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long titles">Long title</a></th><td class="infobox-data description">An Act for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, and other Felonies, and for the more effectual Transportation of Felons, and unlawful Exporters of Wool; and for declaring the Law upon some Points relating to Pirates.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/4_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="4 Geo. 1">4 Geo. 1</a>. c. 11</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">21 March 1718</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Other legislation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Amended by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Statutes_Repeal_Act_1827" title="Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827">Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law_(India)_Act_1828" title="Criminal Law (India) Act 1828">Criminal Law (India) Act 1828</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Statute_Law_Revision_Act_1887" title="Statute Law Revision Act 1887">Statute Law Revision Act 1887</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Repeal" title="Repeal">Repealed by</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law_Act_1967" title="Criminal Law Act 1967">Criminal Law Act 1967</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><div style="background-color: #ffcccc;">Status: Repealed</div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Piracy Act 1717</b> (<a href="/wiki/4_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="4 Geo. 1">4 Geo. 1</a>. c. 11), sometimes called the <b>Transportation Act 1717</b> (<b>1718</b> in <a href="/wiki/New_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="New Style">New Style</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ekirch_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ekirch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">Parliament of Great Britain</a> that established a regulated, <a href="/wiki/Surety_bond" class="mw-redirect" title="Surety bond">bonded</a> system to <a href="/wiki/Penal_transportation" title="Penal transportation">transport criminals</a> to colonies in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> for <a href="/wiki/Indentured_servitude" title="Indentured servitude">indentured service</a>, as a punishment for those convicted or <a href="/wiki/Attainted" class="mw-redirect" title="Attainted">attainted</a> in Great Britain, excluding Scotland. The Act established a seven-year transportation sentence as a punishment for people convicted of lesser felonies (those under the <a href="/wiki/Benefit_of_clergy" title="Benefit of clergy">benefit of clergy</a>), and a fourteen-year sentence for more serious crimes, in lieu of <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">capital punishment</a>. Completion of the sentence had the effect of a <a href="/wiki/Pardon" title="Pardon">pardon</a>; the punishment for returning before completion was death. It is commonly accepted that 30,000 convicts (women, men and children) may have been transported to the British American colonies, with some estimates going as high as 50,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Ekirch_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ekirch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Act established that merchants and others could contract transport convicts, after giving a surety bond that the transport would be made and the term of service would be completed. To accomplish this, the Act declared that the contractor had a property and interest in the convict's transport and service. Significantly under section five, and after noting the many idle youth "lurking" about London and elsewhere, wanting employment, and otherwise tempted toward crime "if not provided for," the Transportation Act included that merchants and others could also contract with 15-20 year-olds, who were willing to be transported and serve up to eight years indentured service. Other sections of the Act imposed stricter measures against <a href="/wiki/Fence_(criminal)" title="Fence (criminal)">fencing</a> stolen goods, making them fourteen-year sentences instead of mere accessories to theft;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> imposed a seven-year transportation sentence for those imprisoned for, or breaking, the long-time prohibition on exporting wool in violation of the <a href="/wiki/Navigation_Acts" title="Navigation Acts">Acts of Trade</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development_and_passage">Development and passage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piracy_Act_1717&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development and passage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the sentence of transportation with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_prerogative_of_mercy" title="Royal prerogative of mercy">royal prerogative of mercy</a> had been granted as an alternative to a death sentence for a century,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its usage was irregular and subject to abuse. Several sections of the <a href="/wiki/Habeas_Corpus_Act_1679" title="Habeas Corpus Act 1679">Habeas Corpus Act 1679</a>, as originally passed, contained provisions related to its then-current usage.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> , The Bill for the Act was introduced into the House of Commons in 1717 under the <a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> government by <a href="/wiki/William_Thompson_(Ipswich_MP)" title="William Thompson (Ipswich MP)">William Thomson</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Solicitor General">Solicitor General</a>, who became "the architect of the transportation policy" as developed under the Act.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Act mandated transportation as a direct sentence, thus simplifying and hastening the process of criminal sentencing.<sup id="cite_ref-Beattie,_1986_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beattie,_1986-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The reasons for passing the Act, as stated in the preamble, include the insufficiently effective sentencing, <a href="/wiki/Recidivism" title="Recidivism">recidivism</a>, the fact that many offenders previously extended this mercy had not transported themselves, "and whereas in many of his Majesty's colonies and plantations in America, there is great want of servants, who by their hard labour and industry might be the means of improving and making the said colonies and plantations more useful to this nation." The passage also derived from the convergence of a number of events at the time, including fears over rising crime and disorder, following the discharge of soldiers after the end of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession" title="War of the Spanish Succession">War of the Spanish Succession</a> in 1714, a contested <a href="/wiki/House_of_Hanover" title="House of Hanover">Hanoverian accession</a> to the British throne, inappropriate punishments for lesser felonies (<a href="/wiki/Misdemeanour" class="mw-redirect" title="Misdemeanour">misdemeanours</a>), concern over crowd behaviour at public punishments, and a new determination by parliament to push through the legislation despite colonial opposition. Transportation thus became a regularly available and normal sentence for the courts to hand down to those convicted of non-capital offences as well as capital crimes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provisions">Provisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piracy_Act_1717&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Provisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Statutes_Repeal_Act_1827" title="Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827">Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827</a> repealed the whole of the Piracy Act 1717 as to England and as to offences committed within the jurisdiction of the admiralty of England, except so much thereof as related to the trial of piracy, felony or robbery committed within the admiralty jurisdiction. The effect of this was to repeal the whole Act, except section 7.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Section_7">Section 7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piracy_Act_1717&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Section 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unrelated to transportation, section 7 concerns the suppression of <a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">piracy</a>. The death penalty for most kinds of piracy was abolished by the <a href="/wiki/Piracy_Act_1837" title="Piracy Act 1837">Piracy Act 1837</a>, which preserved the death penalty for piracy with intent to kill. </p><p>The words from "and shall and ought" to the end were repealed by section 1 of, and the First Schedule to, the <a href="/wiki/Statute_Law_Revision_Act_1948" title="Statute Law Revision Act 1948">Statute Law Revision Act 1948</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This section was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law_Act_1967" title="Criminal Law Act 1967">Criminal Law Act 1967</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_Acts_and_general_results">Later Acts and general results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piracy_Act_1717&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later Acts and general results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the initial passage of the 1717 Act, several other statutes regulating and related to the penal transportation system to America were passed.<sup id="cite_ref-EgerShHist_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EgerShHist-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robbery,_etc._Act_1719&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robbery, etc. Act 1719 (page does not exist)">Robbery, etc. Act 1719</a> (<a href="/wiki/6_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="6 Geo. 1">6 Geo. 1</a>. c. 23)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> amended the previous Act, authorized payments by the state to the merchants who contracted to take the convicts to America,<sup id="cite_ref-OldBailT_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OldBailT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and broadened the types of crimes subject to transportation. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Return_of_Offenders_from_Transportation_Act_1742&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Return of Offenders from Transportation Act 1742 (page does not exist)">Return of Offenders from Transportation Act 1742</a> (<a href="/wiki/16_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="16 Geo. 2">16 Geo. 2</a>. c. 15)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reinforced the death penalty for transportees returning early. Following the <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745" title="Jacobite rising of 1745">Jacobite rising of 1745</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Traitors_Transported_Act_1746" class="mw-redirect" title="Traitors Transported Act 1746">Traitors Transported Act 1746</a> (<a href="/wiki/20_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="20 Geo. 2">20 Geo. 2</a>. c. 46)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was passed, among other things, to deal mercifully with many of those detained. