Jack Sheppard

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Jack Sheppard was a notorious early 18th-century English thief and prison-breaker whose daring escapes made him a legendary folk hero.

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instanceOf English criminal
escape artist
folk hero
person
thief
activeYears c. 1723–1724
ageAtDeath 22
apprenticeship carpenter
birthName John Sheppard
causeOfDeath hanging
contemporaryOf Jonathan Wild
countryOfCitizenship England
Kingdom of Great Britain
criminalCharge burglary
theft
culturalDepiction romanticized as a hero of the poor
dateOfBirth 1702
dateOfDeath 1724-11-16
enemyOf Jonathan Wild
era Georgian era
executionSite Tyburn gallows
gender male
hasReputation legendary escapee
notorious criminal
influenced later fictional thieves and rogues in English literature
inspiredWork Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth)
numerous 18th-century pamphlets and ballads
knownFor escaping from Newgate Prison
escaping from multiple London prisons
languageOfName English
legalStatusAtDeath convicted felon
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging
name Jack Sheppard self-link
notableFor becoming a popular folk hero
multiple prison escapes
numberOfEscapes four
occupation housebreaker
thief
placeOfBirth Middlesex, England
Spitalfields
surface form: Spitalfields, London
placeOfDeath Middlesex, England
Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains)
surface form: Tyburn, London
socialBackground working class
subjectOf The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard
timePeriod early 18th century
workedIn London, England
surface form: London

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Macheath inspiredBy Jack Sheppard
Jack Sheppard name Jack Sheppard self-link