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The below info was found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh
Walter Raleigh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Alternatively, Professor Walter Raleigh was a scholar and author circa 1900.
Engraved portrait of RaleighSir Walter Raleigh (1554–October 29, 1618) is famed as a writer, poet, spy, and explorer. Note: Many alternate spellings of his surname exist, including Rawley, Ralegh, and Rawleigh; although "Raleigh" appears most commonly today, he himself used that spelling only once. His most consistent preferrence was for "Ralegh". The city of Raleigh, North Carolina takes its name from Sir Walter.
Walter Raleigh was born at Hayes Barton, which lies on the edge of Woodbury Common close to the village of East Budleigh, in Devon, England. He was the half brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Adrian Gilbert. Raleigh's family had a fundamentally Protestant religious orientation and experienced a number of near escapes during the reign of the Catholic queen Mary I of England (1553 - 1558). During childhood, Raleigh developed a hatred of Catholicism, and proved quick to express it after the Protestant Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558.
By 1581, after a number of military and naval engagements in France, Ireland and elsewhere, he had become established as a courtier and as Elizabeth's favourite. The story that he once took off an expensive cloak and threw it over a mud puddle for Queen Elizabeth to walk across illustrates Raleigh's flamboyant manner -- the event probably never happened, but everyone had come to expect that sort of thing from Raleigh, and Elizabeth always favored that kind of showmanship.
Raleigh's scheme for colonization in "Virginia" in North America (1585 onwards) ended in failure at Roanoke Island around 1587-1590.
As somewhat of a travel agent, he put together a persuasive brochure encouraging Europeans to move to the New World. Eventually, a voyage was created, and the ships landed at Roanoke Island. They planned to drop the colonists off and then return a few months later with supplies for them.
Now, Roanoke Island, even today, has many bugs and mosquitos and is covered with very thick woods. It was not the ideal spot to leave the colonists. In about 1589 or 1590, the ships returned to Roanoke Island with supplies. They couldn't find any of the colonists. Roanoke Island was not an ideal place to stay, and they searched for the colonists only for about 45 minutes. Adding to the mystery, they found the word "CROATAN" carved into a tree.
Historians guess what probably happened was that most of the women and children died soon after the landing, and the men became indoctrinated into the society of the local tribe, the Croatan. The European men took advantage of the native women, and so the native chief killed them.
Raleigh's position of influence was greatly extended as he became one of Elizabeth's spymasters, along with Francis Walsingham, and was largely responsible for the uncovering of the Babington plot (1586), a Catholic plot to dethrone Elizabeth and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots; as a result of this Elizabeth granted Raleigh a 40,000 acre (160 km²) estate in Ireland. Mary became implicated in the Babington conspiracy and subsequently suffered execution (1587).
Raleigh was Governor of Jersey 1600-1603, responsible for modernising the defences of the island. He named the new fortress protecting the approaches to St. Helier Fort Isabella Bellissima, known thereafter in English as Elizabeth Castle.
Royal favour did not last, however. On November 17, 1603, after Elizabeth's death, Raleigh went on trial for treason in the converted Great hall of Winchester Castle for supposed involvement in the Main Plot. His involvement in the Main Plot seems to have been confined to meeting with Henry Brooke, Lord Cobham and no more, but Raleigh was in disfavor at that point. He languished in the Tower of London until 1616. While imprisoned he wrote a book about ancient history (of Greece and Rome): A Historie of the World, also known as A History of the World.
After his second expedition to the Orinoco in search of El Dorado, Raleigh was beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
The film classic of the relationships between Queen Elizabeth, Raleigh, and his wife is 1955's The Virgin Queen starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, and Joan Collins.
Preceded by:
The Earl of Bedford Lord Warden of the Stannaries
1584–1603 Succeeded by:
The Earl of Pembroke
Preceded by:
John Best Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1597–1603 Succeeded by:
Sir Thomas Erskine
Preceded by:
Sir Anthony Paulet Governor of Jersey
1600–1603 Succeeded by:
Sir John Peyton
Books
Raleigh Trevelyan - Sir Walter Raleigh (2003)
The below info was found at: http://www.btinternet.com/~richard.towers/jim/raleigh.html
Sir Walter Raleigh was born at Hayes Barton which is on the edge of Woodbury Common, near the village of East Budleigh, Devon, England.
