British Executions

Thomas Wakelin

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 23 Mar 1750

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Northampton Heath, Northamptonshire

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 23 March 1750 

Thomas Wakelin for the highway robbery of Mary Groome.  After execution his body was hanged in chains between Dunstable and Hockley.