draw-latch

Peter Peterson, a very noted rieve, draw-latch, and murtherer, who has wrought much evil for many years in the parts about Winchester.

The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

If the man be a draw-latch and a robber it would be an honorable deed to clear the country of such an evil. "

Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

"It shall never be said, whilst I am bailiff of Southampton, that any waster, riever, draw-latch or murtherer came scathless away from me and my posse.

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

"It shall never be said, whilst I am bailiff of Southampton, that any waster, riever, draw-latch or murtherer came scathless away from me and my posse.

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

"For this man is Peter Peterson, a very noted rieve, draw-latch, and murtherer, who has wrought much evil for many years in the parts about Winchester.

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

"It shall never be said, whilst I am bailiff of Southampton, that any waster, riever, draw-latch or murtherer came scathless away from me and my posse.

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

Get thee back to thy fellows ere I lay hands upon you: for your foot is on my land, and I may slay you as a common draw-latch. "

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

"For this man is Peter Peterson, a very noted rieve, draw-latch, and murtherer, who has wrought much evil for many years in the parts about Winchester.

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

"For this man is Peter Peterson, a very noted rieve, draw-latch, and murtherer, who has wrought much evil for many years in the parts about Winchester.

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

Get thee back to thy fellows ere I lay hands upon you: for your foot is on my land, and I may slay you as a common draw-latch. "

The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902