Editing Martin Frobisher (section)

==Later life==
In 1590, Frobisher visited his native Altofts and found himself welcomed in the homes of the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom|peers]] and [[landed gentry]] of Yorkshire county as an honoured guest. He paid particular attention to a daughter of [[Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth|Thomas, 1st Baron Wentworth]], Dorothy Wentworth, {{nowrap|(1543 –}} 3 January 1601), recently widowed by the death of her husband, Paul Withypool of Ipswich;<ref name="Collins1779">{{cite book|author=Arthur Collins|title=The Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zfk-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA210|year=1779|publisher=W. Strahan, J. F and C. Rivington|page=210}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers Etc. ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwo4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA354|year=1899|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=354}}</ref><ref name="Smith1936">{{cite book|author=G. C. Moore Smith|editor=Percy Hide Reaney|title=The Family of Withypoll: With Special Reference to Their Manor of Christchurch|url=https://archive.org/stream/officialpublicat34waltuoft#page/54/mode/2up/search/Frobisher|year=1936|publisher=Walthamstow Antiquarian Society|page=55}}</ref> sometime before October she became Frobisher's second wife. In November 1591, he purchased from the Queen the leasehold of the manor of Whitwood in Yorkshire for an unstated sum, and of Finningley Grange in [[Nottinghamshire]], which had belonged to the [[Mattersey Priory]], for £949 ({{Inflation|UK|949|1591|fmt=eq|cursign=£|r=-3}}).{{sfnp|McDermott|2001a|p=389}} Frobisher made Whitwood his chief residence, befitting his new status as a landed proprietor, but found little leisure for country life.<ref name="Jones1878309">{{cite book|author=Frank Jones|title=The Life of Sir Martin Frobisher, Knight: Containing a Narrative of the Spanish Armada|url=https://archive.org/details/cihm_07843|year=1878|publisher=Longmans, Green|page=[https://archive.org/details/cihm_07843/page/n360 309]|isbn=9780665078439 }}</ref>

The following year Frobisher took charge of an English fleet sent out to blockade the Spanish coast and rendezvous with the [[Spanish treasure fleet]]; it was fitted out by investors including the Queen, the [[George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland|Earl of Cumberland]], Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] and his brother, and John Hawkins. Raleigh and Cumberland were the principal organizers of the expedition, and on 28 February Raleigh was commissioned to lead it; the Queen, however, was not eager to send her current favourite off to sea, and he, no great lover of sea life and with no experience in the command of fleets, recommended Frobisher take his place. The fleet was divided into two divisions, with Frobisher's squadron patrolling the waters off the coast of Portugal near [[the Burlings]], while Sir John Burgh (Borough) and John Norton's squadrons sailed for the [[Azores]] where they [[Battle of Flores (1592)|captured a rich prize]], the ''[[Madre de Deus]]'', much to the discomfiture of Frobisher when he learned the news.{{sfnp|McDermott|2001a|pp=392–395}}<ref name="Childs2009">{{cite book|author=David Childs|title=Tudor Sea Power: The Foundation of Greatness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qe_RAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA191|date=2009|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1-84832-031-4|page=191}}</ref>

In September 1594, Frobisher led a squadron of ships that [[Siege of Morlaix (1594)|besieged Morlaix]] and forced its surrender.<ref name="Doran2002">{{cite book|author=Susan Doran|title=Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 1558–1603|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KTqEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-74120-5|page=59}}</ref> The following month he was engaged with the squadron in the siege and relief of [[Brest, France|Brest]], where he received a gunshot wound to his thigh during the [[Siege of Fort Crozon]],<ref name="Kennedy1">{{Cite book |last=Kennedy |first=John J |title=Hudson, Frobisher and the Early Exploration of Canada: Some Heraldic Puzzles |publisher=Académie internationale d'héraldique}}</ref> a Spanish-held fortress. The surgeon who extracted the ball left the wadding behind and an ensuing infection resulted in his death days later at Plymouth on 22 November.{{sfnp|McDermott|2001a|p=419}} His heart was buried at [[St Andrew's Church, Plymouth]], and his body was then taken to London and buried at [[St Giles-without-Cripplegate]], [[Fore Street, London|Fore Street]].<ref name=EncylLon>{{cite book |last=Hibbert |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Hibbert |author2=Ben Weinreb |author3=John Keay |author4=Julia Keay |title=The London Encyclopaedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xa0D0PqiwfEC&pg=PA762|year=2010|location=London|publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn=978-0-230-73878-2|page=762}}</ref><ref name="Hutchinson2014">{{cite book|author=Robert Hutchinson |title=The Spanish Armada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KsKLAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162|date=2014|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-250-04712-0|page=162}}</ref>