The following is a list of people gibbeted in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. Gibbeting was the display of the body in some form of cage after death, also known as 'hanging in chains'.
It was fairly common in the 17th century to leave bodies of murderers hanging from the gallows after death. However, from 1660 through 1699, at least 25 men and one woman were specifically hung in chains, all for murder. In the 18th century, specially designed gibbet cages increased in use. There is not evidence that any individual was gibbeted alive after the start of the 18th century. A complete account of all English criminals whose bodies were gibbeted before the early 1730s will likely never be available. At least 226 men were gibbeted between 1700 and April 1752, when the Murder Act came into force. This act stated that criminals convicted of murder should not be buried, but instead hung in chains or anatomised and dissected, regularising the practice. However, it did not considerably increase the number of people gibbeted during the latter half of the 18th century. From 1752 until the outlawing of the practice in the United Kingdom in 1834, two bodies were gibbeted per year in England and Wales with 22 people total being gibbeted in Scotland over this period. The practice had largely died out before 1834, with the exceptions of William Jobling and James Cook, the latter being the last person to be gibbeted by the United Kingdom.
List of people gibbeted in the United Kingdom after 1600
1600s +OffenderAssize countyCrimeSentencedPlace of executionExecutedGibbet locationGrid ref.The grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, used by the Ordnance Survey.Geo-coordinatesGibbetedWife of Edward BustleMurder of Edward Bustle1609Parish boundary crossing with major road at Shute Shelve, near Axbridge 1609Humfry HawkinsMurder of Edward Bustle1609Parish boundary crossing with major road at Shute Shelve, near Axbridge 1609Richard WhitfieldMurder and robbery1656Shooter's Hill1656Thomas LancasterMurder of family with poisonIn front of home1678Gibbet Moss near HawksheadGeorge BroomhamHampshireMurder of wife and son1676Winchester3 Mar 1676Combe Gibbet, Gallows Down 1676Dorothy NewmanHampshireMurder of Broomham's wife and son1676Winchester3 Mar 1676Combe Gibbet, Gallows Down 1676Edward MangallYorkshireTwin Rivers, East Riding of Yorkshire 1690Adam BarnesBuckinghamshireJibbet Ground, Calverton, Buckinghamshire 1693
1700–1749