Front matter
DA
CORNELL
UNIVERSITY
Chapter I. Parentage And Ancestry
Genealogy and its Influences . . i Genealogy of Walter Ralegh . . 3 John Hooker's Discourse on the
Ralegh Pedigree 4
Sir William Pole's Criticism on
Hooker 5
Discordancy of the extant Pedigrees . ib.
The Legend of Smallridge Chapel 6 The Devonshire and Warwickshire Raleghs 7
The Descent of Ralegh of Fardell 8 Fardell Manor-house and its Traditions 9
Poer's Hayes, or Hayes Barton,
the Birthplace of Ralegh . .
Walter Ralegh of Fardell . . .
The Ralegh Monument in East
Budleigh Church
The Champernouns, GilbertSj and
Carews
Walter Ralegh the elder, and the
Rising of the West ....
Devonshire under Edward VI.
and under Mary
The Visit of Katherine Ralegh to
the Cell of the Marian Martyr.
The Devonshire of Ralegh's Youth
10 II
19 20
Chapter II. The Student. — The Soldier Of The Huguenots. 1567—1576
Why is so little known of Ralegh's Youth?
Ralegh at Oriel
Bacon's Anecdote of the College Days ...
Ralegh in the Huguenot Camp .
Was Ralegh at Moncontour? . .
23 24
25 26
Queen Elizabeth and the Huguenots 27
The Expedition of Henry Champernoun . . 28
Other Huguenot Levies in the West of England 30
Montgomery and the Champernouns 3 1 b
Contents
Methods of Warfare in the Huguenot Campaigns .... 31
The Gloss of the Leaguers on Queen Elizabeth's Declaration of Neutrality 32
Ralegh's Anecdote of the War in Languedoc 33
Chapter IV. Courtier And Suitor
1582—1587.
Fuller's Traditions of the Cloak and of the Posy on the Palace Windovir at Greenwich ... 48
Naunton's Story of the Audience in the Council Chamber. . . 49
An Affray with Sir Thomas Perrot . 50
The first Imprisonment. . . . ib.
The Person of Ralegh . . 51
Ralegh and Queen Elizabeth . . 52
Timias and Belphoebe .... 56
Pageantries of the Elizabethan Court 57
Ralegh's Intercession for Lord Oxford 58
Ralegh at Antwerp 60
The 'Joyful Entrance' of the Duke of Anjou into Brabant .
Ralegh's Intercourse with Leicester
The Traffic in Broadcloth . . .
The Farm of Wine Licences .
Suit between Ralegh and Browne
Captaincy of the Guard . .
Babington's Conspiracy . . ,
Grant to Ralegh of forfeited Es tates
Rivalries at Court ....
Ralegh, Essex, and the 'Com^ petition of Love ' ...
Introduction to Arabella Stuart
71 72
73 75
Contents.
Chapter V. Colonizer In Virginia
the
Sir Humphrey Gilbert and
North-^Yest Passage . .
Gilbert's Expedition of 1579 Spanish Complaint against Eng'
lish Navigators ....
Gilbert's Charter of 1578 . .
The Joint Expedition of 1583 Death of Sir Humphrey Gilbert
77 78
79 80 81 83
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86 87
Ralegh's American Charier .
The First Virginian Expedition Colonization of Virginia Misfortunes of the New Colony . 88 Expeditions for the Succour of
Virginia 90
Subsequent Virginian Enterprise . 92 Colonial Pioneers . ... 93
Chapter VI. Colonizer And Captain Of Industry In Ireland
1584— 1602.
State of Munster ....
The Desmond Forfeitures . . .
Ralegh's Estates in Munster . .
Lismore Castle
Ralegh and the Lord Deputy
Fitzwilliam
Fears of new Rebellions . .
The Enterprise of I'ipe-staves Ralegh and his Partners . . .
Henry Pine's Defalcations .
PAGE
94 95 96
Ralegh and the Lessees of his
Lands in Munster 103
His Counsel on Irish Affairs . . 104 His Opinion on the Killing of
Irish Rebels 105
Sale of Munster Estates to Richard
Boyle 106
Ralegh and the old Countess of
Desmond 107
Chapter VII. War With Spain; The Armada Of 1588; And The Reprisals
Drake's Warning to Burghley .
The Spanish Armada ....
Defence of the English Coasts .
Spanish Galleons and English
Frigates •
' TheMorris Dance on the Waves'
PAGE
log ib. no
III 112
English Reprisals 113
The Expedition to Lisbon . . . 115 Foreign Merchants and English
Privateers 116
Amusing Whim of Queen Elizabeth 118
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Contents.
Chapter VIII. In Retirement. — Walter Ralegh And Edmund Spenser
PACK 120
The ' Retreat from Court ' The Visit to Kilcolraan . .
Colin Clout and ' the Shepherd
of the Ocean' 121
Ralegh challenged by the Earl of
Essex 122
Ralegh again in Ireland . . . ib.
The Faery Qiteen 1 23
The Return to England . .124
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Incidents of the Voyage . . . 124
Ralegh and Spenser at Court . . 125
Cynthia 126
Kilcolman and its Fortunes . . 127 Cromwell's Interference on behalf
of Spenser's Grandson . . . 128 Subsequent Fortunes of the Irish
Chapter IX. Love And Jealousy.— Renewed Enterprises Against Spain. 1591—1594
Ralegh and the Bishops . . .
Relations of Essex and Ralegh
with the Puritans . ...
Ralegh's Relations with Udall Imprisonment and Fate of Udall Parallelisms in the Careers of
Essex and Ralegh Elizabeth Throgmorton Ralegh's Marriage . .
Amoret and Belphoebe .
The Queen's Captive .
Imprisonment in the Tower A new ' Orlando Furioso ' Venus and Diana Renewed Enterprises against
Spain
Bravery and Death of Sir R. Gren^
ville
Ralegh's first Appearance as an
Author
The Expedition of 1592
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132 133 134
143 144
Frobisher's Mission to recall Ralegh 147
Departure of the Expedition . . 148
The Taking of the ' Madre de
Correspondence with the Lord
Admiral 150
Hawkins' Intervention with Burgh-
17^ 152
Cecil's Journey to Dartmouth . 153 Ralegh arrives in Custody at Dartmouth JC4
Ralegh and the Men of Devon . ib.
The Sharing of the Spanish Spoils 155
Ralegh and Robert Cecil ... 158 Elizabeth's personal Influence on the Partition of the Spoils of
the great Carrack . . . . ib.
Plans of distant Enterprise . . 159
Ralegh at Sherborne .... 160
Lady Ralegh's Letter to Cecil . ib.
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