William Radford (of North Weston, Oxon, aged 17) was elected Scholar of
Trinity June 4, 1640, and afterwards Fellow; took M.A. July 4, 1646;
and was ejected from his fellowship by the Parliamentary Visitors in
June, 1648.
=Sir Walter Raleigh= (1552-1618).
[764]Sir Walter Ralegh, knight:--vide Howe's continuation of Stowe's
Chronicle.--Vide Gerard Winstanley's _Worthies of England_, where he
hath 5 or 6 leaves concerning Sir Walter Ralegh.
<_Coat[765] of arms._>
[766]Gules, four fusils conjoined in bend argent.
<_Pedigree._>
... Ralegh _m._ (2nd wife) Katherine Champernon _m._ ... Gilbert.
| |
| Adrian Gilbert, chymist,
| sine prole.
+-------------+----------------------------------+
| |
Sir Carewe _m._ ..., relict ... _m._ Sir Walter _m._ (2nd) ... ...
Ralegh, | of Sir John Throckmorton | Ralegh, 4tus |
3tius | Thynne, of | filius. |
filius; | Longleate. | |
obiit 1623, | Walter R., killed Carew R., _m._ ...
sepultus at | in America, sine of ... in |
Downton, | prole; vide History Surrey. |
Wilts. | of the World, by +--------+
| Sir W. Ralegh, |
| pag. --. ... R. _m._ Sir John
| | Elowys.
+--------+----------------------------+-----------------+ ...
| | |
Gilbert R. _m._ ... <daughter Captain George Walter Raleigh, D.D.,
| of> Sir Giles Ralegh, sine deane of Wells and rector
| Wroughton. prole. of Chedzoy in Somerset: a
+-----+------------------+------------+ millenarie (his tract of
| | | that doctrine is lost),
1. Gilbert, _m._ ... 2. Walter, 3. Thomas, but he was conformable,
| Godard. sine prole. sine prole. and chaplaine to King
| Charles 1st: vide
... _m._ ... Erneley, of Whitehall. proximam pag.[767]
|
... _m._ ...
<_His marriages and issue._>
[768]He had two wives. His first was <Elizabeth> Throckmorton;
second, ... ..., mother of Carew Ralegh, second[769] son.
[770]Sir John Elwowys maried the daughter and heir of Sir Walter
Ralegh, who was the sonn of Carew Ralegh of ... in Surrey, who was the
second son of Sir Walter Ralegh, the hero. Quaere Sir John Ellowys pro
his skull[771] pro Oxon or Royal Societie.
[772](I[773] cannot yet heare where Sir Edward Shirburne is.) About the
beginning of April I shall satisfy you about Carew Ralegh's daughter--I
doe verily believe 'twas his only child.
<_His brother's family._>
[774]Sir Carew Ralegh, of Downton in com. Wilts, was his eldest[LXVI.]
brother, who was gentleman of the horse to Sir John Thynne of
Longleate, and after his death maryed his lady; by whom he had children
as in the pedigre.
[LXVI.] They (Walter and Tom, his grand-children) say that Sir Carew
was the _elder knight_.
I have heard my grandfather say that Sir Carew had a delicate cleare
voice, and played singularly well on the olpharion[LXVII.] (which was
the instrument in fashion in those dayes), to which he did sing.
[LXVII.] 'Tis as big as a lute, but flatt-bellyed with wire strings.
His grand-children, Walter and Tom (with whom[775] I went to schoole
at Blandford in Dorset 4 yeares) had also excellent tuneable voices,
and playd their parts well on the violl; ingeniose, but all proud and
quarrelsome.
<_At Oxford._>
Sir Walter Ralegh was of ... in Oxford: vide de hoc Anthony Wood's
_Antiquities_.
<_A 'poor' scholar._>
[776]In his youth for severall yeares--quaere Anthony Wood how
long[777]--he was under streights for want of money. I remember that
Mr. Thomas Child of Worcestershire told me that Sir Walter borrowed
a gowne of him when he was at Oxford (they were both of the same
College), which he never restored, nor money for it.
[778]Sir Walter Ralegh was of Oriel College. Mr. Child's father of
Worcestershire was his chamber-fellow, and lent him a gowne, which he
could never gett, nor satisfaction for it.--from Mr. Child.
<_Raleigh in Elizabeth's reign._>
[779]He went into Ireland, where he served in the warres, and shewed
much courage and conduct, but [LXVIII.]he would be perpetually
differing with ... (I thinke, Gray) then Lord Deputy; so that at last
the hearing was to be at <the> councell table before the queen, which
was that he desired; where he told his tale so well and with so good
a grace and presence that the queen tooke especiall notice of him and
presently preferred him. (So that it must be before this that he served
in the French warres.)
[LXVIII.] Quaere + Mr. Justice Ball.
[780]Queen Elizabeth loved to have all the servants of her Court
proper men, and (as beforesaid Sir W. R.'s gracefull presence was
no meane recommendation to him). I thinke his first preferment at
Court was Captaine of her Majestie's guard. There came a countrey
gentleman (or sufficient yeoman) up to towne, who had severall sonns,
but one an extraordinary proper handsome fellowe, whom he did hope
to have preferred to be a yeoman of the guard. The father (a goodly
man himselfe) comes to Sir Walter Raleigh a stranger to him, and told
him that he had brought up a boy that he would desire (having many
children) should be one of her majestie's[781]guard. Quod Sir Walter
Raleigh 'Had you spake for your selfe I should readily have graunted
your desire, for your person deserves it, but I putt in no boyes.'
Said the father, 'Boy, come in.' The son[782] enters, about 18 or 19,
but such a goodly proper young fellow, as Sir Walter Raleigh had not
seen the like--he was the tallest of all the guard. Sir Walter Raleigh
sweares him immediately; and ordered him to carry-up the first dish
at dinner, where the Queen beheld him with admiration[LXIX.], as if a
beautifull young giant had stalked in with the service[783].
[LXIX.] Like Saul, taller by the head and shoulders then other men.
[784]Vide lord Bacon's apothegms and letters. As the queen (Elizabeth)
was playing on the virginalls, ... made this observation, that 'when
_Jack's_ went up, _keys_ went downe,' reflecting on Ralegh.
<_Tobacco._>
[785]He was the first that brought tobacco into England, and into
fashion.--In our part of North Wilts, e.g. Malmesbury hundred, it came
first into fashion by Sir Walter Long.
I have heard my grandfather Lyte say that one pipe was handed from man
to man round about the table. They had first silver pipes; the ordinary
sort made use of a walnutshell and a straw.
It was sold then for it's wayte in silver. I have heard some[LXX.] of
our old yeomen neighbours say that when they went to Malmesbury or
Chippenham market, they culled out their biggest shillings to lay in
the scales against the tobacco.
[LXX.] Josias Tayler.
Sir W. R., standing in a stand at Sir Robert Poyntz' parke at Acton,
tooke a pipe of tobacco, which made the ladies quitt it till he had
donne.
Within these 35 years 'twas scandalous for a divine to take tobacco.