P.

Packenham, Mrs.; 171.

Padua; 114, 122.

Page, John; 519.

Paget, Lady Catherine; 313.

— letter of; 142.

Lord; 139, 166.

— letters of; 116, 526.

Painswick, co. Gloucester, rectory of; 538.

Pallavicino, Horatio; 300, 355, 356, 539.

letter of; 173.

moneys due to; 173.

Palmer, Mr.; 185.

Palvesin, Sieur; 350, 465.

Papists; 36, 136, 159, 202, 243, 270, 309.

search for fugitive; 218.

Paprell, Elizabeth; 247.

Pardieu, Vallentin de, Seigneur de la Motte, letter of; 61.

Paris; 1, 5, 14, 24, 30, 41, 44, 46, 47, 50, 56, 88, 91, 98, 125, 126, 129, 131, 186, 191, 219, 236, 257, 261, 267, 275, 278, 283, 286, 287, 289, 290, 305, 322, 323, 326, 329, 331, 334, 338, 344, 345, 354, 364, 374, 377, 378, 379, 380, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 394, 397, 401, 405, 406, 407, 411, 412, 414, 415, 418, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 429, 430, 435, 436, 437, 439, 440, 441, 442, 452, 454, 455, 472, 518, 542.

the Chancellor at; 98.

the Louvre; 425, 429.

the massacre at; 288, 291.

Place de Grève at; 24.

Rue du Temple; 384.

the Salle de Bourbon; 429.

plate of English Ambassador at; 275.

—; 509.

Parker :

Alexander; 142.

James; 249.

Matthew. See Canterbury, Archbishop of.

Mr., son of the Archbishop of Canterbury; 112.

William; 150.

— petition of; 109.

Parkins, servant of Lady M. Williams; 339.

Parley :

parson of; 261, 262.

tithing-man of; 262.

Parliament, the; 58, 64, 104, 114, 292, 293, 380, 544, 545.

prorogations of; 40.

writs of; 17.

Parma :

Duchess of; 353.

Prince of; 260, 329, 353, 361, 396, 409, 417, 418, 456, 457, 458, 470, 508, 516.

— detains the English Ambassador; 346.

— sends an envoy to the Duke of Anjou; 280.

— suggested policy of, in the Low Countries; 301, 302.

Parot, —; 459.

Parradyne, William, lease to; 246.

Parretti, Clemente, letter of; 114.

Parry :

Mistress Blanche, letter of; 517.

Sir Thomas; 185.

William; 331.

— letter of; 328.

Parrys, Ferdinando; 194.

Passe or Pase, John; 183.

Pastry, Serjeant of the; 227.

Pasquier, Monsieur, letter of; 386.

Patricio, a Scotchman; 20.

Patrick, Richard, haberdasher; 247.

Patten, W., letter of; 108.

Paulet, Sir Amyas; 274, 275, 291, 292.

— letters of; 43, 140, 149, 158, 186.

Lord Christopher; 94.

Sir William, of St. John; 17.

Payne; 205.

Robert, letter of; 320.

Peacock, —; 330.

Peak Forest, the; 256.

Pearsone; 77.

Pecock :

—; 189.

—, information by; 174.

Peeter, Robert; 140.

Pelham :

Edmund; 502.

Herbert; 502.

Sir William; 4, 85, 90, 165, 169, 187.

Pelts; 100.

Pembroke :

Earl of, 154, 166, 446.

— letters of; 522, 536.

Penal laws, the; 268.

Pendred, —; 164, 165.

Pendryth, Mr.; 517.

Penny; 75.

Penwortham; 207.

Peppell, Gilbert; 96.

Pepper; 162.

Percy :

Lord; 339.

Sir Harry; 27, 28.

examination of; 21.

Perigeux :

in Perigord, capture of, by the Huguenots; 111.

surprise of; 406, 409, 414.

Permenter, Robert; 214.

Perrigues; 112.

Perrot, Monsieur; 346.

Perrott, Sir John; 74.

Perse, Capt. William; 35.

Persia :

King of, report of the death of; 178.

the Sophy of; 255.

Perugia; 174.

Peterborough, Bishop of, his request for his son; 201.

Petre :

Robert; 55, 513.

— letters of; 106, 107, 187, 217, 264, 339.

Sir William, letter to; 129.

Pett, Peter, letter of; 150.

Petworth; 140, 175, 214, 339.

Phayre, William, prisoner in the Tower, letter of; 163.

Philip II., King of Spain; 2, 9, 14, 20, 25, 41, 42, 51, 74, 80, 85, 86, 87, 90, 92, 93, 99, 100, 113, 119, 126, 128, 137, 144, 151, 152, 158, 159, 163, 165, 167, 168, 180, 195, 228, 230, 231, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 250, 252, 254, 255, 269, 301, 302, 308–310, 313, 316, 334, 338, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 352, 353, 355, 358, 359, 360, 370, 376, 387, 389, 390, 391, 393, 396, 401, 404, 405, 406, 408, 409, 410, 414, 415, 419, 447, 448, 456, 457, 458, 460, 467, 471, 483, 485–490, 492, 493, 497, 507, 510, 511, 515, 516, 544, 545, 546.

conspiracy against; 96.

his debts in the Low Countries; 127.

his want of money; 159.

illness of; 275.

instructions for ambassadors sent to; 170.

recovery of; 59.

sends an ambassador to Constantinople; 163.

sets a price on the head of the Prince of Orange; 342.

son born to; 59.

treaty of commerce with, 74.

Philipp, George; 237.

Philippeville; 157.

Phillip, James; 263.

Phillipps :

house of; 24.

Mr.; 410.

Fabian; 203, 204.

Phillipson, Miles, letter of; 528.

