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	Sir Walter Raleigh - LoveToKnow 1911
		Raleigh was predominant during the period between the predominance of Leicester and the rise of the earl of Essex, who came to court in 1587.
		Sir Humphrey's patent was renewed in favour of Sir Walter in March 1584.
		Raleigh was arrested, and in pursuance of the king's promise to Gondomar was executed under his old sentence on the 29th of October 1618.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_Walter_Raleigh (3290 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh - Encyclopedia.com
		Raleigh conceived and organized the colonizing expeditions to America that ended tragically with the "lost colony" expeditions on Roanoke Island, N.C. He was later named a member of the commission for the defense against Spain, but it is doubtful that he participated in the naval operations against the Spanish Armada (1588).
		Raleigh was made governor of Jersey in 1600, but his fortunes ebbed when he drifted apart from his former ally Robert Cecil (later earl of Salisbury) in the political tempest over Essex's treason and death.
		Raleigh was the author of a number of political essays and philosophical treatises, and of a body of poetry that was highly praised by his contemporaries.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-RaleighW.html (1649 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh
		Sir Walter Raleigh was born at Hayes Barton which is on the edge of Woodbury Common, near the village of East Budleigh, Devon, England.
		Raleigh was then framed as a member of a plot against the throne and sentenced to life imprisonment.
		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.
	www.britishexplorers.com /woodbury/raleigh.html (1749 words)

	Raleigh, Sir Walter. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Raleigh conceived and organized the colonizing expeditions to America that ended tragically with the “lost colony” expeditions on Roanoke Island, N.C. He was later named a member of the commission for the defense against Spain, but it is doubtful that he participated in the naval operations against the Spanish Armada (1588).
		Raleigh was made governor of Jersey in 1600, but his fortunes ebbed when he drifted apart from his former ally Robert Cecil (later earl of Salisbury) in the political tempest over Essex’s treason and death.
		Raleigh was the author of a number of political essays and philosophical treatises, and of a body of poetry that was highly praised by his contemporaries.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ra/RaleighW.html (855 words)

	Walter RALEIGH (Sir)
		Sir Henry Sidney and Sir Humphrey Gilbert burnt villages and massacred the population.
		Raleigh was a hardworking servant of the Crown.
		Partly as a rebuke to the incompetent Earl of Essex, Sir Walter was reinstated as Captain of the Guard.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/WalterRaleigh(Sir).htm (8516 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh - MSN Encarta
		Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618), English adventurer and writer, who was prominent at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, and became an explorer of the Americas.
		Raleigh temporarily fell from the queen's favor when she discovered in 1592 that he had secretly married one of her maids of honor.
		Raleigh returned to England, where King James invoked the death sentence of 1603; Raleigh was beheaded on October 29, 1618.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559558/Raleigh_Sir_Walter.html (515 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh
		The British explorer, poet and historian, Sir Walter Raleigh was born probably in 1552, though the date is not quite certain.
		It is to be noted that Elizabeth treated Raleigh exclusively as a Court favorite to be enriched by monopolies and grants at the expense of her subjects, but that she never gave him any great office, nor did she admit him to the council.
		Sir Humphrey's patent was renewed in favor of Sir Walter in March 1584.
	www.nndb.com /people/106/000049956 (3046 words)

	BBC - History - Walter Raleigh (c.1552 - 1618)
		Walter Raleigh (also spelt Ralegh) was born into a well-connected gentry family at Hayes Barton in Devon in around 1552.
		Raleigh has been credited with bringing potatoes and tobacco back to Britain, although both of these were already known via the Spanish.
		Elizabeth's successor James VI of Scotland disliked Raleigh and in 1603 he was accused of plotting against the king and sentenced to death.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/raleigh_walter.shtml (401 words)

	Renaissance Man
		Sir Walter Raleigh was born in Hayes, Devonshire.
		In 1580, Raleigh became the captain of the army of Ireland and suppressed a rebellion.
		Raleigh was a favourite of the queen, prominent in the royal court and was the captain of the army of Ireland.
	www.yesnet.yk.ca /schools/projects/renaissance/renaissanceman.html (520 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh biography
		He was the son of Walter Raleigh of Fardell, was born at East Budleigh, and studied for a year or two at Oriel College, Oxford.
		Raleigh was not, as is frequently stated, with Drake in the Portugal expedition in 1589, but at that time was in Ireland, where his friendship with the poet Spenser was formed.
		Raleigh had obtained permission to command in person, but at the last moment was recalled and imprisoned in the Tower because of an intrigue with a maid of honor, Elizabeth Throgmorton, which had become known to the Queen.
	www.dromo.info /raleighbio.htm (1013 words)

