359:) were said to be well-known figures about St James's. Maclaine kept company with some noted "Ladies of the Town", and also with certain "Women of Fortune and Reputation" who were so unguarded as to admit him to their society. He worked his way into the affections of a Lady who deserved better, but she was saved from ruin when a gentleman revealed to her Maclaine's character. He had a sufficiently low opinion of Maclaine's respectability that he was able to decline the duel which Maclaine consequently offered him. This may have been a different challenge to that which Maclaine offered to a British officer at Putney Bowling Green in the spring of 1750. The officer, who had disparaged him, declined to fight him until he should give proof of his respectable origins. Maclaine had recently obtained a certificate attesting to his descent from the nobility.
263:
215:. Such inheritance as James received had mostly been dissipated by the time he was 20, and his mother's relations soon quarreled with him and refused to give him any assistance. He attached himself to the domestic service of a Mr Howard in order to travel to England, and stayed with him for a while, but got into low company and, leaving without testimonials, returned to Ireland. His mother's kin still refusing to help, his brother sent him subsidies and letters of good advice from The Hague: these proving insufficient, he considered joining the
463:, but very soon afterwards sent a message that he wished to make a confession. He was willing to implicate Plunkett, but the judge advised him that he would need to give them more names if he hoped for leniency, and gave him time to think about it. At his second Examination, on 1 August 1750, Maclaine declared himself to be guilty and wept piteously before the justices, but could still name only Plunkett as his confederate in crime. He brought with him a written confession, unsigned, which Mr Justice Lediard left in his hands.
491:, on 12 September 1750, he changed his plea again to Not Guilty, claiming that his former confession under examination had been the product of shock and mental derangement arising from the suddenness and unexpectedness of his arrest. He claimed that he had Mr Higden's coat and other belongings because Plunkett had given them to him in lieu of the remaining money that he owed him, and he (Maclaine) had no idea that they were stolen. The jury did not believe him.
283:"Honey, I thought, Maclean, thou hadst Spirit and Resolution, with some Knowledge of the World. A brave Man cannot want; he has a Right to live, and need not want the Conveniencies of Life, while the dull, plodding, busy Knaves carry Cash in their Pockets. We must draw upon them to supply our Wants, there need only Impudence, and getting the better of a few silly Scruples; there is scarce Courage necessary, all we have to deal with are such mere Poltroons."
246:, Cavendish Square. This was no great success, however, as he did not apply himself very much, though his neighbours could not afterwards point to any real misdemeanour in his behaviour at that time. Two daughters were born to them, one of whom survived, but his wife died within three years. His mother-in-law, who had a good opinion of Maclaine, took charge of the surviving daughter. It was during his wife's illness that he met
254:
paid court to a young lady worth more than £10,000 a year; but on one occasion when they had followed her to a spa, Maclaine had an argument with an apothecary in the public rooms. This person employed a military man to kick
Maclaine down the stairs, while stating publicly that he knew Maclaine had been a footman only a few years previously. Plunkett and Maclaine were obliged to make a hasty and informal departure.
480:
471:.) It enumerated the goods taken, including a cloth coat, a pair of cloth breeches, a periwig, a pair of pumps, five holland shirts, three linen stocks, two pairs of stockings, one silk and one worsted, a pair of gloves, a pair of silver spurs and a pair of silver shoe-buckles, a pair of knee buckles, half a pound of tea and other necessaries, including two guineas which Mr Higden had about his person.
551:
great crowd attended the execution, before whom he maintained a steady composure, and his last words to them were, "O God, forgive my enemies, bless my friends and receive my soul!" A later publication tells that, as the cart was about to be drawn from under him, a witness heard him say, "I must never more behold this beauteous sun! Do thou, O sun of righteousness, shine on my departing soul."
33:
446:, who by chance took it to the same man who had just sold the lace and recognised it. Rather than returning home to fetch the money to pay for the lace, the man alerted a constable and Maclaine was arrested. When the premises were searched many of the other things the men had stolen, including Lord Eglington's blunderbuss and coat, were uncovered. They also found a
279:
or tried), so his narrative may not be entirely accurate. He claimed that
Plunkett, a fellow-Irishman, had led him to believe he had travelled abroad, and persuaded Maclaine to employ him in his household and to lend him £100, part of which was paid back sporadically. Maclaine explained his melancholy to Plunkett as his money was running out, and Plunkett replied,
560:
311:. They approached on horseback from either side with pistols drawn. Maclaine said he was so nervous that it was left to Plunkett to call out the demands. Plunkett began to upbraid him for his lack of courage, and Maclaine cried out "He needs must whom the devil drives. I am over shoes and must over boots."
