The DOWNFALL And Execution Of Sir Walter Raleigh

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  • @brettswierczewski223
    @brettswierczewski223 4 роки тому +68

    The timing of this is insane. Reading Alison Weir's biography of Elizabeth I and just started the chapter which introduces Sir Walter. Love this channel

    • @TheUntoldPast
      @TheUntoldPast  4 роки тому +9

      Thanks! :) You're too kind!

    • @whiplash8277
      @whiplash8277 4 роки тому +8

      Read Weir's Elizabeth I years ago. An outstanding read. Also highly recommend her "The Wars of the Roses."

    • @beth7935
      @beth7935 3 роки тому +3

      @@whiplash8277 And her "Eleanor of Aquitane"

    • @kswensen2481
      @kswensen2481 3 роки тому +1

      Weir is a great author.

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 2 роки тому +2

      @@whiplash8277 Just read the latter a few months ago and finally read Lady Fraser's bio of Mary Queen of Scots - absolutely fascinating.

  • @mongo4511
    @mongo4511 4 роки тому +36

    I’ve learnt more on this channel about my country’s history than I did at school! Many thanks. Keep the videos going. 👍

    • @Morthwyl
      @Morthwyl 4 роки тому +4

      Years ago I can remember that a raft of educational tv programs like these had to be produced and were broadcasted in the mornings. These were replaced by the likes of Jeremy Kyle show and other garbage morning tv programs.

    • @aanchal-annaleedeprince5525
      @aanchal-annaleedeprince5525 3 роки тому

      Me too wow

    • @philstrachan
      @philstrachan Рік тому

      Same in Australia- we were only taught what they wanted us to know- nowhere near the actual truth

  • @5amH45lam
    @5amH45lam 4 роки тому +11

    Utterly riveting! Man, I really enjoyed this. Clear, well written, flowing, suspenseful. Very good indeed. Thank you for sharing. ✌️😎👌

  • @janverbanck
    @janverbanck 4 роки тому +113

    This series proves that on many occasions, working for King or Queen ended up very badly... From hero to zero in the wink of an eye.

    • @aanchal-annaleedeprince5525
      @aanchal-annaleedeprince5525 3 роки тому +4

      Yes

    • @kgisabeast
      @kgisabeast 3 роки тому +4

      Seriously who didn’t end up getting killed during this period 😅

    • @michealtaylor7745
      @michealtaylor7745 3 роки тому +1

      You only hear of those who got the death sentence not those who didn't.

    • @michealtaylor7745
      @michealtaylor7745 3 роки тому +2

      @@kgisabeast Most everyone. Wouldn't be on UA-cam if they'd not got the death sentence. Most all did not die from that & that's why you don't pay attention to Them.

    • @rohansrider
      @rohansrider 3 роки тому +2

      And yet , people still grovel to royals.

  • @7hilladelphia
    @7hilladelphia 4 роки тому +8

    What a good review, well well done. Thank you for producing this!

  • @wilsontheconqueror8101
    @wilsontheconqueror8101 4 роки тому +153

    Well done! Hello from North Carolina, whose capital is named for him "Raleigh"!

    • @bazzatheblue
      @bazzatheblue 4 роки тому

      Did he found it then?

    • @MagdaleneDivine
      @MagdaleneDivine 4 роки тому +13

      Hey! I was in prison in Raleigh!
      It was tolerable.

    • @asheland_numismatics
      @asheland_numismatics 4 роки тому +9

      Western North Carolina here. 👍

    • @geezerp1982
      @geezerp1982 4 роки тому +5

      @@MagdaleneDivine on remand or as a convict ???

    • @bazzatheblue
      @bazzatheblue 4 роки тому +5

      @Fallwell Poolboy he had a grant to found colonies ,he tried twice both failed,Roanoke was one of them ,I found out by checking the old wikipedia.

  • @swinglow6580
    @swinglow6580 3 роки тому +47

    A true warrior, died with so much dignity that i can only hope to even have an ounce of it when it's my time.

    • @michaelratliff905
      @michaelratliff905 3 роки тому +2

      He definitely had a pair...no doubt about that my friend...