	Britannia Biographies: Sir Walter Raleigh Part 1
		Sir Walter Raleigh, a son of East Devon, was born at Hayes Barton in East Budleigh, probably in 1554.
		Raleigh's father, Walter Senior, had moved east from Fardell, on the edge of Dartmoor, upon his marriage to Joan Drake, a distant relative of the famous sailor, Sir Francis.
		Walter Senior entered into a short-lived marriage to the daughter of a Genoese merchant, but was later joined with a third wife named Katherine Champernowne.
	www.britannia.com /bios/raleigh (282 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sir Walter Raleigh was born in Hayes, Devonshire.
		Walter Raleigh was born a gambler, he knew there were many prizes to be won from the queen.
		Sir Walter was one of the queen’s favorites so she granted him 12,000 acres of land in the new world.
	bg016.k12.sd.us /Explorers/sir_walter_raleigh.htm (231 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel-- Raleigh: A Capital City: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		In 1923, the Capital Construction Company was formed for the express purpose of building, in Raleigh, a large, convention-oriented hotel that would attract to the capital city the convention traffic that had been going to Greensboro and Durham.
		At the time, the Sir Walter was the most massive building in the south portion of the business district.
		Architecturally, the Sir Walter is typical of hotels of the 1920s--a 10-story imposing, functional, L-shaped building primarily of brick, with classical ornamentation executed in stone at the street and roof levels.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/raleigh/sir.htm (457 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh - National Park Service - Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
		Sir Walter Ralegh played a pivotal role in the expansion of England into the New World.
		At the height of his career, Sir Walter angered Queen Elizabeth by secretly marrying Elizabeth Throckmorton, one of her ladies in waiting.
		Sir Walter's ghost is said to appear at Sherborne Castle on St. Michael's Eve (20 September).
	www.nps.gov /fora/sirwalter.htm (1044 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618): The Discovery of Guiana, 1595
		Sir Walter Raleigh may be taken as the great typical figure of the age of Elizabeth.
		In his vices as in his virtues, Raleigh is a thorough representative of the great adventurers who laid the foundations of the British Empire.
		Performed in the year 1595 by Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight, Captain of her Majesty's Guard, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, and her Highness' Lieutenant-general of the County of Cornwall.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1595raleigh-guiana.html (12383 words)

	Youghal Urban District Council - History Page
		Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the most dynamic and colourful characters of the Elizabethan period.
		Raleigh is said to have planted the first potatoes in Ireland at Youghal, thus introducing a nutritious food which was to have a major impact on Ireland's future.
		Raleigh was Mayor of Youghal in 1588 and 1589.
	www.youghal.ie /history.html (2192 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh - American colonies
		Raleigh was upset at them infringing his rights to trade with that area, and managed to enforce this.
		Raleigh's first attempt at a colony failed because of lack of supplies (largely due to trying to land at Roanoke) and the heavy-handed militaristic nature of the colony's leader.
		Raleigh's name is marked by the city of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina.
	www.btinternet.com /~richard.towers/jim/raleigh1.html (3237 words)

	Raleigh NC Welcome Kit- Raleigh Map, Raleigh facts
		Named for historian and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, the City of Oaks was founded on 1,000 wooded acres purchased in 1792 to establish it as the state’s capital.
		Raleigh is a short drive from the Atlantic Ocean in one direction and the Great Smoky Mountains in the other.
		Raleigh is also home to a botanical garden, rose garden, arboretum, theaters, historic homes, art galleries, golf courses, state fairgrounds and flea market, and many festivals and events.
	www.vickyolive.com /welcome_to_raleigh (1631 words)

	North Carolina Collection-Sir Walter Raleigh Collection
		The Sir Walter Raleigh Collection is a distinguished component of the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
		Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?-1618) was born in Devon to a family of modest means but good connections.
		Raleigh was the classic "Renaissance man." In addition to being a soldier, courtier, and adventurer, he was also a freethinker, poet, and historian.
	www.lib.unc.edu /ncc/ref/swr/swr.html (557 words)

	The Avalon Project : Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh : 1584
		leagues of any of the saide place or places, where the saide Walter Raleqh, his heires or assignee, or any of them, or any of his or their associates or companies, shall inhabits within 6.
		yeeres next ensuing the date hereof, according to such statutes, lawes and ordinances, as shall bee by him the saide Walter Raleqh his heires and assignee, and euery or any of them deuised, or established, for the better government of the said people as aforesaid.
		Provided alwayes, and our will and pleasure is, and wee do hereby declare to all Christian kings, princes and states, that if the saide Walter Ralegh, his heires or assignee, or any of them, or any other lay their licence or appointment, shall at any time or times hereafter.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/raleigh.htm (270 words)