Also see my separate page on Raleigh's attempts at the colonisation of America.
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Sir Walter Raleigh.
His background.
He was born in 1552, during a time when his father leased Hayes Barton from the Duke family of Otterton. He was half brother to Sir Humphrey and Sir John Gilbert, from his mother's first marriage. He had a brother, Carew, and sister, Margaret.
The spelling used in those days was rather erratic and thus "Raleigh" is just one of the (over 40) ways in which his surname was written. He used numerous of these spellings, with "Rawleigh", "Ralegh" and "Rawley" being more often used than the currently accepted version. His name was pronounced "raw lie" and it is said he is never known to have used the modern "Raleigh" spelling.
He is known to have attended church in East Budleigh. The nearby sea-side town of Budleigh Salterton is the setting for the painting "The boyhood of Raleigh" by Millais (on show at the Tate Gallery, although from May 20th. to September 30th., 2000 it will be in an exhibition about Raleigh at the Fairlynch Museum, Budleigh Salterton). Since it was painted in 1870 it's not surprising that the wall still exists.
He was quite tall (six foot) considering that the average height was lower then than now. He is said to have retained his strong Devonshire accent during all his time at Court. In those days a regional accent was not such a disadvantage as it has been of late.
During his early life, from 1553 to 1558, Queen Mary I was on the throne. This was a time when the Roman Catholic church was in favour. Although a large part of the population had previously become Protestants, those who were most open about it were persecuted. To quote from the "Five English Reformers" by J.C. Ryle in 1890 "Mary was not called "Bloody Mary" without reason.....during the last four years of Queen Mary's reign no less than 288 persons were burnt at the stake for their adhesion to the Protestant faith".
Raleigh's parents knew one woman, called Agnes Prest, who was martyred at Exeter.
His father narrowly escaped being killed by taking refuge in a church tower.
Riots were common, with one at Exeter illustrated here.
It is understandable that Raleigh grew up with a hatred of the Catholic Church and, when Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558, he was open to express it.
In 1581, after seeing action on a number of occasions, he became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth the first. There is little to confirm the famous story of how he spread his cloak across a puddle so that the Queen could walk over it, except for the cloak included in his coat of arms.
He became Captain of the Guard and his part in foiling the "Babington" conspiracy ended up with him owning a 42,000 acre estate in Ireland. The "Babington" conspiracy was aimed at replacing Queen Elizabeth with Mary, Queen of Scots. Since she was implicated in it, this led to Mary's execution.
Raleigh replaced the chimneys of his Youghal home, with some more like those at his birthplace, Hayes Barton.
In 1585 he was made Governor of Jersey. While there, he built "Elizabeth Castle" on a rocky islet, in the 1590s.
See my separate page on Raleigh's attempts at the colonisation of America which took place at this time.
Missing the Armada.
Raleigh arranged for the construction of one of the ships involved in fighting the Armada. "The Ark Royal" weighed 800 tons and was completed in 1587. It had four masts and a normal crew of 270. The Treasury was very short of money to finance a fleet to fight the Armada. Thus Raleigh donated the ship in exchange for an I.O.U. of £5,000. The "Ark Royal" was chosen to lead the English fleet against the Armada in 1588. It was rebuilt in 1608 and renamed "Anne Royal". It was finally sunk due to an accident, in 1636.
My thanks to Richard Griffin for the picture on the right. Click on it for a larger version (187 Kbytes).
There have been four further Ark Royals since then. The following links have details of the versions -
more about the first (1587 to 1636),
and second (1914 to 1934 [renamed]),
the third (1937 to 1941)
the fourth (1950 to 1978).
and the fifth (1981 on) with an Educational site here.
If you want to see a reconstruction of a similar (but smaller) vessel, Drake's (more on Drake) "Golden Hinde" is berthed in London.
In 1588 Sir Richard Grenville (another link) and Raleigh took over the joint defense of Devon and Cornwall against the expected Spanish Armada. They arranged the construction of a series of beacons along the coasts. These were to be lit when the Armada was first sighted.
As it happened, land-based soldiers did little but watch the sea battles from the coast and guard some Spanish prisoners.
The Tower.
He retired to his Irish Estates but then wanted to move again and sold them to Sir Richard Boyle in 1602.
