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Champernowne

Sir John Champernowne [or Camperon],
mar Margaret Courtenay [born 1459, descendant of Edward I] and had issue:

Sir Philip Champernowne, of Modbury, Devon, born 1495,
mar Katherine Carew [descendant of Edward I] and had issue:

1. Catherine Champernowne, or Catharine, born 1519,
   mar 1stly to Otto Gilbert and had issue:
   1. Sir Humphrey Gilbert (and here), adventurer and explorer.

   mar 2ndly to Sir Walter Ralegh and had issue:

   1. Sir Walter Raleigh (see here), or Ralegh,
      born 1552,
      mar 1591 to Bessy Throckmorton [born 1565] and had issue,
      posed the mathematical problem now known as Kepler's conjecture,
      in his History of the World he was a pioneer in dating the world according to evidence rather than mythology,
      wrote in favour of free trade, low customs duties, low protectionism; he was an early advocate of globalisation - that self-sufficiency might make a country less, not more, prosperous,
      executed 1618, age 66 yrs,
      Bessy died 1647, age 82 yrs.

   
   

2. Joan Champernowne, born est c.1520,
   mar Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Denny, Knt [born 1501] and had issue.

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• Raleigh, NC, is named after Sir Walter Raleigh.