Who Was The Real Dick Turpin?

[@etiennesharp]

Immortalised in every pub in this country when someone is charged for an expensive pint: "At least Dick Turpin wore a mask!". Great video, Chris.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@johnscarr70]

If you visit York, his memory is kept alive by the banditry immortalised in their car parking charges. Touching gesture.

[@TheJon2442]

​@@johnscarr70er have you ever bought a pint in York!!!!!?

[@johnscarr70]

@@TheJon2442 one or two! I tend to get done by hotel bar prices. Got a free one in the Hole in the Wall a couple of years ago!

[@johnscarr70]

@@TheJon2442 one or two! My local stocked York Brewery Guzzler until recently. My York based drinking seems to happen in hotels, so not the best judge.( I did get a free pint in the Hole in the Wall a couple of years ago!)

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

Isn't it interesting how we glorify murderers, serial killers, robbers and all sorts of other nasty rubbish but completely ignore good people, good works? Thank you for another great story.

[@bigblue6917]

True. But we are talking of a period of English history which was extremely repressive towards the poor. As an example there is a record of a young girl hanged for stealing a gentleman's handkerchief. While at the same time a chimneysweep whose brutal actions caused the death of his young apprentice was only deported to Australia. So a gentleman handkerchief had more value than that of a young boy. There is also a record from the early 19th century of two young girls being hung, or more accurately slowly choked to death, for being in possession of forged banknotes. Their only crime being that they were sent by some person to take these fake banknotes to another person. So as far as the poor were concerned these were people striking back at their repressors.

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

@@bigblue6917 You are absolutely correct and well said too. I am a bit of a history buff so I am cognizant of the horrible treatment and the inequities. The connection I did not make was to the idea of rebellion or striking back. Thank you for pointing that out. Cheers!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Jaymark-gk4li]

I worked and lived out in Essex where he was infamous, having said that people were still banging on about how honorable the Kray family were 😅😂

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Ah..., Would ye be, perhaps referring to Warrant Officer Ben Roberts Smith, VC. Australian Federal Court-Proclaimed Multiple Murderer & War Criminal..., Decorated by QE-II for his Atrocious behaviour in Afghanistan...? D' y' mean THAT kind of British Commonwealth Fighting "Hero " ? And, why do you believe that Modern "official Heroes" are any better Morally, than any other Armed Bandit - Killing Strangers for profit while Armed & In Company - Exercising the "Right" conferred by their "Might"... (Which was the same Crime for which Hitler was later sentenced, in absentia, To Death...; By all they who Abrogated the "Right" to so sit and Judge one of their Fellow Human Beings...). EuroPeons appear to have a highly partisan, and malleable "View" of Morals & Ethics ; and why whatever any Brit can "get away with" Is "Obviously" Good and great in the eyes of God.. Because The Universal Creator Godtheory is, of course, assumed to be A (rich) White English Man...(!). Apparently... Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@davidponseigo8811]

I'm American and my grandfather was one of the last horseback riding lawman or as he called it Riding Posse. He was a Sheriff in Louisiana from the early 1920's -50's and much of Louisiana was very rural and even though he did have a Model T the roads were so bad horseback was easier. He led a Posse to capture a man who killed a deputy and they went on horseback and captured him and he was the last man hung on the courthouse square. In 1934 he assisted with crowd control when Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed. He is even in many of the famous photos. He was not in the ambush posse but after at the scene and in Arcadia , Louisiana.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@aegontargaryen9322]

He really lived an interesting life and even took part in historical events . Hats off for your dad David

[@140pro]

Wow, amazing to have family history like that to pass on to the next generation👌

[@edwardharrington678]

Amazing. Love reading about the wild west as I live in the UK.

[@williamfogarty4001]

As a teen in the early 1970s, living in Epping, I and friends had great fun exploring around High Beech, where Dick Turpin was reported to have hidden in a cave, some remains of at least one cave are true and we spent time looking around the area. It is still a nice place and not too spoilt by relentless development. Regards to all who have enjoyed this part of the world. Bill Fogarty.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@dancarter482]

Putney is often mentioned in the books - just off Putney Heath is _Tibbett's Corner_ - it's now a big roundabout and in the middle is a metal silhouette of a highwayman. That's where many a high and low _Tobyman_ "Danced his last jig on nothin'."

