In those days the rector of Hursley was John de ralegh, probably a kinsman of the bishop of that name.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge
Under the influence of the great ralegh, whose fertile imagination was conceiving plans of colonization in America, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, his brother-in-law, took possession of Newfoundland on a hill overlooking the harbour of St. John's.
"Canada under British Rule 1760-1900"
John G. Bourinot
Most of the men in Elizabeth's court had attended a university, such as Francis Bacon, son of the Lord Keeper, who became a writer, attorney, member of the Commons, and experimental philosopher, and Walter ralegh, the sea-fighter and writer, who had a humble origin.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly