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|placeofdeath = [[Newport, Wales]]
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'''John Callis''' or '''Calles''' (d. 1576) was a 16th century Welsh pirate. He was active in [[South Wales]] from [[Cardiff]] to [[Haverfordwest]], often selling his prizes and cargo in the villages of [[Laugharne]] and [[Carew]] in [[Milford Haven]], only a few miles south of [[Little Newcastle]], [[Wales]]. <ref>Sanders, Richard. ''If a Pirate I Must Be...: The True Story of Black Bart, King of the Caribbean Pirates''. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2007. (pg. 19) ISBN 1-60239-019-3</ref> His piratical career in [[South Wales]] lasted for decades before pressure from neighboring countries forced to English government to take action managing to capture him in 1576. The elderly pirate attempted to assist authorities in tracking down other pirates in exchange for his release, however the authorities refused his offer and he was hanged in [[Newport]] later that year. <ref>Fuller, Basil and Ronald Leslie-Melville. ''Pirate Harbours and Their Secrets''. London: Stanley Paul, 1935. (pg. 161-162)</ref> Following his execution, a commission was appointed to investigate merchants and others in the counties of [[Cardigan]], [[Pembroke]], [[Carmarthen]], [[Monmouth]] and [[Glamorgan]] associated with pirates. A list of those illegally dealing with pirates was compiled by the commission and the offenders fined. <ref> ''History of St. Gwynllyw' Church, Newport-on-Usk: Together with Some Historical Notes of the Immediate Neighborhood''. Newport: Robert H. Johns, 1893. (pg. 59)</ref>
'''John Callis''' or '''Calles''' (d. 1576) was a 16th century Welsh pirate. He was active in [[South Wales]] from [[Cardiff]] to [[Haverfordwest]], often selling his prizes and cargo in the villages of [[Laugharne]] and [[Carew]] in [[Milford Haven]], only a few miles south of [[Little Newcastle]], [[Wales]]. <ref>Sanders, Richard. ''If a Pirate I Must Be...: The True Story of Black Bart, King of the Caribbean Pirates''. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2007. (pg. 19) ISBN 1-60239-019-3</ref> His piratical career in [[South Wales]] lasted for decades before pressure from neighboring countries forced to English government to take action managing to capture him in 1576. The elderly pirate attempted to assist authorities in tracking down other pirates in exchange for his release, however the authorities refused his offer and he was hanged in [[Newport]] later that year. <ref>Fuller, Basil and Ronald Leslie-Melville. ''Pirate Harbours and Their Secrets''. London: Stanley Paul, 1935. (pg. 161-162)</ref> Following his execution, a commission was appointed to investigate merchants and others in the counties of [[Cardigan]], [[Pembroke]], [[Carmarthen]], [[Monmouth]] and [[Glamorgan]] associated with pirates. A list of those illegally dealing with pirates was compiled by the commission and the offenders fined. <ref> ''History of St. Gwynllyw' Church, Newport-on-Usk: Together with Some Historical Notes of the Immediate Neighborhood''. Newport: Robert H. Johns, 1893. (pg. 59)</ref>


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*Brooks, Sir Eric St. John. ''Sir Christopher Hatton: Queen Elizabeth's Favourite''. London: Jonathan Cape, 1946.
*Brooks, Sir Eric St. John. ''Sir Christopher Hatton: Queen Elizabeth's Favourite''. London: Jonathan Cape, 1946.
*Quinn, David B. ''The Voyages and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Gilbert''. London: Hakluyt Society, 1940.
*Quinn, David B. ''The Voyages and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Gilbert''. London: Hakluyt Society, 1940.
*Quinn, David B. and Neil M. Cheshire, ed. ''The New Found Land of Stephen Parmenius: The Life and Writings of a Hungarian Poet, Drowned on a Voyage from Newfoundland, 1573''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972.


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Revision as of 01:52, 13 June 2008

John Callis
Piratical career
TypePirate
Years active1570s
RankCaptain
Base of operationsSouth Wales
Commandsthe Swallow

John Callis or Calles (d. 1576) was a 16th century Welsh pirate. He was active in South Wales from Cardiff to Haverfordwest, often selling his prizes and cargo in the villages of Laugharne and Carew in Milford Haven, only a few miles south of Little Newcastle, Wales. [1] His piratical career in South Wales lasted for decades before pressure from neighboring countries forced to English government to take action managing to capture him in 1576. The elderly pirate attempted to assist authorities in tracking down other pirates in exchange for his release, however the authorities refused his offer and he was hanged in Newport later that year. [2] Following his execution, a commission was appointed to investigate merchants and others in the counties of Cardigan, Pembroke, Carmarthen, Monmouth and Glamorgan associated with pirates. A list of those illegally dealing with pirates was compiled by the commission and the offenders fined. [3]

References

  1. ^ Sanders, Richard. If a Pirate I Must Be...: The True Story of Black Bart, King of the Caribbean Pirates. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2007. (pg. 19) ISBN 1-60239-019-3
  2. ^ Fuller, Basil and Ronald Leslie-Melville. Pirate Harbours and Their Secrets. London: Stanley Paul, 1935. (pg. 161-162)
  3. ^ History of St. Gwynllyw' Church, Newport-on-Usk: Together with Some Historical Notes of the Immediate Neighborhood. Newport: Robert H. Johns, 1893. (pg. 59)

Further reading

  • Brooks, Sir Eric St. John. Sir Christopher Hatton: Queen Elizabeth's Favourite. London: Jonathan Cape, 1946.
  • Quinn, David B. The Voyages and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Gilbert. London: Hakluyt Society, 1940.
  • Quinn, David B. and Neil M. Cheshire, ed. The New Found Land of Stephen Parmenius: The Life and Writings of a Hungarian Poet, Drowned on a Voyage from Newfoundland, 1573. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972.