APPENDIX I
Reading edition
An account of the English buccaneers belonging to Jamaica and Tortuga in 1663, found among the Rawlinson MSS., makes the number of privateering ships fifteen, and the men engaged in the business nearly a thousand. The list is as follows:—
CaptainShipMenGuns
Sir Thomas Whetstonea Spanish prize607
Captain SmartGriffon, frigate10014
Captain GuyJames, frigate9014
Captain JamesAmerican, frigate706
Captain Cooperhis frigate8010
Captain Morrisa brigantine607
Captain Brenninghamhis frigate706
Captain Mansfielda brigantine604
Captain Goodlya pink606
Captain Blewfield, belonging to Cape Gratia de Diosa barque503
Captain Herduea frigate404
There were four more belonging to Jamaica, of which no account was available. The crews were mixed of English, French and Dutch.