Hi from before the Roman Empire there has been trade to areas outside of Europe. But about 1648 there was problems with the trade to the Orient through Turkey. Barbary pirates raided as far North as the southern coasts of the British isles. There were also more than enough non European traders in England. but guess our Turkish captives were captives of Barbary pirates, regards Terry Norway (Traders from Scandinavia were down in Turkey in 1200) > From: flavell@comcast.net > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:16:15 -0500 > To: chaneys@clara.net > CC: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LEI] Turkish captives, 1684 > > The Barbary Pirates (a/k/a Ottoman Corsairs, and hence maybe "turks") > were active seizing hostages from vessels from the 16th Century. > Wikipedia has a nice articl > > > > BEQUEST TO MOST INDIGENT, POOREST, AGED, > DECREPIT, MISERABLEST PAUPERS. > Hallaton, Leicestershire. > Valentine Goodman, by will, dated in 1684, > bequeathed £800 to be laid out in land, and the > profits thereof given to the "most indigent, > poorest, aged, decrepit, miserablest paupers," viz. > six from Easton, four from Medbourn, four from > Hallaton, and two from Blaston ; and if any part > of the money (was) employed for easing town > levies, or not according to the intent of the > testator, then he declared that the gift should > cease, and the money be employed for the redemption > of Turkish captives. > The produce of the land in 1822, 1823, and > 1824, is reported at £100 each year. > The names of the recipients are regularly entered > Jn a book, with the amount paid to each.— > XXXII. pt. v. p. 235. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE- > PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/