See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

WALTER See also:

• RALEIGH
• SIR WALTER RALEIGH (c. 1552-1618)

RALEIGH (c. 1552-1618)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British explorer, poet and historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born probably in 1552, though the date is not quite certain . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• RALEIGH
• RALEIGH, SIR WALTER (c. 1552-1618)

Raleigh of Fardell, in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Cornwood, near See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, was a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of old See also:

• FAMILY

family, but of reduced See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate . Walter Raleigh the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder was three times married . His famous son was the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of his third See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine, daughter of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip Champernown of Modbury, and widow of See also:

• OTHO, MARCUS SALVIUS (32-69)

Otho See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert of See also:

• COMPTON, HENRY (1632-1713)

Compton . By her first marriage she had three sons, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, See also:

• HUMPHREY (or HUMFREY), LAWRENCE (1527?-1590)

Humphrey and See also:

• ADRIAN
• ADRIAN, SAINT

Adrian Gilbert . Mr . Raleigh had been compelled to give up living in his own See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Fardell . His son was born at the farmhouse of See also:

• HAYES, RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD (1822–1893)

Hayes near the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of Budleigh Salterton See also:

• BAY

Bay, on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire between See also:

• EXMOUTH
• EXMOUTH, EDWARD PELLEW, 1ST VISCOUNT (1757-1833)

Exmouth and See also:

• SIDMOUTH
• SIDMOUTH, HENRY ADDINGTON, 1ST VISCOUNT (1757–1844)

Sidmouth . The name is written with a diversity exceptional even in that See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . Sir Walter, his father, and a See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother used different forms . The spelling Raleigh was adopted by Sir Walter's widow, and has been commonly used, though there has been a tendency to prefer " Ralegh " in See also:

• RECENT

recent times . It was almost certainly pronounced " Rawley." In 1568 he was entered as a commoner of See also:

• ORIEL
• ORIEL, JOHN FOSTER, BARON (1740-1828)

Oriel See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, but he took no degree, and his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence was brief .

In 1569 he followed his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Champernown, who took over a See also:

• BODY

body of See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers to serve with the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• HUGUENOTS

Huguenots . From a reference in his See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• WORLD

World it has been supposed that he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• JARNAC

Jarnac (13th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1569), and it has been asserted that he was in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris during the See also:

• MASSACRE

Massacre of St See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew in 1572 . Nothing, however, is known with certainty of his See also:

• LIFE

life till See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1575, when he was See also:

• RESIDENT

resident in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple . During his trial in 1603 he declared that he had never studied the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, but that his breeding had been " wholly See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman, wholly soldier." In See also:

• JUNE

June 1578 his half-brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert obtained a patent for six years authorizing him to take See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of " any remote barbarous and See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen lands not possessed by any See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince or See also:

• PEOPLE

people." The gentry of See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon had been much engaged in maritime See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure of a privateering or even piratical See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character since the reign of Henry VIII . In the reign of See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth they were the leaders in colonial enterprises in conflict with the Spaniards in See also:

• AMERICA

America . During 1578 Humphrey Gilbert led an expedition which was a piratical venture against the Spaniards, and was driven back after an See also:

• ACTION

action with them and the loss of a See also:

• SHIP

ship in the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic . Raleigh accompanied his half-brother as See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of the " See also:

• FALCON
• FALCON (Lat. Falco;' Fr. Faucon; Teutonic, Falk or Valken)

Falcon," and was perhaps with him in an equally unsuccessful voyage ofthe following See also:

• YEAR

year . Gilbert was impoverished by his ventures, and Raleigh had to seek his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune about the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . In the course of 158o he was twice arrested for duels, and he attached himself to the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's favourite, the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

Leicester, and to the earl of Oxford, son-in-law of See also:

• BURGHLEY, WILLIAM CECIL, BARON (1521-1598)

Burghley, for whom he carried a See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge to Sir Philip See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney . By the end of 158o he was serving as captain of a See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• FOOT

foot in See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster . He took an active See also:

• PART

part in suppressing the See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of the Desmonds, and in the massacre of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian adventurers at Smerwick in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . His letters prove that he was the See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of a ruthless policy against the Irish, and did not hesitate to recommend assassination as a means of getting rid of their leaders .

