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1. Jack Collet The son of a Southwark grocer, Collet was unusual in that he carried out many of his robberies while dressed as a bishop, accompanied by four or five confederates masquerading as his servants. According to the Newgate Calendar, his career was interrupted when he lost the bishop's robes in which he had committed his crimes but he was able to replace them by robbing a real bishop on the road from London to Farnham. The Bishop of Winchester was reconciled to the idea of being held up for his money but was astonished to be asked to strip off his vestments and hand them over. Collet was eventually arrested for breaking into the vestry of St Bartholomew's the Great and stealing the communion plate. He was executed at Tyburn on 5 July 1691. 2. AND 3. Plunkett and MacLaine The connoisseur and man of letters Horace Walpole described a terrifying encounter with two gentlemen of the road in his journal.crime London murders classic holiday in London highwayman