Index of Gardiner's History of England

Raleigh, Sir Walter,

• is hindered from meeting the King,
• his isolated position,
• is dismissed from the Captaincy of the Guard,
• wishes the war with Spain to be prolonged,
• is summoned before the Council on suspicion of a conspiracy,
• denounces Cobham,
• loses his patent for wine licences, and is expelled from Durham House,
• writes to his wife,
• is tried at Winchester,
• verdict against,
• is sentenced to death,
• discussion on the justice of the verdict against,
• is reprieved and sent to the Tower,
• disposition of the property of,
• his title to Sherborne questioned,
• hopes to recover his liberty,
• loses Sherborne,
• pleads for liberty,
• writes the History of the World,
• writes a pamphlet on the Savoy Match,
• writes The Prerogative of Parliaments,
• character of,
• meditates an expedition to the Indies,
• hopes to reach El Dorado,
• his first voyage to Guiana,
• goes to Cadiz and sends Keymis to Guiana,
• wishes to return to Guiana,
• is released from the Tower,
• declares that he will not infringe on the rights of the King of Spain
• inexpediency of the proposed voyage of,
• commission given to,
• projects of,
• imperfect evidence of the existence of a gold mine in Guiana possessed by,
• prepares for his voyage,
• talks of seizing the Mexico fleet,
• proposes an attack on Genoa,
• communicates with the French Protestants,
• promises Arundel to return to England,
• sets out from London,
• difficulties of,
• sends Faige to Montmorency,
• sends Faige to fit out French ships to assist him,
• his explanation of his intentions,
• reaches the Canaries,
• crosses the Atlantic,
• prepares to ascend the Orinoco,
• remains at the mouth of the river,
• hears that Keymis's attempt on the mine has failed,
• proposes to attack the Mexico fleet,
• writes home from St. Christopher's,
• returns to England,
• is arrested,
• attempts to escape,
• has an interview with La Chesnee,
• writes the apology,
• is examined,
• Sir T. Wilson set as a spy over,
• acknowledges his dealings with the French, and lays the blame on his supporters,
• discussion on the mode of trying,
• is brought before commissioners,
• appears before the King's Bench,
• last hours of,
• execution of,
• popularity of,
• the King's declaration of the proceedings against,