338:
by moonlight, about ten o'clock, I was attacked by two highwaymen in Hyde Park, and the pistol of one of them going off accidentally, raised the skin under my eye, left some marks of shot in my face, and stunned me. The ball went through the top of the chariot, and if I had sat an inch nearer to the
523:
to intercede with the court for mercy for his brother, and also wrote to James himself and to Dr Allen, the minister who attended him. Archibald expressed deep conflict between his compassion for the sinful man, his duty to uphold the path of righteousness, and his uncertainty of the true nature of
466:
A well-known print (an "Exact
Representation"), showing Maclaine and "his accomplice" holding up Lord Eglinton's carriage, was published on 13 August 1750, about a month before his trial. The trial at the Old Bailey was held on 12 September, and related specifically to the robbery of Josiah Higden.
406:
going westward out of London. Wearing masks and carrying pistols, they demanded money from the passengers. When one, Josiah Higden, gave them a few shillings, he was told this was not enough. They ordered him out of the carriage, took more money out of his pockets, and threatened to blow his brains
278:
By his own account, Maclaine embarked on his career of crime about six months after his wife's death. At his interrogation he was encouraged to lay evidence against his accomplices, and at his trial he sought to lay a good deal of the blame for his course of life upon
Plunkett (who was never caught
253:
However, in passing himself off as a young gentleman in search of another wealthy wife, he had neither the funds nor the habitude necessary to rise above the accompanying inducements to profligacy. Plunkett is said to have acted the part of gentleman's assistant as
Maclaine, immaculately presented,
550:
on 3 October 1750. Dr Allen reported that a young fellow-prisoner who had kept him company sat up with
Maclaine through his last night in prayer and devotion, and as Maclaine got into the cart to take him to Tyburn he was heard to say, "Oh my God! I have forsaken thee! But I will trust in thee!" A
343:
They took his watch and purse, his sword, and some money from the footman. Soon afterwards, Maclaine sent
Walpole a letter (as from "A.B. and C.D.") offering him first refusal to buy back his stolen possessions, indicating that he should send a servant with the money to a rendezvous at Tyburn, and
458:
Josiah Higden, "whose word and honour are too well known to doubt the truth", decided to press charges, saying he went through with it "in duty to my country". At his arrest (which was on 27 July 1750), Maclaine was first taken for examination before Mr
Justice Lediard. He began by denying the
527:
He was convicted: the jury brought him in Guilty without going out of court. No remission was forthcoming, despite various signs of penitence shown by the prisoner. When the judge asked him why he should not be sentenced, Maclaine, who had prepared a short speech expressing his contrition and
494:
The trial became a fashionable society occasion. A contemporary broadside includes an illustration: a Lady (perhaps Lady
Caroline Petersham) is shown appearing as a character witness. One of the justices is saying, "What has your Ladyship to say in favour of the Prisoner at the Bar?", and she
322:
of Vienna, and Mrs Talbot. Maclaine was only once in fear of being discovered. To allay suspicion he stayed awhile with his brother in
Holland, giving him a false account of his means of living, and was introduced to polite dancing assemblies, where various purses and watches went missing.
495:
replies, "My Lord, I have had the Pleasure to know him well, he has often been about my House and I never lost anything." Lord Eglinton declined to testify against him, and Walpole, reporting Maclaine's condemnation in a letter dated 20 September, added, "I am honourably mentioned in a
222:
He next persuaded his old master, Colonel T-----n, to take him to England as a domestic servant, planning to acquire his fortune through an advantageous marriage. He borrowed money from the Colonel to purchase a commission, but that went the same way, and he considered enlisting in
450:
coat with a pair of loaded pistols in the pockets. Walpole wrote, "...there were a wardrobe of clothes, three-and-twenty purses, and the celebrated blunderbuss found at his lodgings, besides a famous kept mistress." The latter distinction was claimed by, or for,
524:
his brother's repentance. The letter written by Archibald Maclaine to his "Unhappy Brother" on 22 September 1750 was a call to absolute repentance before God in knowledge of the coming Judgement. Dr Allen recorded his eventual narrative of confession.
231:, but he took the money to the Masquerades (i.e. the public gardens) and squandered it at the gaming tables. At length he found himself a wife, the daughter of an innkeeper or horse-dealer in Oxford Road, London, whom he married in about 1746.
379:, could not fire at him without killing his own servant. Maclaine, who was behind, commanded his Lordship to throw his blunderbuss out of the chaise, or he would "blow his brains through his face". They took the blunderbuss, together with a
502:
His romantic circumstances touched many hearts: a print entitled "Newgates Lamentation, or the Ladys Last Farewell of Macleane" illustrates visitors to his cell. He reputedly received nearly 3,000 guests while imprisoned at the
250:, an apothecary, who attended her. His business failing, owing (by his own account) to "an unavoidable trust reposed in servants", he sold off his stock and with whatever remained he turned his mind again to a military career.
