B.

Badger, Thomas, in the service of Cardinal Pole, 110.

Baglione, Signor Radulpho, a captain in the service of the Duke of Florence, 119, 130, 135, 144.

-, Sig. Astor, 130, 158.

-, Sig. Adriano, 158, 259.

Baker, John, 318.

-, William, master-carpenter to the King at Calais, 339.

Balbani, Bartolomeo, 237.

-, -, letter from, 235.

-, -, Turco, his brother, 235.

Balneaves, 69.

Balsora, Lord of, 7.

Bamberg, Bishop of, his quarrel with Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg, 257, 265, 268, 271, 286.

-, -, chased from his diocese by Albert of Brandenburg, 276, 282.

-, castle of, taken by Albert of Brandenburg, 276.

Bannister, Thomas, merchant of London, 220.

Bar, in Lorraine, 23.

Barbarossa, King of Algiers, 113, 154, 172.

Barbaro, Signor, Daniel, 98.

Barcelona, 87, 172.

Barclay, Thomas, 81.

Barlemont, Mons. de, one of the Council at Brussels, 193, 235, 262, 266.

-, -, sent by the Emperor into Gueldres and Friesland, 193.

-, -, commands a regiment of horse for the Emperor, 262.

Barnabees', Mr., Remembrances, 233.

Barnes, William, 227, 242.

-, -, letter from, 149.

Baro (in Zealand), 13.

Baron, M. le, Lieutenant to M. de Rieulx, 333,

Barrilerius, John, merchant of Oporto, plundered by three British ships, 65.

Barton, John, a Commander of Scottish ships, 317.

Bas Boulogne, 350, 354.

-, -, letters dated from, 299.

Basing, Captain of one of King Edward VI.'s ships, 280.

Basle, 19, 235.

-, the Council of, 179.

Basse Fontaine (Sebastien de l'Aubespine, abbot of), 45, 49.

Basset, Mr., English Captain at Guisnes, 297.

Bassompierre, Francois, Seigneur de, a gentleman of Lorraine, 253.

-, Envoy from France, to Charles V. 253, 255.

Bastilian, the [the Bastille], 331.

Batoryk, 27.

Battista, Sig. Giovanni. See Giovanni Battista del Monte.

Bavaria, Albert, Duke of, 257, 284.

Bavé, one of the Emperor's secretaries, 268.

Bearn, 128.

Beaton, James, see the Archbishop of Glasgow.

Beaufort, letters dated from, 150.

Beaulieu, near Guisnes, 318.

Beaurayes, near Boulogne, 347.

-, letter dated from, 347.

Beawky, William, 354.

Beckwith, Sir Leonard, one of the Council at Boulogne, 292, 294.

-, -, appointed a Commissioner to settle the boundaries between England and Scotland, 87.

Bedford, John, Earl of, one of the Council, 5, 14, 64, 329.

Beghes, in Hungary, 178.

Beglier Bey, principal Bassa of the Turk, 165.

-, the, of Greece, 264, 279.

Belleforiere, Charles, Seigneur de, Colonel of infantry in Picardy, 297.

Belgari, fortress of, surrendered by the Turks to the Persians, 271.

Belgium, see Flanders.

Bellasis, Dr., a grave and learned man, 81.

Bellay, Cardinal du, 327.

-, M. du, see M. de Langey.

Bellingham, Edward, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Ambassador Extraordinary to the Emperor, 2, 3, 5.

Beltye, in the Marches of Newhaven, 332.

Benincourt, M. de, an Imperialist Captain taken prisoner at Terouanne, and rescued, 267.

Bennett, John, clerk of the check of the retinue at Calais, 357.

Bentivoglio, house of, Lords of Bologna, expelled by Julius II., 112.

-, Sig. Cornelio, one of the French party in Italy, 131, 135, 184, 229, 263.

-, -, cuts in pieces 2,000 landsknechts, 272, 274.

