Rd 2 heat 8 - Sir Walter Rayleigh v Sir James Saville

[SUFC Forever]

Kent Shrimper - your PM was only the start of it...

 

[duncan bulgaria]

Think we have the potential winner here fellas

 

[Mad Cyril]

Got his BOOTY kicked by the Spanish more like, plus he did **** up a lot

n 1578 Raleigh sailed to America with explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert, his half brother. This expedition may have stimulated his plan to found a colony there. In 1585, he sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina). The colony failed and another attempt at colonisation also failed in 1587. EPIC FAIL

Raleigh has been credited with bringing potatoes and tobacco back to Britain, although both of these were already known via the Spanish EPIC FAIL

n 1592 the Queen discovered Raleigh's secret marriage to one of her maids of honour, Elizabeth Throckmorton. This discovery threw Elizabeth into a jealous rage and Raleigh and his wife were imprisoned in the Tower. On his release, in an attempt to find favour with the queen, he set off on an unsuccessful expedition to find El-Dorado, the fabled 'Golden Land', rumoured to be situated somewhere beyond the mouth of the Orinoco river in Guiana (now Venezuela). 2 x EPIC FAIL

Elizabeth's successor James VI of Scotland disliked Raleigh and in 1603 he was accused of plotting against the king and sentenced to death. This was reduced to life imprisonment and Raleigh spent the next 12 years in the Tower of London EPIC FAIL

In 1616, Raleigh was released to lead a second expedition to search for El-Dorado. The expedition was a failure, and Raleigh also defied the king's instructions by attacking the Spanish. EPIC FAIL

He did come up with the Grifter and the Chopper though which were both big successes.

 

[Kent Shrimper]

Thank you everyone for voting the SAV

 

[callan]

Well done Andy.

 

[Kent Shrimper]

Well done Andy.

Cheers mate, beer on me next time i see you!!