    • @michealtaylor7745
      @michealtaylor7745 3 роки тому

      @@michaelratliff905 Are you gay?

    • @Minnastina
      @Minnastina 2 роки тому

      The man was true evil! He should've been torchered to death, like many people that were his victims!

    • @WeAreNotAmused
      @WeAreNotAmused 9 місяців тому

      Once you face your death it becomes somewhat less frightening.
      U don't ever lose the fear. Completely but it loses it's grip on your. Integrity or lack thereof it's much harder to intimidate or maneuver a person
      But that doesn't mean rush out to face death bcuz it will find u soon enough but if you in the travails of your life. Are simply in a set of circumstances the galvanizing. Of will. To not. Let. Anyone leave you hemmed in. Is. A. Statistically. Almost completely invariable
      Fearing death is our baser and.quite often the correct reaction .
      but over time and paying close attention to careful yet deliberate toiling at what we do in our lives. You will have the same thing reveals itself to you.
      But careful observation is not possible when our emotional fragility is .at it's intensity
      The greatest single conquest in life is the need or desire to glorify or aggrandize the self over and or above all others as it' s relevant. The people who are in your sphere of direct influence.

  • @robrob9208
    @robrob9208 4 роки тому +13

    Another great bit of history . thank you

  • @kimberlypatton9634
    @kimberlypatton9634 4 роки тому +4

    Amazing video! Such spellbinding and ingrossing historical facts I never knew before! You make the best fact filled no nonsense presentations!

  • @KellyfromMemphisDD214
    @KellyfromMemphisDD214 4 роки тому +3

    Appreciate the modern day videos of the locations you speak of...made it more real to me.

  • @adamfrazer5150
    @adamfrazer5150 4 роки тому +4

    Really like your low-key title appear/dissolve 👍 Not only is it a nice font, classy, but it also doesn't take us out of the video or prolong an intro beforehand - really nice touch 👍🍻

  • @sublimekma
    @sublimekma 3 роки тому +4

    Great story telling, thank you!

  • @Rett4433
    @Rett4433 3 роки тому +6

    Watching from Raleigh, North Carolina! Hometown Hero‼️

  • @luciusmalou4906
    @luciusmalou4906 4 роки тому +75

    I always remembered him laying his coat over the puddle and bringing tobacco to England. Great history!

    • @ProudBtitish
      @ProudBtitish 4 роки тому +8

      😱 were you there.

    • @briansparks8528
      @briansparks8528 4 роки тому +8

      If he bought tobacco into England today he’d be locked up as a drug dealer

    • @roberthiggins6401
      @roberthiggins6401 4 роки тому +4

      It's his fault that I'm struggling to give up! 🤨

    • @luciusmalou4906
      @luciusmalou4906 4 роки тому +3

      @@roberthiggins6401 "...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh--he was such a stupid get."

    • @ccahill2322
      @ccahill2322 4 роки тому +2

      Lucius Malou, it sounds like you knew him well. Did he perhaps, loan you one of his bikes?

  • @Chris-wj4ze
    @Chris-wj4ze 4 роки тому +42

    Raleigh was also a gifted and important poet.

    • @TheUntoldPast
      @TheUntoldPast  4 роки тому +6

      Definitely! An important author!

    • @Chris-wj4ze
      @Chris-wj4ze 4 роки тому +1

      @@nobbynoris Sorry...

    • @biddyboy1570
      @biddyboy1570 4 роки тому +2

      He was a poet but he didn't know it.

    • @michealtaylor7745
      @michealtaylor7745 3 роки тому

      @@biddyboy1570 He was a dreadfull poet, aside of one, the last final one of his execution he wasn't good at anything he put pen too. He was a failed writer, end of.

    • @susiefairfield7218
      @susiefairfield7218 3 роки тому

      Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth.-Sir Walter Raleigh

  • @baronvg
    @baronvg 4 роки тому +22

    Very interesting video. I’ve been learning about the kings & queens of England (UK) and about all the “side characters” for lack of a better word throughout and he was always one that I found interesting when it got to Queen Elizabeth I.

