Criminals and Executions in York

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16511650
Criminals and Executions
in York
Year
Name
Prison
Details
Gallows
Native of Stockton, near York, private soldier in the
Earl of Northumberland‟s Light Horse. Tried and
capitally convicted for committing rape upon Louisa
Bentley, aged 22, of Sheriff Hutton, servant at that
Castle, as she was coming to York, in a field where
she was walking, about 3 miles from Sheriff Hutton, on
th
Monday, 28 February, at 2.00pm. Next day Hewison
taken to his quarters in the Pavement, and committed
to the Castle.
Concerned in an insurrection in the North, murdered
the Earl of Northumberland and some of his servants,
at Maiden Bower, Topcliffe, the seat of the Earl
Tuesday, 31 March
1379.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
After Execution, his body was
hanged upon a gibbet in the
field where he had committed
crime, in Sheriff Huuton
Road.
th
York
Castle
Native of Aughton. Leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Lord Hussey (62)
York
Castle
Native of Duffield. Being concerned in the Pilgrimage
of Grace.
William Wode (67)
York
Castle
Prior of Bridlington. High treason, being concerned in
the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Wednesday
13
August
1537.
Beheaded in the
Pavement.
th
Wednesday
27
August
1537.
Hanged
and
Quartered at Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
st
Saturday
21
September
1537.
Beheaded
and
Quartered at Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
During this year a tax of a
tenth penny was laid on
men‟s goods and lands to aid
the Duke of Bretagne against
th French King, which caused
an insurrection in the North.
Next day hanged in chains
upon Heworth Moor, near
York.
1379
Edward Hewison (20)
York
Castle
1488
John Chambers
& several others
York
Castle
1537
Sir Robert Aske (58)
Date
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Other
st
Monday,
27
November 1488, at
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Duffield Castle was the seat
of Lord Hussey.
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Year
1538
1539
1540
1541
1542
1543
1544
1545
1546
1547
1548
1549
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
Other
st
Sir John Neville
& 10 associates
York
Castle
Creating a disturbance and insurrection in the North
Tuesday 31 March
1541.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
William Ombler
Thomas Dale
John Stephen
York
Castle
Raising a rebellion in the North.
21 September 1549.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
1550
1551
1552
1553
1554
1555
1556
1557
1558
1559
1560
1561
1562
1563
1564
1565
1566
1567
1568
1569
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Year
1570
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Simon Digby (42)
John Fulthorpe (39)
Robert Pennyman (37)
Thomas Bishop (29)
York
Castle
Thomas Wilson
Alias Mountain
York
Castle
1571
Bernard Siegfred (49)
York
Castle
1572
Earl of Northumberland
York
Castle
High Treason
1573
George Rutby (45)
Robert de Scheele (56)
Edward de Lavoiffier (58)
Thomas de Berthollet (49)
William Diequemare (63)
Robert de Rosier (57)
Robert de Alcock (50)
Robert Charles de Aleym (54)
George Richard de Allestry (59)
Robert de Fleury (50)
George de Abbot (48)
William de Abbot (58)
York
Castle
Native of Scarborough
Native of Hull
Native of Hull
Native of Driffield
Native of Knaresborough
High
Native of Knaresborough
Treason
Native of Pocklington
Native of Wakefield
Native of Wetherby
Native of Wakefield
Wounding Baron de Cavallo in
Native of Kirkham
Forest of Galtres, near
th
Native of Leyburn
Shipton on 29 May 1574
1575
Frederick Gottfried (37)
Thomas Conrat (27)
York
Castle
Native of Hull
Native of Keswick
Coining guineas in Thursday
Market, York.
1576
Edward de Satre (36)
Sarah Houslay (27)
York
Castle
Native of Selby
Native of Shipton
Uttering forged promissory notes
value of 50 guineas, at Leeds,
Belonging to Mr John Learoyd,
Innkeeper.
1574
York
Castle
Native of Asknew
Native of Iselbeck
Native of Stokesly
Rebellion
Murder of George de Walton, Abbot of St. Mary‟s, and
stabbed Rev. Edmund Grindall, Lord Archbishop of
th
York, on 13 July 1570, in the Cathedral Church of St.
Peter‟s, York
Native of Dover. Highway robbery and attempted
murder of Master John Dolland , in Stockton Forest, in
December 1570.
Gallows
Other
th
Their heads were set on the
four principle gates of the
city, with four of their
quarters. The other quarters
were set up in divers places
in the county as a warning to
rebels
After execution, body hung in
chains on Clifton Ings.
Tuesday 30 March
1571,
at
St.
Leonard‟s,
Green
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
nd
Wednesday
22
August
1572.
Beheaded in the
Pavement
Next day hung in chains upon
Stockton Forest.
Good Friday 27
March
1570.
Hanged, beheaded
and quartered on
Knavesmire.
th
30 July 1570.
St. Mary‟ Abbey
th
rd
Wednesday 3 April
1573. Hanged and
quartered at
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 27 June
1574.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Friday 27
March
1575.
St. Leonard‟s, Green
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar
th
Saturday 8 August
1576.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
After execution his head was
set up at the top of
Micklegate Bar.
His body
was buried in the Church of
St. Crux.
3 of their heads were set
upon Micklegate Bar, 2 upon
Bootham Bar, 2 upon Monk
Bar, 2 upon Walmgate Bar,
one over the Castle gates,
with their quarters.
Their bodies were given to
the surgeons of the city to be
dissected and anatomized.
Their bodies were buried in
St.
Giles‟s
Churchyard,
Gillygate, York.
Their bodies were buried
behind Castle walls, near the
river Foss.
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Year
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
Breaking into dwelling-house
th
of Mr. John Pascal, 20
January
Native of Badsworth
1577.
Native of Bentham. Wilful murder of his servant maid,
th
Sarah Robson, of Wakefield, by strangulation, 5
February 1578.
Tuesday 30 March
1577. St. Leonard‟s,
Green Dykes, without
Walmgate Bar.
nd
Monday 2
April
1578.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar
th
Wednesday 30 July
Walmgate Bar.
Native of Goldsbro‟
Native of Cottingham
1577
Robert Scheverel (43)
John de Tradescant (38)
George Masson (42)
York
Castle
1578
William Henry de Boyle (57)
York
Castle
1579
Charles de Pascal (38)
Thomas de Warltire (29)
George Edward de Priestley (40)
Charlotte Morrett (27)
Hannah Foucroy (25)
York
Castle
Native of Sheffield
Native of South Kirby
Native of Kildwick
Native of Hambleton
Native of Yeadingham
1580
1581
James Richardson (27)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Thomas Miller, Esq., at
th
Knaresborough on 5 April 1581, and theft of £20 in
silver coins.
1582
George Foster (25)
York
Castle
Native of Tadcaster. Coining.
1583
Peter Clark (28)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Hannah Thompson at Pocklington.
Rinion Foster (32)
York
Castle
Native of York. Horse stealing and committing rape
upon Mary Thompson, servant to Mr. William Johnson
at Dunnington.
George de Kirwan (34)
Thomas de Alasco (39)
York
Castle
Native of Ripon
Native of Penistone
1584
1585
Breaking into warehouse of
Robert Kirwan, Stonegate,
and stealing a quantity of
silks and drapery food,
value of 100 guineas.
Coining guineas at house
of Mr. Simon Pontius, in
Jubbergate, Silversmith .
Other
th
Their bodies were given to
the surgeons of the city to be
dissected and anatomized.
After execution his body was
taken to Wakefield Common
and hung in chains.
Bodies of Pascal and Warltire
buried in St. George‟s
Churchyard,
Bean
Hill,
without Fishergate Poster.
Bodies of Morrett, Fourcroy
and Priestley buried in St.
Wilfred‟s Churchyard, Blake
Street.
th
Saturday 30
July
1581.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
Monday 8
April
1582.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
st
Tuesday 31 March
1583.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
st
Tuesday 31 March
1583.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
rd
Wednesday
3
August
1585.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Their bodies were buried at
the Church of St. Helen,
Fishergate.
1586
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Year
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
Other
th
Their heads and quarters
were set upon Micklegate Bar
rd
St. George‟s Curch, Bean
Hill,
without
Fishergate
Postern, York.
th
Holy Trinity Curia Regis,
York.
1587
Frederick de Alcyonius (47)
Richard de Aldrich (37)
William de Malcolm (28)
York
Castle
Native of Pontefract
Native of Rotherham
Native of Richmond
1588
Andrew Turner
York
Castle
Coining.
Henry Ashe
York
Castle
Rape committed on Jane Furnish, on the high road
leading from York to Hull.
George Wynch (24)
Peter de Ramus (34)
York
Castle
Native of Stamford Bridge
Native of Slaidburn
Joseph de Hamel (43)
Richard de Bourboulon (53)
Anthony Hodson (37)
York
Castle
Native of Manchester
Native of Blackburn
Native of Burnley
House breaking and
th
highway robbery on 5
May 1592.
Monday 28
July
1592.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Richard Craw (28)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Mr. James Giles, of Knaresborough.
1595
William de Allestry (37)
Robert de Hammond (34)
Thomas de Allix (38)
York
Castle
Natives of York. Coining and paying bad money.
1596
Henry de Alms (58)
York
Castle
Native of Darlington. Paying bad guineas in the York
Fair, and at Hull.
Monday 30 March
1594.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 24 March
1595.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7 March
1596.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
1589
1590
1591
1592
1593
1594
Highway robbery on Hull
st
Road near Kexby on 1
February 1590.
Saturday 28 March
1587.
Hung, beheaded and
quartered
at
St.
Leonard‟s,
Green
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
Monday 10 August
1588.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
Monday 10 August
1588.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
Monday 23
April
1590.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
St. George‟s Churchyard,
Bean Hill, without Fishergate
Postern, York.
His body was buried in St.
Andrew‟s Churchyard, St.
Andrewgate, York.
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Year
Details
Gallows
1597
John Thomas de Neime (36)
York
Castle
Native of North Driffield. Robbing Eugene Petit with
intent to murder, on Heworth Moor, York.
1598
Thomas Henry de Alting (45)
Thomas Swedier (33)
York
Castle
Native of Beverley
Native of Sheffield
1599
John Taylor
York
Castle
John Milburn
York
Castle
Coining.
George Wolstenholme, Esq (59)
Thomas Wilson, Esq (48)
Richard Thomas (60)
James Norrison (39)
Robert Noke (43)
Francis Mitchel (46)
Henry Hutchinson (29)
York
Castle
Natives of Hull. Smuggling and wilful murder of
Captain Thomas Fletcher, of the ship Nancy, of Hull;
Guy Foster, mate; William Forest and George Fowler,
th
seamen of same ship. On 6 January 1600.
Saturday 27 March
1597.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
Monday 27
July
1598.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 10 August
1599.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 10 August
1599.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
nd
Monday 2
April
1600.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
Charles Beaumond (35)
Thomas Bennington (37)
Mary Blakey (23)
Emma Brown (25)
York
Castle
Native of Sheffield
Native of Doncaster
Native of Bradford
Native of Bradford
William Penalton (34)
York
Castle
Native of Barnby. Wilful murder of John Young at
th
Pocklington on 7 December 1602.
Harris Rosenberg (56)
John de Viner (32)
York
Castle
Native of Florence
Native of Paris
(Servant of Rosenberg)
Richard Cullingworth (43)
Elizabeth Bradwith (30)
Hannah Bulmer (28)
Jane Buckle (34)
York
Castle
Natives of York. Coining and paying money known to
be counterfeit and bad.
1600
1601
1602
1603
1604
Name
Prison
Date
House breaking and taking 24
guineas from Mr. William de
Boucham, with intent to murder
him and his wife at Knaresborough.
Native of Doncaster. Horse stealing.
Other
th
th
Counterfeiting guineas
Murder of Mr. Millington,
th
innkeeper at Leeds on 8
November 1602.
Thursday 28
July
1602.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
Saturday 30 March
1603.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30 March
1603.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Tuesday 6
April
1604.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body was hung in chains
on Heworth Moor.
Their bodies were hung in
chains in Knaresborough
Forest.
Body buried in the Church of
St. Mary, Castlegate, York.
Body buried in the Church of
St. Mary, Castlegate, York.
Bodies given to surgeons of
York and Hull to be dissected
and anatomized.
Bodies of Beaumont and
Bennington buried in St.
Helen‟s
Churchyard,
Fishergate. Bodies of Blakey
and Brown buried in St.
John‟s Churchyard, Hungate.
Body hung in chains at
Barnby Moor.
Bodies given to surgeons for
dissection.
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Year
Details
Gallows
1605
Elizabeth Cook (48)
York
Castle
Native of Kexby. Wilful murder of her mother, aged
82, by burning her to death, at Heworth, York.
Monday 29 March
1605.
Hanged and burnt at
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
1606
1607
Stephen Dobson Esq (50)
York
Castle
1608
Frederick Wrightson (37)
York
Castle
Native of London. Wilful and deliberate murder of his
servant, Michael Penrose, at his lodgings in Coney
th
Street, York, on 18 January 1607.
Native of Keswick.
