THE NEWGATE CALENDAR Edited by Donal Ó Danachair Volume 2 Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009 http://www.exclassics.com Public Domain -1- THE NEWGATE CALENDAR Old Newgate Prison -2- VOLUME 2 CONTENTS RICHARD THORNHILL, ESQ Convicted of Manslaughter on 18th of May, 1711, for killing Sir Cholmondeley Deering in a Duel................................................................10 TOM GERRARD Taught a Dog to pick Pockets, and was executed for Housebreaking at Tyburn in August, 1711 ..................................................................12 WILL MAW Having committed a Robbery, Maw ordered his Wife to organise a Mock Funeral, so that People should think he was dead. He was executed at Tyburn in October 1711 ...........................................................................................................14 DAVY MORGAN Executed at Presteigne in April, 1712, for murdering Edward Williams .......................................................................................................................15 ELIZABETH MASON Executed for the murder of her godmother, 18th June, 1712 16 ELIZABETH CHIVERS Executed for the murder of her bastard child, 1st August, 1712..............................................................................................................................17 COLONEL JOHN HAMILTON Convicted of Manslaughter, 11th of September, 1712, as Second in a Duel between the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mahon..............19 RICHARD TOWN Executed at Tyburn, December 23, 1712, for Fraudulent Bankruptcy ...................................................................................................................21 JACK BLEWIT Was taken into Slavery by the Blacks on Pirates' Island. After gaining his Liberty and returning to England he became a Highwayman. Executed in 1713 for the Murder of a Farmer's Daughter..............................................................23 TOM GRAY Highwayman who set Fire to a Prison. Executed at Tyburn in March, 1713..............................................................................................................................26 NED BONNET Took to the Highway because he was ruined by a Fire. Executed at Cambridge Castle in March, 1713...............................................................................28 RICHARD NOBLE Executed at Kingston, March 28, 1713, For the Murder of Mrs. Sayer. ...........................................................................................................................29 DICK ADAMS Once pretended to be the Bishop of London's Nephew in order to escape from a Man he had robbed. Executed at Tyburn, 1713 ...................................35 NED WICKS Highway Robber, executed at Warwick Jail in 1713 for Robbery........38 JACK SHRIMPTON Convicted for Murder and Highway Robberies. Executed at St Michael's Hill in September, 1713...............................................................................40 WILL LOWTHER Executed on Clerkenwell Green for the Murder of Edward Perry, December, 1713 ...........................................................................................................42 RODERICK AUDREY With the Assistance of a Sparrow he committed many Robberies, and was executed at Tyburn in 1714 at the age of Sixteen........................44 MACCARTNEY Hanged at Gloucester Jail in April, 1714, for the Murder of one Mr Beachere ......................................................................................................................46 WILL OGDEN AND TOM REYNOLDS Housebreakers and Highwaymen. Executed at Kingston- upon-Thames in April, 1714....................................................................48 -3- THE NEWGATE CALENDAR HENRY PLUNKET Murderer, executed at Tyburn, on the 22nd of September, 1714. ......................................................................................................................................50 WILLIAM JOHNSON AND JANE HOUSDEN Executed in September, 1714, for the Murder of a Turnkey in the Court at the Old Bailey....................................................51 THOMAS DOUGLASS Murderer, executed at Tyburn on the 27th of October, 1714. ......................................................................................................................................53 WILL CHANCE Robbed his Uncle by Forgery, and then turned Footpad. Was executed at Tyburn in April, 1715................................................................................54 NATHANIEL PARKHURST, ESQ. Executed for the Murder of Lewis Pleura, 20th May, 1715 ....................................................................................................................56 ZACHARY CLARE Highwayman, who was captured after a