http://hilarybradt.com/2009/08/25/doddiscombleigh/ Hilary Bradt's Website & Blog Sat, 19 May 2012 11:29:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hilarybradt.com/2009/08/25/doddiscombleigh/#comment-3800 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:58:40 +0000 http://hilarybradt.com/?p=539#comment-3800 Hi, I have been researching a sword that belonged to Captain Philemon Pownoll that we own. Philemon, captured the Hermione which had been heavily disquised because of its cargo. Pownoll and another captain Sawyer chased the ship down off St marys cape and took it into Gibraltar to be stripped.In todays money it was worth £80 million. Each captain received a captains share of around £8.9 million in todays money. The ordinary seaman received 30 years wages for there part. the more I research the more interesting a character he was. Coming out of retirement to fight again in the American War of Independence shows a real character. Sadly cutting his life short.

]]> http://hilarybradt.com/2009/08/25/doddiscombleigh/#comment-1134 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:13:38 +0000 http://hilarybradt.com/?p=539#comment-1134 Very interesting post Hilary – there are many overlooked gems to discover all over the world!

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