#OTD
16th April 1565
Elizabeth (Bess) Throckmorton was born to Sir Nicholas Throckmorton and Anne Carew.
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#ElizabethThrockmorton #SirWalterRaleigh #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History
#OTD 15 Apr 1565
Elizabeth 'Bess' Throckmorton was born to Sir Nicholas of Coughton Court & Anne Carew
Serving #ElizabethI she incurred her wrath by marrying favourite #SirWalterRaleigh & was sent to The Tower then banished from Court
Following Raleigh's 🪓, Bess kept his head 😱
#History
#OTD
25th March 1584
Letters patent were granted to Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) to “discover, search for, fynde out and view...landed, countries and territories”, to the benefit of himself as well as “his heyres and assigned forever.”
#SirWalterRaleigh #Tudors #History
Holding the book "Excavating the Lost Colony" in front of a yellow brick wall, overgrown with red leaves
New week, new addition to our collection - this time it's a cold case from #AmericanHistory 🔎
Edited by Eric Klingelhofer, the book traces a possible spot of #SirWalterRaleigh 's 1587 "Lost Colony" & documents the findings of #archaeology & historical maps with many illustrations
#Cartography
Tonight, show 2 of 3 here at the wonderful @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social of That Knave, Raleigh.
Last chance to see, folks!
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia
Tonight, That Knave, Raleigh
@forestarts_nm
Last chance Hampshire folk!
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia
@forestarts_nm welcomes That Knave, Raleigh tomorrow night.
Only 4 shows remain of the tour, so grab your ticket before it's gone for good.
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia #newmilton #hampshire
Tomorrow night, we return to @tmac_taunton with That Knave, Raleigh.
Grab your ticket for this Elizabethan thriller!
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia #taunton
Tonight, That Knave, Raleigh appears for one night only here at the GORGEOUS @stamfordarts. If you fancy a ticket, best be quick as there are only 6 LEFT!
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia #Stamford
What's in his hand? Hopefully a ticket for That Knave, Raleigh at @stamfordarts tomorrow night, because there's only a handful left! Grab one quick before it sells out! Down to single digits!
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia #Stamford
One week today we bid farewell to That Knave, Raleigh.
And what a place to finish up! 3 nights at @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social!
📅 10 - 12 Nov
🎟 dyadproductions.com or venue
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia #bath
In just a week we'll be returning to the wonderful @tmac_taunton in #taunton
Don't miss this amazing trip through Britain's history, with one of Britain's most famous men!
📅 7 Nov
🎟 dyadproductions.com or venue
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia
#OTD 29 October 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh was executed.
Visit my website to read more
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#history #sirwalterraleigh #bessthrockmorten #onthisday
Remembering adventurer, courtier, explorer and poet, Sir Walter Raleigh, who was executed #onthisday 29 October 1618 (age 66 years), and has been called the last true Elizabethan.
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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook
#SirWalterRaleigh @nigelpeever.bsky.social
#OTD
29th October 1618
Sir Walter Raleigh, courtier, explorer, author and soldier, was executed at the old palace yard of the Palace of Westminster.
#SirWalterRaleigh #Explorer #KingJamesI #Stuarts #History
That Knave, Raleigh. At @thehawthcrawley next week!
A tale of one of the most famous men from history. Think you know the whole story? Think again.
Join us for an evening of intrigue, betrayal, love and adventure
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia #Crawley
#nationalpumpkinday
Head over to Instagram (griggs6176) for more.
And no, he didn’t !
#pumpkins #sirwalterraleigh #historicalcostume
Tonight we start our 3 suow run here at @yvonnearnaud.bsky.social in #guildford with That Knave, Raleigh.
Only a few tickets left so grab them whilst you can!
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia
Rounding out our week, That Knave, Raleigh, will be on for 3 perfs at @yvonnearnaud in #guildford
24 & 25 Oct (eve - mat - eve)
Get 🎟 while you can!
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia
Tonight, we're back at @anvil_arts in #basingstoke with That Knave, Raleigh.
Only a matter of hours to grab your ticket before it's gone from here forever.
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato #adventure #virginia
Tomorrow night we return to ever excellent @anvil_arts in #basingstoke with our Elizabethan thriller, That Knave, Raleigh.
The tour has been garnering fantastic audience responses!
There's a reason why we're very proud of this one!
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato
Is that an invitation in his hand?
You are cordially invited to attend the magnificent Courtyard Arts in #Hereford for tomorrow night's performance of That Knave, Raleigh!
Thou must have thine ticket for entry! Purchase one forthwith!
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato
The final moments of Sir Walter Raleigh...
What may have been going through his mind?
That Knave, Raleigh in 3 weeks at @forestarts_nm in #newmilton
📅 8 Nov
🎟 dyadproductions.com or venues
#toweroflondon #Armada #sirwalterraleigh #tobacco #potato
Tomorrow night, for one night only, That Knave, Raleigh comes to @cornerstoneartscentre in #Didcot
A staggering story of betrayal, love, adventure, loss and exploration.
🎟 dyadproductions.com or venue
#theatre #touring #history #sirwalterraleigh #toweroflondon #potato #tobacco #eldorado
9th October
@themillartscentre in #banbury
That Knave, Raleigh shall be with you.
Witness the final chapters of a truly fascinating man.
#theatre #touring #literature #sirwalterraleigh #toweroflondon #potato #tobacco
#OTD
19th July 1603
Sir Walter Raleigh was arrested and charged with treason for his involvement in the Main plot (conspiracy to replace King James I with his cousin Arbella Stuart)
#WalterRaleigh #SirWalterRaleigh #Treason #MainPlot #Adventurer #KingJamesI #Stuarts #History
The early 15th century font at East Budleigh, Devon.
It must have been in use when Sir Walter Raleigh was born in the village. Frustratingly, the parish register starts 1555 — not long after his birth!
#FontsonFriday #sirwalterraleigh
Stopped off to say hello to Katherine’s famous boy in East Budleigh today.
#elizabethan #sirwalterraleigh #Devon
I've gone a bit bigger this morning with this fairly rough sketched #watercolour of #HayesBarton, #EastBudleigh in #Devon, the birthplace of #SirWalterRaleigh
#art #watercolours #watercolor #watercolors #sketching #painting #landscape