1208:
See at The British Museum, Print; broadside, 'James Macleane, the Gentleman Highwayman at the Bar' (Printed for T. Fox in the Old Baily, Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sept 29 1750), British Museum accession number
611:
and Miss Ashe were the chief personages visiting and weeping over Maclaine, and referred to them as "Polly" and "Lucy" (meaning Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit, characters in the drama). He asked them if Maclaine did not sing
624:: as an aside after the line "She weeps if but a handsome thief is hung" the following note was added: "Some of the brightest eyes were at this time in tears for one McLean, condemned for robbery on the highway."
518:
His brother Archibald, the minister and translator, though he was revolted and heartbroken by his brother's crimes and had often warned him of the consequences of his dissolute behaviour, wrote a letter from
600:.) Rather, Maclaine's romantic image owed something to the popular example of Macheath, the chivalrous highwayman, reinforced by the fact that Macheath's character in some measure satirized Sir
1541:
1531:
172:. His mother, Elizabeth (née Milling) died when he was five or six years old, and his father when he was sixteen or seventeen. He came of a family of many ministers, his grandfather (a
987:, says, "I vow I am over Shoes and Boots with walking home from the Playhouse." See Augustan Reprint Society nos. 127-128, ed. J.B. Kern, (University of California, Los Angeles 1967),
132:. He was known as "The Gentleman Highwayman" as a result of his courteous behaviour during his robberies, and obtained a certain kind of celebrity. Notoriously, he held up and robbed
318:
and relieved him of his money and his watch. They committed around 20 highway robberies in six months, often in the then-relatively untamed Hyde Park: their victims included
878:
The Ordinary of Newgate's Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, of the Twelve Malefactors who were executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 3d of October, 1750
196:
and followed his own vocation as presbyterian minister, scholar and royal preceptor in the Netherlands between 1746 and 1796, famous as the first translator (1765) of
307:, and relieved him of £60. This was so successful that they decided to continue, and their next action was to hold up a coach on the road coming into London from
1556:
1132:
Print, "An Exact Representation of Maclaine the Highwayman Robbing Lord Eglington" (published 13 August 1750), with a text; see British Museum Accession Number
511:
from White's, and his room became so hot that he fainted more than once. While under sentence his portrait was drawn from the life and afterwards engraved by
227:'s horse troops. He disgraced himself by having an affair with an officer's wife. His friends in London raised a small subscription to enable him to ship for
979:
To be "over shoes, over boots" with something meant "being up to one's neck in it", or "committed to a course of action"; "no half measures": Mrs Chatter in
424:
368:
467:
The indictment was that Maclean had made an assault on Higden on the King's Highway, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life. (This was the
608:
1338:
A Complete History of James Maclean, the Gentleman Highwayman, who was executed at Tyburn on Wednesday, October 3, 1750, for a robbery on the highway
224:
1546:
326:
In November 1749 occurred their most famous exploit, when, in Hyde Park between 9 and 10 o'clock at night, they held up the writer and antiquary
344:
threatening fatal consequences to Walpole if he betrayed them. He suggested he sent the footman, as he wanted to give the man his money back.
1551:
1536:
319:
133:
1321:
1029:
935:
915:
714:
1350:
687:
627:
After his death his body was dissected and his skeleton was suspended for display in a niche in the Surgeons' Hall in London.
330:. One pointed a blunderbuss at the coachman, while the other put his pistol through the window of the carriage. Walpole wrote,
219:, but was told that he would make little progress with them unless he became a Roman Catholic, which he was unwilling to do.
528:
pleading for mercy, was unable to say more than one or two words, "My lord, I cannot speak," and stood in silence. The poet
262:
1491:, Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife (Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature, London 2017),
247:
129:
347:
The thieves were often restrained and courteous, earning Maclaine the sobriquet "The Gentleman Highwayman". Living in
743:
T. Hitchcock and R. Shoemaker, 'Chapter 5: Reformers, Discontents (1748-1763), Part 3: The Celebrity Highwayman', in
1399:, Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts (S. Hazard, Bath/J. Marshall and R. White, London, n.d.). Read at
355:), he was now passing himself off as an Irish gentleman worth £700 a year, and he and Plunkett (who had lodgings in
1463:
The Thieves' Opera: The Remarkable Lives and Deaths of Jonathan Wild, Thief-Taker, and Jack Sheppard, House-Breaker
633:
1273:
Some fictional details crept into popular accounts printed soon after the trial, which reappear in later accounts.
