Dick Turpin
English highwayman romanticised after execution for horse theft.
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He was baptised on 21 September 1705 in Hempstead, Essex, the fifth of six children.[1] Dick Turpin, a highwayman, was part of the Essex gang that stole deer during the early 1730s.[2][3]
Key facts and history
Turpin's father was a butcher and innkeeper, and Turpin likely followed him into the trade, possibly apprenticing in Whitechapel or running his own shop in Thaxted.[3] He married Elizabeth Millington around 1725 and opened a butcher's shop in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.[3][1] He fled to Yorkshire under the alias John Palmer, posing as a horse trader.[4] By the early 1730s Turpin became involved with the Essex gang, which included Samuel Gregory, his brothers Jeremiah and Jasper, Joseph Rose, Mary Brazier, John Jones, Thomas Rowden, and a young John Wheeler.[2][3]
Turpin was taken into custody in October 1738 after he shot a man's game cock and then threatened to shoot John Robinson.[4]
What the cited sources add
Robert Appleton, Clerk of the Peace for the East Riding, detailed the circumstances of Turpin's arrest under the alias John Palmer.[3] Barlow's 2004 biography provides Turpin's baptism date and family details.[1] Records from the Middlesex General Session in February and March 1735 document the trials of gang members Fielder, Rose, Saunders, and Walker.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Dick Turpin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Barlow, "Turpin, Richard (Dick) (bapt. 1705, d. 1739)", 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dick Turpin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rogers, "The Waltham Blacks and the Black Act", The Historical Journal, September 1974, p. 465–486; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dick Turpin" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dick Turpin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dick Turpin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; "John Field, Joseph Rose, Theft – burglary, Violent Theft – robbery, 26th February 1735", oldbaileyonline.org, 26 February 1735; "John Field, Joseph Rose, Humphry Walker, William Bush, Theft > burglary, Violent Theft > robbery, Violent Theft > robbery, 26th February 1735", oldbaileyonline.org, 26 February 1735 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Dick Turpin (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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