Shipwreck find shows ‘triumph of guns’
Saturday 14th June 2008, 9:29AM BST.
The 16th-century cannon is hoisted from the sea, where it had lain for more than 400 years. (0592795)
ARCHAEOLOGIST Mensun Bound is adamant that a 16th-century cannon raised from Alderney’s Elizabethan wreck is full of surprises.
Oxford lecturer Mr Bound directed the cannon’s raising in the waters off Corblets Bay on Thursday afternoon and has since spoken of his joy, relief and excitement.
Mr Bound said: ‘It was a testing day. Poor conditions prevented us from diving in the morning and it was touch and go as to whether we would go for it in the afternoon.
‘Thankfully, everything came together at just the right time. The weather improved dramatically and the harbour master gave us the green light. The divers then did a superb job and we ended up bringing a magnificent example of 16th-century warfare to the surface.’
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Dear Sirs,
Alderney´s Elizabethan wreck brings a great surprise for my family and me. I assume that my ancestor John Tupper was a passenger on that ship.
In Burke’s Landed Gentry, 1863, we can read- “The first of the family who settled in Guernsey was John Tupper, son of Henry, of Chichester, who, proceeding on a voyage to Bordeaux, was shipwrecked on the coast of the island, and receiving the succour and hospitality of a Mr.Peter le Pelley, a gentleman of ancient family residing near the locality of the disaster, soon after married his only daughter and heiress, Mary (by Colette, his wife, only daughter of Hillary Gosselin, Esq., Bailiff or chief magistrate of Guernsey, and relict of Thomas le Marchant Esq.) and settled in the island, where he subsequently purchased a large estate, and became the ancestor of the Tuppers,who have been from that period among the first families of the island”. The marriage of John Tupper and the said miss Le Pelley was celebrated 10th december 1592. Years ago Tupper worked in Walsingham’s secret service (“Elizabeth Foreign Papers”), so it’s no rare his appearance in that galleon containing Burgley’s papers.
This old private family’s story may be interesting for Mr Mensum Bound and BBC Timewatch also.
P. F. Tupper
Santiago de Chile
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Patrick Tupper is correct in stating “this old family’s story may be interesting…..”
Peter Le Pelley was my 12 x great grandfather. There are some fascinating stories to be told.
How I wish I could I could locate my missing cousin Patrick Tupper.
Lorraine Pearce-Boltec,
Melbourne
Australia
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