granted wine monopoly to him, knighted him, gave him vast land in Ireland, and appointed him captain of her guard. It was here that his trouble began. The Queen’s Maid of Honor, Bessie, and Sir Walter Raleigh fell in love. In 1572, they were married. The Queen was greatly displeased by this, and threw him in the Tower of London to be punished. Fortunately, Sir Walter Raleigh also had a great deal of business sense. In 1575, he was released from the Tower of London because one of his ships captured the Spanish “Madre de Dios”. This ship gained a great deal of treasure for the Queen. In 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh organized colonizing expeditions to America. These expeditions ended tragically as “The Lost Colony of Roanoke”. Contrary to popular belief, Raleigh was such a favorite of the Queen that she refused to permit him to go off on expeditions. Thus it was the ships he provided and the men he instructed who actually went to the New World and brought back a great number of discoveries.In 1603, Queen Elizabeth died, and so did the success of Sir Walter Raliegh. James I took the throne. Sir Walter Raliegh and the new king did not get along. Raleigh was framed for a plot against the throne. James I forced him to life imprisonment. The money hungry king released him three years later, so that he could organize an expedition against the Spanish. At the end of this moderately successful expedition, James I had Sir Walter Raleigh rearrested on the previous charges of treason. He is sentenced to death by beheading.Misty Draves Page 3 of 3The author and poet that is Sir Walter Raleigh were developed in the Tower of London the fifteen years before his beheading. He is best known for History of the World. This is a five book series that offers the king and country his interpretation of creation to 168 ...