Benyon, Francis de, guide, kills his man in a duel, 301, 302.

Bergamo, 148.

-, Bishop of, becomes a Protestant, 88, 93.

Berghes, Marquis de, his brother, 144.

Bernaert, Wlman, a German theologian at the Council of Trent, letter from 192.

Bernard, Sir Francis, 12, 17.

Bernardine, —, his ill services to Sir R. Morysine, 209, 212, 213.

-, John, 18, 20, 21, 24, 85, 91, 166.

-, -, forbidden the Emperor's court, 222.

-, -, memorial of, 29.

Bernardo, Cavalier, a Venetian captain, 127.

-, Francisco, 297, 298, 299.

Berne, 38.

Berteville, 20, 36.

Bertrandy, Garde des Sceaux in France, 274.

Berwick (upon Tweed), 28, 33, 79, 83.

-, attack upon, anticipated, 73.

Besancon, Bishop of, 168.

Bethell, Richard, one of King Edward VI.'s sea Captains, 280.

Bethune, 336.

Beury, intelligence dated from, 349.

Beverley, —, son-in-law to Sir Richard Cotton, 347.

Biez, Oudart, Seigneur du (Marshal), 40, 55, 293, 299, 312, 319, 323, 324, 350.

-, -, Lieutenant to M. de Vendome, 355.

-, -, condemned to be executed and quartered, 40.

Bilbao, 4.

Bild, Andrew, a Danish Captain, his vessel pillaged by the English, 217.

Binche (near Brussels), 25,

-, letters dated from, 1.

Birago, Ludovico, 15.

Birch, —, of Boulogne, 344.

Bird, John, master-carpenter to the King at Calais, 339.

Bischoff, Albert, a nobleman of Dantzic, 198, 207.

Blackness, a small fort near Boulogne, letters dated from, 295, 299, 303, 312, 314, 315, 318, 321, 325, 330, 339, 342.

Blackness, 294, 295, 296, 297, 303, 304, 306, 308, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323, 327, 328, 345.

-, taken by the French, 46.

-, receipt and expenditure of victuals at, 312.

Blerencourt, M. de, Captain of Ardres, 293, 303, 306, 307, 318, 319, 323, 324, 331, 333.

-, -, letters from, 303, 319.

Blois, 59, 77, 129, 146, 200.

-, letters dated from, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81.

Blount, Sir Richard (of Mapledurham), of the privy chamber, 61, 62, 63.

-, letter from, 320.

Bluemantle, pursuivant, v. Atkinson.

Bog, John, 82, 83.

-, Nichol, servant to Lord Bothwell, 82.

Bohemia, 142, 160, 180.

-, King of, 1, 5. See also the Archduke Maximilian.

-, rebellion in against the King of the Romans, 336.

-, a new King elected there, 336.

Bohemians, the (religious sect), 179.

Boisdaulphin, M., de, maître d'hôtel to King Henry II. 114, 289.

-, -, French ambassador to England, 117, 129.

-, -, recalled, 233, 261.

Bois-le-Duc, 122.

Bolani, Dominico, Ambassador from Venice to England, 17.

Bologna, letter dated from, 132.

-, 93, 100, 112, 116, 119, 125, 127, 131, 132, 134, 135, 141, 142, 150, 151, 179, 181, 182, 291.

-, Council of Trent removed to, 17.

-, the Lordship of the house of Bentivoglio, 112.

-, strongly garrisoned by Julius III., 116.

-, spoiled and wasted by Pietro Strozzi, 134.

Bonnivet, de, Colonel of French infantry in Italy, 297.

Bonnivet, formerly Bishop of Bosiers, shot, 24.

Bordeaux, 18, 24, 297.

-, wine trade of, with England, 187.

-, archbishopric of, 150.

Borgo, San Donino, 182.

Borthwick, Sir John, 32; (qy. same as Batoyrk, p. 27 ?), 36.

