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Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his life but, by the early 1730s, he had joined a gang of deer thieves and, later, became a poacher, burglar, horse thief, and killer.
It is believed that, in 1632, the playwright Thomas Dekker was buried in the church. In 1641, the playwright Thomas Heywood was buried in the church. In 1737, Matthew King, accomplice of Dick Turpin, was buried at St James, aged 25, after he was allegedly accidentally shot by Turpin during a robbery.
The flats would be built alongside St George's Churchyard, where Turpin's grave is located - although its authenticity is disputed by some historians. Highwayman and horse thief Turpin - otherwise ...
This is a list of notable people buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California. The cemetery was founded in 1906 and has been used for many funerals of film stars and other celebrities since then.
Bones presumed to be his and those of his brother Richard, Duke of York were unearthed in the Tower in 1674 and re-buried in Westminster Abbey four years later. Richard III: 1485 Leicester Cathedral Originally buried across the street in Greyfriars, but the original tomb was lost when the friary was demolished in 1538. [4]
The state with the most presidential burial sites is Virginia with seven. Since its 1789 establishment, 50 people have served as Vice President of the United States. Of these, 43 have died. The state with the most vice-presidential burial sites is New York with 10. Fifteen people have served as both president and as vice president.
Finding King Richard III's grave was so 2012. We know how he died (in battle), when he died (1485) and, as of 2012, where he was buried (Grey Friars monastery). Old news.
Michael Turpin, husband of Elizabeth Zehnder Turpin. Elizabeth Turpin was convicted, along with two others, Karen Brown and Keith Bouchard, of Michael’s murder in February 1986 in Lexington, Ky.