British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Crime: Horse theft

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Richard Maysey indicted for stealing a black gelding (valued at ?12), the property of Robert Ready, clerk, in the parish of Buscot on 28th November 1765. Executed.

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John Rudderham
1766

Crime: murder

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Monday, 27 January 1766 (Norfolk Mercury)

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Mary Davy
1766

Crime: murder

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March 1766 (LDB)

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Mary Lamphrey
1766

Crime: murder

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Monday, 10 March 1766

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Benjamin Collins
1766

Crime: forgery

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1766 Lent assizes

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Robert Schiffel
1766

Crime: murder

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Robert Schiffel & Susan Schiffel

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William Adney
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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William Adney (otherwise Harwood) guilty of the highway robbery of William Hill in the parish of Robbesford on 18th January 1766: robbing him of 6/- in money numbered.

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Richard Puckington
1766

Crime: burglary

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Richard Puckington guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Thomas Hammond in the parish of St Martin, Worcester on 8th October 1765: stealing therefrom a Bank Post Bill for £15, a Bank of England Promissory Note…

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Thomas Arlot
1766

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas Arlot and George Day guilty of stealing a black gelding (valued at £10), the property of Henry Souter.

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George Day
1766

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas Arlot and George Day guilty of stealing a black gelding (valued at £10), the property of Henry Souter.

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Charles Conner
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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Charles Conner and John Pendergross guilty of the highway robbery of John Batty: robbing him of a blue cloth surtout coat (valued at 20/-).

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John Pendergross
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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Charles Conner and John Pendergross guilty of the highway robbery of John Batty: robbing him of a blue cloth surtout coat (valued at 20/-).

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John Jeffrey
1766

Crime: stealing

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John Jeffrey guilty of stealing 2 wethers (valued at 40/-), the property of William Swallow. Left for execution. No reprieve traced. Probably hanged.

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John Thomas
1766

Crime: burglary

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1766

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Henry Jenkins
1766

Crime: burglary

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1766

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Richard Thomas Jenkins
1766

Crime: stealing sheep

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1766

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Daniel Burk
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 4 April 1766 (Western Flying Post)

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James Connor
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 4 April 1766 (Western Flying Post)

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William Tomkinson
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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William Tomkinson found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Peter Nicholas Frisquett in the parish of Egham on 24th January 1766: robbing him of a watch (valued at 40/-), 2 watch seals (valued at 10/-), a…

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Elizabeth Burroughs
1766

Crime: murder

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Elizabeth Burroughs guilty of the murder of Mary Booty, her aunt, striking her on te head with a hammer

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Thomas Taylor
1766

Crime: stealing

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Thomas Taylor (otherwise John Scott) guilty of stealing I piece of Cambletee cloth (valued at £1.5/-), 36 yards of Fustian (valued at £2.5/-), 3 lbs of silk (valued at £4.2/-) and 1 piece of leather (valued at 1/-) in…

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Abel Hobson
1766

Crime: stealing

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Abel Hobson guilty of stealing 12 cured calf skins (valued at 40/-) and 2 cured cow hides (valued at 20/-) in the dwelling house of Joseph Jackson in the parish of Birstell on 23rd January 1766.

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William Whittle
1766

Crime: murder

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WILLIAM WHITTLE Excited by religious zeal he murdered his wife and children and was executed April 5th, 1766

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William Whittle
1766

Crime: murder

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Saturday, 5 April 1766 (Manchester Magazine)

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John Brock
1766

Crime: house breaking

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John Brock and John Francis guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of William Doe at Thornden: stealing therefrom goods and money (valued at over £100).

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John Francis
1766

Crime: house breaking

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John Brock and John Francis guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of William Doe at Thornden: stealing therefrom goods and money (valued at over £100).

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William Stuart
1766

Crime: house breaking

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William Stuart and Nicholas M’Donagh guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Richard Hill in the parish of Harborne on 4th December 1765; and stealing therefrom a gun (valued at 20/-). Also sentenced to death for…

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Nicholas MDonagh
1766

Crime: house breaking

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William Stuart and Nicholas M’Donagh guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Richard Hill in the parish of Harborne on 4th December 1765; and stealing therefrom a gun (valued at 20/-). Also sentenced to death for…

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Joseph Hunt
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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Joseph Hunt guilty of the highway robbery of Catherine Stapleton, spinster, in the parish of Aldridge on 1st January 1766; robbing her of a purse (valued at 6d), 4 gold guineas, a gold quarter guinea and 12/- in money…

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Thomas Adams
1766

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 12 April 1766 (QSR)

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John Chivers
1766

Crime: horse stealing

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John Chivers

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George Dalton
1766

Crime: burglary

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July 1766 (LDB)

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William Seymour
1766

Crime: murder

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Monday, 21 July 1766( Cambridge Chronicle)

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John Williams
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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Monday, 28 July 1766

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John Brown
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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Monday, 28 July 1766

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Susan Schiffel
1766

Crime: murder

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Robert Schiffel & Susan Schiffel

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Richard Hazeland
1766

Crime: house breaking

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Richard Hazeland

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James Bromwich
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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James Bromwich (otherwise Bromage) (aged c. 23) and William Wagner (aged c. 23)for the highway robbery of Robert Hall on 26th May 1766 in Sherwood Forest: robbing him of 33/- in gold and silver and a sealskin tobacco…

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William Wagner
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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James Bromwich (otherwise Bromage) (aged c. 23) and William Wagner (aged c. 23)for the highway robbery of Robert Hall on 26th May 1766 in Sherwood Forest: robbing him of 33/- in gold and silver and a sealskin tobacco…

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William Baylis
1766

Crime: house breaking

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William Baylis guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Thomas Worrall in the parish of Kinver n 4th May 1766; and stealing therefrom a foreign coin (value £3.12/-), a silver crown piece and £110.19.6d in money…

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William Love
1766

Crime: rape

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William Love guilty of the rape of Eleanor Yardley, spinster in the parish of Longford on 1st June 1766.

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David Maroney
1766

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 8 August 1766 (Exeter Flying Post)

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Daniel Moreto
1766

Crime: forgery

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Daniel Moreto guilty of forgery

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Thomas Greenland
1766

Crime: rape

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Thomas Greenland guilty of the rape of Mary Taylor. Eo Thursday 20/8

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William Loveday
1766

Crime: horse stealing

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William Loveday (otherwise William Clayton) guilty stealing a black gelding (valued at £7), the property of James Woodcock, in the parish of St Mary, Guildford on 11th July 1766.

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John Smith
1766

Crime: robbery

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Saturday, 23 August…

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Benjamin Stafford
1766

Crime: forgery

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Benjamin Stafford found guilty on an indictment for forging a draft for £32.10/- on Messrs Willett & Wakefield, with intent to defraud John King, in the parish of St George the Martyr, Southwark on 8th November 1765

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James Kittlety
1766

Crime: rioting

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Riot: stole in dwelling house

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William Simpson
1766

Crime: Riot

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Eckland, Simpson & Shelton tried by a Special Commission at Reading. Friday, 26 December 1766 (Jackson?s Oxford Journal) The above three were tried with others by a Special Commission which sat in Reading, Salisbury and…

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John Shelton
1766

Crime: Riot

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Eckland, Simpson & Shelton tried by a Special Commission at Reading. Friday, 26 December 1766 (Jackson?s Oxford Journal) The above three were tried with others by a Special Commission which sat in Reading, Salisbury and…

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