Exeter's Executed

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This is the best compiled list I can make of those executed at Exeter although there will be many who have gone unrecorded over the ages. After 1537 when Exeter became the County and City of the City of Exeter until 1818 with the execution of Samuel Holmyard for forgery, Exeter carried out its own executions at Livery Dole. The County of Devon used the gallows at Heavitree, which is close to Ringswell Avenue - remains of the executed have been exhumed in the garden of the cottages between the two roads, and at the old site of Gallows Cross Garage (situated at the apex of the junction) suggesting the gallows was close by. The first execution at the New Drop Devon County Prison was in 1795, and they continued as public executions until  Mary Anne Ashford in 1866. Execution days would see tens of thousands of people travel to the city to witness the demise of the condemned, attracted by the cheap broadsheets which did little more than advertise the coming event. The last execution at Exeter Prison was in 1943, after which the gallows were taken down and shipped to Jersey where they performed their grisly task one more time in the 1950's.

Main Sources - The Penalty was Death by Grant John Harrison, Gates of the Close by Michael Fodor, Trewman's Exeter Flying Post, the Times, John Waite and the websites Capital Punishment UK Mrs Joan Turnbull Ian Maxted
Last update 31st August 2008

Surname	Forename	Year	Date	Crime	Where executed and notes
de Porta	Alured	1285	29th December	Consenting, planning and harbouring offenders	Convicted for his part in the murder of Walter Lechlade and hung. Only Mayor of Exeter to be executed. There is some confusion over his date of execution as one document states he was executed on the 26th, St Stephens Day, the day before the sentence was announced - the trial was presided over by Edward I.
Poyfed	Elias	1285	29th December	Guilty of murder	Convicted for murdering Walter Lechlade and hung.
Stonyng	Richard	1285	29th December	Guilty of murder	Convicted for murdering Walter Lechlade and hung.
Amener	Thomas	1285	29th December	Planning the murder	Convicted of planning the murder of Walter Lechlade and hung.
Twate	Roger	1285	29th December	Aiding the felons with the planning.	Guilty of allowing the murder of Walter Lechlade 'as much as he could' and hung.
St Leger	Sir Thomas	1483	November	Rebelled against Richard III, his brother in law.	Hooker wrote that he was beheaded at the Carfoix (the junction of South Street, North Street, High Street and Fore Street). However, the Receivers Account of 1483 shows a sum for constructing a scaffold at the front of the Guildhall (aula in Latin), and that St Leger and Rame were held in the Guildhall overnight before their execution - (thanks to John Waite of the forum for that research)
Rame	Sir John	1483	November	Rebelled against Richard III.	Hooker wrote that he was beheaded at Carfoix (the junction of South Street, North Street, High Street and Fore Street). See St Leger above.
Benet	Thomas	1531	19th January	Denying the supremacy of the Pope by nailing a paper to the door of the Cathedral in protest.	Benet was to have been executed at Southernhay, but the Chamber objected as it was within the limits of the city and the prosecution was a Devon affair. Sir Thomas Dennis, the Sheriff of Devon ordered the place of execution to be moved to Livery Dole, where Benet was burnt at the stake. See Livery Dole memorial.
Waltheman	John	1532	-	Treason	Heavitree - Oliver wrote "John Waltheman was executed as a traitor at Ringswell, who being given to blind prophesying did interpret and apply them to the King."
Welshe	Rev. Robert	1549	5th August	Implicated in the murder of Kingwell, a protestant on Exe Island during the siege of the city.	Welshe was hung, with a rosary 'and other Popish trash' on a gibbet erected on his own church tower of St Thomas. His tarred body remained hanging until Mary came to the throne in 1553.
Prest	Agnes	1557	15th August	Committing "Heresy chiefly against the Sacrament of the Altar and for speaking against Idols".	A Cornish woman, Prest's husband and children testified against her. She was burned at the stake at Southernhay. See Livery Dole memorial
Yarde	Alexander	1577	16th September	-	From St Sidwells Parish - details not known
Paddon	John	1577	16th September	-	From St Sidwells Parish - details not known
Rogers	John	1578	3rd October	-	From St Sidwells Parish - details not known
Archerde	William	1579	29th March	-	From St Sidwells Parish - details not known
Kegill	William	1579	29th March	-	From St Sidwells Parish - details not known
unknown	-	1582	1st September	Cutting of a purse	From St Sidwells Parish - details not known
Hill	William	1587	10th April	-	Executed and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Bowden	Clement	1587	29th July	-	Executed and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Aste	Peter	1591	15th January	-	Executed and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Burridge	Nicholas	1591	15th January	-	Executed and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Foster	William	1594	16th March	-	Executed and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Quantour	Nicholas	1595	14th March	-	Executed and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Savidge	Richarde	1598	29th July	-	Executed at the gallows - Buried St Sidwell parish
Dowdall	James	1599	13th August	Refused to take the oath of supremacy	Hung, drawn and quartered at Rougemont Castle.
