Catherine Raleigh

'Catherine CHAMPERNOWNE Born: ABT 1519 Died: 1594

Not the same as Katherine Astley

Notes: during the reign of Henry VIII, she converted to Protestantism and refused to give up her beliefs when Mary Tudor was queen. She sat with the martyr, Agnes Prest, the night before her execution. She does not, however, seem to have been prosecuted herself. Under Elizabeth Tudor, through the influence of Catherine’s relative, Kate Astley, Catherine’s son Walter was introduced to court and made a success of himself there. Catherine continued to live in the West Country, where she kept liveried servants and a waiting woman, but she was in debt when she died. She made her will on 18 Apr 1594. She was buried in Exeter with her second husband.

• Father: Phillip CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury (Sir)
• Mother: Catherine CAREW
• 'Married 1: Otho GILBERT of Compton Castle (d. 1547)
• Children:
• 1. John GILBERT
• 2. Humphrey GILBERT (Sir) (See his Biography)
• 3. Adrian GILBERT
• 4. Elizabeth GILBERT
• 'Married 2: Walter RALEIGH of Fardell
• Children:
• 5. Margaret RALEIGH
• 6. Walter RALEIGH (Sir Knight)
• 7. Carew RALEIGH of Fardell (Sir) (b. 1550 - d. 1625)
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHAMPERNOWNE.htm#Catherine CHAMPERNOWNE2
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• Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1554 – 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England.
• Raleigh was born to a Protestant family in Devon, the son of 'Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne'.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh
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• RALEGHANA.
• Part III.
• REMARKS ON THE ANCESTRY OF SIR WALTER RALEGH.
• BY
• T. N. BRUSHFIELD, M.D., F.S.A.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/raleghana03brus/raleghana03brus_djvu.txt
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• Sir Walter Raleigh By Raleigh Trevelyan
• http://books.google.com/books?id=pq8j7k0LaR4C&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Joa...
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• Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh[1] (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, soldier, courtier and explorer.
• Raleigh was born to a Protestant family in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne.
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• 'KATHERINE CHAMPERNOWNE (1519-1594)
• 'This second Katherine Champernowne, was the daughter of Sir Philip Champernowne (c.1479-August 2, 1545) and Catherine Carew (d.1545+). She married first Otho Gilbert (d.1547) and second Walter Raleigh (d. February 1581), giving birth to several famous sons. Her offspring were John, Humphrey (1539-1625) and Adrian Gilbert and Carew (1550-1625),Walter (1552-1618), and Margaret Raleigh. During the reign of Henry VIII, she converted to Protestantism and refused to give up her beliefs when Mary Tudor was queen. She sat with the martyr, Agnes Prest, the night before her execution. She does not, however, seem to have been prosecuted herself. Under Elizabeth Tudor, through the influence of Katherine’s relative, Kat Astley (cousin? aunt? sister?), Katherine’s son Walter was introduced to court and made a success of himself there. Katherine continued to live in the West Country, where she kept liveried servants and a waiting woman, but she was in debt when she died. She made her will on April 18, 1594. She was buried in Exeter with her second husband.
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