See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• KIDD, JOHN (1775-1851)
• KIDD, THOMAS (1770-185o)
• WILLIAM KIDD

KIDD  [See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

CAPTAIN' See also:

• KIDD, JOHN (1775-1851)
• KIDD, THOMAS (1770-185o)
• KIDD, WILLIAM

KIDD (C . 1645—1701), See also:

• PRIVATEER

privateer and pirate, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, perhaps, in See also:

• GREENOCK

Greenock, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, but his origin is quite obscure . He told See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary of Newgate, that he was " about 56 " at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his condemnation for piracy in 1701 . In 1691 an See also:

• AWARD (from O. Fr. ewart, or esguart, cf. " reward ")

award from the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York of £150 was given him for his services during the disturbances in the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony after the revolution of 1688 . He was commissioned later to See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase a hostile privateer off the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, is described as an owner of See also:

• SHIPS

ships, and is known to have served with See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies . In 1685 he came to See also:

• LONDON

London with a See also:

• SLOOP

sloop of his own to See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel R . See also:

• LIVINGSTON, EDWARD (1764–1836)
• LIVINGSTON, ROBERT R
• LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM (1723-1790)

Livingston (1654-1724), a well-known New York See also:

• LAND

land-owner, recommended him to the newly appointed colonial See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Bellomont, as a See also:

• FIT

fit See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man to command a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel to cruise against the pirates in the Eastern seas (see PIRATE) . Accordingly the " See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

Adventure See also:

• GALLEY (derived through the 0. Fr. galee, galie, from the Med. Lat. galea, Ital. galea, Port. gale, of uncertain origin; from the Med. Lat. variant form galera are derived the Mod. Fr. galere, Span. and Ital. galera)

Galley," a vessel of 3o guns and 275 tons, was privately fitted out, and the command given to Captain Kidd, who received the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest and bring to trial all pirates, and a commission of See also:

• REPRISALS (Fr. represailles, from reprendre; Lat. reprehendere, to take back)

reprisals against the French . Kidd sailed from See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth in May 1696 for New York, where he filled up his See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew, and in 1697 reached See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar, the pirates' See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• RENDEZVOUS

rendezvous . He made no effort whatever to See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

hunt them down . On the contrary he associated himself with a notorious pirate named Culliford .

The fact would seem to be that Kidd meant only to See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture French ships . When he found none he captured native trading vessels, under pretence that they were provided with French passes and were See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize, and he plundered on the coast of See also:

• MALABAR

Malabar . During 1698—1699 complaints reached the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government as to the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of his proceedings . Lord Bellomont was instructed to apprehend him if he should return to See also:

• AMERICA

America . Kidd deserted the "Adventure " in Madagascar, and sailed for America in one of his prizes, the "Quedah See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant," which he also See also:

• LEFT

left in the West Indies: He reached New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in a small sloop with several of his crew and wrote to Bellomont, professing his ability to justify himself and sending the governor See also:

• BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty . He was arrested in See also:

• JULY

July 1699, was sent to England and tried, first for the See also:

• MURDER

murder of one of his crew, and then with others for piracy . He was found guilty on both charges, and hanged at See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

Execution See also:

• DOCK

Dock, London, on the 23rd of May 1701 . The See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence against him was that of two members of his crew, the surgeon and a sailor who turned king's evidence, but no other witnesses could be got in such circumstances, as the See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge told him when he protested . " Captain . Kidd's Treasure " has been sought by various expeditions and about 14,000 was recovered from Kidd's See also:

• SHIP

ship and from See also:

• GARDINER
• GARDINER, JAMES (1688-1745)
• GARDINER, SAMUEL RAWSON (1829–1902)
• GARDINER, STEPHEN (c. 1493–1555)

Gardiner's See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island (off the E. end of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long Island); but its magnitude was palpably exaggerated . He left a wife and See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child at New York . The so-called ballad about him is a poor See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic See also:

• CHANT (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. cantare, to sing; an old form is " chaunt ")

chant of See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral Benbpw .

Much has been written about Kidd, less because of the See also:

• INTRINSIC (through Fr. intrinsique, from Lat. intrinsecus, inwardly; inter, within, secus, following, from root of sequi, to follow)

intrinsic See also:

• INTEREST

interest of his career than because the agreement made with him by Bellomont was the subject of violent See also:

• POLITICAL

political controversy . The best popular See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account is in An See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch of See also:

• ROBIN

Robin See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood and Captain Kidd by W . W . See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell (New York, 1853), in which the essential documents are quoted . But see PIRATE .