By Rya “From the remote past down to the middle of the fourteenth century.” writes Neville Williams. “the line dividing legitimate trade from piracy was blurred, for one and the same individual followed what would later become four different professions—fisherman, trader. pirate and naval officer.” As there were no
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Discover K.M. Clark in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. The trail includes “Summary History of Rye 16” and “Piracy and the Cinque Ports”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account.
Summary History of Rye 16
by Rya Part 16 William Holloway, Historian of Rye William Holloway was born on 1st August, 1785 at Emsworth in Hampshire of a merchant family. At the age of seven he was sent to Midhurst Grammar School, where he received a good classical education as well as a certain amount of