    • @TheUntoldPast
      @TheUntoldPast  4 роки тому +6

      Thank you! :) There's plenty of interesting stories about key characters in Tudor society! More to come shortly!

  • @motorcop505
    @motorcop505 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you for this most informative video! I have to confess my knowledge of Sir Walter was very sketchy, but you managed to sum up his life in a concise manner. 🇺🇸⚔️🇬🇧

  • @bernardmcmahon5377
    @bernardmcmahon5377 4 роки тому +2

    Excellent presentation, brilliant, thanks

  • @JackSmith-kp2vs
    @JackSmith-kp2vs 4 роки тому +53

    Did everyone of influence meet a bloody end back then?

    • @robertcook2572
      @robertcook2572 4 роки тому +12

      They should bring it back.

    • @mauriceetal1426
      @mauriceetal1426 4 роки тому +2

      If you didn't smell blood, shit, or piss were you even in England?

    • @mauriceetal1426
      @mauriceetal1426 4 роки тому

      Sorry, ale*

    • @phillipecook3227
      @phillipecook3227 4 роки тому +7

      It was a dangerous time to be alive even for powerful people. One moment you were the monarch's favourite: the next you could be decapitated in public.

    • @phillipecook3227
      @phillipecook3227 4 роки тому +6

      @Robert Doyle Damned right. But even then you could be accused of anything from witchcraft to theft all of which could lead to a gruesome punishment or even death.

  • @ardiffley-zipkin9539
    @ardiffley-zipkin9539 4 роки тому +2

    Well presented, thank you

  • @simonpalling3215
    @simonpalling3215 4 роки тому +167

    His greatest achievement was the Chopper. A bike with a gearstick-genius.

    • @292Nigel
      @292Nigel 4 роки тому +15

      I got one for Christmas 1973 at 11 years of age. A yellow one. They were all painted red or yellow as i recall. They looked better than they were... still happy days!

    • @simonpalling3215
      @simonpalling3215 4 роки тому +7

      @@292Nigel blue also i think. Never had one-just admired my mates' brand new red. About 75 that was. I had a handed down five speed racer.... 60s vintzge!

    • @jimmyroos1677
      @jimmyroos1677 4 роки тому +7

      Yup,I still have a original yellow chopper, with 1978 bicycle license plates.

    • @michaeltaylor8835
      @michaeltaylor8835 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah genius weren,t he??

    • @shonamcwilliam2842
      @shonamcwilliam2842 4 роки тому +6

      @@292Nigel I had a blue one. I loved my bike sooo much. I had the long seat one, where 2 can sit on. Brilliant.

  • @JustGrammy1234
    @JustGrammy1234 4 роки тому +33

    Incredible bravery in the face of his own death.

    • @Minnastina
      @Minnastina 2 роки тому

      The man was true evil! He should've been torchered to death, like many people that were his victims!

  • @vickyland6558
    @vickyland6558 4 роки тому +2

    Love your videos

  • @trj1442
    @trj1442 4 роки тому +3

    A great show. Thankyou.

  • @arthurp.dent4270
    @arthurp.dent4270 4 роки тому +9

    Fantastic piece but one amendment, Sir Walter’s noggin is buried in St.Mary’s church, West Horsley with his sons. His wife lived in Horsley Place across the road.

  • @lilbits4173
    @lilbits4173 3 роки тому +1

    Very informative! Thank you.

  • @MARKETMAN6789
    @MARKETMAN6789 4 роки тому +4

    Excellent very interesting

  • @Megaflytron.
    @Megaflytron. 4 роки тому +5

    The high pitch tone-possibly in the music- possibly feedback squeal-takes so much from your work. You have decent narrative skills, superb research, interesting topics, a unique perspective, etc. that is marred from something that may be resolved with a simple fix.

  • @peregrintokes2919
    @peregrintokes2919 3 роки тому +4

    I live in sherborne , where sir Walter Raleighs castle is located . Beautiful scenery and gardens , and there is a stone seat overlooking an old road , where sir Walter used to sit and smoke his pipe ...I have sat on the same seat many times as i visit the castle and gardens several times a year .... Google sherborne castle and gardens if you want to see some stunning English scenery , or Raleighs seat if you want to see where he used to sit . Much love from sherborne , Dorset ( or Wessex if your also Vikings / last Kingdom fans lol )

  • @elizabethspedding1975
    @elizabethspedding1975 4 роки тому +18

    Thanks for another great lesson.
    I think a film could be made about Lady Arbella she's such an interesting character.

