This is a list of accused sentenced to death in Britain – this is not a definitive inventory. It is likely that details of the crime were reported in the news. If you can find the name you are searching please make contact by using the enquiry form. I will see if any archive material is available. If you cannot find the person you are searching don’t worry – please enquire anyway. I will do a search and get back to you.
| Accused | Birth | Trial Date | Trial Place |
| Wm Allen | Summer 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Wm Allen | Lent 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| David Anderson | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
| George Anderson | Lent 1809 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Elizabeth Andrew | Lent 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| John Archill | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| William Austen | Summer 1809 | Kent, England | |
| John Bagot | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Jesse Baker | Lent 1809 | Suffolk, England | |
| Thos Baker | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Benjamin Ball | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Thomas Barker | Lent 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| John Barrett | Lent 1809 | Northamptonshire, England | |
| Margt Barrington | 1778 | 14 Jan 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Jas Bartlett | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Mary Bateman | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| Elizabeth Beadles | Lent 1809 | Northamptonshire, England | |
| William Beet Jnr | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Jas Bennett | Summer 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Joseph Bennett | Summer 1809 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Jas Biggin | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| John Biggs | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Thos Bolton | 1788 | 12 Apr 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Joseph Bonham | Lent 1809 | Northamptonshire, England | |
| James Booth | Lent 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| William Boreham | Summer 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Geo Bowersman | Lent 1809 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| John Boxall | Lent 1809 | Sussex, England | |
| John Boyd | Summer 1809 | Northumberland, England | |
| Thos Brady | Summer 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Jeremiah Bray | Summer 1809 | Wiltshire, England | |
| Thomas Brimstage | Oct 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| John Broadway | Summer 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| David Brown | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Elizth Brown | Summer 1809 | Devon, England | |
| John Brown | Summer 1809 | Devon, England | |
| Josh Brown | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| Thos Brown | Lent 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Andrew Bryen | Summer 1809 | Cumberland, England | |
| Chas Buckingham | Summer 1809 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| John Buckle | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| George Busbridge | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Wm Butler | Summer 1809 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
| William Button | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Jane Carbray | Aug 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Sophia Carman | Summer 1809 | Norfolk, England | |
| John Carter | 1789 | 12 Apr 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Wm Chadwick | Lent 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Charles Chamberlayne | Lent 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| John Chapple | Summer 1809 | Devon, England | |
| Henry Charman | Summer 1809 | Sussex, England | |
| Henry Clack | Summer 1809 | Suffolk, England | |
| Robert Clark | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Thomas Clarke | Lent 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Peter Clays | Lent 1809 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
| Catherine Clements | Lent 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| Walt Clements | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Wm Clements | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| William Clemments | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Jas Cobb | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| JoHN Cockcroft | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| John Cole | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Thomas Collier | Summer 1809 | Herefordshire, England | |
| Thos Combes | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Jas Connelly | Summer 1809 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Michael Conner | 1783 | 15 Feb 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Wm Cook | 1781 | 20 Feb 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Henry Cook | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Thos Cooper | 1790 | 12 Apr 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| James Cooper | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Mary Cooper | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Thos Cooper | Summer 1809 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Thos Copain | Lent 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Sarah Cope | Summer 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| R Costello | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| John Cowper | Summer 1809 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Nilus Cowper | Summer 1809 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Jas Cox | Summer 1809 | Sussex, England | |
| Saml Crook | Summer 1809 | Yorkshire – East Riding, England | |
| Sarah Crooker | Summer 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Thomas Crutcher | Summer 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| James Cudworth | Summer 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Davis | Summer 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| John Anthy Davison | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| John Day | Summer 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Thos Day | Lent 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Eliz Denton | Lent 1809 | Bedfordshire, England | |
| John Dogherty | Summer 1809 | Suffolk, England | |
| Richd Donnison | Summer 1809 | Yorkshire – East Riding, England | |
| George Donohough | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Jas Draper | Summer 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Jane Drover | Lent 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Edwd Edwards | 1793 | 3 Nov 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Henry Edwards | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| James Edwards | Summer 1809 | Cumberland, England | |
| Isaac Elliot | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Mary Ann Ellis | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Jane Evans | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| George Eyres | Lent 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Saml Fairs | Summer 1809 | Sussex, England | |
| Joseph Farmer | Lent 1809 | Wiltshire, England | |
