Thomas Walton (Pirate)
Thomas Walton (also known as Purser) was a 16th century british pirate. Purser and his confederate Clinton's activities were widely reported on at the time with, three broadsheet accounts being published shortly after their hanging in 1583. In addition Thomas Heywood documents their lives and deaths in his romantic melodrama Fortune by Land and Sea and there was also a two-part pamphlet published about them; A True Relation of the Lives and Deaths of the two most Famous English Pyrats, Purser, and Clinton.[1][2][3]
Source material
Original sources listed by Claire Jowitt for her work include:[2]
- Clinton Atkinson and Thomas Walton, Clinton, Purser & Arnold, to their countreymen wheresoever (London, 1583) (Wherein is described by their own hands their vnfeigned penitence for their offences past: their patience in welcoming their death, & their duetiful minds towardes her most excellent Maiestie)
- Thomas Heywood and William Rowley, Fortune by Land and Sea, (ed.) Herman Doh (New York, 1980)
- Anon, A True Relation of the Lives and Deaths of the two most Famous English Pyrats, Purser, and Clinton; who lived in the Reigne of Queene Elizabeth (London, 1639);
- Anon, The Second Part of The Two most Famous Pirats (London, 1639).
References
- ^ Jowitt, Claire. “Scaffold Performances: The Politics of Pirate Execution,” in Pirates? The Politics of Plunder, 1550-1650 edited by Claire Jowitt. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, 151-168 and 218-219.
- ^ a b Jowitt, Claire (2010) The culture of piracy, 1580-1630: English literature and seaborne crime - Transculturalisms, 1400-1700 Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
- ^ C. L'Estrange. Ewen (1948) The Pirates Of Purbeck, With Particular Reference To Thomas Walton Alias Purser, Clinton Atkinson Alias Smith And William Arnewood Alias Arnold. Dorset Nat.Hist.& Achaeo.Soc. 30th November, 1948
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Walton, Thomas |
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Purser |
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1583 |
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