Engliah historians were people indifferent to the execution of Walter Raleigh, in Tower Hill?

@Jacko1971 Well, and his ships' crews. I think you're right though, that only the nobility would really who he was and why he was executed.

Knowledge that he had been executed may have been more widespread, along with a vague comment about "treason" or some-such.

I don't know how well ordinary life including the breadth of political knowledge, was recorded at the time.

@ArishMell i saw Henry Viii at the weekend.

@Jacko1971 Clearly not dressed for tennis though!

(He was a good player, apparently, in his younger days.)