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Old and New London
… prison. Townsend, the old Bow Street runner, the terror of highwaymen, was the governor at the time. Hunt had the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… E. Bate, 'Mdx. Miscellany', 1943, no. 61). G. S. Maxwell, Highwaymen's Heath. See p. 52. …
The Environs of London
… the hand, for stealing a silver cup. In Smith's Lives of Highwaymen, where this fact is mentioned 76, a story is told …
Calendar of Treasury books
… detailed, including disbursements in apprehending three highwaymen who robbed the West and Bristol mails and a reward …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Sheraton Furniture, p. 37; C. Harper, Half Hours with the Highwaymen, pp. 33031; I. Hall, A neo-classical episode at …
Middlesex county records
… England. They stole horses, oxen and sheep. Turning highwaymen, they stript peaceful travellers of their goods, …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… at Salo. Count Ottavio Avogadro, learning that certain highwaymen were committing outrages in his name, pursued them …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… [the month of] March 155 to Drew and Hill for apprehending highwaymen 40 to Mr. Overton for prosecutions 70 Same to the …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… in removing prisoners and apprehending and convicting highwaymen and burglars, the residue thereof being satisfied …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… 15 6 to Mr. Samuel Swift, sheriff of Worcester, for taking highwaymen 80 0 0 to Warwick Bampfeild, sheriff of Somerset, …