L.

La Chastres, Monsieur; 98, 290, 414, 418.

Lacy; 76.

John, of London, receipt by; 28.

Ladron, Count; 87.

La Fère; 265, 330, 331, 335, 338, 407, 410, 411, 412.

siege of; 402, 491.

La Fin, Sieur de; 396.

Lafoydra; 262.

Laghlyn; 187.

Lagie, Monsieur de; 431.

Lait pour nous, cipher name; 51.

Lalain, Count; 154, 293, 448, 542.

Laleham; 529.

La Marseillière, Monsieur; 409.

Lambarde, William, license to; 507.

Lambert; 20.

Nicholas; 248.

Lambeth. See London.

Lamenitre :

Sieur de (Jehan Simier); 358.

abbey of; 399.

La Molle; 34.

La Mothe Fénélon, Bertrand de Salignac, Sieur de :

French Ambassador; 4, 21, 22, 36, 108, 122, 274, 288–291, 371, 372, 373, 396, 406, 423, 476, 545, 551.

— letter of; 549.

— letter to; 540.

— the Queen's answer to; 21.

La Motte :

Monsieur de, Governor of Gravelines; 85, 90, 93, 368, 370, 396, 470.

— revolt of; 181.

Lamplughe, George; 527.

Lancashire; 17.

Lancaster :

duchy of; 118, 120, 395.

Chancellor of the duchy of; 256.

Court of the duchy of; ib.

Landerchy; 362.

Landres, Captain; 112.

Lane :

Mr., letter to; 35.

Ralph, letter of; 68.

Laneson, —, patent of; 201.

Langham; 108.

Langton, Dr., treatment of; 55.

Langton; 76.

Languedoc; 28, 29, 88, 177.

Languet, Monsieur; 451.

Langweran, M. de; 112.

La Noue, Huguenot leader; 111, 112, 116, 186, 323, 352.

Lansac, Sieur de; 59, 98, 373, 406.

Lanteglose, Cornwall, park of; 65.

Laon; 456.

La Plante; 286.

La Porte, Sieur de; 122, 123, 290, 291.

Larchant, Monsieur; 288.

Larder, Lewes, letter of; 35.

Lareignée, Monsieur de, letter to; 425.

La Roche Guyon, town of; 186.

La Rye; 362.

Lathom; 547.

Latimer :

Hugh; 121.

Lord; 139, 140.

Laughton, George, letter of; 119.

Launney, Captain; 258.

Lavalle, Monsieur; 414.

Lavalette, Monsieur de; 352, 406, 471.

Lawe, Anthony, pension of; 443.

Lawrence :

Mr., Mayor of Bedford; 75, 76.

—; 262.

Layston, co. Suffolk; 188.

Lead, export of; 190.

Lead ore, melting of; 523.

Leckhamsted; 209.

Ledington, Lady; 444.

Lee :

Mr.; 81.

Brian, petition of; 172.

Sir Henry; 26, 227, 247.

John, letter of; 26.

Leeds; 146.

Leeke, Francis; 531.

“Legiste” [Duke of Norfolk]; 5.

Leidiguerres, Monsieur; 177.

Leicester :

Robert Dudley, Earl of; 2, 8, 11, 18, 21, 77, 80, 86, 87, 89, 91, 94, 104, 110, 113, 114, 115, 127, 136, 138, 141, 142, 149, 156, 157, 159, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 183, 185, 186, 189, 200, 208, 209, 223, 237, 248, 252, 253, 254, 272, 273, 274, 292, 321, 324, 325, 328, 329, 330, 359, 360, 374, 448, 451, 481, 494, 499, 512, 519, 521, 531, 532, 551.

— letters of; 19, 27, 28, 69, 70, 79, 92, 106, 118, 141, 154, 157, 159, 219, 220, 339, 403, 535.

— letter in cipher by; 86.

— letters to; 25, 79, 83, 151–154.

— Dr. Wilson's opinion of; 153.

— takes the waters; 154.

— his brother (Earl of Warwick); 154.

— death of the wife of; 166.

— takes offence at Lord Burghley; 208.

— exchange of lands with; 264.

— grants to; 312.

town of; 117, 189.

county of; 38.

Leigh, Thomas, Esq.; 247.

Leighton :

Thomas, Captain of the Isle of Guernsey; 73, 263.