Wilful murder of Mary Ann
th
Coupland at Wakefield, on 4 May 1608.
Friday 3 April 1607.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Wednesday 29 July
1608.
1609
1610
Robert Blackley (45)
York
Castle
High Treason.
Monday 28
July
1610.
Hung, beheaded and
quartered at Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
His head and quarters were
placed on top of Micklegate
Bar.
Richard Carson (26)
Thomas Armstrong (24)
York
Castle
Natives of Leeds. Coining and paying bad money, in
order to deceive and rob the public.
th
Bodies buried at Church of
St. George, Bean Hill, York.
1613
William Grame (2)
York
Castle
Native of York. Robbery and murder of Mr. Robert
Gott, flax dresser, of High Ousegate, York, as he was
th
returning from Knaresborough on 4 February 1613.
1614
Mark Barnard (34)
Mary Robinson (20)
Thomas Barker (29)
Philip Darling (42)
Thomas Easingwold (48)
Rose Dutton (25)
Emma Fountain (23)
Maria Fowler (22)
York
Castle
Wednesday
5
September
1612.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 27 March
1613.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 6 February
1614.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
Mark Trumble (25)
Robert Martinson (26)
York
Castle
1611
1612
1615
Name
Prison
Date
Native of Mirfield
Native of York
Native of York
Native of York
Native of York
Native of York
Native of Ripon
Native of Haxby
Other
th
rd
th
Coining and paying bad
money in Malton.
Highway robbery near Shipton, in
the Forest of Galtres.
th
Saturday 29 March
1615.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Body given to surgeons to be
anatomized.
Body hung in chains on
Wakefield Common.
Body given to surgeons for
dissection.
Body of Bernard buried at St.
George‟s Churchyard, Bean
Hil, York. Robinson buried at
Pocklington.
Easingwold
buried in St. Sampson‟s
Churchyard, York. Dutton,
Fountain and Fowler buried in
St.
John‟s
Churchyard,
Hungate, York.
Bodies buried in St. Olave‟s
Churchyard, Marygate, York.
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Year
1616
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
Other
rd
Thomas Pindham
York
Castle
Rape and murder of Miss E. D. Johnson at Marston.
Henry Musgrave
York
Castle
Coining bad money.
George Ridley
York
Castle
Robbery at Naburn
1617
Simon Routledge
York
Castle
Stealing a mare from Mr. John Potts, of Huntington,
York, in May 1615.
1618
Mark Addison
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Elizabeth Robinson at Kexby.
1619
1620
Robert Hall
York
Castle
Coining and paying bad money at Easingwold.
Saturday 20
April
1620.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
1621
1622
George Bell Esq (32)
York
Castle
Attorney at law, Native of Leeds. Forging a wil
belonging to Ralph Dalton Esq, of Halifax.
Ralph Raynard
Mark Dunn
Mrs. Fletcher
York
Castle
Of White House, Easingwold
Native of Huby
Native of Raskelfe
Joseph Hetherington (35)
York
Castle
Stealing 4 horses in Tadcaster, at Hand and Whip
th
public house on 4 March 1623.
Tuesday 31 March
1622.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 28
July
1623.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
nd
Monday 2
August
1623.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
1623
Drowning of Mr.
Fletcher at Dawney
Bridge
Monday 23 March
1616.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Thursday
23
September 1616. St.
Leonard‟s,
Green
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
rd
Thursday
23
September 1616. St.
Leonard‟s,
Green
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
Saturday 27
July
1617.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 25 March
1618.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
st
dissection.
Body buried in St. John‟s
Churchyard, Hungate, York.
dissection.
Body buried in St. George‟s
Curchyard, Bean Hill, York.
Body buried at Leeds.
Bodies hung in chains near
place of murder, and later
buried there which became
known as Gibbet Hill.
Body buried in St. George‟s
Churchyard, Bean Hill, York.
Page 8
Year
Details
Gallows
1624
Richard Bell (52)
York
Castle
Native of York. Coining bad money in Thursday
Market, York, and paying it at Kexby, Pocklington,
Market Weighton and Hull.
1625
Richard Ridley (24)
Amos Armstrong (28)
York
Castle
Hors stealing from Mr. William Rooks of Deighton, on
nd
2 Fenruary 1625.
Monday 23
April
1624.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 25 August
Walmgate Bar.
William Cawan (25)
William Hall (26)
York
Castle
Native of Stockton
Native of Dunnington
Robert Storie (28)
York
Castle
Charles Rochester (28)
George Rocliffe (33)
Christopher Singleton (37)
1626
1627
1628
1629
1630
1631
1632
1633
1634
Name
Prison
Date
Other
rd
Their bodies buried in St.
Hill, York.
nd
His body buried in St. Mary‟s
Churchyard,
Castlegate,
York.
st
Sampson‟s
Churchyard,
York.
nd
St. Helen‟s Churchyard, York.
Monday 30 March
1627.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
York
Castle
Native of Leeds
Native of Doncaster
Native of Halifax
Saturday 31 March
1630.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Robert Nixon (42)
John Newton (35)
York
Castle
Native of Hull
Native of Hunslet
1632.
Thomas Wardle (48)
William Hornby (50)
Benjamin Hornsey (39)
Charles Hopkinson (27)
Thomas Jefferson (28)
Peter Kibblewhite (32)
George Henry Kilvington (46)
William Kitching (39)
Thomas Lazenby (35)
Thomas Langdale (27)
York
Castle
Native of Bradford
Native of Huddersfield
Native of Dewsbury
Native of Aldburgh
Native of Bradford
Native of Helmsley
Native of Keighley
Native of Little Driffield
Native of Pontefract
Native of Scarborough
Coining and circulating bad
money at Leeds, in January
Rioting about corn at Hull,
and demolishing the
dwelling house of
Edward Cooper Esq, and
stealing a quantity of
wearing apparel.
Bodies buried in St. Dyonis‟s
Churchyard, York.
th
House breaking and
attempted murder of John
Williamson, his
Wife Ellen, and 2 children at
th
Halifax, on 10 December 1626.
Native of Clifton, York. Setting fire to Mr. R. Wilson‟s
dwelling house and outbuildings at Malton, January
1628.
Coining base money in
Walmgate, York.
Body buried in St. Dyonis‟s
Churchyard, York.
Tuesday 2
April
1628.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Saturday 2
May
1632.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Thursday
4
February 1634. St.
Leonard‟s,
Green
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
Page 9
Year
Gallows
Other
1634
John Bartendale
Name
York
Castle
Felony.
27
March 1634.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body buried at Tyburn,
without Micklegate Bar.
Shortly after Mr. Vavaours,
of Hesselwood, thought he
saw the earth move, whilst
riding by. Helped the convict
from grave and took to York
Castle again. At next
Assizes ,obtained a free and
full pardon.
1635
1636
Owen Thompson (39)
York
Castle
Native of Snaith. Horse stealing.
Elizabeth Mary Harrison (25)
York
Castle
Poisoning Jacob Jackson at Stockton, York on 5
January 1636.
Monday 29 March
1636.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
Monday 29 March
1636.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
1637
1638
Henry Aske (23)
York
Castle
Native of Middleham. Stabbing with intent to murder
George Wilson, of Wakefield.
1639
Robert Skelton (32)
York
Castle
Native of Hull. Forging a will belonging to Thomas Bell
Esq., of Hull.
1640
John Reresby, Esq
1641
Thomas Stafford
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
John Taylor (21)
Prison
Date
st
1 October
th
25 January
Details
th
th
th
th
Monday
8
May
1638.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Saturday 1 August
1639.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
Body buried in St. Sampson‟s
Churchyard, York.
Body buried in St. Sampson‟s
Churchyard, York.
His body buried in St. Helen‟s
Churchyard,
Fishergate,
York.
His body buried in St.
Hill, York.
Assault.
Seditious words.
Native of York. Setting fire to Mr. William Hodgson‟s
farm house, between Stamford Bridge and York, on
th
13 January 1641.
rd
Monday 23
April
Walmgate Bar.
His body buried in St. Crux
Churchyard, York.
Page 10
Year
1642
Name
Richard Penrose
John Troutbeck
1643
1644
1645
1646
1647
Date
rd
23 May
th
9 June
Details
Gallows
Other
Native of Wheldrake. Sacrilege.
Seditious words.
th
Amos Lawson (34)
York
Castle
Native of Huddersfield. Highway Robbery.
Wednesday 30 July
1644.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
Thomas Empson (27)
John Dove (23)
Joseph Dunning (31)
Thomas Robinson (22)
John Robinson (30)
Thomas Newton
Lawrence Wade
And others
Thomas Beevers
York
Castle
Native of Sheffield
Highway robbery near
th
Native of Halifax
Huddersfield, on 10 February
Native of Leeds
1646.
Native of Bradford
Native of Bradford
Fireing into a dwelling house of Thomas Warter, in
th
th
th
rd
th
Ecclesfeld, on 13 , 20 and 25 June, and 3 , 4 ,
th
and 18 July 1645.
Dyer, Native of Thurleston. Seditious words.
Tuesday 31 March
1646.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
Elizabeth Crosley
And others.
Elizabeth Drysdale (26)
Helen Drysdale (24)
Robert Johnson
Richard Dunwell
Herbert Cook
1648
Prison
York
Castle
York
Castle
George Clay
Ebenezer Moor (39)
th
York
Castle
28 September
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
22
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
14 August
nd
October
st
31 December
th
th
16 August
th
24 August
th
10 March
His body buried at St.
Hill, York.
st
Native of Heptenstall. Witchcraft.
Sisters, natives of Tadcaster. Wilful and deliberate
murder of Robert Boss, of Heslington, York, joiner,
and Robert Blanchard, of Walmgate, York,
woolcomber, by poisoning them at house of Dame
th
Robinson, the sign of of The Maypole, Clifton on 16
February 1647.
Clerk. Native of New Malton. Publishing two unlawful
books in the church of Old Malton.
Clerk.
Using the Common Prayer Book, whilst
baptizing a child at church of Bishophill junior.
Church warden, Heslington. Scandalous behaviour –
taking the church‟s register.
Attempt to poison Parliamentary prisoners during Civil
Wa, at Merchants‟ Hall, York.
Native of Boroughbridge. Highwayman. Shoting
Thomas Kent, farmer, upon Barmby Moor.
th
Saturday 10
April
Walmgate Bar.
th
Saturday 5 August
1648.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
Their
bodies
given
to
surgeons to be dissected and
anatomized.
His body buried in All Hallows
Churchyard,
Fishergate,
York.
Page 11
Year
1648
1649
Name
Prison
Date
20 October
Details
Gallows
Other
th
Riot at Mr. Vabvaulconburghe‟s house, Midlins, on 11
October 1648.
th
Murder of William Rex Esq, of Dunnington, on 9
March 1649.
Robert Kay
And 18 others
George Frederick Merrington
Maria Merrington (wife)
York
Castle
York
Castle
John Hollins (35)
William Askwith (45)
Joseph Baines (30)
Thomas Barker (54)
Edward Calvert (43)
Thomas Darley (47)
Henry Cave (39)
William Cropper (40)
James Dallin (57)
John Danby (58)
James Eastwood (44)
William Ellison (48)
Thomas Exley (30)
George Frankish (59)
Elizabeth Thomlinson (27)
York
Castle
Grace Bland (29)
York
Castle
Native of Easingwold. Setting fire to the house of her
mistress, known by the sign of the Maypole, Cifton, on
th
5 November 1648.
Saturday 30
1649.
Knavesmire.
Emma Robinson (25)
(Fair Emma)
York
Castle
Native of Masham. Poisoning her fellow servant, Mary
Wood.
Jane Lickiss (43)
York
Castle
Native of Shipton. Wilful murder of her servant maid,
th
Mary Lumley, at Wetherby on 5 December 1648.
Hannah Meynell (53)
York
Castle
Native of York.
Wounding George Meyers, at
Marston, with intent to murder.
Ellen Nicholson (28)
York
Castle
Native of Selby. Wilfully setting fire to her master‟s
house and outbuildings with 4 hourses, 3 cows, 2
calves, 3 stacks of wheat, 2 of Barley, 4 of hay and 2
of straw.
Saturday 30
April
1649.
Hanged and burned
at Knavesmire.
th
Saturday 30
April
1649.
Hanged and burned
at Knavesmire.
th
Saturday 30
April
1649.
Knavesmire.
th
Saturday 30
April
1649.
Knavesmire.
York
Castle
Native of Otley
Native of Leeds
Native of Ripon
Native of York
Native of York
Native of York
Native of Hull
Rebellion
Native of Hull
Native of Otley
Native of Ripon
Native of York
Native of Leeds
Native of Bedale
Native of Bedale
Native of Selby. Wilful murder of her bastard child , at
Blackburton
th
Tuesday 13
April
1649.
Dykes,
without
Walmgate Bar.
th
Saturday 30
April
1649. Knavesmire.
Their
bodies
given
surgeons for dissection.
to
th
Saturday 30
April
1649.
Hanged and burned
at Knavesmire.
th
April
th
Her body given to surgeons
to
be
dissected
and
anatomized.
