Are you sure -U- wanna be a pirate?
"The gallows were built on the shore near the low tide mark. When Capt. Caribbeans execution was due to take place, large crowds gathered on the shore and in boats moored out in the river.
The condemned man had to travel in a procession from the Marshalsea Prison on the south bank, across London Bridge and past the Tower of London to Execution Dock.
The procession was led by the Admiralty Marshal or his deputy who carried the silver oar that represented the authority of the Admiralty. The pirate travelled in a cart and was accompanied by the prison chaplain.
After the pirate had been hanged it was usual to let three tides pass over the body before it was taken away to be buried in an unmarked grave or sent to Surgeon's Hall for dissection. The dissection of executed criminals had been authorised in Henry VIII's reign and was common practice by the 18th century."
Eye hope Eye did not scare the lad off!