| 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 |
