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
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.
Katherine Ferrers
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Katherine Ferrers was an English gentlewoman and heiress. According to popular legend, she was also the "Wicked Lady", a highwaywoman who terrorised the English county of Hertfordshire before dying fr
Highwayman
…highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to footpads. Such criminals operated until the mid- or late 19th century. Highwaywomen, such as Katherine Ferrers, were said to also exist, often dressing as men, especially in fiction. The first attestation of the word highwayman is from 1617. Euphemisms such as…
The only extant portrait of Katherine Ferrers, supposedly at the age of 14, which now sits at the Valence House Museum.
The Wicked Lady pub
The road bisecting Nomansland Common, presumably named after "Wicked" Katherine Ferrers