Her body buried in St.
Andrewgate, York.
Page 12
Year
1649
Name
Date
York
Castle
Mr. Billington
(husband of Isabella)
York
Castle
Colonel John Morrice (53)
Cornet Blackburn (52)
York
Castle
30 July
Thomas Bright
York
Castle
York
Castle
18 September
Nicholas Spavild
Richard Drew
York
Castle
28 November
William Mason
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
9 January
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
18 March
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
17 July
Marmaduke Richardson
1650
Prison
Isabella Billington (32)
Thomas Welsh
Thomas Roseter
And others
Richard Smith
? Barbary
Francis Parker
Elizabeth Grey
Elizabeth Parker
Mary Sykes
Joseph Constant
And others
Richard Thomas (23)
George Harrison (27)
Mary Pope (25)
John Purveys
Anne Crowther
Thomas Bradley
Gallows
Saturday 30
April
1649.
Knavesmire.
th
Saturday 30
April
1649.
Knavesmire.
nd
Saturday 22 August
1649.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
High treason.
Rainsborough
th
Native of Pickering. Having an unlawful book, entitled
„The Tablet or Moderation of Charles I and Martyr‟.
Clerk. Native of Pocklington. Praying publicly before
his sermon for Charles II, King of Scotland and heir
apparent. (Prince of Wales).
Robbery of The Right Hon. William Earle of Dunfries
th
on the road between Lincoln and Doncaster, on 26
November 1649. Taking one bay mare and a black
nagg, etc.
Treason.
th
26 September
th
th
th
12 February
Piracy
th
Being a gipsy.
8 March
th
nd
April
Wilful murder of Colonel Robert
th
19 August
th
18 October
John‟s Churchyard, Hungate,
York.
Witchcraft.
Captain of the „St. Peter of Jersey‟. Piracy.
Paying bad money.
th
Other
th
Native of North Duffield. Seditious words.
st
1 March
2
Details
Crucifying her mother at Pocklington and offering a
th
calf and a cock for burnt sacrifice, on 5 January
1649.
Taking part in the crime with Isabella Billington.
nd
Wednesday
22
April 1650. Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
Dyonis‟s Churchyard, York.
A dangerous person – wearing a pocket dagger with 2
long knives.
Native of Mirfield. Killing her husband.
Manslaugter of Robert Allerton at Woodchurch.
Page 13
Year
1650
Name
Peter de Beavoir
Robert Ashton
1651
Margaret Morton
William Lazednby
George Holroyd
Richard Montaigne
And others
John Denton
John Taylor
John Robinson
Alias Thomas Towler
John Mannering
Alias John Grosvenor
Richard Pollard
And others
Thomas Woodroffe
Christopher Wright
Edward Clegg
John Thompson
Alias John Smith
James William
Richard Chamley
William Bewick
William Carmichael
David Grey
Prison
Date
Details
th
A dangerous person
th
A dangerous person
10 January
th
Native of Kirkthorpe. Witchcraft
22 January
Gentlman.
Native of Haxby.
False news and
seditious words.
Clerk, minister of Foston. Seditious sermon.
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
14 December
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
13 June
25 December
21 February
rd
3 March
Captain of a ketch. Piracy.
th
Being a suspicious person.
26 March
th
6 June
Gentleman. Conspiracy.
th
Selling unlawful books.
th
Seditious words.
th
Misdemeanor – saying “God save the King and
Parliament.”
Being a Seminary priest.
28 August
30 August
st
31 August
2
nd
September
rd
23 September
2
Being Seminar priests.
th
13 August
nd
October
8 December
Other
Gentleman. High treason, in New Malton.
th
12 March
Gallows
Native of Carleton. Seditious words.
Assault.
Native of Beverley. Seditious words.
Wandering soldiers.
Page 14
Year
1652
Name
Hester France
George Johnson (56)
Luke Hinderson (45)
Elizabeth Anderson (26)
Mary Ellison (30)
Joseph Bannister
William Archer
William Elrington
Mary Fisher
Everley John Peacock
Jane ?
Elizabeth Hutton
1653
Elizabeth Lambe
Simon Warriner
Richard Bickerdike
Thomas Caseley
1654
Anne Greene
Marmaduke Holmes (40)
John Pickering
John Day
Andrew Huddleton, Esq
Prison
Date
York
Castle
York
Castle
23 January
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
15 April
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
24 August
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
4 August
Details
Native of Thirsk
Native of Stamford Bridge
Native of York
Native of York
th
Harbouring a soldier .
th
Seditious words.
29 April
13
TH
July
th
18 July
st
1 August
th
th
9 September
Robbing Peter Ellison,
butcher of York, upon
Barnby Moor, and
leaving him for dead.
Dyer. Of Knaresborough.Treason.
th
Treason.
th
Native of Kendal. Selling unlawful books at Beverley
8 July
th
16 February
Witchcraft.
Stealing 15 sheep from John Wright, farmer, at
Aldborough. Sold part of them at York Market.
th
th
th
Thursday 27
July
1654.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Dyonis‟s Churchyard, York.
Yeoman. Native of Crambe. Seditious words.
19 August
Seditious words.
September
Native of Hutton. Seditious words.
Wilfred‟s Churchyard, York.
Abusing Judges in court.
th
7 July
nd
Saturday 2
April
1652.
St. Leonard‟s Green,
Walmgate Bar.
Od East Ayton. Seditious words – “I hope the sun will
once again shine on me. There are 40,000 cavaleirs
coming into England, and upon their coming I will
make some persons rue it.”
Abusing ministers at New Malton.
Witchcraft.
13 May
Other
Gentleman. Native of Beverley. Writing a libellous
letter to Thomas Hudson, Mayor of Beverley.
Native of Selby. Brawling in church.
th
17 March
Gallows
Wictchcraft.
Page 15
Year
1654
Name
Elizabeth Roberts
Ellen Waude
Katherine Earle
1655
Rober Sawrey
Christopher Bramley
Thomas Baynes
Charles Kiplin
John Loft
1656
William Richardson
James Richardson
(brother)
Richard Browne
Jonathan Brammall (29)
Jennet Benton
George Benton
William Wade
Mary Wade
Agnes Wilkinson
1657
Matthew Vasey
Thomas Taylor
George Harrison
1658
Christopher Flower
Sir John Saville
Prison
Date
Details
th
Witchcraft.
th
Native of Selby. Seditious words.
th
Witchcraft.
th
Stealing church bell at Copgrave.
th
Native of Whixley.
Brawing in church at Little
Ouseburne.
Gentleman.
Native of Twisleton.
Scandalous
behaviour.
Clerk. Native of Crosbie Ravenside. Treason.
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
14 October
York
Castle
York
Castle
26 March
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
7 June
18 October
11 January
14 January
28 March
th
17 July
th
11 August
th
12 August
th
13 August
th
th
Seditious words.
Witchcraft.
22 July
Brawling in church at Kighley.
th
High Treason.
st
Brawling in church at Appulby.
th
Treason.
th
Seditious words.
21 August
24 September
26 April
22
nd
July
st
Monday 21
April
1656.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body buried in St. John‟s
Churchyard, Hungate, York.
Witchcraft.
12 July
30 May
Other
Native of Whingate Wood. Brawling in church at
Newton Kime.
Minister of Brough.
Seditious words.
Uttering and paying counterfeit coin, at Doncaster on
th
5 February 1656.
th
Gallows
Native of Lupset. Not repairing chancel of the church
of Wakefield.
Page 16
Year
Name
Prison
Date
1659
Charles Spooner (23)
York
Castle
York
Castle
25
1660
Izrael Wayd
Peter Mason
Peter Jackson
Matthew Potter
Captain John Hodgson
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
14 January
Elizabeth Simpson
Thomas Taylor
Samuel Watson
Henry Jackson
John Smyth
Roger Hebden
Christofer Holyday
John Levens
George Watkinson
Peter Acklam
Isaac Linsley
John Hall
William Dewsbury
John Hick
Samuel Pole
Matthew Foster
John Blakeley
John Greene
Richard Blythma
Christofer Gilburne
Nicholas Pawson
Andrew Hawkes
Christopher Bramley
William Lotherton
Abraham Wadsworth
John Hodgson
William Siddall
Christopher Chapman.
TH
July
Details
Gallows
Native of Bradford. Robbery and wilful murder of
th
Francis Groves, on Barmby Moor, on 15 December
1659.
Saturday 29 March
1659.
Walmgate Bar.
Of Coley Hall. Seditious words.
th
Witchcraft.
th
Refusing the oath of allegiance.
25 March
Other
th
30 March 1659, his body
hung in chains on Barnby
Moor.
Clothworkers. Natives of Leeds. Using a hot press.
th
15 February
th
Page 17
Year
1660
Name
John Careuth
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
23 May
York
Castle
York
Castle
8 August
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
28 August
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
28 May
Peter Hall
R. Gardener
Mary Johnson
Jeremiah Balderson (32)
Richard Souly (25)
Ralph Constable, Esq
Jane Watson
1662
Date
York
Castle
William Poole
1661
Prison
Michael R. Lindop
O. Williams
T. P. Reynolds
Thomas Herbert
Anthony Beedam (26)
Walter Crompton
Robert Roberson
Columbus Ingleby
Charles North
Michael Studholme
Details
Gallows
Highway robbery, near Whitby, November 1659.
rd
Seditious words.
th
Seditious word.
15 November
Coining.
th
Manslaughter.
th
Witchcraft.
rd
Seditious words.
Wilful murder of Elizabeth Beedam, his wife, aged 24,
th
at Ripon on 25 December 1661.
th
Gentleman. Seditious words.
th
Seditious words.
28 July
th
4 August
th
8 August
th
11 October
th
Body of Hall buried in St.
Hill, York. Body of Gardener
buried in St. Michaeil-leBelfrey‟s Churchyard, York.
Witchcraft.
th
23 March
Hill, York.
Thursday 30 March
1661.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Highwaymen. Robbing George Melrose, and cutting
rd
off his nose, on 3 February 1661, in the Forest of
Galtres.
10 October
Other
nd
Monday 2
April
1660.
Walmgate Bar.
Gentleman. Of Lawland Hall.
Redman of Ingleton.
th
Bodies buried in Holy Trinity,
Curia Regis Churchyard,
York.
th
His body given to surgeons
for dissection.
Saturday 19 August
1661.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar
Monday 25 March
1662.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Murder of Brian
Gentleman. Manslaughter.
Page 18
Year
1663
Name
Henry Thompson
Robert Archbell (41)
William Amber (41)
Matthew Champney (43)
George Campion (48)
Thomas Carbutt (47)
Christopher Simpson (29)
George Slater (34)
George Mouncer (49)
Joseph Morley (51)
Timothy Mosley (45)
John Hutchinson (48)
David Jackson (49)
Henry Richardson (45)
Cornelius Thompson (44)
Thomas Fox (45)
Benjamin Hornby (29)
Francis Holmes Sr (56)
William Holmes Jr (25)
Joshua Kirkby
William Christian
Captain Mason
Sarah Walker
Thomas Lightfoot
Jonathan Shackleton
William Moulthorpe
Nicholas Battersby
Captain Atkinson
Ralph Robinson
William Askwith
Dorothy Stranger
Prison
Date
th
York
Castle
York
Castle
19 January
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
March
th
6 April
th
Seditious words.
th
Highway robbery.
th
Seditious words.
th
Seditious words.
th
Sorcery.
15 August
17 September
17 October
20 October
nd
October
High treason.
23 October
rd
High treason
th
High treason.
th
Witchcraft.
28 October
10 November
Other
Wednesday
January 1663.
25
th
Two of them were quartered,
and their heads and quarters
set up on several gates of
York. 4 head on Micklegate
Bar, 3 on Bootham Bar, on e
at Walmgate Bar, one on
Monk Bar, 3 at the Castle
gates.
Gentleman. Defrauding the revenue.
High Treason.
28 July
Gallows
th
th
27 July
22
Details
Murder of Margaret Hill on 30 December 1662, at
Rotherham.
Native of Ripon
Insurrection in Yorkshire. All
Native of Ripon
were conventional preachers
Native of Thorparch
and old Parliamentary soldiers.
Native of Tadcaster Rebellion was to redeem
Native of Poppleton themselves from the excise and
Native of Poppleton subsidies, to establish a Gospel
Native of Rufforth
magistracy and ministry, to
Native of Rufforth
restore the Long Parliament,
Native of Rufforth
and to reform all orders and
Native of Otley
degrees of men, especially the
Native Otley
lawyers and clergy.
Native of Otley
Native of Ripley
Native of Otley
Native of Leeds
Native of Leeds
Native of Leeds
Native of Leeds
Clerk, of Wakefield. Nonconformity.
Page 19
Year
1663
Name
William Day
Henry Henson
Jeremy Booth
1664
George Parkin
John Lyley
William Hurd
Robert Thornburrow
William Dalton
Jane Simpson
Ruben Beverage (28)
1665
Anthony Garforth
Mrs. Pepper
John Burrowes
John Nicholson
George Dagnell (21)
Robert Snowdon (28)
Matthew Dale
Thomas Yowart
W. Fryar
John Day
William Rowland
William Ubanke
Prison
Date
Gallows
Robbery, cutting and maiming Robert Kyle, in
th
Stockton Forest on 8 March 1663.