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Transportation_Act_1768&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Transportation Act 1768 (page does not exist)">Transportation Act 1768</a> (<a href="/wiki/8_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="8 Geo. 3">8 Geo. 3</a>. c. 15) <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was passed to make the existing transportation process faster and more effectual. </p><p>The Transportation Act, with the system that developed in North America, are generally considered a success; it became a popular method for criminal punishment, as well as for dealing with the poorer and younger elements of British urban society at the time. One reason for the success of this Act was that it obviated the financially costly voyage itself; the existing system of sponsorship by merchants had not worked effectively and needed improvement. The government eventually accepted Thomson's proposal to pay merchants to transport convicts, with the Treasury contracting London merchant <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Forward" title="Jonathan Forward">Jonathan Forward</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Beattie,_2001_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beattie,_2001-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The business was entrusted to Forward in 1718. Initially he was paid £3 for each prisoner transported, but the price was raised to £5 in 1727.<sup id="cite_ref-Beattie,_1986_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beattie,_1986-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite some complaints from colonial governments, the system was favoured by the British government. In exchange for relatively small monetary subsidies, contractors relieved the government of convict maintenance costs. Contractors then sold transported prisoners in labour-starved colonial markets, such as the Chesapeake, for an average price of £10. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suspension_and_significance">Suspension and significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piracy_Act_1717&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Suspension and significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As thus developed, the established system for transporting convicts to the British American colonies continued until 1776 when its use was temporarily suspended by the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law_Act_1776" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal Law Act 1776">Criminal Law Act 1776</a> (<a href="/wiki/16_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="16 Geo. 3">16 Geo. 3</a>. c. 43).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BasAsylum_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BasAsylum-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> had made continuing transportation there unfeasible, and recently illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last convict ship to depart Britain docked in Virginia in April that year.<sup id="cite_ref-Convict_EV_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Convict_EV-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the Criminal Law Act, felons continued to be sentenced to transportation, but with no place to go, were liable instead to a sentence at <a href="/wiki/Hard_labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard labour">hard labour</a> until alternative provisions could be made. The rebellion and the end of transport to America in part prompted the British use of prisons for punishment and the start of prison building programs (as opposed to the use of gaols related to trial or sentencing) because the important transportation alternative to the death penalty had been removed. The Criminal Law Act is also referred to as the "Hard Labour Act" and the "Hulks Act" due to the change in punishment and the overcrowded conditions <a href="/wiki/Prison_ship" title="Prison ship">that resulted</a><sup id="cite_ref-GrayCP&P_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GrayCP&P-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OldBailT_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OldBailT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While initially suspended for two years by the 1776 Act, it would be continued until 1779 by the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law_Act_1778" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal Law Act 1778">Criminal Law Act 1778</a> (<a href="/wiki/18_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="18 Geo. 3">18 Geo. 3</a>. c. 62) and the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law_Act_1779" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal Law Act 1779">Criminal Law Act 1779</a> (<a href="/wiki/19_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="19 Geo. 3">19 Geo. 3</a>. c. 54), with little resolution of the developing accommodation problems.<sup id="cite_ref-GrayCP&P_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GrayCP&P-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This situation would continue without any resolution until orders in council on 6 December 1785 which mandated the establishment of a <a href="/wiki/Penal_colony" title="Penal colony">penal colony</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1787 British transportation of criminals resumed with the departure of the <a href="/wiki/First_Fleet" title="First Fleet">First Fleet</a> to colonies being established in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>; its usage would be greatly reduced in the 1850s, but continue until the last arrived in 1868. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piracy_Act_1717&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convicts_in_Australia" title="Convicts in Australia">Convicts in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indentured_servitude_in_the_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="Indentured servitude in the Americas">Indentured servitude in the Americas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penitentiary_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Penitentiary Act">Penitentiary Act</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moll_Flanders" title="Moll Flanders">The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptioner" title="Redemptioner">Redemptioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_Scotland" title="Piracy in Scotland">Piracy in Scotland</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Transportation_of_British_Convicts_to_the_Colonies" class="mw-redirect" title="The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies">Bound for America</a></i> by A. Roger Ekirch</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piracy_Act_1717&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The citation of this Act by this <a href="/wiki/Short_title" class="mw-redirect" title="Short title">short title</a> was authorised by the <a href="/wiki/Short_Titles_Act_1896" title="Short Titles Act 1896">Short Titles Act 1896</a>, section 1 and the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9xNDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA19">first schedule</a>. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the <a href="/wiki/Interpretation_Act_1978" title="Interpretation Act 1978">Interpretation Act 1978</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ekirch-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ekirch_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ekirch_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFEkirch1987" class="citation book cs1">Ekirch, Roger (1987). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/boundforamericat0000ekir"><i>Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775</i></a></span>. New York: Clarendon/Oxford University Press. p. 27. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0198202110" title="Special:BookSources/978-0198202110"><bdi>978-0198202110</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bound+for+America%3A+The+Transportation+of+British+Convicts+to+the+Colonies%2C+1718-1775&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=27&rft.pub=Clarendon%2FOxford+University+Press&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=978-0198202110&rft.aulast=Ekirch&rft.aufirst=Roger&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fboundforamericat0000ekir&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiracy+Act+1717" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As to the year of an Act, see Johnson, Privatised Law Reform, 2018, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_-xHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT100">p 31</a>; Johnson, <i>Parliament, Inventions and Patents</i>, 2018, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=a0xWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3">note 1</a> to Introduction; Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility, 6th Ed, 1911, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iPJCAQAAMAAJ">vol 1</a>, title "Act of Parliament", p 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beattie, J. M. Crime and the Courts in England 1660 - 1800. Oxford: Clarendon, 1986, pp.189-90.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924026356299/cu31924026356299_djvu.txt">Acts of the Privy Council of England</a> Colonial Series, Vol. I, 1613-1680, p.12. (1908)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol5/pp935-938">"An Act for the better secureing the Liberty of the Subject and for Prevention of Imprisonments beyond the Seas.”</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beattie, 2001, p. 429</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Beattie,_1986-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Beattie,_1986_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Beattie,_1986_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeattie1986" class="citation cs2">Beattie, J.M. (1986), <i>Crime and the Courts in England 1660–1800</i>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-820058-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-820058-7"><bdi>0-19-820058-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Crime+and+the+Courts+in+England+1660%E2%80%931800&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-19-820058-7&rft.aulast=Beattie&rft.aufirst=J.M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiracy+Act+1717" class="Z3988"></span>, p.503-504</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">N Simons. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 29. 1829. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VpZFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA81">p 81</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Joint Volumes of Papers Presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DRXrGTB9K-AC">Volume 3</a>. Page 353. See further pages 315, 329 and 352.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Public General Acts . . . of 1948, vol 2, pp 1404 & <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZusuAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1458">1458</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Public General Acts . . . 