Hi there have always been non European people in England mainly in the ports, who knows if some moved up to Leicester. There where also pirates who took British people as captives and sold them into slavery. may be the money was to rescue some of these. regards Terry Norway > > > Hi Jim > > The way I read it is that the funds would go towards paying ransoms on people taken prisoner by the Turks (perhaps a generic term for non-Christians), not Turkish people taken prisoner. I don't imagine there were any Turks (or Turkish sympathisers) in Leicestershire in the 17th century - unless someone knows otherwise? > > John > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: jim goodman > To: Leicestershire > Sent: Tuesday, 29 January, 2008 6:20:46 PM > Subject: [LEI] Turkish captives, 1684 > > Any thoughts on why Turkish captives would be in this area circa 1684 > > jim > > > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/