    • @TheUntoldPast
      @TheUntoldPast  4 роки тому +3

      No problem :) Thanks for the comment!

  • @djpokeeffe8019
    @djpokeeffe8019 3 роки тому +14

    His half brother, Humphrey Gilbert, also committed atrocities in Ireland, many against women and children.

  • @LRBerry
    @LRBerry 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks for another great lesson.

  • @michaeladrian2210
    @michaeladrian2210 4 роки тому +18

    He had no right to walk in Ireland

  • @Sealdeam
    @Sealdeam 4 роки тому +12

    Please do consider talking about the execution of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, he had a hand in the downfall of the Albany Stewarts and was initially an ally of the crown but he later successfully conspired against King James I of Scotland, as a regicide they made sure his end was particularly nasty even for the standards of those days.

  • @ScratchthechalkBoard
    @ScratchthechalkBoard 4 роки тому +9

    He really made supreme use of being given the last words

  • @herewardthewake2636
    @herewardthewake2636 4 роки тому +50

    You said nothing about Raleigh's poetry, which is still highly regarded.

    • @MalteseKat
      @MalteseKat 4 роки тому

      he smoked it

    • @susansinsua5583
      @susansinsua5583 4 роки тому +8

      Even such is time Who takes in trust our youth and joys and pays but in earth and dust
      Who on the dark and silent grave when we have wandered all our days shuts up the story of our days.
      But from this grave this earth this distance the Lord will raise me up I
      trust.
      Poem by Sir Walter Raleigh on the eve of his execution

    • @herewardthewake2636
      @herewardthewake2636 4 роки тому +1

      Excellent!

    • @michealtaylor7745
      @michealtaylor7745 3 роки тому +1

      Wasn't that good a poet at all actually. Aside of the last one pre execution poem, none of them were worthy of repeat. Historic fact he was a bad a poet as a historian. But he died in pain.

  • @Crayz919
    @Crayz919 6 місяців тому +1

    My granddaddy Erby Thomas Ayscue aka: Lil Boy was the first tobacco farmer in Raleigh/ wake county to get a whole 1$ per pound for his quality tobacco.... Quite the accomplishment back then !

  • @josephledux8598
    @josephledux8598 3 роки тому +3

    My first exposure to Sir Walter Raleigh was not as a historical figure who led colonization efforts to the Americas. Rather it was through literature, poetry to be exact. Raleigh was a poet of some skill and talent. Maybe not read so much today as he was when I was a young man in my freshman year of college, but someone still worth reading.
    My favorite story of the man comes from the last days before his execution. He was apparently not a man who showed any fear of his fate, and was noted to be in high spirits in his final days. One person asked him how he could possibly be so cheerful at such a time. His response? A pun:
    "At the sad parting you'll find me grave enough."
    How can you not admire a man like that?

  • @whereswaldo5740
    @whereswaldo5740 4 роки тому +93

    Today he’d be banned from Twitter and Facebook.

    • @pasaesballard3601
      @pasaesballard3601 4 роки тому +2

      Outstanding

    • @michaeladrian2210
      @michaeladrian2210 4 роки тому +4

      Yes we too have traitors today

    • @TheIndependentLens
      @TheIndependentLens 4 роки тому +18

      @@michaeladrian2210 Getting banned off Twitter and Facebook definitely doesn't mean you're a traitor. I'd say the exact opposite.

    • @ArcFixer
      @ArcFixer 4 роки тому +13

      No he wouldn't. He never advocated treason & sedition by violence or other means. He was an accomplished man. Not a professional whiny ass compulsive lying grifter that didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground like those getting banned.

