Tom Cox (highwayman) hangman out of the cart carrying him to the gallows. Samuel Smith recorded that: He was listed in James Caulfield's "Blackguardiana: or, a dictionary of rogues, bawds, pimps, whores, pickpockets, shoplifters, &c." (1793) and features in a song sung by a character in the novel "Rookwood" (1834) by W. Harrison Ainsworth as follows: Tom Cox (highwayman) Thomas Cox (c. 1665 – 12 September 1690), known as "The Handsome Highwayman", was an English highwayman, sentenced to death and hanged at Tyburn. He had a reputation for a spirited nature and it is reported that when asked if he wished to say
Patrick Fleming (highwayman) to arrest Fleming and his cohorts. Fleming and 14 of his men were taken to Dublin and hanged on April 24, 1650. His body was hanged in chains inside the city of Dublin. Poems have been written about his exploits named "The Ballad of Patrick Flemming" or "Patrick Flemmen he was a Valiant Soldier". These poems are said to be the foundation for the Irish ballad and much covered song "Whiskey in the Jar." Patrick Fleming (highwayman) Patrick Fleming was an Irish highwayman and the subject of poems and songs in Ireland. He was executed on April 24, 1650. Fleming