Elizabethan courtier (7)
I believe the answer is:
raleigh
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">elizabethan courtier</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for raleigh that I've seen before include "Queen's favourite" , "Tudor explorer" , "navigator and author" , "Tudor courtier" , "SECOND PART OF 12 ACROSS" .)