Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.

Jan 13, 2025 · Dick Turpin was an English robber who became celebrated in legend and fiction. Son of an alehouse keeper, Turpin was apprenticed to a butcher, but, having been detected at …

Nov 19, 2021 · Richard ‘Dick’ Turpin was an early Georgian era highwayman whose life and legend fused to create an enthralling myth. A remorseless and occasionally brutal criminal, …

Feb 27, 2024 · Robber and highwayman Dick Turpin was executed for his crimes in York on April 7, 1739 — but he's lived on ever since as a romanticized English folk hero.

Dick Turpin was executed on 7th April 1739 at the age of 33. In life, he had been a violent, unprincipled thug. In death, he undeservedly became a hero.

Nov 1, 2022 · Known in our collective imagination as a dashing highwayman who robbed the rich, saved damsels in distress and eluded the law, Georgian highwayman Dick Turpin (1705 …

Aug 21, 2020 · Clad in a thick, black cloak and tricorn hat, we usually picture Dick Turpin as a dandy, romantic hero - a Robin Hood of the 1700s. But there was nothing romantic about Dick …

In popular culture, Dick Turpin was a dashing, handsome adventurer who stopped stage coaches on the highway and robbed gentlemen of their purses while displaying gallantry and courtesy …

Dick Turpin was a butcher’s son, born in Hempstead, Essex, in 1705. He joined a group of violent criminals active on the outskirts of London in 1734. Well armed, they would break into a …

Dick Turpin (1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman. He made a lot of money through many criminal activities, such as poaching , burglary , horse theft and murder . He is most …