Egloshayle & St Breock

List of Executions at Bodmin.

The first Bodmin Gaol was built in 1779, and the execution of condemned men took place in a number of different places, since that time. NOT, as is widely believed, exclusively within the confines of the Gaol itself:

Please note that this is a full list of executions, and not specific to Egloshayle & St Breock residents.

 

On Bodmin Moor:

7 Mar 1785 Philip RANDAL 21 years Burglary
23 Mar 1785 Robert BROWN 33 Years Murder
29 Jul 1785 William HILL 25 years Murder
7 Aug 1785 John RICHARDS 25 years Robbery with Violence
6 Apr 1786 Thomas ROBERTS 34 years Stealing 3 sheep
26 Apr 1786 Francis COUTH 45 years Stealing a Ewe
10 Apr 1787 James ELLIOTT 35 years Highway Robbery
10 Apr 1787 John GOULD 23 years Burglary
20 Aug 1787 William CONGDON 22 years Stealing a watch
31 Mar 1791 Michael TAYLOR 22 years Stealing a Mare
31 Mar 1791 James DASH 23 years Burglary
31 Mar 1791 James SYMONS 25 years Stealing an Ox
2 Sep 1791 Ben WILLOUGHBY 20 years Murder of James JAMES, an Inn keeper at Helston
2 Sep 1791 John TAYLOR 26 years Murder of James JAMES, an Inn keeper at Helston
15 Sep 1791 William MOYLE ? Killing a Mare
1793 William TREWARVAS 23 years Murder of Martha BLEWITT
9 Apr 1795 James FREDERICK 33 years Robbery
27 Aug 1795 Joseph WILLIAMS 28 years Stealing a Sheep
1796 G. A. SAFEHORNE 35 years Murder of a Dutchman
11 Aug 1796 John HOSKIN 55 years Stealing Wheat
13 Sep 1798 William HOWARTH 24 years Housebreaking and stealing 20 Guineas
13 Apr 1801 William ROSKILLY 34 years Housebreaking
25 Aug 1802 Richard ANDREW ? Forgery

On Bodmin Moor or outside the wall of The Old Gaol:

2 Sep 1802 John VANSTONE 37 years Robbery
2 Sep 1802 William LEE 37 years Robbery
1804 Joseph STRICK 25 years Murder
17 Apr 1805 John WILLIAMSON 32 years Shop breaking at Miss TYETH's shop
17 Apr 1805 James JOYCE 27 years Shop breaking at Miss TYETH's shop
13 Apr 1812 Pierre Francois 24 years Forgery
1 May 1812 William WYATT 40 years  Drowning a Jew - Isaiah Falk VALENTINE at Fowey
1812 La Roche (Frenchman) 30 years Forgery
6 Sep 1813 Elizabeth Osbourne 20 years Arson of Corn
31 Mar 1814 William BURNS 21 years Murder of John ALLEN of Sennen
31 Mar 1815 John SIMMS (a soldier) 30 years Murder of Joseph BURNETT

Outside the wall of The Old Gaol:

1818 William ROWE 51 years Sheep stealing
12 Aug 1820 Sarah POLGREEN 37 years Poisoning her Husband
5 Sep 1820 Michael STEPHENS 27 years Killing a Ram
2 Apr 1821 John BARNICOTT 24 years Murder of William HANCOCK at Cury
2 Apr 1821 John THOMPSON 17 years Murder of William HANCOCK at Cury
10 Sep 1821 Nicholas James GARD 42 years Murder of Thomas HOSKIN
7 Apr 1825 William OXFORD 21 years Arson of Corn
19 Apr 1827 James EDDY 29 years Highway Robbery
8 Aug 1828 Elizabeth COMMINS 22 years Murder of her male child
21 Aug 1828 Thomas Pring COOMBE 21 years Housebreaking (2 cases)
21 Aug 1834 William HOCKING 57 years Bestiality
30 Mar 1835 John HENWOOD 29 years Murder of his Father
13 Apr 1840 William LIGHTFOOT 36 years Murder of Mr NORWAY at Bodmin
13 Apr 1840 James LIGHTFOOT 23 years Murder of Mr NORWAY at Bodmin
12 Aug 1844 Matthew WEEKS 23 yrs Murder of Charlotte DYMOND at Roughtor
11 Aug 1845 Benjamin ELLISON 61 years Murder of Mrs SEAMAN
3 Apr 1854 James HOLMAN 29 years Murder of Wife, Philippa at Crowan
11 Aug 1856 William NEVIN 44 years Murder of Lieut. ROBINSON at Maker

Inside The New Gaol (viewed by Public):

18 Aug 1862 John DOIDGE 28 years Murder of Roger DREWE near Launceston

Inside The New Gaol (not viewed by the Public):

15 Aug 1878 Selina WADGE 29 years Murder
13 Nov 1882 William BARTLETT 46 years Murder

Inside The New Gaol in the new Execution Shed (not viewed by the Public):

9 Jul 1901 Giovanni VALERI 31 years Murder at sea
20 Jul 1909 William HAMPTON 24 years Murder