Considering the Queen's evident affection for him, it was not unexpected that she should be displeased with his love affair with one of her Maids of Honour, Bessie Throckmorton (background). The Queen had him thrown in the Tower of London (click here for picture). He was released after one of his ships brought back a huge treasure on the captured Spanish ship "Madre De Dios".
He married Bessie and retired to his manor at Sherborne, Dorset. Here he built Sherborne Castle in 1594. >From 1617 this has been the home of the Digby family (17th. century Earls of Bristol).
In 1603 Queen Elizabeth the first died and James the first took the throne. Raleigh was then framed as a member of a plot against the throne and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Whilst in the Bloody Tower he wrote the "History of the World" ( excerpt ) which was first printed in 1614. It was composed of five volumes but only reached as far as the second Macedonian War in 130 BC.
The West Country Studies Library in Exeter has a number of copies of this book. A particularly fine example from 1617 was "Printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre, and are to be sold at his Shop in Paules Church-yard at the sign of the Crane".
In the Preface to the book Raleigh says "How unfit, and how unworthy a choice I have made of my selfe to undertake a worke of this mixture." He goes on to refer to those who put him in the Tower as "ungentle and uncourteous Readers" and thanks them for putting him there "For had it been otherwise, I should hardly have had the leisure, to have made myself a foole in print".
Yet again he was released but was then involved in another expedition against the Spanish. Their influence at court managed to have him re-arrested on his previous charge and he was finally sentenced to be beheaded.
At his execution in 1618 he asked to see the axe and said "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all Diseases."
As was common at the time, his head was embalmed and presented to his wife. She apparently carried it with her at all times until she died 29 years later at the age of 82.
The head was finally buried with their son (Carew - like Sir Walter, a one-time Governor of Jersey) alongside the body of Sir Walter to the South side of the alter at St. Margaret's Church. This is just next to Westminster Abbey. It was founded in the 12th century and is the parish church of the House of Parliament.
Raleigh the poet.
He was also a renowned poet.
It is worth noting that spelling in those days was largely free-style and that those who transcribed poems often added their own "improvements". Thus the known words from his poems may well be inaccurate.
Here are a number of links to some further quotes from his poems, and a lookup facility.
Other information.
Reigns of English Monarchs around Raleigh's time -
1509 to 1547 - Henry VIII
1547 to 1553 - Edward VI (son of Henry)
1553 to 1558 - Mary I (daughter of Henry)
1558 to 1603 - Elizabeth I (daughter of Henry)
1603 to 1625 - James I (also James VI of Scotland)
Anniina Jokinen's page with many links relating to Raleigh and "Essays and Articles on Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature". There are many more links on this page.
A section on Raleigh in the 16th. Century from "English Literature to 1800" - coursework produced by Dr. Catherine Innes-Parker and Dr. Geoffrey Lindsay of the Department of English at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Rich Geib's "Thoughts worth thinking" page with a copy of Raleigh's last letter to his wife. This contains the interesting quote "Begg my dead body which living was denied thee; and either lay it at Sherburne (and if the land continue) or in Exeter-Church, by my Father and Mother".
The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia entry for Raleigh.
Infoplease page based on the Columbia Encyclopedia.
A page on Raleigh, by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Incompetech's slightly frivolous page on Raleigh.
Nicholas Hilliard (1547 - 1619) - the Exeter painter who painted one of the most famous paintings of Raleigh.
General genealogy (family history) information.
Raleigh's entry in the Mormon "International Genealogical Index".
The National Register of Archives search page where you can search for "Raleigh" and receive a list of locations of documents relating to him. Further archives can be found here.
An image of a statue of Raleigh in the Raleigh City Museum.
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Books, etc. about Raleigh.
Type Title Author Details Further information and ordering
* against the title means that we have a copy
Book * Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado Marc Aronson ISBN 0 3958 4827 X. Published by Clarion Books, May 2000. 240 pages. This excellent book is also about maps and how mapping both created and reflected a new way of seeing the world. Winner of the Boston Globe / Horn Book prize for nonfiction for young readers.
Book * The Raleigh Country Eric R. Delderfield ERD Publications & Raleigh Press, Newton Abbot, first published 1949. ISBN 0 9003 4514 4. Mainly covers the East Devon area, with a section on Raleigh.
