1705 - 1739
Dick Turpin British Criminal
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Details
| First Name |
Dick
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| Last Name |
Turpin
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1704
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| Birthplace |
Hempstead, Essex, England
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| Died |
7th April, 1739
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| Place of Death |
Knavesmire, York, England
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Butcher, poacher, burglar, horse thief, highwayman
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| Occupation |
Criminal
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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. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his life but, by the early 1730s, he had joined a gang of deer thieves and, later, became a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer.
He is also known for a fictional 200-mile (320 km) overnight ride from London to York on his horse Black Bess, a story that was made famous by the Victorian novelist William Harrison Ainsworth almost 100 years after Turpin's death.
