Comments on: New Dorset records – are you descended from pirates? http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2012/06/14/new-dorset-records-are-you-descended-from-pirates/ The official Ancestry.co.uk blog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: mad mary http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2012/06/14/new-dorset-records-are-you-descended-from-pirates/#comment-2596 mad mary Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:01:39 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=3512#comment-2596 Abandon hope all ye who enter here The supposed inscription at the entrance to Hell. So what has it got to do with Pirates? Abandon hope all ye who enter here

The supposed inscription at the entrance to Hell.

So what has it got to do with Pirates?

]]> By: David http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2012/06/14/new-dorset-records-are-you-descended-from-pirates/#comment-2595 David Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:55:20 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=3512#comment-2595 Pirates were actually dealt with by the High Court of Admiralty and are therefore not in these records. Pirates were also operating in Cornwall which is of course in South-West England and some well-known pirates included Drake, of Armada fame. Pirates were actually dealt with by the High Court of Admiralty and are therefore not in these records. Pirates were also operating in Cornwall which is of course in South-West England and some well-known pirates included Drake, of Armada fame.

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