Identifier: historyofenglandm05macauoft (find matches)
Title: The history of England, from the accession of James the Second
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859 Firth, C. H. (Charles Harding), 1857-1936
Subjects: Great Britain -- History James II, 1685-1688 Great Britain -- History William and Mary, 1689-1702
Publisher: London : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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w weeks the roads were as safeas usual. The executions were numerous : for, till the evil had beensuppressed, the King resolutely refused to listen to any solicitations formercy.^ Among those who suffered was James Whitney, the mostcelebrated captain of banditti in the kingdom. He had been, duringsome months, the terror of all who travelled from London either north-ward or westward, and was at length with difficulty secured after adesperate conflict in which one soldier was killed and several wounded. 1 Narcissus Luttrells Diary, Dec. 1692. -Ibid. Nov. 1692. ^ Ibid. August 1692. * Hop to the Greffier of the States General, ^^ ^ 1695. The Dutch despatches of this yearare filled with stories of robberies. ^ Hop, ^~~ 169I; Historical Records 01 the Queens Bays, published by authority ; Nar-cissus I/Uttrells Diary, Nov. 15. ) * Narcissus Luttrells Diary, Dec. 22. Ibid. Dec. 1692; Hop, Jan. j\. Hop calls Whitney, den befaamsten roover inEngelandt. I i l*-3^ rfe^.«r.i2*;^i^«S5^!i!«»^^^^
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JnCJrjir TjjiijicsojjuiarsJXitihaij il/r /lolonOiisJ~fi(/lnmnpnan JAMES WHITNEYFrom an engr.iviiig in the British Museum 2256 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xix The LoikK)ii Gazette announced that the famous highwayman had beentaken, ant.! invited all persons who had been robbed by him to repairto Newgate and to see whether they could identify him. To identifyhim should ha\e been easy : for he had a wound in the face, and hadlost a thumb. He, however, in the hope of perplexing the witnessesfor the Crown, expended a hundred pounds in procuring a sumptuous embroidered suit against the day of trial. This ingenious device was i frustrated i>\- his hardhearted keepers. He was put to the bar in \ his ordinar) clothes, convicted, and sentenced to death. He had i> previous!) tried to ransom himself by offering to raise a fine troop i \ of cavalry, all highwaymen, for service in Manders : but his offer had ibeen rejected.^ He had one resource still left. He declared that he was i:)rivy to a tr

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