Index to Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals
In 1735, Arthur Hayward publish his Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals covering the recent (at the time) decade from 1720 to 1730. The complete index is listed below.
The Introduction and the Prefaces to volumes 1 and 2 are on a separate page.
The Life of JANE GRIFFIN
who was Executed for the Murder of her Maid, January 29, 1719-20
The Lives of JOHN TRIPPUCK, the Golden Tinman, a Highwayman; RICHARD CANE, a Footpad; THOMAS CHARNOCK, a thief; and RICHARD SHEPHERD, a Housebreaker
who were all executed at Tyburn, the 29th of January, 1719-20
The Life of WILLIAM BARTON
a Highwayman
The Life of ROBERT PERKINS
Thief
The Life of BARBARA SPENCER
Coiner, etc.
The Life of WALTER KENNEDY
a Pirate
The Life of MATTHEW CLARK
a Footpad and Murderer
The Life of JOHN WINSHIP
Highwayman and Footpad
The Life of JOHN MEFF, alias MERTH
a Housebreaker and a Highwayman
The Life of JOHN WIGLEY
a Highwayman
The Life of WILLIAM CASEY
a Robber
The Life of JOHN DYKES
a Thief and Highwayman
The Life of RICHARD JAMES
a Highwayman
The Life of JAMES WRIGHT
a Highwayman
The Life of NATHANIEL HAWES
a Thief and a Robber
The Life of JOHN JONES
a Pickpocket
The Life of JOHN SMITH
a Murderer
The Life of JAMES SHAW, alias SMITH
a Highwayman and Murderer
The Life of WILLIAM COLTHOUSE
a Thief and Highwayman
The Life of WILLIAM BURRIDGE
a Highwayman
The Life of JOHN THOMSON
a thief, Highwayman, etc.
The Life of THOMAS REEVES
a Notorious Highwayman and Footpad
The Life of RICHARD WHITTINGHAM
a Footpad and Street robber
The Life of JAMES BOOTY
a Ravisher
The Life of THOMAS BUTLOCK, alias BUTLOGE
a Thief
The Life of NATHANIEL JACKSON
a Highwayman
The Life of JAMES, alias VALENTINE CARRICK
a Notorious Highwayman and Street Robber
The Life of John MOLONY
a Highwayman and Street Robber
The Life of THOMAS WILSON
a Notorious Footpad
The Lives of ROBERT WILKINSON and JAMES LINCOLN
Murderers and Footpads
The Life of MATTHIAS BRINSDEN
a Murderer
The Life of EDMUND NEAL
a Footpad
The Life of CHARLES WEAVER
a Murderer
The Life of JOHN LEVEE
a Highwayman, Footpad, etc.
The Lives of RICHARD OAKEY and MATTHEW FLOOD
Street-Robbers and Footpads
The Life of WILLIAM BURK
a Footpad and Highwayman
The Life of LUKE NUNNEY
a murderer
The Life of RICHARD TRANTHAM
a Housebreaker
The Lives of JOHN TYRRELL and WILLIAM HAWKSWORTH
a Horse-dealer and a Murderer
The Life of WILLIAM DUCE
a Notorious Highwayman and Footpad
The Life of JAMES BUTLER
a Most notorious Highwayman, Footpad, etc.
The Life of CAPTAIN JOHN MASSEY
who died for Piracy
The Life of PHILIP ROCHE
a Pirate, etc.
The Life of HUMPHRY ANGIER
a Highwayman and Footpad
The Life of CAPTAIN STANLEY
a Murderer
The Life of STEPHEN GARDINER
a Highwayman and Housebreaker
The Lives of SAMUEL OGDEN, JOHN PUGH, WILLIAM FROST, RICHARD WOODMAN, and WILLIAM ELISHA
Highwaymen, Footpads, Housebreakers, etc.
The Life of THOMAS BURDEN
a Robber
The Life of FREDERICK SCHMIDT
Alterer of Bank-Notes
The Life of PETER CURTIS
a Housebreaker, etc.
The Life of LUMLEY DAVIS
a Highwayman
The Life of JAMES HARMAN
Highwayman
The Life of JOHN LEWIS, alias LAURENCE
a Thief, Highwayman, etc.
The Lives of RICHARD PARVIN, EDWARD ELLIOT, ROBERT KINGSHELL, HENRY MARSHALL, JOHN PINK and EDWARD PINK, and JAMES ANSELL alias PHILLIPS, at Tyburn
The History of the WALTHAM BLACKS and their transactions to the death.