Tuesday 30
July
1664.
Walmgate Bar.
Treason.
th
High treason.
th
Treason.
th
Seditious words.
st
Seditious words.
st
Seditious words.
21 November
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
21 January
York
Castle
4 May
York
Castle
Details
st
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
19 December
26 December
19 January
21 March
21 March
th
Seditious words.
st
Seditious words.
6 June
1 July
th
20 July
st
Witchcraft.
Using Charms.
th
Murder.
9 February
st
21 February
th
9 May
His body buried
Trinity,
Curia
Churchyard, York.
th
His body
Sampson‟s
York.
in
Holy
Regis
Dangerous person.
Horse stealing, at Bradford, March 1663.
th
th
rd
3 February
Other
Of Helmsley.
Of Antofts.
Of Bilsdale.
Of Ampleford.
Of Oldstead.
Cutting and wounding.
Saturday 24
April
1665.
Walmgate Bar.
Assault.
Page 20
buried in St.
Churchyard,
Year
1665
Name
Henry Ashton
Ann Linscale
1666
Matthew Harwod
William Knapton
Edward Ruddocke
Samuel Wortley
William Hunsloe
Stephen Bulkeley
George Atkinson
John Fawsit
William Gill
William Kirke
1667
James Alderson
George Alderson
John Alderson
Luke Weatherhead
William Oglethorpe
Elizabeth Duffield
Emmy Gaskin
Archibald Little
John Platts
1668
John Lee
William Skelton
Prison
Date
Seditious words.
th
Child murder.
th
Highway robbery.
th
Seditious words.
19 May
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
28 February
10 July
24 April
30 April
2
Details
th
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
nd
May
rd
3 May
st
Gentleman. Murder.
Seditious words.
August
Publishing contrary to the statute.
nd
August
Seditious words.
th
Dangerous person.
th
Clerk. Seditious words.
th
Seditious words.
th
Murder.
th
Treasure trove.
13 March
th
Gentleman. A misdemeanour.
July
A Misdemeanor.
11 September
18 September
10 November
11 December
th
4 July
th
16 August
th
6 October
Witchcraft.
Cattle stealing.
High treason.
st
Seditious words.
th
Gentleman. Murder.
31 March
28 April
Other
Murder.
21 July
2
Gallows
Page 21
Year
1668
Name
John Melmerby
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
19 June
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
1 April
York
Castle
York
Castle
24 January
Patricious Curwen
Elizabeth Teasdale
William Inman
William Warren
Thomas Fisher
Richard Gilpin
1670
Edward Canby
John Browne
Edward Rocliffe (24)
Peter B.Sharp (27)
Richard Wadkins (29)
Anne Wilkinson
Adam Bland Esq
William Vasey
1671
Date
York
Castle
John Bowman
1669
Prison
George Habbishaw (37)
Benjamin Ambrose (29)
Mr. Hodgson
Margaret Pinchbeck
Miss. Pinchbeck
Details
Wilful murder of George Lumley
th
Knaresborough, on 10 January 1666.
th
Gallows
Esq,
at
Friday
1668.
without
Bar.
Other
th
th
May
Tyburn,
Micklegate
14 May, Habbishaw‟s body
hung
in
chains
in
Knaresborough Forest.
Body of Ambrose given to
th
Andrewgate, York.
13
Sacrilege.
th
26 June
th
8 August
Gentleman. Murder.
th
Murder.
th
Murder.
th
Conspiracy.
th
Murder.
17 September
17 October
27 June
24 July
th
4 August
th
25 January
rd
3 February
Clerk. Holding a conventicler.
Riot.
Seditious words.
Robbing Mr. John Leng, butcher, of York, on Strensall
th
Moor, on 20 December 1669.
st
Witchcraft.
th
Manslaughter.
4 April
th
th
29 October
Wilful and deliberate murder of Marian, house keeper
of Mr. Earle of Beningbrough Hall, and attempted
murder of Martin Giles, gamekeeper.
Assault.
Wednesday
29
March 1670.
St.
Leonard‟s
Green,
Walmgate Bar.
th
18 August 1670.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Murder.
Page 22
Year
1672
Name
Andrew Carr
John Booth
Robert Driffield (24)
Mark Edmund (22)
1673
William Fawcett
Anne Baites
Margaret Milburne
Miles Beckett (21)
Jane Thompson (23)
Thomas Thomlinson (22)
1674
Calvert Smithson
Peter Banks
Robert Rawnsley
Amos Cropper (25)
Andrew Rutherford
Susan Hincliffe
1675
Jonathan Jennings Esq
Abraham Ibbitson
Daniel Awtry
Robert Thompson
Prison
Date
th
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
20 April
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
8 January
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
6 January
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
16 July
th
8 May
Details
2
nd
April
th
17 May
Coining guineas at Sheffield.
Murder.
Native of Hull. Wilful murder of Mr. Joseph Beck, of
Dewsbury, on the king‟s highway near Huddersfield.
th
Murder.
th
Witchcraft.
th
Manslaughter.
th
Horse stealing.
th
Clipping Money.
11 January
26 January
28 April
th
6 May
The body of Thompson
buried at St. George‟s
Churchyard, Bean Hill, York.
The bodies of Beckett and
Thomlinson buried behind
Castle walls, near river Foss,
York.
Friday 3 April 1674.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body given to surgeons ro
be dissected.
Monday
1673.
without
Bar.
23
rd
th
26 August
July
Tyburn,
Micklegate
Witchcraft.
Being an imposter.
19 March
Their bodies buried in St
Mary‟s,
Churchyard,
Bishophill Senior, York.
Witchcraft.
th
19 January
nd
Wednesday
2
August
1672.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Sacrilege.
Native of Heslington
Native of Fulford
Native of Clifton
th
Other
Clerk. Clipping money.
Setting fire to 6 corn stacks belonging to Mr. George
st
Robson, at Skelton, on 1 May 1672.
th
Gallows
Gentleman. Manslaughter.
rd
Murder.
Page 23
Year
Name
1675
John Melmerby
1676
Thomas Wily
John Nevison
John Acklam
Thomas Heber
Leonard Gaskill (27)
Peter Rook (25)
Samuel Banckes
John Barnet
1677
John Wilton
1678
Thomas Harland
Mark Dovenor (40)
William Cresswell
Daniel O‟Ferrell
Nicholas Postgate
John Cornwallis
1679
John Vavasour
Elizabeth Abbott
William Trotter
John Andrews
Prison
Date
Details
th
Robbery.
th
Being and imposter.
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
11 May
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
14 August
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
30 July
11 January
rd
3 March
A Roman Catholic Priest.
th
Gentleman. Burglary.
30 March
Natives of Beverley. Stealing 13 sheep from Mr. John
th
Brown of Driffield, on 10 March 1675.
th
Being a Romish Priest,
th
Highway robbery.
13 September
th
Speaking against the Church of England.
rd
Riot and conspiracy.
9 February
3 January
Woolcomber. Native of Mirfield. Setting fire to his
employer‟s workshops in Dewsbury, belonging to Mr.
th
John Tate, on 6 January 1677.
th
2
nd
December
th
9 December
Seditious words.
st
Dangerous person.
5
TH
June
Spreading false news.
8
TH
July
Being a Seminary Priest.
th
His body buried in Mirfield.
Thursday 20 March
1678.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
21 May
John‟s Churchyard, Hungate,
York.
A suspicious person.
A suspicious person.
19 May
st
Saturday 1
May
1676.
Walmgate Bar.
Gentleman. Wrecker.
th
17 December
Other
Highway robbery.
th
16 March
Gallows
Page 24
Year
1679
Name
John Leamon
Robert Dolman
Francis Collingwood
Thomas Riddell Esq
1680
William Battly
Andrew Tucker (29)
Elizabeth Fenwick
1681
Archibald Earl of Eglington
Ralph Maddison
William Widdows
1682
Eli Hydes (21)
William Brownrigg
Charles Browning
Ralph Holroyd
1683
John Reed
Stephen Thompson
James Calvert
1684
William Nevison (43)
Andrew Taylor
Prison
Date
Details
th
Seditious words.
th
High treason.
th
th
High treason.
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
19 July
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
11 December
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
1 May
York
Castle
22
27 October
27 October
14 November
th
9 July
th
Witchcraft.
st
Murder.
th
Arson.
th
A misdemeanour.
30 May
10 October
Native of Fartown, Huddersfield. Committing rape
upon Miss Mary Elizabeth Brown, aged 20, in a field
th
one mile from Huddersfield on 12 May 1681.
st
Burglary.
th
Murder.
th
Burglary.
th
Gentleman. Treason.
th
Treason.
26 July
14 July
16 July
19 July
rd
3 January
nd
June
th
Saturday 28
July
1680.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Saturday 31 March
1682.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body buried
Trinity,
Curia
Churchyard, York.
Highwayman.
in
Holy
Regis
Wilfred‟s Churchyard, Blake
Street, York.
Libellous words.
th
13 May
Other
Perjury.
Highwayman.
Native of Halifax.
Stopping and
Robbing London mail post, as passing through
th
Knaresborough, on 28 March 1680.
21 January
Gallows
th
4
May
1684.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Holding a conventicler.
Page 25
Year
1684
Name
Thomas Aswall
Nathaniel Pickett (28)
William Beckwith
Edmund Appleby
1685
Peter Rayning
John Mortimer (27)
Sir William Scott
John Sayles
John Cunningham
Richard Hunter
John Howden
Francis Thompson
Thomas Moffett
1686
John Hey
Mary Lee
Daniel Awty
Mary Cotnam (29)
Alexander Cranston
1687
Stephen Duffeild
Peter Hutchinson
Prison
Date
th
York
Castle
York
Castle
19 July
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
19 August
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
22
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
29 October
Details
Gallows
Native of Hull. Cutting a brig lying in the Humber,
th
called Ararinah, on 5 May 1683.
Wednesday 30 July
1684.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Seditious words.
th
Seditious words.
th
Seditious words.
20 November
19 February
Native of Thirsk. Breaking into house of Mr. William
th
Knowles, at Flaxton, and stealing 150 guineas, on 10
January 1685.
nd
May
Treason.
29 May
th
Treason
th
Seditious words.
th
Assault.
th
Seditious words.
13 June
25 June
13 July
22
nd
July
Seditious words.
23 July
rd
Seditious words.
th
Seditious words.
th
Sacrilege.
25 August
11 February
rd
Wilful murder of her daughter at Bentham, on 3 July
1685.
th
Seditious words.
st
Seditious words.
31 January
rd
3 May
Other
Burglary.
th
th
His body buried in St.Helen‟s
Churchyard, Stonegate, York.
Saturday 10
April
1685.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body buried in St. Olave‟s
nd
for dissection.
Friday 2
August
1686.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Seditious words.
Page 26
Year
1688
Name
Michael Theakston
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
15 June
York
Castle
York
Castle
10 May
Cuthbert Gasgarth
Abraham Cosin
Richard Dickens
Sarah Clerk
George Denton Esq
Robert Jefferson
Richard Jackson
Tedy Murfew
The Laird of Stableton
1690
Date
York
Castle
Edmond Johnson
1689
Prison
Quinton Hurworth (34)
William Pashley (28)
Robert Myers (25)
Henry Kilvington (25)
Robert Graham
Henry Borwick (45)
Edward Mangall (39)
Details
Gallows
Wilful murder of George Marsland Esq., at Kirtk
th
Burton, on 28 December 1687.
Thursday 28 March
1688.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Assault.
th
A Roman Catholic Priest.
th
Burglary.
th
Murder.
th
Seditious words.
th
Murder.
19 December
20 December
11 March
20 March
10 April
th
High treason.
th
Seditious words.
th
Seditious words.
9 May
5 July
4 August
th
Seditious words.
th
Seditious words.
25 October
26 December
Native of Dunnington. Cutting and robbing Thomas
th
Kyle, on 16 January 1689.
th
York
Castle
Other
th
Their bodies give to surgeons
for dissection.
st
His body buried in
Andrew‟s Churchyard,
Andrewgate, York.
Saturday 31 March
1690.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
St.
St.
High treason.
th
th
Murder of his wife near Cawood, on 14 April 1690.
Wilful murder of Elizabeth Rose and her child, on 4
September 1690.
th
Monday
19
September
1690.
White Cross Hill,
Haxby Lane.
th
Monday
19
September
1690.
White Cross Hill,
Haxby Lane.
His body buried near to place
of crime.
His body buried near to place
of crime.
Page 27
Year
1691
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Mark Grayston (24)
York
Castle
Native of Bishopthorpe.
Ripley and Leeds
Thomas Darnbrough (26)
York
Castle
Native of Pontefract. Attempted murder of Eli Brown,
at Pateley Bridge.
Charles Dimmey (27)
York
Castle
Native of Halifax. Forgery of a will belonging to
William Robinson Esq.