    • @michaeladrian2210
      @michaeladrian2210 4 роки тому +2

      Good..tyrants should be

  • @fabianwylie8707
    @fabianwylie8707 3 роки тому +1

    Just seen a number of the stores I’d amazing people in history,. Well done and excellent work 👍

  • @TomBartram-b1c
    @TomBartram-b1c 3 роки тому +12

    Look at TODAY'S pampered celebs - whining if they get trolled on social media.
    They haven't got a clue!

  • @1aikane
    @1aikane 4 роки тому +34

    How sad. What a man of great accomplishment. To end like this was unjust.

    • @Minnastina
      @Minnastina 2 роки тому

      The man was true evil! He should've been torchered to death, like many people that were his victims!

  • @markgerard5585
    @markgerard5585 4 роки тому +2

    Very interesting, thanks

  • @mrshelby4682
    @mrshelby4682 4 роки тому +2

    Excellent story.... I've been to Raleigh NC many many times. Too few consider the namesake.

  • @mikeyoung7660
    @mikeyoung7660 4 роки тому +1

    Brilliant mate 👍👍👍👍

  • @kernowforester811
    @kernowforester811 3 роки тому +2

    He was from my region, the Westcountry. He was a Devon man, related to Sir Francis Drake, and spoke broad Devonian, which was noted at Queen Elizabeth's court. As a note, at the time he probably pronounced his name 'Wautur Rawlee'. Queen Elizabeth was noted for ribbing him on his pronunciation of his name Walter, dropping the 'l', a common characteristic of Devonian.

  • @mikewilson4847
    @mikewilson4847 3 роки тому +1

    Fascinating piece of detailed history.

  • @tonyb9735
    @tonyb9735 4 роки тому +2

    Excellent documentary, thank you.

  • @brianfuller7691
    @brianfuller7691 4 роки тому +22

    James 1 had to prove how tough he was. And let's be real that being a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I didn't help. I've never been convinced that Raleigh wanted to incite war with Spain but he always driven by that deep hatred of the Catholic Church. That said, the charges were trumped up

  • @tRx777
    @tRx777 3 роки тому +2

    One of his bikes let me down was late for work twice !!

  • @georgerodriguez7588
    @georgerodriguez7588 Рік тому +2

    I learned about sir Walter Raleigh while watching a episode on the sopranos .😂

  • @beccaboo3040
    @beccaboo3040 4 роки тому +12

    So it's his fault I'm addicted to cigarettes. Great vid

    • @TheUntoldPast
      @TheUntoldPast  4 роки тому +2

      Haha! I love the picture of him sat there in his room chugging away on Tobacco.

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 роки тому +3

      John Lennon 1968 curse Sir Walter Raleigh he was such a stupid...

    • @bbsaid218
      @bbsaid218 4 роки тому +1

      And chips 🤭

    • @beccaboo3040
      @beccaboo3040 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheUntoldPast great picture. Just like me sweet cigarettes 😁

    • @beccaboo3040
      @beccaboo3040 4 роки тому +1

      @@annescholey6546 wise words

  • @andrewjohnston4127
    @andrewjohnston4127 4 роки тому +13

    Inventor of the bicycle too 😁

  • @reneerichburg1500
    @reneerichburg1500 3 роки тому

    Oh I love history 😄👍❣️ and your good👍👍

  • @vahgeuvje10
    @vahgeuvje10 4 роки тому +11

    The guy led a life as such that some cannot replicate his exploits, even if they lived a million years.

    • @vahgeuvje10
      @vahgeuvje10 4 роки тому

      @@samkangal8428 how are you? How was/is your day? Thank you for kit

    • @vahgeuvje10
      @vahgeuvje10 4 роки тому

      @@samkangal8428 just raining here. Pretty cozy though, maybe check out a horror movie, we’ll see. Hot chocolate sounds good too

    • @vahgeuvje10
      @vahgeuvje10 4 роки тому

      @@samkangal8428 check this out when you have a chance. I think this is a clear presentation to some of the questions you had. Watch at your own comfort.
      ua-cam.com/video/wQ5cclvdWjo/v-deo.html