1967, Pt 1, pp 1191 & <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KiEpAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1203">1203</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EgerShHist-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EgerShHist_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hugh Edward Egerton, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/ashorthistorybr01egergoog#page/n282/mode/2up/search/convicts">A short history of British colonial policy</a>, p.262-269 (1897)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/statutesatlarge39britgoog#page/n319/mode/2up">"An act for the further preventing robbery, burglary, and other felonies, and for the more effectual transportation of felons."</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OldBailT-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OldBailT_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OldBailT_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/Punishment.jsp#transportation">Transportation</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Hostettler, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hogc8SihCjoC&pg=PA157">A History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales</a>, p.157</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/statutesatlarge01britgoog#page/n158/mode/2up">"An act for the easy and effectual conviction of offenders found at large within the kingdom of Great Britain, after they have been ordered for transportation."</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/statutesatlarge19britgoog#page/n182/mode/2up">"An act to prevent the return of such rebels and traitors concerned in the late rebellion, as have been, or shall be pardoned on condition of transportation; and also to hinder their going into the enemies country."</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/statutesatlarge26britgoog#page/n39/mode/2up">"An act for the more speedy and effectual transportation of offenders."</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Beattie,_2001-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Beattie,_2001_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeattie2001" class="citation cs2">Beattie, J.M. (2001), <i>Policing and Punishment in London 1660–1750</i>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-820867-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-820867-7"><bdi>0-19-820867-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Policing+and+Punishment+in+London+1660%E2%80%931750&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-19-820867-7&rft.aulast=Beattie&rft.aufirst=J.M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiracy+Act+1717" class="Z3988"></span>, p.429-430</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=B09RAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA262">"An act to authorise, for a limited time, the punishment by hard labour of offenders who, for certain crimes, are or shall become liable to be transported to any of his Majesty's colonies and plantations."</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BasAsylum-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BasAsylum_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marilyn C. Baseler, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/asylumformankind00base/page/125">"Asylum for Mankind": America, 1607-1800</a>, p.125, Cornell University Press (1998)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See: <a href="/wiki/Prohibitory_Act" title="Prohibitory Act">Prohibitory Act</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Convict_EV-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Convict_EV_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Emily Jones Salmon, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Convict_Labor_During_the_Colonial_Period#start_entry">Convict Labor During the Colonial Period</a>, <a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopedia Virginia">Encyclopedia Virginia</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GrayCP&P-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GrayCP&P_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GrayCP&P_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Drew D. Gray, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=33Y8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT298">Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914</a> p.298 (2016)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63477180">"Historic Landmarks"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Townsville_Daily_Bulletin" class="mw-redirect" title="Townsville Daily Bulletin">Townsville Daily Bulletin</a></i>. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 2 October 1952. p. 5<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Townsville+Daily+Bulletin&rft.atitle=Historic+Landmarks&rft.pages=5&rft.date=1952-10-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.news-article63477180&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiracy+Act+1717" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60569425">"Australian Discovery and Colonisation"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_(newspaper)" title="Empire (newspaper)">The Empire</a></i>. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 14 April 1865. p. 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Empire&rft.atitle=Australian+Discovery+and+Colonisation&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1865-04-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.news-article60569425&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiracy+Act+1717" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piracy_Act_1717&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"The Piracy Act, 1717". Halsbury's Statutes of England. (The Complete Statutes of England). First Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 1929. Volume 4. Page 343. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Vj1LAQAAIAAJ">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SYZQAQAAIAAJ">[2]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=koAaAQAAMAAJ">[3]</a></li> <li>The Statutes: Second Revised Edition. 1889. Volume 2. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OQ1AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27">Page 27</a>.</li> <li>Edith M. Ziegler, <i>Harlots, Hussies, and Poor Unfortunate Women: Crime, Transportation, and the Servitude of Female Convicts.</i> Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2014.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColdham2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Wilson_Coldham" title="Peter Wilson Coldham">Coldham, Peter Wilson</a> (2007). <i>Emigrants in Chains. a Social History of the Forced Emigration to the Americas of Felons, Destitute Children, Political and Religious Non-Conformists</i>. Lanham, Md: Genealogical Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0806317786" title="Special:BookSources/978-0806317786"><bdi>978-0806317786</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Emigrants+in+Chains.+a+Social+History+of+the+Forced+Emigration+to+the+Americas+of+Felons%2C+Destitute+Children%2C+Political+and+Religious+Non-Conformists&rft.place=Lanham%2C+Md&rft.pub=Genealogical+Publishing&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0806317786&rft.aulast=Coldham&rft.aufirst=Peter+Wilson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiracy+Act+1717" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piracy_Act_1717&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Pirates"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Piracy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">Piracy</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Piracy_by_period" title="Category:Piracy by period">Periods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Mediterranean_piracy" title="Ancient Mediterranean piracy">Ancient Mediterranean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy" title="Golden Age of Piracy">Golden Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_21st_century" title="Piracy in the 21st century">21st century</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_piracy" title="2022 in piracy">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_piracy" title="2023 in piracy">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_piracy" title="2024 in piracy">2024</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Types of pirate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_piracy" title="Albanian piracy">Albanian piracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Turkish_piracy" title="Anglo-Turkish piracy">Anglo-Turkish piracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Slavic_piracy" title="Baltic Slavic piracy">Baltic Slavic pirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbary_pirates" title="Barbary pirates">Barbary pirates (corsairs)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corsairs_of_Algiers" title="Corsairs of Algiers">Algiers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brethren_of_the_Coast" title="Brethren of the Coast">Brethren of the Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buccaneer" title="Buccaneer">Buccaneers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cilician_pirates" title="Cilician pirates">Cilician pirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_pirate" title="Child pirate">Child pirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cossacks" title="Cossacks">Cossack pirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filibuster_(military)" title="Filibuster (military)">Filibusters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_corsairs" title="French corsairs">French corsairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_pirates" title="Jewish pirates">Jewish pirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Sulu_and_Celebes_Seas" title="Piracy in the Sulu and Celebes Seas">Moro pirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narentines" title="Narentines">Narentines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">Privateers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Confederate_privateer" title="Confederate privateer">Confederate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_pirate" title="River pirate">River pirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geuzen" title="Geuzen">Sea Beggars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_Sea_Dogs" title="Elizabethan Sea Dogs">Sea Dogs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bawarij" title="Bawarij">Sindhi corsairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_pirate" title="Timber pirate">Timber pirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ushkuyniks" title="Ushkuyniks">Ushkuyniks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uskoks" title="Uskoks">Uskoks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victual_Brothers" title="Victual Brothers">Victual Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wokou" title="Wokou">Wokou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_piracy" title="Women in piracy">Women in piracy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Atlantic_World" title="Piracy in the Atlantic World">Atlantic World</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Caribbean" title="Piracy in the Caribbean">Caribbean</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Piracy in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Main" title="Spanish