	Sir Walter Gun Club, Raleigh, NC
		The Sir Walter Gun Club has been established in the Raleigh area for over 35 years and, at it's present location near Creedmoor, N.C., has facilities for almost all types of shooting activities.
		The Sir Walter Gun Club meets the third Tuesday night of each month at 7:30 p.m.
		The membership meetings are held at the Kiwanis Center in Raleigh.
	www.sirwaltergunclub.com (456 words)

	Sir Walter Ralegh: Additional Sources
		Sir Walter Ralegh's Letter to his Wife Before Dying
		Sir Walter Ralegh and his Son (1602) [110k]
		Elizabeth I's Charter to Sir Walter Ralegh : 1584
	www.luminarium.org /renlit/ralegadd.htm (244 words)

	Sir Walter Chevrolet Raleigh NC Chevy Raleigh Used Car Raleigh Truck Raleigh Chevy Repair Service Raleigh NC
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		Sir Walter Chevrolet is the one Raleigh Chevrolet dealership to shop for all your automotive needs.
		If you are looking for a large selection of new and used cars and trucks at competitive prices, you have come to the right place.
	www.sirwalter.com (149 words)

	Clive Owen - News
		Raleigh also evokes longing for travel and adventure in a queen who, for all her worldliness, never left England.
		Playing Walter Raleigh, he is tall and swarthy, in battered 'salt'-stained clothes.
		The scene to be shot has Elizabeth and her ladies processing into chapel, and Raleigh, home from sea, is about to make his first appearance in front of the queen.
	www.murphsplace.com /owen/conews.html (2431 words)

	Raleigh, North Carolina: Some other J. Eric Smith rant or another . . .
		Raleigh, North Carolina: Some other J. Eric Smith rant or another.
		Named after English navigator and historian Sir Walter Raleigh, the City of Oaks escaped the Civil War depredations inflicted upon many of its Southern sister cities when local legend General John Alexander Logan (and his pistol) stopped torch-carrying troops from burning the downtown after President Lincoln's assassination.
		Raleigh's early nineteenth-century architecture and genteel political climate defined the cityscape and social climate through the mid-20th century accordingly, until an aggressive multi-city marketing campaign brought the Research Triangle Park to the piedmont hills between Raleigh and the equally university-laden cities of Durham and Chapel Hill in the early 1960s.
	www.jericsmith.com /raleigh.htm (1107 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh
		Walter Raleigh was educated at Oxford and studied law in London.
		Raleigh fell from the Queen’s favor when he secretly wed one of her maids of honor and was imprisoned briefly in the Tower of London in 1592.
		When Raleigh returned to England the old charges were once again revived against him, along with new ones regarding his illegal assault on Spanish properties, and in 1618, after writing up a defense of his acts, he was executed.
	www.thepirateking.com /bios/raleigh_walter.htm (569 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh
		English soldier, explorer, courtier, and man of letters, Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the grand scalawags of the Elizabethan Age: he organized expeditions to the new world, popularized tobacco, and found time to write poetry on the side.
		Raleigh was not a favorite of Elizabeth's successor, James I, who kept him imprisoned in the Tower of London for years and finally had him beheaded in 1618.
		Sir Walter Raleigh served (1569) as a volunteer in the Huguenot army in France.
	iskrapentcheva.freeservers.com /sirraleigh.html (576 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh
		Walter Raleigh (or perhaps Ralegh) was born in the farmhouse of Hayes near Budleigh Salterton Bay
		Sir Walter and Christopher Marlowe, a contemporary of his, were both named atheists in 1590.
		Sir Walter didn't let this faze him, though; he kept right on voyaging, perhaps thinking he'd be better off not staying in one place too long.
	www.incompetech.com /authors/sirwalter (999 words)

	Sir Walter Raleigh
		1554 Sir Walter Raleigh was born in Hayes Barton in Devonshire
		Sir Walter Raleigh was a true man of the renaissance and a brilliant poet
		Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Richard Grenville were responsible for the joint defence of Devon and Cornwall against the expected Spanish Armada.
	www.elizabethan-era.org.uk /sir-walter-raleigh.htm (853 words)

	Carolana Explorers - Sir Walter Raleigh (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sir Walter Ralegh played a pivotal role in the expansion of England into the New World.
		At the height of his career, Sir Walter angered Queen Elizabeth by secretly marrying Elizabeth Throckmorton, one of her ladies in waiting.
		Sir Walter's ghost is said to appear at Sherborne Castle on St. Michael's Eve (20 September).
	www.carolana.com /sirwalterraleigh.html (1809 words)

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