The Life of JULIAN
a Black Boy and Incendiary
The Life of ABRAHAM DEVAL
a Lottery Ticket Forger
The Life of JOSEPH BLAKE, alias BLUESKIN
a Footpad and Highwayman
The Life of the Famous JOHN SHEPHERD
Footpad, Housebreaker and Prison-breaker
The Life of LEWIS HOUSSART
the French Barber, a Murderer
The Life of CHARLES TOWERS
a Minter in Wapping
The Life of THOMAS ANDERSON
a Scotch Thief
The Life of JOSEPH PICKEN
a Highwayman
The Life of THOMAS PACKER
a Highwayman
The Life of THOMAS BRADLEY
a Street-Robber
The Life of WILLIAM LIPSAT
a Thief
The Life of JOHN HEWLET
a Murderer
The Lives of JAMES CAMMEL and WILLIAM MARSHAL
Thieves and Footpads
The Life of JOHN GUY
a Deer-stealer
The Life of VINCENT DAVIS
a Murderer
The Life of MARY HANSON
a Murderer
The Life of BRYAN SMITH
a Threatening Letter Writer
The Life of JOSEPH WARD
a Footpad
The Life of JAMES WHITE
a Thief
The Life of JOSEPH MIDDLETON
Housebreaker and Thief
The Life of WILLIAM SPERRY
Footpad and Highwayman
The Life of ROBERT HARPHAM
a Coiner
The Life of the famous JONATHAN WILD
Thief-Taker
The Life of JOHN LITTLE
a Housebreaker and Thief
The Life of JOHN PRICE
John Price appears twice in Hayward's book - once in volume 1 and again in volume 2. The accounts are different but they are both the same man.
The Life of FOSTER SNOW
a Murderer
The Life of JOHN WHALEBONE, alias WELBONE
a Thief, etc.
The Life of JAMES LITTLE
a Footpad and Highwayman
The Life of JOHN HAMP
Footpad and Highwayman
The Lives of JOHN AUSTIN, a Footpad, JOHN FOSTER, a Housebreaker, and RICHARD SCURRIER, a Shoplifter
Footpads etc.
The Life of FRANCIS BAILEY
a notorious Highwayman
The Life of JOHN BARTON
a Robber, Highwayman and Housebreaker
The Life of WILLIAM SWIFT
a Thief, etc.
The lives of EDWARD BURNWORTH, alias FRAZIER, WILLIAM BLEWIT, THOMAS BERRY, EMANUEL DICKENSON, WILLIAM MARJORAM, JOHN HIGGS, etc.
Robbers, Footpads, Housebreakers and Murderers
The Life of JOHN GILLINGHAM
an Highwayman and Footpad, etc.
The Life of JOHN COTTERELL
a Thief, etc.
The Life of CATHERINE HAYES
a bloody and inhuman Murderess, etc.
The Life of THOMAS BILLINGS
a Murderer.
Life of THOMAS WOOD
a Murderer
The Life of CAPTAIN JAEN
a Murderer
The Life of WILLIAM BOURN
a Notorious Thief
The Life of JOHN MURREL
a Horse-Stealer
The Life of WILLIAM HOLLIS
a Thief and an Housebreaker
The Life of THOMAS SMITH
a Highwayman
The Life of EDWARD REYNOLDS
a Thief, etc.
The Life of JOHN CLAXTON, alias JOHNSTON
a Thief, etc.
The Life of MARY STANDFORD
a Pickpocket and Thief
The Life of JOHN CARTWRIGHT
a Thief
The Life of FRANCES, alias MARY BLACKET
a Highwaywoman
The Life of JANE HOLMES, alias BARRET, alias FRAZER
a Shoplifter
The Life of KATHERINE FITZPATRICK, alias GREEN, alias BOSWELL
a notorious Shoplift
The Life of MARY ROBINSON
a Shoplift
The Life of JANE MARTIN, alias LLOYD
a Cheat and a Thief, etc.
The Life of TIMOTHY BENSON
a Highwayman
The Life of JOSEPH SHREWSBERRY, alias SMITH
a Robber, etc.
The Life of ANTHONY DRURY
a Highwayman
The Life of WILLIAM MILLER
a Highwayman, etc.
The Life of ROBERT HAYNES
a Murderer, etc.
