John Boys (Royalist) Boys himself went to London rather than continue further military resistance while others of the Regiment went on to serve at Wallingford Castle. During August 1648, he made a futile attempt to raise the Siege of Walmer Castle in Deal, one of the Cinque Ports, and customary home of the Lord Warden. Sir Algernon Sydney replaced him as Warden in 1648. In 1659, Boys was held as a prisoner in Dover Castle for "petitioning for a free Parliament", but was released on 23 February 1660. He was then, reputedly, granted the office of Receiver of Customs at Dover from Charles
Cinque Ports (1703 ship) on 30 April 1703 for the port of Kinsale in Ireland. William Dampier's original companions dropped out of the scheme and a new agreement was made with Captain Charles Pickering of "Cinque Ports". "Cinque Ports" was fitted out with 16 guns and a crew of 63. The two ships left Kinsale on 11 September 1703 with the intention of attacking Spanish galleons returning from Buenos Aires. When this plan fell through the privateers decided to make for the South Sea by way of Cape Horn. While the ships were off the coast of Brazil an outbreak of scurvy on board