[@dancarter482]

Putney is often mentioned in the books - just off Putney Heath is _Tibbett's Corner_ - it's now a big roundabout and in the middle is a metal silhouette of a highwayman. That's where many a high and low _Tobyman_ "Danced his last jig on nothin'."

[@D1331D]

I lived in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire for 25 years. You tell the story of Turpin in the town where a pub was named after him 'The Dick Turpin' in earlier days the building had been a 'Butcher's' I believe with a slaughter house behind. New owners of the pub refurbished it, they found that the roof had been thatched so reinstated it. The pub is now called 'Palmers'. Not far away is 'Swap Coat Lane' where Turpin changed coats with the Blacksmith in his bid to flee. Thanks for the video 🎥

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[@jasoncornell1579]

He's the Dandy History Chap that academics are too scared to mention he spends his time assembling facts and grabbing ur attention 😂

[@sirloin8745]

It’s kind of tough to tell a scruff, The big mistake he’s making?

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

​@@TheHistoryChapcan you cover Henry Avery loot of mughal fleet and the backlash it has on EIC

[@j7bsecond540]

Bravo sir, bravo 👏

[@kennyhagan5781]

Love the Ant music.....

[@tomrowe6432]

You're right. The Adam and the Ant song is now stuck in my head.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@sharonrigs7999]

I would much rather have a dandy highwayman make fun of my clothes and musical taste than....you know act like actual highwaymen

[@DarkFire1536]

As a child of the 1970's and 1980's, I truly appreciate the inclusion of Adam and the Ants Stand and Deliver song. ❤❤❤

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@chuckabutty888]

Really enjoyed this one thanks for sharing. Britain has a great history of interesting characters hope you tell the tales of more, keep up the good work.

[@leanneevans3000]

British history is often brutal and blood thirsty but always fascinating. A great program

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@ladydreadqs639]

Blood thirsty ? Not as blood thirsty as many .....Aztecs ,Mayans , Spain ,Italy , Mongolia , Japan etc, etc ,etc we just happen to know more about our past as much of it was written down .

[@PatriciaHarrison-mr2xj]

There was a highwayman, William Buxton from Derbyshire, who was first caught in London when he asked the lady whose purse he had just stolen, if she had enough money to pay the coachman and as he fished in her purse for some coins for her, the coachman hit him. He then escaped from a prison hulk and made his way back to Derbyshire. He carried on robbing the stage coaches and eventually was caught in Ashbourne, having been spotted by two farm workers. He was hanged in 1780s at Derby. I love the stories of highwaymen, and of course, the highwaywoman who lived just up the road from me. Thanks Chris. Great talk as usual.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@dancingdingo]

I'll definitely check that out! Thanks 😊

[@jeningle8288]

Growing up in Papworth Everard on the Great North Road, and being horse mad i often imagined Black Bess thundering past on her way to York. Another illusion shattered! Great story well told Chris, thankyou.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@johnhorse5551]

There's a documentary out it's old but I've seen it, they got one of the top endurance horses of the world at the time, put him on a treadmill and put him through his paces picked an Arab for their Endurance sorry don't know the name of the documentary

[@johnhorse5551]

i❤🐴 2 x

[@JohnMackay-kn3rl]

I was born in June 1954. I respect your attention to detail and your variety of topics. Well done and thank you

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@skyflash.ainsley1483]

Nice one! Please do one on Spring Heeled Jack..and if you haven't already.. Jack the Ripper, Robin Hood and the Pirates..how love to hear about these the way you present a story..

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@harryshriver6223]

A really well done production, Chris. I really liked it and learned all about the highwaymen of England. The funny thing is that when I was in the army, my vehicle which I was assigned I named The Highwayman. I think you should do something about a female highwaywoman, it would be interesting to see the other side of the coin.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Sarah-JaneR32]

Great video Chris, an ancestor of mine was a highwayman, hanged on Wimbledon common, my sister is doing our family tree and found it, I think it was the London to Brighton coach so went for the big one :) take care

[@mathewgurney2033]

When one branch of your family tree is a gibbet, heh many such cases.