Book * That great Lucifer Margaret Irwin A portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh, published by Allison & Busby. ISBN 0 7490 0327 8
Book Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana By Sir Walter Ralegh. Edited, annotated and transcribed by Neil L. Whitehead Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.
Book * Towers in the Mist Elizabeth Goudge A historical novel involving Raleigh's time at Oxford University
Book Fortune my Foe Geoffrey Trease A biography of Sir Walter Raleigh. First published 1949. His books are normally described as "children's", having a factual background with a fictional main character. Not in print
Book Sir Walter Ralegh, An Annotated Bibliography Edited by Christopher M. Armitage Not in print
Book The Incredible Armada James Mildren Published by Halsgrove Devon Books, ISBN 0 86114 819 3.
Book Sir Walter Raleigh’s Speech from the Scaffold John Parker and Carol A. Johnson ISBN 0-9601798-5-2 from the James Ford Bell Library
Book * Sir Walter Raleigh John Winton ISBN 0 7181 1001 3. Published by Michael Joseph of London, copyright 1975. A large and detailed book.
Book * Sir Walter Raleigh Eric Ecclestone Penguin Books. First published 1941. 118 pages, paperback. Not in print
Book * Raleigh and the British Empire David B. Quinn English Universities Press. First published 1947. 272 pages, hardback. Not in print
Book * Sir Walter Raleigh A Ladybird Book, for younger children. First published 1957. 51 pages, hardback. Short but well illustrated. Not in print
Book Sir Walter Raleigh in Ireland Sir John Pope-Hennessy Published London, 1883. Not in print
Book Death of the Fox: A Novel of Elizabeth and Ralegh George P. Garrett Published by Harcourt, 1991. 739 pages, ISBN 0 1562 5233 3
Book Sir Francis Drake George Malcolm Thompson Book Club Associates 1972 - this page includes several extracts relating to Raleigh and Grenville. Not in print
Film Elizabeth Michael Hurst See the website. Director: Shekhar Kapur. Starring: Cate Blanchett. Not very true to history but worth watching.
Painting The boyhood of Raleigh Millais Original is at the Tate Gallery Ordering a copy.
Book Tudor food and pastimes F.G. Emmison Useful background reading covering the way of life at the home of one of Raleigh's contemporaries - Sir William Petre Not in print
Book Elizabethan life F.G. Emmison More useful background reading Not in print
The below info was found at: http://www.huvard.com/becka/raleigh/raleigh_bio.html
A Short Biography of Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh signed his name many different ways. Once, in 1578, he signed it Rawleyghe. Until 1583 he signed it Rauley. From 1584 until 1618, when he was executed, he signed it Ralegh. Today, people prefer to spell it Raleigh.
He is thought to have been born around 1552 at Hayes Barton, Devonshire, England.
He fought for the Huguenots in 1596.
He privateered with his half brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Privateering is when the queen or king gives permission to seize other ships at sea and take their cargos. It was legal pirating.
Raleigh was one of Queen Elizabeth's favorite courtiers. He was also well known for his writing and poetry.
“On March 25,1584, Raleigh received a patent from the queen granting him title to any lands he might discover and claim in the name of the crown.”
In 1584, Raleigh sent an expedition from Plymouth,England, which was commanded by Phillip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe. They landed off the coast of what is now known as North Carolina, on July 13,1584.When they returned, they brought back two Native Americans named Manteo and Wanchese. As a result of this, Raleigh was knighted on January 6,1585 by Queen Elizabeth I.
Raleigh made Queen Elizabeth mad by secretly marrying Bessie Throckmorton. The queen locked them in the Tower of London. They were released by Christmas.
Raleigh was one of the leaders of a big naval force that fought the Spanish Armada at Cadiz. The English ships defeated the Spanish and won. This made Raleigh a favorite of Elizabeth again.
In 1595 he led an expedition to the Orinoco River in Guyana hoping to find gold mines. The trip was not a success, though a book he wrote about the expedition was.
Raleigh was accused of plotting against the Scottish king, James I who became king after Elizabeth I died. Raleigh was sentenced to be hanged, disemboweled, beheaded and quartered. At the last minute he was reprieved and instead was sentenced to life in the Tower.