Barne	George	1604	30th July	-	Pressed to death and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish - normally, if the accused refused to plead he was "... remanded to the prison from whence he came and put into a low dark chamber, and there be laid on his back on the bare floor, naked, unless when decency forbids; that there be placed upon his body as great a weight as he could bear, and more, that he hath no sustenance, save only on the first day, three morsels of the worst bread, and the second day three droughts of standing water, that should be alternately his daily diet till he died, or, till he answered."
Foster	Christopher	1604	30th July	-	Executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Thomas	John	1604	31st July	-	Executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Caden	Edmund	1606	27th March	Murder	Executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Wilkins	John	1608	8th July	-	Born on the city, executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Hale	William	1608	25th July	-	Executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Robins	Symon	1608	25th July	-	Executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Wilkins	Richard	1610	12th July	Witchcraft	Executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Andrew	William	1611	29th July	-	Executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Canliffe	Walter	1612	9th August	Murdered his son	A miller, executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Adames	Robert	1612	13th October	Piracy	Executed at Heavitree and buried St Sidwell parish
Tooker	Thomas	1612	23rd March	Poisoned his wife.	He 'was condemned at the Assize, held at the castle, and executed at Heavitree gallows' Tooker had recently been appointed the sword bearer of Exeter – he was buried in St Sidwell parish
Gater	Henrie	1613	27th July	Murder	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Swanson	Thomasine	1614	29th August	Murder	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Kendall	Robert	1616	13th January	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Smyth	Philip	1627	7th April	Murder	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Moore	Peter	1641	-	Poisoned master, Mr Bidgood - put powdered white mercury into his Master's "messe of pottage"	Heavitree - Moore was taken, "upon a sledge,.....the common place of execution, bowing his body to the people round about him so well as he could, he spake after this manner." Buried St Sidwell parish.
Robins	Walter	1642	23rd April	-	Executed and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish.
Sadler	Major	1645	October	Traitor	Shot at Southernhay. Sadler had been an officer in the Parliamentary army before defecting to the King. He was captured when Tiverton was taken in October 1645, court martialed and executed for treason.
Herring	William	1652	17th August	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Attwill	William	1653	20th March	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Pittford	William	1653	20th March	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Hossington	Richard	1655	7th May	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Reeves	Richard	1655	8th May	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Hillyeard	Thomas	1655	8th May	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Poulton	Thomas	1655	8th May	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Davies	Edward	1655	8th May	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Willeies	Edward	1655	8th May	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Giles alias Hobbs	John	1655	8th May		Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Penruddock	Col. John	1655	16th May	Taking up arms against the Commonwealth	Beheaded at Rougemont Castle
Jones	Francis	1655	16th May	Taking up arms against the Commonwealth	Beheaded at Rougemont Castle
Jordaine	Jone	1664	23rd August	Murder	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Branck	Marke	1666	28th March	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Cox	Jane	1666	28th March	-	Heavitree - Buried St Sidwell parish
Branke	Mark	1666	28th March	-	Heavitree - Buried St Sidwell parish
Turner	Thomasin	1671	7th August	-	Hung, probably at Heavitree
Trembles	Mary	1682	25th August	Witchcraft	Heavitree – from Bideford
Lloyd	Temperance	1682	25th August	Witchcraft	Heavitree – from Bideford
Edwards	Susannah	1682	25th August	Witchcraft	Heavitree – from Bideford
Molland	Alice	1685	-	Witchcraft	Hung – last to be executed as a witch
Foweracres	J	1685	-	Involved in the Monmouth Rebellion	One of 27 condemned to death around Devon. In the event, only 2 to 3 were executed; it is not known if Foweracres was one. The sentence included "The heads and quarters of these persons to be fixed where the King shall appoint."
Salsbery	John	1721	21st April	-	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Wall	William	1727	18th September	Murder of a young girl at the hospital	Executed at Heavitree and recorded in St Sidwell's Parish
Cruse	Benjamin	1732	27th April	Murder of Mr Pyke, a Custom-house Officer	Heavitree gallows – the crush to see was so great, the condemned prisoners were taken away to restore order, and returned before 6pm to a newly erected gallows.
