Essex amassed debts of over twenty thousand pounds before joining the expedition

Evidence

My revenue no greater than it was when I sued my livery; my debts at the least two or three and twenty thousand pounds. — Richard Bruce Wernham, The Expedition of Sir John Norris and…, 671

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Richard Bruce Wernham, The Expedition of Sir John Norris and…, 671
• XREF: connects to: Essex joined the unauthorized Portuguese expedition to escape crushing personal debt — Richard Bruce Wernham, The Expedition of Sir John Norris and…, 671