    • @vahgeuvje10
      @vahgeuvje10 4 роки тому

      @@samkangal8428 or here:
      ua-cam.com/video/hzrC7KuMj6o/v-deo.html

  • @charliekavanagh1217
    @charliekavanagh1217 4 роки тому +3

    The hotel in Youghal County Cork is called The Sir Walter Raleigh

  • @KumaBean
    @KumaBean 3 роки тому +1

    My profile picture is of Sir Walter Raleigh, it's a photo of an original oil painting that hangs in a local castle as part of a commissioned collection, he's a fascinating character but to be honest, I just love the artwork, lol

  • @elizabethfincannon1545
    @elizabethfincannon1545 4 роки тому +2

    What a gruesome way to go out ...horrific

  • @2ndarmoredhellonwheels106
    @2ndarmoredhellonwheels106 2 роки тому +1

    I remember my dad telling me that as a kid in the 1930s calling the local drugstore and asking do you have sir Walter Raleigh in a can ( a popular pipe tobacco). They'd say yeah we got it. My dad would tell em open the lid so he doesn't suffocate lol.

  • @PaulHigginbothamSr
    @PaulHigginbothamSr 4 роки тому +9

    My goodness a very humbling and man of virtue story about our history. I must remember though he murdered 600 people in Ireland for the queen who were probably as virtuous as he.

  • @michaelboag8281
    @michaelboag8281 4 роки тому +20

    Interesting how the executioner hesitated until Raleigh told him to strike. Perhaps he would have refused to go through with it if he hadn't.

    • @tosspot1305
      @tosspot1305 3 роки тому +1

      I'm no expert but I suspect he'd would himself be executed for not following the Kings orders. I believe his hesitation would of quickly passed once he'd given a moments thought on the matter

    • @joanthewad7510
      @joanthewad7510 2 роки тому +2

      It was probably all part of the show for the crowd. I very much doubt if an executioner would feel any empathy.

  • @futhark3899
    @futhark3899 4 роки тому +6

    He made some great bikes aswell

  • @marlecmarine5393
    @marlecmarine5393 4 роки тому +7

    He was definitely hard done by, imprisoned for many years and beheaded, shame on ER 1 and James 1 .........

    • @winnifredforbes8712
      @winnifredforbes8712 4 роки тому

      Marlec Marine ER ONE was a bag!

    • @caryboy2006
      @caryboy2006 4 роки тому

      No he deserved what he got. Starting a war is the prerogative of the monarch not one of his subjects.

  • @knightowl3577
    @knightowl3577 4 роки тому +15

    A sad end for an English hero.

  • @lynnedear8830
    @lynnedear8830 4 роки тому +3

    I remember hearing , “do you have sir Walter Raleigh in a box,? ...yes....then let him out.
    Perhaps that is where the saying it comes from . Reference to his wife keeping his head in a trunk after he was executed

  • @richhughes7450
    @richhughes7450 3 роки тому

    It's very interesting. Thanks for sharing. History has and will always be written by the winners and we will never know how much is fact or how much is fiction in all that's said or written about anybody or any historical event.

  • @robjones2408
    @robjones2408 4 роки тому +19

    A man of unbelievable courage.
    On the day of his execution, he was smoking a cigarette and chatting calmly to
    the headsman. He originated the tradition of the "final cigarette" before death.
    His widow kept his head in a trunk for many years.

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 4 роки тому +1

      😞

    • @dukadarodear2176
      @dukadarodear2176 4 роки тому +4

      Interesting post. Thank you.
      He left his mark on my country Ireland.

    • @robjones2408
      @robjones2408 4 роки тому +6

      @@dukadarodear2176 When Walter saw the executioner's axe, he said -"Tis a sharp remedy, but it is the cure for all ailments."
      His stoicism in the face of death remains remarkable.

    • @dukadarodear2176
      @dukadarodear2176 3 роки тому

      Interesting details - both posts. Thank you.

  • @winnifredforbes8712
    @winnifredforbes8712 4 роки тому +8

    Damn that Raleigh and his tobacco! 😱

    • @tilesetter1953
      @tilesetter1953 3 роки тому

      Beatles song "I'm so tired"?

