“They hate all gentlemen, especially such as serve his Majesty at sea.” . A Devo

“They hate all gentlemen, especially such as serve his Majesty at sea.”
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A Devon fisherman waits on a rock in the surf, contemplating the fact that his livelihood under threat now that the civil war has come to his county. Although far from London and Oxford, Devon found itself on the front lines in the first English Civil War with its major towns declaring for different sides - Plymouth for Parliament, Exeter for the King - while its major industries of tin-mining, wool production, and fishing could be turned to either side’s war effort.
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In Devon in the 1620s, there were at least 5,000 working mariners - well over five per cent of the adult male population. Fishing was integral to Devon’s economy and seafaring men, as a whole, we’re among the most determined opponents of the King. This could have been for a number of reasons; Mark Stoyle’s ‘Loyalty And Locality’ suggests the fishermen’s support for Parliament may come from their being exposed to other cultures and new ideas from their journeys, as well as their high rates of literacy, their lingering resentment over their treatment during King Charles’ ill-fated attack on Spain in 1628, their awareness of the dangerous strength of the Catholic Habsburg Empire, and the Crown’s lack of support for their communities during economic hard times.
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