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From Randolph Carew's Balcony (all then descended to the scaffold to shake Raleigh's hand and to hear him better):

Randolph Carew, (later) Chief Justice

Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel (friend of Bacon)

William Compton, Earl of Northampton (newly created Earl of Northampton)

James Hay, Lord Doncaster

Henry de Vere, Earl of Oxford (son of Edward)

From an Unknown Location:

Thomas Harriot (took notes on Raleigh's speech, unclear from where he witnessed)

Sir Hugh Beeston (he obtained a permit guaranteeing him a good place which was turned down by the sheriff who had forgotten his spectacles that day)

Sir Edward Sackville, Earl of Dorset

Sir Henry Rich, (later) 1st Earl of Holland (a favorite of James I)

Edward Cecil, (later) 1st Viscount Wimbledon (grandson of Lord Burghley)

John Pym (later leader of the Long Parliament, critic of James I)

Sir John Eliot

John PoryFrom Horseback in the Yard:

Lord Percy Northumberland, Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland's brother (Henry was in the Tower himself).

Lord Edmund Sheffield, (later) 1st Earl of Mulgrave, then Lord Lieutenant of YorkshireLikely Attendees:

Francis Thynnes

Charles Thynnes

The son of William Sanderson (Raleigh's great nephew, he visited Raleigh previously to make amends for this father)

Carew Raleigh

Adrian Gilbert

Raleigh Gilbert

Others:

Guards

Officers (of the guards)

Noble Ladies

The Executioner

The Sheriff

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King James the first beheaded him on October 29, 1618.

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