Hannah Wilkinson (24)
York
Castle
Native of Richmond. Wilful murder of her bastard
th
daughter, at Rotherham, on 30 April 1692.
1693
1694
John Collens (17)
York
Castle
Native of York. Stealing Lead and a quantity of copper
rd
from Scarborough church, on 23 December, 1683.
(This should probably be 1693)
1695
Nelson Campion (39)
York
Castle
Native of Northallerton. Highway robbery of Mr.
William Jones, cooper, in Jubbergate, York, on
th
Heworth Moor, on 4 June 1694.
1696
Arthur Mangey (68)
York
Castle
Goldsmith of Leeds. Counterfeiting the current coin of
the realm.
1697
Martin Burrell (22)
York
Castle
Native of Richmond. Stealing a mare from Mr.
th
Thomas Richardson, of Darlington, on 19 December
1696.
1698
John Blackburn (19)
York
Castle
Native of Dunnington. Coining and using bad base
money.
1699
Peter Arundel (35)
York
Castle
Butcher. Native of Heslington. Cutting and maiming
Anthony Wilson, at Tollerton, in May 1698.
1692
Highway robbery between
Gallows
Other
th
Thursday 5 August
1691.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Thursday 5 August
1691.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 29
July
1692.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 29
July
1692.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30 March
1694.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Wednesday
5
August
1695.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30 March
1696.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 25 March
1697.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Thursday 10 August
1698,
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 30
July
1699.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body buried in
Andrewgate, York.
for dissection.
His body buried in St. Olave‟s
for dissection.
His body buried in All Hallows
Churchyard, Ousegate, York.
George‟d Churchyard, Bean
Hill, York.
His body buried in Leeds.
His body buried in St. Giles‟
Churchyard, Gillygate, York.
His body buried in St. Giles‟
Churchyard, Gillygate, York.
His body buried in
Andrewgate, York.
1700
1701
1702
St.
St.
Page 28
St.
St.
Year
1703
1704
1705
1706
1707
1708
1709
1710
1711
1712
1713
1714
1715
1716
1717
1718
1719
1720
1721
1722
1723
1724
1725
1726
1727
1728
1729
1730
Name
Prison
Date
Details
William Bryant
Robert Wheat
York
Castle
Horse Stealing.
William Parkinson
York
Castle
Murder of Archibold Noble, a Scotch drover, in a close
near Brouton, Cleveland.
John Chapello
York
Castle
Horse stealing.
Abraham Powell
York
Castle
York
Castle
Cutting cloth off the tenters at Leeds.
James Lambert
Cattle stealing.
Gallows
Other
th
Saturday 7
April
1729.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Friday 15 August 1729.
Executed at Brouton, after
body hung in chains.
th
Saturday 25
July
1739.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Wednesday 29 July 1730.
Executed in Leeds
st
Saturday 21 August
1730.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
Page 29
Year
1730
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Robbery of Matthew Wilks.
York
Castle
Miller, Native of Cliff.
John Stead (38)
York
Castle
Native of Pontefract. Horse stealing.
Richard Turpin
York
Castle
Native of Thackstead, Essex. Highwayman.
1740
William Spink, Jr (26)
York
Castle
Horse stealing.
1741
George Bainton
York
Castle
Attorney. Forging a will.
John Wright
York
Castle
Murder of Upkin Stirling
Joseph Tyson
John Barker
York
Castle
Burglary
1732
1733
1734
1735
1736
1737
1738
1739
Gallows
Other
th
York
Castle
1731
Joseph Askwith
(alias Sherling)
Richard Freeman
John Freeman
Benjamin Armitt
John Ward
James Wood
Brothers
Wilful murder.
Saturday
19
December
1730.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 29 March
1731.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1739.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
17 April 1739.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 27 March
1740.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 11
April
1741.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 11
April
1741.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 11
April
1741.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Hill, York.
1742
1743
1744
1745
Page 30
Year
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
George Hamilton
Edward Clevering,
James Spark
Charles Gordon
Angus McDonald
James Mayne
Benjamin Mason
William Dempsey
? Frazier
? Conolly
David Row
William Hunter
John Endsworth
John McClean
John McGreggor
Simon McKensie
Alexander Parker
Thomas McGennis
Archibald Kennedy
James Thompson
Michael Brady
York
Castle
Josiah Fearn
York
Castle
Wilful murder
Thomas Brown
(Alias Clark, alias Sanderson)
York
Castle
Suspicion of stealing a black mare.
Robert Fawthorp
York
Castle
Murder of Elizabeth Ferrand and Mary Parker, grocer,
rd
of Church Fenton, on 3 October 1748.
Joseph Garbutt
Abraham Scott
York
Castle
Sheep stealing.
John Tiplady
York
Castle
Horse stealing.
York
Castle
Rebels
Native of Newcastle upon Tyne
Native of Knottesford
Highlander
Native of Perthshire
Native Inverness
Native of Shire of Murray
Native of Shire of Banff
Native of Ayrshire
Other
Saturday
1
November,
1746.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Hearts removed from bodies
and thrown on a fire. Heads
cut off. Head of Conolly and
Mayne set on Micklegate Bar.
Head of Hamilton put in box
and sent to Carlisle. Others
went in coffins with bodies to
be buried behind Castle.
th
Hearts removed from bodies
and thrown on a fire. Heads
cut off. Buried behind Castle.
Saturday
8
November
1746.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Rebels
Irishman
th
Saturday 26 March
1749.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 26 March
1749.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 26 March
1749.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Saturday 31 March
1750.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Saturday 31 March
1750.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
1751
Page 31
Year
Name
Prison
Date
Details
1752
Robert Loveday
Benjamin Farmery
York
Castle
House breaking.
1753
Edward Wells (40)
York
Castle
Bricklayer. Native of Northallerton. Forgery.
Bezaliel Knowles (17)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Dorothy Gibson.
David Harkness
York
Castle
Horse stealing.
Thomas Downing (22)
York
Castle
Labourer. Native of Howbrook, Tankersley. Suspicion
of sheep stealing.
John Wentworth (29)
(alias Thomlinson)
York
Castle
Gardener. Suspicion of breaking open a box, and
taking 17 guineas from it, property of Mr. James
Taylor, of Selby.
William Smith
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Thomas Harper, William Harper, and
Ann Harper, the father, son and daughter in law.
Joseph Riddell
York
Castle
Murder of Richard Marsden.
Francis Jefferson
York
Castle
House breaking at South Cliff.
David Evans
York
Castle
Highway robbery and horse stealing.
1754
1755
1756
Gallows
Other
th
Saturday 11
April
1752.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 28
April
1753.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 28
April
1753.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1753.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
nd
Saturday 2 August
1753.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
nd
Saturday 2 August
1753.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
nd
Wednesday
22
August
1753.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Saturday
1754.
without
Bar.
Saturday
1754.
without
Bar.
His body sent to the county
hospital to be dissected and
anatomized, according to the
direction of the late Act of
Parliament against murder.
th
17 August
Tyburn,
Micklegate
th
17 August
Tyburn,
Micklegate
th
Saturday 28 August
1756.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
Page 32
Year
1756
1757
1758
1759
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Richard Varley
York
Castle
Highway robbery.
John Holdsworth
York
Castle
House breaking with violence.
Elijah Oaks (27)
York
Castle
Burglary.
Mary Ellah
York
Castle
Native of Broomfleet. Wilful murder of her husband.
George Trotter (27)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Hannah Wilson at Todwick, near
th
Rotherham, on 6 July 1756.
Thomas Cooper
York
Castle
Horse stealing
Stephen Tudear
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Ellen Applegarth of Wetherby.
Matthew Bilton
William Watson
Richard Ford
York
Castle
Rioting and high treason.
Robert Cole
George Berry
York
Castle
Rioting.
Benjamin Windle
York
Castle
Breaking into house of Thomas Hirst, of Bradley on
nd
22 October 1758, Stealing £100 in gold coins, 40
guineas in gold and 20s. 5d.
Gallows
Other
th
Saturday 28 August
1756.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 28 August
1756.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 28 August
1756.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 30 March
1757.
Hung and burnt at
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Monday 3
April
1757.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30
July
1757.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30
July
1757.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Monday
1
May
1758.
Hung, drawn and
quartered at Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
st
Monday
1
May
1758.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 24 March
1759.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
hospital for dissection.
His body hung in chains on
Clifford Moor, near Wetherby.
Page 33
Year
1759
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Henry Nelson
York
Castle
Purjery and forgery.
Benjamin Hoult
York
Castle
Horse stealing.
Eugene Aram (54)
York
Castle
School master, of Lynn. Wilful murder of Daniel Clark,
th
shoemaker, on 8 February 1744-5
William Cockburn
John Cockburn (Brother)
York
Castle
Breaking into dwelling house and shop of Joseph
Powley, of Orton, stealing a quantity of mercery and
linen goods.
Ann Richmond
York
Castle
Setting fire to a stack and barn belonging to her
mistress.
Robert King
York
Castle
Stealing 2 young cows or heifers.
1762
George Harger
York
Castle
Wilful murder of John Moore, of Kirby Malzeard.
1763
William Bell
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his fellow servant, William Wright, at
Allerthorpe.
John Hall
(alias Bloom)
York
Castle
Stealing a yellow bay mare, property of Mr. John
Harrison, near Leeds.
Charles Singleton Dorrington
York
Castle
Stopping a post-chaise and robbing occupants,
between Ferry Bridge and Doncaster, on Thursday
th
27 October 1763.
1760
1761
1764
Gallows
Other
th
Saturday 24 March
1759.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 9
April
1759.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 6 August
1759.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 18 August
1759.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 6 March
1761.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Saturday 1 August
1761.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Thursday 18 March
1762.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 14 March
1763.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30
July
1763.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Saturday 31 March
1764.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body given to surgeons to
be
dissected
and
anatomized.
Page 34
Year
Name
Prison
Date
Details
1764
Abraham Clayton (35)
York
Castle
Murder of his wife, Elizabeth, at Howden
1765
Joseph Hairee
York
Castle
Robbing and assaulting John Dixon, William Dorbury
and others, on the highway in Bramley.
And
attempting to rob John Leech and Joseph Hammond.
1766
Thomas Taylor
(alias John Scott)
York
Castle
Breaking into shop of Richard Clough, linen draper, of
Slaidburn, taking goods worth £40.
Abel Hobson
York
Castle
Burglary.
Isaac Turner
York
Castle
Native of Sheffield. Stealing from dwelling houses of
Caleb Roberts and Matthew Lambert, Linen drapers of
Sheffield.
Matthew Young
York
Castle
Robing a Jew pedler on the highway, using violence.
Richard Clark
York
Castle
Breaking into house of Mark Hattersley, of Leeds,
stealing £23, a watch, a red waistcoat, and 2
handkerchiefs.
Ann Sowerby
York
Castle
Native of Whitby.
Sowerby.
Thomas Boys (27)
Richard Boys (24) (Brother)
York
Castle
Highway robbery of Mr. Abraham Earnshaw, of
Ovenden, taking 8 guineas and 2s.
Leonard Howson
York
Castle
Larceny at Doncaster post office.
Joseph Hall (27)
York
Castle
Coining at Hull
1767
1768
Poisoning her husband, Timothy
Gallows
th
Other
Saturday 15 August
1764.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
st
Saturday 31 March
1765.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 6 March
1766.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 6 March
1766.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 6 March
1766.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 18
April
1767.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 18
April
1767.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 10 August
1767.
Hung and burnt at
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday
17
October
1767.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 19 March
1768.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 25
July
1768.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body given to surgeons to
be anatomized.
Their bodies buried in Halifax.
Page 35
Year
1768
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
th
Thomas Lee (25)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Richard Petty, of Grassington
Joseph Stell
York
Castle
Coining.
1769
Valentine Bailey
York
Castle
Shooting and murdering Mr.
Scarborough, officer of excise
1770
David Hartley
James Oldfield
York
Castle
Impairing, diminishing and lightening guineas, at
Halifax.
Michael Naylor
York
Castle
Murder of
Tadcaster.
Luke Atkinson
York
Castle
Murder of Mr. William Smith, of Skelton, corn miller
John Wright
York
Castle
Breaking into the house of John Green, of Leeds.
Thomas Lawrence
York
Castle
Highwayman. Robbing William Knaggs, of Whitby,
taking about 30s. Also a deserter.
John Lazenby
York
Castle
Native of Sheriff Hutton. Wilful murder of William
Moore, oatmeal seller, Sheriff Hutton.
William Fisher
York
Castle
Native of Whitby. Breaking into the house of Thmas
Walker, of Whitby, stealing £5.
John Early
York
Castle
Native of Huddersfield. Murder of Thomas Ospling, at
Doncaster.
1771
1772
1773
William
Lund,
at
John
Smith,
Grimestone,
of
near
Other
Monday 25
July
1768.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 6 August
1768.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Monday 3
April
1769.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 28
April
1770.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Saturday 23 August
1770
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 18 March
1771.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 18 March
1771.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Saturday 21 March
1772.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
st
Saturday 21 March
1772.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 15 March
1773.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 15 March
1773.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His body hung in chains at
Grassington gate.
