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The Ballad of Dick Turpin

from Legends of Leicester and Leicestershire by Steve Cartwright

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Dick Turpin
Baptised in 1705, executed at York for horse theft on 7th April 1739

Dick Turpin lived for a time in Fenny Drayton on the outskirts of Leicestershire (now Warwickshire).

It is alleged that he kept his horse, Black Bess, at the Cock Inn at Sibson on what is now the main A444 to Burton-on-Trent. He is probably the most famous and romanticised highwayman of them all but he, in fact, committed several murders, robberies and rapes in his short life and the accolade of being a sort of Robin Hood (robbing the rich to help the poor) runs counter to the real events. As already noted, the ride from Rochester to York was actually undertaken by Swift Nick (William Nevison) although it is in the annals of folklore as being undertaken by Turpin.

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from Legends of Leicester and Leicestershire, released August 12, 2019

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Steve Cartwright Leicester, UK

I am a singer/songwriter (of considerable repute), a poet and an artist and I’ve been around for centuries. I write great songs and you’ll find they span a variety of styles and cover a very wide range of topics. My poems (like my songs) are designed to inform and challenge and to make you laugh and cry. ... more

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