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John Nutt

Torbay, Devon

A Devon pirate who was pardoned, thanks to a powerful friend.

John Nutt was a gunner from Lympstone who turned pirate in the 1620s, raiding ships in the Channel and off Ireland and Newfoundland, and using Torbay as a base. He was finally tricked into capture by a government official.

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When
1620s
Where
50.4000, -3.5200
Group
Pirates

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Torbay's harbours at Brixham and Torquay are full of seafaring history.

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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