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Shiver me timbers!  ‘Ave ‘e ever ‘eard of Mark Mixstow? Reverend William Penfold? Lady Killigrew or the Barbary Corsairs?  No?  Well listen ‘ere me hearties …….. we’ll start with the lady. Lady Killigrew of Arwenack ~ During the sixteenth century the Killigrew family gained notoriety by seizing ships, taking the cargo, and selling both to finance their lifestyle.  Although not Cornish by birth, Mary Killigrew, daughter of Philip Wolverston (a “gentleman pirate”) of Wolverston Hall in Suffolk, married Sir John…..

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