His bidy sent to the hospital
for dissection.
Page 36
Year
Name
Prison
Date
Details
1773
John Horner
York
Castle
Native of Ripon. Coining.
1774
George Belt
York
Castle
Native of Howden. Breaking into and robbing the
dwelling house of Mr. Althorpe, near Howden.
John Scott
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Hannah Stocks, of Northowram.
Robert Thomas
(alias Thomis)
York
Castle
An accomplice in the murder and robbery of Mr.
Deighton, supervisor of excise, at Halifax.
Captain John Bolton
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his servant girl, Elizabeth Rambourn,
th
on 6 September 1774, at Bulmer.
William Bean
York
Castle
Highway robbery, in Clifford, near Bielby Wood Nook.
Assaulted Richard Waddingtoin and took 5 guineas,
12 half guineas and 20s.
John Vickers
York
Castle
Matthew Normington (29)
York
Castle
Native of Attercliffe, near Sheffield. Assaulting and
th
robbing John Murfin, on 11 February 1775, near the
Blue Ball, Attercliffe, 3 ½ pence, a bad shilling, breast
of mutton and half a pound of butter. Also assaulting
John Stainiforth, on the same night, near Glass house,
Attercliffer of 3s. 6d., horns for knife scales, leg of
mutton, 6 pounds of sugar, and flax.
Native of Halifax. Concerned in robbery and murder of
Mr. William Deighton, at Halifax, supervisor of Excise.
George Bulmer
York
Castle
Native of York. Murder of his wife, Dorothy Bulmer.
John Williamson
York
Castle
Robbing the Whitby mail, at Thornton Gate, of
£66.10s.
1775
Gallows
Other
th
Monday 15 March
1773.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
nd
Saturday 2
April
1774.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 25
July
1774.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 6 August
1774.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30 March
1775.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30 March
1775.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30 March
1775.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30 March
1775.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 29
July
1775.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 29
July
1775.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
hospital for dissection.
Beacon Hill, near Halifax.
His body buried at the Three
Lane
Ends
near
York
Barracks, a stake was driven
through his body.
Beacon Hill, near Halifax.
Page 37
Year
1775
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
Stealing 7 sheep off Sandal Common. 5 belonging to
William Shaw, farmer, of Sandal Magna; one to John
Nash, cordwainer, of Sandal; and one to John Linley,
labourer.
Murder of Richard Marsden, of South Cliff.
19
August 1775.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Other
th
John Smith
York
Castle
Joseph Riddle
York
Castle
Francis Jefferson
York
Castle
Burglary at South Cliff.
1776
Eliza Bordington
Thomas Akerman (37)
York
Castle
Natives of Flamborough. Poisoning of Mr Bordington
1777
James Rice
(Alias Michael Rice)
York
Castle
Murder of Thomas Westell, mariner of Staithes, in
Henderwell.
Thomas Green
(Alias England)
York
Castle
Stealing a bay mare, property of Anthony Surtees,
Esq., of Ackworth.
Saturday 30
July
1779.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
William Meyers, Esq.
York
Castle
Murder of John Spink, an assistant bailiff, on 18
October 1780.
th
Joseph Linwood (27)
York
Castle
Native of Sheriff Hutton. Labourer. Robbery of
Margaret, wife of William Lee, of Huntington, of 19s.
6d., a lawn handkerchief, and a cloak.
Francis Fearn
York
Castle
File smith. Native of Bradfield, near Sheffield. Murder
of Mr. Nathan Andrews, watchmaker, in High Street,
Sheffield.
John Cockcroft
York
Castle
Coining one shilling.
John Wood
York
Castle
Coining one shilling.
20
March 1781.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1781.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Tuesday 23
July
1782.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Tuesday 23
July
1782.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Tuesday 23
July
1782.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
th
19
August 1775.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
19
August 1775.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 29 March
1776.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
28
July
1777.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Her body was also burnt.
th
th
Loxley Common, Ecclesfield
for 25years.
Page 38
Year
Name
Prison
Date
Details
1782
Thomas Greenwood
York
Castle
Having in his possession tools for coining.
1783
Charles Colwell
York
Castle
Forgery.
William Emmerson
York
Castle
William Field
York
Castle
John Riley
York
Castle
Native of Etherby, Durham. Stealing 2 heifers and 2
steers, from the pasture of George Gibson, farmer, of
st
Eyreholme, on 21 June 1780.
Native of Erringden. Paper maker. Stealing from the
shop of John Sutcliffe, of Stanfield, groceries, linens,
th
stockings etc, on 16 January 1783.
Native of York. Burglary.
Mark Tattenstall
Thomas Spencer
Lydia Dickinson
York
Castle
York
Castle
High treason, breaking the peace, rioting, at Halifax,
th
on 10 June 1783.
Native of Clifton- upon-Calder. Murder of her female
bastard child, by drowning in a pond.
John Stewart
York
Castle
Breaking into the dwelling house and shop of Frances
Peach, of Richmond, stealing cottons, silks, etc.
Benjamin Wood
York
Castle
William Asquith
(alias Sparling)
York
Castle
Stealing a small bay pony, and a saddle and bridle,
property of Michael Gaggs, of Knottingley. Also
robbing Mr. Wiliam Milner, of Notton, corn miller on
th
28 December 1783, taking half a guinea and silver
watch.
Butcher. Native of East Ardsley. Stealing sheep.
Thomas Knapton
York
Castle
Yeoman. Native of Potter Newton, Leeds. Murder of
Hannah Wood, by poisoning.
Joseph Clough (23)
York
Castle
Labourer. Stealing a coat and waistcoat, 8 ½ crown
pieces, property of John Hodgson, labourer, of
Bumingstone, from his dwellinghouse.
1784
1785
Gallows
Other
rd
Tuesday 23
July
1782.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Wednesday 30 April
1773.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
rd
23
August 1783.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
23
August 1783.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
23
August 1783.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
6 August 1783.
Beacon Hill, Halifax.
nd
Monday 22 March
1784.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
29
March 1784.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
29
March 1784.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Tuesday 3 August
1784.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Tuesday 3 August
1784.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
nd
Wednesday 2 April
1785.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Page 39
Year
1785
Name
Prison
Date
Details
William Riley (23)
York
Castle
Robbing John Borr, of Hull, near Newland.
Robert Crosby
John Beck
John Edwards
York
Castle
Native of Lelley,
wind
Gallows
Setting fire to dwelling house and
cornmill,
property
of
William
Jackson,
1786
of Danthorpe
Stealing a bay gelding, property of Rev. Christopher
Alderson, of Tickhill.
Charles Spencer
York
Castle
Robert Smithson
York
Castle
Stealing 12 ewes, 12 lambs in Gilling and Melsonby.
Matthew Mason
York
Castle
Robert Watson Jr (22)
York
Castle
Sacrilege, breaking into and entering the parish church
of Hampsthwaite, and stealing 17s., some copper and
2 silver cups.
Highway robbery of Mr. William Bailes, of wentworth,
yeoman, between Rotherham and Barnsley, taking 7
guineas and a half.
Joseph Hartley (34)
York
Castle
Highway robbery of Mr. William Chambers, of
Scarborough,
mason,
between
Ayton
and
Scarborough.
James Proctor (35)
(alias William Smith)
York
Castle
William Nicholson (27)
York
Castle
Native of Dowholme.
Uttering a forged bill of
exchange, with intent to defraud J. Beckett, Esq., of
Leeds.
Labourer. Stealing 2 geldings, property of Robert
Althorpe, Esq., of Dinnington.
John Charlesworth (21)
York
Castle
James Braithwaite (30)
York
Castle
Other
nd
Clothier. Native of Liversedge. Breaking into house
of Susan Lister, of Little Gomersal. Also robbing
William Hemmingway, of Mirfield, 3 guineas and a
half, some silver and copper.
Hawker and Pedlar. Breaking into dwelling house of
Thomas Paxton, of Long Preston, innkeeper.
Wednesday 2 April
1785.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Beck – 6 August
1785.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Edwards
escaped
th
6
August 1785.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
6
August 1785.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
6
August 1785.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 8
April
1786.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 8
April
1786.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
29
April
1786.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 19 August
1786.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 19 August
1786.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 19 August
1786.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
Page 40
and
Crosby
Year
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
Labourers. Breaking into
house of Duncan M‟Donald of
Sheffield, button maker.
Stealing horn combs, a silver threepenny piece, and
4d.
Clothier. Native of Holmfirth. Stealing from Thomas
Beaumont, clothier, in Almondbury, a piece of narroe
woollen cloth.
Saturday 19 August
1786.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
1786
William Sharp (26)
William Bamford (28)
York
Castle
1787
Daniel Goldthorpe
York
Castle
William Bryan
York
Castle
Labourer. Stealing 4s. 6d., 4 farthings, and wearing
apparel, from John Ricardy, weaver, of Common Dale.
Thomas West
York
Castle
Labourer. Native of Woodhouse, Leeds. Stealing 2
geldings, property of Matthew Mawson, of
Dunkeswick. Also stealing geese.
John Thompson
York
Castle
Labourer. Native of Skyehouse, Thorne. Stealing 8
oxen, property of Samuel Scratcherd, farmer, of
Pollington, from a field at Pontefract.
John Morritt (34)
York
Castle
Labourer. Murder of John Argyle, alias Roundell, of
Howden.
Timothy O‟Brien.
York
Castle
Stealing a dark bay mare, property of Robert Duck, of
Lyth.
Eilijah Pulleyn
Joseph Pulleyn
York
Castle
Robbing and ill-treating Elizabeth Carbutt, near NunMonkton, York.
Catherine Savage
York
Castle
Native of Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Entering house of
Stephen Ridsdale, of Welton, tailor and stay maker,
stealing wearing apparel.
Thomas Greenwood
David Lord
York
Castle
Weavers. Native of Erringden.
Breaking into
warehouse of John and James Knowles, of Stodley-inLangfield, Halifax, worsted manufacturer.
James Ashforth
John Easlewood
York
Castle
Worsted weavers. Natives of Dewsbury. Killing one
fat ewe sheep, belonging to Thomas Walker, farmer,
of Hadfield, and carrying away the carcase.
1788
Native of Conisbro.
Native of Cliftopn.
Other
th
th
Saturday 7
April
1787.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1787.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1787.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1787.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1787.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1787.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 5
April
1788.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 5
April
1788.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 5
April
1788.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 5
April
1788.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Husband, Abraham Savage
sentenced to transportation.
Page 41
Year
1788
1789
1790
Details
Gallows
Joseph King
Name
York
Castle
Prison
Date
Clogger. Native of Knowlton, Todmorden. Uttering a
forged note at Halifax, with intent to defraud Samuel
Roberts, hosier, of Halifax, of £8.
Saturday 5
April
1788.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
William Braithwaite
York
Castle
Native of Staveley, Derby. Sheep stealing.
George Lockey
York
Castle
Native of Easby, Richmond.
Christopher Barker
Robert Wilkinson
York
Castle
John Barker (34)
York
Castle
Native of Brampton, Cumberland. Robbery of Mr.
Fowler, on the highway near Dunnington, of one
guinea, 8 of 9 shillings, silver watch, and using him in
a cruel manner.
Bajer. Native of Sheffield. Breaking into dwelling
house of Francis Case
Hannah Whiteley
York
Castle
Native of Hampsthwaite. Poisoning John Rhodes, 5
years old, at Hampsthwaite.
John Stevens
Thomas Lastley
York
Castle
George Moore
York
Castle
Button makers. Natives of Sheffield. Robbing John
Wharton, shopkeeper in Bridgehouses, Robbing him
th
in Sheffield, on 29 August 1789, taking a shoulder of
mutton, one pund of tobacco, half a stone of soap, 7
pounds of butter, and 4d.
Blade forger. Native of Sheffield. Breaking into shop
of Mr. William Davis, of York
Edward Williams
York
Castle
Robbing John Watson, on highway at Win Moor,
Barwick-in-Elmet, Leeds. Taking 3 ½ guineas, and 1s.
John Gill
(alias Best)
York
Castle
Native of Framington, Durham. Steling dark grey
Galloway mare, property of William Challoner Esq., of
th
York, on 4 December 1789.
James Hartley
York
Castle
Native of Manchester. Breaking into dwelling house
th
and shop of William Sanderson, of Preston on 24
August 1789.
Wilful murder of
Other
th
th
rd
23
March 1789.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 11
April
1789.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Monday 3
August
1789.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Monday 3
August
1789.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 17
April
1790.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
Ordered for execution, 20
July 1788, but died in gaol,
night before.
His body given to surgeons.
Accomplices
Michael
Bingham acquitted.
John
Booth
received
transportation for life.
th
Saturday 17
April
1790.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 17
April
1790.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 17
April
1790.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 17
April
1790.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
His wife Lydia, sentenced to
transportation for life.
Page 42
Year
1790
1791
1792
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
Weaver, Native of Southowram. Stealing 7 ewes, 7
lambs, 2 hogs and one 2year wether, property of
William Driver, farmer, of Carlton, from a common in
Carlton.
