Lady Katherine Ferrers
Lady Katherine Fanshaw (née Ferrers) (4 May 1634 – c. 13 June 1660) was, according to popular legend, the "Wicked Lady", a highwaywoman who terrorised Nomansland common in the English county of Hertfordshire in the 17th century before bleeding to death from gunshot wounds sustained during a robbery.
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