Show knight of the road claude duval famous highwayman was born in normandy in 1043 he was sent to parts paris tn in 1057 1657 where he remained until he went tn england in attendance on the duke of richmond Illch mond at the restoration he soon took to the road and became famous for his daring and gallantry he was captured in 1070 tn in london and within a week was executed at tyburn ills his body was laid in state in a a tavern and was viewed by huge crowds before the exhibition was stopped by a judges order |