British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Mary Russell
1755

Crime: murder

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Mary Russell (otherwise Mary Hutchinson) guilty of the murder of Philip Lander.

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Isaac Shuffle
1755

Crime: murder

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Monday 10 March 1755 (Derby Mercury)

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Thomas Wood
1755

Crime: unknown

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Monday 10 March 1755 (Derby Mercury)

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Davis
1755

Crime: robbery

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DAVIS, THE MAIL-ROBBER Executed and hung in chains near the place where he committed the robbery

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John Bent
1755

Crime: murder

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Friday 14 March 1755 (Leeds Intelligencer)

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Robert Freeman
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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Eo Monday 17 March 1755 (Derby Mercury)

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Henry Freeman
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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Eo Monday 17 March 1755 (Derby Mercury)

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Thomas Hanscombe
1755

Crime: burglary

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Eo Monday 17 March 1755 (Derby Mercury)

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John Bent
1755

Crime: murder

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John Bent was convicted for the murder of his wife.

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Richard Mansfield
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 21 March 1755

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Richard Dancer
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 21 March 1755

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Henry Butcher
1755

Crime: murder

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Monday, 24 March 1755 (Western Flying Post)

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Joseph Gill
1755

Crime: robbery

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Joseph Gill and William Burk were executed for robbery on Tower Hill.

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William Burk
1755

Crime: robbery

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Joseph Gill and William Burk were executed for robbery on Tower Hill.

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Edward Merril
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Merril was to be executed for highway robbery near Whetstone.

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Thomas Trevis
1755

Crime: burglary

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Thomas Trevis and John Burton were to be executed for burglary..

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John Burton
1755

Crime: burglary

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Thomas Trevis and John Burton were to be executed for burglary..

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Edward Hanes
1755

Crime: robbery

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Edward Hanes was to be executed for robbing Mr Roides warehouse.

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John Moody
1755

Crime: unknown

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John Moody was to be executed for firing a loaded pistol at his wife.

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John Preston
1755

Crime: unknown

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John Preston.

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John Dyson
1755

Crime: unknown

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John Dyson.

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John Best
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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John Best & Thomas Cooper

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Thomas Cooper
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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John Best & Thomas Cooper

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Thomas Howell
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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Thomas Howell

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Abbott Lewin
1755

Crime: murder

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Wednesday, 26 March 1755 (Derby Mercury) Abbott Lewin for the murder of his wife at Woodhouse or Mountsorrel.

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William Sheppard
1755

Crime: murder

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Monday, 31 March 1755

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George Davis
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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Monday, 31 March 1755 (Jackson’s Oxford Journal))

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John Barnard
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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John Barnard found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Samuel Horne in the parish of Banstead on 5th November 1753: robbing him of a watch (valued at £5), a gold ring (valued at10/-), a horse whip (valued…

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John Glover
1755

Crime: burglary

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John Glover found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Philip Walker in the parish of Clapham on 7th December 1754: stealing therefrom 2 large silver salts (valued at 40/-), a silver salt…

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Michael Warner
1755

Crime: return from transportation

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Michael Warner found guilty on an indictment for being at large in the Kingdom having been tried at the Kingston Quarter Sessions in October 1754 for stealing a hen and 12 chickens in the parish of Streatham on 2nd…

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James Reed
1755

Crime: stealing

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Friday, 4 April 1755 (Western Flying Post)

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William Hooper
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 4 April 1755 (Western Flying Post)

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John Vinnerom
1755

Crime: stealing

Location: —

Friday, 4 April 1755 (Western Flying Post)

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Francis Hoare
1755

Crime: murder

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Francis Hoare for murder. Sentenced to death on 8 April and ordered to be hanged on Thursday 10 April (WALES 14/54). The gaol file for this session has not survived.

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George David
1755

Crime: unknown

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George David and Henry Thomas. Found guilty of a felony on the 8th and 7th April respectively. The gaol file for this session has not survived. Guilty verdicts.

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Henry Thomas
1755

Crime: unknown

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George David and Henry Thomas. Found guilty of a felony on the 8th and 7th April respectively. The gaol file for this session has not survived. Guilty verdicts.

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Sarah Dean
1755

Crime: murder

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Friday, 11 April 1755 (ACC)

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John Hall
1755

Crime: horse stealing

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Wednesday, 16 April 1755

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John Hall
1755

Crime: horse stealing

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John Hall was executed for horse stealing.

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Nicol Brown
1755

Crime: murder

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Nicol Brown was executed at Gallowlee betwixt Leigh and Edinburgh for the horrid crime of burning his wife to death.

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John Smith
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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John Smith, Robert Long and Thomas Williams were executed for highway robbery at Gloucester.

