British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Crime: unknown

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Crime: forgery

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DANIEL AND ROBERT PERREAU Twin Brothers, who, though popularly believed to be innocent, were executed at Tyburn, 17th of January, 1776, for Forgery

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PERREAU, Robert
1776

Crime: unknown

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Wine merchant, Forgery

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Robert Perreau
1776

Crime: forgery

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DANIEL AND ROBERT PERREAU Twin Brothers, who, though popularly believed to be innocent, were executed at Tyburn, 17th of January, 1776, for Forgery

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Samuel Norfolk
1776

Crime: murder

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Saturday, 9 March 1776

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Ann Hale
1776

Crime: murder

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Ann Hale guilty of the murder of her male bastard, to whom she gave birth and strangled immediately, in the parish of Eckington on 3rd January 1776.

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Job Jackson
1776

Crime: murder

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Job Jackson guilty of the murder of his daughter, Catherine (aged 10 weeks), by mixing white arsenic in milk and getting her grandfather, Edward Spencer, to feed it to her, in the parish of Tamworth on 24th November…

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Thomas Aikney
1776

Crime: murder

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Thomas Aikney, aged 37, guilty of the murder of John Boardingham, by poisoning him. in the parish of Flamborough on 13th February 1776.

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Elizabeth Boardingham
1776

Crime: petty treason

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Elizabeth Boardingham guilty of Petit Treason: aiding and assisting Thomas Aikney in the murder, by poison, of her husband John in the parish of Flamborough on 13th February 1776. She was ordered to be drawn to the…

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Thomas Aikney
1776

Crime: murder

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THOMAS AIKNEY AND ELIZABETH BROADINGHAM Executed for the murder of Broadingham's husband, 20th March, 1776

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Elizabeth Broadingham
1776

Crime: murder

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THOMAS AIKNEY AND ELIZABETH BROADINGHAM Executed for the murder of Broadingham's husband, 20th March, 1776

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Matthew Cocklane
1776

Crime: murder

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Thursday, 21 March 1776

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Richard Johnson
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 22 March 1776 (Ipswich Journal)

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Thomas Norwood
1776

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 22 March 1776 (Sheriffs Cravings)

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William Clifford
1776

Crime: Burglary

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Saturday, 23 March 1776 (Bath Chronicle) William Clifford indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of Deborah Pottinger, widow, in the parish of Compton on 13th February 1776: stealing therefrom a Dimity gown…

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Richard Whatley
1776

Crime: sodomy

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Richard Whatley guilty of sodomy on Benjamin Duprey, coachman to Lovell Stanhope MP who was visiting the Duke of Chandos at Avington.

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Richard Churn
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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Monday, 25 March 1776

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Mary Penylegon
1776

Crime: murder

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Friday, 29 Mar 1776 (Bath Chronicle) probably at Launceston.

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John Wanklin
1776

Crime: burglary

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John Wanklin guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Amos in the parish of Wolverhampton on 16th November 1775: stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 10/-), a cloth waistcoat (valued at 7/-), a pair of…

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James Bond
1776

Crime: forgery

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James Bond (otherwise Cragg) guilty of forging a Bill of Exchange for £10 - purporting to be drawn by Edward Durnall on Messrs Smith, Wright and Gray of Lombard Street in favour of James Richards - and uttered in the…

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Thomas Yorke
1776

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas Yorke guilty of stealing a black mare (valued at £10), the property of John Hollings, and a black mare (valued at £10), the property of Thomas Bromfield, in the parish of St Alkmond, Shrewsbury on 8th January…

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John Pool
1776

Crime: forgery

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John Pool guilty of forging a Bill of Exchange for £10 - purporting to be drawn by William Downes on 2nd October 1775 on Joseph Birch of Grays Inn, in favour of John Green - and uttered in the parish of Bletchley (?) on…

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John Harris
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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John Harris and George Humphries, both of Westminster, found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Samuel Gordon I the parish of Battersea on 21st June 1775: robbing him of a gold watch (valued at £10), a…

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George Humphries
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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John Harris and George Humphries, both of Westminster, found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Samuel Gordon I the parish of Battersea on 21st June 1775: robbing him of a gold watch (valued at £10), a…

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William Sharp
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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William Sharp found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of John Michael Dwyer in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth on 26th August 1775: robbing him of 6 gold guineas, 2 gold half guineas, a silver dollar (value…

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Edward Bell
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Bell found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Thomas Hynd in the parish of Stoke next Guildford on 14th October 1775: robbing him of 4 gold guineas, 1 gold half guinea, 6 half crowns and 14/- in…

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George Bird
1776

Crime: murder

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George Bird guilty of the murder of Mary Bees

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William Beer
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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William Beer guilty of the highway robbery of John Matthews: robbing him of 7/- in money numbered. Executed.

