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Hi Dana
I have a copy of the book Ralegh and the Throckmorton's by
A. L. Rowse published in
1962. It has two mentions of John Dee in connection with
Ralegh and confirms what
you have found. I had already found many references to Dee
and Ralegh. The
interesting thing about the Throckmorton's is the plot
some of the family were involved
in to depose Elizabeth I. Later Ralegh married Bessie
Throckmorton who was a lady
in waiting to Elizabeth. The mistake Ralegh made was in
not asking the queen first. He
went to the tower for this. The Earl of Essex, Robert
Dudley, also married in secret but
was forgiven by the queen. Maybe the Throckmorton name was
to blame here.
Ralegh was the patron of Thomas Harriot, who was the
central figure in Ralegh's School
of Night. This circle were separate from the Philip Sidney
circle and the trio of Burghley,
Walsingham and Leicester. These three despised Ralegh and
favoured Drake. Because
of this a lot of Thomas Harriot's work was never published
and it is only now that historian's
are restoring his reputation, much like that of John Dee,
who seemed to be between both
camps.
It is known that Harriot corresponded with Johannes Kepler
in Prague and some have
suggested that it may have been Harriot who gave Kepler
the idea of elliptical orbits. It is
also suggested that Harriot may have had a telescope
before the Dutch applied for their
patents. So you see history may not be the way we have
been taught it. In this respect
I totally agree with Wayne Durden.
Jeff
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