tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post1347033662099794777..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Women of the Road: The Real Highwaywomen of the 17th Century by Katherine ClementsMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-45987746305173084542017-09-21T19:02:07.523+01:002017-09-21T19:02:07.523+01:00Forgive me - can I ask what is your source for Ann...Forgive me - can I ask what is your source for Ann Hecks? I have tried to source in both The Newgate Calendar and Proceedings of the Old Bailey, also in various works on the subject of highwaymen; but can find nothing.ROWLEYJACKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095234735133316746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-79612095963292109352017-08-14T10:25:54.845+01:002017-08-14T10:25:54.845+01:00The former cavaliers who had fallen on hard times ...The former cavaliers who had fallen on hard times after 1649 often took to highway robbery since they (unlike many impoverished former Roundheads) had no trade to fall back on (other than being a mercenary- although these were less in demand after the end of the Thirty Years War. Every one of them claimed to be doing it as a protest against Cromwell and there are many stories of Oliver Cromwell & other leading Parliamentarians such as Hugh Peters or Henry Vane being held up - all of which are total invention. Various types of criminals such as highwaymen & smugglers claimed to be some sort of (usually right-wing)dissidents such as Jacobites and every one claimed to be a "Captain" - whether they were, or more likely were not. streonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475453570197346946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69404006282363714362017-03-13T12:21:23.124+00:002017-03-13T12:21:23.124+00:00Very interesting! I'll have to get a copy of &...Very interesting! I'll have to get a copy of "The Silvered Heart", it sounds just like my kind of book! :)Ulla Susimetsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942769449249671422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-89463208491980880632017-03-12T03:11:12.824+00:002017-03-12T03:11:12.824+00:00Lovely post. I'll ask for "the Silvered...Lovely post. I'll ask for "the Silvered heart" at my library as I'm unable to purchase anything on line.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.com