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Eustace the Monk

Off Sandwich, Kent

A monk turned pirate who was beheaded at sea off Sandwich.

Eustace was a French monk who left his monastery, became an outlaw and then a pirate in the English Channel, serving whichever king paid him. Legends said he used magic.

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When
Killed 1217
Where
51.2800, 1.3400
Group
Pirates

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Sandwich is a historic Cinque Port with medieval streets.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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