Stealing a chestnut Galloway, property of Ralph Lowe,
of Penfold Howes, Wearsdale. And stealing a saddle
and bridle from Charles Thompson, of Bowes.
Saturday 14 August
1790.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 14 August
1790.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 14 August
1790.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 9
April
1791.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday
6
September
1791.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday
6
September
1791.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday
6
September
1791.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 26 March
1792.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1792.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1792.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1792.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
John Brigg
York
Castle
Robert Crammam
York
Castle
William Howson
James Ferguson
Henry Bell
York
Castle
Stealing a black mare, property of T. Bell, of High
Heworth, Durham. And a black mare, property of C.
Sanderson, & Co., of Woodbourn, millers.
James Gould (19)
York
Castle
Breaking into house of John Irwin Sr., of Landmoth.
Stealing 10 guineas in gold, one £5 York note, £3 in
silver.
John Monitor
York
Castle
Flax dresser. Native of Rotherham. Suspicion of
setting fire to barn belonging to Mr. John Whitehead,
of Whiston.
John Bennet
York
Castle
Native of Sheffield. Setting fire to stacks at Broomhall,
Sheffield, property of Rev. James Wilkinson.
Abraham Robertshaw
York
Castle
Butcher. Native of Stanningley, Bradford. Forgery.
Elizabeth Elliot
York
Castle
Native of Thornton Rust. Murder of Mary Walker.
Spence Boughton
York
Castle
Robbing George Leasley, a boy, who carried mail
th
between Sheffield and Rotherham, on 19 February
1791.
John Lucas (37)
Thomas Stearman (37)
York
Castle
Carpet weaver.
Pattern ring maker.
Thomas Crawshaw (42)
York
Castle
Natives of Leeds. Burglary in
shop of Messrs. E. & J.
Mandells,
Linen drapers, of Malton.
Corn miller. Native of Snarth, Selby. Burglary in
house of John Wilson, ale house keeper, of Thorpe
Willowby.
Other
th
Her body given
anatomized.
Page 43
to
be
Year
Details
Gallows
1792
Joseph Brierly (30)
York
Castle
Breaking into dwelling house and shop of Ann Both, of
Cleckheaton.
1793
William Atkinson (70)
York
Castle
Richard Watson
York
Castle
Native of Whitby. Aiding, abetting, and counselling a
number of riotous persons in pulling down and
demolishing dwelling house of John Cooper, of
Whitley.
Native of Halifax. Breaking open and robbing dwelling
house of John Ambler. Stealing mahogany desk, 7 or
8 guineas in gold.
Thomas Jewet
York
Castle
John Hoyland (77)
York
Castle
William Waddington (42)
York
Castle
Native of York. Counterfeiting coin of the realm.
Ann Scarlbert
York
Castle
Murdering her mother-in-law by poisoning.
Thomas Kirk
York
Castle
Rape of Elizabeth Smithson, of Raskelf.
Charles Elliott
York
Castle
Murder of John Meyal, near Huddersfield.
George Fawcett (77)
York
Castle
Native of Marsham.
Common
William Brittain
Thomas Mann
York
Castle
Woolcombers. Natives of Bradford. Breaking into
dwelling house of Mary Thornton, of Bolton.
Saturday 12
April
1792.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1793.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1793.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1793.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 9 August
1793.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1794.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 30 August
1794.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Saturday 30 August
1794.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
th
Monday 30 March
1795.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 25
April
1795.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 25
April
1795.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
1794
1795
Name
Prison
Date
Native of Osbaldwick. Stealing 5 heifers from Anthony
Jackson, of Askham Bryan, 2 from Frances Scott, of
Copmanthorpe, 2 from Thomas Fearby of Askham
Bryan.
Native of Attercliffe, Sheffield. Carnal intercourse with
th
an ass, on 15 July 1792.
Stealing 4 sheep off Roundell
Other
th
Sons George Fawcett and
William Fawcett sentenced to
transportation.
Page 44
Year
1795
1796
1797
1798
Details
Gallows
William Brammam
Name
York
Castle
Prison
Date
Native of Milford. Breaking into dwelling house of
William Shillito, of Hampool, stealing silver.
William Jackson (25)
York
Castle
Native of Keyingham. Stealing 10 sheep.
Thomas Maclean
York
Castle
James Smith
(alias Freeman Sutcliffe)
York
Castle
Thomas Burch
York
Castle
Native of Swambee. Robbing a Jew pedlar named
th
Innocenti Rossi, of York, on 10 December 1794, at
Beaka Riggs, near Stone Haggs. Taking £2. 4s. 6d., a
a silver watch.
Assaulting and robbing Mr. Wignall, on highway at
Keighley. Stealing 60 guineas and several notes and
bills.
Private. Burglary at York.
Saturday 25
April
1795.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 25
April
1795.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
25
April
1796.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
James Beaumont
York
Castle
Filesmith. Native of Shefield. Murder of Sarah Turton,
th
in the Nursery, near Sheffield, on 9 May 1796.
Owen Pendegrass
York
Castle
Private. Native of Ireland. Robbing on the highway
Mr. Thomas Todd, butcher, on Heworth Moor.
Robert Dyson (35)
York
Castle
Post Offfice. Native of Bawtry. Embezzling.
Peter Buck
York
Castle
Tanner. Native of Ripley. Robbing on the highway
th
Mr. Richard Terry, of Ripon, on 30 August 1797, in
Farnham. Taking £1,500, and £180 in gold.
Robert Hollingworth
George Ledger
York
Castle
Labourer.
Shoe maker.
William Larkin (23)
York
Castle
Forgery.
Natives of Rotherham. Robbery.
Other
th
th
25
April
1796.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
25
April
1796.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 18
July
1796.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 8
April
1797.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Wednesday
29
August
1797.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1798.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 7
April
1798.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 18 August
1798.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
His body buried at Bawtry.
Page 45
Year
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
th
1799
Richard Clegg
York
Castle
Wilful murder of John Morson.
1800
Mary Thorp
York
Castle
Wilful murder of her illegitimate child
Michael Simpson
York
Castle
Murder of Thomas Hodgson by poisoning
John McWilliam (28)
York
Castle
Forgery at Sheffield.
Sarah Bayley (25)
York
Castle
Paying forged notes.
William Dalrymple
York
Castle
Robbing Mr. Green‟s bank at Malton.
Elizabeth Johnson
York
Castle
Uttering a forged one pound bill, purporting to be
drawn by the Governor and Company of the Bank of
England.
James Doughty (22)
Richard Holliday (25)
York
Castle
Native of Haxby
Native of Acklam
Edward Tattersall
George Sedgwick
Thomas Hodgson
York
Castle
Uttering forged notes, purporting to be one pound
Bank of England notes.
Samuel Lundy (37)
York
Castle
Cow stealing
Edward Hughes (19)
York
Castle
Soldier. Rape of Mary Brown of Tollerton on 20 April
1801, near Easingwold.
1801
Sheep stealing.
th
Other
Monday 15
July
1799.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 17 March
1800.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Monday 17 March
1800.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1800.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1800.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 12
April
1800.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
rd
Saturday 23 August
1800.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
nd
Saturday 2
May
1801.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
nd
Saturday 2
May
1801.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 11
April
1801.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate Bar.
th
Saturday 29 August
1801.
Tyburn,
without
Micklegate
Bar.
His body given to surgeons of
County
hospital
for
dissection.
for dissection.
for dissection.
Last to be executed at these
gallows.
Page 46
Year
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
Name
Prison
Date
Details
James Roberts
York
Castle
Stealing 19 sheep.
William Barker
York
Castle
Stealing 3 horses.
William Jackson
York
Castle
Robbery in the house of Mr. Wetherhead, at Malton.
John Terry
Joseph Heald
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Elizabeth Smith, near Wakefield.
Robert Burgess (35)
York
Castle
Native of Ackworth. Horse stealing
Martha Chapel (19)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of her child.
John Mansfield
York
Castle
Chimney sweeper. Attempted rape of Isabella Ord of
Craythorne.
Joseph Waller
York
Castle
Native of Holme on Spalding Moor. Robbery of Mr.
Potts, near Fulford, of 2 guineas.
Jonathan Ellis
York
Castle
Native of Aldwick upon Dearne. Rape of Elizabeth
Widdeson.
John Wilkinson (32)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his wife.
Ann Heywood (23)
York
Castle
Unnatural murder of her illegitimate child.
Benjamin Aldroyd
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his father.
George Ormond (30)
York
Castle
Native of Hull. Butcher. Forgery on the bank of
Raper, Clough, and Swann, of York
Peter Atkinson (15)
York
Castle
Attempted murder of Elizabeth Stockton.
Gallows
th
Other
Saturday 26 August
1802. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Saturday 26 August
1802. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Saturday 26 August
1802. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Monday 14 March
1803.
Behind Castle Walls.
nd
Saturday 2
April
1803.
st
Saturday 1 August
1803.
th
Saturday 20 August
1803. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Saturday 14
April
1804.
th
Saturday 9 August
1804.
th
Monday 18 March
1805.
th
Monday 18 March
1805.
th
Monday 29
May
1805.
th
Saturday 5
April
1806.
th
Tuesday 6
May
1806.
New gallows.
Second to be tried and
condemned
under
Lord
Ellenborough‟s Act.
Page 47
Year
Details
Gallows
1806
Thomas Richardson
York
Castle
Robbing Mr. Melburn on the highway, near Stokesley.
1807
Thomas Jewett (24)
York
Castle
Blacksmith. Violating the chastity of Elizabeth Stabler,
th
9 years, Old Malton, on 27 July 1806.
Samuel Paramar (68)
York
Castle
Native of Sheffield. Rape of girl under 10 years of
age.
John Robinson
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Elizabeth Wilkinson.
Thomas Wilbe (31)
York
Castle
Native of Hull. Rape of girl under 10 years of age.
William Barber (21)
York
Castle
Rape of girl under 10 years of age.
James Winterbotham (23)
Edward Strahan (23)
York
Castle
Highway robbery near Howden.
Thomas Allington (27)
York
Castle
Robbing Mr. Edward Latham on the Cave Road, near
Gilberdyke.
James Brown (38)
York
Castle
Native of Cawood. Wilful murder of Elizabeth Fletcher
by poisoning.
Mary Bateman (41)
York
Castle
Native of Aisenby, near Thirsk. Wilful murder of
Rebecca Perigo by poisoning, at Bramley, near Leeds.
Jonathan Graham
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his father by shooting.
David Anderson
York
Castle
Uttering bad notes.
Edward Francis Spence (31)
Robert King (40)
Robert Vessey (46)
Frances Thompson (31)
Joshua Beaumont (35)
York
Castle
Circulating forged notes and counterfeit coin at
Kingston on Hull.
Saturday 16 August
1806. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Saturday 5
April
1807.
th
Saturday 8 August
1807.
th
Saturday 8 August
1807.
th
Saturday 20
April
1808.
th
Saturday 20
April
1808.
th
Saturday 20
April
1808.
th
Saturday 28 March
1808.
th
Monday 20 March
1809.
th
Monday 20 March
1809.
th
Saturday 9
April
1809.
th
Saturday 20 August
1809. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Saturday 7
April
1810.
York
Castle
Native of Kirk Heaton. Wilful murder of Lucy Brooks.
1808
1809
1810
Name
Prison
Date
Other
th
Her body sent to the General
Infirmary for dissection.
th
Saturday 14
July
1810.
1811
Page 48
Year
Name
Prison
Date
Details
1812
William Chester
York
Castle
Housebreaking.
1813
George Mellor (22)
Thomas Smith (22)
William Thorpe (23)
John Swallow (37)
John Balley (31)
Joseph Fisher (33)
York
Castle
Job Hey (40)
John Hill (36)
William Hartley (41)
James Hey (25)
Joseph Crowther (31)
Matthew Boyle (46)
James Haigh (28)
Jonathan Dean (30)
John Ogden (28)
John Walker (31)
Thomas Brook (32)
York
Castle
Cloth Dresser. Native of Longroyd Bridge. Murder of
Cloth Dresser. Native of Huddersfield.
William
Cloth Dresser. Native of Huddersfield.
Horsfall.
Coal miner. Native of Briestwhistle.
Burglary of
Clothier. Native of Thornhill.
House of
Coal miner. Native of Briestwhistle. Samuel Moxon,
Upper Whilley.
Stealing fire-arms from the house of Mr. George
Haigh, of Copley Gate, Skircote, Farmer.
John Senior (40)
York
Castle
Henry Sutcliffe (29)
York
Castle
Forgery
John Robinson (40)
York
Castle
Native of Newcastle. Robbing Mr. John Naylor,
butcher, of Boroughbridge.
John James (32)
York
Castle
Stabbing William Ridley, a bailiff.
Robert Turner
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Margaret Appleby, of Yarm, by
poisoning at Middleham.
Joseph Blackburn
York
Castle
Attorney at Leeds. Forging a stamp.
George White (50)
York
Castle
Native of Snainton. Rape of girl under 10 years of
age.
