Worcestershire passed 416 death sentences which led to 104 confirmed executions and 9 probable ones. County executions took place at Red Hill, outside Worcester unless otherwise stated. 26 death sentences were passed by the City which led to 9 executions. City executions took place at Pitchcroft (now the racecourse).
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1735 – 2 executions | |||
| S 19 July | Jane Hornblower | Murder of her female bastard | Unknown |
| “ | John Blackbourne | Stole off bleachcroft | Unknown |
| 1736 – 3 executions | |||
| S 3 April | William Bithell & | Cut down Ledbury Turnpike | F 9 April |
| “ | William Morgan | Cut down Ledbury Turnpike | F 9 April |
| “ | Humphrey Mousel | Horse theft | F 9 April |
| 1737 – 2 executions, 1 confirmed & 1 possible – no reprieve traced | |||
| S 26 March | Benjamin Turner | Burglary | F 15 April |
| “ | John Jones | Bestiality | Unknown |
| 1738 – 3 executions | |||
| S 25 March | William Taylor & | Horse theft | F 7 April |
| “ | Thomas Hill | Horse theft | F 7 April |
| “ | Edward Rowley | At large | F 7 April |
| 1739 – 2 executions | |||
| S 10 March | Godfrey Wheeler | Housebreaking | F 23 March |
| “ | Humphrey Crow | Housebreaking | F 30 March |
| 1740 – 2 probable executions, no reprieves traced | |||
| S 9 August | Margaret Sherley | Stole in dwelling house | Unknown |
| “ | Thomas Trapps | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| 1741 – 4 probable executions, no reprieves traced | |||
| S 28 March | Henry Elcock | Burglary | Unknown |
| S 1 August | William Jones & | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Solomon Cornett | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Richard Taylor | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| 1742 – 4 executions, 2 confirmed & 2 probable | |||
| S 3 April | Henry Birch | Burglary | Unknown |
| “ | Samuel Rowley | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| Th. 12 August | Richard Warall | Burglary | F 27 August |
| “ | Henry Pearce | Housebreaking | F 27 August |
| 1743 – No executions | |||
| 1744 – 6 executions | |||
| S 24 March | Edward Smith, | Highway robbery | F 6 April |
| “ | Robert Wright, | Highway robbery | F 6 April |
| “ | James Cross & | Highway robbery | F 6 April |
| “ | John Plunkett | Highway robbery | F 6 April |
| “ | Elizabeth Haines | Murder of Anne Haines | F 6 April |
| “ | Elizabeth Moreton | P/T murder of husband | F 10 August |
| Burned at the stake at Evesham | |||
| 1745 – 1750 – No executions | |||
| 1751 – 2 executions | |||
| S 9 March | Anthony Craddock | Stole from stable | W 27 March |
| “ | William Macrolly | Murder of Daniel Smith | W 27 March |
| 1752 – No executions | |||
| 1753 – 2 executions | |||
| S 4 August | John Morris jr | Murder of John Adney | Th. 9 August |
| “ | John Alcock | Horse theft | W 29 August |
| 1754 – 3 executions | |||
| S 9 March | George Steel | Murder of John Moore | Th. 14 March |
| “ | William Harrison | Highway robbery | F 22 March |
| S 27 July | William Kerry | Highway robbery | F 23 August |
| 1755 – 1 execution | |||
| S 19 July | James Berry | Housebreaking | F 1 August |
| 1756 – 1 execution | |||
| S 13 March | John Collins | Highway robbery | W 31 March |
| 1757 – 2 executions | |||
| S 12 March | Richard Collett | Horse theft | W 31 August |
| S 13 August | Joseph Brettall | Stole in warehouse | W 31 August |
| 1758 – No executions | |||
| 1759 – 1 execution | |||
| S 28 July | Erasmus Whitehall | Highway robbery | F 10 August |
| 1760 – 1 execution | |||
| S 19 July (city) | William Goslin | Murder of Susannah Linton | F 1 August |
| 1761 – No executions | |||
| 1762 – 5 executions | |||
| S 6 March (city) | Anne Nott | Murder of her male bastard | Th. 11 March |
| W 11 August | William Buckley | Murder of his infant daughter | S 14 August |
| After execution his body was hanged in chains in Wyre Forest | |||
| “ | Robert Leeden | Privately stealing | F 20 August |
| “ | Susannah Guise | Privately stealing | F 20 August |
| “ | William Williams | Horse theft | F 20 August |
| 1763 – 1 execution | |||
| S 16 July | John Higgins | At large | F 29 July |
| 1764 – No executions | |||
| 1765 – 2 executions | |||
| S 16 March | John Davis | Burglary | W 3 April |
| “ | Job Jenkins | Housebreaking | W 3 April |
| 1766 – 2 executions | |||
| S 8 March | William Adney | Highway robbery | F 21 March |
| ” (city) | Richard Puckington | Burglary | F 21 March |
| 1767 – 1 execution | |||
| S 21 March | Samuel Turner | Housebreaking | M 27 April |
| 1768 – 1 execution | |||
| S 5 March | John Evans | At large | F 18 March |
| 1769 – 1 execution | |||
| S 15 July | Francis Adams | Burglary | F 28 July |
| 1770 – 2 executions | |||
