British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Fr Cole
1796

Crime: murder

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HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY

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Mic Blanche
1796

Crime: murder

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HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY

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Geo Colley
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY

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William McCarter
1796

Crime: murder

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William McCarter guilty of the murder of John Smith at Northwood, Isle of Wight.

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Summo
1796

Crime: murder

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Summo, Raban, Ravon and Sarax guilty of the murder of Meramo, their fellow Prisoner of War, by strangling at Porchester Castle.

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Raban
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Summo, Raban, Ravon and Sarax guilty of the murder of Meramo, their fellow Prisoner of War, by strangling at Porchester Castle.

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Ravon
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Summo, Raban, Ravon and Sarax guilty of the murder of Meramo, their fellow Prisoner of War, by strangling at Porchester Castle.

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Sarax
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Summo, Raban, Ravon and Sarax guilty of the murder of Meramo, their fellow Prisoner of War, by strangling at Porchester Castle.

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Michael Dorricott
1796

Crime: murder

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Michael Dorricott, (otherwise John Dorricott), aged 24, guilty of the murder of Joseph Bache by shooting him with a pistol in the parish of Patshull on 24th January 1796, so that he died on 26th January.

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James Preston
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Thursday, 17 March 1796

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John Price
1796

Crime: highway robbery

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John Price and William Dight guilty of the highway robbery of Robert Ramsford in the parish of Portsmouth on 11th December 1795: robbing him of a watch string and other goods (valued at 3/9).

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William Dight
1796

Crime: highway robbery

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John Price and William Dight guilty of the highway robbery of Robert Ramsford in the parish of Portsmouth on 11th December 1795: robbing him of a watch string and other goods (valued at 3/9).

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John Davy
1796

Crime: horse stealing

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Monday, 21 March 1796 (execution ordered)

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Edward Jones
1796

Crime: murder

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Monday, 21 March 1796 Edward Jones, Matthew Riley and Dennis Conray for the murder of Henry Hutchins at Loughborough.

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Matthew Riley
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 21 March 1796 Edward Jones, Matthew Riley and Dennis Conray for the murder of Henry Hutchins at Loughborough.

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Dennis Conray
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 21 March 1796 Edward Jones, Matthew Riley and Dennis Conray for the murder of Henry Hutchins at Loughborough.

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Timothy Dunn
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 21 March 1796 Timothy Dunn for the murder of Mary Lakin at Ashby de la Zouche.

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George Augustus Selfcombe
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Wednesday, 23 Mar 1796 Bodmin. (Western Flying Post)

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Richard Watts
1796

Crime: stealing sheep

Location: —

March 1796

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John Horton
1796

Crime: burglary

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John Horton, aged 29, and James Nightingale, aged 29, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Jane Southall, widow, in the parish of Brewood on 29th September 1795: stealing therefrom 8 dozen linen handkerchiefs…

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James Nightingale
1796

Crime: burglary

Location: —

John Horton, aged 29, and James Nightingale, aged 29, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Jane Southall, widow, in the parish of Brewood on 29th September 1795: stealing therefrom 8 dozen linen handkerchiefs…

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Thomas Brown
1796

Crime: high treason

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Thomas Brown, aged 25, guilty of High Treason in being in possession of a dye upon which there was a resemblance of a shilling, in the parish of Burton-upon-Trent on 19th December 1795.

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Richard Chilcott
1796

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 26 March 1796

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Colborne Smith
1796

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Saturday, 26 March 1796

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John Jones
1796

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Saturday, 26 March 1796

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James Smith
1796

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Saturday, 26 March 1796

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Edward Quilt
1796

Crime: stealing

Location: —

Edward Quilt, aged 33, guilty of stealing a woollen purse (valued at 1d), 2 Gin glass (valued at 3d), mutton suet (valued at 2d), 3 gold half guineas and 2 copper halfpennies in a dwelling house of Thomas Reynolds in…

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John Hill
1796

Crime: return from transportation

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John Hill, aged 25, guilty of being found at large in the Kingdom having been tried at the Salop Assizes on 9th August 1794 for stealing 6 pairs of harden sheets (valued at 39/-) and a single harden sheet (valued at…

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Patrick Welch
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Patrick Welch, William Howard (aged 33) and William Ridley (aged 25) and for the murder of Joseph Pinfold at Stratford-upon-Avon on 25th December 1795.

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William Howard
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Patrick Welch, William Howard (aged 33) and William Ridley (aged 25) and for the murder of Joseph Pinfold at Stratford-upon-Avon on 25th December 1795.

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William Ridley
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Patrick Welch, William Howard (aged 33) and William Ridley (aged 25) and for the murder of Joseph Pinfold at Stratford-upon-Avon on 25th December 1795.

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Thoams Jenkins
1796

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Summer 1796 ???

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James Wilson
1796

Crime: house breaking

Location: —

Friday, 1 April 1796 County Gaol, Exeter (Exeter Flying Post)

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Samuel Hindry
1796

Crime: highway robbery

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John Hindry
1796

Crime: highway robbery

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Thomas Maclean
1796

Crime: highway robbery

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Thomas Maclean guilty of the highway robbery of Innocenti Rossi in the parish of Lastingham on 19th December 1795: robbing him of a silver watch (value at 30/-), a watch chain (valued at 6d), a white metal seal (valued…

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James Sutcliffe
1796

Crime: highway robbery

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James Sutcliffe (otherwise Freeman) guilty of the highway robbery of John Wisnal in the parish of Bunpley on 29th August 1795: robbing hi of 10 gold guineas, 6 gold half guineas, asilver watch (valued at £4), asteel…

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Thomas Birch
1796

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Thomas Birch guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Johnson in the parish of Cottingham on 3rd December 1795: stealing therefrom 12 live fowls (valued at 10/-).

