Robert Walsingham (pirate) explained

Robert Walsingham, also Wallsingham, was a famous 17th-century English pirate who served with the Barbary States.^[1] He was the captain of a Turkish man-of-war, in which he finally sailed to Ireland to submit himself to the authorities.^[2] He was pardoned in 1621 by James I of England, together with Henry Mainwaring with whom he had collaborated,^[3] and was accepted into the Royal Navy.^[1]

See also

• Anglo-Turkish piracy

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=5SvHiwPKANoC&pg=PA129 Predators and parasites Oded Löwenheim p.129
2. Defining Community in Early Modern Europe, edited by Michael J. Halvorson and Karen E. Spierling (Farnham, Eng.: Ashgate, 2008), p. 231ff. https://books.google.com/books?id=DupeQSAoZDYC&pg=PA231
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=OQj17APXUUUC&pg=PA46 Jolly Roger Patrick Pringle p.46ff