Joan Phillips, born 1656 in Northamptonshire, was a Nottingham highway robber who passed herself off as a man. The Annals of Nottingham distinguished her history as "extraordinary" amidst many "remarkable incidents" of local criminality. Click here to read more about her in the Nottingham Post.
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Joan Phillips, highwaywoman of Nottingham
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