The Pembrokeshire coast was repeatedly raided by pirates operating from Irish Sea bases during the mid-Tudor period. Crown vessels and armed local retinues were organised to intercept raiders landing on the coast. Several armed confrontations on the Pembrokeshire shoreline resulted in the capture of pirates and the dispersal of landing parties.
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