Walter Raleigh

Elizabeth Throckmorton: The Queen’s Permission

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Elizabeth Throckmorton Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton was born the 16th of April 1565, to  Sir Nicholas Throckmorton and Anne Carew. Nicholas Throckmorton was a diplomat and politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and was instrumental in the relationship between Elizabeth and her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. He had befriended both queens, which must have put him in several awkward situations. One of those situations happened in 1565, when Queen Elizabeth sen [More]

Queen Elizabeth’s Explorers

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We generally write about the people of court and their lives - not necessarily what was happening in the world around the time of their reign. However, when we posted our article,  The Legacy of Henry VIII, it opened a new door to the history of the Tudor Dynasty. The more we research Queen Elizabeth, the more we realize how much she was like her father, King Henry VIII. Henry was always looking for ways to be remembered in history - whether it was wanting to claim th [More]