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Robert Long
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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John Smith, Robert Long and Thomas Williams were executed for highway robbery at Gloucester.

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Thomas Williams
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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John Smith, Robert Long and Thomas Williams were executed for highway robbery at Gloucester.

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Robert Randell
1755

Crime: stealing

Location: —

Monday, 28 April 1755

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John Brett
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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Tuesday, 29 April 1755

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John MMillan
1755

Crime: stealing

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John M'Millan was executed for theft.

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Margaret Wright
1755

Crime: Murder of her bastard

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Murder of her bastard

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John Brown
1755

Crime: stealing

Location: —

Friday, 25 July 1755

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Samuel Hawkforth
1755

Crime: murder

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Samuel Hawkforth for the murder of Eleanor Keatley, his daughter-in-law (= step daughter).

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James Berry
1755

Crime: house breaking

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James Berry guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of William Pagett in the parish of Kidderminster on 4th June 1745; and stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 3/-), a damask waistcoat (valued at 3/-), a gold…

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Ann Williamson
1755

Crime: stealing

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Friday, 1 August 1755

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Richard Ashman
1755

Crime: house breaking

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Richard Ashman

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Anne Williamson
1755

Crime: stealing

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Anne Williamson was executed for picking the pocket of George White at Ashborne Fair.

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William Smith
1755

Crime: highway robbery

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William Smith found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Catherine Cosby, widow, in the parish of Kingston-upon-Thames on 11th February 1755: robbing her of 4/- in money numbered

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Thomas Williams
1755

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Thomas Williams guilty of the highway robbery of John Smith in the parish of Shenstone on 3rd December 1754: robbing him of a silver watch (valued at 20/-), 5 foreign gold 36/- pieces, a gold guinea and a silver 1/-.

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William Anderson
1755

Crime: return from transportation

Location: —

William Anderson guilty of being found at large in the Kingdom having been tried at the Derbyshire Assizes on 18th August 1750 for High Treason in filing and colouring 4 copper halfpennies and 2 copper farthings to…

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Grace Smith
1755

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 11 August 1755 Bodmin (Western Flying Post)

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John Wright
1755

Crime: house breaking

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Thursday, 14 August 1755 (Western Flying Post)

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Henry Broome
1755

Crime: stealing

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Thursday, 14 August 1755 (Western Flying Post)

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Charles Menhennit
1755

Crime: horse stealing

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Thursday, 14 August 1755 (Western Flying Post)

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Samuel White
1755

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 15 August 1755 (Northampton Mercury)

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John Hitchcock
1755

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 15 August 1755 (Northampton Mercury)

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Joseph Wright
1755

Crime: sodomy

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Coventry Friday,,15 August 1755 (Gloucester Journal) Joseph Wright and Thomas Grimes for sodomy. (may be a single charge or two separate cases).

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Thomas Grimes
1755

Crime: sodomy

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Coventry Friday,,15 August 1755 (Gloucester Journal) Joseph Wright and Thomas Grimes for sodomy. (may be a single charge or two separate cases).

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Catherine Gardner
1755

Crime: infanticide

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Monday, 18 August 1755

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Daniel Cornish
1755

Crime: horse stealing

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Daniel Cornish

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William Hill
1755

Crime: Horse theft

Location: —

Tuesday, 26 August 1755 (Reading Mercury) William Hill indicted for stealing a horse

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George Wilkinson
1755

Crime: unknown

Location: —

George Wilkinson guilty of shooting at William Cox

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Edward Norman
1755

Crime: stealing

Location: —

Edward Norman guilty of stealing a dun mare (valued at £3), the property of George Davidge.

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James Wallis
1755

Crime: forgery

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James Wallis guilty of forging and uttering a Deed.

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John Pepperwell
1755

Crime: stealing

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John Pepperwell, George Pepperwell and William Milton guilty of stealing 13 wethers (valued at 7/- each), the property of James Curle.

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George Pepperwell
1755

Crime: stealing

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John Pepperwell, George Pepperwell and William Milton guilty of stealing 13 wethers (valued at 7/- each), the property of James Curle.

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William Milton
1755

Crime: stealing

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John Pepperwell, George Pepperwell and William Milton guilty of stealing 13 wethers (valued at 7/- each), the property of James Curle.

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John Nelson
1755

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Saturday 30 August 1755 (Newcastle Journal)

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Thomas Moor
1755

Crime: high treason

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Saturday, 30 August 1755 (Manchester Magazine)

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Josiah Hugh
1755

Crime: murder

Location: —

Wednesday, 10 September 1755

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William Williams
1755

Crime: forgery

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Friday, 3 October 1755

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Richard Knowles
1755

Crime: house breaking

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Satueday, 6 December 1755 (Newcastle Courant)

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