1814
1815
York
Castle
York
Castle
York
Castle
Robbery in the house of James Brook, of Fair Town,
th
Hudderdfield, on 29 November 1812, stealing one
pound note, and 3s.
Clothier. Native of Huddersfield.
Demolition of
Cloth dresser. Native of Huddersfield. mill belonging
Native of Huddersfield.
to Mr.
Native of Huddersfield.
Cartwright of
Native of Lockwood.
Rawfolds. On
th
11 April 1812.
Native of Alverthorpe, Wakefield. Defrauding his
creditors.
Gallows
Other
th
Saturday 6
April
1812.
th
Friday 8
January
1813.
th
Saturday
16
January
1813.
th
Saturday
16
January
1813.
th
Saturday
16
January
1813.
th
Saturday
16
January
1813.
Luddites.
Their bodies
delivered to the surgeons for
dissection.
Luddites
Luddites
Luddites.
Crowther and
Hoyle buried behind Castle.
Luddites
rd
Saturday 3
April
1813.
rd
Saturday 3
April
1813.
rd
Saturday 3
April
1813.
rd
Saturday 3
April
1813.
rd
Saturday 3
April
1813.
th
Saturday 8
April
1815.
th
Saturday 5 August
1815.
Page 49
Year
Details
Gallows
1815
Mark Bramah (21)
Name
York
Castle
Prison
Date
Native of Sheffield. Rape of girl under 10 years of
age.
1816
James Ord
York
Castle
Butcher. Native of Marston.
Anthony Wilson.
1817
Michael Pickles
York
Castle
Wilful murder and robbery of Mr. Joseph Greenwood,
at Heptonstall.
Doctor Diering
York
Castle
Rape.
Benjamin Micklewaite
Benjamin Gartside
York
Castle
Burglary near Halifax.
William King
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his wife.
Isaac Bradshaw
York
Castle
Rape of girl under 10 years of age.
1818
Samuel Leatherhead
York
Castle
Uttering and paying bad notes.
Saturday 5 August
1815.
th
Saturday 6
April
1816.
th
Monday 17 March
1817.
th
Saturday 12
April
1817.
th
Saturday 12
April
1817.
th
Monday
7
July
1817.
th
Saturday 13 August
1817. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Saturday 4
April
1818.
1819
1820
Joseph Clayton
York
Castle
Uttering and circulating counterfeit notes.
Samuel King
York
Castle
Highway Robbery.
Samuel Booth
York
Castle
Shooting Thomas Parkin, gamekeeper.
Joseph Pickersgill (27)
York
Castle
Highway Robbery.
Charles Puncheon (20)
William Kettlewell (20)
York
Castle
House breaking.
Thomas Smith (28)
York
Castle
Sheep stealing.
Cutting and maiming
Other
th
th
Saturday 15
May
1820.
th
Saturday 15
May
1820.
th
Saturday 15
May
1820.
th
Saturday 12 August
1820. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Saturday 12 August
1820. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Saturday 12 August
1820. Behind Castle
Walls.
Page 50
Year
1821
Name
Prison
Date
Details
William Thompson (40)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his wife, Elizabeth, at Henley.
Michael Shaw (56)
York
Castle
William Brown (23)
(alias Morley Stubbs)
Ann Barber (45)
City New
Gaol
York
Castle
Robbing house of Joseph Booth, at Sowerby, near
th
th
Halifax on 6 and 7 October 1820, stealing linen and
woollen drapery goods worth £50.
Robbing John Armstrong, on the New Walk, York.
George Smith
York
Castle
Rape of Miss Robinson.
James Butterworth
York
Castle
Burglary.
James Bennet
William Buck
York
Castle
Highway Robbery.
James Law
York
Castle
House breaking.
James Moseley (31)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of John Mackay
William Roberts (27)
York
Castle
Robbing John Barlow on the highway in Rotherham,
th
on 5 November 1821.
William Johnson (23)
York
Castle
Robbing and murdering Richard Walker of Beverley, at
th
Leconfield on 27 December 1822.
James Ramsden (27)
Robert Gell (35)
York
Castle
Stealing gold watches, silver plate etc, fromn the shop
of Philip Bright, in Doncaster.
1824
Morsire Camfield
Michael White
York
Castle
Robbing Tollhouse near Wakefield.
1825
Richard Holderness (22)
York
Castle
Native of Bishop Wilton. Shooting Robert Manners, of
Pocklington.
Isaac Charlesworth (22)
York
Castle
Violently assaulting and robbing Joshua Cropper, of
Halifax, taking £1. 14s.
1822
1823
Wilful murder of her husband.
Gallows
Other
th
Monday 19 March
1821.
th
Saturday 14
April
1821.
City New Gaol
th
Monday 30 August
1821.
st
Saturday
1
September
1821.
st
Saturday
1
September
1821.
st
Saturday
1
September
1821.
st
Saturday
1
September
1821.
th
Saturday 6
April
1822.
th
Saturday 6
April
1822.
th
Monday 24 March
1823
th
Saturday 12
April
1823.
th
Thursday
30
November
1824.
rd
Saturday 23
April
1825.
th
Saturday 13 August
1825. Behind Castle
Walls.
His body delivered to the
Page 51
Year
Details
Gallows
York
Castle
Assaulting William Sims, of Newton lane end,
Wakefield, twine spinner. Taking 2 Dewsbury Bank
notes, 20s. and a half-sovereign.
Stealing a grey gelding, property of Richard Morton,
farmer of Horncastle.
Leonard Wilkinson (22)
York
Castle
Native of Fingall. Wilful murder of Nicholas Carter, of
Crakehill.
Saturday 22
April
1826.
nd
Saturday 22
April
1826.
th
Monday 17
July
1826.
Behind Castle Walls
William Dyon (45)
John Dyon (23)
York
Castle
Farmer, of Morton Carr, Lincoln.
Labourer, of Pilham Carr, Lincoln.
Wednesday 2 April
1828.
York
Castle
Native of Lincolnshire.
Native of Beverley.
Native of Wensleydale
Saturday 26
April
1828.
1829
John Merton (26)
Matthew Harrison (40)
John Coates (30)
(alias Wilkinson)
Martin Slack (18)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of a female bastard child, at Sheffield.
1830
William Shaw (25)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Rachel Crosley at Kirkburton, near
Huddersfield.
Joseph Slater
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his 3 year old child, by drowning, near
Guisbro‟.
1832
Charles Turner (19)
James Twibell (19)
William Hodkin
York
Castle
York
Castle
Robbing Jonathan Habberston, on
Sheffield.
Rape of girl, under 12 years of age.
1833
Mary Hunter (47)
York
Castle
Counselling a simple country girl, Hannah Gray, to fire
the stacks of her master, Mr. Marshall. of Lotherton.
Ebenezer Wright (26)
York
Castle
Firing a stack of straw and hay, property of Mr. Oxley,
of Rotherham, solicitor.
Thomas Law
York
Castle
Highway robbery on Mr. Thomas Atkinson, of
th
Knottingly, on 12 January 1833.
1826
1827
1828
1831
Name
Prison
Peter Little (26)
York
Castle
Joseph Lee (22)
(alias Lees)
Date
Wilful murder of
John Dyon,
farmer, of
Brancroft, Doncaster,
th
on 16 February 1827.
Other
nd
nd
Their
bodies
given
to
th
Horse stealing.
highway
th
at
Monday 30 March
1829.
th
Monday 5
April
1830.
nd
Monday 2
August
1830.
th
5 October 1831.
th
Saturday
18
October
1832.
th
Saturday 30 March
1833.
th
Saturday 30 March
1833.
th
Saturday 30 March
1833.
for dissection .
for dissection .
Page 52
Year
1834
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Charles Cooke (20)
York
Castle
Highway robbery and attempted Murder near Thirsk.
Thomas Rogers (32)
York
Castle
An unnatural crime.
Thomas Morris (23)
York
Castle
Committing rape upon Miss Mary Law.
Ursula Lofthouse (26)
York
Castle
Murder of her husband, Robert Lofthouse, at Kirby
Malzeard.
Joseph Heeley (29)
York
Castle
Murder of James Lee, at Kirk Burton.
William Allot (35)
York
Castle
Murder of Martha Hardwick, at Upper Heeley.
1836
Charles Batty (28)
York
Castle
Attempted murder of Elizabeth Brown, at Sheffield.
1837
Thomas Williams (29)
York
Castle
Basket maker. Attempted murder of Thomas Froggatt,
th
basket maker, on 14 March 1837.
1838
1839
Thomas Musgrave (22)
York
Castle
Committing rape upon Hannah Appleyard, at Leeds.
1840
James Bradley (28)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of John Bradsley, his father, at Quick.
1841
John Burlinson (24)
Charles Gill (19)
Henry Nuttall (22)
Jonathan Taylor (60)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Joseph Cocker, at Knarsborough.
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his wife, Ellen, by strangulation, at
th
Escrick. On Tuesday 25 October 1841.
Robert Nall (33)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his wife, Mary, at Sheffield
1835
1842
Gallows
Other
th
Saturday 26
April
1834.
th
Saturday 26
April
1834.
th
Saturday 26
April
1834.
th
Monday 6
April
1835.
th
Monday 6
April
1835.
th
Monday 6
April
1835.
nd
Saturday 2
April
1836.
th
Saturday 12 August
1837. Behind Castle
Walls.
th
Saturday 6
April
1839.
th
Saturday 11
April
1840.
th
Saturday 7 August
1841.
th
Saturday 9
April
1842.
th
Saturday 9
April
1842.
1843
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Year
Details
Gallows
Joseph Dobson
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his father, by shooting him, at Mount
Tabor, Huddersfield.
William Kendrew (22)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Mr. Inchbold, at Low Dunsworth,
Boroughbridge.
Saturday
20
January
1844.
th
Saturday
28
December
1844.
1845
1846
John Rodda
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his daughter, Mary, at Skipton, April
1845.
Saturday 8 August
1846.
(St. Georges Field)
1847
1848
Patrick Reid
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Mr, James Wraith (77), Mrs. Mary
th
Wraith (70) and Caroline Ellis (20), at Mirfield, on 12
May 1847.
Michael Stokes
York
Castle
Private. Murder of Mary Ann Garrad, at Leeds.
Thomas Malkin (17)
York
Castle
Wood turner. Murder of Esther Inman, at Hunslet,
th
Leeds, on 8 October 1848.
George Howe
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his daughter, Eliza Amelia, at Yarm,
th
on 25 January 1849.
1850
William Ross
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his wife, Mary, at Roughton, by
poisoning.
Saturday 8 January
1848 Behind Castle
Walls. (St. Georges
Field)
th
Saturday 13
May
1848.
St. Georges Field.
th
Saturday 6 January
1849. St. Georges
Field.
st
Saturday 31 March
1849.
St. Georges Field.
th
Saturday 17 August
1850. St. Georges
Field.
1851
1852
1853
Alfred Waddington
York
Castle
Murder of his illegitimate child, on 19 August 1852, at
Sheffield.
James Barber
York
Castle
Murder of Mr. Alexander Robinson, on 3
1852, at Sheffield.
Henry Dobson
York
Castle
Murder of Catherine Sheridan (19) at Wakefield, on
th
18 February 1853.
1844
1849
Name
Prison
Date
th
rd
September
Other
th
th
th
His body buried within the
prison walls.
th
Saturday
15
January
1853.
Sheffield.
th
Saturday
15
January
1853.
Sheffield.
th
Saturday 9
April
1853.
(St. Georges Field)
1854
1855
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Year
1856
Name
Prison
Date
Details
Gallows
st
Other
th
William Dove (28)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of His wife, Harriet, at Leeds, on 1
March 1855.
Saturday 9 August
1856.
(St. Georges Field)
th
Saturday
27
December
1856.
(St. Georges Field)
John Hannah (22)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Jane Banham, at Armley, Leeds, on
th
11 September 1855.
1857
1858
Joseph Shepherd (22)
York
Castle
Native of Holdsworth, Sheffield. Wilful murder of
th
Bethel Parkinson, at Wadsworth Moor, on 13 January
1858.
1859
John Riley (36)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of his wife, Alice, at Kingston upon Hull.
Charles Normington (17)
York
Castle
Wilful murder of Mr. Richard Broughton (67), of
th
Rounhay, Leeds, on 6 August 1859.
1860
1861
1862
James Waller (31)
York
Castle
Woolcomber.
Wilful murder of William Smith,
th
Gamekeeper, on 5 November 1861, by shooting.
Saturday 4 January
1862. Behind Castle
Walls.
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
Frederick Parker
York
Castle
Living at Hemingbrough. Daniel Driscoll (27), at South
th
Duffield, on 29 February 1868.
Saturday 4
April
1868.
rd
Saturday 3
April
1858.
(St. Georges Field)
th
Saturday 6 August
1859.
(St. Georges Field)
st
Saturday
31
December
1859.
th
th
His body buried within prison.
Bibliography
Depositions from The Castle of York, relating to the Offences Committed in the Northern Counties, in the Seventeenth Century.
Knipe, W. Criminal Chronology of York Castle, 1867.
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