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1552 ca 1585 ca 1648
an English privateer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1575 and 1648. In December 1575 Knollys was elected Member of Parliament for Oxford following the death of Edward Knollys, and held the seat unit 1589. In those early years he was involved in piracy with Sir Francis Drake , serving as a rear-admiral on privateering activities in the Caribbean, returning in 1586 with considerable booty. He soon after served with his brother-in-law, the Earl of Leicester, in the Netherlands campaign and was knighted by him at Flushing on 7 December 1587.
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Francis Knollys 1552 ca 1585
1585 1648
Giovanni Dionigi 1519 1536 1587 1587, Jun 21 an Italian born corsair (privateer) who later became an Ottoman admiral (Reis), Bey of the Regenc... Lady Mary Killigrew [3] 1525 ca 1540 1587 1587 ca Mary was the daughter of a former Suffolk pirate. Mary's husband Sir Henry Killigrew, a former pi... Edward Bright unknown 1560 1589 1589 Sailed with Francis Drake on his round the world journey ......
English pirate.
He was a memb... John Cooke [1] 1545 ca 1560 1589 1600 ca English pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended all his robber... Lawrence Eliot 1545 ca 1560 1589 1600 ca English pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1560 and attended all his robber... George Fortescue [1] 1550 ca 1560 1589 unknown English pirate.
He was a member of the crew by Francis Drake in 1563 and attended all his robber... James Rance 1545 ca 1560 1589 1589 ca English pirate.
He was a member of the crew of Francis Drake from 1560 to r.1567 and attended al... John Chidley unknown 1565 1589 unknown explored with John Davis….wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Chidley George Fenner 1550 ca 1567 1589 1589 Brother to Edward, nephew to William Sr, cousin to William Jr ......
English pirate.
Since 15... Captain William Fenner Sr. unknown 1567 1589 1589 Uncle to Edward and George .........
English captain and pirate.
He was the father of William... John Callice 1558 ca 1570 1589 1587 Born in Southeastern Wales, Callice moved to London as a youth, became a retailer and later joine... Clinton Atkinson unknown 1580 1589 1583, Aug 31 a 16th-century British pirate, active in the 1580s in the sea surrounding Devon and Cornwall in ... Mark Bury unknown 1580 1589 1589 operated in the Atlantic. .....
English pirate.
He served in the Atlantic. It was sunk by the... Captain Fleming unknown 1580 1589 unknown Pirate. This notorious Elizabethan pirate did his country a great service by bringing to Plymouth... Mrs. Peter Lambert unknown 1580 1590s 9 unknown Born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Thomas Fenner 1550 ca 1564 1591 1591 Privateer .....
English officer and a pirate.
He was a close friend of Francis Drake.
Even a... 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... 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... 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... 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... George Somers 1554, Apr 1570 1610 1610 an English naval hero, knighted for his achievements and the Admiral of the Virginia Company. He ... Richard Bishop 1550 ca 1561 1617 1617 ca Pirate of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. .....
English pirate. He served in the Mediterra... Sir Walter Raleigh 1554 ca 1569 1618 1618, Oct 29 an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He i...
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