The Spanish Armada - The Battle and Pursuit
The Spanish Armada is the name given to the sea battle between the English Fleet and the Spanish in the English Channel and the subsequent "chase" North around the coast of Scotland and Ireland. The "chase" resulted in many wrecks of Spanish ships in the seas and oceans aroud the British Isles.
The book "The Spanish Armada" by Colin Martin and Geoffrery Parker is a full account of lead-up and the background of the battle and the relations between the English and the Spanish in the late 16th Century.
The connection to Belchamp Walter
Suffolk Free Press April 11th. 1900
The death of Samuel John St. Clere Raymond - 1859
Samuel Phillip Raymond (generally known as Philip), the grandfather of the current owner, succeded.
Samuel John was married to Margaret Symthies, daughter of Francis Smythies of Colchester (probably a different Frances Smythies, but probably related)
More research
The portrait of Sir John Hawkins that I found in the book: "The Spanish Armada" by Colin Martin and Geoffrery Parker led me to look for other portraits that were similar.
The Wikipedia page had an image that seems to be very simialr to that from the book. Also, the portrait of John Hawkins seems to have been clipped from the John Hawkins, Drake and Cavendish portrait.
