In 1591 he secretly married Elizabeth Throckmorton, one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, without the Queen's permission, for which he and his wife were sent to the Tower of London.
he secretely married Queen Elizabeth's maid of honour called elizabeth throckmortan so he and his wife got sent to the tower of london THIS IS IN TUDOR TIMES SO WATCH OUT
It was Queen Elizabeth I, of England.
Queen Elizabeth 1
The 100 men that were sent to settle Roanoke Island in 1585 were sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer and poet.
Queen Elizabeth Sent Walter Raleigh On the quest.
In 1618, one of Queen Elizabeth I's court favourites, Sir Walter Raleigh, was executed by order of her successor, James I. In 1603, after Elizabeth's death, Raleigh was sentenced to death for plotting against the new King (James did not like Raleigh), but this was commuted to imprisonment and Raleigh was sent to the Tower of London. In 1616 Raleigh was released from the Tower in order to set out on an expedition to look for El Dorado, and a possible haul of gold. However, the expedition did not succeed and Raleigh also attacked the Spanish during this period, against the orders of King James. When he returned to England therefore, the death penalty came into force again, and Raleigh was subsequently executed.
I looked this up and he was accused of plotting against the King (James I, who didn't like Raleigh) and was convicted and sentenced to death. But instead, King James must have thought it better to imprison him for life, so he sent him to the Tower of London. You can read more about it via this link, where I found the information. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761559558/sir_walter_raleigh.html
he was going to find new islands because he was sent to find some for his king
Walter Raleigh sent men to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina. This settlement was known as the "Lost Colony" due to the mysterious disappearance of its inhabitants.
The setting of rhe book sent is Tower of London during the fifteenth century.
As punishment. It was a prison in it's former life.