Woon	Stephen	1732	27th April	Murder of Mr Pyke, a Custom-house Officer	Heavitree
Warren	Mary	1735	8th May	Murder of her male bastard child	Heavitree
Dulen	Mary	1735	29th August	Murder of her male bastard child	Heavitree
Woolrot	Nathniel	1736	March	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Bird	John	1736	August	Horse theft	Heavitree
Collins	John	1737	26th August	Murder of Jane Uprot	Heavitree
Prince	Thomas	1737	26th August	Murder of wife, Ann Prince	Heavitree
Baker	Benjamin	1737	26th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Ireland	John	1738	March	Horse theft	Heavitree
Taylor	John	1738	July	Horse theft	Heavitree
Tickner	James	1739	31st August	Desertion	Shot
Davey	Phillip	1739	March	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Denton	William	1739	31st August	Housebreaking	Heavitree – alias Penton or Vento
Meeds	Simon	1739	31st August	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Tickner	James	1739	31st August	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Woodford	Henry	1740	11th April	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Bale	John	1740	11th April	Horsetheft	Heavitree
Bryant	Johanna	1740	11th April	Murder of her bastard child	Heavitree
Turner	Dinah	1740	11th April	Murder of her male bastard child	Heavitree
Dugger	William	1740	11th April	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Cummins	Ann	1740	11th April	Murder of her male bastard child	Heavitree
Diggott	Thomas	1740	11th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Jessing	israel	1740	11th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Phillips	Simon	1740	11th April	Murder of Richard Philips	Heavitree
Every	John	1740	29th August	Murder of his male bastard child	Heavitree
Allen	Martha	1740	29th August	Stealing a horse	Heavitree
Mounson	John	1740	29th August	Arson	Heavitree
Sheppard	Matthew	1740	30th April	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Kennard	Daniel	1742	30th April	Arson	Heavitree
Wroe	Peter	1742	30th April	-	Heavitree
Gibbons	David	1743	15th April	Murder of his wife, Elizabeth Gibbons.	Heavitree
Stribling	Alice	1743	15th April	Murder of her apprentice, Elizabeth Tossle	Heavitree
Lawford	John	1743	15th April	Forgery	Heavitree
Teague	George	1743	29th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Vine	Rev. Peter	1743	5th October	Rape of Elizabeth Dark	Heavitree
Farey	William	1744	not known	Uttering?	Heavitree - convicted 13th March, sentenced but execution not confirmed.
Grote	Mary	1744	not known	Arson	Heavitree - convicted 13th March, sentenced but execution not confirmed.
Saunders	Christopher	1744	not known	Sheep theft	Heavitree - convicted 13th March, sentenced but execution not confirmed.
Sowden	John	1744	not known	Sheep theft	Heavitree - convicted 13th March, sentenced but execution not confirmed.
Harding	Philip	1745	not known	Sheep theft	Heavitree - convicted 18th March, sentenced but execution not confirmed.
Fosbery	William	1745	not known	Highway robbery	Heavitree - convicted 18th March, sentenced but execution not confirmed.
Dyer	Thomas	1746	11th April	Murdered his wife, Ann Dyer.	Heavitree
Sanderson	Robert	1746	17th September	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Momford	James	1746	17th September	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Davis	Humphrey	1746	17th September	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Tuckerman	John	1747	April	Murdered his mother, Agnes Tuckerman.	Heavitree
Wadland	Mary	1747	18th September	Murder of her male bastard son.	Heavitree
Whitehouse	James	1748	March	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Wilson	Thomas	1749	7th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Bayly	Ricard	1749	7th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Bond	Richard	1749	4th August	Murder of John Richards	Heavitree
Cudmore	Matthew	1749	4th August	Horse theft	Heavitree
Camp	John	1749	4th August	Burglary	Heavitree
Murphy	Edward	1750	12th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Packard	Elizabeth	1750	12th April	Murdered her husband with poison	Heavitree - Burnt at stake
Phillips	Susan	1750	12th April	Murder of her male bastard child	Heavitree
Leonard	John	1750	12th April	Coining?	Heavitree
Collier	Agnes	1750	3rd August	Murder	Heavitree - alias Cole
Hanford	Robert	1751	March	-	Heavitree - sentenced but execution not confirmed.
Pope	John	1751	March	Murdered John Elliott	Heavitree - sentenced but execution not confirmed.
Davy	John	1752	3rd April	Murdered his wife, Ann Davy	Heavitree - his body was later hung in chains.
Phillips	Joseph	1752	3rd April	Burglary	Heavitree
Wilson	John	1752	3rd April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Stamp	Robert	1752	3rd April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Jennings	William	1752	10th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree - Jennings sent a letter to Andrew Brice while awaiting execution, requesting that his last confession appear in his newspaper.
Huish	William	1753	31st March	Poisoned his father, and beat his mother to death. Found guilty of the second offence.	Heavitree - Huish's body was the first to be dissected by local surgeons. His bones were kept in the cupola of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital for many years.