In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1581 he was sent See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home with despatches, as his company had been disbanded on the suppression of the Desmonds . His See also:

• GREAT

great fortune See also:

• DATES

dates from his arrival at court where he was already not unknown . Raleigh had been in See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with See also:

• WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1530-1590)
• WALSINGHAM, THOMAS (d. c. 1422)

Walsingham for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . The romantic stories told by Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• NAUNTON, SIR ROBERT (1563–1635)

Naunton in the Fragmenta See also:

• REGALIA (Lat. regalis, royal, from rex, king)

Regalia, and by See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller in his Worthies, represent at least the mythical truth as to his rise into favour . It is quite possible that Raleigh, at a time when his court clothes represented " a considerable part of his estate," did (as the old See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story says) throw his See also:

• MANTLE

mantle on the ground to help the queen to walk dry-shod over a puddle, and that he scribbled verses with a See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond on a See also:

• PANE (Fr. pan, Lat. pannus, a cloth, garment)

pane of See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass to attract her See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, though we only have the See also:

• GOSSIP (from the O.E. godsibb, i.e. God, and sib, akin, standing in relation to)

gossip of a later See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation for our authority . It is certain that his tall and handsome See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, his caressing See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and his See also:

• QUICK

quick wit pleased the queen . The rewards showered on him were out of all proportion to his services in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, which had not been more distinguished than those of many others . In March 1582 he was granted a See also:

• REWARD

reward of boo, and the command of a company, nominally that he might be exercised in the See also:

• WARS

wars, but in reality as a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, since he was allowed to See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office by See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy and remained at court . In February 1583 he was included in the escort sent to accompany the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou from See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders . In 1583 the queen made him a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham House in the Strand (See also:

• LONDON

London), the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the see of Durham, which had however been used of See also:

• LATE

late as a royal See also:

• GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
• GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

guest-house . In the same year the queen's See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence secured him two beneficial leases from All Souls, Oxford, which he sold to his See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage, and a patent to grant licences to " vintners,"—that is, See also:

• TAVERN

tavern keepers . This he subleased, and when his See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, one See also:

• BROWNE
• BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
• BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
• BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
• BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
• BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
• BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
• BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
• BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)

Browne, cheated him, he got the grant revoked, and reissued on terms which allowed him to make £2000 a year .

In 1584 he had a See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence for exporting woollen cloths, a lucrative See also:

• MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

monopoly which made him very unpopular with the merchants . He was knighted. in 1584 . In 1585 he succeeded the earl of See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford as See also:

• WARDEN

Warden of the See also:

• STANNARIES (Lat. stannum, Cornish, stean, tin)

Stannaries . Raleigh made a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good use of the great See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers which the wardenship gave him in the See also:

• MINING

mining districts of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . He reduced the old customs to See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, and showed him-self See also:

• FAIR

fair to the workers . In 1586 he received a grant of 40,000 acres of the forfeited lands of the Desmonds, on the See also:

• BLACKWATER

Blackwater in Ireland . He was to plant English settlers, which he endeavoured to do, and he introduced the cultivation of the See also:

• POTATO
• POTATO (Solanum tuberosum)

potato and of See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco . In 1587 he received a grant in England of part of the forfeited See also:

• LAND

land of the conspirator See also:

• BABINGTON, ANTHONY (1561–1586)
• BABINGTON, CHURCHILL (1821-1889)

Babington . During these years Raleigh was at the height of his favour . It was the policy of Queen Elizabeth to have several favourites at once, lest any one might be supposed to have exclusive influence with her . Raleigh was predominant during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period between the predominance of Leicester and the rise of the earl of See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, who came to court in 1587 . It is to be noted that Elizabeth treated Raleigh exclusively as a court favourite, 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 See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council .

