E.

Eastland, merchants of; 497.

Eccles, vicar of; 209.

Ecclesiastical Commission, the; 117.

Edelmeton, lands in parish of; 253.

Edinburgh; 35, 49, 50, 182, 183, 256, 257, 258, 259, 314, 318.

Castle of; 23, 35, 169, 256.

— siege of; 49, 50, 51, 67.

the Checker-House in the Cowgate; 46.

common clerk of; 46.

provost of; 258.

Edlington, co. Lincoln, parsonage of; 236.

Edmondes, Mr.; 227.

Edmonton, co. Middlesex; 179, 191, 204, 391.

chase; 174, 179, 192.

parsonage; 189.

Edmundthorpe, parsonage of, diocese of Lincoln; 248.

Edward I., King of England; 249.

III., King of England; 241, 318.

VI., King of England; 62, 102, 146, 171, 205, 250, 259, 311.

Edwards, William; 246.

Effner of Nuremburg; 59.

Egmont, Count; 157, 293, 511.

Elbane, Sieur d'; 396.

Elbeuf, Marquis d'; 412, 414, 418, 440, 441, 473.

Elford; 116.

Elfsiel; 260.

Elizabeth, Queen, passim :

letters of; 12, 96, 231, 233, 281, 297, 298, 300, 302, 305, 335, 358, 366, 380, 400, 401, 418, 430, 458, 459, 460, 466, 474, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 494, 496, 500, 502, 504, 509, 539.

letters to; 4, 5, 8, 16, 23, 35, 36, 38, 53, 56, 61, 62, 65, 97, 99, 122, 142, 158, 165–170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 178, 184, 186, 195, 202, 211, 234, 235, 236, 237, 261, 264, 265, 266, 267, 273, 274, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 283, 303, 304, 307, 308–310, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 321, 323, 325, 327, 330, 331, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 345, 347, 349, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 371, 373, 381, 383, 386, 389, 391, 395, 399, 406, 415, 416, 424, 427, 428, 430, 455, 456, 460, 461, 462, 464, 466, 468, 469, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 485–494, 503, 504, 506, 507, 508, 510, 517, 520, 521, 524.

plot to assassinate; 8.

debts of, in Flanders; 15.

books against; 20, 56, 58, 59.

answer of, concerning her marriage with Henry, Duke of Anjou; 21, 22.

“Madame de Lisle;” 29.

her desire to marry François, Duke of Alençon; 30, 32.

speeches in Spain against; 40.

sends troops to Carlisle; 51.

treaty of commerce between, and the King of Spain; 74.

collection of all “accidents” between, and Mary Queen of Scots; 81.

repair of her houses; 82.

reported death of; 88.

her anger against the Prince of Orange; 137, 138.

declaration by; 144.

her household; 146, 247, 248.

Dr. Thos. Wilson on the position of; 151.

sups with the Countess of Derby; 157.

her desire for Buxton water; 157, 159.

conspiracy against; 165.

books sent to; 162.

illness of;145, 305, 358.

printers to; 187, 188.

agrees to assist the Low Countries; 165.

her aid to the Low Countries; 180, 181, 195.

her message to Lord Burghley; 208.

houses of; 231.

description of; 240.

the Court of; 267.

receives the Prince of Condé; 329, 335.

at Oatlands; 339.

goes to Wanstead; 403.

progresses of; 187, 189, 190, 201, 213, 411.

sends money to the Duke of Anjou; 422, 520.

parsimony of; 427, 428.

her answers to Walsingham, 430.

portraits of; 237, 478.

pleads for Simier; 306, 348, 484, 485.

the Papal bulls against; 496.

plot against; 516.

warrants signed by; 78, 116, 120, 132, 134, 148, 174, 175, 182, 184, 190, 192, 220, 225, 259, 261, 264, 267, 313, 314, 319, 325, 326, 336, 341, 355, 394, 395, 407, 408, 500, 501, 535, 539.

Elliots, the; 182.

Ellis, —; 171.

Ellot, William; 230.

Ellott, John, of the Park; 230.

Elmedon, co. Warwick, manor of; 187.

Elmer, Mr.; 148.

Elsley, parsonage of; 227.

Ely, Bishop of (Coxe); 81.

— letter to; 120–122.

Emanuel, King of Portugal; 206.

Embden, Count of; 309.

— license to; 501

Enchuisen; 157, 158.

Endemarchyn, the lord of; 16.

Enfield; 134, 508, 532, 535.

Chase; 257.

Park; 139, 143, 192.

Great Park of; 191.

Old Park of; 179.

Engelbert, Caspar; 18.

England, passim :

crown of; 19, 37.

treaty of commerce between Spain and; 49.

treaty between, and Spain; 81.

book on the government of; 53.

Ambassador of; 88, 129.

diets of Ambassadors of; 126.

scarcity in the north of; 179.

perils of; 249–252.

wealth of; 269.

sovereigns of; 552.

Church of. See Church of England.

Englefield, Sir Francis; 58, 106.

the house of; 191.

Epernay; 445.

Erle, Walter, grant to; 184.

Escalyn, Captain; 408.

Essex :

Walter, Earl of; 63, 104, 166.

— letter of; 99.

— prays for compensation; 99.

— petition of; 134, 135.

— letters of; 142.

— asks the Queen's favour for his children; 142.

— his offices in Wales; 142.

— his son Lord Hereford; 142, 143.

— death of; 143.

Essex :

Robert, Earl of, removed from Cambridge because of the plague; 215.

— placed at Newton, alias Newington, co. Bucks; 215.

— letters of; 207, 508.

county of; 115, 189, 237, 246,

— Commission of Sewers for; 118.

— Receivership in; 247.

— ministers of the; 532.

Estampes; 386.

Estavaimes, Madlle.; 352.

Estenborne, co. Berks, manor of; 248.

Ethiopia; 428.

Etnum, manor of; 338.

Eu; 418.

Eure, Lord, letter of; 534.

Europe; 29, 41, 151.

Eusebius, Chronicle of; 94.

Evreux; 325, 360, 362.

Ewhurst, parsonage of; 246.

Ewter, McWilliam; 428.

Exchequer, the; 61, 184, 187, 192, 212, 216, 217, 522, 524, 526, 529, 531.

Barons of; 537.

bullion in; 384.

Chancellor of (Sir Walter Mildmay); 100, 134, 267.

— letter to; 50.

— warrant to; 78.

Chancellor and Barons of, warrant to; 116.

Lord Chief Baron of (Edward Saunders), 95.

officers of; 117.

Treasurer and Chamberlains of, letter to; 54. (Ireland), Baron of; 154, 155.

Exeter; 94, 184.

Bishop of (1575); 100.

death of Bishop of (1578); 184.

bishopric of; 213.

Poor House of St. Anne in; 237.

St. Peter's churchyard at; 96.

Eye, co. Suffolk; 542.

manor of; 188.

park; 188.