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Pirates born active died
1562 ca 1593-1594 1622, Apr 17
a 17th-century English seaman, explorer and Elizabethan "Sea Dog", and the son of Admiral Sir John Hawkins . In 1604 he became Member of Parliament for Plymouth and Vice-Admiral of Devon, a post which, as the coast was swarming with pirates, was no sinecure. In 1605 he was named in the founding charter of the Spanish Company as one of the 557 founding members. In 1620 to 1621 he was vice-admiral, under Sir Robert Mansell of the fleet sent into the Mediterranean to reduce the Algerian corsairs. He died in London on 17 April 1622.
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Sir Richard Hawkins 1562 ca 1593
1594 1622, Apr 17
Captain James Langton 1550 ca 1585 1594 unknown English captain and pirate.
In his youth, he sailed as a seaman on board the Lords of Cumberland... Thomas Drake unknown 1560 1595 1595 an English pirate captain, commanded the ship Thomas for his brother Francis Drake during the cam... Sir John Hawkins 1532 1562 1595 1595, Nov 12 an English naval commander and administrator, merchant, navigator, shipbuilder, privateer and sla... Edward Fenner 1550 ca 1567 1595 1595 ca Brother to George, nephew to William Sr, cousin to William Jr .....
English pirate.
Since 156... Thomas Moone 1545 ca 1572 1595 1595 English captain and pirate, was originally a carpenter.
He became a member of the crew of Franci... Robert Crosse 1570 ca 1587 1595 1595 English pirate.
He was the brother of John Crosse.
From 1585 he served in the Atlantic and Cari... John Crosse 1575 1591 1595 1595 English cabin boy and a pirate.
Brother of Robert Crosse.
He became a member of the crew of Fr... Sir Francis Drake 1540 ca 1563 1596 1596, Jan 27/28 an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Drak... Shirahama Kenki unknown 1585 1599 1599 a Japanese pirate of the late 16th-early 17th centuries, one of the first Japanese with whom the... Dirk Gorissen unknown 1590 1599 1599 Privateer active in 1599 from the port of Duinkerken. In this year he was captured and he and his... Anthonis Rijcx unknown 1585 1601 unknown Privateer active in the years 1585 - 1601 from Duinkerken. He had a letter of Marque from the Spa... William Craston unknown 1590 1601 unknown Marcantonio Calefati 1545, May 1 1565 1602 1602, Nov 10 On 12 March 1568, after he had already participated in the War of Malta (1565) and that of Hungar... Grace O'Malley 1530 1550 1603 1603 chieftain of the Ó Máille clan in the west of Ireland, following in the footsteps of her father... Sir Michael Geare 1565 ca 1584 1603 unknown a 16th-century English sailor, privateer and merchant. One of the many Sea Dogs who plagued the S... Sir James Lancaster 1554 1591 1603 1618 a prominent Elizabethan trader and privateer, active in India during the late 16th century. In 15... George Clifford unknown 1558 1605 unknown an English peer, naval commander and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I. He helped to prepare an exped... Murat Reis the Elder 1534 1560 1608/38 1608/9/38 an Albanian privateer and admiral of the Ottoman Navy. He is regarded as one of the most importan... John Oxenham 1536 1570 1609 1580 Elizabethan Sea Dog and associate of Sir Francis Drake during the early years of the Anglo-Spanis... Jan Claasen unknown 1590 1609 unknown Dutch privateer in the service of Spain in 1599. He sailed from the port of Duinkerken. He attack... Adriaan Dirksen unknown 1590 1609 unknown Dirksen was vice-admiral and member of the board of admirals of Duinkerken in 1597. In May 1599 h... Amyas Preston unknown 1590 1609 1609 an English privateer of the Elizabethan period. Prestin came from Cricket St Thomas in Somerset. ... Elizabeth Shirland 1577 1590 1609 unknown she was born around 1577 in Devonshire, England. Elizabeth and some of her family joined a group ... Anthony Shirley 1565 1590 1609 1637 an English traveller, whose imprisonment in 1603 by King James I caused the English House of Comm... George Somers 1554, Apr 1570 1610 1610 an English naval hero, knighted for his achievements and the Admiral of the Virginia Company. He ... Peter Love unknown 1590 1610 1610 an English pirate, said to have been born in Lewes, Sussex. He was the captain of the Priam, and ... Richard Bishop 1550 ca 1561 1617 1617 ca Pirate of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. .....
English pirate. He served in the Mediterra... William Parker unknown 1587 1617 1617 an English captain and privateer, and also Mayor of Plymouth.
He was born near Plymouth and wa... Christopher Newport 1561 1588 1617 1617 an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant , th... Sir Walter Raleigh 1554 ca 1569 1618 1618, Oct 29 an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He i... John Ward [1] 1552/53 1590 1619 1622 a notorious English pirate around the turn of the 17th century who later became a Barbary Corsair... Jacob Willekens 1564/71 1590 1639 1633/1649 a Dutch admiral on a fleet to the Dutch Indies, and a herring seller, who went to sea again at th... Catalina de Erauso unknown 1585 1650 unknown a one-time nun who subsequently travelled around Spain and Spanish America, mostly under male ide...