— license to; 324.

Leinster; 421.

Leith; 21, 57, 397.

Leix; 63.

Lennough, Tirlough; 421.

Lennox :

earldom of; 317.

Earl of; 46, 256, 258, 285.

Margaret, Countess of; 205, 213.

Lentall Erles, co. Herts; 522.

Lesler, Monsieur; 412.

Leslie :

Launcelot; 42, 43.

Robert; 43.

Lestoure; 28.

Lethington, Wm. Maitland, Laird of; 4, 37, 51, 203, 549.

Levant :

Company, the; 294.

Sea; 98.

Levingston, Lady, letter of brother of; 44.

Levingstone, Laird of, passport to; 45.

Leviston; 16, 17.

Lewes, Infante Don, of Portugal; 206.

Lewes or Lewis :

Dr. David, Admiralty Judge; 11, 61, 71, 72, 76, 81, 329, 535.

— letter of; 226.

Lewis, John; 86.

Lewisham; 209.

Lexlipp, manor of; 177, 186.

Leyden; 516.

“Liburne”; 383.

Lichfield; 102.

cappers of; 116.

Liddesdale; 109.

Liège; 128.

Liegnes, Monsieur de, Governor of Louvain; 353.

Liegue de Umauz, Sieur de la; 440.

Liggens. See Lyggyns.

Lille, in Artois; 84, 87, 88, 368.

Lillingston Dairell; 137.

Lilly, Dr.; 529.

Limerick; 309, 353, 420, 421, 433.

county of; 297.

Lincoln :

Earl of. See Admiral.

— Lord High Admiral of England; 48, 127, 179, 264, 266, 267, 323, 324, 325, 331, 374, 499, 500, 519.

— letters of; 96, 210, 531.

— letters to; 19, 44, 96, 111, 129, 136, 139, 155, 160, 161, 235, 281, 319, 320, 325, 338, 531.

— receipt from; 149.

— order by; 156.

— his venture in the voyage for the discovery of Cathay; 194.

— receipt to; 208.

— tailor's bills of; 228, 294.

— sadler's bill of; 338.

— lease to; 246.

— exchange of lands with; 313.

town of; 335, 552.

Bishop of (1574); 75.

cathedral; 155.

county of; 51, 53, 156, 205, 391, 501, 552,

— sheriff of; 530.

Lindesay, John; 131.

Lindsay, Lord; 109.

Linguhs (?), castle of; 343.

Linlithgow; 258.

Liques (“Leckes”), forest of; 86.

Lire; 352, 511, 512, 516.

inscription on gate of; 516.

Lisbon; 206, 513.

“Lisboune;” 475.

Lisburne salt; 69.

Lisieux, bishopric of; 470, 471.

“Lisle, Madame de” (Queen Elizabeth); 29.

Lislers; 369.

Lithe, Robert, claim of; 54.

Lithuanians, the; 59.

Littler : 76.

Littlestone, Duke George John of; 316.

Livet, Lord; 66.

Livron; 409, 414.

Lleswery, manor of; 62.

Llewennocke, manor of; 62.

Lochleven :

Laird of; 7, 258.

— letters to; 6, 10.

escape of Mary Queen of Scots from; 46.

Locke, Michael, of London, mercer, letter of; 212.

receipt by; 194.

Loddyngton, Nicholas, letter of; 100.

Logy, Barbara, concubine of the Bishop of Galloway; 47.

Loire, the river; 334, 490.

Lombardy; 255.

London :

Thomas; 518.

city of, passim.

Aldermen of; 221, 541.

court of Aldermen of; 108.

Bishop of (1573), letter of; 52.

— (1574), letter of; 79.

— charges against; ib.

— asks for a trial; ib.

— (1575); 100.

— (1577), letter of; 155.

— charges against; ib,

— (1578); 193, 222, 229.

Chandlers' Company; 222.

Common Serjeant of; 117.

Dean of St. Paul's house in; 55.

Dean of St. Paul's; 55, 56, 213.

freedom of city of; 541.

Lord Mayor of; 116, 141, 164, 215, 226, 513, 520, 541.

customs on appointment of new Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of; 117.

election of Lord Mayor of; 216, 217.

Lord Mayor's court; 221.

Lord Mayor of (Thos. Ramsey), letters of; 222, 223.

— reprimand of; 224.

