Sir Walter RaleighYou have lived like a star at which the world has gazed, said the judge at Sir Walter Raleigh's trial. He was fortune's tennis ball, said another contemporary, to many others he was an arrogant liar. |
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... died on the Destiny and there were fifty men sick . They reached the Cape Verde Islands but decided to avoid the most westerly island São Antão , having heard - erroneously that it was ' desolate ' , and headed for Brava further south ...
... died on the Destiny and there were fifty men sick . They reached the Cape Verde Islands but decided to avoid the most westerly island São Antão , having heard - erroneously that it was ' desolate ' , and headed for Brava further south ...
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... died in 1666 , had two sons . The elder died of plague , as did his children . * The second , Philip , had four sons and three daughters . Walter , the eldest , died young . Brudenell , the second , was killed while on an expedition to ...
... died in 1666 , had two sons . The elder died of plague , as did his children . * The second , Philip , had four sons and three daughters . Walter , the eldest , died young . Brudenell , the second , was killed while on an expedition to ...
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... died aged thirteen ' at school ' on 27 November 1747. John Pigott died in 1751. Two years later Christobella married Richard 6th Viscount Saye and Sele . He was aged thirty - six , and it had been hoped that he would marry someone who ...
... died aged thirteen ' at school ' on 27 November 1747. John Pigott died in 1751. Two years later Christobella married Richard 6th Viscount Saye and Sele . He was aged thirty - six , and it had been hoped that he would marry someone who ...
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