[@Sarah-JaneR32]

@@mathewgurney2033 there was a poacher as well who got caught, not a successful heritage I have :)

[@mathewgurney2033]

@@Sarah-JaneR32 That's ok, it's getting positively medieval around here again, i'm a speech criminal probably due to have my tongue legally torn out by the root any minute now.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed it & thanks for sharing your family story.

[@johnscarr70]

Seems a bit unfair just for making good use of the things he could find...

[@joeritchie4554]

Another great installment of Britain's awesome history.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@derrymullins-fp8pl]

Fantastic presentation. You have a gift in this area. Many thanks D Mullins

[@TheHistoryChap]

Very kind of you Derry. Thanks.

[@nix1059]

I just love your enthusiasm Chris, you present in such a warm and interesting way and are so capivating to watch thank you for all the interesting things you bring to us.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Evilzionistbabykillers]

Enjoyed this documentary, and subscribed 😊

[@bunchofgrapesorafig]

Just catching up with this now, absolutely brilliant account, many thanks, stand and deliver ❤

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@bunchofgrapesorafig]

@@TheHistoryChap thank you

[@christopping5876]

Chris as usual, You stood and delivered! Many thanks for another great video.

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[@billmccarthy9689]

Another great video Chris. While visiting York many years ago I visited his grave recording the same picture as in your video. I remember being confused by the name Palmer but never looked it up. Your video clarified that for me. The only other highway man I remember fom school was KIng. Many thanks.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@barrywebber100]

Wonderfully related story of interesting facts. Thank you very much, it was very enjoyable!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@retriever19golden55]

Great story, Chris! And quite a change from the wars...

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[@simonnoble7589]

Hi Chris , i live just down the road from where Dick Turpin was hanged .... there is a plaque with his name on . many a time i sit there on the bench with my dog ... it feels strange sitting there Thank you Chris for your hard work .... Cheers Simon

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[@simonnoble7589]

@@TheHistoryChap have a nice weekend

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

Thanks for the lead to Horrible Histories... got me laughing despite my anger at my neighbors overly loud music. Monday I'll buy me a decent sound system and play him Horrible History songs at full volume. He's working nightshifts this week, so the day shall belong to me.

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[@ludwigderzanker9767]

Thanks a lot for this Chris, Germany had got at this time no highways and highwaymen anyway, all our robber heroes worked afoot... The tv series were here to but stand no chance against Robin of Sherwood, coming out nearly in the same week, maybe produced in different years, in Germany. But the name (brand ?) Dick Turpin itself sounds absolutely badass . All the best, Ludwig.

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[@sharonrigs7999]

The German states have a very interesting history of poaching.

[@ludwigderzanker9767]

@@sharonrigs7999 Yes ma'am, we have. Many of them poached for survival, some mixed it up with robbery and any do it for sports until today, especially in Bavaria. Around WWI were bitter fighting between them and the foresters. Best regards Ludwig.

[@paulgibbons2320]

Good delivery. Good watch👍

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@kenbradley5035]

Very interesting, many of this tale is know to me, my family lived in Hempstead village where there are many Turpin's buried in the churchyard and still the family live there. One fact that was disputed was the epic ride to York so it was put to the test in Newmarket using the description from supposedly Turpin who said he repeatedly drenched Bess in cold water which they did and were shocked and surprised that it did indeed work... whoever did the ride they said he was a marvellous horseman.

[@hellequingentlemanbastard9497]

They sound like the gangs that are attacking our Farmers here in South Africa and torture them to death over hours. Although the South African Government doesn't seem really bothered about these crimes.

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[@chriskirschten203]

Fantastic story! Thank you for digging into the truth of it!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@simonhunter9136]

Thank you for the clip. We live next door to where Mr Nevison used to live.

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[@stuartmiller8053]

well told as usual and an interesting bit of history that I haven't paid much attention to. thanks

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@philhawley1219]

Thanks Chris, an interesting tale debunking myths about a pox-ridden mugger. I would like you to research the life and times of our great Shropshire hero Mad Jack Mytton . Born in the late 18th century he inherited an estate of £300 thousand pounds. A nice amount of money today but a veritable fortune then. He gambled and drank every penny of it in a few years and died as an insane pauper. I have just returned from the Mytton Arms after a pint in a pub in a village he owned, thus keeping up a fine Salopian tradition. A good friend of Squire Mytton wrote a posthumous biography under the nom de plume Nimrod. Well worth reading, how many people do you know who ride a bear around their dining room whilst awaiting the housemaids to bring in the pudding?

