British Executions

Ann Cruttendon

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 8 Aug 1776

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Sussex

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sussex.html

Ann Cruttendon found guilty on an indictment for the murder of her husband, Joseph Cruttendon, by stabbing him in the right side of the neck with a knife in the parish of Brightling on 15th June 1776.  She was ordered to be drawn to the place of execution and burned on Thursday 8 August.