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Lady Katherine Ferrers
1634May, 4

Lady Katherine Ferrers

Lady Katherine Ferrers, English aristocrat and heiress (d. 1660)
Katherine Ferrers (4 May 1634 – c. 13 June 1660) was an English gentlewoman and heiress. According to popular legend, she was also the "Wicked Lady", a highwaywoman who terrorised the English county of Hertfordshire before dying from gunshot wounds sustained during a robbery.

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