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Arrest of Walter Raleigh

Name: Arrest of Walter Raleigh – England factsheet records
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England · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1592–1616Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1592

Walter Raleigh1592

Tower of London · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Imprisoned when Elizabeth I discovers his marriage to Elizabeth Throckmorton

1603

Walter Raleigh17 July 1603

Tower of London · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Arrested for allegedly plotting with Spain to place Arabella Stuart on the throne

1616

Walter Raleigh20 March 1616

Tower of London · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Released after 13 yrs

Names involved

Walter Raleigh

Provenance

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