    • @tomben6180
      @tomben6180 3 роки тому +1

      @@tilesetter1953 “I'm so tired
      I'm feeling so upset
      Although I'm so tired
      I'll have another cigarette
      And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
      He was such a stupid git”

  • @busterboy7505
    @busterboy7505 3 роки тому +1

    What about this bicycles?, lol, seemed to be a great man, but even the greatest fall, love these videos, 👍👍👍🇬🇧.

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 4 роки тому +11

    Raliegh was a looter

  • @charcoalblues.6121
    @charcoalblues.6121 4 роки тому +20

    Lord Blackadder had a say in his execution i'm sure of it.

    • @reneerichburg1500
      @reneerichburg1500 3 роки тому

      😭😭 SOO SAD

    • @patrickstewart3446
      @patrickstewart3446 3 роки тому

      Na. Don’t you remember? He was killed by Evil Prince Ludwig disguised as Queen Elizabeth. But that’s alright. No need for apaloggees.
      😁

  • @chrisgriffin7357
    @chrisgriffin7357 3 роки тому +1

    Imagine being tasked with that job "Here's your husband's head; we pickled it.. have a nice day"

  • @grassfedmilkmomma
    @grassfedmilkmomma 4 роки тому +37

    So james 1 let him grow some pot in the tower... he should have stayed in the tower with his ganja

    • @alexbowman7582
      @alexbowman7582 4 роки тому +5

      There’s a conspiracy theory that the Indian’s let him smoke marijuana then sold him a boat full of tobacco because they knew it was a poison.

    • @grassfedmilkmomma
      @grassfedmilkmomma 4 роки тому +2

      @@alexbowman7582 🤣

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 4 роки тому +1

      @@alexbowman7582 😂😂🥴

    • @darkknight1340
      @darkknight1340 3 роки тому

      His last speech would have been infinitely more interesting if he had.

    • @lindaarrington9397
      @lindaarrington9397 3 роки тому

      No choice

  • @matthewfoyle4421
    @matthewfoyle4421 4 роки тому +11

    A lot of comments from the Historical Illiterate Society seem to appear here.

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 4 роки тому +2

    'Here is the finely preserved head of your husband, madam, that would be 10 shillings'
    'Keep the change, you excellent fine craftsmen.'
    'God, bless, you are a lady' ❤

  • @philstrachan
    @philstrachan Рік тому +1

    He got Elizabeth addicted to nicotine big time.

  • @AngeloPerfili
    @AngeloPerfili 4 роки тому +5

    that was awesome, thank you...

  • @gravyboat2370
    @gravyboat2370 4 роки тому +3

    This was an interesting video. But didn't really explain what he used to get up.

  • @sallywalker1073
    @sallywalker1073 4 роки тому +17

    He was my great great great ect etc grandfather on my dads side .🙂

    • @robinator3202
      @robinator3202 3 роки тому +1

      My mother told me in the 50’s that he was related to us. My mother’s maiden name was Svehla.

    • @sallywalker1073
      @sallywalker1073 3 роки тому +1

      @@robinator3202 my maiden name was rawley , which got changed to raleigh.

    • @lindaarrington9397
      @lindaarrington9397 3 роки тому

      Wow
      A poor man..
      He was interesting

  • @donbrashsux
    @donbrashsux 4 роки тому +15

    What a history of kings ..Queens and Dam religion

  • @geezerp1982
    @geezerp1982 4 роки тому +3

    you would think, that taking more then one blow of the axe, that raleigh would have been screaming in pain after the first strike of the axe ??

    • @barumman
      @barumman 3 роки тому +2

      I think the first blow would have killed him.

  • @timjohnson1199
    @timjohnson1199 2 роки тому

    I'd have to think twice before attending court

  • @idolhanz9842
    @idolhanz9842 4 роки тому +1

    What about his raid on Cadiz along with Drake and Nassau? This before the Spanish Armada battle at Gravelines..

  • @carefulcarpenter
    @carefulcarpenter 4 роки тому +3

    Raleigh is our 10th great grand uncle.

  • @theodorethompson4536
    @theodorethompson4536 4 роки тому +3

    Thats got to be one of the most morbid things I've heard of. I mean if I got in trouble and had to have my head removed I guarantee my wife wouldn't want the damn thing, and if given to her she would be pissed, and she sure as heck wouldn't carry it around with her. I'll tell you 1 person I wouldn't want to be. The poor bastard who had to deliver the head. Theres a good chance she'd be carrying a part or 3 around with her.