Clay	John	1753	31st August	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Bowan	Lawrence	1753	31st August	Sheep theft	Heavitree
Colby	John	1754	5th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Knight	John	1754	19th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Allen	John	1754	23rd August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Butcher	Henry	1755	24th March	Murdered his wife, Elizabeth Butcher.	Heavitree
Reed	James	1755	4th April	Stole from a house	Heavitree
Hooper	William	1755	4th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Vinneron	John	1755	4th April	Sheep theft	Heavitree
Wright	John	1755	14th August	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Broome	Henry	1755	14th August	Cattle theft	Heavitree
Menhennit	Charles	1755	14th August	Horse theft	Heavitree
Pendrick	Charles	1755	15th August	-	In records for St Sidwells
Edwards	Richard	1756	31st March	-	In records for St Sidwells
Johnson	Henry	1756	31st March	-	In records for St Sidwells
Jones	Thomas	1756	22nd April	Burglary	Heavitree
Bole	Clement	1756	23rd September	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Lemon	George	1756	31st March	-	In records for St Sidwells
Homer	Jonathan	1756	31st March	-	In records for St Sidwells
Perkins	Christian	1756	31st March	-	In records for St Sidwells
Reynolds	John	1756	31st March	-	In records for St Sidwells
Dennis	Samuel	1756	31st March	-	In records for St Sidwells
Hill	Stephen	1757	18th August	Stole from a house.	Heavitree
Rowe	Roger	1757	18th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Swanscombe	George	1757	18th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Smale	Thomas	1758	20th March	Murder of James Harris	Heavitree
Pearce	James	1758	31st March	Cattle theft	Heavitree
Lemon	George	1758	31st March	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Sapper	Stephen	1758	31st March	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Perkin	Christian	1758	31st March	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Dennis	Samuel	1758	31st March	Burglary	Heavitree
Johnson	Henry	1758	31st March	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Pearce	Thomas	1758	31st March	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Huish	William	1758	31st March	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Edwards	Richard	1758	31st March	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Lattimore	Robert	1759	2nd April	Murder of James Harvey	Heavitree
Morgan	John	1759	19th April	Stole from a dwelling house	Heavitree - he was 16 years old.
Carter	Thomas	1759	19th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Connor	Patrick	1759	19th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Butler	Patrick	1759	19th April	Rape of Mary Baker	Heavitree
Watson	John	1759	19th April	Rape of Mary Baker	Heavitree
Darras	Charles	1759	25th April	Murder of Jean Menaux	Heavitree
Tremaine	Fleurant	1759	25th April	Murder of Jean Menaux	Heavitree
Pitiel	Pierre	1759	25th April	Murder of Jean Menaux	Heavitree
Boudecq	Louis	1759	25th April	Murder of Jean Menaux	Heavitree
Lagnol	Pierre	1759	25th April	Murder of Jean Menaux	Heavitree
Homer	Jonathan	1759	24rd August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Halway	John	1759	24rd August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Sutton	Thomas	1759	24rd August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Kellaway	John	1759	24th August	-	Heavitree
Reynolds	John	1759	24th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Richards	John	1759	24th August	Escaped from custody for a previous crime.	Heavitree
Hingston	Edward	1760	24th March	Murder of Mordecai Solomon	Heavitree
Kennady	Edward	1760	11th April	Housebreaking	Heavitree - Recorded by Brice
Wish	Samuel	1761	8th July	Murdered his wife	Livery Dole
Harris	Richard	1761	17th July	Murder of John Carn	Heavitree
Woodrow	Jonas	1761	17th July	Murder of Elizabeth Zane	Heavitree
Downey	William	1761	31st July	Highway robbery and rape	Heavitree
Fox	James	1761	31st July	Highway robbery and rape	Heavitree
Mercer	Thomas	1761	31st July	Highway robbery and rape	Heavitree
Kenny	Dennis	1761	31st July	Highway robbery and rape	Heavitree
Haynes	Robert	1762	16th April	Murder of a man	Heavitree
Mitchell	Pierce	1762	16th April	Murder of Vincent Bevan	Heavitree
Goddard	William	1762	16th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Sackemore	John	1762	16th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Clegg	Robert	1763	March	Robbery	Heavitree
Watts	James	1763	March	Robbery	Heavitree
Langton	William	1763	March	Burglary	Heavitree
Gooding	James	1763	30th July	Murder of Samuel Sprogett	Heavitree
Connor	Richard	1763	30th July	Murder of Samuel Sprogett	Heavitree
More	Pablo	1763	30th July	Murder of William Lock	Heavitree
Maunder	Nicholas	1764	26th March	Murder of William Couch	Heavitree
Loxham	William	1764	6th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Loxham	William	1764	6th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Carver	Thomas	1764	6th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Cause	William	1764	6th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Goss	Joal	1764	14th September	Horse theft	Heavitree
Nicholls	George	1765	22nd May	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Higgins	Richard	1765	22nd May	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Staddon	Elizabeth	1765	16th August	Arson	Heavitree