Boseke, Arnold, 47.

Boses, André de, merchant of Lyons, 54, 55, 56.

Bossolo, a town of the Cardinal of Ferrara, 107.

Bossut, Jean de Hennin, Comte de, "Grand Ecuyer" of Emperor Charles V., 39, 262.

Bothwell, Patrick, 3rd Earl of, 118.

Botte, M. de, 48, "le Beau Breton," 58.

Boulogne, the Marches of, the Bailli of, 320.

-, High, the parsonage of, 317.

-, Council of, letters from, 340, 341, 344 354.

-, letters to, 352.

-, letters dated from, 4, 6, 292, 294, 299, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 320, 322, 323, 325, 327, 329, 330, 331, 333, 335, 337, 338, 340, 341, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 354.

-, 6, 14, 17, 21, 22, 33, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 52, 114, 127, 129, 139, 267, 293, 302, 311, 314, 315, 319, 323, 341, 343, 344, 348, 349, 350, 351, 354, 355.

-, treaty to settle limits of, 10.

-, France, determines to attack, 45, 298.

-, treaty of, 48.

-, free exportation of grain to, 296.

-, grants of patents to the officers at, 320.

-, 400,000 crowns paid for the surrender of, to France, 355.

Boulogneberg, 294, 329, 345, 346, 353, 354, 355.

-, letters dated from, 299, 354.

Boulognois, the, 311, 329.

Bourbourg, 317, 331.

Bourcin, the church of, in the Boulognois, 329.

Bourdin, Secretary of King Henry II., 129.

Bournell, John, 265, 266.

Bowes, Sir Robert, 48, 49, 50, 73, 87, 120.

-, -, ruinates Roxburgh and Eyemouth, 50.

-, -, appointed a Commissioner to settle the boundaries of England and Scotland, 87.

Bowmere, William, Government Contractor at Blackness, 312.

Brabanson, Mons., 11, 13.

Brabant, Council of, 13.

-, States of, recognize Philip Prince of Spain as their Sovereign, 41.

-, meeting of the States of, 140.

Bramlyn, Mr., 321.

Brandenburg, Albert Alcibiades of Culmbach, Marquis of, invades Saxony and Thuringia, 1.

-, -, taken prisoner, 8, 9.

-, -, defeated, 18.

-, -, his quarrel with Nuremberg and the German Bishops, 215, 268.

-, -, takes and destroys the Duchy of Brunswick, ibid.

-, -, is at the siege of Metz, 229.

-, -, takes the Duke of Aumale prisoner, ibid.

-, -, his army afflicted with a grievous pestilence, 249.

-, -, attempts to reconcile him with the German Bishops, 257.

Brandenburg, Albert Alcibiades of Culmbach, Marquis of, thrice defeated by Henry the Younger, Duke of Brunswick, 265.

-, -, his quarrel with the Bishops of Wurtzburg and Bamberg, 257, 265, 268, 271, 276.

-, -, defeats the Bishop of Bamberg and routs those of Nuremberg, 282, 287.

-, -, his great enmity towards Duke Maurice of Saxony, 286.

-, -, Joachim II., Margrave and Elector of, 22, 29, 168, 180.

-, -, subscribes to the Interim, 19.

Brandenburg, Hans, Marquis of, 23, 164.

Brands, John, joint Consul for Dantzic in London, 220.

Braye, John, Lord, 123.

-, Edward, Sir, one of the Council at Calais, 296.

-, -, letter from, 331.

Bremen, 6, 9, 11, 14, 31, 34, 113.

-, letters dated from, 14, 28, 29, 30.

-, magistrates of, 2, 29, 30, 31, 32.

-, siege of, 11, 12, 13, 21, 88, 90.

-, Senate of, letter from, 28.

-, bishopric of, 155.

-, -, dispute between the King of Denmark, and the Duke of Brunswick, concerning, 155, 181, 189, 203.

