serviceyears commands death_place death_date birth_place rank article_title name type
1570s the swallow newport 1576 wales captain john callis -lrb- pirate -rrb-
 john callis pirate
john callis -lrb- pirate -rrb-

john callis -lrb- or calles -rrb- -lrb- died 1576 -rrb- was a 16th-century welsh pirate .
he was active in south wales from cardiff to haverfordwest , often selling his prizes and cargo in the villages of laugharne and carew in milford haven , only a few miles south of little newcastle , wales .
his piratical career lasted for decades before pressure from neighbouring countries forced to english government to take action and managed to capture him in 1576 .
the elderly pirate attempted to assist authorities in tracking down other pirates in exchange for his release , however the authorities refused his offer and he was hanged in newport later that year .
following his execution , a commission was appointed to investigate merchants and others in the counties of cardigan , pembroke , carmarthen , monmouth and glamorgan associated with locally-based pirates .
a list of those illegally dealing with pirates was compiled by the commission and the offenders fined .