[@samrodian919]

Yes please Chris! I've heard of this gentleman and his bear. There must be more good stories about this guy!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@canary_in_a_coalmine]

As a change to your battle stories, I have much enjoyed this tale of the notorious highwayman. You are a great storyteller Sir!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Threewheelwagon]

As a child in the 60's I visited York Castle Museum which incorporates the old Debtors' Prison. The tour guide would close the heavy door of the condemned cell behind you back then (it's s a one way system now so blink and you miss it). With its single barred window high on the wall and iron bed, it really made you think about those who spent their last night in that room. Punishments were certainly harsh but is it just me who thinks people were more free.

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[@RemcovandeLangenberg]

Thank you for the true history, I was a fan of the series..

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[@petem7118]

I now have the urge to go and watch the film Plunkett & Macleane 1999, apart from Carry On Dick I think it’s the only film or tv show I have watched about highway men….. I have watched a good few of your videos which I thoroughly enjoy but whenever I do I always think how much you sound like someone else but I could never think of who it was but today the name dawned on me…. Julian Richards who had a series called Meet the Ancestors….. Thanks for another very interesting video…

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@davehooper5115]

How Interesting to find out the truth of this legend from the past, no other account of this man has been told so thorough as this one, great stuff

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Katmando376]

Well done Chris. Dr Sam Willis covered Dick Turpin in BBC'S Britain's Outlaws: Highwayman, Pirates and Rogues. But your an avid storyteller. You should have your own programme on TV!🐴💂‍♂️👍

[@resnonverba137]

You're...

[@Katmando376]

​@@resnonverba137Yes?

[@resnonverba137]

@@Katmando376 'You're', is a contraction of, 'you are.'

[@Katmando376]

@@resnonverba137 Stop talking nonsense!

[@Katmando376]

@@resnonverba137 Stop posting nonsense!

[@annwilliams6438]

Oh well done. That was so interesting. Thanks for a nice vid.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@brendanmallon1479]

Brilliant again Chris love from Ireland ❤

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[@dokkenratt]

Another thoroughly enjoyable episode. Fantastic work. I remember seeing Turpin's grave on a school trip to York in the early 80s.

[@dokkenratt]

Oh, and a video on Scottish bandit/cannibal Sawney Bean would make a great watch!!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Mirkwood50]

This is a great channel. Well done Sir 👍

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[@hensonlaura]

Like an upbeat, confident & animated Mr. Mosely. Very interesting & likeable.

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[@derekp2674]

Chris, thanks very much for another informative and educational video. But never mind all that... I want you to hand over all the the lupins you've got Look I happen to know that this is the the Lupin Express... :)

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@gilmills]

Thank you for this very informative post on the life &times of the highway robbers

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[@DarkFire1536]

I just found your channel. I love your voice and enthusiastic presentation. I just subscribed.

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[@davidlancaster8152]

Interesting report. Thanks for your time, skills and knowledge. Stand And Deliver is a movie starring Edward Olmos. A true story. Its also a term used in boxing. The story is about a teacher teaching underprivileged high school students calculus. Excellent film

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@davidlancaster8152]

@@TheHistoryChap You are most welcome. If you like interesting guitar work and strange true stories please check my new episode 2 of Weird Blues Tales. I would be honored. Thanks 😊

[@RailfanDownunder]

Fascinating .. superb work again sir 😊

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@philiprandall5291]

Well presented sir, that was very interesting.

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[@brianspendelow840]

Thank you Chris for this fascinating story. I knew the name but few details about his life, all of which I now knew were wrong. Another one on the list of people whose fame far exceeds their accomplishments'.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@FranciscoPreira]

A great video indeed, great info thanks for sharing.

