British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Crime: arson

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James Hill (otherwise Hinde, otherwise Actzen, also known as “John the Painter”) guilty of arson in that he maliciously set fire to and burned 20 tons of hemp (valued at £100), 10 cable ropes, each 100 fathoms long and…

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James Hill
1777

Crime: treason

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JAMES HILL Commonly called "John the Painter," an Incendiary, who aimed at the Destruction of the Nation. Executed at Portsmouth, 10th of March, 1777

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Joseph Armstrong
1777

Crime: murder

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JOSEPH ARMSTRONG Convicted of Murder, but cheated the Gallows by hanging himself, 17th of March, 1777

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John Rye
1777

Crime: murder

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Wednesday, 19 March 1777

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James Lee
1777

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 21 March 1777

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Thomas Burley
1777

Crime: burglary

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Thomas Burley (otherwise Burleigh) guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of William Wright in the parish of Hagley on 25th January 1777: stealing therefrom a bundle of Nailors iron (valued at 9/-), an iron grate…

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Richard Carter
1777

Crime: arson

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Richard Carter guilty of arson in that he maliciously set fire to and burned 2 stacks of hay (valued at £12), the property of Anthony Demezy

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Edmund Eastoe
1777

Crime: murder

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Edmund Eastoe, smuggler, guilty of the murder of Joseph Harpur at Lowestoft on 18th February: shooting him..

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William Mee
1777

Crime: murder

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Monday, 24 March 1777 William Mee for the murder of his wife, beating her to death.

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William Newton
1777

Crime: unknown

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Shot at

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William Hobens
1777

Crime: murder

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William Hobens, a saddler’s ironmonger, guilty of the murder of Sarah Speed, by poisoning her with white arsenic mixed in ale which he gave her as a medicine, in the parish of Walsall on 2nd December 1776 so that she…

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John Ellis
1777

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 4 April 1777

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John Price
1777

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 4 April 1777

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Richard Padgett
1777

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 4 April 1777

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Stephen Player
1777

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 4 April 1777

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Samuel Thoday
1777

Crime: murder

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Thursday, 10 April 1777 (Shrewsbury Chronicle)

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Jeffrey Williams
1777

Crime: horse stealing

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Jeffrey Williams guilty of stealing a black mare (valued at 40/-), the property of Richard Bagley, in the parish of Kinnerley on 13th October 1776.

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Ann Hamlet
1777

Crime: return from transportation

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Ann Hamlet (otherwise Hamilton) guilty of being found at large in the Kingdom having been tried at the Quarter Sessions, held at Shrewsbury on 16th April 1776 for the theft of goods; found guilty and sentenced to…

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John Manning
1777

Crime: house breaking

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Saturday, 12 April 1777

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Stephen Harris
1777

Crime: burglary

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Monday, 14 Apr 1777 probably at Bodmin

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Thomas Banks
1777

Crime: highway robbery

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Thomas Banks found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of John Barnard in the parish of Streatham on 8th December 1777: robbing him of a watch (valued at 40/-), a watch seal (valued at 1/-), 1 gold half…

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John Thomas
1777

Crime: unknown

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Monday, 21 April 1777

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DODD, Rev Dr
1777

Crime: unknown

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Found guilty of forging a bond, in the name of Lord Chesterfiled for 4200l

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Michael Burke
1777

Crime: murder

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Michael Burke & Connor Cooney

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Connor Cooney
1777

Crime: murder

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Michael Burke & Connor Cooney

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Henry Atkinson
1777

Crime: murder

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Friday, 18 July 1777

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Thomas Birch
1777

Crime: house breaking

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Thomas Birch guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Mary Grove, widow, in the parish of Hartlebury on 4th May 1777: stealing therefrom a silver tablespoon (valued at 2/-), a pair of silver tea tongs (valued at…

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Thomas Ham
1777

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 25 July 1777

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William Dodd
1777

Crime: forgery

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DR WILLIAM DODD

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George Gillam
1777

Crime: horse stealing

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Friday, 1 August 1777

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John Gorsden
1777

Crime: horse stealing

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Friday, 1 August 1777

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John Martin
1777

Crime: murder

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John Martin guilty of the murder of William Broome, his apprentice, by taking him from his bed at 10 o’clock at night, carrying him down to the cellar of his house and drowning him in the large quantity of water to be…

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Arthur Hamill
1777

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 8 August 1777 (Exeter Flying Post)

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Thomas Bartley
1777

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 8 August 1777 (Exeter Flying Post)

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Thomas Lamb
1777

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 8 August 1777 (Exeter Flying Post)

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John Rotchley
1777

Crime: rape

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Saturday, 30 August 1777 (Manchester Magazine)

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Sarah Sant
1777

Crime: murder

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Friday, 11 September 1777 (Chester Chronicle)

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Francis Mercier
1777

Crime: murder

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FRANCIS MERCIER OTHERWISE LOUIS DE BUTTE Executed in Prince's Street, opposite Swallow Street, in the City of Westminster, 8th of December, 1777, for Murder

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Benjamin Russen
1777

Crime: rape

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THE REVEREND BENJAMIN RUSSEN, Executed for rape, 12th December, 1777

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