EditorialWilliam Stutely making his complaint to Robin Hood. According to English folklore, William Stutely was one of the band of 'merry men' that followed Robin Hood. A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Stre...
EditorialCaptain Edward England. Born Edward Seegar in Ireland, was a famous African coast and Indian Ocean pirate captain from 1717 to 1720. His flag was the classic Jolly Roger with a skull above two crossed thigh bones on a black background. A General Histor...
EditorialCaptain Teach, commonly called Black beard. Edward Teach (c. 1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies. He was reported to h...
EditorialCaptain Henry Morgan before Panama (which) he took from the Spaniards', in 1671. Henry Morgan (ca. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was an Admiral of the English Royal Navy, a privateer, and a pirate/buccanneer who made a name for himself during activities in ...
EditorialDu Vall robbing Squire Roper, master of the Royal buckhounds to Charles II, in Windsor forest. Claude Du Vall (1643 – 21 January 1670) was a French-born gentleman highwayman in post-Restoration Britain. A General History of the Lives and Adventures o...
EditorialSir John Falstaff and his companions at Had's Hill. Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. . A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, ...