Stand and Deliver: The Dark Romance of the Highwayman

Lindsay and Madison discuss the history of Highwaymen, as well as all the shires, that robbing via horse is way cooler than robbing on foot, and how quickly one could meet the noose if they weren’t careful.

Information pulled from the following sources

2023 We Are South Devon article by Kevin Dixon

2021 The Boar article by Reece Goodall

2020 London Ghosts article by Tony McMahon

2019 Renaissance English History Podcast post by Heather

2017 Gloucestershire Crime History blog post by Jill Evans

2017 Just History blog post

2017 Reynold’s News and Miscellany blog post

Beaconsfield Historical Society article by Clare Bull

Bite-sized Britain post

Dark Oxfordshire article

The Gazette article

Historic UK article by Ben Johnson

History article by James Brigden

History of Bath Volume 13 article by Barbara White

New Histories Volume 2, Issue 5 article by Tom Moult

Our Warwickshire article by Anne Langley

Watford Observer

Wikipedia

Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre article by Sophie Bunce

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