Vogwell	Thomas	1765	16th August	Burglary	Heavitree
Burk	David	1766	4th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Connor	James	1766	4th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Maroney	David	1766	8th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Hockaday	John	1767	28th August	Escaped custody	Heavitree
Stiles	John	1768	2nd May	Rape of Ann Tucker	Heavitree
Oliver	James	1768	2nd May	Rape of Ann Tucker	Heavitree
Owen	John	1768	2nd May	Rape of Ann Tucker	Heavitree
Windsor	Ann	1769	27th March	Murder of her 6 month old bastard child, Mary	Heavitree
Conig	Christopher	1771	25th March	Murder of James Legett	Heavitree
Brooke jr	John	1772	28th August	Sheep theft	Heavitree
Mason	Nicholas	1772	28th August	Stole from a house	Heavitree
Hallson	Frances	1773	22nd March	Murder of her 3 week old son	Heavitree - aka Mary Hutton
Wilkinson	Frances	1773	2nd April	Horse theft	Heavitree
Perry	James	1774	8th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Edwards	William	1774	8th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Winworth	John	1774	19th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Bradlick	Edward	1776	12th April	Cattle theft	Heavitree
Wood	Richard	1777	12th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Bartley	Thomas	1777	8th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Lamb	Thomas	1777	8th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Hamill	Arthur	1777	8th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Hutchings	Edward	1779	22nd March	Murder of hi wife, Mary Hutchings	Heavitree
Bishop	Alice	1779	25th May	Murder of her infant daughter	Heavitree
Wooton	William	1780	20th March	Murder	Heavitree
MacMahon	John	1780	25th August	Stealing from a dwelling house	Heavitree
Twisden	Alice	1780	25th August	Stealing from a dwelling house	Heavitree - alternative name Widdison
Andrews	John	1781	24th August	Cattle theft	Heavitree
Waldron	Elizabeth	1782	25th March	Murder of her male bastard child	Heavitree, hung with one man.
Tralhing	John	1782	25th August	Murder of Mary Balkwill	Heavitree
Downing	Rebecca	1782	29th July	Poisoning her master, Richard Jarvis	Burnt at Heavitree - standard punishment for poisoning.
Ashbolt	John	1792	26th September	Highway robbery	Livery Dole
Lee	John	1792	26th September	Highway robbery	Livery Dole
Masters	Simon	1783	29th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Barnes	Amos	1783	29th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Pidgeon	John	1783	29th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Frazer	Simon	1783	29th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Dogherty	Patrick	1783	29th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Mann	Richard	1783	29th August	Sheep stealing	Heavitree
Rumbelow	Elizabeth	1783	29th August	Sheep stealing	Heavitree - 63 years old.
Harris	Thomas	1784	2nd April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Peters	William	1784	2ns April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Smart	Thomas	1784	7th August	Murder of Thomas Ewings	Heavitree
Folland	John	1784	20th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Quirk	James	1784	20th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Ellwood	Robert	1785	1st April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Bliss	John	1785	1st April	Horse theft	Heavitree
Coombe	William	1785	1st April	Horse theft	Heavitree
Clarke	William	1785	1st April	Burglary	Heavitree
Freeman (Friman)	Thomas	1785	1st April	Stole from a house	Heavitree
Dare	John	1785	1st April	Burglary	Heavitree
Russell	Thomas	1786	27th March	Murder of John Breeze	Heavitree
Fitzgerald	William	1787	24th January	Highway robbery	Livery Dole - there was only one other execution at Livery Dole after this one, when Holmyard was hung in 1818.
Leigh	Richard	1787	9th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Joyce	Richard	1787	9th April	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Dolling	Edward	1787	9th April	Sheep theft	Heavitree
Patrick	William	1787	9th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Crispin	Thomas	1787	6th August	Sodomy	Heavitree
Piper	John	1787	17th August	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Herslake	James	1786	7th April	Cattle theft	Heavitree
Brooks	William	1786	7th April	Horse theft	Heavitree
Haynes	Daniel Rendall	1786	25th August	Horse theft	Heavitree
Patrick	William	1787	9th April	Burglary	Heavitree
Smith	William	1788	24th March	Murder of Philip Smith	Heavitree
Richards	John	1788	24th March	Murder of Philip Smith	Heavitree
Salter	Walter	1788	24th March	Murder of William Jenkins and William Scott	Heavitree - father of Peter Salter below.
Salter	Peter	1788	24th March	Murder of William Jenkins and William Scott	Heavitree
Goslin	Daniel	1788	24th March	Murder of William Jenkins and William Scott	Heavitree
Loosemore	Peter	1788	4th April	Cattle theft	Heavitree
Waybourn	James	1789	3rd April	Highway robbery	Heavitree - he refused to answer any questions on the gallows about his guilt.
Snow	William	1789	3rd April	Housebreaking	Heavitree - alias Skitch. He declared on the gallows that the day was the happiest of his life and implored the spectators to avoid his errors. He hung for a few seconds and then his body fell to the ground. He exclaimed "Good people, be not hurried; I can wait a little". The executioner took Snow back onto the cart, adjusted the rope and ".... was a second time launched from the cart amidst the tears of thousands."