The Lives of THOMAS TIMMS, THOMAS PERRY, and EDWARD BROWN
Footpads
The Life of ALICE GREEN
a Cheat, Thief and Housebreaker
The Life of JOSHUA CORNWALL
a Thief and Housebreaker
The Life of JOHN TURNER, alias CIVIL JOHN
a Highwayman
The Life of JOHN JOHNSON
a Coiner
The Lives of JAMES SHERWOOD, GEORGE WEEDON and JOHN HUGHS
Street Robbers and Footpads
The Life of MARTIN BELLAMY
a Notorious Thief, Highwayman and Housebreaker
The Lives of WILLIAM RUSSELL, ROBERT CROUCH and WILLIAM HOLDEN
Street-Robbers, Footpads
The Lives of RICHARD HUGHS and BRYAN MACGUIRE
Highwaymen and Footpads
The Life of JAMES HOW, alias HARRIS
a notorious Highwayman and Thief
The Lives of GRIFFITH OWEN, SAMUEL HARRIS, and THOMAS MEDLINE
Highwaymen and Footpads
The Lives of PETER LEVEE, JOHN FEATHERBY, STEPHEN BURNET, alias BARNET, alias BARNHAM, and THOMAS VAUX
Street-Robbers, Footpads, Thieves, etc.
The Life of THOMAS NEEVES
Street-Robber and Thief
The Lives of HENRY GAHOGAN and ROBERT BLAKE
Coiners
The Life of PETER KELLEY, alias OWEN, alias NISBET
a Murderer
The Lives of WILLIAM MARPLE and TIMOTHY COTTON
Highwaymen
The Life of JOHN UPTON
a Pirate; including also the history of that sort of people, particularly the crew under Captain Cooper, in the "Night Rambler"
The Life of JEPTHAH BIGG
an Incendiary, and Writer of Threatening Letters
The Life of THOMAS JAMES GRUNDY
a Housebreaker
The Life of JOSEPH KEMP
a Housebreaker
The Life of BENJAMIN WILEMAN
a Highwayman
The Life of JAMES CLUFF
a Murderer, in which is contained a concise account of the nature of Appeals
The Life of JOHN DYER
a most notorious thief, highwayman and housebreaker
The Life of JAMES DRUMMOND
a Footpad
The Lives of WILLIAM CAUSTIN and GEOFFREY YOUNGER
Footpads
The Lives of HENRY KNOWLAND and THOMAS WESTWOOD
Footpads
The Life of JOHN EVERETT
a Highwayman
The Lives of ROBERT DRUMMOND, a Highwayman and FERDINANDO SHRIMPTON, a Highwayman and Murderer
Highwaymen etc
The Life of WILLIAM NEWCOMB
a housebreaker
The Life of STEPHEN DOWDALE
a Thief
The Life of ABRAHAM ISRAEL
a Jew
The Life of EBENEZER ELLISON
a Notorious Irish Thief
The Life of JAMES DALTON
a Thief
The Life of HUGH HOUGHTON, alias AWTON, alias NORTON
who robbed the Bristol Mail
The Life of JOHN DOYLE
a Highwayman
The Life of JOHN YOUNG
a Highwayman
The Life of THOMAS POLSON, alias HITCHIN
a Footpad and Highwayman
The Life of SAMUEL ARMSTRONG
a Housebreaker
The Life of NICHOLAS GILBURN
a Most Notorious Highwayman
The Lives of JAMES O'BRYAN, HUGH MORRIS and ROBERT JOHNSON
Highwaymen and Street-Robbers
Appendix
Hayward also includes an Appendix with a few additional items that fall outside his 1720-1730 period.
A true and perfect account of the examination, confession, trial, condemnation and execution, of JOHN PERRY, his mother and brother
for the supposed murder of WILLIAM HARRISON, Gent.
A Relation of the Surprising Discovery of the Murder of MARY BARWICK, committed by WILLIAM BARWICK, her husband, on the 14th of April, 1690
upon which he was convicted, at the Lent Assizes at York, before the Honourable Sir John Powell, Knight, then one of the Judges of Assize
An Account of the Conviction and Execution of Mr. WALKER, and MARK SHARP
for the Murder of ANN WALKER
The Life of JACQUES PERRIER
a French Robber and Murderer
The Lives of ABRAHAM WHITE, FRANCIS SANDERS, JOHN MINES, alias MINSHAM, alias MITCHELL, and CONSTANCE BUCKLE
Thieves and Housebreakers