Sometime after the War Against Piracy, Hector Barbossa joined the British Royal Navy as a privateer. This earned Norrington a full reinstatement into the Royal Navy, and a promotion as an admiral of the Company. They were ultimately claimed by James Norrington as one half of the trade that secured Beckett possession of the heart of Davy Jones. Beckett's Letters of Marque were signed by the King George II, and would not be legalized unless they bore Beckett's mark and seal. He was also prepared to employ Jack himself as a privateer for England, though Turner believed Jack would never agree, since he likes his freedom. One of Jack Sparrow's many crimes was "falsification of Letters of Marque and Reprisal", Lord Cutler Beckett offered one such document, amounting to a full pardon, to William Turner in exchange for Jack's compass.
The East India Trading Company was known to use Letters of Marque after 1707. However, it's possible the whole story was just Jack's fabrication. According to Jack, after he saved the civilians from the vicious pirate Black Smoke James, the Magistrate of Nassau gave him "a letter of marque from the Queen", which granted him control of the town. ĭuring the Black Pearl's pursuit of the Interceptor, Jack Sparrow entertained Hector Barbossa with the story of how he sacked the port of Nassau without firing a single shot. Garcia de Avaracia and Pierre le Porc have used Letters of Marque to recruit privateers to defend their islands against enemy's privateer's attack. During the 17th century, England used Letters of Marque to recruit buccaneers like Henry Morgan to fight their Spanish enemies in the Caribbean. The Letters were usually issued by governments and colonial governors of England, France, Spain, Holland, Portugal, and Denmark. Letters of Marque were also a means of employing a person as a privateer, during the time of war. We are getting out of here!" ― Magistrate of Nassau to Jack Sparrow Pillage it, plunder it, I care not a whit. " This is a letter of marque from the Queen granting control of Nassau.
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