 March | John Ely | At large | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Cleary | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| S 15 July | Ann Jordan | Murder of her female bastard | F 21 July |
| 1759 – 2 executions | |||
| S 17 March | John Wilde | Stole in dwelling house | S 7 April |
| “ | William Rose | Highway robbery | S 7 April |
| 1760 – 1 execution | |||
| S 8 March | Henry Rawlins | Arson | S 29 March |
| 1761 – 2 executions | |||
| F 3 July | Mary Jefferies | Murder of her bastard | W 8 July |
| Rene l’Oiseau | Highway robbery | Unknown | |
| 1762 – No executions | |||
| 1763 – 2 executions | |||
| S 16 July | John King Beard | Forgery | Tu. 2 August |
| “ | Peter Woolford | Horse theft | Tu. 2 August |
| 1764 – 1 execution | |||
| S 4 August | William Jacques | Murder of George Harford | Tu. 14 August |
| Hanged in chains in Stanton Field near murder spot | |||
| 1765 – No executions | |||
| 1766 – 4 executions, plus 1 probable | |||
| S 8 March | Robert Schiffel & | Murder of Ann Noyes | F 14 March |
| “ | Susan Schiffel | Murder of Ann Noyes | Tu. 29 July |
| “ | John Chivers | Horse theft | M 4 April |
| S 12 July | Richard Hazeland | Housebreaking | Tu. 29 July |
| S 6 December | James Kittlety | Riot: stole in dwelling house | Unknown |
| 1767 – 2 executions | |||
| S 14 March | William Jordan | Burglary | S 4 April |
| S 1 August | Ann Strawbridge | Murder of her female bastard | F 7 August |
| 1768 – 2 executions | |||
| S 5 March | John Curtis | Murder of Wolf Meyers | M 14 March |
| Hanged in chains at Lower Burn Beck in the parish of Britford | |||
| Th. 21 July | John Wootton | Highway robbery | Tu. 9 August |
| 1769 – 1 execution | |||
| S 4 March | Charles Bey | Burglary | Tu. 21 March |
| 1770 – 1 execution | |||
| S 31 March | John Franklin | Mail robbery | F 20 April |
| Hanged at Bockington Abney, afterwards in chains there. | |||
| 1771 – 2 executions | |||
| S 9 March | Henry Gale | Murder | F 15 March |
| S 20 July | Robert Morris | At large | Tu. 3 September |
| 1772 – 4 executions | |||
| S 1 August | Rachel Bayley | Murder of her male bastard | Th. 6 August |
| “ | Edward Potter | Rape | Tu. 18 August |
| “ | Elias Clark | Rape | Tu. 18 August |
| “ | Richard Gollings | Rape | Tu. 18 August |
| 1773 – 3 executions | |||
| S 6 March | William Amor | Murder of John Dyke | Tu. 16 March |
| Hanged at Pewsey Down, afterwards in chains there. | |||
| S 31 July | James Sloper | Highway robbery | Tu. 17 August |
| “ | William Combes | Highway robbery | Tu. 17 August |
| 1774 – 1 execution | |||
| S 23 July | Abraham Jelly | Murder of Jane Kennedy | F 29 July |
| 1775 – 4 executions | |||
| S 18 March | James Philpot | Sheep theft | Tu. 4 or 11 April |
| “ | Elizabeth Aldridge | Murder of her female bastard | F 24 March |
| “ | Stephen Swain | Murder of Ann Swain | F 24 March |
| “ | Tamar Swain | Murder of Ann Swain | F 24 March |
| 1776 – No executions | |||
| 1777 – 3 executions | |||
| S 8 March | William Newton | Shot at | Tu. 25 March |
| S 12 July | Michael Burke & | Murder of Thomas Scuse | F 18 July |
| “ | Connor Cooney | Murder of Thomas Scuse | F 18 July |
| 1778 – 1782 – No executions | |||
| 1783 – 4 executions | |||
| S 2 August | Eleanor Hudd | Murder of her female bastard | F 8 August |
| “ | Matthew Gardner | Highway robbery | M 11 August |
| “ | John Wheeler | Highway robbery | M 11 August |
| “ | William Peare | Highway robbery Mail | Tu. 19 August |
| 1784 – 2 executions | |||
| S 24 July | Jacob Green | Sheep theft | Tu. 10 August |
| “ | Joseph Angell | Burglary | Tu. 10 August |
| 1785 – No executions | |||
| 1786 – 5 executions | |||
| S 11 March | George Hale | Sheep theft | Tu. 28 March |
| “ | Mordecai Bollen | Highway robbery | Tu. 28 March |
| “ | John Nightingale | Housebreaking | Tu. 28 March |
| “ | William Hiccock | Burglary | Tu. 28 March |
| S 29 July | James Hillier | Burglary | Tu. 22 August |
| 1787 – 5 executions | |||
| S 10 March | John Lewis (18) | Murder of his wife, Sarah | F 16 March |
| “ | John Chard | Horse theft | Tu. 27 March |
| “ | Edward Amor | Burglary | Tu. 27 March |
| “ | Joseph Newman | Housebreaking | Tu. 27 March |
| “ | John Knight | Housebreaking | Tu. 27 March |
| 1788 – 2 executions | |||
| S 5 July | Thomas Castleman | Horse theft | Tu. 22 July |
| “ | John Clements | Housebreaking | Tu. 19 August |
| 1789 – 6 executions | |||
| S 7 March | Thomas Jones | Horse theft | Tu. 24 March |
| “ | Thomas Bailey | Highway robbery | Tu. 24 March |
| S 25 July | Jeremiah Exell | Horse theft | Tu. 11 August |
| “ | John Poulsum | Housebreaking | Tu. 11 August |
| “ | Richard Potter | Horse theft | Tu. 11 August |
| “ | James Whiting | Housebreaking | Tu. 11 August |
| 1790 – 3 executions | |||
| S 17 July | William Moon | Highway robbery | Tu. 3 August |
| “ | Isaac Andrews | Highway robbery | Tu. 3 August |
| “ | David Moon | Highway robbery | Tu. 3 August |
| 1791 – 2 executions | |||
| S 5 March | William Fulford | Sheep theft | Tu. 22 March |
| “ | John Sadler | Burglary | Tu. 22 March |
| 1792 – 5 executions | |||
| S 10 March | Maurice Turner | Burglary | Tu. 27 March |
| “ | John Price | Highway robbery | Tu. 27 March |
| “ | Charles Stevens | Burglary | Tu. 27 March |
| S 21 July | James Harding | Murder of his son | W 25 July |
| “ | Edward Pine | Murder of his wife, Ann | Th. 26 July |
| 1793 – No executions | |||
| 1794 – 5 executions | |||
| S 8 March | Robert Perry | Highway robbery | Tu.25 March |
| S 2 August | Jonas Townsend | Horse theft | Tu.19 August |
| “ | Thomas Matthews | Burglary | Tu.19 August |
| “ | John Matthews | Burglary | Tu.19 August |
| “ | Benjamin Morris | Burglary | Tu.19 August |
| 1795 – No executions | |||
| 1796 – 1 execution | |||
| S 9 July | Isaac Gingel | Burglary | W 27 July |
| 1797 – No executions | |||
| 1798 – 3 executions | |||
| S 10 March | George Quinton | Burglary | Tu. 27 March |
| “ | Abraham Newman | Burglary | Tu. 27 March |
| S 21 July | William Eatle | Murder of his son, Edward (4) | Th. 26 July |
| 1799 – 2 executions | |||
| S 6 July | John Plummer | Burglary | Tu. 23 July |
| “ | Christopher Hinton | Burglary | S 27 July |
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