Ralegh (Sir Carew, landowner, of Downton, Wiltshire, originally of Hayes Barton, Devon, elder brother of Sir Walter Ralegh, c.1550-1625/6) Withecomb Raleigh. Reversion to William Pyke "of one Tenement with the appurtenances in Halsedon [Halsdon] containyng Two acres of Land, and Eight slopes of Land with Th appurtenances in Yselonde containyng Twentie acres of Land & Meadow...", D.s. "Caru Raleigh" & "John Daccamb" steward, manuscript on paper, folds, left margin dampstained and with small loss not affecting text, righ margin stained, folds, slightly browned, folio, 9th July 1597. *** "For all that Carew Ralegh has been described as ‘mean and acquisitive’, he was not without personal charm. He had ‘a delicate clear voice’ and could accompany himself ‘skilfully on the olpharion’; he may also have tried his hand at verse. He was associated with his brother and his Gilbert half-brothers in those speculative discussions which earned the group the title of ‘Rawley’s Atheistical Academy’ and brought its members before the Privy Council in 1593 to answer for their religious opinions. In speculation, as in their other joint pursuits, Carew was probably less wholehearted than Sir Walter, for his only recorded utterance among these intimates is the laconic inquiry, ‘Soul, what is that?’ Perhaps Queen Elizabeth’s judgment of him, ‘Good Mr. Ralegh, who wonders at his own diligence (because diligence and he are not familiars)’, holds the clue to Carew Ralegh’s career, which reached its peak, in terms of public recognition, by the time he was 50, and that chiefly through the impetus of his brother’s larger ambitions and superior driving power. His personal aspirations appear to have been solid rather than splendid, local rather than general; the knighthood conferred at Basing House honoured a country gentleman, not a national hero. Although he did not desert his brother in prison, he survived Sir Walter’s fall, to carry on the life that he had chosen, as little concerned by James I as James was concerned with him." - The History of Parliament.
Ralegh (Sir Carew, landowner, of Downton, Wiltshire, originally of Hayes Barton, Devon, elder brother of Sir Walter Ralegh, c.1550-1625/6) Withecomb Raleigh. Reversion to William Pyke "of one Tenement with the appurtenances in Halsedon [Halsdon] containyng Two acres of Land, and Eight slopes of Land with Th appurtenances in Yselonde containyng Twentie acres of Land & Meadow...", D.s. "Caru Raleigh" & "John Daccamb" steward, manuscript on paper, folds, left margin dampstained and with small loss not affecting text, righ margin stained, folds, slightly browned, folio, 9th July 1597. *** "For all that Carew Ralegh has been described as ‘mean and acquisitive’, he was not without personal charm. He had ‘a delicate clear voice’ and could accompany himself ‘skilfully on the olpharion’; he may also have tried his hand at verse. He was associated with his brother and his Gilbert half-brothers in those speculative discussions which earned the group the title of ‘Rawley’s Atheistical Academy’ and brought its members before the Privy Council in 1593 to answer for their religious opinions. In speculation, as in their other joint pursuits, Carew was probably less wholehearted than Sir Walter, for his only recorded utterance among these intimates is the laconic inquiry, ‘Soul, what is that?’ Perhaps Queen Elizabeth’s judgment of him, ‘Good Mr. Ralegh, who wonders at his own diligence (because diligence and he are not familiars)’, holds the clue to Carew Ralegh’s career, which reached its peak, in terms of public recognition, by the time he was 50, and that chiefly through the impetus of his brother’s larger ambitions and superior driving power. His personal aspirations appear to have been solid rather than splendid, local rather than general; the knighthood conferred at Basing House honoured a country gentleman, not a national hero. Although he did not desert his brother in prison, he survived Sir Walter’s fall, to carry on the life that he had chosen, as little concerned by James I as James was concerned with him." - The History of Parliament.
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