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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.
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is a British historical comedy television series starring Noel Fielding as the title character. Developed by Big Talk Studios, the series premiered on 1 March 2024 on Apple TV+.
Apr 12, 2024 · 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 cattle stealing, he joined a notorious gang of deer stealers and smugglers in Essex.
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 –1739) is one of the most notorious criminals of the 18th century.
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, Turpin was subsequently romanticised through literature and film into a dashing, heroic Robin Hood type.
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.
With Noel Fielding, Marc Wootton, Ellie White, Duayne Boachie. A reluctant leader of a gang of rogues sets out on a series of wild adventures, all while trying to outwit the corrupt lawman and "thief-taker" Jonathan Wilde.
Mar 6, 2024 · Dick Turpin was one of the many robbers on horseback in 18th-century England who stalked the roads and held up travellers with the command: “Stand and deliver!” For a time, he was...
Mar 1, 2024 · He owes his heroic status to William Harrison Ainsworth’s novel Rookwood (1834). The real man – Richard ‘Dick’ Turpin, from the rural Essex village of Hempstead – was a gruff, scowling murderer with a squalid past.
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.
