Knighton Ferrers and Katherine (or Catherine) Walters
Katherine Ferrers (4 May 1634 – c. 13 June 1660) was an English gentlewoman and heiress. According to popular legend, she was also the "Wicked Lady", a highwaywoman who terrorised the English county of Hertfordshire before dying from gunshot wounds sustained during a robbery.
during a robbery. KatherineFerrers was born on 4 May 1634 at Bayford in Hertfordshire to Knighton Ferrers and his wife, the former Katherine (or Catherine)...
operated until the mid- or late 19th century. Highwaywomen, such as KatherineFerrers, were said to also exist, often dressing as men, especially in fiction...
was based upon the (disputed) events surrounding the life of Lady KatherineFerrers, the wife of the major landowner in Markyate on the main London–Birmingham...
Ferrers may refer to: The Ferrers family Notable people Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, (1861–1924), British army general Elizabeth Ferrers, (c. 1250...
sale again for £5.7m. The hall is known for being the home of Lady KatherineFerrers, reputedly the "Wicked Lady", a 17th-century highwaywoman who operated...
1088) 1559 – Alice Spencer, English noblewoman (d. 1637) 1634 – KatherineFerrers, English aristocrat and heiress (d. 1660) 1649 – Chhatrasal, Indian...
Hertfordshire" (3 vols 1870 - 1881). In it he tells the semi-fictional tale of KatherineFerrers, a possible Lady turned highwayman. This presents a speculative source...
fighter Simon Byrne. It was also the haunt of the highwaywoman Lady KatherineFerrers, better known as the "Wicked Lady". A widespread but now little-known...
Eichstadt, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1596) June 13 – Lady KatherineFerrers, English aristocrat and heiress (b. 1634) June 30 – William Oughtred...
3rd Earl of Manchester, English politician (d. 1683) May 4 – Lady KatherineFerrers, English aristocrat and heiress (d. 1660) May 7 – Richard Legh, English...
novels, and is based on the life of highwaywoman Katherine Fanshawe, also known as Lady KatherineFerrers. The second in the trilogy, Spirit of the Highway...
Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (born Katherine de Roet, c. 1349 – 10 May 1403) was the third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the fourth...
Edmund Burke in 1774. It is said that Ralph Chaplin, the lover of Lady KatherineFerrers "the Wicked Lady", was caught on Finchley Common (c.1660). There were...
generally believed (although only after her death) to have been Lady KatherineFerrers. "Welcome to Mid Herts Golf Club : Mid Herts Golf Club". www.mid-hertsgolfclub...
Eichstadt, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1596) June 13 – Lady KatherineFerrers, English aristocrat and heiress (b. 1634) June 30 – William Oughtred...
3rd Earl of Manchester, English politician (d. 1683) May 4 – Lady KatherineFerrers, English aristocrat and heiress (d. 1660) May 7 – Richard Legh, English...
along Watling Street to the far end of Wales. This may have been Lady KatherineFerrers of Markyate Cell 1634-1660 who was married to a detached husband Thomas...
highwaywoman claimed, after her death, to have been Lady KatherineFerrers of Markyate. Ferrers Lane, which runs through the middle of the common, takes...
★★★★★" The Lady Magazine. The novel was inspired by the legend of Lady KatherineFerrers and was adapted into the classic British film The Wicked Lady, produced...