The most famous highwayman was Dick Turpin. Before turning to highway robbery, he was a butcher, who joined a gang of robbers. He stole cattle, burgled houses and stole money from people.

Noel Fielding’s show about an 18th-century highway robber is coming back for a second season„,right? The famous highwayman Dick Turpin and his band of merry followers were supposed to have ...

A robber on foot was called a footpad and was often part of a gang. They would rob people travelling on foot and they could be very violent. Figure caption, A highwayman holding up a man for his ...