Rawley or Raleigh, it’s worth £22,000

The sale of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on July 13 included a document signed by the adventurer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618).

Penned in a secretarial hand on the Isle of Wight, August 15, 1580, the 14-line text references hi…

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