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... THE TURPINS The 15th and 16th century owners of Knaptoft Hall were the Turpins, the lasi of whom was Sir Richard Turpin (inspiration of the Dick Turpin legend, but having no family connection). Sir Richard was a keen Royalist and when, in 1638, Charles ...
... Now, Turpin was a poor sort of a thing, really. He never rode that famous ride to York. Another made that record. Turpin knew much abont horses. He stole them, and the stealing of one eventually brought him to the gallows. But he never owned a Black Boas ...
... within sight of where the famous highwayman, Dick Turpin, was held up on the old Watling Street, and the locality has many historic features. The Rectory there is said to have been built by Digby Turpin, known to the parishioners at that time as Dick ...
... Dick Turpin, the debonair highwayman, imrersonated by Matheson Lang, says farewell to Esther Bevi.; (Miss Isobel Elsom). solidified vasekne to 6uggest tear drops. She actually cries during sentimental scenes. Music of the sad, wistful type, played ...
... Elsie Ferguson In Counterfeit, a Paramount-Artcraft Production described as a thrilling and captivating drama. Ben Turpin, the funny man of the Paramount Sennett Comedies, wasl born with a pair of eyes which almost ' defy description. They roll, and ...
... : DICK TURPIN STARS WHOSE FEET TWINKLE IN CAUSES SENSATION THE DANCE. IN WHITEHALL. i U a U Fazenda, who stare in the Warner Brothers productioA, Pay as You Enter. took his horse right up the steps of the Treasury where he met an astonished hall ...
... ACOLLEAGUE who enjoys the thrills of ghost-hunting had a disappointment the other day. A friend, after reading of Dick Turpin's return to his old haunt at Stretton Baskerville, recalled the antics of a bony fellow at old Exton Hall, in Rutland. This old ...
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... material. There was once a veritable Dick Turpin, and there was also Claude 'Duval, and other knights of the road, but the prosaic facts in their respective careers are righly embroidered to meet an insistent demand. Turpin was born in the year 1706. and was ...
... took the form of the famous Dick Turpin's ride from Lon'don to York. The characters were very cleverly impersonated by Miss Diana Clarke, the young daughter of Major and Lady Eileen Clarke, who made a dashing Dick Turpin, Master Sandy Clarke, Miss Mary ...
... had to fly beyond the Trent. He rode to Yorkshire, and there he was soon laid by the heels. Such is the bald story of Dick Turpin. Tradition, legend, star spangled, has distorted it out of all recognition. DICK'S real name, we are told, was Tom Palmer ...
... Conclusive. Yes, flick Turpin was once nearly caught in this very room. Guest (opening an aged egg): thought so. Ile went off without fits breakfast. ...