| Francis Farren | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| Robert Ferguson | Summer 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Wm Few | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| John Finch | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Josh Fisher | Lent 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Dennis Fitzgerald | 1765 | 25 Sep 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Jas Floyd | Lent 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Wm Ford | Lent 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| William Francis | Summer 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Saml Franklin | Lent 1809 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Chas Frisby | Summer 1809 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Ruth Frost | Summer 1809 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
| John Fullagar | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Josh Furnee | Jan 1809 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Thos Gale | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Edward Gallaher | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Richd Gallaway | Lent 1809 | Berkshire, England | |
| Ann Gamble | 1751 | 20 Sep 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Jas Gardiner | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| David Gardner | Lent 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| John Pearmine Garrett | Lent 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| William Gates | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Edward Gaynor | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Danl Geary | 1777 | 12 Jan 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Wm Genders | Lent 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Wm Gill | Lent 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| George Glover | Lent 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| John Godding | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Rich D Godson | Summer 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Martin Goodhall | Lent 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Jonathan Graham | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| Susannah Grant | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Jas Green | Lent 1809 | Shropshire, England | |
| John Gregory | Aug 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Richard Griffin | Lent 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Robt Grimes | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| John Grubb | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Jas Gudlagly | Lent 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Alice Hall | Lent 1809 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| George Hall | Lent 1809 | Sussex, England | |
| Thos Hall | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| William Hall | Summer 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Wm Handcock | 1788 | 4 Nov 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| John Hanham | Summer 1809 | Dorset, England | |
| Joseph Hansell | 1790 | 1 Nov 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Joseph Harris | Lent 1809 | Northamptonshire, England | |
| Charlotte Harrison | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
| Robert Hartley | Summer 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Robert Harvey | Summer 1809 | Suffolk, England | |
| John Haughton | Lent 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| Edwd Haw | Lent 1809 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| Josh Heady | 1786 | 4 Jul 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Chas Heathcote | Lent 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Wm Higgens | 1789 | 29 Jun 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Edmd Higgins | Jan 1809 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| William Hilliard | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Jas Hilton | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Thos Hoadley | Summer 1809 | Wiltshire, England | |
| Stephn Hockey | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| John Hodson | Summer 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Carl Hoffold | 1769 | 7 Dec 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Gilbert Holden | Summer 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Wm Holding | Lent 1809 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
| Thos Holmit | 1794 | 17 May 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Richard Hook | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| William Hooper | Lent 1809 | Cornwall, England | |
| John Hopkins | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Wm How | Summer 1809 | Devon, England | |
| Robert Hughes | Summer 1809 | Kent, England | |
| John Humes | Summer 1809 | Devon, England | |
| Elias Ingram | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Joshua Inwards | Lent 1809 | Hertfordshire, England | |
| Thomas Jackson | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Antonio Janni | Summer 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Jon Jennings | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Mary Jennings | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| John Johan | Summer 1809 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Wm Jones | 1781 | 30 Jun 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Jas Jones | Summer 1809 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Patrick Jordan | Summer 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Thos Jubb | Lent 1809 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
| Chas Baliol Julian | Summer 1809 | Devon, England | |
| Wm Kean | Lent 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| James Kew | Summer 1809 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| Jonathan King | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Wm Kitchener | Lent 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| James Lacey | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Wm Lambert | Lent 1809 | Suffolk, England | |
| Thos Lampin | Summer 1809 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Hannah Large | Summer 1809 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Lawrence Law | Summer 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| John Lee | Lent 1809 | Devon, England | |
| Wm Leech | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Samuel Lewis | Lent 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Chas Lloyd | Summer 1809 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Ely Lowe | Lent 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| John Mackey | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| James Madden | Lent 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Makepeace | Lent 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Chas March | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Geo Marshall | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Mary Martin | Summer 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Mary Martin | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| William Masters | Summer 1809 | Cornwall, England | |
| Tom Fredk Maynard | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Patrick McKeand | Summer 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Miles | Summer 1809 | Hertfordshire, England | |
| Edward Moore | Lent 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| John Moore | Lent 1809 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
| John Moore | Lent 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Joseph Morgan | Lent 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Thomas Morgan | Summer 1809 | Herefordshire, England | |
| William Moulds | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Thos Murrells | Summer 1809 | Suffolk, England | |