Fight, and executed with James Lawrence in August, 1715, at Warwick Jail .............................................58 THE FIRST REBELLION IN SCOTLAND. Account of the rise and progress of the rebellion in Scotland, 1715; With full accounts of the principal traitors who were executed........................................................................................................................60 COLONEL HENRY OXBURGH Executed at Tyburn, May 14, 1716, for High Treason. .......................................................................................................................71 RICHARD GASCOIGNE Executed at Tyburn, May 25; 1716, for High Treason.....72 REV. WILLIAM PAUL Executed at Tyburn, July 18, 1716, for High Treason.........73 JOHN HALL, ESQ Executed at Tyburn, July 18,1716, for High Treason. ................75 ROBERT WHITTY, FELIX O'HARA, AND JOSEPH SULLIVAN Executed at Tyburn, July 18,1716, for High Treason......................................................................78 JAMES GOODMAN Executed March 12, 1716, for Horse Stealing, &c. .................79 HENRY POWEL Highwayman, executed at Tyburn, on the 23rd of December, 1715. ......................................................................................................................................81 JOHN HAMILTON, ESQ. Tried in Scotland for Murder, and beheaded by the Maiden, 30th of June, 1716..........................................................................................83 JAMES QUIN, ESQ. The Celebrated Tragedian, tried for Murder at the Old Bailey in 1717, and convicted of Manslaughter..........................................................................85 THE MARQUIS DE PALEOTTI An Italian Nobleman, executed at Tyburn for the Murder of his Servant, 17th of March, 1718. ..............................................................87 JOSEPH STILL Executed At Stanford-Hill, March, 22, 1717, For Murder ...............89 JAMES SHEPPARD Jacobite, who plotted to assassinate King George I. Executed 17th March, 1718.........................................................................................................90 JOHN PRICE, COMMONLY CALLED JACK KETCH A Rogue and Liar, who was not believed when he spoke the Truth. He held the Office of Common Hangman, and was himself hanged in Bunhill Fields in May, 1718, for murdering a Woman ...........94 JAMES FILEWOOD ALIAS VILET Convicted of picking Pockets, and sentenced to Death. Executed at Tyburn in October, 1718 ..............................................................98 CATHERINE JONES Tried for Bigamy ...................................................................100 -4- VOLUME 2 LIEUTENANT EDWARD BIRD Took a Pinch of Snuff just before his Execution at Tyburn, on 23rd of February, 1719, for murdering a Waiter....................................101 MARK ANTHONY DE LA PORTE A Catholic priest, sentenced to life imprisonment for performing a Catholic marriage, 4th March 1719 ..............................................102 NICHOLAS HORNER A Minister's Son who turned Highwayman, and was executed 3rd of April, 1719.......................................................................................................103 THOMAS BUTLER, Esq. Highwayman, executed at Tyburn, on the 8th Of February 1720............................................................................................................................107 BARBARA SPENCER Executed at Tyburn on the 5th of July, 1721, for Coining. She was probably the first Woman to suffer the Death Penalty for what was regarded as Treason ......................................................................................................................108 MATTHEW CLARKE Executed for murder, 28th July, 1721 .................................110 WILLIAM SHAW Executed in 1721 for "Murdering" his Daughter, who, it was afterwards proved, committed Suicide.......................................................................112 JOHN MEFF Executed for Returning from Transportation......................................114 ARTHUR GRAY Convicted of Burglary..................................................................116 NATHANIEL HAWES Highwayman, who underwent Torture for the Sake of his Honour. Executed at Tyburn, 21st of December, 1721..............................................118 ARUNDEL COOKE, ESQ., AND JOHN WOODBURNE The First who suffered Death under the Coventry Act. Executed at Bury St Edmunds, 5th of April, 1722....120 JOHN HARTLEY AND THOMAS REEVES Footpads, who were executed at Tyburn on the 4th of May, 1722, after One had, by a Ruse, petitioned the King ......122 JOHN HAWKINS AND JAMES SIMPSON Highwaymen and Mail Robbers. Executed at Tyburn on the 21st of May, 1722 ...........................................................124