Even his See also:

• POST

post of captain of the Guard, given in 1587, though See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable, and, to a man who would take gifts for the- use of his influence, lucrative, was mainly ornamental . His many offices and estates did not monopolize the activity of Raleigh . The patent given to his half-brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert was to run out in 1584 . To avert this loss Raleigh, partly out of his own See also:

• POCKET

pocket and partly by securing the help of courtiers and capitalists, provided the means for the expedition to See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland in 1583, in which Gilbert, who had been reduced to sell " the clothes off his wife's back " by his previous misfortunes, finally perished . Sir Humphrey's patent was renewed in favour of Sir Walter in March 1584 . Raleigh now began the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of ventures in colonization which have connected his name with the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia . It has often been said that Raleigh showed a See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise originality in his ideas as to colonization . But in truth the patent granted to him, which gave him and his heirs the proprietary right over all territory they occupied subject to See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of one-fifth of the produce of all mines of See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious metals to the See also:

• CROWN

crown, is See also:

• DRAWN

drawn closely on Spanish precedents . Nor was there any originality in his See also:

• DESIRE

desire to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle English colonists, and encourage other See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries than mining . The Spaniards had pursued the same aim from the first . In See also:

• APRIL

April 1584 Raleigh sent out two captains, Philip Amadas and See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur Barlowe, on a voyage of exploration . They sailed by the Canaries to See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida, and from thence followed the coast of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North America as far as the inlet between See also:

• ALBEMARLE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Albemarle and Pamlico sounds in the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of North Carolina .

The name of Virginia was given to a vast and undefined territory, but none of Raleigh's captains or settlers reached the state of Virginia . In the same year he became member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for Devonshire, and took the precaution to secure a See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• CONFIRMATION (Lat. confirmatio, from confirmare, to establish, make firm)

confirmation of his grant . His first body of settlers, sent out in 1585 under Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE), SIR RICHARD (r600-1658)
• GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE), SIR RICHARD (c. 1541-1591)
• GRENVILLE, GEORGE (1712-1770)
• GRENVILLE, SIR BEVIL (1596-1643)
• GRENVILLE, WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON (1759-1834)

Grenville, landed on what is now See also:

• ROANOKE

Roanoke See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island in North Carolina Sir R . Grenville showed himself mainly See also:

• INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)

intent on taking prizes, going and coming . The settlers got on See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad terms with the natives, despaired, and deserted the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony when Sir See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• DRAKE, NATHAN (1766-1836)
• DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1545-1595)

Drake visited the coast in 1586 . Attempts at colonization at the same See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in 1586 and 1587 proved no more successful (see NORTH CAROLINA), and in 1589 Raleigh, who represented himself as having spent 40,000 on the venture, resigned his rights to a company of merchants, preserving to himself a See also:

• RENT

rent, and a fifth of whatever See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold might be discovered . After 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh was called upon to fight for his place of favourite with the earl of Essex (see EssEx, and EARL OF) . During the See also:

• ARMADA, THE

Armada year 1588 he was more or less in See also:

• ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse . He was in Ireland for part of the year with Sir R . Grenville, and was employed as See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral of Devon in looking after the coast-defences and See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county . During this year he received a challenge from Essex which did not See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to an encounter . In 1589 he was again in Ireland .

