Sir Walter Raleigh Put on Trial for Treason Against King James
Sir Walter Raleigh faced charges of treason at Winchester Castle, accused of conspiring against King James I. The trial resulted in a death sentence that kept him imprisoned for fifteen years, ending his career as a courtier and shifting his focus toward writing his massive History of the World from the confines of the Tower of London.
November 17, 1603
423 years ago
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