 On Wednesday 11 November 1724, the day after Sheppard's death sentence was confirmed, Blake was drawn to Tyburn along the traditional route, stopping at the Griffin tavern on Holborn for a stiff drink.In his drunkenness, he slurred his speech from the scaffold before he was hanged.His body was laid out for a few days, and he was buried in the churchyard at St Andrew, Holborn.