Mail robbery. The Chester mail was robbed near Highgate

On Sunday the first Instant, between 5 and 6 of the Clock in the Morning, three Persons on Horseback set upon the Chester Mail about a Mile beyond Highgate, taking the Pacquet-Horse and Pacquet into an adjacent Wood; but they only broke open the Leicester Bag, all the other Bags remaining sealed. A Gentleman riding Post with the Mail, was likewise taken into the said Wood, they blinding him and the Post-Boy whilst they robbed them. These Persons were mounted as followeth: One of them on a bald Sorrel Horse, with three white Feet, and about 12 Hands high; this Person had on him a loose Camblet Coat, and under it a grey close-bodied Coat. The second in a whitish close-bodied Coat, with a brown bob Periwig, and a Steel hilted Sword, mounted on a bay Horse about 12 or 13 Hands high. The third in a grey course loose Coat, mounted on a brown bay Horse, seeming to be a Cart-Horse, about 13 Hands high.