British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Crime: murder

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JAMES M'KEAN Executed for Murder, 25th of January, 1797, at Glasgow

Crime: murder

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John Dubbins, slaterer and plasterer of Evesham, guilty of the murder of Jonathan Partington, by striking him on the head with a hatchet, in the parish of Hadbury on 3rd October 1796.

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Elizabeth Brockleby
1797

Crime: murder

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Friday, 17 March 1797

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William Suffolk
1797

Crime: murder

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Friday 24 March 1797 Thetford…

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John Theobald
1797

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 24 March 1797

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James Glendinning
1797

Crime: unknown

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Friday, 24 March 1797

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William Aikenhead
1797

Crime: burglary

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William Aikenhead found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Ann Davis and Anna Maria Davis in the parish of South Weald on 6th August 1798: stealing therefrom 160 yards of white thread linen…

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Alexander Brown Rose
1797

Crime: Housebreaking

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Saturday, 25 March 1797 County Gaol, Reading (Reading Mercury) Alex Brown Rose indicted for breaking into the dwelling house of John Lockett in the parish of Speen on 19th April 1796: stealing therefrom 10 pieces of…

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Gaspard Koop
1797

Crime: rape

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Gaspard Koop and Nicholas Wagner guilty of the rape of Elizabeth, wife of Richard Lock on Claybrooke Common in the parish of Whippingham, Isle of Wight on 21st January 1797.

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Nicholas Wagner
1797

Crime: rape

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Gaspard Koop and Nicholas Wagner guilty of the rape of Elizabeth, wife of Richard Lock on Claybrooke Common in the parish of Whippingham, Isle of Wight on 21st January 1797.

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William Smith
1797

Crime: burglary

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William Smith guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Mark Piercey of Halfway Houses in the parish of Portsea; stealing therefrom a pocket handkerchief and a quantity of farthings (valued at 4/9).

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Samuel Longworth
1797

Crime: murder

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Monday, 3 April 1797 (Cowdery’s Manchester Gazette)

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Thomas Smith
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Thomas Smith and James Clark found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Captain William Orange in the parish of Cuddington on 29th March 1796: robbing him of a gold watch (valued at £20), a gold chain…

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James Clark
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Thomas Smith and James Clark found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Captain William Orange in the parish of Cuddington on 29th March 1796: robbing him of a gold watch (valued at £20), a gold chain…

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William Peto
1797

Crime: horse stealing

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William Peto found guilty on an indictment for stealing a gelding (valued at £15), the property of John William son, in the parish of Beddington on 14th May 1796.

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Owen Pendergross
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Owen Pendergross guilty of the highway robbery of Thomas Todd in the parish of Heworth on 24th September 1796: robbing him of

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Thomas Micklewright
1797

Crime: stealing

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Thomas Micklewright, butcher, aged 24, guilty of stealing 3 cows (valued at £20), the property of Elias Puleston, in the parish of St Mary, Shrewsbury on 22nd December 1796.

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John Brown
1797

Crime: murder

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John Brown for the murder of Sergeant Cartwright

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Edward Moore
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Moore guilty of the highway robbery of Richard York in the parish of Farrington Gurney on 19th October 1796: robbing him of goods and money (valued at 39/3).

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William Spurgin
1797

Crime: horse stealing

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William Spurgin guilty of stealing a black mare (valued at £10), the property of John Beaumont, and a mare (valued at £15), the property of David Potts, in the parish of Flixton on 28th September 1796.

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Robert Scot
1797

Crime: stealing

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Saturday, 15 April 1797

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Charles Hawkins
1797

Crime: horse stealing

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Charles Hawkins for the theft of a horse

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Richard Tallis
1797

Crime: stealing sheep

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Richard Tallis for the theft of sheep

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Edward Walker
1797

Crime: horse stealing

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Edward Walker for the theft of a horse

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Watkin Jones
1797

Crime: forgery

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Wednesday, 3 May 1797 Watkin Jones, Butter merchant in the parish of Devynock on 25 February 1797 made and forged a promissory note on the Brecon Bank for £30 (altering it from £10) bearing the date 20 November 1796 and…

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Martin Clench
1797

Crime: murder

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MARTIN CLENCH AND JAMES MACKLEY Believed to be innocent of a Charge of Murder, they were executed before Newgate, 5th of June, 1797, after the Gallows collapsed

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James MacKley
1797

Crime: murder

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MARTIN CLENCH AND JAMES MACKLEY Believed to be innocent of a Charge of Murder, they were executed before Newgate, 5th of June, 1797, after the Gallows collapsed

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Diana Davis
1797

Crime: stealing sheep

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Wednesday, 10 May 1797

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PARKER, Richard
1797

Crime: unknown

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And others, mutiny at the Nore

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Richard Parker
1797

Crime: mutiny

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RICHARD PARKER The Chief of the Mutineers in the British Fleet. Executed at the Yardarm of L'Espion Man-of-War in 1796, at Sheerness

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Thomas Swift
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Summer 1797 ???

