jul 1, 1575 - The Antrim Affair, northern Ireland

Description:

After returning home from Panama, Drake purchased property on Notte Street, Plymouth, listed as a merchant in 1576
- Rich enough to have a servant, Drake took his cousin John Drake as his personal page

The Antrim Affair:
- Provides assistance at the request of the earl of Sussex
- Drake invests in the enterprise and uses his own ships
- Bloody affair culminating in July 1575 with a surprise attack on Rathlin Island where 500 men, women and children were put to the sword
- Drake's role in the massacre is unclear but the Anterim operation but him into a close relationship with the earl's retainer, Thomas Doughty