Relationships betwen England and Pirates during English gold piracy century?

Pirates were pirates, viewed as criminals and were subject to being hunted down by the Royal Navy, tried and generally hung.





Privateers were issued with warrants by the Crown, enabling them to legally attack ships of specific Nations, in the British case generally Spanish. Any booty or treasure taken as a result of these 'legal' attacks was split between the Crown and the Captain of the ship involved.


Henry III of England granted the first Letter of Reprisal in 1243. The precursor of the Letter of Marque, these letters licensed a ship to attack enemy ships without fear of punishment. In exchange, the king received a share of all plunder and increased the size of his navy without having to pay to crew, maintain, or supply them. Originally, ships granted such licenses were called “private men-of-war,” but this was shortened to privateer. In time, the term privateer came to represent the ship, the captain, and the crew.


Privateering flourished between the 16th and 18th centuries, a time when European countries waged almost constant war against each other. In theory privateers attacked only enemy ships and did so in accordance with the restrictions delineated in their letters of marque. In reality some privateers bent the rules and attacked ships of friendly nations, which constituted acts of piracy.





Even though privateers possessed licenses giving them permission to plunder enemy merchant ships, the enemy didn’t necessarily agree with the legality of what they did. Spain viewed any such attacks on their ships as acts of piracy, and treated captured privateers accordingly.





Queen Elizabeth I’s privateers were known as Sea Dogs. The best known of these was Francis Drake, whom she called “her pirate.” His ventures brought her great wealth, and in 1581 she knighted him. Other Sea Dogs included John Hawkins and Thomas Cavendish. Although Sir Walter Raleigh wasn’t a privateer, he did promote them. He used the proceeds garnered from these ventures to fund expeditions to his Virginia colony. Elizabeth, however, deemed privateering of greater import than colonization, which is why Raleigh’s ships didn’t return to Roanoke as planned and why what became of the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery to this day.Relationships betwen England and Pirates during English gold piracy century?
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Your question reads more like a statement at present.Relationships betwen England and Pirates during English gold piracy century?
In my opinion, the English colonists were pirates pretending to be gentlemen.





But the sea pirates were upfront about being pirates, and didn't pretend to be anything other than what they were.
Piracy is a crime. And was. The Royal Navy got after them. Only a few were taken in and like Captain Morgan and a couple of others; made legitimate.
What era ?No such time.


However Piracy was illegal and punishable by execution if caught by the Royal Navy.


We did (as did several nations) employ ';reformed Pirates'; known as Privateers to raid enemy nations shipping ,often rewarding them highly - e.g. Cap`n Morgan was Governor of a certain West Indies island which funnily enough named a Dark Rum after him LOL.
By ';pirate'; do you mean privateer?





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