Answer to Question #210174 in History for koollokpi

Question

Why were the buccaneers an asset to D'Oyley?

Answer 1

The buccaneers was an asset to D'Oyley since he used it to establish dominance in Jamaican colony. Accordingly, Edward D'Oyley was a committed parliamentarian who served in the New Model Army in Wiltshire and in Ireland, where he received a land grant in recompense for his services. In December 1654 D'Oyley, now a lieutenant-colonel in General Robert Venables's regiment, sailed for the West Indies. Cromwell had dispatched Venables and his men in order to advance the western design, by which he hoped to gain control of the lucrative and strategically important islands of the Caribbean by defeating the Spanish forces there, and simultaneously stamping out the pro-royalist sentiment which flourished among many English settlers.