British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Crime: unknown

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ADMIRAL BYNG Shot to death on board the Monarque, at Spithead, for Misbehaviour before the French Fleet in the Mediterranean

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George Trotter
1756

Crime: murder

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George Trotter, aged 27, of Kimberworth, guilty of the murder of Hannah Wilson. He assaulted her with a knife in the parish of Todwick on 6th July 1756, giving her a wound in the left part of her belly below the navel,…

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John Collins
1756

Crime: highway robbery

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John Collins guilty of the highway robbery of William Hulme in the parish of Besford on 27th November 1745: robbing him of a silver watch (value at £4), a steel chain (valued at 2d) and a silver seal (valued at 3/-).

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Evan David
1756

Crime: stealing sheep

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Evan David (of the parish of Brawdy) in the parish of Hayscastle on 4 May 1756 stole 3 wether sheep and 1 ewe sheep (value 16/-) belonging to Evan Phillip (WALES 4/816/2). Guilty verdict on 26th August.

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Samuel Morey
1756

Crime: house breaking

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Samuel Morey guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of George Gape: stealing therefrom £17.5.6d and 2 gold Moidores (each with a value of 27/-). Executed.

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George Webber
1756

Crime: stealing

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George Webber guilty of stealing £125 in the dwelling house of Florence Coles. Executed.

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William Stork
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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William Stork guilty of stealing a black mare (value at £10), the property of James Bishop. Executed.

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John Ratcliffe
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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Monday, 2 April 1756

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Ambrose Batchelor
1756

Crime: stealing sheep

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Ambrose Batchelor guilty of stealing sheep, the property of James Kirkham. Execution respited to 3/4.

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George Coleman
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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George Coleman

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William Pinker
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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William Pinker

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John Smith
1756

Crime: house breaking

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John Smith

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Abraham Healey senior
1756

Crime: forgery

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Saturday, 3 April 1756 (Leeds Intelligencer)

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Abraham Healey junior
1756

Crime: forgery

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Saturday, 3 April 1756 (Leeds Intelligencer)

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Joseph Woolstencroft
1756

Crime: unknown

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Joseph Woolstencroft guilty of sending a threatening letter ?? if executed

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John Needham
1756

Crime: murder

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John Needham found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Sarah Green, by beating her to death with his hands and fists and with the pommel of his sword, in the parish of St Nicholas, Guildford, on 25th October 1755.

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John Farrell
1756

Crime: murder

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John Farrell found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Elizabeth, wife of Thomas White, by beating her to death with his hands and fists, in the parish of St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey on 29th February 1756.

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Abijah Oakes
1756

Crime: house breaking

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Abijah Oakes, aged 27, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Joseph Skidmore in Sheffield at about one o’clock at night on 20th January 1756; and stealing therefrom 2 pairs of women’s stays (valued at 20/-), a…

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David Evans
1756

Crime: highway robbery

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David Evans guilty of the highway robbery of William Oakley in the parish of Royston on 9th January 1756 and stealing from him a purse (valued at 1d) and 1/5 in money.

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Thomas Herring
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas Herring guilty of stealing a horse, the property of John Locker. (There is a reprieve in his name date 23.7.56 but his execution is reported as ordered for the 10th April in the Ipswich Journal of 10th April and…

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James Edwards
1756

Crime: highway robbery

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James Edwards for a highway robbery.

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Bli Gonzalez
1756

Crime: stealing

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BLI GONZALEZ ALIAS JOHN SYMMONDS ALIAS SPANISH JACK After a varied Criminal Career he was finally executed at Maidstone, 18th of April, 1756, for stealing a Silver Tankard

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Thomas Jones
1756

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 22 April 1756 (Western Flying Post)

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James Moor
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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James Moor found guilty on an indictment for stealing a bay mare (valued at £6), the property of George Williams in the parish of Windlesham on 4th January 1756.

