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Richard Noland (
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1717-1724, last name occasionally Holland or Nowland) was an Irish
pirate Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and valuable goods, or taking hostages. Those who conduct acts of piracy are call ...
active in the
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. He was best known for sailing with
Samuel Bellamy Captain Samuel Bellamy ( 23 February 1689 – 26 April 1717), erroneously known as "Black Sam" Bellamy, was an English sailor turned pirate during the early 18th century. He is best known as one of the wealthiest pirates in the Golden Age of Pi ...
before working for the
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as a
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.


History

Elected captain of
Benjamin Hornigold Benjamin Hornigold (c. 1680–1719) was an English pirate towards the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Born in England in the late 17th century, Hornigold began his pirate career in 1713, attacking merchant ships in the Bahamas. He helped to e ...
’s ship after the crew deposed him for refusing to attack the English, Samuel Bellamy took a number of vessels including the slave ship ''Whydah''. Bellamy chose it as his flagship, and after capturing three more ships in April 1717, appointed his
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Richard Noland as captain of the
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''Anne Galley''; Bellamy's former quartermaster
Paulsgrave Williams Paulsgrave Williams (c. 1675 – after 1723), first name occasionally Paul, Palsgrave, or Palgrave, was a pirate who was active 1716–1723 and sailed in the Caribbean, American eastern seaboard, and off West Africa. He is best known for sailing ...
had earlier received a consort ship of his own to command, the ''Marianne''. Bellamy was caught in a storm off
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; he and the ''Whydah'' were lost at sea, while Noland and the others split up and departed. Noland, who had originally been part of Hornigold’s crew during the
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, had taken aboard all of Bellamy’s men who still wanted to continue piracy. He turned the ''Anne Galley'' south, looting a number of vessels on his way to the Caribbean. He may have transferred from the ''Anne'' to a captured sloop after Bellamy failed to rendezvous with them off
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. He indicated his intention to take the King’s Pardon offered by
Woodes Rogers Woodes Rogers ( – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer and colonial administrator who served as the List of governors of the Bahamas, governor of the Bahamas from 1718 to 1721 and again from 1728 to 1732. He is remembered ...
in 1718, along with Hornigold, Williams, and hundreds of others. He then acted as recruiter for Hornigold on Nassau. While working on Nassau he was approached by surgeon John Howell, who begged for protection from pirate
Jean Bonadvis Jean Bonadvis (fl. 1717–1720) was a French pirate active in the Caribbean. He is best known for his involvement with Benjamin Hornigold. History Hornigold, working in concert with Captain Napin, had taken the sloop ''Bennet'' in April 1717. H ...
who wanted to force him into his service. Noland helped Howell escape and signed him aboard Hornigold's ship for protection, where Howell had been serving until recently. Afterwards Noland was reported to have retired to lead a respectable life, and testified on behalf of other pirates seeking pardon. However, by summer 1718 he left the island to sign on with the Spanish. He served with them during the
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, sailing to the
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for the
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. Much of the Spanish fleet was captured, but Noland escaped along with fellow Irishman Admiral
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. Afterwards he returned to the Caribbean as a ''
guarda costa ''Guarda costa'' or ''guardacosta'' ("coast guard") was the name used in the Spanish Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries for the privateers based off their overseas territories, tasked with hunting down piracy, contraband and foreign private ...
'' privateer, captaining a ship alongside a Spaniard,
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, with a mixed crew. When the
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ended in early 1720, English and Spanish officials agreed to return ships captured by each other's privateers; the Spanish at
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agreed to make restitution "for four prizes brought in by Capt. Richd. Holland, which are the only that were taken." Benito and Noland were still recorded as capturing English vessels through 1724.


See also

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New Providence New Providence is the most populous island in The Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. On the eastern side of the island is the national capital, national capital city of Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau; it had a population of 246 ...
, home port for Hornigold and other pirates of the " Flying Gang". * Henry Johnson and Pedro Poleas - another English and Spanish pair who co-captained a pirate vessel. *
Nicholas de Concepcion Nicolás de la Concepción (fl. 1720, also known as "Nicholas of the Conception") was a Spanish privateer active off the New England coast. An escaped slave, he was one of the few black or mulatto pirate captains. History Sailing from his base in ...
- Another St. Augustinebased privateer for the Spanish, active at the same time as Noland.


References

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