| Owner: 1) Rowland Place 2) [probably] James Darcy
Supposedly imported to England in Nov 1657 from Aleppo by Nicholas Baxter, King's Gentleman of Horse. Rowland Place was Master of the Horse to Lord Protector of the Commonwealth; Cromwell dies 1658 and Place took PWT to his family estate at Dinsdale, just 10 miles from the Darcy Sedbury stud.
Alternative view:- It is conceivable, but very unlikely, that Place's White Turk (PWT) is the horse imported in 1657, as this stallion must have been foaled in 1653 or earlier, too early to sire later progeny of PWT, e.g. Croft's Commoner foaled 1688c. Also, two 1706 letters by Thomas Pulleine to the Duke of Newcastle say that 2 of his fillies foaled in 1702 both have PWT as maternal sire.
If PWT was foaled 1653c, from 1653 to the 1702 date of the two granddaughters is 49 years, which, although possible, stretches credulity for 2 horses. PWT is probably foaled 1663c. After Rowland Place dies in 1676 PWT is probably bought by James Darcy, becoming known as Darcy's White Turk. In support of PWT and DWT being same horse, no daughter of one was ever mated with a daughter of the other
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