A full and compleat history of the lives, robberies, and murders, of all the most notorious highwaymen, that have been in England, Scotland, France and Ireland , from the Reign of William the Conqueror to this Time. Beginning with Thomas Dun, Robin Hood and Little John, Sir John Falstaff, Capt. Hind, the Golden Farmer, Nevisson, Whitney, and above 100 more. Also Giving a more full Account than any yet published, of the Robberies committed by Benjamin Child, John Hawkins, and George Sympson, who were all three Executed for robbing the Bristol Mail. Concluding With the Life and Robberies of the Famous Cartouch in France; and also the Robberies, and remarkable Actions of John Molhoni and James Carrick, lately Executed for Robbing William Young, Esq; in his Chair. The whole being faithfully collected out of the best histories Records, Trials, Ordinaries Accounts, and Manuscripts. By J. W.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

J. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brigands and robbers--Early works to 1800.

Brigands and robbers.

Crime and criminals--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Crime and criminals.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([3],6-162,[6]p. )

Place of Publication:

London : printed for James Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, on London-Bridge, [1742?]

Notes:

Published in 1742 or later, on the evidence of the final leaf of advertisements.

Price from imprint: Price Bound 1s.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T95971.

OCLC:

642757985