Clinton Atkinson (Pirate)
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Clinton Atkinson was a 16th century british pirate. Clinton and his confederate Purser's
Thomas Walton (Pirate)
Thomas Walton was a 16th century british pirate. Purser and his confederate Clinton's activities were widely reported on at the time with, three broadsheet accounts being published shortly after their hanging in 1583...

, were widely reported on at the time with, three broadsheet accounts being published shortly after their hanging in 1583. Thomas Heywood
Thomas Heywood
Thomas Heywood was a prominent English playwright, actor, and author whose peak period of activity falls between late Elizabethan and early Jacobean theatre.-Early years:...

 documents their lives and deaths in his Fortune by Land and Sea
Fortune by Land and Sea
Fortune by Land and Sea is a Jacobean era stage play, a romantic melodrama written by Thomas Heywood and William Rowley. The play has attracted the attention of modern critics for its juxtaposition of the themes of primogeniture and piracy.-Publication:...

and there was also a two-part pamphlet published about them -A True Relation of the Lives and Deaths of the two most Famous English Pyrats, Purser, and Clinton.

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