Lichfield Discovered

Tag: Crime

  • Stand and Deliver!

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    YOUR MONEY OR YOUR…. They’ve inspired legend, folklore, Adam Ant’s 1981 classic (sorry if you’re singing along already, it’s been stuck in our heads for days!), hilarious Horrible Histories sketches, and a whirl of Victorian fiction, fantasy and fandom…. But what were those highwaymen all about? Where did those legends start? Did they ever roam…

  • The Happy Sinner

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    On 3rd July 1691, army surgeon Richard Cromwel was executed in Lichfield for murder. A publication featuring his final prayers and pre-execution speech was sold by Michael Johnson, the bookselling father of Samuel. As a bizarre bonus, the book entitled, ‘The Happy Sinner; or The Penitent Malefactor’, also included Cromwel’s legacy, in the form of…