He had already made the acquaintance of See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• SPENSER, EDMUND (c. 1552-1599)
• SPENSER, JOHN (1559-1614)

Spenser and now visited him at his house at Kilcolman . It was by Raleigh's help that Spenser obtained a pension, and royal aid to publish the first three books of the Faerie Queen . The exact cause of Raleigh's partial disgrace at court is not known, but it was probably due to the queen's habitual policy of checking one favourite by the promotion of another . In 1589 he accompanied the expedition to the coast of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, which was intended to cause a revolt against See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Philip II., but failed completely . In 1591 he was at the last moment forbidden to take part in the voyage to the See also:

• AZORES (Acores), or WESTERN ISLANDS

Azores, and was replaced by his cousin Sir R . Grenville, whose See also:

• DEATH

death in action with the Spaniards was the subject of one of Sir Walter's most vigorous pieces of See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing . In 1592 he was again at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea with an expedition to intercept the Spanish See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, but was recalled by the queen . The cause of his recall was the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery that he had seduced one of her maids of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour, Elizabeth Throgmorton . Raleigh denied in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to Robert See also:

• CECIL

Cecil that there was any truth in the stories of a marriage between them . On his return he was put into the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower, and if he was not already married was married there . To placate the queen he made a fantastic display of despair at the loss of her favour . It must be remembered that the maids of honour could not marry without the consent of the queen, which Elizabeth was always most reluctant to give and would be particularly unwilling to givewhen the See also:

• HUSBAND

husband was an old favourite of her own .

Raleigh proved a good husband and his wife was devoted to him through life . As the See also:

• SHIPS

ships of the expedition had taken a valuable See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize, the Portuguese carrack " Madre de Dios," and as there was a dispute over the See also:

• BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty, he was released to superintend the See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution . He had been a large contributor to the cost of the expedition, but the queen, who sent only two ships, took the bulk of the spoil, leaving him barely enough to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover his expenses . Raleigh now retired from court to an estate at See also:

• SHERBORNE

Sherborne in See also:

• DORSETSHIRE (DORSET)

Dorsetshire, which just before his disgrace he had extorted from the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury, to whose see it belonged, by a most unscrupulous use of the royal influence . A son was born to him here in 1594, and he kept up a friendly correspondence with Sir Robert Cecil, afterwards earl of Salisbury, the secretary of state . But a life of See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant retirement was uncongenial to Raleigh, and as his profuse habits, together with the multiplicity of his interests, had prevented him from making any advantage out of his estates in Ireland, he was embarrassed for See also:

• MONEY

money . In 1595 he therefore sailed on a voyage of exploration with a view to See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest, on the coast of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South America . The See also:

• OBJECT

object was undoubtedly to find gold mines, and Raleigh had heard the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild stories of El Dorado which had been current among the Spaniards for See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . His See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his voyage, The Discoverie of See also:

• GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')

Guiana, published on his return, is the most brilliant of all the Elizabethan narratives of adventure, but contains much See also:

• MANIFEST (Lat. manifestus, clear, open to view)

manifest See also:

• ROMANCE

romance . It was received with incredulity . He was now the most unpopular man in England, not only among the courtiers, but in the nation, for his greed, arrogance and alleged See also:

• SCEPTICISM (o-Kesrroµai, I consider, reflect, hesitate, doubt)

scepticism in See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . In 1590 he was named with the poet See also:

• MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER (1564-1593)
• MARLOWE, JULIA [SARAH FRANCES FROST] (1870– )

Marlowe and others as an atheist .

At court he was not at first received . The See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share he took in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz in 1596, where he was seriously wounded, was followed by a restoration of favour at court, and he was apparently reconciled to Essex, whom he accompanied on a voyage to the Azores in 1597 . This co-operation led to a renewal of the See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel, and Raleigh; as the enemy of Essex who was the favourite of the soldiers and the populace, became more unpopular than ever . In 1600 he obtained the governorship of See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, and in the following year took a part in suppressing the rebellion of Essex, at whose See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution he presided as captain of the Guard . In 1600 he sat as member for See also:

• PENZANCE

Penzance in the last parliament of Elizabeth's reign . In parliament he was a steady friend of religious See also:

