Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh

Name: Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh

He is a distant ancestor on my family tree.

January 22, 1552 or 1554, Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was born in Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon, England.

Links for Raleigh's birthplace:

1 http://www.britishexplorers.com/woodbury/hayesba.html

2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Budleigh

3 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2698

October 29, 1618 is when Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh died. He was age 65. He died in London, England, when and where he was beheaded.

Occupation and title: Explorer, soldier, courtier, spy, poet, and writer.

Schooling: Oriol College, Oxford

Wife: He was married to Elizabeth Throckmorton.

Religion: Protestant

Children: Damerei, Walter "Wat," and Carew

His parents were: Walter Raleigh, Sr. and Catherine Champermowne.

1584 Queen Elizabeth I gave Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh Royal Charter to set up a colony in lands that are not Christian lands.

He gained favor with Queen Elizabeth I and she knighted him in 1585.

What should he be remembered for? He was instrumental in making a permanent English settlement in North America in Virginia.

1591 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh married Elizabeth Throckmorton in secret. She was one of Queen Elizabeth the First's ladies-in-waiting. They did not have the queen's permission and because of this, both Walter and Elizabeth (his wife) were sent to the tower of London.

Links about the Tower of London:

1 http://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/#gs.6Mnef04

2 http://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/#gs.vyiyGNo

3 http://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/events-timeline/#gs.TfSH8YQ

4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London

5 http://www.britainexpress.com/articles/London/tower-of-london.htm

6 http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-london/tower-of-london

When Walter was released from the Tower, they retired to his estate in Sherbourne, Dorset.

Links about Sherbourne, Dorset:

1 http://www.sherbornetown.com

2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherborne

3 http://www.sherbornedorset.co.uk

4 http://www.sherbornedorset.co.uk/history-2/american-links/

Raleigh got into a fair amount of mischief or trouble. First, there was she's secret marriage. Then...

1594 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh heard the reports of a city of gold located in South America. He sailed off to find it, but didn't, and he exaggerated his experiences, which led to the myth of El Dorado.

1603 Queen Elizabeth I died.

1603 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was imprisoned in the Tower of London because he was involved in a plot against King James I.

1616 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was released from the Tower of London so he could go on a second expedition looking for El Dorado. However, he found more trouble when members of his crew ransacked an outpost of Spain. To appease the Spanish, he was arrested and then executed later on October 29, 1618.