Raleigh, Sir Walter, (? 1552-1618), Knight Military and Naval Commander Author

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Surname:	Raleigh
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Walter
Gender:	Male
Date:	? 1552-1618
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P139972 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P23748 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and literary MSS	See information in published source		See Index of English literary MSS vol 1 1450-1625
2	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 6177
3	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Sloane MSS
4	letters, speeches	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harleian MSS
5	c1582-93: letters (6)	Carl H Pforzheimer Library		See De Ricci & Wilson, Census of medieval and renaissance MSS in United States and Canada, 1961
6	misc papers	Hatfield House Library and Archives	HMC	NRA 32925 See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [41a]
7	1587-1618: misc letters and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Tanner MSS
8	papers (11 items)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in the USA 1961
9	Notes on the Royal Navy, c1598	Folger Shakespeare Library	H Moseley, Judicious and Selected Essays (1650)	See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
10	A discourse on the peace with Spain, 1603	University of Michigan: William L Clements Library		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
11	"A discourse... on the peace with Spayne"	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
12	copy of his discourse on the history of ships and the strengths and weaknesses of the maritime powers' navies	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
13	letters to James I and others	Oxford University: Queen's College Library	MSS xxxii	See Library Association survey 1967
14	MS of Discovery of Guiana	Lambeth Palace Library		See Annual Report 1972-73
15	journal of his 'last' Voyage to the W Indies	British Library, Manuscript Collections	MS Cotton Titus B viii, f153
16	MS copy of verse	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	PwV359	NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck
17	annotated commonplace book	Unknown location	BL61	NRA 18524 Bradfer-Lawrence
18	commonplace book	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 57555
19	commonplace book	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
20	prayers book	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	Z19/55/2	NRA 31736 Exeter City L
21	papers rel to him	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng. d.2912	See Annual Return 1996