Spain and privateering

Question 1

why did Elizabeth employ privateers?

Answer 1

to provide protection and to strengthen the weakened treasury

Question 2

what happened in 1568?

Answer 2

battered Spanish ships were chased by privateers and took shelter in the ports of Devon and Cornwall

the ships had 400k florins on board meant for the Spanish Duke of Alva and his army in the Netherlands

Question 3

what did King Phillip order due to the events of 1568?

Answer 3

in 1571 he ordered Alva to send 10k troops to England

Elizabeth encouraged English privateers to raid Spanish shipping

Question 4

what year did the letters of marque add provisions for prizes to condemned? (declared as contraband from an enemy state)

Answer 4

after 1585- confiscated by an admiralty court

Question 5

when did hostility between England and Spain begin?

Answer 5

1585wh

Question 6

what did Elizabeth specifically authorise when these hostilities begin?

Answer 6

for privateers to help defend England

Question 7

name prominent privateers of this time

Answer 7

Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Walter Raleigh, Martin Frobisher