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A87070	Hannam's last farewell to the world: being a full and true relation of the notorious life and shamfull death of Mr. Richard Hannam, the great robber of England; with the manner of his apprehension, examination, confession and speech made to the sheriffs a little before his execution in the round in Smithfield, in Tuesday the 17. of June, 1656,		1656 (1656)	Wing H655A; Thomason E1642_2; ESTC R209073	4,780	16

HANNAM'S Last farewell to the WORLD Being a full and true Relation of the notorious Life and shamfull Death of Mr. Richard Hannam the great Robber of England with the manner of his apprehension Examination Confession and speech made to the Sheriffs a little before his Execution in the Round in Smithfield on Tuesday the 17. of June 1656 London Printed for Thomas Vere and William Gilbertson 1656. Truth to gaine Credit OR A true and impartiall Relation of the apprehension examination and execution of Mr. Richard Hannam on Tuesday the 17. of June 1656. SO many and various have bin the reports concerning M. Richard Hannam the grand robber of England that meerely to vindicate the truth and really to informe the people of this Nation in each particular circumstance of the businesse I have set Pen to Paper only to testifie what I received from his owne Mouth and heard at his Execution He was the Son of M. Richard Hannam a Shoomaker born in Shafisbury a gallant Town in Dorsetshire his parents living in very good repute and educated him for a few years honestly and according to their quality but his ambitious spirit and running head not long brooking to be curb'd by the reyns of unbridled youth he tooke occasion to run from his Father and Mother and came to London where he ●ound himselfe an Apprentice to a Silk-weaver in Shoreditch but being soon-out of love with that place also as a trade too setled for his wandr●ng mind he left that also and took upon him a Tapsters place to draw drink in a common Ale-house unto which place resorted many people of sundry dispositions and amongst the rest a crew of Cutters that perceiving Dick Hannam to be of a quick ingenious capacity soon invited him to leave that calling also and to imbrace their wicked society wherein in a short time he so well profited that from a servant he became a Master and by his exquisite skill in Theevery was able to teach his Teachers I shall omit many of his mad pranks playd in England at his first entrance into this th●evish trade because I would only mention that which is freshest in memory about the yeare 1650 he travel'd into Denmark where by cunning policy the help of his wicked Confederats he rob'd the Kings Treasury and conveyed away a vast sum of Mony but this not contenting his avaritious humour he past from thence into Swedland and there rob'd the Queen of 4000 l. in Mony with Rings Plate and Jewels amounting to a very considerable summe yet it had like to have cost him deare for diligent search being made after him he was quickly apprehended and committed to the common prison there to remaine till upon tryall he should be convey'd to the gallowes but Hannam though he lov'd stealing yet was out of love with hanging and being expert in his trade soon found out a way to unlose himself by filing off his Irons picking open the Locks and breaking the Goale Having thus rid himselfe out of that danger he also quitted the place and from thence sailed into Holland where for a while he lived like a Gentleman and a pretended Merchant of very great quality and by his fair insinuating tongue got into great acquaintance and was very well beloved amongst the chiefest persons of quallity in Amsterdam for there was his residence at length through his subtelty he found an oppertunity to break up their Banke of moneys and tooke out as much as he knew well what to do withall and before it was discovered transported both him selfe and his Coyne into England in the yeare 1655. And here I cannot but vindicate him from one common lie which is frequent in every mans mouth and likewise printed in one feigned foolish pamphlet to wit that he should robb the King of Scots Really as the gallowes hath its due so I would have the thiefe to have his likewise and I doe verily believe and that upon very good grounds if a dying man may be to be believed that he never did any such thing but abhor'd the very thought of it Furthermore that nonsensical book renders him guilty of many bloody murders but I think no man ever heard that he ever was so much as arraigned for murder much lesse that he killed any man but I shall wave this discourse lest I should be mistaken and proceed to his deportment in England Hannam living in London at a very great height for a time kept company with the best and spent his mony freely for he had perfectly learned the old proverb Lightly come lightly go but the Addition quickly gone soon followed and that drove him to his old trade of Thieving again for more but not with so good successe as formerly For adventuring with some other of his Confederates to robb Alderman Hancocks house a Vintner at the Greyhound in Fleetstreet after they had wounded him in his bed conveyed away some plate and other goods they made their escape but within two or three dayes after two men and a woman were apprehended for the fact tried at the next Sessions found guilty and hanged before Mr. Hancocks doore 1654. Within a little while after this Richard Hannam was apprehended for the same crime examined cast and condemned to be hanged by the Neck till he died after the usual manner and so conveyed back to Newgate there to be kept till the day of Execution Now or never was it high time for Hannam to bestirre himself on Saturday he was condemned on Munday he was to be hanged long time he had not to consider on it and therefore to be short he suddenly pitcht upon this device The French Embassador having not long before been rob'd of his plate he pretends to discover the thieves Hereupon the Embassador gets a Reprieve from his Highness the Lord Protector til he should accomplish it In the mean mean time Hannam plots his escape out of Newgate and thus effects it One morning about three or soure of the clock after the Watch was risen hee files off his Chains as it was his usuall custome easily to doe cunningly picks open the locks and screwes out the bars of three or four strong doores comes down into the Lodge the Keepers being all asleep unlocks the outward door lets himself out and so made his escape for which the Keepers were indited the Sessions following but upon examination acquitted onely little Grimes the under Clerk confest that he knew when hee went out but durst not speake for fear of being kil'd and for being privic to his escape he was hanged 1655. Much search and diligent inquiry being made to retake Hannam he was in a short time after his escape again apprehended in Essex and brought up to London but as he came through Cheap-side just against Sadlers Hall he fell upon the two men that guarded him strooke up their heeles and run cleare away so once more freed himselfe from danger but liking no place for his habitation so