— (Thomas Blank), letters of; 534, 537.

the plague in; 201, 204, 210, 212, 213, 222, 224, 527, 528.

printers of; 188.

the quays of; 377.

receivership in; 247.

Recorder of. See also Fleetwood, Sir William.

Recorder of (Sir William Fleetwood); 76, 94, 193, 221, 538.

— letters of; 79 116.

— letter to; 79.

Sheriffs of; 15, 226, 542.

Sheriffs' court of; 221.

treaty at; 10.

warrant to Customs officers of; 99.

water bailiff of; 520.

Bacon House; 79, 164.

Bermondsey Street; 76.

Bishopsgate; 18, 25.

Blackfriars; 537.

Charing Cross; 3, 123.

— the “Black Bull” near; 94.

the Charterhouse; 168.

Cheapside; 2.

— the “Bull Head” in; 189,

Cornhill; 105.

Covent Garden; 165.

the Custom House in; 23, 223, 520.

the Custom House Quay; ib.

Duck Lane; 239.

Fenchurch Street; 75, 513.

Finsbury; 116.

the Fleet Prison; 21, 39, 139, 209, 502.

Fulham; 66, 155.

— House; 52.

St. Giles'; 64, 219, 528.

Gray's Inn; 94, 233, 502.

the Guildhall; 116.

— Chapel; 117.

Holborn, Ely House in; 120.

— Scrope Place; 165,

The Hythe; 76.

the Inner Temple; ib.

Ivy Lane; 142.

Kensington; 188.

Kent Street; 63.

Kentish Street, Poor House of the Lock in; 248.

King's Bench Prison; 513.

Lambeth; 72, 148.

— Marsh; 18, 517.

Leaden Hall; 75.

Lime Street; 513.

Lombard Street; 110.

London Bridge; 311.

Mark Lane; 207.

the Marshalsea; 210, 432, 535.

Mercers' Chapel; 139.

the Middle Temple; 75.

Mile End (“My Lend”), Poor House of; 246,

Milk Street; 76.

the Mint; 66, 76, 105, 112, 162, 185, 513, 529, 532.

Newgate; 164, 222.

Pateraoster Row; 26.

Port of; 182, 192, 219, 238, 408, 499.

— letter to officers of; 340.

— grain for the; 87.

the Poultry, the Counter in; 141, 257.

the Queen's Quay; 520.

The Rolls; 58.

the Royal Exchange; 55, 451.

Russell House; 150.

St. Andrew's, Holborn; 149.

the Wardrobe; ib.

St. Clement's Churchyard; 222.

St. James's Palace; 96, 136.

St. John's Street; 8.

St. Katherine's; 75, 76, 105.

— Church; 391.

St. Martin's; 105, 107, 190.

St. Paul's; 2, 63, 129, 222, 518.

— Cross; 117.

— Wharf; 129, 520.

St. Sepulchre's; 64.

the Savoy; 58, 205, 519, 551.

— poor in; 118.

— the Duchy House at; 148.

Savoy-with-Strand parish; 107.

Shoe Lane, the “Gilden Calf” in 165.

Smart's Quay; 433.

Smithfield; 325.

Southwark; 25, 105, 116, 117.

— Winchester House in; 25, 62.

— Bridge House; 79.

— Barmsey Street; ib.

— the “Red Leg” in; ib.

Strand, Cecil House, plot to rob; 164, 165.

— letter from; 552.

— St. Clement's parish; 107.

the Temple; 76, 532.

— Master of; 532.

Thames Street; 207.

— the “Old Swan” in; 76.

“The Three Cranes”; 75, 76.

Tower of; 2, 3, 4, 11, 13, 16, 17, 24, 27, 94, 110, 112, 117, 140, 163, 169, 172, 217, 228, 248, 551.

— lieutenant of; 3, 4, 15, 193, 538.

— armour in the; 340.

Tower Hill; 2, 162.

Warwick Lane; 139.

Westminster, Pipe Office at; 36.

—8, 40, 56, 71, 80, 106, 107, 110, 127, 128, 130, 132, 148, 187, 209, 217, 218, 224, 234, 239, 253, 255, 259, 264, 291, 314, 317, 319, 323, 324, 339, 374, 381, 394, 499, 500, 506, 515, 519, 520, 527, 533, 538.

— Dean of (1574); 76.

