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JeffB	Folklore: Sack of Baltimore (28)	RE: Folklore: Sack of Baltimore	14 Jul 15
The pirates were based on Lundy Island in the approach to the English Channel, from where they also attacked the Cornish village of Mousehole. They even raided as far as Iceland. They were on Lundy around the period 1627 - 32. Murat Reis's original name was Jan Janszoon. Before Ries, Lundy had been the base of the piratical Marisco family, and was used by pirates and privateers of different nations for many years to come. There are a few songs - those which say a ship was a just day from her loading port - which I suspect derive from attacks by pirates in the Bristol Channel, but I don't think the Royal Oak is one of them.

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