Dick Turpin
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Richard Turpin was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his life bu
Turpin imagined in William Harrison Ainsworth's novel Rookwood
21 September 1705 entry of Turpin's name in the parish baptism register for Hempstead, Essex (fifth line down).
A 19th-century illustration of the raid at Loughton, as seen in the Newgate Calendar
Epping Forest was a regular haunt of the Essex Gang.
Highwayman
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A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely
Dick Turpin
…Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his…
Asalto al coche (Attack on a Coach), by Francisco de Goya
English highwayman James Hind depicted in an engraving now in the National Portrait Gallery
The execution of the French highwayman Cartouche, 1721
Dick Turpin riding Black Bess, from a Victorian toy theatre.