| W 14 March | William Bosely | Highway robbery | W 28 March |
| “ | John Harris | Highway robbery | W 16 May |
| 1771 – 1 execution | |||
| F 12 July | John Child | Murder of Francis Best | Th. 18 July |
| 1772 – 3 executions | |||
| S 7 March | Edward Stevens | Burglary | W 25 March |
| “ | Matthew Rolin & | Highway robbery | W 25 March |
| “ | John Cole | Highway robbery | W 25 March |
| 1773 – 2 executions | |||
| S 21 August | Walter Kidson | Murder of Obadiah Rollason | F 27 August |
| Hanged on Stourbridge Common, afterwards in chains there | |||
| “ | John Jeenes | Stole in dwelling house | F 3 September |
| 1774 – 2 executions | |||
| S 5 March | Edward Goodhall | Burglary | W 23 March |
| ” (city) | William Hamilton | Burglary | W 23 March |
| 1775 – 2 executions | |||
| S 11 March | Benjamin Holloway | Highway robbery | M 10 April |
| S 29 July (city) | Philip Pugh | Murder infant daughter, Sarah | F 4 August |
| 1776 – 1 execution | |||
| S 9 March | Ann Hale | Murder of her male bastard | Th. 14 March |
| S 20 July | Thomas Hart | Forgery | F 2 August |
| 1777 – 2 executions | |||
| S 8 March | Thomas Burley | Burglary | F 21 March |
| S 12 July | Thomas Birch | Housebreaking | F 25 July |
| 1778 & 1779 – No executions | |||
| 1780 – 2 executions | |||
| S 4 March | Susan Grigg | Murder of her female bastard | Th. 9 March |
| S 29 July | Benjamin Turner | Burglary | F 11 August |
| 1781 – 3 executions | |||
| W 28 March | Joseph Barrow | Uttering | W 18 April |
| ” (city) | William Smith & | Privately stealing | M 7 May |
| ” (city) | Archibald Kennedy | Privately stealing | M 7 May |
| 1782 – 1 execution | |||
| S 9 March | Catherine Higgs | Murder of her daughter, Mary | Th. 14 March |
| 1783 – 3 executions | |||
| S 8 March | John Day | Highway robbery | F 21 March |
| “ | John Jones | Burglary | F 21 March |
| S 2 August | Thomas Wardle | Murder of John Webb | Th. 7 August |
| After execution his body was hanged in chains at Bromsgrove Lock | |||
| 1784 – 6 executions | |||
| S 6 March | Thomas Tomlinson | Housebreaking | F 19 March |
| “ | William Till | Housebreaking | F 19 March |
| “ | William Lapworth, | Housebreaking | F 19 March |
| “ | James Feast, | Burglary | F 19 March |
| “ | John Owen & | Burglary | F 19 March |
| “ | Richard Morris | Burglary | F 19 March |
| 1785 – 1 execution | |||
| S 5 March | John Strickland | Forgery | F 18 March |
| 1786 – 9 executions | |||
| S 11 March | John Murphy | Robbery | F 24 March |
| “ | Michael Gough | Burglary | F 24 March |
| “ | William Prosser | Highway robbery | F 24 March |
| “ | Thomas Neale | Housebreaking | F 24 March |
| “ | Richard Watts | Highway robbery | F 24 March |
| ” (city) | Joseph Cook | Burglary | F 24 March |
| S 29 July | John Jones, | Burglary | F 11 August |
| “ | Joseph Watts & | Burglary | F 11 August |
| “ | James Cook | Burglary | F 11 August |
| 1787 – No executions | |||
| 1788 – 6 executions | |||
| S 8 March | William Smith | Murder of his wife, Mary | Th. 13 March |
| “ | Richard Rook | Murder of Thomas Ashcroft | Th. 13 March |
| “ | John Thomas | Burglary | S 22 March |
| “ | William Weston | Burglary | S 22 March |
| ” (city) | Thomas Ford | Burglary | S 22 March |
| S 12 July | James Merrill | Housebreaking | F 25 July |
| 1789 – 6 executions | |||
| M 30 March | Richard Shaw | Burglary | S 11 April |
| “ | William Perkins | Forgery | S 11 April |
| “ | Thomas Jepson | Sheep theft | S 11 April |
| S 25 July | Henry Noxon | Housebreaking | F 7 August |
| “ | John Wilks | Sheep theft | F 7 August |
| “ | William Hill | Housebreaking | F 7 August |
| 1790 – 2 executions | |||
| S 6 March | James Wyllie | Burglary | F 19 March |
| S 17 July | Thomas Goodfellow | Burglary | F 30 July |
| 1791 – 2 executions | |||
| S 6 August | Richard Pittaway | Burglary | F 19 August |
| “ | Robert Cook | Riot | F 19 August |
| 1792 – 1 execution | |||
| S 10 March | Edward Skott | Riot | F 23 March |
| 1793 – 1 execution | |||
| S 13 July | James Wiggett | Stole in warehouse | F 2 August |
| 1794 – 1 execution | |||
| S 2 August | Thomas Pewtrees | Housebreaking | F 15 August |
| 1795 – 1 execution | |||
| S 18 July | William Morris | Burglary | F 31 July |
| 1796 – No executions | |||
| 1797 – 3 executions | |||
| S 11 March | John Dubbins | Murder of Jonathan Partington | Th. 16 March |
| S 5 August | William Price & | Burglary | F 18 August |
| “ | James Tucker | Burglary | F 18 August |
| 1798 – 4 executions | |||
| S 10 March | William Jones | Burglary | F 23 March |
| “ | John Holward | Housebreaking | F 23 March |
| S 21 July | Joseph Pearson & | Stole in warehouse | F 3 August |
| “ | John Scarlett | Stole in warehouse | F 3 August |
| 1799 – No executions | |||
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