Main">Spanish Main</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_on_Lake_Nicaragua" title="Piracy on Lake Nicaragua">Lake Nicaragua</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="Piracy off the coast of Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indian Ocean</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_around_the_Horn_of_Africa" title="Piracy around the Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_off_the_coast_of_Somalia" title="Piracy off the coast of Somalia">Somali Coast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_Indonesia" title="Piracy in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Persian_Gulf" title="Piracy in the Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Strait_of_Malacca" title="Piracy in the Strait of Malacca">Strait of Malacca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nosy_Boraha" title="Nosy Boraha">Nosy Boraha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other waters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Slavic_piracy" title="Baltic Slavic piracy">Baltic Slavic piracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbary_Coast" title="Barbary Coast">Barbary Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_on_Falcon_Lake" title="Piracy on Falcon Lake">Falcon Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirates_of_the_South_China_Coast" title="Pirates of the South China Coast">South China Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Sulu_and_Celebes_Seas" title="Piracy in the Sulu and Celebes Seas">Sulu Sea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pirate_haven" title="Pirate haven">Pirate havens</a><br />and bases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barataria_Bay" title="Barataria Bay">Barataria Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Sainte-Marie" class="mw-redirect" title="Île Sainte-Marie">Île Sainte-Marie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertatia" title="Libertatia">Libertatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lundy" title="Lundy">Lundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehdya,_Morocco" title="Mehdya, Morocco">Mamora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Royal" title="Port Royal">Port Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Pirates" title="Republic of Pirates">Republic of Pirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Sal%C3%A9" title="Republic of Salé">Republic of Salé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Augustin,_Madagascar" title="Saint Augustin, Madagascar">Saint Augustin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Malo" title="Saint-Malo">Saint-Malo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tortuga_(Haiti)" title="Tortuga (Haiti)">Tortuga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Major figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pirates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abduwali_Muse" title="Abduwali Muse">Abduwali Muse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abshir_Boyah" title="Abshir Boyah">Abshir Boyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Baldridge" title="Adam Baldridge">Adam Baldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Samuel" title="Abraham Samuel">Abraham Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_and_Alfhild" title="Alf and Alfhild">Alfhild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_W._Hicks" title="Albert W. Hicks">Albert W. Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Bonny" title="Anne Bonny">Anne Bonny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Dieu-le-Veut" title="Anne Dieu-le-Veut">Anne Dieu-le-Veut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Faria" title="António de Faria">António de Faria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandre_Exquemelin" title="Alexandre Exquemelin">Alexandre Exquemelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemisia_I_of_Caria" title="Artemisia I of Caria">Artemisia I of Caria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awilda" title="Awilda">Awilda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartolomeu_Portugu%C3%AAs" title="Bartolomeu Português">Bartolomeu Português</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_Roberts" title="Bartholomew Roberts">Bartholomew Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benito_de_Soto" title="Benito de Soto">Benito de Soto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Hornigold" title="Benjamin Hornigold">Benjamin Hornigold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Caesar_(pirate)" title="Black Caesar (pirate)">Black Caesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackbeard" title="Blackbeard">Blackbeard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bully_Hayes" title="Bully Hayes">Bully Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cai_Qian" title="Cai Qian">Cai Qian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calico_Jack" title="Calico Jack">Calico Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gibbs" title="Charles Gibbs">Charles Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_de_Berry" title="Charlotte de Berry">Charlotte de Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheung_Po_Tsai" title="Cheung Po Tsai">Cheung Po Tsai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christina_Anna_Skytte" title="Christina Anna Skytte">Christina Anna Skytte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chui_A-poo" title="Chui A-poo">Chui A-poo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Seavey" title="Dan Seavey">Dan Seavey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diabolito" title="Diabolito">Diabolito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido" title="Dido">Dido</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Chivers" title="Dirk Chivers">Dirk Chivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_You" title="Dominique You">Dominique You</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_England" title="Edward England">Edward England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Low" title="Edward Low">Edward Low</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Boggs" title="Eli Boggs">Eli Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elise_Eskilsdotter" title="Elise Eskilsdotter">Elise Eskilsdotter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eustace_the_Monk" title="Eustace the Monk">Eustace the Monk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_Burn" title="Flora Burn">Flora Burn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Gang" title="Flying Gang">Flying Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C5%ABma_Kotar%C5%8D" title="Fūma Kotarō">Fūma Kotarō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Drake" title="Francis Drake">Francis Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Le_Clerc" title="François Le Clerc">François Le Clerc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_l%27Olonnais" title="François l'Olonnais">François l'Olonnais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gan_Ning" title="Gan Ning">Gan Ning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley" title="Grace O'Malley">Grace O'Malley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayreddin_Barbarossa" title="Hayreddin Barbarossa">Hayreddin Barbarossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendrick_Lucifer" title="Hendrick Lucifer">Hendrick Lucifer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Caesar" title="Henri Caesar">Henri Caesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Every" title="Henry Every">Henry Every</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Morgan" title="Henry Morgan">Henry Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Strangways_(pirate)" title="Henry Strangways (pirate)">Henry Strangways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippolyte_Bouchard" title="Hippolyte Bouchard">Hippolyte Bouchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Bamei" title="Huang Bamei">Huang Bamei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Hands" title="Israel Hands">Israel Hands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacquotte_Delahaye" title="Jacquotte Delahaye">Jacquotte Delahaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Janszoon" title="Jan Janszoon">Jan Janszoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Lafitte" title="Jean Lafitte">Jean Lafitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_de_Clisson" title="Jeanne de Clisson">Jeanne de Clisson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johanna_H%C3%A5rd" title="Johanna Hård">Johanna Hård</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hawkins_(naval_commander)" title="John Hawkins (naval commander)">John Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hoar" title="John Hoar">John Hoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Newland_Maffitt_(privateer)" title="John Newland Maffitt (privateer)">John Newland Maffitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pro" title="John Pro">John Pro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_J%C3%B8rgensen" title="Jørgen Jørgensen">Jørgen Jørgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Joaquim_Almeida" title="José Joaquim Almeida">José Joaquim Almeida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Baker_(pirate)" title="Joseph Baker (pirate)">Joseph Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barss" title="Joseph Barss">Joseph Barss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klaus_St%C3%B6rtebeker" title="Klaus Störtebeker">Klaus Störtebeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lai_Choi_San" title="Lai Choi San">Lai Choi San</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurens_de_Graaf" title="Laurens de Graaf">Laurens de Graaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Prince" title="Lawrence Prince">Lawrence Prince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_Daoming" title="Liang Daoming">Liang Daoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limahong" title="Limahong">Limahong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lo_Hon-cho" title="Lo Hon-cho">Lo Hon-cho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis-Michel_Aury" title="Louis-Michel Aury">Louis-Michel Aury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansel_Alcantra" title="Mansel Alcantra">Mansel Alcantra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Ribeiro_Pardal" title="Manuel Ribeiro Pardal">Manuel Ribeiro Pardal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Frobisher" title="Martin Frobisher">Martin Frobisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Cobham_and_Maria_Lindsey" title="Eric Cobham and Maria Lindsey">Mary Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Read" title="Mary Read">Mary Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Wolverston" title="Mary Wolverston">Mary Wolverston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_de_Grammont" title="Michel de Grammont">Michel de Grammont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Cohen_Henriques" title="Moses Cohen Henriques">Moses Cohen Henriques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Gordon" title="Nathaniel Gordon">Nathaniel Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_van_Hoorn" title="Nicholas van Hoorn">Nicholas van Hoorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ng_Akew" title="Ng Akew">Ng