  | CHAPTER | | Page | | I. | Introductory: The General Declension from Outlaw to Highwayman, and thence to Footpad, Thief, and Burglar—Gamaliel Ratsey—Thomas Dun, of Dunstable | 1 | | II. | Robin Hood and his Merry Men | 23 | | III. | The "Hand of Glory"—Liability of Country Districts for Robberies—Exemption in Respect of Sunday Travelling | 49 | | IV. | The Younger Sons—Judge Popham—Shakespearean Highwaymen—The "Cavalier" Brigands—A Seventeenth-Century Religious Tract | 62 | | V. | Enormous Captures made by Highway Gangs—Bracy's Gang—Robberies on the Road to Newmarket—Advertisements of the Period—Augustin King—Plunder and Battle on the St. Albans Road—Soldiers as Highwaymen | 75 | | VI. | "Who Goes Home?" in the House of Commons—Footmen turn Highwaymen—Sir Simon Clarke—A Merry Freak and its Tragical Consequences—Amazing Poltroonery of Travellers—Advertisements of the Period—Highway Robbery in Piccadilly | 92 | | VII. | The Highwaymen of Wiltshire and Salisbury Plain—Mr. Joseph Reader's Adventure—The Cherhill Gang—"Clibborn's Post"—Murder of Mr. Mellish—Close of the Highwayman Era | 114 | | VIII. | The Literature of the Later Highwaymen | 124 | | IX. | The Newgate Chaplains: Samuel Smith, Paul Lorrain, Thomas Pureney—The Prison Life | 131 | | X. | The Watchman, and the Execution Bell of St. Sepulchre | 148 | | XI. | Hangman's Highway: The Road to Tyburn | 156 | | XII. | The Wayside Gibbets | 199 | | XIII. | The Roads out of London | | | I. The Dover Road | 213 | | II. The Bath Road | 221 | | XIV. | The Roads out of London (continued): | | | III. The Great North Road | 245 | | IV. The Oxford Road | 255 | | Moll Cutpurse: The "Roaring Girl" | 262 | | Captain Philip Stafford | 269 | | Captain James Hind, the "Prince of Prigs | 273 | | John Clavel, "Gentleman" | 307 | | William Davis, the Golden Farmer | 317 | | Thomas Simpson: "Old Mob" | 333 | | Claude Du Vall | 342 | | Francis Jackson, and his "Recantation" | 356 | | Captain Richard Dudley | 387 |
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