HORNACHERO! PART TWO. THE LONG FORGOTTEN EPISODE IN HISTORY
By the end of that summer of 1625, the mayor of Plymouth calculated that the Hornacheros had destroyed 1,000 fishing skiffs, and had carried of into slavery a similar number of people. They had also slipped unopposed up the Thames, and carried off numerous citizens of London. The impunity with which the Sallee Rovers preyed upon England was due in large measure to the indifference of the government of Charles 1, and their utter impotence in the face of this threat. Contemporary letters, journals... Sign in to see full entry.