The Merchant Royal was an English Naval vessel that sank in 1641 with 36 bronze canon and over 500,000 pieces of gold and silver bullion.
Cornwall and The Scilly Isles
King Charles I on the throne and one year before the English Civil War.
1641 parliament summary.
English Civil War 1642 - 1645.
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