British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Daniel Ginger
1761

Crime: murder

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Wednesday, 11 March 1761

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John Waterman
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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1761 Lent assizes

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Thomas Castlebine
1761

Crime: murder

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Monday, 16 March 1761 Thomas Castlebine (therwise Cherry) (aged 20) and Catherine Castlebine, his wife for the murder of Edward Brown on 29th January 1761: stabbing him and cutting his throat in the dwelling house of…

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Catherine Castlebine
1761

Crime: murder

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Monday, 16 March 1761 Thomas Castlebine (therwise Cherry) (aged 20) and Catherine Castlebine, his wife for the murder of Edward Brown on 29th January 1761: stabbing him and cutting his throat in the dwelling house of…

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Joseph Saunders
1761

Crime: murder

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Joseph Saunders guilty of the murder of his nephew, Moses Saunders. Ordered for execution on Monday 9th March: respited to Wednesday, 18th.

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Ann Giles
1761

Crime: Arson

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Saturday, 21 March 1761 (Bath Chronicle) Ann Giles indicted for arson in maliciously setting fire to and burning a barn, the property of James Paylon, in the parish of Speen on 17th December 1760. Her burial is recorded…

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Edward Johnson
1761

Crime: murder

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Edward Johnson guilty of the murder of Edward Stanley. After execution his body was hanged on chains at Sudbury.

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Michael MCormick
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Michael M'Cormick guilty of the highway robbery of Jenny, wife of William Nevill at Portsea on 31st March 1760.

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Thomas Stone
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Thomas Stone and James Watson guilty of the highway robbery of Robert Dickson in the parish of Portsmouth: robbing him of a silk handkerchief (valued at 12d) and 15/9¼ in money.

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James Watson
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Thomas Stone and James Watson guilty of the highway robbery of Robert Dickson in the parish of Portsmouth: robbing him of a silk handkerchief (valued at 12d) and 15/9¼ in money.

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Isaac Dorking
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Monday, 23 March 1761

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Thomas Alfrey
1761

Crime: arson

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Saturday, 28 March 1761 (I am not sure of the source of this date)

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John Campbell
1761

Crime: burglary

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Monday, 30 March 1761

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Thomas Ingersole
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Monday, 30 March 1761

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Theodore Gardelle
1761

Crime: murder

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THEODORE GARDELLE An Artist, who was executed in the Haymarket, 4th of April, 1761, for murdering a Woman

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GARDELLE, Theodore
1761

Crime: unknown

Location: —

Murder; Haymarket

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Francis Hayes
1761

Crime: sodomy

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Francis Hayes, a watchmaker, found guilty on an indictment for committing sodomy with Samuel Lovinge, aged about 14, in the parish of St Olave, Southwark on 13th January 1760. “contrary to the order of Nature had a…

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Abraham Durham
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Abraham Durham guilty of the highway robbery of Harvey Hartwell in the parish of Whittington on 20th December 1760: robbing him of 4/- in money numbered. T 90 records erection of a new temporary gallows as the old one…

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Jean Blave
1761

Crime: burglary

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Jean Blave guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Richard Hunt: with intent to steal. Dieted 5 weeks and 3 days before execution. Executed.

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William Dilon Shepherd
1761

Crime: sodomy

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Monday, 1 June 1761

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Francis Arsine
1761

Crime: murder

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Francis Arsine guilty of the murder of Peter Varley. After execution his body was hanged in chains at Blockhouse Point.

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Mary Jefferies
1761

Crime: murder

Location: —

Murder of her bastard

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Rene lOiseau
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Rene lOiseau

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Samuel Wish
1761

Crime: murder

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Wednesday, 8 July 1761 at Magdalen Road Gallows, Exeter. (Western Flying Post)

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George Masters
1761

Crime: horse stealing

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George Masters guilty of stealing a black gelding (valued at £3), the property of Richard Childecott.

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Joseph Gillam
1761

Crime: house breaking

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Joseph Gillam and James Daniel guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Robert Norrison; and stealing therefrom 30 gallons of Brandy (valued at £15) and other goods.

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James Daniel
1761

Crime: house breaking

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Joseph Gillam and James Daniel guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Robert Norrison; and stealing therefrom 30 gallons of Brandy (valued at £15) and other goods.

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Richard Harris
1761

Crime: murder

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Friday,17 July 1761 (Western Flying Post)

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James Woodrow
1761

Crime: murder

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Friday,17 July 1761 (Western Flying Post)

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John Tucker
1761

Crime: Bestiality

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Saturday, 25 July 1761 (Bath Chronicle) John Tucker indicted for bestiality with a brown mare in the parish of Cookham, in the town of Maidenhead on 28th March 1761.

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William Allen
1761

Crime: Housebreaking

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Saturday, 25 July 1761 (Bath Chronicle) William Allen indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of William May in the parish of Thatcham on 16th April 1761: stealing therefrom 6 copper halfpennies, 120 copper…

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Dennis Kennedy
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 31 July 1761 (Western Flying Post)

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William Downey
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 31 July 1761 (Western Flying Post)

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James Fox
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 31 July 1761 (Western Flying Post)

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Thomas Mercer
1761

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 31 July 1761 (Western Flying Post)

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Edmund Martin
1761

Crime: stealing

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Edmund Martin guilty of privately stealing 30 yards of woollen cloth (valued at 36/-) in the shop of Anthony Horlers. I have from somewhere (?) a note saying executed on 11th July (a fortnight before Assizes held).…

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Robert King
1761

Crime: stealing sheep

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Robert King guilty of stealing 2 cows

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Richard Corden
1761

Crime: coining

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Richard Corden for High Treason: coining.

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Robert Williams
1761

Crime: murder

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Monday, 10 August 1761

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Richard Parrott
1761

Crime: murder

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Richard Parrott was indicted for the wilful Murder of Anne his Wife Anne Parrott whose tongue he cut out on 20 September 1761. She later died on 7 October 1761.

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Peter Pattison
1761

Crime: rioting

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PETER PATTISON Executed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5th of October, 1761, for being concerned in a Riot at Hexham

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Peter Patterson
1761

Crime: high treason

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Monday, 5 October 1761 - Morpeth (Newcastle Journal)

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Patrick Ward
1761

Crime: murder

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Tuesday, 20 October 1761

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John Cope
1761

Crime: return from transportation

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Friday, 6 November 1761

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John Perrott
1761

Crime: unknown

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JOHN PERROTT A Bankrupt, who refused to make Full Disclosures of his Effects, and was executed in Smithfield, 11th of November, 1761

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PERROTT, John
1761

Crime: unknown

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Fraudulent bankrupt

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M`NAUGHTEN, John Esq
1761

Crime: unknown

Location: —

Murder of Miss KNOX

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Robert Greenstreet
1761

Crime: murder

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ROBERT GREENSTREET Executed at Tyburn, 14th of December, 1761, for the Murder of his Master, from whom he demanded an Increase of Wages

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