18 April

Thomas Anstis leaves with the Good Fortune as Roberts heads for West Africa.

Bartholomew Roberts Killed before trial

A Welsh mate forced into piracy took hundreds of ships in under three years. A broadside off Gabon in 1722 ended him, and 52 of his men were hanged.

Seddon is hanged at Pentonville Prison.

Frederick Seddon Executed

An insurance man took over his lodger's savings for an annuity. Weeks after she fell ill and died, the arsenic in her body sent him to the gallows.