Sir John Killigrew to Carleton:

'...hopes soon to complete the tower of his lighthouse. The inhabitants complain that it will take away God's grace from them, as they have no more benefit from shipwreck. They have so long lived on the calamities of wreck that they are idle. Silver, value £3,300 was taken off a Dutch ship, which will go to the Prince.' (1)

A report of 1621 states that there had been no shipping losses since the erection of Dungeness lighthouse, the first to be built in the county of Kent, from 1615 onwards. (2)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Approximate date of loss

<1> Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1619-23 CX James I, Page Nos. 78 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6354.

<2> Page, W. (ed), 1926, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume II (Monograph). SKE7944.