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There's a headline you don't see every day, the Cornwall castle of Trematon is up for rent. Trematon is not just any old Cornish castle though, it was used by Sir Frances Drake to store some of his Spanish treasure from the Golden Hind when he returned to England in 1580 after his circumnavigation of the earth. For a mere £850, 000, approximately $1.4 million US, you can lease this castle for the next 20 years! Sounds a bit pricey, but it's not every day you have the opportunity to rent a castle. The estimated property value is about £3 million, or about $ 5 million US.
While most of the castle sits in ruins today, the outlines of the walls are still mostly intact, and the original form of the castle and keep are easily distinguished. A rectangular 2 story main gate house built in 1270 is mostly complete and still has it's portcullis. In the castle courtyard stand a Georgian house built in 1808. And there is also a pretty good view of the nearby River Lynher, Forder Creek, and the rather scenic hamlet of Antony Passage, near a railway viaduct.
Drake had many hardships during that fateful voyage, including putting down a mutiny and the loss of several ships and men, but it was also one of the most successful voyages of his career. At the time, the Spaniards did not expect acts of piracy in the Pacific, and Drake caught them completely off guard. He captured Spanish treasure galleons, most notably the Nuestra Señora de la Concepción off the coast of Peru in 1578. He also sacked and raided the main Spanish settlement at El Callao, Peru's main port.
Drake was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, and only the second person to do so. When he returned to England, he brought Elizabeth I her half-share of the cargo. Which surpassed the rest of the crown's income for that entire year! Drake had a naval career that is almost unmatched, and he was a pretty solid bloke to boot. After helping defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588, the crown was “reluctant” to pay the sailors fighting men aboard the ships that saved England. Drake, and other commanders paid what they could to those men out of their own pockets, it wasn't near what they were owed by the crown however. That seemed to be quite a habit with several governments at the time, and was part of what lead to the explosion of piracy across the globe a few decades later.
While most of the castle sits in ruins today, the outlines of the walls are still mostly intact, and the original form of the castle and keep are easily distinguished. A rectangular 2 story main gate house built in 1270 is mostly complete and still has it's portcullis. In the castle courtyard stand a Georgian house built in 1808. And there is also a pretty good view of the nearby River Lynher, Forder Creek, and the rather scenic hamlet of Antony Passage, near a railway viaduct.
Drake had many hardships during that fateful voyage, including putting down a mutiny and the loss of several ships and men, but it was also one of the most successful voyages of his career. At the time, the Spaniards did not expect acts of piracy in the Pacific, and Drake caught them completely off guard. He captured Spanish treasure galleons, most notably the Nuestra Señora de la Concepción off the coast of Peru in 1578. He also sacked and raided the main Spanish settlement at El Callao, Peru's main port.
Drake was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, and only the second person to do so. When he returned to England, he brought Elizabeth I her half-share of the cargo. Which surpassed the rest of the crown's income for that entire year! Drake had a naval career that is almost unmatched, and he was a pretty solid bloke to boot. After helping defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588, the crown was “reluctant” to pay the sailors fighting men aboard the ships that saved England. Drake, and other commanders paid what they could to those men out of their own pockets, it wasn't near what they were owed by the crown however. That seemed to be quite a habit with several governments at the time, and was part of what lead to the explosion of piracy across the globe a few decades later.
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