 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mansel akanga ari muWales, mwanakomana waSir Edward Mansel wePenrice naMargamu akafa muna 1585, kunyange zvazvo gare gare akazvisimbisa pakati pevakuru veNorfolk. Basa rake rokutanga muzvikepe harina kunyorwa, asi akashanda mukurwiswa kweCádiz muna 1596pasi paRobert Devereux, Earl weEssex, achiraira HMS Vanguard, uye akapiwa zita rokuti knight nokuda kwechikamu chake mairi. Akazotora chikamu muEssexs Islands Voyage kuenda kuAzores 1597, ndokuzotungamira kubva kumahombekombe eIreland panguva yekurwisa kwaEssex muIreland. Muna October 1602 akagadzirirwa ngarava uye pamwe chete nevaDutch akabatsira kukurira ngarava nhanhatu dzeSpain dzaitungamirirwa naFederico Spinola muHondo yeNarrow Seas. Somugumisiro, Mansell akatumidzwa kuti Vice-Admiral weNarrow seas muna 1603 uye akava Treasurer weNavy muna 1604. 