Editing Walter Raleigh (section)

==1590–1594==
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In 1592, Raleigh was given many rewards by the Queen, including [[Durham House, London|Durham House]] in [[Strand, London|the Strand]] and the estate of Sherborne, Dorset. He was appointed [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]]. However, he had not been given any of the [[Great Offices of State|great offices of state]].{{sfn|May|1989|p=8}}

In 1591, Raleigh secretly married [[Elizabeth Raleigh|Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton]] (or Throgmorton). She was one of the Queen's [[lady-in-waiting|ladies-in-waiting]], 11 years his junior, and was pregnant at the time. She gave birth to a son, believed to be named Damerei, who was given to a [[wet nurse]] at Durham House, and died of plague in October 1592. Bess resumed her duties to the queen. The following year, the unauthorised marriage was discovered and the Queen ordered Raleigh to be imprisoned and Bess dismissed from court. Both were imprisoned in the Tower of London in June 1592. He was released from prison in August 1592 to manage a recently returned expedition and attack on the Spanish coast. The fleet was recalled by the Queen, but not before it [[Battle of Flores (1592)|captured an incredibly rich prize]]—a merchant ship (carrack) named ''[[Madre de Deus]]'' (Mother of God) off [[Flores Island (Azores)|Flores]]. Raleigh was sent to organise and divide the spoils of the ship. He was sent back to the Tower, but by early 1593 had been released and become a member of Parliament.{{sfn|May|1989|p=13}}

It was several years before Raleigh returned to favour,{{clarify|date=October 2020}} and he travelled extensively in this time. Raleigh and his wife remained devoted to each other. They had two more sons, Walter (known as Wat) in 1593 and [[Carew Raleigh (1605–1666)|Carew]] in 1605.{{sfn|May|1989|p=21}}

Raleigh was elected a burgess of [[Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency)|Mitchell]], Cornwall, in the parliament of 1593.{{sfn|Nicholls|Williams|2004}} He retired to his estate at Sherborne, where he built a new house, completed in 1594, known then as Sherborne Lodge. Since extended, it is now known as [[Sherborne Castle#New castle|Sherborne New Castle]]. He made friends with the local [[gentry]], such as Sir Ralph Horsey of [[Clifton Maybank]] and Charles Thynne of [[Longleat]]. During this period at a dinner party at Horsey's, Raleigh had a heated discussion about religion with Reverend Ralph Ironsides. The argument later gave rise to charges of [[atheism]] against Raleigh, though the charges were dismissed. He was elected to Parliament, speaking on religious and naval matters.{{sfn|May|1989|p=14}}