Philpott, John, license to; 501.

Pibrak; 484.

Picardy; 14, 45, 405, 415.

Pickering, Maryon; 20.

Pienes; 45.

Pierpont; 418.

Piers, Captain William; 325.

Pierson, —; 377.

Pietro, General D.; 254, 255.

Pigalle or Pisgalle, Monsieur; 382, 385, 450, 451.

Pignons, Monsieur des; 397.

Pike, William; 237.

Pinart :

Claude, French Secretary of State; 50, 65, 158, 280, 374, 389, 396, 405, 446, 476, 477, 502, 505, 510.

— letter to; 503.

Pinchbeck, William, lease to; 247.

Piperno; 178.

Pipwell; 42.

Pirates; 48, 104, 150, 201, 223, 268, 314, 522, 538.

Pirford; 326, 531.

Pirton, Edmund, letter of; 118.

Pisa; 173.

Plague, the; 104, 106, 107, 201, 204, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 221, 222, 224, 525, 527, 528.

Plantin, Monsieur du; 369.

Plessis-les-Tours; 328, 330, 334, 335, 337, 338, 340, 424.

Plymouth; 42, 113, 160, 538.

Plum, Mr., master cook of Lord Say; 227.

Plumtrie; 227.

Plunkett, Sir Oliver; 155.

Poictiers; 99, 159, 286.

Poictou; 28, 286.

Poincts; 161.

Pointe, John; 294.

Pointon; 313.

Pointz, Sir Nicholas; 524.

Poissy; 378, 381, 423.

Poland; 45, 59, 83, 114, 491.

King of; 59, 67, 163, 178, 289, 291, 302, 316.

Queen of, death of; 14.

Poley, Thomas, letter of; 139.

Pomerland (Pomerania); 162.

Ponchet, Monsieur du; 436.

Ponmeuse, Sieur de; 362.

Pons, Seigneur de; 436, 448, 452.

Pont Dormi; 428, 521.

Ponts-de-Cé; 363, 364, 395, 401, 423.

Poole; 261.

port of; 108.

petition of mayor and inhabitants of; 538.

mayor of; 262.

John, presentation for; 237.

Sir Giles; 74.

Pope, the (Alexander VI.); 230.

(Gregory XIII.); 29, 126, 152, 153, 163, 168, 174, 177, 180, 231, 243, 245, 249, 250, 255, 268, 296, 297, 329, 352, 364, 376, 388, 390, 396, 409, 460, 480, 488, 493, 496, 497.

— aids Stuckley; 173.

— bulls of; 186.

— his grants to religious seminaries; 329.

(Pius V.); 2, 4, 13, 19,

— bulls of; 17, 19, 41.

Popham, John (Solicitor-General); 340.

Porchester Castle; 531.

Porford; 96.

Portland; 42.

Portman, Sir Henry; 203.

Portsmouth; 42, 43, 77, 94, 122, 331, 531.

Portugal; 11, 69, 96, 163, 174, 255, 317, 338, 343, 363, 395, 408, 410, 414, 421, 422, 460, 465, 471, 483, 490, 491, 515.

ambassador of; 500.

Cardinal of; 206.

Don Carlos of; 199.

Katherine, Queen of; 199, 315.

genealogical table of the Kings of; 199.

gunpowder for; 178.

King of; 10, 45, 124, 162, 163, 173, 174, 178, 180, 255, 431.

— (John I.); 199.

— (Sebastian); 199.

— slain by the Moors; 206,

Spanish usurpation of; 301, 344, 345, 359, 408.

treaty with; 10.

Portuguese, the; 164, 230, 447.

Possonia, Hungary, Diet at; 316.

Poulvier, —; 313.

Powell, Thomas; 172.

William, grant to; 228.

Power, hundred of, co. Cornwall; 237.

Powick; 44.

Powles vicarage; 237.

Poyntz, Sir Nicholas, letter of; 205.

Sir William; 84, 87.

Prague, news from; 163.

Préau; 378, 379, 382, 385, 392, 394, 399, 439, 454.

Prée, Monsieur de la; 260.

Preston, Christopher; 528.

Presstaull, John, letter to; 552.

Prevost, Le, Monsieur, letters of; 375, 383, 435, 437, 451, 452.

Princknash; 205.

Prickwell, co. Essex; 247.

Privy Council, the; 3, 9, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 42, 52, 58, 62, 69, 70, 85, 95, 96, 104, 107, 115, 120, 121, 130, 138, 140, 142, 144, 150, 154, 188, 194, 200, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 217, 222, 232, 234, 253, 254, 263, 271, 272, 273, 288, 289, 292, 293, 314, 327, 340, 387, 438, 443, 538, 548, 552.

letters of; 54, 71, 94, 99, 123, 127, 130, 135, 139, 147, 172, 264, 267, 317, 321, 323, 324, 325, 330, 331, 374, 499, 500, 501, 506, 507, 519, 520, 521, 522.

letters to; 63, 81, 109, 127, 421, 541.

office of Lord President of; 146.

petition to; 538.

Privy Seal, the, Keeper of; 150.

oath of the clerk of; 150.

Prospero, an Italian; 169.

Protestants; 9, 113, 149, 243, 309.

Provand, John, grant to; 177.

Provence; 409, 493.

Prussia, Duke of, cloths for; 341.

Pudsey, Mr., of Barford; 140.

Puisgaillard, Monsieur de; 418.

Pullford, Thomas, letter of; 552.

Purvis, Captain; 90.

Putney; 145, 217.

Puttenham, George; 226.

Puyau, Monsieur, letter of; 379.

Pyder, hundred of, co. Cornwall; 237.

Pyope, Richard, Lord Mayor of London, letter of; 215.

Pytt, —; 522.