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Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery (20 August 1659 – Disappeared: June 1696), sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, [a] was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s.
Flag attributed to Henry Every Every continued to be active in the Indian Ocean, where he worked alongside other famous pirates of his time, including Thomas Tew . Most notable in his captures was Ganj-i-Sawai , a Mughal ship under the command of Ibrahim Khan during Emperor Aurangzeb 's era.
Sir Henry Every, 9th Baronet (1777–1855) Sir Henry Flower Every, 10th Baronet (1830–1893) Sir Edward Oswald Every, 11th Baronet (1886–1959) Sir John Simon Every, 12th Baronet (1914–1988) Sir Henry John Michael Every, 13th Baronet (born 1947) The heir apparent to the baronetcy is the 13th Baronet's eldest son, Edward James Henry Every ...
An 18th-century depiction of Henry Every, with the Fancy shown engaging its prey in the background. Every now sailed in pursuit of the second Mughal ship, Ganj-i-Sawai [25] (meaning "Exceeding Treasure," and often Anglicized as Gunsway), [26] overtaking it a few days after the attack on Fateh Muhammed.
In August 1695, Henry Every, captaining the 46-gun, 5th rate frigate Fancy, reached the Mandab Strait, where he teamed up with five other pirate ships, including Thomas Tew's 8-gun, 46-man sloop-of-war Amity, Richard Want in Dolphin, Joseph Faro in Portsmouth Adventure, Thomas Wake in Susannah, and William Maze in Pearl.
Henry Every was an English pirate. Henry Every may also refer to: Sir Henry Every, 2nd Baronet (1629–1700), of the Every baronets; Sir Henry Every, 3rd Baronet (1653–1709), of the Every baronets; Sir Henry Every, 6th Baronet (1708–1755), of the Every baronets; Sir Henry Every, 9th Baronet (1777–1855), of the Every baronets
Escutcheon of the Every Baronets The heraldic crest of the Every Baronets The Every Baronetcy , of Egginton in the County of Derby , is a title in the Baronetage of England . It was created on 26 May 1641 for Simon Every , Member of Parliament for Leicester in 1640 and a supporter of the Royalist cause in the Civil War .
England captured a thirty-four gun Dutch ship, which he named Fancy in honour of English pirate Henry Every, and he made the Fancy his new flagship. England decided to attack an East Indiaman under the command of James Macrae, the Cassandra, near the island of Comoros. [14] A long and bloody battle ensued, and both ships ran aground.