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James Osborne
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Summer 1797 ???

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Rebecca Howard
1797

Crime: murder

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Wednesday 9 August 1797

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John Baker
1797

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 11 August 1797 &nbsp…

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Edward Sewell
1797

Crime: house breaking

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Friday, 11 August 1797

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William Dench
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Friday, 11 August 1797

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John Mermon
1797

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 11 August 1797

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George Barnes
1797

Crime: stealing

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George Barnes guilty of stealing 2 geldings (valued at £30), the property of James Searle in the parish of Yately on 22nd July 1797.

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John Murphy
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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John Murphy guilty of the highway robbery of William Peart in the parish of Portsmouth on 14th June 1797: robbing him of goods (valued at 27/-).

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Edward Roach
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Roach guilty of the highway robbery of John Kennedy in the parish of Alverstoke on 4th June 1797: robbing him of goods (valued at 30/-).

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Richard Charlton Knowles
1797

Crime: house breaking

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Richard Charlton Knowles guilty of stealing in the dwelling house of Thomas Coulthard at Basing Park in the parish of Froxfield on 24th June 1797: stealing goods (valued at £47.5/-).

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Edward Farrell
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Farrell guilty of the highway robbery of William Hillyer in the parish of Portsea on 8th June 1797: robbing him of a linen handkerchief (valued at 12d).

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John Miller
1797

Crime: stealing

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Wednesday, 16 Aug 1797 (Leicester Journal) &nbsp…

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William Price
1797

Crime: burglary

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William Price and James Tucker guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Edward Dixon in the parish of Dudley on 9th April 1797: stealing therefrom 5 bushels of malt (valued at 30/-).

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James Tucker
1797

Crime: burglary

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William Price and James Tucker guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Edward Dixon in the parish of Dudley on 9th April 1797: stealing therefrom 5 bushels of malt (valued at 30/-).

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John Marshall
1797

Crime: horse stealing

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John Marshall guilty of stealing a black gelding (valued at £12). The property if Richard Phillips, in the parish of Chipping Norton on 24th May 1797.

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William Ure
1797

Crime: burglary

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William Ure guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of William Farguson in the parish of Stokenchurch on 22nd June 1797: stealing therefrom 11 pieces of printed calico measuring 68 yards (valued at £11.18/-).

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Thomas Andrews
1797

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas Andrews guilty of stealing a black gelding (valued at £12). The property if Richard Phillips, in the parish of Chipping Norton on 25th May 1797.

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Rebecca Dunn
1797

Crime: high treason

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Rebecca Dunn (otherwise Catherine, wife of Edmund Francis) found guilty on an indictment for High Treason in colouring base coin to resemble shillings in the parish of St Olave, Southwark on 28th July 1797. She was…

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William Harling
1797

Crime: stealing

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William Harling found guilty on an indictment for stealing 20 wethers (valued at £30) and 1 ewe (valued at 30/-), the property of William Gonston in the parish of Wimbledon on 2nd December 1796.

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George Benjamin Watts
1797

Crime: return from transportation

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George Benjamin Watts (otherwise George Chambers, otherwise Burton Wood) found guilty on an indictment for being at large in the Kingdom, having been sentenced to transportation at the Middlesex Sessions on 1 July 1795…

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John Witham
1797

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 26 August 1797

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Jonathan Green
1797

Crime: burglary

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Saturday, 26 August 1797

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Rebecca Howard
1797

Crime: murder

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REBECCA HOWARD Executed at Norwich, 27th of August, 1797, for the Murder of her Illegitimate Child

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Thomas Millward Oliver
1797

Crime: murder

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Thomas Millward Oliver, aged 28, guilty of the murder of John Wood, by shooting him in the right breast, in the parish of Burslem on 27th January 1797 - so that he died on 30th January.

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George Davenport
1797

Crime: highway robbery

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Monday, 28 August 1797 George Davenport (aged 19) for a highway robbery.

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William Batho
1797

Crime: rape

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William Batho (otherwise William Bathe) found guilty on an indictment for the rape of Sophia Stokes in the parish of Sutton on 25th July 1797

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William Powell
1797

Crime: sodomy

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William Powell guilty of committing sodomy on Mark Scott in the parish of Melford on 14th January 1797

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Robert Dyson
1797

Crime: stealing

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Robert Dyson, aged 35, an employee of the Post Office, guilty of stealing a Bank note for £30 from a letter in the parish of Bawtry on 2nd July 1797.

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Josiah Jones
1797

Crime: stealing

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Octber 1797

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PHEPOE, Mrs
1797

Crime: unknown

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Celebrated murderess

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Theresa Phipoe
1797

Crime: murder

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THERESA PHIPOE Executed before Newgate, 11th of December, 1797, for Murder

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