British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Crime: murder

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MUNGO CAMPBELL A Gentleman, who was convicted of killing the Earl of Eglinton, and to avoid an Ignominious Death hanged himself, 28th of February, 1770

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William Matthews
1770

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday 5 March 1770

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Willaim Matthews
1770

Crime: murder

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Willaim Matthews was convicted of the murder of Mr Cook of Normanby and three of his family by poisoning them. He mixed arsenic in with their butter. He was sentenced to death and executed on 5 March 1770.

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Robert Gurney
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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Saturday, 24 March 1770 (Sheriffs Cravings)

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William Bosely
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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William Bosely (with John Harris - see next entry) guilty of the highway robbery of Joseph Clarke in the parish of Claines on 13th December 1769: robbing him of £5.3.6d in money numbered.

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John Butcher
1770

Crime: horse stealing

Location: Worcester

John Butcher was convicted for horse stealing and sentenced to death. Execution not confirmed.

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Daniel Hitchcock
1770

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Friday, 6 April 1770 (Cambridge Chronicle)

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John Hull
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 6 April 1770 (Cambridge Chronicle)

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William Bass
1770

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 7 April 1770 (Cambridge Chronicle) William Bass guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Dowse in the parish of Fulbourn.

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Stephen Gregory
1770

Crime: murder

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Stephen Gregory found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Ann, wife of William Hearn, by cutting her throat with a knife, in the parish of Esher on 3rd April 1770. Afterwards his body to be dissected.

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Thomas Malt
1770

Crime: burglary

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Wednesday, 11 April 1770

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Robert Eastwell
1770

Crime: burglary

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Wednesday, 11 April 1770

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Francis Wilson
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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Wednesday, 11 April 1770

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John Sorrell
1770

Crime: burglary

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Wednesday, 25 April 1770

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Thomas Sorrell
1770

Crime: burglary

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Wednesday, 25 April 1770

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Edward Bury
1770

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Wednesday, 11 April 1770 (St Mary’s Burial Register)

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William Craddock
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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Saturday, 14 April 1770

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Anthony Harwood
1770

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Saturday, 14 April 1770

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James Cosgrove
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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James Cosgrove guilty of the highway robbery of Joseph Mansfield: robbing him of a metal watch (valued at 20/-) and other goods

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John Franklin
1770

Crime: robbery

Location: —

Mail robbery

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Henry Thomas
1770

Crime: murder

Location: —

Friday, 20 April 1770 Stalling Down, Cowbridge

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Stephen Dunn
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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Stephen Dunn found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery David Stone in the parish of Wimbledon on 19th November 1769: robbing him of a gold watch (valued at £20), 1 gold quarter guinea and 10/- in money…

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William Harris
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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William Harris (otherwise Scholar, otherwise Hamilton, otherwise Smith) found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of James Dagge in the parish of Egham on 27th September 1769: robbing him of a watch (valued…

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Charles Burkett
1770

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Charles Burkett found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Sarah Pyne in the parish of St Olave, Southwark on 29th October 1769: stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 12/-). A man’s hat…

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Joseph Adams
1770

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Joseph Adams found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of William Joyce in the parish of Lambeth on 11th October 1768: robbing him of a watch (valued at £3).

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George Powdrith
1770

Crime: return from transportation

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George Powdrith found guilty on an indictment for being at large in the Kingdom having been found guilty at the Quarter Sessions for Surrey on 9th January 1770, for stealing a hempen sack (valued at 2/-) and 4 bushels…

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James Oldfield
1770

Crime: high treason

Location: —

James Oldfield guilty of High Treason in clipping and diminishing guineas in the parish of Halifax on 10th September 1769.

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David Hartley
1770

Crime: high treason

Location: —

David Hartley guilty of High Treason in counterfeiting a gold guinea in the parish of Halifax on 10th September 1769.

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Nehemiah Webber
1770

Crime: murder

Location: —

Nehemiah Webber and Stephen Scadder guilty of the murder of William Gough near Taunton.

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Stephen Scadder
1770

Crime: murder

Location: —

Nehemiah Webber and Stephen Scadder guilty of the murder of William Gough near Taunton.

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Charles Sparks
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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Charles Sparks guilty of the highway robbery of Nicholas Manning: robbing him of £7 in money numbered.

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John Harris
1770

Crime: highway robbery

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John Harris (otherwise William Moseley) guilty of the highway robbery of Joseph Clarke (see above).

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Robert Jones
1770

Crime: house breaking

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1770

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Mary Quarram
1770

Crime: murder

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Summer 1770

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James Attaway
1770

Crime: burglary

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JAMES ATTAWAY AND RICHARD BAILEY Executed at Tyburn, 4th of July, 1770, for committing a Burglary after tying up the Butler

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Richard Bailey
1770

Crime: burglary

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JAMES ATTAWAY AND RICHARD BAILEY Executed at Tyburn, 4th of July, 1770, for committing a Burglary after tying up the Butler

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Peter Conway
1770

Crime: murder

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PETER CONWAY AND MICHAEL RICHARDSON Executed at Tyburn, 19th of July, 1770, for a Murder which was their first Essay in Crime

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Michael Richardson
1770

Crime: murder

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PETER CONWAY AND MICHAEL RICHARDSON Executed at Tyburn, 19th of July, 1770, for a Murder which was their first Essay in Crime

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James Kearney
1770

Crime: murder

Location: —

Thursday, 2 August 1770

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John Turner
1770

Crime: return from transportation

Location: —

Monday, 13 August 1770

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Thomas Southwood
1770

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Saturday, 18 August 1770 (ACC)

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Joseph Batt
1770

Crime: burglary

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Joseph Batt found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Hannah Bridgeman, widow, in the parish of St Mary, Newington on 22nd July 1770: stealing therefrom a cloth cat (valued at 20/-), a gold…

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Nicholas Brown
1770

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Saturday, 1 September 1770 (Cambridge Chronicle to be executed Sat 1 September) Nicholas Brown guilty of stopping Peter Dunn (otherwise Dixon), post boy on Newmarket Heath, between Bournbridge and Newmarket, on 23rd…

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William Warph
1770

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

William Warph guilty of the highway robbery of Richard Jarvis in the parish of Whitchurch on 31st May 1770: robbing him of a purse (valued at 1d), 48 copper ½d’s and 28/6 in money numbered.

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John Jones
1770

Crime: horse stealing

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John Jones guilty of stealing a black mare (valued at £7) and a bay colt (valued at £3), the property of Samuel Owens, in the parish of Worthen on 21st June 1769.

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Thomas Williams
1770

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas Williams (otherwise Thomas William Morgan) guilty of stealing a bay mare (valued at £14), the property of Randolph Cooke, in the parish of Leebotwood on 30th April 1770.

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George Shepherd
1770

Crime: burglary

Location: —

George Shepherd guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Isaac Harris: stealing therefrom 14 pairs of gloves (valued at 14/-) and other goods.

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Robert Hazlitt
1770

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Tuesday. 18 September 1770 (Newcastle Journal)

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Patrick Pearson
1770

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Saturday, 22 September 1770 (Newcastle Paper)

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Thomas Dunwoody
1770

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Saturday, 22 September 1770 (Newcastle Paper)

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Michael Naylor
1770

Crime: murder

Location: —

Michael Naylor guilty of the murder of William Lund by stabbing him in the belly with a chisel in the parish of Kildwick on 24th July 1770 so that he died on 25th July.

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