British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

William Davidson
1779

Crime: highway robbery

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March 1779

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James Corner
1779

Crime: highway robbery

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March 1779

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William Collins
1779

Crime: robbery

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Friday, 19 March 1779

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Edward Hutchings
1779

Crime: murder

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Monday, 22 March 1779 (Exeter Flying Post)

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William Hide
1779

Crime: burglary

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Monday, 22 March 1779

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Robert Jones
1779

Crime: murder

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Robert Jones for the murder of Josiah Connep

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Thomas Corfield
1779

Crime: murder

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Thomas Corfield, shoemaker, guilty of the murder of Jospeh Cooper, by striking and piercing his side with a hanger, in the parish of Ludlow on 5th December 1778, so that he died on 6th December.

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George Easthop
1779

Crime: murder

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George Easthop guilty of the murder of Benjamin Smith, by stabbing him in the right side of his belly with a knife, in the parish of Rowley Regis on 5th March 1779, so that he died on 8th March. His body was afterwards…

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John Forrest
1779

Crime: burglary

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John Forrest found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Christopher Barnett in the parish of Thames Ditton on 23rd November 1778: stealing therefrom a silver tankard (valued at £8), a silver…

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Thomas Empson
1779

Crime: unknown

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Thomas Empson found guilty on an indictment for shooting at Jane Bannister in a garden near the dwelling house of John, Earl Spencer in the parish of Wimbledon on 1st August 1778.

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Henry Arnold
1779

Crime: house breaking

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Henry Arnold found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of Edward Clark in the parish of St Saviour, Southwark on 29th July 1778; and stealing therefrom a £10 Promissory Note and £60 in money…

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Charles Greenhalph
1779

Crime: stealing

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Charles Greenhalph found guilty on an indictment for stealing a child’s cloak edged with glimp (valued at 2/-), 2 pairs of silver tea tongs (valued at 5/-), 2 linen gowns (valued at 10/-), a black Russell petticoat…

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Walter Davis
1779

Crime: house breaking

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Walter Davis guilty of housebreaking. No reprieve traced. No report of execution found. ? if executed.

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Edward Hughes
1779

Crime: unknown

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1779

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Thomas Dellar
1779

Crime: stealing sheep

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Saturday, 3 April 1779 (Cambridge Chronicle) Thomas Dellar guilty of stealing sheep, the property of John Joneway.

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Absolam Pool
1779

Crime: house breaking

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Absolam Pool guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Morris Jones in the parish of Atcham on 24th December 1778; and stealing therefrom a silk purse (valued at 6d), a muslin handkerchief (valued at 6/-), 2 pairs…

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Thomas Bell
1779

Crime: unknown

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Saturday, 3 April 1779

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Thomas Boddy
1779

Crime: burglary

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Thomas Boddy guilty of a burglary

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Miles Bridges
1779

Crime: burglary

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Miles Bridges guilty of a burglary

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Thomas Partridge
1779

Crime: burglary

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Thomas Partridge guilty of a burglary

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John Griffen
1779

Crime: burglary

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John Griffen guilty of a burglary

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Morgan Phillips
1779

Crime: murder

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Morgan Phillips of Saint Issells parish Pembroke on 21 December 1778 in the parish of Lampeter Velfrey with a sword cut and beat to death Dinah Thomas. Lewis Smith and George Prout were indicted as aiding and abetting…

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Thomas Davis
1779

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas Davis guilty of stealing a brown gelding (valued at £8), the property of George Jeckerson (?), in the parish of St Mary, Stafford on 4th January 1779.

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Francis Roberts
1779

Crime: stealing

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Francis Roberts guilty of stealing 4 gold guineas and 35/- in money numbered in the dwelling house of William Cooper in the parish of St Mary Stafford on 8th August 1778.

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William Long
1779

Crime: burglary

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William Long (or Lay) guilty of a burglary

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Robert Hoy
1779

Crime: burglary

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Robert Hoy (aged 37) guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Mr Lewis at Brantham

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John King
1779

Crime: highway robbery

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John King and James Edmonds for a highway robbery

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James Edmonds
1779

Crime: highway robbery

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John King and James Edmonds for a highway robbery

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John Colborne
1779

Crime: burglary

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John Colborne for a burglary

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HACKMAN, Rev Henry
1779

Crime: unknown

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Murder of Miss REAY Mistress of the Earl of Sandwich

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James Hackman
1779

Crime: murder

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THE REV. JAMES HACKMAN Executed at Tyburn, 19th of April, 1779, for murdering Miss Reay outside Covent Garden Theatre

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William Ellis
1779

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 24 April 1779 (Manchester Mercury)

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William Lane
1779

Crime: horse stealing

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Saturday, 24 April 1779 (Manchester Mercury)

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Alice Bishop
1779

Crime: murder

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Tuesday, 25 May 1779 (Exeter Flying Post)

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Robert Hurtford
1779

Crime: burglary

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Lent 1779

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John Spencer
1779

Crime: murder

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Monday, 26 July 1779 (Leicester and Nottingham Journal)

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James Mathison
1779

Crime: forgery

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JAMES MATHISON Who forged Bank-Notes so cleverly that they could not be distinguished from Genuine Ones. Executed at Tyburn, 28th of July, 1779

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Timothy Lowe
1779

Crime: highway robbery

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Timothy Lowe found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Daniel Hills and his wife, Ann, in the parish of St Paul, Deptford on 27th June 1779: robbing him of a watch (valued at £3) and 1 silver sixpence and…

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Thomas Pugh
1779

Crime: stealing

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Thomas Pugh found guilty on an indictment for stealing Promissory Notes and Bank Notes, to a value of £633.7/-, the property of Charles Davis, in the dwelling house of John Morris in the parish of Epsom on 15th May…

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John Holmsted
1779

Crime: house breaking

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Friday, 6 August 1779

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William Smith
1779

Crime: house breaking

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Friday, 6 August 1779

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John Croft
1779

Crime: burglary

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John Croft guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Robert Spink in the parish of Walsall on 9th July 1779: stealing therefrom a silk handkerchief (valued at 1/-), 34 copper halfpennies, 4 copper farthings and 8/6…

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Thomas England
1779

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas England (otherwise William Green) guilty of stealing a bay mare (valued at £10), the property of Anthony Linton, in the parish of Ackworth on 12th April 1779.

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George Levington
1779

Crime: burglary

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Wednesday 8 September 1779 (Newcastle Chronicle)

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