Stephens	william	1789	21st August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Ford	Richard	1789	21st August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Turner	George	1789	21st August	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Pope	John	1790	13th August	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Hole	James	1790	13th August	Cattle theft	Heavitree
Glanville	Henry	1791	1st April	Arson	Heavitree
Ball	William	1791	1st April	Stole from a house	Heavitree
Pierce	Joan	1791	26th August	Murder of her female bastard child	Heavitree
Tremlett	William	1792	13th April	Housebreaking	Heavitree
Ebden	John	1792	13th April	Sheep theft	Heavitree
Fullerton	James	1792	13th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Butler	William	1792	13th April	Highway robbery	Heavitree
Cuddiver	William	1792	13th April	Sheep theft	Heavitree
Martin	Francis	1793	28th March	Robbed postboy	Heavitree - body hung in chains at Halldown (may not have been an Exeter execution)
Stone	Joan	1794	4th April	Arson	Heavitree - last to be hanged at Heavitree
Martinborough	William	1795	20th March	Murder of Henry Smith	First to be hung at the New Drop, Devon County Gaol – he was described as 'a man of colour'.
McGregor	William	1795	14th August	Attacked and robbed Daniel Buckley on highway at Plymouth	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol
Lee	James	1795	14th August	Attacked and robbed Daniel Buckley on highway at Plymouth	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol
Rapson	George	1795	7th August	Stealing six cattle and selling them for £36	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Wilson	James	1796	1st April	Housebreaking	Devon County Gaol
Maiden (Meadon)	Joseph	1796	5th August	Forgery or 'coining'	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – the first of many to be hung for forgery.
McIntyre	John	1798	17th August	Escaping from prison hulk awaiting transportation	Had been reprieved from execution for a previous crime and sentenced to transportation.
Peel	Peter	1798	17th August	Escaping from prison hulk awaiting transportation	Had been reprieved from execution for a previous crime and sentenced to transportation
Nicholson	James	1798	9th April	Passing forged bills of exchange	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol – alias Williams
Martin	Mary Ann	1799	23rd March	Poisoning Margaret Palmer	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – for an hour and a half she refused to give the signal to the hang man, protesting her innocence. Her body went to Mr Sheldon at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital for dissection.
Limpany	Betty	1799	5th April	Arson of the house of her master at Kentisbeare	Hanged at the County Gaol, she was an eighteen year old servant girl
Feltham	Edward	1800	22nd August	Stealing a horse at Buckland St Mary	Hanged at the New Drop High Gaol
Chimleigh	John	1800	22nd April	Highway robbery between Totnes and Dartmouth	Hanged at the County Gaol. Chimleigh used a large pistol to threaten a second victim.
Buywater	Joseph	1800	22nd April	Highway robbery between Totnes and Dartmouth	Hanged at the County Gaol. Buywater used a large pistol to threaten his victim.
Trick	John	1801	6th April	Stealing two sheep	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Pooley	James	1801	6th April	Stealing two sheep	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Thorne	William	1801	6th April	Stealing two sheep	Hanged at Devon County Gaol - Jointly charged with Trick above.
Fisher	Richard	1801	6th April	Stealing a cow	Hanged at Exeter Gaol and buried in St Sidwells
Penson	Henry	1801	6th April	Stole a wether sheep at Teignmouth	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Deane	John	1801	6th April	Robbing 5 shillings on the highway at Stoke Damerel	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Bilson	James	1801	6th April	Theft from the Naval Stores at Plymouth	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – stole seventeen seamen's beds and nineteen hammocks.
Hockaday	William	1802	27th August	Burglary and serious assault at Saltram, Plymouth	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – one of a band of twelve involved in the crime, although only Hockaday and Jewell below were caught.
Pollard	John	1802	27th August	Forging a letter of attorney	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol
Jewell	Mathias	1802	27th August	Burglary and serious assault at Saltram, Plymouth	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – one of a band of twelve involved in the crime, although only Jewell and Hockaday above were caught.
Smith	William	1802	9th April	Burglary at East Stonehouse, Plymouth	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – stole a piece of muslin, twelve shawls and three lengths of silk.
Hoost	Thomas	1802	9th April	Passing forged £5 notes to Daniel Stockey at Plymouth	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol – one of six hanged that day.
Hughes	James	1802	9th April	Passing £2 forged notes at Plymouth	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol.
Boost	Robert	1802	9th April	Passing forged bank notes	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol.
Blade	William	1802	9th April	Forging Bank of England bank notes	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol.
Allen	John	1802	9th April	Attempted to pass off a forged payment for prize money to Michael Nathan	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol – prize money was paid to sailors from the proceeds of capturing enemy ships.
