Murder & homicide · 1536 · Pre-Victorian

Murder of Robert Pakington

In 1536 London merchant Robert Pakington was shot dead in the street near his home at Cheapside. The killer was never identified and the case is sometimes cited as one of London's earliest unsolved firearms murders.

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