Petition, Request to the King

Alternative Title

Petition, Request to the King, Made in the Form of a Complaint, by the Widows, Little Orphans, Friends and Blood and Marriage Relations of Those that have been Cruelly Invaded by the Spaniards in Antartic France, which Goes by the Name of Florida

Author

Unknown
A. E. Hammond
Valerie Lanham

Files

Publication Date

January 1564

Abstract

"In the early morning of September 20, 1564, the Spanish attacked Fort Caroline, a French stronghold on the eastern Florida coastline near present day Jacksonville. Sparing approximately 60 women and children, the Spanish transported these captives to Puerto Rico. Eventually some returned to France where a petition, penned by an anonymous hand, appealed to King Charles IX for retaliation against the Spanish. The petitioners condemned the injustice and barbarity of the Spanish, pleaded for the king to intervene, and implored the restorative French right to the Florida province."

Keywords

Philip II King of Spain (1527-1598), Florida Huguenot colony (1562-1565)

Extent

5 pages

Geographic Location

Jacksonville (Fla.); St. Augustine (Fla.); France

Language

English

Media Type

Petitions

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

EVF_0015

Type

Article

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Unknown; Hammond, A. E.; and Lanham, Valerie, "Petition, Request to the King" (1564). Early Visions Bucket. 15.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/early_visions_bucket/15