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[@samrodian919]

Hi Chris another great story! I was born and still live live very near Buckhurst Hill, Essex ( about three miles away ) two things, one you have confused me by saying that the highwaymen were preying on travellers on the Great North Road, hiding nearby in Epping Forest. Well the Great North Road is nowhere near Epping Forest so you have me confused. It does however lie across the London to Cambridge Road later called the A 11, which of course also is the road to Newmarket and its races. I suppose that riding from the GNR to Epping forest wasn't out of the question, but there would be ample opportunities for the authorities to apprehend those travelling through, Middlesex and Hertfordshire to Epping I would have thought. Now the second thing is that the supposed grave of Dick Turpin in York actually says he was executed at Tyburn and not up in York ( as if Yorkshiremen didn't do that sort of thing lol) Keep them coming Chris!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@markjones6564]

Another great video👍I thoroughly enjoyed it👌

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[@Fred-px5xu]

Sir I enjoyed the semi comical video on Turpin and fellow highwaymen. Absolutely brilliant and masterfully told. Bravo!

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[@mac7040]

Nice to see some non-military history 👍🏻 Hope you do some more like this .

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed it. Would certainly like to explore other stories from British history.

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

brilliant as always chris. enjoyed it.

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[@Svvithred]

You have a new subscriber, Sir! Brilliant video, very informative and interestingly, my maternal grandparents owned a non-functional farm in Essex (which I vaguely remember back in the early 80s), it was very old and it was a huge local rumour that Turpin used it as a hideout.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@stevestannard6004]

Comprehensive explanation of Dick Turpin. Thanks Chris 🤜🤛

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[@BrasherFox]

Me and my wife have seen the grave on our many visits to York. Thanks for the real tale of Dick Turpin and not the fabrication.

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[@maxreed2343]

Hahaha, now this sure was a good bit of fun breakaway from all the seriousness of war and military campaigns you always wow us with usually, Chris old bean, and wow, my god does this figure, Dick Turpin, again YOU are the one who's only just now literally given me the name, have quite the story to him, one of big untruths spewing myth and legend and of bizarre outcomes to whatever. Quite the 18th century pockmarked faced more thuggish Robin Hood figure, I'd say perhaps, lol. Seriously, just HOW d'you keep this all, eh, History Chap chapper, wowing and amazing us with the facts you give as your video topics? Am SO damn happy I found you last year thanks to one of your Dad's Army uploads, can't wait for the next one- make sure it's another battle/war, or of course a high ranking military individual, else ya might get some low rating, LOL-, and I'm gonna try and damn well get more of your earlier videos seen and enjoyed at last, including those about General Charles Gordon and the Africa expeditions leading up to the Battle of Omdurman in 1898

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[@stevesloan7132]

You are just the best! Keep up the good work. And thanks

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@dennisking1555]

Leo sayor was a direct descendant of the legendary highway man , watched a show many years ago with Mike smith and Sarah Green were presenting, great bit of history, thank you

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@agamemnonhatred]

Another smasher, Chris.

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[@diremond3700]

Very interesting. Thanks for the upload.

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[@chassetterfield9559]

A couple of years ago, I did a little digging around the Turpin ride to York. I live in Stevenage, on the A1, and there are the usual 'legends' about Turpin hereabouts, especially in my local Inn. Of course, we are west and north by about 25 miles of Epping Forest. [ On the A10 ]. Anyway, the distance, and potential speed of a horse looks feasible. However, I found a reference to the US 'Pony Express', who delivered express messages on galloping horses. But each horse was expected to travel only 10 miles, before being changed for a fresh horse, while the exhausted horse got a well earned rest. So, if either ride actually took place, in the time alleged, I doubt that it was on a single horse.

[@gordonpeden6234]

Thanks Chris, another fascinating tale, well told. (as always)

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@roberto-z5k]

A very interesting story ( and well told ). Thanks, Chris!

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[@karlchance3717]

Bloody brilliant!!!

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[@davidwoods7720]

Thanks so much Chris

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[@Snoozzzzzze]

What a great story, well researched and really interesting.

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[@ladymeghenderson9337]

Chris is there any chance you could do a full documentary on John Hind? tell us a bit more about him.

[@TheHistoryChap]

I will add to my list. Nice to hear from you too.

[@timothywebb5100]

This was very interesting and informative,nicely done sir.

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[@deejannemeiurffnicht1791]

Goodness, this guy is, in mannerism, expressions, and with a similar (but masculine) voice just like Mary Beard. Related? It's an excellent narrative he's built up here. Very good research.