881:
1526:
430:
After this robbery, information on the stolen items was circulated and led to Maclaine's arrest. He stripped the
416:
197:
703:
An Account of the Behaviour of Mr James Maclaine, from the time of his condemnation to the day of his execution
1133:
790:
The father's name is "Lauchlin Maclaine" in most sources (followed by P.M. Geoghegan, 'Maclaine, James', in
638:
443:
1474:
A. McKenzie, 'The real Macheath: social satire, appropriation, and eighteenth-century criminal biography',
1286:
1193:
1117:
1012:
646:
412:
216:
145:
681:
408:
380:
1299:
580:
411:
out of the coach boot, and rode off with them. One belonged to Mr Higden, and was later found empty in
1521:
1516:
1511:
1362:'A Narrative of the apprehending, convicting and executing James Maclean, for a highway robbery', in
728:
Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen, Pirates, and Robbers: drawn from the most authentic sources
348:
1176:
512:
158:
1210:
1173:
Lord Camden's Genuine Argument in giving Judgement on the Ejectment between Hinsdon against Kersey
596:
was written in 1728, when Maclaine was only four. (The preferred claimant for that distinction is
468:
304:
267:
189:
177:
616:, which was one of Macheath's songs. After Maclaine was hanged, he earned a mention in the poem
1492:
1449:
1416:
1367:
1317:
1247:
1230:
1080:
967:
951:
930:
For his speech of defence, see: 'Of Mr MacLean, the Gentleman Highwayman', in S. Urban (ed.),
731:
315:
1432:
1384:
1159:
765:
988:
651:
571:
300:
1298:
See image from The British Museum, Prints collection, BM accession number 1851,0308.411 at
1097:
1046:
1489:
Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840: Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England
980:
676:
628:
585:
173:
84:
53:
1077:
Notes on Duels and Duelling: Alphabetically Arranged, with a Preliminary Historical Essay
820:
803:
799:
748:
601:
589:
460:
327:
296:
243:
137:
1349:
See the engraving at #OTD in 1750 - Death of Highwayman "Captain" James Maclaine', in
1505:
1260:
680:
597:
395:
356:
335:
292:
898:
795:
1063:
621:
479:
452:
212:
161:
118:
631:
included a representation of Maclaine's skeleton in the final plate of his series
1400:
1227:
Geschichte der berühmten Miss Fanny Murray: In zween Theilen - Aus dem Englischen
880:(T. Parker and C. Corbett, London 1750), at pages numbered 84-91, transcribed in
706:
314:
Afterwards, to prove himself, Maclaine alone held up a gentleman on horseback in
113:(occasionally "Maclean", "MacLean", or "Maclane") (1724 – 3 October 1750) was an
1452:(Google), where they are appended to an abstract of Allen's account of Maclaine.
529:
496:
420:
376:
207:
Educated to become a merchant, James Maclaine frittered away his inheritance in
407:
out for concealing it. They then obliged the coachman to help them to take two
488:
439:
387:
371:
on Hounslow Heath. Plunkett went forward of the carriage and took hold of the
352:
288:
126:
122:
644:
A modern fictionalised portrayal of Maclaine's life appears in the 1999 film
386:
Between one and two o'clock in the morning of the same day, they held up the
1397:
Execution of Maclean, Commonly Known by the Name of The Gentleman Highwayman
435:
403:
399:
372:
308:
80:
32:
779:
The Gentleman Highwayman: The Life and Death of James Maclaine (1724-1750)
287:
Accordingly, Plunkett and Mclaine joined together and went on the road as
575:
391:
165:
334:"One night, in the beginning of November, 1749, as I was returning from
520:
504:
228:
193:
181:
169:
114:
57:
798:), but is given as "Thomas" in the entries (by V. Morley) for James's
1225:, 2 volumes (M. Thrush, London 1759), II. Read in the German edition,
547:
239:
208:
185:
76:
1364:
The Tyburn Chronicle: Or, The Villainy Display'd In All Its Branches
1171:'Lord Chief Justice Mansfield's argument in Wyndham v Chetwynd', in
1007:'Letters nos. 310-314, to Sir Horace Mann', in P. Cunningham (ed.),
849:(Ex officina viduae Ioannis Meyeri, Francofurti & Lipsiae 1726).
559:
1058:'Letter of James Maclaine to Horace Walpole', in P. Toynbee (ed.),
558:
478:
447:
261:
235:
1465:(Viking, London 1997), pp. 121, 227, 242-44. ISBN 0-670-87215-6.
847:
Institutiones Historiae Ecclesiasticae Novi Testamenti, Libri IV
431:
367:
On 26 June 1750, Plunkett and Maclaine held up the coach of the
419:
who in May 1750 was involved in the will of Walter Chetwynd of
607:
Horace Walpole alluded to this when he wrote, in 1750, that
1314:
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
1041:
Horace Walpole, recited in article 'Tyburn and Tyburnia',
726:'James Maclaine', in C. Johnson, revised by C. Whitehead,
604:(1st Earl of Orford, died 1745), Horace Walpole's father.