| Martha Nagle | 1790 | 2 Nov 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Geo Nelson | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| George Nevill | Summer 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| John Nicholls | 1764 | 13 Jan 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| James Nicholls | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| Michael Nogan | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Benjamin Noke | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Richd Oakden | 1760 | 20 Sep 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Randle Ore | Lent 1809 | Shropshire, England | |
| James Parrott | Lent 1809 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Alice Patstone | Lent 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| John Perry | Lent 1809 | Herefordshire, England | |
| Jonathan Pollard | Summer 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Thomas Pollard | Summer 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Clifford Pope | 9 Oct 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Hannah Porter | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| John Potts | Lent 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Matthew Powell | 1790 | 30 Jun 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Saml Price | Lent 1809 | Shropshire, England | |
| Thomas Price | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Edward Priest | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| William Proudlove | Lent 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| Luke Pryn | Lent 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Josh Rauworth | Summer 1809 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| Chas Henry Ravenscroft | 1776 | 1 Jul 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Isaac Rawlins | Summer 1809 | Wiltshire, England | |
| John Reeves | Lent 1809 | Wiltshire, England | |
| Michael Reynolds | Summer 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| John Richardson | Lent 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Matthew Riley | Summer 1809 | Suffolk, England | |
| Roberts | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Thos Roles | 1787 | 23 Sep 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Thos Rose | 1786 | 13 Jan 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Henry Rose | Lent 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Charles Rowles | Summer 1809 | Kent, England | |
| William Rowthorn | Lent 1809 | Huntingdonshire, England | |
| Henry Russell | Jan 1809 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Chas Rutherford | 1781 | 4 Nov 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| John Ryan | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Jane Ryley | 1782 | 7 Dec 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Eleanr Saunders | Lent 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| John Scolfield | Summer 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Thomas Seymour | Summer 1809 | Yorkshire – East Riding, England | |
| Ann Shadwell | Lent 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| James Shaw | Lent 1809 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Robt Shaw | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| James Sheldon | Lent 1809 | Worcestershire, England | |
| Robert Shepherd | Summer 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Robt Simmons | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Charles Sleaford | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Ann Smallbrook | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| George Smith | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Jas Smith | Summer 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Jonathan Smith | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| Joseph Smith | Lent 1809 | Norfolk, England | |
| Richd Smith | Lent 1809 | Suffolk, England | |
| Robt Smith | Lent 1809 | Wiltshire, England | |
| Thomas Smith | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| William Smith | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Wm Smith | Lent 1809 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Thomas Smithers | Summer 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Thomas Snelson | Summer 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Walter Snow | Lent 1809 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Hannah Stanley | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| John Stenning | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| John Stock | Summer 1809 | Cumberland, England | |
| Cornelius Sullivan | 1783 | 25 Sep 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Patk Sullivan | Summer 1809 | Leicestershire, England | |
| John Sutherland | 1763 | 23 Jun 1809 | Middlesex, England |
| Wm Taylerson | Summer 1809 | Northumberland, England | |
| Ann Taylor | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Jas Taylor | Lent 1809 | Somerset, England | |
| John Taylor | Lent 1809 | Essex, England | |
| John Taylor | Lent 1809 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Ann Thomas | Spring 1809 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
| John Thompson | Summer 1809 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Mary Thompson | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| Daniel Lock Thurston | Feb 1809 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
| John Lock Thurston | Feb 1809 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
| William Lock Thurston | Feb 1809 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
| John Tierney | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| John Tindall | Summer 1809 | Yorkshire – East Riding, England | |
| Martha Towe | Summer 1809 | Essex, England | |
| Wm Tripp | Jul 1809 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Charles Turner | Lent 1809 | Lancashire, England | |
| Henry Turner | Lent 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| Sarah Turner | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| William Turner | Lent 1809 | Sussex, England | |
| James Ughlohhan | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| James Vollar | Lent 1809 | Sussex, England | |
| Robt Wade | Lent 1809 | Devon, England | |
| Mary Walker | Lent 1809 | Cheshire, England | |
| Geo Waltham | Summer 1809 | Leicestershire, England | |
| William Way | Lent 1809 | Devon, England | |
| Peter Weller | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| John Wesson | Lent 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| William West | Summer 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Saml Weston | Lent 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Geo Wheeler | Lent 1809 | Berkshire, England | |
| Thos Waldron Wheeler | Jan 1809 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Thomas White | Lent 1809 | Hertfordshire, England | |
| Patrick Wickham | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Jas Wicks | Lent 1809 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Jas Wilkinson | Summer 1809 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Mary Williams | Oct 1809 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
| Thos Williams | Lent 1809 | Staffordshire, England | |
| William Williams | Lent 1809 | Kent, England | |
| John Wilson | Lent 1809 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| William Wilson | Summer 1809 | Hampshire, England | |
| Saml Wood | Lent 1809 | Surrey, England | |
| Mary Woolley | Summer 1809 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Thos Woolley | Lent 1809 | Devon, England | |
| Thos Wright | Lent 1809 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
| Wm Wright | Lent 1809 | Oxfordshire, England |
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