Benjamin Hornigold seize other vessels with impunity. Hornigold's second-in-command during this period was Edward Teach, who would later be better known as the pirate Blackbeard. When Hornigold took command of the "Ranger", he delegated the captaincy of his earlier sloop to Teach. In the spring of 1717 the two pirate captains seized three merchant ships in quick succession, one carrying 120 barrels of flour bound for Havana, another a Bermudian sloop with a cargo of spirits and the third a Portuguese ship travelling from Madeira with a cargo of white wine. In March 1717, Hornigold attacked an armed merchant vessel sent to
John Taylor (pirate) John Taylor (pirate) John Taylor was a pirate who lived in the early 18th century; he was also frequently known as Richard Taylor. He was Edward England's quartermaster and popular with the crew due to his violent disposition. Taylor was responsible for the vote that removed Edward England from command. After that Taylor continued to cruise and captured Arabian and European prizes off the Indian coast. At Reunion Island (off the coast of Madagascar) in April 1721, he together with Olivier Levasseur and Jasper Seagar captured the most valuable prize in pirate history, the 700-ton Portuguese treasure ship "Nossa Senhora