164:
minister, the Revd. Thomas (?or Lauchlin) Maclaine of 1st
1026:
The London Magazine, or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer
483:
An early Tract describing the execution of James MacLaine
121:
family who had a brief but notorious career as a mounted
745:
Poverty, Crime and the Making of a Modern City 1690-1800
762:
Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons
1096:, volume 6 (Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London 1878),
1062:, 3 volumes (Clarendon Press, Oxford 1918–1925), III,
834:
An Ecclesiastical History: Ancient and Modern (&c)
1045:, Volume 5 (Cassell Petter and Galpin, London 1878),
499:
ballad for not having contributed to his sentence."
415:. (This Josiah Higden was possibly the apothecary of
375:, so that Lord Eglinton, who was carrying his famous
1190:
The History of the Society of Apothecaries of London
1009:
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford
815:
V. Morley, 'Maclaine, Archibald (c. 1650-1734)', in
295:
to cover their faces. Their first enterprise was on
238:
of five hundred pounds Maclaine set himself up as a
1154:'Trial of James Macleane, 12th September 1750', in
614:"Thus I stand like the Turk with his doxies around"
438:taken in the robbery and attempted to sell it to a
99:
91:
65:
39:
23:
932:The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle
402:, which was carrying six passengers on its way to
291:, agreeing to share the spoils equally. They wore
1229:(Joseph Ehrenreich Ammermüller, Nuremberg 1768),
1066:(transcript at outlawsandhighwaymen.com website).
1024:'The Monthly Chronologer: Wednesday 8 November',
1446:Every Man's Assistant, and the Sick Man's Friend
910:'A short view of the Rev. Dr. Allen's account',
1542:People executed by England and Wales by hanging
1532:People executed by the Kingdom of Great Britain
985:The New Play Criticized: or, The Plague of Envy
566:(Plate IV): MacLaine skeleton is at upper right
1351:Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland website
764:, 4 volumes (T.H. Whiteley, London 1820), IV,
705:(J. Noon and A. Millar, London 1750). Read at
641:of 1795, which went through several editions.
1340:(Charles Corbett, London 1750), Frontispiece.
832:J.L. von Mosheim, translated by A. Maclaine,
781:(Pegasus Elliott Mackenzie Publishers, 2016).
8:
1381:Account of the Behaviour of Mr James Maclean
670:A. McKenzie, 'Maclaine , James (1724–1750)'
637:. Maclaine's execution was the subject of a
1060:Supplement to the Letters of Horace Walpole
1011:, 9 Vols (John Grant, Edinburgh 1906), II,
934:, Vol. XX for the year 1750 (London 1750),
747:(Cambridge University Press 2015), read at
570:Maclaine could not have been the model for
339:left side, must have gone through my head."
1444:These words are reported in J. Stonhouse,
1223:Memoirs of the Celebrated Miss Fanny M----
1003:
1001:
999:
997:
926:
924:
884:as pp. 3-10; original pageviews available.
157:Maclaine was the younger of two sons of a
31:
20:
1079:(Crosby, Nichols, and Co., Boston 1855),
136:at gunpoint: eventually he was hanged at
1413:Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen
1150:
1148:
1146:
1144:
1142:
1128:
1126:
964:Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen
948:Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen
423:, and in 1763 was elected Master of the
1108:
1106:
672:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
663:
1448:, 2nd Edition (S. Hazard, Bath 1790),
1204:
1202:
893:P.M. Geoghegan, 'Maclaine, James', in
103:grocer, merchant, chandler, highwayman
1244:Queen of the Courtesans: Fanny Murray
873:
871:
869:
867:
865:
863:
861:
859:
857:
855:
7:
1557:Executed people from County Monaghan
882:Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online
760:'James Macleane', in J. Caulfield,
149:was based loosely on his exploits.
806:(both Archibald) in the same work.
749:Open Access Digital Edition (2020)
459:charges, and was committed to the
14:
691:. Vol. 35. pp. 191–192.
542:He stood as mute as poor McLean."
536:, referred to this when he wrote,
425:Society of Apothecaries of London
688:Dictionary of National Biography
540:"A sudden fit of ague shook him,
266:Maclean and Plunket depicted by
217:Irish Brigade in the French army
1092:'Putney', in E. Walford (ed.),
180:) having received a calling to
1547:18th-century British criminals
1316:. Harper Collins. p. 67.
