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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… the Crown had ridden with them, and suspecting them to be highwaymen, had taken note of them and their horses. Seven …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… ordered the reward provided by Statute in cases of taking highwaymen to be given in this case, and notice of this will …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… kind of offenders and at Christmas last two most notorious highwaymen, and in their possession 5 geldings, 2 mares, a …
Old and New London
… "The Fox at Bay," a resort, about 1730, of footpads and highwaymen. In the "Shrubs of Parnassus," poems on several …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… parish of Binsted no doubt furnished cover for highwaymen and robbers, who fell upon merchant and pilgrim on …
Old and New London
… enjoyed the unenviable distinction of being infested with highwaymen and footpads. According to Dr. Doran, the district … of York, when very young men, were stopped one night by highwaymen on Hay Hill, whilst riding in a hackney coach, and …
Old and New London
… In the last century Blackheath was a notorious resort of highwaymen. Under the Reform Bill of 1832, it was made one of … laid out at some distance from the old one;" but still the highwaymen lingered about the neighbourhood, and consequently … however, an end came some years ago to the practice of the highwaymen; but a somewhat ludicrous attempt at its revival …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… they were enticed to accompany Thos. and Phineas Hodgson, highwaymen, in a robbery for which both are executed. [ Ent. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… examine all suspected persons, and keep the road clear of highwaymen. The serjeant-at-arms, sent to the Duke of …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… Was ordered by the Lord Chief Justice to apprehend the highwaymen of England, as being very intimate with most of …