Hunt	Henry	1804	6th April	Stealing several horses near London	Hunt took the horses to Uplyme
Hulee (Rogers)	Betsy	1805	12th August	Murdered her husband with a penknife	Hanged at Devon County Gaol and her body used for dissection
Comer	Simon	1805	April	Forged a deed of gift (bequest in a will)	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol
Hayes	John	1805	August	Ravishing an eleven year old child.	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Lopes	Vicentes	1806	4th August	Murder of Ciriaco Peres at Millbay Prison – both were POWs	Hanged at Devon County Gaol and his body used for dissection
Rendle	John Davis	1806	August	Attempting to pass two forged bills of exchange at Plymouth	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol leaving a wife and two children.
Pain	Benjamin	1808	April	Attempting to pass a forged £50 Bill of Exchange.	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol o f five condemned to death that April all were reprieved except Pain.
Tapp	George	1808	August	Murdered his lover, Robert Leach	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Coz	Jane	1811	12th August	Poisoned a baby, John Tremman, with arsenic under orders from Arthur Tucker	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – Arthur Tucker was the illigitimate child's father.
Williams	James	1812	3rd April	Highway robbery between Honiton and Yarcombe	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol – the haul included a handkerchief, pair of gloves and two pieces of paper worth a penny.
Luscombe	Thomas	1813	26th March	Convicted of two murders one in 1812 and one in 1813	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – 10,000 watched his execution and his body was taken for dissection by Mr Robert Patch.
Vincent	William	1815	15th August	Murder of Thomas Wills, Customs Officer while smuggling from Guernsey in 1805	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – he attempted to cut his own throat the night before the execution and was taken to the gallows on a bed.
Summers	Samual	1815	7th April	Attempted poisoning of Richard Denning at Ottery St Mary	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Norton	Samuel	1815	April	Murder of Mrs Metters of Whitchurch	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol
Chisholm	John Josiah	1815	August	Attempting to escape while awaiting trial for passing a counterfeit bill.	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Finson	Robert	1817	24th March	Murdering his wife during a violent quarrel	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Holmyard	Samuel	1818	13th November	Using a forged Exeter City Bank, one pound note	Livery Dole – he was the last County of Exeter prisoner from the South Gate prison to be taken to Livery Dole for execution, on Friday, the 13th November. This was also the first City of Exeter execution for 32 year. See the Exeter Banks article for more.
Green	John	1818	30th March	Murdered his lover by cutting her throat	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Prinn	John	1818	April	Committing homosexual acts with men and a boy	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Woodman	Mary	1819	22nd April	Poisoning her husband with arsenic	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Northcott	John	1819	2nd April	Stealing four oxen at Colebrook	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Atkins	Joseph	1819	2nd April	Bestiality	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – he refused to give the signal to the hangman to proceed, delaying the execution.
Hellings	Samuel	1819	3rd April	Attempted murder of his mother with arsenic	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Cribb	James	1820	18th August	Passing forged £10 bank notes	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – he was part of a gang of forgers operating around Bovey Tracey, Chudleigh and Hennock.
Musgrove	Thomas	1820	March	Stealing a sheep at Uffculme	Retired soldier who had served for fourteen years.
Bowden	William	1821	6th April	Burglary at Chudleigh and stole £140 of cash and notes	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol – 18 years old
Bagwell	John	1821	6th April	Footpad robbery on the highway between Knackershole and Plymouth	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – he committed a second offence that night but was acquitted.
Bowden	James	1821	6th April	Burglary at Chudleigh and stole £140 of cash and notes	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol – 21 years old
Chappell	Philip	1822	25th March	Murdered by drowning and beating and dumped in mill stream at Torrington	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – the victim, Mary Stevens was heavily pregnant by Chappell at the time.
Perry	John	1822	8th April	Arson of his tenants cottage for insurance	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – witnesses stated he used a candle to fire the cottage.
Radford	John	1823	28th July	Drowned his pregnant girfriend	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – he gave the signal three times before the hang man was ready and exclaimed that he was 'very happy, very happy'.
Bolt	John	1823	4th April	Attempted murder of Jane Jusland with a pistol at Lifton Park	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Orchard	John	1827	2nd April	Mortgage forgery on his father's property	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – he was the last forger in Devon to be executed
Friend	Thomas	1827	2nd April	Murdered Sarah and her son Edward Glass at Beaworthy parish	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Champion	George	1827	24th August	Burglary of a Tiverton shop	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – alias Brewer he stole 3 gold watches, eighty gold rings thirty one brooches, twelve silver spoons and a diamond pin.
James	John	1827	24th August	Burglary of a Tiverton shop	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – alias Lewis he stole 3 gold watches, eighty gold rings thirty one brooches, twelve silver spoons and a diamond pin.
