William Kyd
Pirate, Ship owner
1430 – 1453
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Who was William Kyd?
William Kyd was a 15th-century English pirate active in Southwest England from the 1430s until the 1450s. He and others, such as John Mixtow, William Aleyn and Clays Stephen, acted under virtual immunity from the law for over two decades while under the protection of corrupt custom officials.
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