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In 1373 Geoffrey Chaucer visited Dartmouth. Among the pilgrims in his Canterbury Tales:
- A schipman was ther, wonyng fer by weste;
- For ought I wost, he was of Dertemouthe.
Dartmouth was a major base for privateering in medieval times. John Hawley was a licensed privateer and mayor of Dartmouth is thought to be a model for Chaucer's "schipman".
Quite piratey after all then.
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