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Elizabeth Lyon.
Lyon, Elizabeth [nicknamed Edgworth Bess] (fl. 1722–1726), prostitute and thief
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About Elizabeth Lyon
Elizabeth Lyon (fl. c. 1722–1726), nicknamed Edgworth Bess or Edgware Bess, was an English thief, prostitute and the partner of the criminal Jack Sheppard. Little is known about her background or her early life, but it is known that she was working as a prostitute at the Black Lyon alehouse in London by 1722 or 1723. Here she met Sheppard—at the time an apprentice carpenter—and the two began a relationship.
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