• TOLERATION (from Lat. tolerare, to endure)

toleration, and a bold critic of the fiscal and agrarian legislation of the time . The death of the queen and the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I. were ruinous to Raleigh . James, who looked upon Essex as his See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan, had been prejudiced, and Raleigh's avowed desire for the prolongation of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain was utterly against the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace policy of the king . Raleigh was embarrassed for money, and had been compelled to sell his Irish estates to Richard See also:

• BOYLE
• BOYLE, JOHN J
• BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691)

Boyle, afterwards 1st earl of See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork, in 1602 . He was expelled from Durham House, which was reclaimed by the bishop, dismissed from the captaincy of the Guard, deprived of his monopolies, which the king abolished, and of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Jersey . In his anger and despair he unquestionably took some part in the complication of conspiracies which arose in the first months of James's reign, and was committed to the Tower on the 19th of See also:

• JULY

July 1603 . Here he made what appears to have been an insincere See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to stab himself, but only inflicted a small See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound .

His trial at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, November 1603, was conducted with such outrageous unfairness as to See also:

• SHOCK, or COLLAPSE

shock the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of the time, and his gallant bearing in See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the brutality of the See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

Attorney-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General, Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• COKE, SIR EDWARD (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

Coke, turned public opinion in his favour . It is now impossible to reach the truth, but on the whole it appears probable that Raleigh was cognizant of the conspiracies, though the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence produced against him was insufficient to prove his See also:

• GUILT

guilt . Much was kept back by the council, and the See also:

• JURY

jury was influenced by knowing that the council thought him guilty . The See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of death passed on Raleigh, and others tried at about the same time, was in most cases not carried out . Raleigh was sent to the Tower, where he remained till the of 4 acres known as See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union Square, in which is the State 19th of March 1616 . His estate of Sherborne, which he had Capitol and from which extend four broad streets . On the transferred to his son, was taken by the king, who availed western border of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city is Pullen See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park (about 40 acres), himself of a technical irregularity in the See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer . A sum of f8000 offered in See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation was only paid in part . Raleigh's confinement was easy, and he applied himself to chemical experiments and literature . He had been known as one of the most poetical of the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor lyric poets of an age of See also:

• POETRY

poetry from his youth . In See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison he composed many See also:

• TREATISES

treatises, and the only See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his vast History of the World published . He also invented an See also:

• ELIXIR (from the Arabic al-iksir, probably an adaptation of the Gr. Eilpiov, a powder used for drying wounds, from Opbs, dry)

elixir which appears to have been a very formidable See also:

• QUACK

quack stimulant .

See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope of See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release and of a renewal of activity never deserted him, and he strove to reach the See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear of the king by appealing to successive ministers and favourites . At last he secured his freedom in a way discreditable to all concerned . He promised the king to find a gold mine in Guiana without trenching on a Spanish possession . It must have been notorious to everybody that this was impossible, and the Spanish See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador, See also:

• GONDOMAR, DIEGO SARMIENTO DE ACUNA, COUNT

Gondomar, warned the king that the Spaniards had settlements on the coast . The king, who was in need of money, replied that if Raleigh was guilty of piracy he should be executed on his return . Raleigh gave promises he obviously knew he could not keep, and sailed on the 17th of March 1617, relying on the See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter of accidents, and on vague intrigues he had entered into in See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . The expedition, on which the See also:

• WRECK

wreck of his fortune was spent, was See also:

• ILL

ill-appointed and ill-manned . It reached the mouth of the See also:

• ORINOCO

Orinoco on the last See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of 1617 . Raleigh was ill with See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever, and remained at See also:

• TRINIDAD

Trinidad . He sent five small vessels up the Orinoco under his most trusted captain, See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence Keymis, with whom went his son Walter and a See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew . The expedition found a Spanish settlement on the way to the supposed mine, and a fight ensued in which Sir Walter's son and several Spaniards were killed . After some days of See also:

• BUSH

bush fighting with the Spaniards, and of useless See also: