John Nevison (also known as William Nevison) was one of Britain's most notorious highwaymen, a gentleman-rogue supposedly nicknamed "Swift Nick" by King Charles II after a renowned dash from Kent to York (often wrongly attributed to Dick Turpin, though there are suggestions that the feat was actually undertaken by one Samuel Nicks. Wikipedia
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