914:, Vol. XX (for October 1750),
730:(Henry G. Bohn, London 1842),
713:, Vol. XX (for October 1750),
211:on fine clothes, gambling and
1:
1366:(J. Cooke, London 1768), IV,
1192:(Elliot Stock, London 1904),
1156:Old Bailey Proceedings Online
895:Dictionary of Irish Biography
817:Dictionary of Irish Biography
792:Dictionary of Irish Biography
1476:Huntington Library Quarterly
650:, in which he was played by
192:(1722-1804) was educated in
1552:People from Monaghan (town)
1537:People executed for robbery
1246:(The History Press, 2014),
674:(Oxford 2004), superseding
487:At Maclaine's trial at the
188:in 1698. His elder brother
176:-speaking clergyman in the
1573:
1175:(J. Wilkie, London 1771),
634:The Four Stages of Cruelty
1478:69, no. 4 (2006), p. 585.
1300:executedtoday.com website
1114:Letters of Horace Walpole
1100:(British History Online).
1049:(British History Online).
836:(A. Millar, London 1765).
709:. Abbreviated version in
507:, including a visitation
198:Johann Lorenz von Mosheim
30:
1312:Richard Holmes (2002).
751:(London Lives website).
682:"Maclaine, James"
647:Plunkett & Macleane
609:Lady Caroline Petersham
363:Arrest and examinations
299:, where they held up a
168:Presbyterian Church in
146:Plunkett & Macleane
1098:pp. 489-503, at note 2
639:Cheap Repository Tract
567:
544:
484:
413:Kensington Gravel Pits
341:
285:
275:
272:The Strange Story Book
202:Ecclesiastical History
564:The Reward of Cruelty
562:
538:
482:
332:
281:
265:
117:man of a respectable
1429:Execution of Maclean
1336:This was printed in
1264:, 21 September 1750.
989:at Project Gutenberg
912:Gentleman's Magazine
711:Gentleman's Magazine
618:The Modern Fine Lady
1289:(Internet Archive).
1196:(Internet Archive).
1160:ref. (t17500912-22)
1120:(Internet Archive).
1015:(Internet Archive).
1013:pp. 218-230, passim
513:Louis Peter Boitard
475:Trial and execution
320:Sir Thomas Robinson
125:in London with his
77:Tyburn Tree Gallows
1283:Letters of Walpole
1094:Old and New London
1043:Old and New London
845:J.L. von Mosheim,
594:The Beggar's Opera
581:The Beggar's Opera
568:
555:In popular culture
485:
276:
190:Archibald Maclaine
178:Church of Scotland
16:British highwayman
1213:(British Museum).
1136:(British Museum).
677:Carlyle, Seccombe
546:He was hanged at
349:St James's Street
305:Smithfield Market
303:coming away from
107:
106:
73:(aged 25–26)
1564:
1527:Irish highwaymen
1496:
1485:
1479:
1472:
1466:
1461:L. Moore (ed.),
1459:
1453:
1442:
1436:
1426:
1420:
1410:
1404:
1394:
1388:
1377:
1371:
1360:
1354:
1347:
1341:
1334:
1328:
1327:
1309:
1303:
1296:
1290:
1280:
1274:
1271:
1265:
1257:
1251:
1240:
1234:
1220:
1214:
1206:
1197:
1188:C.R.B. Barrett,
1186:
1180:
1169:
1163:
1152:
1137:
1130:
1121:
1110:
1101:
1090:
1084:
1073:
1067:
1056:
1050:
1039:
1033:
1022:
1016:
1005:
992:
977:
971:
961:
955:
945:
939:
928:
919:
908:
902:
897:(2009); read at
891:
885:
875:
850:
843:
837:
830:
824:
819:(2009); read at
813:
807:
794:(2009); read at
788:
782:
775:
769:
758:
752:
741:
735:
724:
718:
699:
693:
692:
684:
668:
652:Jonny Lee Miller
572:Captain Macheath
417:Sackville Street
383:and 50 guineas.
