British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Crime: murder

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Bartholomew Quailn was tried at the Summer Assizes of 1790 for the murder of his wife The jury brought in a special verdict, i.e. he was found guilty of the crime but could not decide whether the crime was murder or…

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William Gadesby
1791

Crime: robbery

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WILLIAM GADESBY Executed for Robbery

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Giles Covington
1791

Crime: unknown

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Monday, 7 March 1791

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Bartholomew Quain
1791

Crime: murder

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Bartholomew Quain was found “Special” at the Assizes for the isle of Ely the previous Autumn and referred to the Judges on a point of law as to whether his actin in killing his wife amounted to murder or not. The judges…

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Bartholomew Quailn
1791

Crime: murder

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BARTHOLOMEW QUAILN Executed, after a great Legal Argument, On 7th of March, 1791, in the Isle of Ely, for the Murder of his Wife.

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William Burder
1791

Crime: murder

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Friday, 11 March 1791

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John Hugh Jones
1791

Crime: murder

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Saturday, 12 March 1791

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William Pateman
1791

Crime: burglary

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Edmund Patemen
1791

Crime: burglary

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John King
1791

Crime: burglary

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John Robson
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Friday, 18 March 1791

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Samuel Leath
1791

Crime: forgery

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Samuel Leath guilty of forging a promissory note for £20 with intent to defraud Matthew Williamson

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John Kelly
1791

Crime: highway robbery

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Monday, 21 March 1791

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William Fulford
1791

Crime: stealing sheep

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William Fulford

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John Sadler
1791

Crime: burglary

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John Sadler

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Benjamin Hoskins
1791

Crime: murder

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Thursday, 24 March 1791 (Gloucester Journal)

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Daniel Hall
1791

Crime: burglary

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Daniel Hall, aged 29, found guilty at the Lent Assizes 1790 of the same burglary as Edward Green and John Stokes (see 27 March 1790). Judgement was respited however and the death sentence not passed till the Lent…

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John Edmonds
1791

Crime: highway robbery

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John Edmonds, aged 23, guilty of the highway robbery of Joseph Robinson in the parish of Wem on 18th November 1790: robbing him of a linen purse (valued at 1d), 8 gold guineas and 14/- in money numbered

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John Furber
1791

Crime: burglary

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John Furber, aged 42, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Peter Bott in the parish of Newport on 6th December 1790: stealing therefrom 12 pieces of woollen cloth (valued at £18), 6 pieces of corduroy (valued…

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James Symons
1791

Crime: stealing

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Thursday, 31 March 1791 Bodmin

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Michael Johns
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Thursday, 31 March 1791 Bodmin

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John Carne
1791

Crime: burglary

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Thursday, 31 March 1791 Bodmin

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William Rider
1791

Crime: rape

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Friday 1 April 1791

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William Nicholas North
1791

Crime: stealing

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William Nicholas North found guilty on an indictment for stealing 672 lbs of hemp (valued at £6) of the goods, ware and merchandise of Edward Simeon from on board a lighter in the Thames in the parish of St Mary…

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William Weeks
1791

Crime: stealing

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William Weeks guilty of stealing 24 linen handkerchiefs and other goods (valued at £7.11.10d), the property of William Laidley, in the dwelling house of William Seward in the parish of Kingsclere

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Henry Glanville
1791

Crime: arson

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Friday, 1 April 1791 (Exeter Flying Post)

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William Ball
1791

Crime: stealing

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Friday, 1 April 1791 (Exeter Flying Post)

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Robert Mullinger
1791

Crime: stealing

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Saturday, 9 April 1791

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Mary Adams
1791

Crime: arson

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Mary Adams guilty of Maliciously setting fire to an outhouse of Thomas Burgess at Bawburgh.

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James Gould
1791

Crime: house breaking

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James Gould, aged 19, guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of John Leving in the parish of Leake on 23rd August 1790: stealing therefrom 10 gold guineas, a £5 Bank Note and £3 in silver.

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Thomas Butler
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas Butler (aged 22) guilty of stealing a mare (valued at 6 guineas), the property of Joan Oliver in the parish of Middlezoy on 19th September 1790.

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Samuel Pearce
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Samuel Pearce (aged 26) guilty of stealing a gelding (valued at £3), the property of Jane Reynolds, widow in the parish of Lovington on 21st October 1790.

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James Cowerd
1791

Crime: burglary

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James Cowerd (aged 31) guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Richard Green in the parish of North Brewham on 1st December 1790: stealing therefrom 4 pairs of leather breeches and other goods (value at £4.7.6d).

