Perpetrator
Richard (Dick) Turpin
- Born
- 21 September 1705
- Died
- 7 April 1739, aged about 34
- Record
- Wikidata Q977890 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in Dick Turpin
Butcher turned gang robber, highwayman and horse thief; the birth date is his baptism. Hanged at York under the alias John Palmer.
1734–1739 · Essex, London and York, England · Executed
No night ride to York, no Black Bess: the real Dick Turpin was an Essex gang robber and killer, hanged at York in 1739 for stealing horses. Read the case.
Dated events
Richard Turpin is baptised at Hempstead, Essex.
Turpin and five others rob the farmer Ambrose Skinner at Barking.
Turpin is first named as a suspect in a highway robbery, with Thomas Rowden.
Turpin shoots Thomas Morris dead in Epping Forest; a £200 reward follows.
James Smith identifies the prisoner Palmer as Richard Turpin.
Turpin is tried at the York Assizes, convicted of horse theft and sentenced to death.
Turpin is hanged on the Knavesmire, York, and buried in St George's churchyard.