369:Earl of Eglinton
248:William Plunkett
130:William Plunkett
72:
50:
48:
35:
21:
1572:
1571:
1567:
1566:
1565:
1563:
1562:
1561:
1502:
1501:
1500:
1499:
1486:
1482:
1473:
1469:
1460:
1456:
1443:
1439:
1427:
1423:
1411:
1407:
1395:
1391:
1378:
1374:
1361:
1357:
1348:
1344:
1335:
1331:
1324:
1311:
1310:
1306:
1297:
1293:
1281:
1277:
1272:
1268:
1258:
1254:
1241:
1237:
1221:
1217:
1207:
1200:
1187:
1183:
1170:
1166:
1153:
1140:
1131:
1124:
1111:
1104:
1091:
1087:
1074:
1070:
1057:
1053:
1040:
1036:
1023:
1019:
1006:
995:
981:Charles Macklin
978:
974:
962:
958:
946:
942:
929:
922:
909:
905:
892:
888:
876:
853:
844:
840:
831:
827:
814:
810:
789:
785:
777:N.F. Maclaine,
776:
772:
759:
755:
742:
738:
725:
721:
700:
696:
675:
669:
665:
660:
629:William Hogarth
586:Berthold Brecht
584:(reinvented by
557:
541:
477:
469:capital offence
444:Monmouth Street
365:
260:
155:
87:
85:London, England
74:
70:
61:
54:County Monaghan
51:
46:
44:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1570:
1568:
1560:
1559:
1554:
1549:
1544:
1539:
1534:
1529:
1524:
1519:
1514:
1504:
1503:
1498:
1497:
1480:
1467:
1454:
1437:
1421:
1405:
1389:
1372:
1355:
1342:
1329:
1322:
1304:
1291:
1275:
1266:
1252:
1235:
1215:
1198:
1181:
1164:
1138:
1122:
1102:
1085:
1068:
1051:
1034:
1032:(Hathi Trust).
1028:XVIII (1749),
1017:
993:
983:'s 1747 play,
972:
956:
940:
938:(Hathi Trust).
920:
918:(Hathi Trust).
903:
886:
851:
838:
825:
808:
783:
770:
753:
736:
719:
717:(Hathi Trust).
694:
662:
661:
659:
656:
602:Robert Walpole
590:Mack the Knife
574:, antihero of
556:
553:
534:"A Long Story"
532:, in his poem
476:
473:
409:clothes trunks
364:
361:
351:(next door to
328:Horace Walpole
297:Hounslow Heath
293:Venetian masks
259:
256:
244:Welbeck Street
225:Lord Albemarle
154:
151:
134:Horace Walpole
111:James Maclaine
105:
104:
101:
97:
96:
93:
89:
88:
75:
69:3 October 1750
67:
63:
62:
52:
41:
37:
36:
28:
27:
25:James Maclaine
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1569:
1558:
1555:
1553:
1550:
1548:
1545:
1543:
1540:
1538:
1535:
1533:
1530:
1528:
1525:
1523:
1520:
1518:
1515:
1513:
1510:
1509:
1507:
1494:
1490:
1484:
1481:
1477:
1471:
1468:
1464:
1458:
1455:
1451:
1447:
1441:
1438:
1434:
1430:
1425:
1422:
1418:
1414:
1409:
1406:
1402:
1398:
1393:
1390:
1386:
1382:
1376:
1373:
1369:
1365:
1359:
1356:
1352:
1346:
1343:
1339:
1333:
1330:
1325:
1323:9780006531524
1319:
1315:
1308:
1305:
1301:
1295:
1292:
1288:
1284:
1279:
1276:
1270:
1267:
1263:
1262:
1261:Derby Mercury
1256:
1253:
1249:
1245:
1239:
1236:
1232:
1228:
1224:
1219:
1216:
1212:
1211:1877,1013.832
1205:
1203:
1199:
1195:
1191:
1185:
1182:
1178:
1174:
1168:
1165:
1161:
1157:
1151:
1149:
1147:
1145:
1143:
1139:
1135:
1129:
1127:
1123:
1119:
1115:
1109:
1107:
1103:
1099:
1095:
1089:
1086:
1082:
1078:
1072:
1069:
1065:
1061:
1055:
1052:
1048:
1044:
1038:
1035:
1031:
1027:
1021:
1018:
1014:
1010:
1004:
1002:
1000:
998:
994:
990:
986:
982:
976:
973:
969:
965:
960:
957:
953:
949:
944:
941:
937:
933:
927:
925:
921:
917:
913:
907:
904:
900:
896:
890:
887:
883:
879:
874:
872:
870:
868:
866:
864:
862:
860:
858:
856:
852:
848:
842:
839:
835:
829:
826:
822:
818:
812:
809:
805:
801:
797:
793:
787:
784:
780:
774:
771:
767:
763:
757:
754:
750:
746:
740:
737:
733:
729:
723:
720:
716:
712:
708:
704:
698:
695:
690:
689:
683:
678:
673:
667:
664:
657:
655:
653:
649:
648:
642:
640:
636:
635:
630:
625:
623:
619:
615:
610:
605:
603:
599:
598:Jack Sheppard
595:
591:
587:
583:
582:
577:
573:
565:
561:
554:
552:
549:
543:
537:
