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 Englishmen in South Texas, 1568 Posted by:  PeterNoG
N 27° 31.002 W 097° 51.608
14R E 612574 N 3044184
This Texas Historical Marker is on the west side of the Kleberg County Courthouse which is at Kleberg Avenue and 11th Street in Kingsville, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMKDE6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2014
Views: 7
Marker Title: Englishmen in South Texas, 1568
Index Entry: Englishmen in South Texas
Address:
City: Kingsville
County: Kleberg
Subject Codes: Exploration and expeditions; English immigrants/immigration
Year Marker Erected: 1973
Designations: na
Marker Location: Courthouse Square Kleberg at 11th Streets, Kingsville
Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 1485
Marker Text:
Fifty-two years before the celebrated landing of English settlers at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Massachusetts, three Englishmen traveled this South Texas area. They were sailors who had gone to sea in 1567 with Sir John Hawkins, an admiral of the fleet of Queen Elizabeth I, on a trading voyage. At Vera Cruz, Mexico, on Sept 26, 1568, Sir John was attacked by the Spanish, losing five of his six ships. Forced by famine and overcrowding to lighten the remaining crippled ship, he put ashore 114 of his men on October 8, 1568, near Tampico. Most went south, only to be captured by the Spanish; 26 went north, had Indian fights and other misfortunes. Of the 26, only Richard Browne, David Ingram, and Richard Twide ever reached England again. That Browne, Ingram, and Twide passed through this part of Texas is evident by Ingram's testimony, given to Her Majesty's secretary in 1582. He told of cannibal Indians along the Gulf Coast, described the lush grass at the Rio Grande's mouth and the sandy regions north of that river, told of large "musquetas" and of eating prickly pear fruit.
In 11 months of steady walking —— only once resting as long as five days —— they reached Frenchmen in Nova Scotia, and a ship captain took them to Europe.
(1973)
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