— the Gatehouse at; 94, 95, 179, 192, 193.

— the plague in; 107, 111.

— St. Margaret's parish; 107.

— the Queen's storehouse at; 525.

— Hall; 221.

White Friars; 24.

Whitehall; 313.

York House; 132.

Longinus, Dr.; 86.

Longney, co. Gloucester; 159.

Longston; 318.

Longueil :

Monsieur de; 383, 435, 437.

Madame de; 437.

Loo :

Andreas de; 216.

— letters of; 21, 39.

Anthony; 116.

Looe, East; 542.

Lopes, D.; 420.

Lopez, Doctor, license to; 317.

Lorkin, Dr. Thomas, of Cambridge University; 199.

Lorraine; 309, 313, 492, 493.

Cardinal of; 45, 50, 51.

Duke of; 448, 452.

Princess of; 296, 412, 493.

Lort, Captain; 464.

Lott, Ottaviano, letters of; 230.

Louvain; 4, 46, 88, 91, 92, 93, 150, 152, 153, 193, 353.

clergy of; 152.

Lovelace, Mr. Justice; 95.

Lovell :

Robert; 194.

Thomas; ib.

— letter of; 208.

—; 509.

Lovet, Mr.; 530.

Low Countries, the; 11, 49, 74, 83, 86, 92, 93, 126, 162, 163, 165, 177, 195, 210, 231, 242, 243, 244, 245, 251, 255, 269, 270, 295, 296, 299, 301, 302, 308–310, 312, 313, 315, 319, 322, 332, 333, 334, 335, 340, 343, 352, 355, 365, 366, 387, 388, 395, 400, 402, 418, 420, 423, 431, 434, 447, 448, 457, 460, 467, 470, 482, 483, 484, 487, 489, 491, 492, 493, 502, 511, 516, 541.

government of; 128.

preparations against; 149.

Queen Elizabeth agrees to assist; 165.

assembly at Worms touching; 178.

a consideration of the cause of; 179–181.

offers of the Duke of Anjou to; 180, 181.

the Queen's aid to; 180, 181.

warned against France; 180.

the Queen's aid in money to the Estates of; 195.

return of ambassadors from; 218.

loan from the Queen to; 231.

advertisement from; 260.

mutiny of Spaniards in; ib.

tired of war; 301.

Lady Regent of; 541.

Estates of; 119, 128, 151, 152, 153, 157, 158, 159, 162, 163, 165, 169, 172, 180, 181, 189, 193, 194, 195, 202, 231, 260, 301, 312, 318, 333, 342, 349, 353, 355, 358, 363, 366, 393, 396, 398, 401, 410, 428, 430, 448, 458, 465, 482, 511, 538, 541.

— forces of; 193.

— letters to; 323, 539.

Lowe :

Anthony, esq., lease to; 248.

— letter of; 535.

Lowgher, Dr.; 137.

Lowther; 75.

Lubeck; 296,

transport of ordnance to; 146.

Lucas :

John, suit by; 221.

Sir Thomas; 115.

“Lucidor, Don” (Duke of Alençon),

letter to; 29–35.

Lude, Count de; 29, 286.

Ludford, Dr.; 55.

Ludham; 214.

Ludlow Castle; 537.

Lullowe; 511.

Ludovic, Count, brother of the Prince of Orange; 12, 33.

Luffenham, North; 332.

Lullworth; 262.

Lumley, Lord; 165, 169.

— servant of; 24.

Lady; 189.

Luntley, Mark; 257.

Lutherans; 159.

Luzarche; 405, 415.

Lydyars; 155.

Lyfeld, Mistress; 227.

Lyggyns, Liggens, or Liggons, Ralph, agent of the Duke of Norfolk; 4, 5, 12, 84, 87, 93, 329.

Lymborch, A., letter of; 158.

Lyme Regis, list of Scottish ships trading with; 397.

Lympsham; 185.

Lyndhurst Wood; 227.

Lynford; 76.

Lynn :

co. Norfolk; 61, 499.

custom-house at; 60.

mayor of; ib.

customer and comptroller of, letter of; ib.

Lyon, Hugh, lease to; 236.

Lyons; 55, 59, 290, 471.

Lyster, Edmund, comptroller; 61.

Lytchfield, servant to Lord Christopher Pawlett, 94.

Lyxsnawe, Baron of; 416.