Leigh Ashworth
Leigh Ashworth | |
---|---|
Years active | 1716-1719 |
Piratical career | |
Commands | Mary |
Leigh Ashworth (fl. 1716-1719) was a pirate and privateer operating in the Caribbean in the early 1700s.
History
Leigh Ashworth was captain of a sloop named Mary, originally outfitted for privateering[1] with a commission from Jamaican governor Lord Archibald Hamilton. Alongside Henry Jennings, James Carnegie, and Samuel Liddell, they took a pair of French vessels in early 1716 in the Bay of Hounds. They also had to chase down Benjamin Hornigold, who'd made off with one of the French ships shortly afterwards.[2]
This caused a dispute with French officials in the area, who protested that the English ships were effectively pirates.[3] In Jamaica Ashworth's quartermaster Joseph Eels was arrested, and on the testimony of Eels and others – given in exchange for a promise of avoiding prosecution - the Mary was seized by the authorities in Jamaica in 1716 on suspicion of piracy. His brother Jasper and his partner Daniel Axtell were also arrested, having acted as fences for Ashworth's stolen goods.[2] The ill-equipped local government declared that they had uncertain authority to deal with the situation: "what to do with these men, we know not as yett, not having a Commission … nor Admiral, Vice Admiral or a deputy".[4]
When a general amnesty was offered in 1718 to pirates who gave up their ways, Ashworth, Jennings, Hornigold, and over 200 others accepted.[5] Ashworth next spent time ferrying ships and goods back and forth from South Carolina to Jamaica,[1] encountering Blackbeard.[6]
Late that year, Ashworth accepted another privateering commission against the Spanish and French. He was still attacking ships on flimsy pretenses: a former pirate operating a sloop out of New Providence testified that Ashworth "pretended to take him for a Spaniard" because his ship Endeavour had formerly been a Spanish sloop. Ashworth was still privateering as of 1719 but there are few records of his activities beyond that point,[1] though his brother Jasper Ashworth settled near Port Royal, married, and became a regional official.[7]
See also
- Woodes Rogers - Governor of the Bahamas who offered the 1718 general pardon to surrendering pirates.
References
- ^ a b c "Ashworths of Liverpool and Jamaica". baylusbrooks.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ a b "La Buse the longest serving Golden Age pirate captain?". Pyracy Pub. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "TreasureWorks Forum :: Topic: Find my treasure who can? (1/2)". treasureworks.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Nelson, Laura (21 June 2015). "The Whydah Pirates Speak: A letter concerning pirates in Jamaica". The Whydah Pirates Speak. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Fox, E. T. (2010). "Jacobitism and the "Golden Age" of Piracy, 1715-1725". International Journal of Maritime History. 22 (2): 285. doi:10.1177/084387141002200212. ISSN 0843-8714. S2CID 162372700. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Woodard, Colin (2014). The Republic of Pirates. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-44-724608-4.
[Blackbeard's fleet] also intercepted... Leigh Ashworth
- ^ "Ashworths of Liverpool and Jamaica, Page 2". baylusbrooks.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- v
- t
- e
- Ancient Mediterranean
- Golden Age
- 21st century
- Albanian piracy
- Anglo-Turkish piracy
- Baltic Slavic pirates
- Barbary pirates (corsairs)
- Brethren of the Coast
- Buccaneers
- Cilician pirates
- Child pirate
- Cossack pirates
- Fillibusters
- French corsairs
- Jewish pirates
- Moro pirates
- Narentines
- Privateers
- River pirate
- Sea Beggars
- Sea Dogs
- Sindhi corsairs
- Timber pirate
- Ushkuyniks
- Uskoks
- Vikings
- Victual Brothers
- Wokou
- Women in piracy
Atlantic World | |
---|---|
Indian Ocean | |
Other waters | |
Pirate havens and bases |
- Adventure Galley
- Ambrose Light
- Fancy
- Flying Dutchman
- Ganj-i-Sawai
- Queen Anne's Revenge
- Quedagh Merchant
- Marquis of Havana
- My Revenge
- Royal Fortune
- Saladin
- Whydah Gally
- York
- 1582 Cagayan battles
- 1985 Lahad Datu ambush
- Action of 9 November 1822
- Action of 28 October 2007
- Action of 11 November 2008
- Action of 9 April 2009
- Action of 23 March 2010
- Action of 1 April 2010
- Action of 5 April 2010
- Anti-piracy in the Aegean
- Antelope incident
- Anti-piracy in the West Indies
- Attack on Veracruz
- Balanguingui Expedition
- Battle of Boca Teacapan
- Battle of Cape Fear River
- Battle of Cape Lopez
- Battle of Doro Passage
- Battle of Mandab Strait
- Battle of Manila
- Battle off Minicoy Island
- Battle off Mukah
- Battle of Nam Quan
- Battle of New Orleans
- Battle of Ocracoke Inlet
- Battle of Pianosa
- Battle of the Leotung
- Battle of the Tiger's Mouth
- Battle of Tonkin River
- Battle of Ty-ho Bay
- Battle of Tysami
- Beluga Nomination incident
- Blockade of Charleston (Vane)
- Chepo Expedition
- Capture of the Ambrose Light
- Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham
- Capture of the schooner Bravo
- Capture of the schooner Fancy
- Capture of the sloop Anne
- Carré d'As IV incident
- Dai Hong Dan incident
- Falklands Expedition
- Great Lakes Patrol
- Irene incident
- Jiajing wokou raids
- Maersk Alabama hijacking
- MT Zafirah hijacking
- MT Orkim Harmony hijacking
- MV Moscow University hijacking
- North Star affair
- Operation Enduring Freedom – HOA
- Operation Atalanta
- Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden
- Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden
- Operation Ocean Shield
- Persian Gulf Campaign
- Pirate attacks in Borneo
- Quest incident
- Raid on Cartagena
- Sack of Baltimore
- Sack of Campeche
- Salvador Pirates
- Slave raid of Suðuroy
- Turkish Abductions
- African slave trade
- African Slave Trade Patrol
- Amistad Incident
- Atlantic slave trade
- Barbary slave trade
- Blockade of Africa
- Capture of the Veloz Passagera
- Capture of the brig Brillante
- Indian Ocean slave trade
- Trans-Saharan slave trade
popular
culture
Fictional pirates |
|
---|---|
Novels |
|
Tropes | |
Miscellaneous |
Lists | |
---|---|
Categories |
|
- Piracy portal
- Category