The Silver Oar and Other Maces of the Admiralty: Admiralty Jurisdiction in America and the British Empire

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | April 1, 2007| | Copyright

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On May 23, 1701 the Admiralty Marshal, bearing the Silver Oar, led a procession from London's Newgate Prison to the Admiralty's gallows on the Thames River at Wapping Old Stairs where Captain William Kidd and six associates were hanged as pirates. The bodies were later cut down, immersed in tar, loaded with chains and displayed at Tilbury Fort until they disintegrated.1 These lamentable entertainments were great crowd-pleasers until the abolition of public hangings in 1868 and were the most public of the displays of the Silver Oar of the High Court of Admiralty. The Silver Oar ...

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