Akew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Levasseur" title="Olivier Levasseur">Olivier Levasseur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Gilbert" title="Pedro Gilbert">Pedro Gilbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Easton" title="Peter Easton">Peter Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Lafitte" title="Pierre Lafitte">Pierre Lafitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piet_Pieterszoon_Hein" title="Piet Pieterszoon Hein">Piet Pieterszoon Hein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Sela" title="Princess Sela">Princess Sela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahmah_ibn_Jabir_al-Jalhami" title="Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalhami">Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalhami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Wall" title="Rachel Wall">Rachel Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oru%C3%A7_Reis" class="mw-redirect" title="Oruç Reis">Redbeard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Glover_(pirate)" title="Richard Glover (pirate)">Richard Glover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Culliford" title="Robert Culliford">Robert Culliford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Surcouf" title="Robert Surcouf">Robert Surcouf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Cofres%C3%AD" title="Roberto Cofresí">Roberto Cofresí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roche_Braziliano" title="Roche Braziliano">Roche Braziliano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusla" title="Rusla">Rusla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadie_Farrell" title="Sadie Farrell">Sadie Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Bellamy" title="Samuel Bellamy">Samuel Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hall_Lord" title="Samuel Hall Lord">Samuel Hall Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mason" title="Samuel Mason">Samuel Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Pallache" title="Samuel Pallache">Samuel Pallache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayyida_al_Hurra" title="Sayyida al Hurra">Sayyida al Hurra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister_Ping" title="Sister Ping">Sister Ping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shap-ng-tsai" title="Shap-ng-tsai">Shap-ng-tsai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirahama_Kenki" title="Shirahama Kenki">Shirahama Kenki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Mascarino" title="Simon Mascarino">Simon Mascarino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stede_Bonnet" title="Stede Bonnet">Stede Bonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teuta" title="Teuta">Teuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cavendish" title="Thomas Cavendish">Thomas Cavendish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tew" title="Thomas Tew">Thomas Tew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veborg" title="Veborg">Veborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victual_Brothers" title="Victual Brothers">Victual Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Gambi" title="Vincenzo Gambi">Vincenzo Gambi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Zhi_(pirate)" title="Wang Zhi (pirate)">Wang Zhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Dampier" title="William Dampier">William Dampier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kidd" title="William Kidd">William Kidd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheng_Jing" title="Zheng Jing">Zheng Jing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheng_Qi_(pirate)" title="Zheng Qi (pirate)">Zheng Qi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheng_Yi_(pirate)" title="Zheng Yi (pirate)">Zheng Yi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheng_Zhilong" title="Zheng Zhilong">Zheng Zhilong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheng_Yi_Sao" title="Zheng Yi Sao">Zheng Yi Sao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pirate<br />hunters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Emo" title="Angelo Emo">Angelo Emo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaloner_Ogle" title="Chaloner Ogle">Chaloner Ogle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Porter_(naval_officer)" title="David Porter (naval officer)">David Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duarte_Pacheco_Pereira" title="Duarte Pacheco Pereira">Duarte Pacheco Pereira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brooke" title="James Brooke">James Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campuzano_Polanco_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Campuzano Polanco family">Jose Campuzano-Polanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Fajardo_(Spanish_Navy_officer)" title="Luis Fajardo (Spanish Navy officer)">Luis Fajardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Enr%C3%ADquez_(privateer)" title="Miguel Enríquez (privateer)">Miguel Enríquez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s" title="Pedro Menéndez de Avilés">Pedro Menéndez de Avilés</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Avery_Hornsby" title="Richard Avery Hornsby">Richard Avery Hornsby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Maynard" title="Robert Maynard">Robert Maynard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Warren_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Thomas Warren (Royal Navy officer)">Thomas Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodes_Rogers" title="Woodes Rogers">Woodes Rogers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Pirate ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Galley" title="Adventure Galley">Adventure Galley</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Light_(ship)" title="Ambrose Light (ship)">Ambrose Light</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fancy_(ship)" title="Fancy (ship)">Fancy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flying_Dutchman" title="Flying Dutchman">Flying Dutchman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ganj-i-Sawai" title="Ganj-i-Sawai">Ganj-i-Sawai</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_Revenge" title="Queen Anne's Revenge">Queen Anne's Revenge</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quedagh_Merchant" title="Quedagh Merchant">Quedagh Merchant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/CSS_McRae" title="CSS McRae">Marquis of Havana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_de_Clisson" title="Jeanne de Clisson">My Revenge</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_Roberts" title="Bartholomew Roberts">Royal Fortune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saladin_(barque)" title="Saladin (barque)">Saladin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Whydah_Gally" title="Whydah Gally">Whydah Gally</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MV_York" title="MV York">York</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Pirate battles and incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><figure class="mw-halign-right noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pirate_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Pirate_Flag.svg/100px-Pirate_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Pirate_Flag.svg/150px-Pirate_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Pirate_Flag.svg/200px-Pirate_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1582_Cagayan_battles" title="1582 Cagayan battles">1582 Cagayan battles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Lahad_Datu_ambush" title="1985 Lahad Datu ambush">1985 Lahad Datu ambush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_9_November_1822" title="Action of 9 November 1822">Action of 9 November 1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_28_October_2007" title="Action of 28 October 2007">Action of 28 October 2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_11_November_2008" title="Action of 11 November 2008">Action of 11 November 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2009_raid_off_Somalia" title="April 2009 raid off Somalia">Action of 9 April 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_23_March_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Action of 23 March 2010">Action of 23 March 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_1_April_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Action of 1 April 2010">Action of 1 April 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_5_April_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Action of 5 April 2010">Action of 5 April 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea_anti-piracy_operations_of_the_United_States" title="Aegean Sea anti-piracy operations of the United States">Anti-piracy in the Aegean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antelope_of_Boston" title="Antelope of Boston">Antelope incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Indies_anti-piracy_operations_of_the_United_States" title="West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States">Anti-piracy in the West Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Veracruz" title="Attack on Veracruz">Attack on Veracruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_expedition_to_Balanguingui" title="Spanish expedition to Balanguingui">Balanguingui Expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boca_Teacapan" title="Battle of Boca Teacapan">Battle of Boca Teacapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Fear_River_(1718)" title="Battle of Cape Fear River (1718)">Battle of Cape Fear River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Lopez" title="Battle of Cape Lopez">Battle of Cape Lopez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Doro_Passage" title="Battle of Doro Passage">Battle of Doro Passage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganj-i-Sawai" title="Ganj-i-Sawai">Battle of Mandab Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1574)" title="Battle of Manila (1574)">Battle of Manila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_off_Minicoy_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle off Minicoy Island">Battle off Minicoy Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_off_Mukah" title="Battle off Mukah">Battle off Mukah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nam_Quan" title="Battle of Nam Quan">Battle of Nam Quan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans" title="Battle of New Orleans">Battle of New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackbeard" title="Blackbeard">Battle of Ocracoke Inlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pianosa" title="Battle of Pianosa">Battle of Pianosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Leotung" title="Battle of the Leotung">Battle of the Leotung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Tiger%27s_Mouth" title="Battle of the Tiger's Mouth">Battle of the Tiger's Mouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tonkin_River" title="Battle of Tonkin River">Battle of Tonkin River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ty-ho_Bay" title="Battle of Ty-ho Bay">Battle of Ty-ho Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tysami" title="Battle of Tysami">Battle of Tysami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Beluga_Nomination_incident" title="MV