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Thomas Scott
1776

Crime: burglary

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Thomas Scott guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Hannah Jones: stealing therefrom 2 silver quart tankards (valued at 10/-) and other goods. Executed.

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Robert Iredale
1776

Crime: high treason

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Robert Iredale guilty of High Treason in illegally possessing a guinea dye in the parish of Halifax on 12th February 1776.

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William Allison
1776

Crime: stealing

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William Allison, an employee of the Post Office, guilty of stealing a letter containing a Bill of Exchange, sent by John Spencer, in the parish of Doncaster on 4th October 1775.

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Thomas Morris
1776

Crime: burglary

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Coventry Wednesday, 10 April 1776 Thomas Morris and John Sutley for a burglary.

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John Sutley
1776

Crime: burglary

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Coventry Wednesday, 10 April 1776 Thomas Morris and John Sutley for a burglary.

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Edward Bradlick
1776

Crime: stealing

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Friday, 12 April 1776 (Exeter Flying Post)

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Richard Wood
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 12 April 1776 (Exeter Flying Post)

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William Whick
1776

Crime: house breaking

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William Whick for house breaking.

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Edward Baker
1776

Crime: burglary

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Edward Baker for a burglary

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Thomas Brown
1776

Crime: burglary

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Monday, 22 April 1776

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William Hart
1776

Crime: burglary

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Monday, 22 April 1776

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Jane Williams
1776

Crime: stealing

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1776

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John Knight
1776

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 4 May 1776 (ACC)

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Charles Smith
1776

Crime: murder

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Friday, 26 July 1776 (Sheriffs Cravings)

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Thomas Hart
1776

Crime: forgery

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Thomas Hart (otherwise James Hart) guilty of forging a Bill of Exchange for £42 - purporting to be drawn by Gorge Price on Messrs Halliday, Duntze, Praed & Co. in favour of Thomas Jones - in the parish of Kidderminster…

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Ann Cruttendon
1776

Crime: murder

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Ann Cruttendon found guilty on an indictment for the murder of her husband, Joseph Cruttendon, by stabbing him in the right side of the neck with a knife in the parish of Brightling on 15th June 1776. She was ordered to…

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John Wren
1776

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 9 August…

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Samuel Watts
1776

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 9 August…

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Joseph Humphreys
1776

Crime: burglary

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Thursday, 15 August 1776 (Newcastle Chronicle)

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Andrew MKenzie
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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Wednesday, 21 August 1776 - Westgate, Newcastle (Newcastle Chronicle)

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Robert Knowles
1776

Crime: stealing

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Wednesday, 21 August 1776 - Town Moor, Newcastle (Newcastle Chronicle)

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Richard Tomkins
1776

Crime: return from transportation

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Richard Tomkins (otherwise Richard Thompson) found guilty on an indictment for being found at large in the Kingdom having been sentenced to death at the Middlesex Sessions on 18th October 1775 for the theft of a cow…

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James Potter
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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James Potter found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of William Calvert in the parish of Banstead on 1st August 1776: robbing him of a watch (valued at £3), a gold watch seal (valued at £2), a purse…

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Frederick William Gregg
1776

Crime: highway robbery

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Frederick William Gregg found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Allington Hodges in the parish of Clapham on 28th December 1775: robbing him of a watch (valued at 30/-) and 2/- in money numbered.

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Christopher Ellis
1776

Crime: house breaking

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Christopher Ellis found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of Elizabeth Binfield in the parish of S John, Southwark on 25th May 1776; and stealing therefrom 2 stone rings set in gold (valued at…

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Joseph Yates
1776

Crime: forgery

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guilty of a forgery

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Isaac Hutchinson
1776

Crime: robbery

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Saturday, 21 December 1776 city execution (ACC)

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Isaac Josephs
1776

Crime: robbery

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Saturday, 21 December 1776 city execution (ACC)

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Christopher Lawless
1776

Crime: robbery

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Saturday, 21 December 1776 city execution (ACC)

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Alexander Solomon
1776

Crime: robbery

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Saturday, 21 December 1776 city execution (ACC)

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