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Edward Taylor
1796

Crime: stealing

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Edward Taylor (aged 51) guilty of stealing a ram (valued at 12/-), the property of Edward Parnell, in the parish of Abbots Leigh on 27th May 1795.

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Barzillai Hallet
1796

Crime: arson

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Barzillai Hallet guilty of arson in maliciously setting fire to and burning a barn, the property of James Pope, in the parish of North Perrot on 1st March 1796.

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William Allen
1796

Crime: coining

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William Allen for High Treason: coining

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John Hartland
1796

Crime: rioting

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John Hartland, aged 41, found guilty on an indictment for a riot by assembling with up to 40 others and beginning to demolish the dwelling house of Thomas Lowthorpe in the parish of St George the Martyr, Southwark on…

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Nicholas Inglish
1796

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Nicholas Inglish found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Samuel Austin in the parish of Peckham on 24th August 1795: stealing therefrom a lien bed quilt (valued at 1/-), 2 cotton shawls…

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James Gregory
1796

Crime: burglary

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James Gregory found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Joseph Hayes in the parish of St Olave, Southwark on 26th November 1795: stealing therefrom 2 cotton gowns (valued at 12/-), a muslin…

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James Berry
1796

Crime: forgery

Location: —

Saturday, 16 April 1796 (Cowdery’s Manchester Gazette)

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John Hewitt
1796

Crime: horse stealing

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John Hewitt guilty of stealing a bay mare (valued at £15), a black gelding (valued at £15) and a brown gelding (valued at £30), the property of Martin Marshall, in Manchester on 9th December 1794.

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William Lee
1796

Crime: burglary

Location: —

WILLIAM LEE Executed before Newgate, 20th of April, 1796, for Burglary

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Thomas Brown
1796

Crime: robbery

Location: —

Saturday, 30 April 1796 (Chester Chronicle)

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James Price
1796

Crime: robbery

Location: —

Saturday, 30 April 1796 (Chester Chronicle)

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Henry Weston
1796

Crime: forgery

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HENRY WESTON Betrayed his Employer's Confidence, committed Forgery, and was executed before Newgate, 6th of July, 1796

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Valerie Coffre
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Valerie Coffre (aged 22) a Prisoner-of-War, guilty of the murder of Nicholas Chartier. It is reported that he asked Chartier a question about his complexion and on receiving an indecent answer, though jocularly given,…

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James Beaumont
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

James Beaumont guilty of the murder of Sarah Turton, by striking her with his hands and feet, in the parish of Sheffield on 10th May 1796.

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James Orwell
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 18 July 1796

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Edward Coxon
1796

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Friday, 22 July 1796

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Thomas Collins
1796

Crime: Burglary

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Saturday, 23 July 1796 County Gaol, Reading (Reading Mercury) Thomas Collins indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of Sylvanus Greville in the parish of White Waltham on 13th November 1795: stealing therefrom a…

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Isaac Gingel
1796

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Isaac Gingel

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Richard Saunders
1796

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Friday, 29 July 1796

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John Clarke
1796

Crime: murder

Location: —

JOHN CLARKE Executed near Bromley, in Kent, 29th of July, 1796, for murdering a Dairymaid

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Thomas Ward
1796

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Thomas Ward for a burglary

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Joseph Maiden
1796

Crime: high treason

Location: —

Friday, 5 August 1796 County Gaol, Exeter (Exeter Flying Post)

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George Harrison
1796

Crime: horse stealing

Location: —

Saturday, 6 August 1796 (Cambridge Chronicle)

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Edward Freeman
1796

Crime: rape

Location: —

Saturday, 6 August 1796 at Ely (Cambridge Chronicle)

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James Copsey
1796

Crime: highway robbery

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James Copsey (aged 26) and Daniel Burrows (aged 24) guilty of the highway robbery of William Ames at Hadleigh on 18th April 1796: robbing him of a watch (valued at 40/-), a chain (valued at 12d. and a seal (valued at…

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Daniel Burrows
1796

Crime: highway robbery

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James Copsey (aged 26) and Daniel Burrows (aged 24) guilty of the highway robbery of William Ames at Hadleigh on 18th April 1796: robbing him of a watch (valued at 40/-), a chain (valued at 12d. and a seal (valued at…

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John Clark
1796

Crime: unknown

Location: —

John Clark (otherwise John Eastwood) and Leonard Tomlinson found guilty on an indictment for shooting at William Rolf in the parish of Croydon on 21st June 1796. They were also charged with shooting at Michael Worth and…

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Leonard Tomlinson
1796

Crime: unknown

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John Clark (otherwise John Eastwood) and Leonard Tomlinson found guilty on an indictment for shooting at William Rolf in the parish of Croydon on 21st June 1796. They were also charged with shooting at Michael Worth and…

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Hannah Griffiths
1796

Crime: burglary

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Hannah Griffiths found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of James Bishop in the parish of St John, Southwark on 6th July 1796: stealing 164 pounds of Black Tea (valued at £44), 6 pounds of…

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John Hoskin
1796

Crime: stealing

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Tuesday, 11 August 1796 Bodmin (Western Flying Post.)

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