sent by Governor Thomas Lynch to capture Jean Hamlin however Hamlin manages to elude being captured once again. With ex-buccaneers such as John Coxen closing in, Hamlin fled from his base in Ile-la-vache sailing towards St. Thomas where he was given sanctuary by governor Adolph Esmit. 1683 The Jamaica Act of 1683 is passed by the Parliament of England prohibiting trade with pirates. January – French pirate Jean Hamlin takes the British ship Thomas and William, Richard North commander, near the Isle of Ash, off Hispaniola. Later, the crew reluctantly lets a French man-of-war escorting two Guinea ships continue unharmed. After trading peacefully with Adolph Esmit, Governor of St. Thomas, Hamlin captures a ketch out of Nevis. March – Pirate hunter Thomas Pain, allegedly commissioned by Jamaican Governor Thomas Lynch, leads a group of privateers in a raid against St. Augustine, Florida however they soon withdraw to New Providence after looting several nearby villages. May 17–21 – Michel de Grammont, Laurens de Graff and Nicholas van Hoorn lead a group of privateers totalling over 1,000 men in an attack on Veracruz looting the town for four days and ransoming several prominent citizens, including Governor Don Luis de Cordova and visiting Irish merchant John Murphy, before returning to Petit-Goâve with over 800 pesos a man. Nicholas van Hoorn is mortally wounded during a duel with de Graff on Isla de Sacrificios. May – Jean Hamlin raids shipping off the coast of Sierra Leone capturing English and Dutch ships. Later that year Hamlin's band split into separate bands with Hamlin returning to the Caribbean. Arriving in St. Thomas in late 1683 or early 1684 Hamlin's ship was burned in the island's harbor by English naval officer Captain Carlile commanding . Hamlin would be granted refuge in St. Thomas by Danish Governor Adolph Esmit until his removal in October 1684. December – Laurens de Graaf leads a successful raid on Cartagena capturing several large ships for his pirate fleet. 1684 Jean Hamlin forms a new crew commanding La Nouve Trompeuse shortly before the removal of St. Thomas Governor Adolf Esmit where he would travel to the old buccaneer base of Ile-la-vache off the coast of Hispaniola. Pierre LePain, wanted by the French government for the return of La Trompeuse stolen in Cayenne several years before, is captured and sent to Petit-Goâve. January – In retaliation for the St. Augustine raid in 1683 Spanish