535:
531:
525:
522:
516:
514:
510:
506:
500:
498:
492:
490:
481:
474:
472:
470:
464:
462:
456:
454:
449:
445:
441:
437:
433:
428:
426:
422:
418:
414:
410:
405:
401:
397:
396:Turnham Green
393:
389:
384:
382:
378:
374:
370:
362:
360:
358:
357:Jermyn Street
354:
350:
345:
340:
337:
336:Holland House
331:
329:
324:
321:
317:
312:
310:
306:
302:
298:
294:
290:
284:
280:
273:
269:
264:
257:
255:
251:
249:
245:
241:
237:
232:
230:
226:
220:
218:
214:
210:
205:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
183:
179:
175:
171:
167:
163:
160:
152:
150:
148:
147:
141:
139:
135:
131:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
102:
100:Occupation(s)
98:
94:
90:
86:
82:
78:
68:
64:
59:
55:
42:
38:
34:
29:
22:
19:
1488:
1483:
1475:
1470:
1462:
1457:
1445:
1440:
1428:
1424:
1412:
1408:
1396:
1392:
1380:
1375:
1363:
1358:
1345:
1337:
1332:
1313:
1307:
1294:
1282:
1278:
1269:
1259:
1255:
1243:
1238:
1226:
1222:
1218:
1189:
1184:
1172:
1167:
1155:
1134:1894,0611.79
1113:
1112:Cunningham,
1093:
1088:
1076:
1071:
1059:
1054:
1042:
1037:
1025:
1020:
1008:
984:
975:
963:
959:
947:
943:
931:
911:
906:
894:
889:
877:
846:
841:
833:
828:
816:
811:
791:
786:
778:
773:
761:
756:
744:
739:
727:
722:
710:
702:
697:
686:
671:
666:
645:
643:
632:
626:
622:Soame Jenyns
617:
613:
606:
593:
592:"), because
579:
569:
563:
545:
539:
533:
526:
517:
508:
501:
493:
486:
465:
457:
453:Fanny Murray
429:
388:flying coach
385:
366:
346:
342:
333:
325:
313:
286:
282:
277:
271:
252:
233:
221:
206:
201:
162:presbyterian
156:
144:
142:
119:presbyterian
110:
108:
71:(1750-10-03)
18:
1522:1749 crimes
1517:1750 deaths
1512:1724 births
1075:L. Sabine,
1047:pp. 188-203
899:D.I.B. site
821:D.I.B. site
804:grandfather
796:D.I.B. site
701:Dr. Allen,
530:Thomas Gray
497:Grub Street
421:Old Grendon
381:portmanteau
377:blunderbuss
213:prostitutes
204:(of 1726).
186:Argyllshire
159:Scots-Irish
92:Nationality
1506:Categories
1368:pp. 346-49
1248:pp. 125-26
1242:B. White,
1231:pp. 175-77
1194:pp. 146-47
1118:pp. 218-19
1064:pp. 132–35
936:pp. 391-92
916:pp. 435-37
732:pp. 247-60
715:pp. 435-37
658:References
489:Old Bailey
440:pawnbroker
394:, between
289:highwaymen
268:H. J. Ford
258:Highwayman
153:Young life
127:accomplice
123:highwayman
109:"Captain"
1495:(Google).
1487:P. King,
1435:(Google).
1419:(Google).
1387:(Google).
1385:pp. 20-25
1370:(Google).
1250:(Google).
1233:(Google).
1179:(Google).
1083:(Google).
970:(Google).
954:(Google).
768:(Google).
766:pp. 87-96
734:(Google).
436:waistcoat
404:Salisbury
400:Brentford
373:postilion
316:Hyde Park
309:St Albans
234:With the
143:The film
81:Middlesex
679:(1893).
576:John Gay
509:en masse
392:Chiswick
166:Monaghan
1379:Allen,
800:brother
521:Utrecht
505:Newgate
461:Newgate
434:from a
353:White's
301:grazier
229:Jamaica
194:Glasgow
182:Ireland
170:Ireland
58:Ireland
45: (
1493:p. 122
1450:p. 135
1417:p. 259
1401:Google
1320:
1287:p. 227
1285:, II,
1177:passim
1116:, II,
1081:p. 243
1030:p. 526
968:p. 255
952:p. 252
707:Google
548:Tyburn
240:grocer
209:Dublin
174:Gaelic
138:Tyburn
1433:p. 20
448:frock
274:,1913
236:dowry
184:from
115:Irish
95:Irish
1318:ISBN
802:and
588:as "
432:lace
398:and
66:Died
47:1724
43:1724
40:Born
620:by
578:'s
442:in
427:.)
390:at
242:in
200:'s
140:.
1508::
1431:,
1415:,
1383:,
1201:^
1158:,
1141:^
1125:^
1105:^
996:^
966:,
950:,
923:^
854:^
685:.
654:.
515:.
455:.
270:,
83:,
79:,
56:,
1403:.
1353:.
1326:.
1302:.
1162:.
991:.
901:.
823:.
60:?
49:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
