20 Facts About Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin fled from the scene and shortly afterwards killed a man who attempted his capture.

Dick Turpin beat Lawrence's bare buttocks with his pistols, badly bruising him, and other members of the gang beat him around the head with their pistols.

Dick Turpin recognised these horses as those used by the same group of men who had stopped at his alehouse before the Lawrence attack, and called for the parish constable.

Dick Turpin informed Gregory and the others of Wheeler's capture, and left Westminster.

Dick Turpin's body was later moved, to hang in chains alongside those of his colleagues at Edgware.

Dick Turpin arranged the meeting by letter, which was intercepted by the authorities.

Dick Turpin escaped to a hideaway in Epping Forest, where he was seen by Thomas Morris, a servant of one of the Forest's Keepers.

Dick Turpin was born at Thacksted in Essex, is about Thirty, by Trade a Butcher, about 5 Feet 9 Inches high, brown Complexion, very much mark'd with the Small Pox, his Cheek-bones broad, his Face thinner towards the Bottom, his Visage short, pretty upright, and broad about the Shoulders.

Dick Turpin was escorted to Beverley by the parish constable, Carey Gill.

Dick Turpin claimed that he was a butcher who had fallen into debt, and that he had levanted from his home in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.

Dick Turpin had stolen several horses while operating under the pseudonym of Palmer.

Dick Turpin alerted JP Thomas Stubbing, who paid the postage and opened the letter.

Dick Turpin had no defence barrister; during this period of English history, for those accused of felonies it was costly to find legal representation, their interests were cared for by the presiding judge.

Dick Turpin offered little in the way of questioning his accusers; when asked if he had anything to ask of Creasy, he replied "I cannot say anything, for I have not any witnesses come this day, as I have expected, and therefore beg of your Lordship to put off my trial 'till another day", and when asked about Smith, he claimed not to know him.

Dick Turpin repeated his original story of how he had come to use the pseudonym Palmer, claiming that it was his mother's maiden name.

Dick Turpin bought a new frock coat and shoes, and on the day before his execution hired five mourners for three pounds and ten shillings to be shared between them.

Dick Turpin climbed a ladder to the gallows and spoke to his executioner.

Dick Turpin's body is purported to lie in St George's graveyard, although some doubt persists as to the grave's authenticity.

Dick Turpin is introduced with the pseudonym Palmer, and is later forced to escape on his horse, Black Bess.

Dick Turpin's Ride to York is a 1922 British historical silent film drama directed by Maurice Elvey, the first feature-length film of the story.