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John Clarke
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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John Clarke guilty of stealing a black gelding (valued at £5), the property of John Gillman, in the parish of Abbots Bromley on 28th January 1756; also a black mare (valued at £5), the property of John Smith, in the…

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John Mole
1756

Crime: highway robbery

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John Mole (otherwise Mold) guilty of the highway robbery of John Smith in the parish of Walsall on 2nd December 1755: robbing him of a silver watch (valued at £4), an iron chain (value at 2d), a gold Moidore (value…

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Henry Watkins
1756

Crime: stealing

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Henry Watkins (of the parish of Llanfihangel, Monmouthshire) in the parish of Partrishow on 10 July 1756 (elsewhere 7 June) sacrilegeously stole from the parish church 1 silver cup (value 15/-); 1 pewter flagon (value…

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Richard Austin
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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August 1756 (LDB)

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John Greenwood
1756

Crime: stealing

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Summer 1756

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John Lander
1756

Crime: murder

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LIEUTENANT JOHN LANDER Executed on Pennenden Heath, in Kent, 16th of August, 1756, for Murder

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James Arundell
1756

Crime: coining

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H/T possess coining implements

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John Collins
1756

Crime: rioting

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John Collins and Edward Cross for a riot at Nuneaton.

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Edward Cross
1756

Crime: rioting

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John Collins and Edward Cross for a riot at Nuneaton.

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Richard Varley
1756

Crime: burglary

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Richard Varley guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of William Askeham in the parish of Penistone on 9th January 1756: stealing therefrom a black mare (valued at £5).

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Richard Holsworth
1756

Crime: burglary

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Richard Holsworth guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Charles Thomlinson in the parish of Scarborough at about ten o’clock in the night on 2nd June 1756; and stealing therefrom a gold ring (valued at 20/-), a…

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John Dollis
1756

Crime: murder

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John Dollis guilty of the murder of his wife Ann.

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John Reece
1756

Crime: house breaking

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John Reece guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Francis Hicks in the parish of Munslow on 9th August 1756; and stealing therefrom a silk and muslin handkerchief (valued at 8d), a silk and worsted waistcoat…

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Edward Edwards
1756

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Edwards guilty of the highway robbery of Samuel Corfield in the parish of Stanton Lady on 12th January 1756: robbing him of 5/2 in money numbered. Executed.

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William Freeman
1756

Crime: highway robbery

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Summer 1756

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John Rowley
1756

Crime: house breaking

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John Rowley guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Thomas Guy; and stealing therefrom 4 steel saws (valued at £1.5/-) and other goods. Executed.

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James Smith
1756

Crime: highway robbery

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James Smith found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Mariana, wife of James Bromfield in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth on 5th June 1756: robbing her of a silk purse (valued at 6d), an enamelled patch…

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Jonathan Filley
1756

Crime: High Treason: counterfeiting coin

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Coventry Wednesday, 8 September 1756 (Gloucester Journal) Jonathan Filley and Joseph Lee for High Treason: counterfeiting coin

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Joseph Lee
1756

Crime: High Treason: counterfeiting coin

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Coventry Wednesday, 8 September 1756 (Gloucester Journal) Jonathan Filley and Joseph Lee for High Treason: counterfeiting coin

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Richard Mason
1756

Crime: murder

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Richard Mason guilty of the murder of William Mason. Execution ordered for Monday 2nd August: respited to 13th September.

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John Jones
1756

Crime: burglary

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Monday, 13 September 1756

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William Cannicott
1756

Crime: murder

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WILLIAM CANNICOTT Executed at Tyburn, 20th of September, 1756, for the Murder of his Wife

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Clement Bole
1756

Crime: house breaking

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Thursday, 23 September 1756 (Western Flying Post)

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John Burton
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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Saturday 25 September 1756 (Newcastle Journal)

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John Armstrong
1756

Crime: horse stealing

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Saturday 25 September 1756 (Newcastle Journal)

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