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William Terry
1791

Crime: burglary

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William Terry for a burglary

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Richard Gill
1791

Crime: burglary

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Richard Gill for a burglary

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Edward Harris
1791

Crime: burglary

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Edward Harris for a burglary

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Thomas Barrow
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Saturday, 16 April 1791 (Manchester Magazine)

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William Maddocks
1791

Crime: burglary

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William Maddocks guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Thomas Hughes in Liverpool on 26th December 1790: stealing therefrom 5 silver teaspoons (valued at7/6), a pair of scales for measuring gold and their box…

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William Henry Clarke
1791

Crime: robbery

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Thursday, 21 April 1791 (Chester Chronicle)

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Catherine Lloyd
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Thursday, 28 April 1791

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Joseph Wood
1791

Crime: robbery

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JOSEPH WOOD AND THOMAS UNDERWOOD Two Fourteen-year-old Boys, executed at Newgate, 6th of July, 1791, for robbing another Boy

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Thomas Underwood
1791

Crime: robbery

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JOSEPH WOOD AND THOMAS UNDERWOOD Two Fourteen-year-old Boys, executed at Newgate, 6th of July, 1791, for robbing another Boy

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John Wade
1791

Crime: murder

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Monday, 1 August 1791

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Richard Pittaway
1791

Crime: burglary

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Richard Pittaway guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Elizabeth Harrison in the parish of St Andrew, Droitwich on 12th January 1791: stealing therefrom a check handkerchief (valued at 6d) and £35 in money…

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Robert Cook
1791

Crime: arson

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Robert Cook guilty of unlawfully, wilfully, maliciously and feloniously setting fire to and burning the dwelling house and an outhouse (stable) of William Russell Esquire in the parish of Yardley on 16th July 1791.

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William Campbell
1791

Crime: forgery

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Friday, 19 August 1791

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Jonathan Betts
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Friday, 19 August 1791

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James Chapman
1791

Crime: Housebreaking

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Saturday, 20 August 1791 last on Earley Common (Reading Mercury) James Chapman indicted for breaking into the dwelling house of John Applebee in the parish of Brimpton on 29th June 1791; and stealing therefrom a wooden…

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William Gough
1791

Crime: murder

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William Gough guilty of the murder of Ann Brown, by striking heron the head with a spade, in the parish of Lydham on 21st March 1791.

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Joan Pearce
1791

Crime: murder

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Friday, 26 August 1791 (Exeter Flying Post)

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Lewis Lewis Sr
1791

Crime: unknown

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Lewis Lewis sr for the murder of Thomas Price. No indictment under 1790. Ordered for execution on Friday 2 September 1791 (WALES 14/28). Noted as executed. Though elsewhere only the son is said to have hanged.

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Benjamin Willoughby
1791

Crime: murder

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Friday, 2 September 1791 Bodmin (Exeter Flying Post)

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John Taylor
1791

Crime: murder

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Friday, 2 September 1791 Bodmin (Exeter Flying Post)

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William Bates
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Saturday, 3 September 1791

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John Turner
1791

Crime: burglary

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John Turner (aged 25) guilty of a burglary

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Thomas Lane
1791

Crime: burglary

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Thomas Lane, aged 26, guilty of the same burglary as John Furber (see 26 March 1791).

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Walter Lane
1791

Crime: sacrilege

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Walter Lane, aged 27, guilty of sacrilege in stealing a linen tablecloth (valued at 5/-), a linen napkin (valued at 2/-), a silver tankard (valued at £5), a silver cup (valued at 20/-) and a silver salver (valued at…

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Francis Field
1791

Crime: rioting

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Francis Field for rioting: attempting to pull down the house of John Taylor at Aston on 15th July 1790

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John Green
1791

Crime: rioting

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John Green for rioting: attempting to pull down the house of Dr. Priestley at Aston on 14th July 1790

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William Millinton
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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William Millinton for the theft of a horse, the property of John Payne

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Edward Brown
1791

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Brown for the a highway robbery of John Vale

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Abraham Robertshaw
1791

Crime: forgery

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Abraham Robertshaw guilty of the forgery of a Bill of Exchange, dated 21st April 1791, drawn by Lodge & Co, on Messrs Baron Dimsdale & Co. for £15.15/-, in the parish of St Denis in the City of York on 28th April 1791.…

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John Bennett
1791

Crime: arson

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John Bennett guilty of arson in maliciously setting fire to the dwelling house of the Reverend John Wilkinson in Sheffield on 27th July 1791.

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Robert Miniter
1791

Crime: arson

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Robert Miniter guilty of arson in maliciously setting fire to a barn, the property of Francis Hurt Sitwell, in the parish of Whiston on 17th February 1791.

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Joseph Rogers
1791

Crime: house breaking

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Joseph Rogers guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of John Shaw in the parish of Milwich on 23rd August 1791; and stealing therefrom a cotton handkerchief (valued at 18d), a linen shirt (valued at 2/-), 2 pairs of…

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William Moyle
1791

Crime: unknown

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Thursday, 15 September 1791 Bodmin.

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Robert Thompson
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Saturday 17 September 1791 (Cumberland Packet)

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Robert Davies
1791

Crime: horse stealing

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Saturday, 1 October 1791 (Chester Courant)

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Charles Williamson
1791

Crime: burglary

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Charles Williamson guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Richard Wareing in the parish of Oldham on 7th December 1790: stealing therefrom a silver watch (valued at £3), a leather pocket book (valued at 6d), a…

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Henry Johns
1791

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 7 October 1791

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Catherine Griffith
1791

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 7 October 1791

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Joseph Aston
1791

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 8 October 1791 (Chester Chronicle)

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David Aston
1791

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 8 October 1791 (Chester Chronicle)

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William Knock
1791

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 8 October 1791 (Chester Chronicle)

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