THE NEWGATE CALENDAR
Edited by Donal Ó Danachair
Volume 2
Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009
http://www.exclassics.com
Public Domain
Old Newgate Prison
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
