My story begins on 29 November 1673, my twelfth
birthday. My friends and I came out of school at five o'clock and
saw a long line of horses coming down the road. The horses were
carrying gold, and the gold was guarded by soldiers because a
famous highwayman was in the area. I was very interested when I
heard this; the highwayman, whose name was Tom Faggus, was
my cousin