John Cottington or Mulled Sack, notorious pickpocket and later drunken highwayman and murderer. Famous for robbing Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II. Hanged in 1685. Depicted as a chimney sweep. Woodcut from The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed, Henry Piercy, New York, 1836.
John Cottington or Mulled Sack, notorious pickpocket and later drunken highwayman and murderer. Famous for robbing Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II. Hanged in 1685. Depicted as a chimney sweep. Woodcut from The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed, Henry Piercy, New York, 1836.