Everything about James Erisey totally explained
James Erisey was born at Erisey House near
Mullion, in the parish of
Grade in
Cornwall. He sailed as a
privateer with Sir
Francis Drake.
In
1585 Drake hired James Erisey to captain a
man-o-war, following a message from
Queen Elizabeth I that "privateers were at liberty to attack Spanish shipping".
In
1586 he was again part of a fleet led by Drake. He was also one of the early colonists of
Roanoke Island. Erisey was captain of the "White Lion", a private warship owned by
Charles Lord Howard of
Effingham, who at the time was Lord Admiral of England.
In
1588 he was at
Plymouth with Drake when they sailed out to fight the
Spanish Armadainvasion fleet. Also in Drakes fleet was
Sir Richard Grenville, who was Erisey's cousin.
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