In 1618, the King decided to enforce Raleigh's death sentence and he was beheaded. His wife was given his embalmed head and kept it for 29 years until she died. Then his head was buried with his body.
Source: Raleigh A Living History Of North Carolina’s Capital and other World Wide Web sites.
By Rebecca G. Huvard
Mrs. Harris 4th Grade
Timber Drive Elementary
Garner, North Carolina
November 1998
http://www.btinternet.com/~richard.towers/jim/raleigh.html
Sir Walter Raleigh was born at Hayes Barton which is on the edge of Woodbury Common, near the village of East Budleigh, Devon, England.
Also see my separate page on Raleigh's attempts at the colonisation of America.
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Sir Walter Raleigh.
His background.
He was born in 1552, during a time when his father leased Hayes Barton from the Duke family of Otterton. He was half brother to Sir Humphrey and Sir John Gilbert, from his mother's first marriage. He had a brother, Carew, and sister, Margaret.
The spelling used in those days was rather erratic and thus "Raleigh" is just one of the (over 40) ways in which his surname was written. He used numerous of these spellings, with "Rawleigh", "Ralegh" and "Rawley" being more often used than the currently accepted version. His name was pronounced "raw lie" and it is said he is never known to have used the modern "Raleigh" spelling.
He is known to have attended church in East Budleigh. The nearby sea-side town of Budleigh Salterton is the setting for the painting "The boyhood of Raleigh" by Millais (on show at the Tate Gallery, although from May 20th. to September 30th., 2000 it will be in an exhibition about Raleigh at the Fairlynch Museum, Budleigh Salterton). Since it was painted in 1870 it's not surprising that the wall still exists.
He was quite tall (six foot) considering that the average height was lower then than now. He is said to have retained his strong Devonshire accent during all his time at Court. In those days a regional accent was not such a disadvantage as it has been of late.
During his early life, from 1553 to 1558, Queen Mary I was on the throne. This was a time when the Roman Catholic church was in favour. Although a large part of the population had previously become Protestants, those who were most open about it were persecuted. To quote from the "Five English Reformers" by J.C. Ryle in 1890 "Mary was not called "Bloody Mary" without reason.....during the last four years of Queen Mary's reign no less than 288 persons were burnt at the stake for their adhesion to the Protestant faith".
Raleigh's parents knew one woman, called Agnes Prest, who was martyred at Exeter.
His father narrowly escaped being killed by taking refuge in a church tower.
Riots were common, with one at Exeter illustrated here.
It is understandable that Raleigh grew up with a hatred of the Catholic Church and, when Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558, he was open to express it.
In 1581, after seeing action on a number of occasions, he became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth the first. There is little to confirm the famous story of how he spread his cloak across a puddle so that the Queen could walk over it, except for the cloak included in his coat of arms.
He became Captain of the Guard and his part in foiling the "Babington" conspiracy ended up with him owning a 42,000 acre estate in Ireland. The "Babington" conspiracy was aimed at replacing Queen Elizabeth with Mary, Queen of Scots. Since she was implicated in it, this led to Mary's execution.
Raleigh replaced the chimneys of his Youghal home, with some more like those at his birthplace, Hayes Barton.
In 1585 he was made Governor of Jersey. While there, he built "Elizabeth Castle" on a rocky islet, in the 1590s.
See my separate page on Raleigh's attempts at the colonisation of America which took place at this time.
Missing the Armada.
Raleigh arranged for the construction of one of the ships involved in fighting the Armada. "The Ark Royal" weighed 800 tons and was completed in 1587. It had four masts and a normal crew of 270. The Treasury was very short of money to finance a fleet to fight the Armada. Thus Raleigh donated the ship in exchange for an I.O.U. of £5,000. The "Ark Royal" was chosen to lead the English fleet against the Armada in 1588. It was rebuilt in 1608 and renamed "Anne Royal". It was finally sunk due to an accident, in 1636.
My thanks to Richard Griffin for the picture on the right. Click on it for a larger version (187 Kbytes).
There have been four further Ark Royals since then. The following links have details of the versions -
more about the first (1587 to 1636),
and second (1914 to 1934 [renamed]),
the third (1937 to 1941)
the fourth (1950 to 1978).
and the fifth (1981 on) with an Educational site here.