Quantance	Richard	1829	17th August	Assisted Kezia Westcombe his lover to murder her husband Samuel Westcombe with arsenic.	Hanged at Devon County Gaol - he said on the gallows to Westcombe 'I hope we shall meet again'.
Westcombe	Kezia	1829	17th August	Murdered, with her lover Richard Quantance, her husband Samuel Westcombe with arsenic.	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – she said on the gallows to Quantance her lover they would meet 'In Heaven'.
Hilston	Thomas	1829	3rd April	Attempted murder of James Jeffrey on the road between Plympton and Buckfastleigh	Hanged at Exeter prison – Hilston said on the scaffold 'My conscience is clear'.
Trethew	William	1829	3rd April	Attempted murder of James Jeffrey on the road between Plympton and Buckfastleigh	Hanged at Exeter prison – Trethew declared his innocence on the scaffold
Cudmore	George	1830	25th March	Poisoning his wife Grace – his lover Sarah Dunn was found not guilty	Hanged at Exeter prison – his body was dissected at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and his skin removed. Twenty years later it was used to bind a copy of the Works of John Milton.
Cornish	William Bissett	1830	August	Bestiality	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – last man to be hung in Devon for a crime other than murder.
Kellaway	Mary	1832	26th March	Murdered her illegitimate child hours after its birth.	Hanged at Devon County Gaol – she was twenty eight and unmarried when she gave birth in a shared room in Devonport. On the gallows she said 'There is no one shedding a tear for me'.
Oliver	Thomas	1836	16th July	Murder of Mr May on the road at Jacob's Well near Moretonhampstead	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol – celebrated case where his so called accomplice Edmund Galley was reprieved after a campaign by Thomas Latimer.
Landick	James	1849	9th April	Murder of Mrs Grace Holman	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol – watched by forty thousand.
Sparkes	George	1853	1st April	Murder of William Blackmore	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol.
Harvey	Talmage	1854	4th August	Murder of Mary Richards at Taddiport	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol along with llewellyn Garret for the same crime. Buckland Brewer.
Garret	Llewellyn	1854	4th August	Murder of Mary Richards at Taddiport	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol in front of a large crowd – he was a chimney sweep from Buckland Brewer.
Hackett	Robert	1861	30th March	Murdered Henry Jones	Hanged at the New Drop, Exeter Gaol
Ashford	Mary Anne	1866	28th March	Murdered her husband	Last public execution of a woman at the County Gaol in front of 20,000
Grant	John	1866	15th August	Murdered Philip Boobier	Last public execution at the County Gaol
Taylor	William	1869	11th October	Murder of Cpl. Arthur Skullen	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Macdonald	John	1874	10th August	Murdered his girl friend, Bridget Walsh.	Hanged by John Calcraft at Devon County Gaol
Hassel	William	1877	19th November	While drunk, stabbed his wife three times with a pig-knife while she breastfed her baby.	Hanged at Devon County Gaol by William Marwood
Tooke	Annie	1879	11th August	Murdered 6 month old Reginald Hyde	The torso of the child was found in the leat of Powhay Mill by Edward Stookes. The body parts were taken to the Alexandra Inn to be examined by a surgeon. Hanged at Devon County Gaol by William Marwood
Williams	William	1893	28th March	Murdered Emma Dodge	Hanged at Devon County Gaol
Elliot	Edmund	1909	30th March	Murdered Clara Jane Hannaford, ex girlfirend	Hanged at Exeter prison
Cunliffe	George	1913	25th February	Murdered Kate (Kitty) Butler, his girlfriend	Hanged at Exeter prison
Honeylands	James	1914	12th March	Murdered Amelia Bradfield	Hanged at Exeter prison
Brooks	Frederick	1916	12th December	Murdered Alice Clara Gregory	Hanged at Exeter prison
Saunders	Cyril	1920	30th November	Murdered his cousin, Dorothy May Saunders	Hanged at Exeter prison
Black	Edward Ernest	1922	24th March	Murdered his wife Annie Black	Hanged at Exeter prison
Maynard	William	1928	27th July	Murdered Richard Francis Roadley	Hanged at Exeter prison
Bryant	Charlotte	1936	15th July	Poisoning husband with arsenic	Hanged by Tom Pierrepoint at Exeter Prison. A large, anti-capital punishment vigil was held outside the prison. It is said that Bryant's black hair turned white while awaiting execution. Ministered by Father Barney. More on Charlotte Bryant
Davis	Philip	1937	27th July	Murder of Wilhelmina Davis (wife), and Monica Rowe (niece)	Hanged at Exeter prison
Moss	Ernest John	1937	7th December	Murder of Kitty Bennett, girlfriend	Hanged at Exeter prison
Trenoweth	Gordon	1943	6th April	Murdered Albert Bateman	Last man to be hung at Exeter prison

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