Beluga Nomination incident"><i>Beluga Nomination</i> incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Vane" title="Charles Vane">Blockade of Charleston (Vane)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chepo_expedition" title="Chepo expedition">Chepo Expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Light_(ship)" title="Ambrose Light (ship)">Capture of the <i>Ambrose Light</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_John_%22Calico_Jack%22_Rackham" title="Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham">Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_schooner_Bravo" title="Capture of the schooner Bravo">Capture of the schooner <i>Bravo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_schooner_Fancy" class="mw-redirect" title="Capture of the schooner Fancy">Capture of the schooner <i>Fancy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_sloop_Anne" title="Capture of the sloop Anne">Capture of the sloop <i>Anne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carr%C3%A9_d%27As_IV_incident" title="Carré d'As IV incident"><i>Carré d'As IV</i> incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Hong_Dan_incident" title="Dai Hong Dan incident"><i>Dai Hong Dan</i> incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falklands_Expedition" title="Falklands Expedition">Falklands Expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Patrol" title="Great Lakes Patrol">Great Lakes Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_incident" title="Irene incident"><i>Irene</i> incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiajing_wokou_raids" title="Jiajing wokou raids">Jiajing wokou raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maersk_Alabama_hijacking" title="Maersk Alabama hijacking"><i>Maersk Alabama</i> hijacking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MT_Zafirah_hijacking" title="MT Zafirah hijacking">MT <i>Zafirah</i> hijacking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MT_Orkim_Harmony_hijacking" title="MT Orkim Harmony hijacking">MT <i>Orkim Harmony</i> hijacking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Moscow_University_hijacking" title="MV Moscow University hijacking">MV <i>Moscow University</i> hijacking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Star_affair" title="North Star affair"><i>North Star</i> affair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2%80%93_Horn_of_Africa" title="Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa">Operation Enduring Freedom – HOA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Atalanta" title="Operation Atalanta">Operation Atalanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dawn_of_Gulf_of_Aden" title="Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden">Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dawn_8:_Gulf_of_Aden" title="Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden">Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ocean_Shield" title="Operation Ocean Shield">Operation Ocean Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf_campaign_of_1809" title="Persian Gulf campaign of 1809">Persian Gulf Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_border_attacks_in_Sabah" title="Cross border attacks in Sabah">Pirate attacks in Borneo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SY_Quest_incident" title="SY Quest incident"><i>Quest</i> incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Cartagena_(1683)" title="Raid on Cartagena (1683)">Raid on Cartagena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Baltimore" title="Sack of Baltimore">Sack of Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Campeche_(1663)" title="Sack of Campeche (1663)">Sack of Campeche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvador_Pirates" title="Salvador Pirates">Salvador Pirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slave_raid_of_Su%C3%B0uroy" title="Slave raid of Suðuroy">Slave raid of Suðuroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Abductions" title="Turkish Abductions">Turkish Abductions</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Piracy law</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_grace_(piracy)" title="Acts of grace (piracy)">Acts of grace</a> (<a href="/wiki/1717%E2%80%931718_Acts_of_Grace" title="1717–1718 Acts of Grace">1717–1718 Acts of Grace</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_piracy_law" title="International piracy law">International piracy law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letter_of_marque" title="Letter of marque">Letter of marque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paris_Declaration_Respecting_Maritime_Law" title="Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law">Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_Act" title="Piracy Act">Piracy Act</a> (<a href="/wiki/Offences_at_Sea_Act_1536" title="Offences at Sea Act 1536">1536</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piracy_Act_1698" title="Piracy Act 1698">1698</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transportation_Act_1717" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation Act 1717">1717</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piracy_Act_1721" title="Piracy Act 1721">1721</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piracy_Act_1837" title="Piracy Act 1837">1837</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piracy_Act_1850" title="Piracy Act 1850">1850</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_Law_of_1820" class="mw-redirect" title="Piracy Law of 1820">Piracy Law of 1820</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery" title="History of slavery">Slave trade</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa" title="Slavery in Africa">African slave trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Slave_Trade_Patrol" title="African Slave Trade Patrol">African Slave Trade Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Amistad" title="La Amistad"><i>Amistad</i> Incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade" title="Atlantic slave trade">Atlantic slave trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbary_slave_trade" title="Barbary slave trade">Barbary slave trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Africa" title="Blockade of Africa">Blockade of Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_Veloz_Passagera" title="Capture of the Veloz Passagera">Capture of the <i>Veloz Passagera</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_brig_Brillante" title="Capture of the brig Brillante">Capture of the brig <i>Brillante</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_slave_trade" title="Indian Ocean slave trade">Indian Ocean slave trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Saharan_slave_trade" title="Trans-Saharan slave trade">Trans-Saharan slave trade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Pirates_in_the_arts_and_popular_culture" title="Pirates in the arts and popular culture">Pirates in<br />popular<br />culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_fictional_pirates" title="List of fictional pirates">Fictional pirates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Askeladd" title="Askeladd">Askeladd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ayrton" title="Tom Ayrton">Tom Ayrton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redbeard_(comics)" title="Redbeard (comics)">Barbe Rouge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Birdseye" title="Captain Birdseye">Captain Birdseye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Blood_(novel)" title="Captain Blood (novel)">Captain Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonaldland" title="McDonaldland">Captain Crook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Flint" title="Captain Flint">Captain Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Hook" title="Captain Hook">Captain Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Nemo" title="Captain Nemo">Captain Nemo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Pugwash" title="Captain Pugwash">Captain Pugwash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Sabertooth" title="Captain Sabertooth">Captain Sabertooth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Stingaree" title="Captain Stingaree">Captain Stingaree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_de_Berry" title="Charlotte de Berry">Charlotte de Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davy_Jones_(Pirates_of_the_Caribbean)" title="Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)">Davy Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Kenway" title="Edward Kenway">Edward Kenway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Marley" title="Elaine Marley">Elaine Marley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Swann" title="Elizabeth Swann">Elizabeth Swann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franky_(One_Piece)" title="Franky (One Piece)">Franky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guybrush_Threepwood" title="Guybrush Threepwood">Guybrush Threepwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Barbossa" title="Hector Barbossa">Hector Barbossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sparrow" title="Jack Sparrow">Jack Sparrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacquotte_Delahaye" title="Jacquotte Delahaye">Jacquotte Delahaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gaspar" title="José Gaspar">José Gaspar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshamee_Gibbs" title="Joshamee Gibbs">Joshamee Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_John_Silver" title="Long John Silver">Long John Silver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkey_D._Luffy" title="Monkey D. Luffy">Monkey D. Luffy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaas_Montenegro" title="Vaas Montenegro">Vaas Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Smee" title="Mr. Smee">Mr. Smee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nami_(One_Piece)" title="Nami (One Piece)">Nami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nico_Robin" title="Nico Robin">Nico Robin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roronoa_Zoro" title="Roronoa Zoro">Roronoa Zoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandokan" title="Sandokan">Sandokan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanji_(One_Piece)" title="Sanji (One Piece)">Sanji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Tony_Chopper" title="Tony Tony Chopper">Tony Tony Chopper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usopp" title="Usopp">Usopp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Turner" title="Will Turner">Will Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanzibar_(G.I._Joe)" title="Zanzibar (G.I. Joe)">Zanzibar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pirate_(novel)" title="The Pirate (novel)">The Pirate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pilot:_A_Tale_of_the_Sea" title="The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea">The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Treasure_Island" title="Treasure Island">Treasure Island</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Facing_the_Flag" title="Facing the Flag">Facing the Flag</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_Stranger_Tides" title="On