  • @bajoobiecuzican
    @bajoobiecuzican 4 роки тому +2

    My brother is named Robert Riley after SWR.

  • @smith077906
    @smith077906 7 місяців тому

    To pray & die with so much strength is astonishing.

  • @kayleigh35
    @kayleigh35 4 роки тому +1

    What about his fist wife the video hasn’t finished yet but I’m surprised she hasn’t been mentioned

  • @benson5468
    @benson5468 3 роки тому

    My Speech would have lasted 45 years sad to say he should have got in and got out Royal Favour only last s so long interesting video thanks for posting bren

  • @shaungorham9743
    @shaungorham9743 2 роки тому

    Who took the final call?

  • @davesmith7432
    @davesmith7432 4 роки тому +11

    Another interesting story! Thanks! What a waste of a perfectly good man. What a terrible tragedy that he lost two of his kids. He had to be executed so Jimmy 1 show everybody what a tough guy he was.

    • @TheUntoldPast
      @TheUntoldPast  4 роки тому +6

      I think his execution is a rather sad one, especially when it comes to his speech to the crowd.

  • @shawnkdodds
    @shawnkdodds 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this. Being American, I knew very little about Sir Raleigh. Nice job!

  • @estellacoggins715
    @estellacoggins715 4 роки тому +4

    he had beautiful black curly hair, he was handsome.

  • @Btta.Montalmare
    @Btta.Montalmare 3 роки тому +1

    He went to his dead as he was going to a public social meeting. Amazing.

  • @Ken_Scaletta
    @Ken_Scaletta 3 роки тому

    "What dost thou fear? Strike, man, strike!"

  • @darrellenglish8528
    @darrellenglish8528 4 роки тому +3

    Elizabeth Throckmorton is in my Family Tree

    • @idolhanz9842
      @idolhanz9842 4 роки тому +1

      She was quite the dish in her day..

    • @beth7935
      @beth7935 3 роки тому +1

      Cool!

  • @Paddy.C
    @Paddy.C 3 роки тому +1

    Small point, but this is the second video I've heard her referred to as 'Bloody Mary the First'.
    There was only ever one 'Bloody Mary', so it's either 'Mary the First', or 'Bloody Mary', but not 'Bloody Mary the First', as that implies there was a 'Bloody Mary the Second'.
    There bloody well wasn't.

  • @TheIndependentLens
    @TheIndependentLens 4 роки тому +12

    "And curse Sir Walter Raleigh. He was such a stupid git!" ---The Beatles

    • @davidbrokend
      @davidbrokend 4 роки тому +3

      Was just thinking the same. As I light my cigarette

    • @AJ-PFbat
      @AJ-PFbat 4 роки тому +4

      I'm so tired 😴 I haven't slept a wink.

  • @KolyaNickD
    @KolyaNickD 4 роки тому +2

    His home in Dorset - Sherborne castle is well worth a visit. Absolutely beautiful place, and if you have a spare grand you can join a shooting party for a day's blasting pheasants on the land around it.

  • @marig6184
    @marig6184 4 роки тому +3

    What happened to Sir Walter's wife?

    • @paulfletcher2029
      @paulfletcher2029 4 роки тому +1

      Died l think.

    • @tomben6180
      @tomben6180 3 роки тому +1

      @@paulfletcher2029 Are you sure?

    • @paulfletcher2029
      @paulfletcher2029 3 роки тому

      @@tomben6180 Hi Ben. Sure about what?

    • @tomben6180
      @tomben6180 3 роки тому

      @@paulfletcher2029 That she died...

    • @paulfletcher2029
      @paulfletcher2029 3 роки тому

      @@tomben6180 Well Tom. I am sure she is deadied now. Especially under the reign of that useless Stuart King James 1st. You would hope he would be James the Last. Now the Tudors were something else. Not happy with that bully Henry V lll but l sure admire Lizzie the 1st his daughter. Keep in min d that her Dad Henry V lll cut the head of her mum Ann Boleyn.