William Burke aided which Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean?
William Burke (pirate) William Burke (d. 1699, first name occasionally Thomas, last name occasionally Burk, Burt, Bourck, Burch, or Burcke) was an Irish pirate and trader active in the Caribbean and near Newfoundland, best known for aiding William Kidd.
Browne Bushell Browne Bushell (bap. 1609, d. 1651), was an English Civil War-era naval officer. He initially sided with the Roundheads. On the night of 15 August 1641 he led a small parliamentary force in a cutting out operation to capture the "Henrietta Marie" in Portsmouth harbour. In 1643 he switched to the royalist side. He was executed for piracy in March 1651.