Stranger Tides">On Stranger Tides</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hawkins_and_the_Curse_of_Treasure_Island" title="Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island">Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Castaways_of_the_Flying_Dutchman" title="Castaways of the Flying Dutchman">Castaways of the Flying Dutchman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Angel%27s_Command" title="The Angel's Command">The Angel's Command</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voyage_of_Slaves" title="Voyage of Slaves">Voyage of Slaves</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Long_John_Silver_(comics)" title="Long John Silver (comics)">Long John Silver</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pirate_Latitudes" title="Pirate Latitudes">Pirate Latitudes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mistress_of_the_Seas" title="Mistress of the Seas">Mistress of the Seas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silver_(Motion_novel)" title="Silver (Motion novel)">Silver: Return to Treasure Island</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tropes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buried_treasure" title="Buried treasure">Buried treasure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davy_Jones%27s_locker" title="Davy Jones's locker">Davy Jones's locker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyepatch" title="Eyepatch">Eyepatch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jolly_Roger" title="Jolly Roger">Jolly Roger</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Skull_and_crossbones_(symbol)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skull and crossbones (symbol)">skull and crossbones</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keelhauling" title="Keelhauling">Keelhauling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marooning" title="Marooning">Marooning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_purchase,_no_pay" title="No purchase, no pay">No purchase, no pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegleg" class="mw-redirect" title="Pegleg">Pegleg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Companion_parrot" title="Companion parrot">Pet parrot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirate_code" title="Pirate code">Pirate code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirate_utopia" title="Pirate utopia">Pirate utopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasure_map" title="Treasure map">Treasure map</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walking_the_plank" title="Walking the plank">Walking the plank</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_pirate" title="Air pirate">Air pirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_space_pirates" title="List of space pirates">Space pirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day" title="International Talk Like a Pirate Day">International Talk Like a Pirate Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirates_versus_Ninjas" title="Pirates versus Ninjas">Pirates versus Ninjas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;white-space: normal;">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1707" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707">1707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1708" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708">1708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1709" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1709">1709</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1710" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1710">1710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1711" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1711">1711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1712" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1712">1712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1713" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1713">1713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1714" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1714">1714</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1715" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1715">1715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1716" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1716">1716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1717" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1717">1717</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1718" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1718">1718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1719" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1719">1719</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1720" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1720">1720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1721" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1721">1721</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1722" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1722">1722</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1723" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1723">1723</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1724" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1724">1724</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1725" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1725">1725</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1726" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1726">1726</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1727" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1727">1727</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1728" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1728">1728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1729" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1729">1729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1730" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1730">1730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1731" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1731">1731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1732" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1732">1732</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1733" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1733">1733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1734" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1734">1734</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1735" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1735">1735</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1736" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1736">1736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1737" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1737">1737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1738" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1738">1738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1739" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1739">1739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1740" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1740">1740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1741" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1741">1741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1742" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1742">1742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1743" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1743">1743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1744" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1744">1744</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1745" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1745">1745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1746" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1746">1746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1747" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1747">1747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1748" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1748">1748</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1749" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1749">1749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1750" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1750">1750</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1751" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1751">1751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1753" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1753">1753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1754" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1754">1754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1755" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1755">1755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1756" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1756">1756</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1757" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1757">1757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1758" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1758">1758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1759" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1759">1759</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1760" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1760">1760</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1761" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1761">1761</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1762" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1762">1762</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1763" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1763">1763</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1764" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1764">1764</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1765" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1765">1765</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1766" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1766">1766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1767" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1767">1767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1768" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1768">1768</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1769" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1769">1769</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1770" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1770">1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1771" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1771">1771</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1772" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1772">1772</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1773" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1773">1773</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1774" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1774">1774</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1775" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1775">1775</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