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Amyas Preston
Amyas
Preston
was an
English
privateer
of the
Elizabethan period
.
Preston came from
Cricket St Thomas
in
Somerset
. He took part in the
Preston Somers Expedition
in
1595
.
The
hero
character
Amyas Leigh
in
Charles
Kingsley's
novel
Westward
Ho!
is based on Amyas Preston.