Eighty-two rogues, five tiers

The Chancers — 2,500 cards. The biggest tier, and the least professional. Not con artists by trade. Rat catchers, gong farmers, gravediggers.

The Grifters — 1,400 cards. Full-time professionals. For these ones it is not a sideline. Pardoners, coinclippers, fake epileptics.

The Crew — 750 cards. The band, and the people who make a band work. Little John, the Fence, the Lookout.

The Establishment — 300 cards. The same rackets, with a licence. The Sheriff, the Abbot, the Master of the Mint.

Legends — 50 cards, three characters. Robin Hood robs the rich and keeps a cut. That part never got sung.

The names are not invented

Thomas Harman catalogued them in 1566, by interviewing them.

Upright Man. Jarkman. Counterfeit Crank. Abraham Man. Walking Mort. Ruffler. Palliard. Prigger of Prancers. Bawdy Basket.

All nine are cards.

Eighty-two rogues, five tiers

The Chancers — 2,500 cards. The biggest tier, and the least professional. Not con artists by trade. Rat catchers, gong farmers, gravediggers.

The Grifters — 1,400 cards. Full-time professionals. For these ones it is not a sideline. Pardoners, coinclippers, fake epileptics.

The Crew — 750 cards. The band, and the people who make a band work. Little John, the Fence, the Lookout.

The Establishment — 300 cards. The same rackets, with a licence. The Sheriff, the Abbot, the Master of the Mint.

Legends — 50 cards, three characters. Robin Hood robs the rich and keeps a cut. That part never got sung.

The names are not invented

Thomas Harman catalogued them in 1566, by interviewing them.

Upright Man. Jarkman. Counterfeit Crank. Abraham Man. Walking Mort. Ruffler. Palliard. Prigger of Prancers. Bawdy Basket.

All nine are cards.

Eighty-two rogues, five tiers

The Chancers — 2,500 cards. The biggest tier, and the least professional. Not con artists by trade. Rat catchers, gong farmers, gravediggers.

The Grifters — 1,400 cards. Full-time professionals. For these ones it is not a sideline. Pardoners, coinclippers, fake epileptics.

The Crew — 750 cards. The band, and the people who make a band work. Little John, the Fence, the Lookout.

The Establishment — 300 cards. The same rackets, with a licence. The Sheriff, the Abbot, the Master of the Mint.

Legends — 50 cards, three characters. Robin Hood robs the rich and keeps a cut. That part never got sung.

The names are not invented

Thomas Harman catalogued them in 1566, by interviewing them.

Upright Man. Jarkman. Counterfeit Crank. Abraham Man. Walking Mort. Ruffler. Palliard. Prigger of Prancers. Bawdy Basket.

All nine are cards.