1776" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1776">1776</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1777" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1777">1777</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1778" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1778">1778</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1779" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1779">1779</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1780" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1780">1780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1781" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1781">1781</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1782" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1782">1782</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1783" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1783">1783</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1784" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1784">1784</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1785" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1785">1785</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1786" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1786">1786</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1787" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1787">1787</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1788" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1788">1788</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1789" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1789">1789</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1790" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1790">1790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1791" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1791">1791</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1792" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1792">1792</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1793" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1793">1793</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1794" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1794">1794</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1795" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1795">1795</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1796" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1796">1796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1797" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1797">1797</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1798" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1798">1798</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1799" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1799">1799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1800" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1800">1800</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acts<br />by parliament<br />and session</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_1st_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>2</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_2nd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_2nd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>3</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_3rd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_3rd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_3rd_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>4</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_4th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_4th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>5</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_8th_session_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 8th session of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain">8</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>6</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_6th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>7</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_7th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>8</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_8th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>9</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_9th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>10</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_10th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>11</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_8th_session_of_the_11th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 8th session of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain">8</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>12</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_12th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>13</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>14</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_14th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>15</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_15th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_15th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_15th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_15th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>16</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_7th_session_of_the_16th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 7th session of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain">7</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>17</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_17th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 6th session of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain">6</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b>18</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain">5</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acts by<br />regnal year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6_Ann._(GB)" class="mw-redirect" title="6 Ann. (GB)">6 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="7 Ann.">7 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="8 Ann.">8 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="9 Ann.">9 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="10 Ann.">10 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="12 Ann.">12 Ann.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13_Ann." class="mw-redirect" title="13 Ann.">13 Ann.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nowrap">George I</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Geo._1._St._1" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Geo. 1. St. 1">1 Geo. 1. St. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_Geo._1._St._2" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Geo. 1. St. 2">1 Geo. 1. St. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Geo. 1">3 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="4 Geo. 1">4 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="5 Geo. 1">5 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="6 Geo. 1">6 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Geo._1._St._1" class="mw-redirect" title="7 Geo. 1. St. 1">7 Geo. 1. St. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Geo._1._St._2" class="mw-redirect" title="7 Geo. 1. St. 2">7 Geo. 1. St. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="8 Geo. 1">8 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="9 Geo. 1">9 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="10 Geo. 1">10 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="11 Geo. 1">11 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="12 Geo. 1">12 Geo. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13_Geo._1" class="mw-redirect" title="13 Geo. 1">13 Geo. 1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nowrap">George II</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Geo._2._St._1" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Geo. 2. St. 1">1 Geo. 2. St. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_Geo._2._St._2" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Geo. 2. St. 2">1 Geo. 2. St. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Geo. 2">2 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Geo. 2">3 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="4 Geo. 2">4 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="5 Geo. 2">5 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="6 Geo. 2">6 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="7 Geo. 2">7 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="8 Geo. 2">8 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="9 Geo. 2">9 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="10 Geo. 2">10 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="11 Geo. 2">11 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="12 Geo. 2">12 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="13 Geo. 2">13 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="14 Geo. 2">14 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="15 Geo. 2">15 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="16 Geo. 2">16 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="17 Geo. 2">17 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="18 Geo. 2">18 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="19 Geo. 2">19 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="20 Geo. 2">20 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="21 Geo. 2">21 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="22 Geo. 2">22 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="23 Geo. 2">23 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="24 Geo. 2">24 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="25 Geo. 2">25 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="26 Geo. 2">26 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="27 Geo. 2">27 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27_%26_28_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="27 & 28 Geo. 2">27 & 28 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="28 Geo. 2">28 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="29 Geo. 2">29 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="30 Geo. 2">30 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="31 Geo. 2">31 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="32 Geo. 2">32 Geo. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33_Geo._2" class="mw-redirect" title="33 Geo. 2">33 Geo. 2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nowrap">George III</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Geo. 3">1 Geo. 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Geo. 3">2 Geo. 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Geo. 3">3 Geo. 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="4 Geo. 3">4 Geo. 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="5 Geo. 3">5 Geo. 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="6 Geo. 3">6 Geo. 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="7 Geo. 3">7 Geo. 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="8 Geo. 3">8 Geo. 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_Geo._3._Sess._2" class="mw-redirect" title="8 Geo. 3. 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