If you want to see a reconstruction of a similar (but smaller) vessel, Drake's (more on Drake) "Golden Hinde" is berthed in London.
In 1588 Sir Richard Grenville (another link) and Raleigh took over the joint defense of Devon and Cornwall against the expected Spanish Armada. They arranged the construction of a series of beacons along the coasts. These were to be lit when the Armada was first sighted.
As it happened, land-based soldiers did little but watch the sea battles from the coast and guard some Spanish prisoners.
The Tower.
He retired to his Irish Estates but then wanted to move again and sold them to Sir Richard Boyle in 1602.
Considering the Queen's evident affection for him, it was not unexpected that she should be displeased with his love affair with one of her Maids of Honour, Bessie Throckmorton (background). The Queen had him thrown in the Tower of London (click here for picture). He was released after one of his ships brought back a huge treasure on the captured Spanish ship "Madre De Dios".
He married Bessie and retired to his manor at Sherborne, Dorset. Here he built Sherborne Castle in 1594. >From 1617 this has been the home of the Digby family (17th. century Earls of Bristol).
In 1603 Queen Elizabeth the first died and James the first took the throne. Raleigh was then framed as a member of a plot against the throne and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Whilst in the Bloody Tower he wrote the "History of the World" ( excerpt ) which was first printed in 1614. It was composed of five volumes but only reached as far as the second Macedonian War in 130 BC.
The West Country Studies Library in Exeter has a number of copies of this book. A particularly fine example from 1617 was "Printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre, and are to be sold at his Shop in Paules Church-yard at the sign of the Crane".
In the Preface to the book Raleigh says "How unfit, and how unworthy a choice I have made of my selfe to undertake a worke of this mixture." He goes on to refer to those who put him in the Tower as "ungentle and uncourteous Readers" and thanks them for putting him there "For had it been otherwise, I should hardly have had the leisure, to have made myself a foole in print".
Yet again he was released but was then involved in another expedition against the Spanish. Their influence at court managed to have him re-arrested on his previous charge and he was finally sentenced to be beheaded.
At his execution in 1618 he asked to see the axe and said "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all Diseases."
As was common at the time, his head was embalmed and presented to his wife. She apparently carried it with her at all times until she died 29 years later at the age of 82.
The head was finally buried with their son (Carew - like Sir Walter, a one-time Governor of Jersey) alongside the body of Sir Walter to the South side of the alter at St. Margaret's Church. This is just next to Westminster Abbey. It was founded in the 12th century and is the parish church of the House of Parliament.
Raleigh the poet.
He was also a renowned poet.
It is worth noting that spelling in those days was largely free-style and that those who transcribed poems often added their own "improvements". Thus the known words from his poems may well be inaccurate.
Here are a number of links to some further quotes from his poems, and a lookup facility.
Other information.
Reigns of English Monarchs around Raleigh's time -
1509 to 1547 - Henry VIII
1547 to 1553 - Edward VI (son of Henry)
1553 to 1558 - Mary I (daughter of Henry)
1558 to 1603 - Elizabeth I (daughter of Henry)
1603 to 1625 - James I (also James VI of Scotland)
Anniina Jokinen's page with many links relating to Raleigh and "Essays and Articles on Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature". There are many more links on this page.
A section on Raleigh in the 16th. Century from "English Literature to 1800" - coursework produced by Dr. Catherine Innes-Parker and Dr. Geoffrey Lindsay of the Department of English at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Rich Geib's "Thoughts worth thinking" page with a copy of Raleigh's last letter to his wife. This contains the interesting quote "Begg my dead body which living was denied thee; and either lay it at Sherburne (and if the land continue) or in Exeter-Church, by my Father and Mother".
The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia entry for Raleigh.
Infoplease page based on the Columbia Encyclopedia.
A page on Raleigh, by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Incompetech's slightly frivolous page on Raleigh.
Nicholas Hilliard (1547 - 1619) - the Exeter painter who painted one of the most famous paintings of Raleigh.
General genealogy (family history) information.
Raleigh's entry in the Mormon "International Genealogical Index".
The National Register of Archives search page where you can search for "Raleigh" and receive a list of locations of documents relating to him. Further archives can be found here.
An image of a statue of Raleigh in the Raleigh City Museum.
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