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[@__sirena__]

Thank you for sharing your interesting video. I visited Dick Turpin's birthplace, and where he grew up. When I visited the UK with my friends. It's a public house called the Bluebell Inn in the village of Hempstead in north-west Essex. It is an interesting place to visit. The landlord of the Bluebell Inn told us that Dick Turpin did not actually have a horse called Black Bess. There's no contemporary evidence about his horse's name. If you visit the Bluebell Inn, look above the fireplace in the main saloon room, you will see two holes cut into one of the wooden ceiling beams. So the story goes, according the Bluebell Inn's landlord Dick Turpin used to watch patrons of the Inn through the holes, and if they looked wealthy, he would follow them as they left and rob them. The staff of the Bluebell Inn said that Dick Turpin's spirit is said to ride past the Inn on certain nights of the year. But it is supposed to be unlucky if you see the apparition. ^^

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[@__sirena__]

@@TheHistoryChap It's my pleasure sir 💕 ^^

[@mediapartners9950]

Another very interesting video, many thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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[@infidelcastro5129]

Plunkett & McLeane is one of my all-time favourite films 😊

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[@andrewsteele7663]

Thanks again Chris, another brilliant telling, Cheers

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[@1gerard47]

Well done ,you are a great storyteller 😂 listened to this in bath ❤

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@meesterbee]

Thank you, I had wanted to find out more about highwaymen and voila, you obliged😂

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[@ladymeghenderson9337]

I love this.

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[@RussellJamesStevens]

STAND AND DELIVER YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE.. a good slogan for Starmer's Labour government.

[@Phil-zi9sm]

Claude Duvall came from Domfront in Normandy. Matthew King, known as Tom, also behaved as a gentleman highwayman. Richard Turpin also spent a short time as a smuggler, I believe. Thanks for the excellent history, I knew of Turpin as a charmless thug, it is refreshing to hear from another source that this was the case.

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[@georgeamanor-boadu6771]

Growing up, a cousin of mine learnt about Dirk Turpin and was so fascinated that he named himself Dirk Turpin. Now we know where he got the name from.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for taking the time to share your family story.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

I went to school in Canada decades ago with a guy who's surname is "Turpin". I had no idea why many called him "Dick". Apparently it's a historical reference and not a measure of his personality.

[@Briansgate]

Gotta admit, Noel Fielding made me search this out, and you are a very good storyteller, in my opinion!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@mooseyman74]

Got me thinking of the Blackadder highwayman episode 😄

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[@keithriddle2867]

Hi Chris, ever told the story of the Jack Cade rebellion 1450 ish ? He was caught just down the road from me in the village of 'Cade Street' ?

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[@danjf]

Great video however I wonder if you had found any information (or may just be fiction) about Turpins activities around Plumstead/Abbey Wood, SE London, near the old Roman Road (Watling Street) that goes over Shooters Hill (Shoot up Hill). Nearby you will find Bostall Woods and Kings Highway. In Bostall Woods iwas/s a cave apparently used by Turpin and known as "Turpins Cave". This has clear line of sight across to East Wickham open spaces, where the White Horse public house was situated. Legend has it that the landlady "Fanny" would light a lamp when it was safe to come out from hiding in the cave. To locals this area is still known as "Fanny On The Hill".

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[@MrJayuk88]

Great video as always ! Thanks

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[@paulwilson7234]

Excellent video.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@lenp00]

Great story Chris, thank you for sharing. I’m curious… why did the headstone indicate that Turpin was “executed at Tyburn” and not York?

[@TheHistoryChap]

Knavesmire in York was also referred to as Tyburn (not to be confused with Tyburn in London)

[@hotmechanic222]

Another great video, keep up the good work

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@tracydodson9997]

Just found you and I am hooked 🎉

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@nigelmorroll3343]

Another good nugget of British history.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@billevans7936]

That was an excellent story...I'm learning

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@walterbrown9651]

Thanks for a lively telling of Dick Turpin! In Jesse James And The Coward Bob Ford,Jesse uses Dick Turpin as an alias-hilarious!

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[@paulgreen7906]

I see one of your videos come up and I stand to attention. You always deliver Chris. Well done from a fellow Worcestershire man. Perhaps the history of the Worcestershire Regiment might be worth a look....

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[@raymondthomadwormald9621]

Enjoyed that

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