Bremer, shipmaster, 29.

Brend, John, alias William Watson, Envoy from England to the Hanse Towns, 7, 14, 28, 33.

Brentius. See Brentzen.

Brentzen, a Protestant divine, 136, 180.

-, draws up a confession for the churches in Germany, 136, 168, 169.

Brescello, a castle of Cardinal of Ferrara, 106.

Bressell, a Captain of Parma, 182.

Brest, 18, 61, 79, 258, 280, 342.

Brett, Alexander, Lieutenant of the citadel of Boulogne, 345.

Bretton, Rowland, a merchant of Havre, 342.

Bricherasco, 172.

Brickenden, Mr., 322.

Brigantyne, John, letters from, 174, 189, 190, 321, 325, 330, 339.

Brionne, 342.

Brissac, Marshal de, 17, 350.

-, -, commands the French army in Piedmont, 125, 134, 234.

Brittany, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 51, 79, 103, 258, 297, 307, 312.

-, large army assembled in, 349.

Brooke, Richard, 300.

-, Lord, his son, right rough and courageous in all feats of arms, 307, 338.

Broughton, an Englishman, prisoner in the hands of M. de Brissac, 60.

Browne, Sir Anthony, 14, 190.

Broyne, M. de, Lieutenant to Villefranche, 333.

Bruges, 1, 2, 4, 38, 211, 236, 312, 317.

-, letters dated from, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 45, 206, 207, 208.

Bruningberg, near Boulogne, 324.

Bruno, Doctor, 32, 34, 35, 60, 222.

Brunswick and Lunenburg, Duke of, see Lunenburg.

Brunswick, Henry the Younger, Duke of, 11, 13, 155.

-, -, joins the Imperialists before Bremen, 11, 13.

-, -, his dispute with the King of Denmark concerning the bishopric of Bremen, 155, 181, 203.

-, -, at war with Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg, 215.

-, -, Count Mansfeldt's report against him, 222.

-, -, defeats Marquis Albert, 265.

-, -, joins Duke Maurice and the German Bishops, 286.

-, -, his success in the war with the Bishops of Munster and Osnaburg, 285.

Brussels, 1, 2, 15, 31, 33, 34, 66, 107, 108, 126, 132, 140, 143, 206, 208, 235, 236, 240, 242, 273.

-, the people of, rise against the Spaniards, 283.

-, proclamation dated from, 177.

-, letters dated from, 3, 5, 6, 13, 14, 25, 27, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 47, 90, 108, 122, 140, 143, 152, 157, 168, 173, 185, 191, 193, 194, 199, 200, 201, 202, 210, 212, 225, 226, 227, 233, 235, 237, 242, 243, 248, 250, 253, 255, 256, 258, 261, 262, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 275, 277, 279, 281, 283, 285, 287, 288, 289.

Bryant, Richard, clerk of the Custom House at Calais, 357.

Brydges, Sir John, 292, 294, 309, 322, 337.

-, -, his insubordination, 338, 339.

-, -, letters from, 340, 341, 342, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350.

Bucer, 19, 21, 22, 60, 75 166.

-, dies, 88.

Bucholt, his complaint 144.

Buda, 7.

-, the Bassa of, 89, 99.

Bullion, importation of, into England, 34, 35.

Bure, Maximilian d'Egmont, Count of, commands the Imperialists before Bremen, 11, 13.

-, -, his daughter married to William Prince of Orange, 140.

-, -, superintends the naval preparations in Flanders, 156, 173.

Burgart [Burgarthus] Ambassador from Saxony to France, 13.

-, his great ability as a diplomatist, 284.

Burgos, Cardinal of, 182.

-, his dispute with the Pope, 265

Burgundy, 72, 195, 293.

-, house of, 18, 268.

-, States of, 22.

-, conferred on Philip Prince of Spain, 138.

Bursin, 311.

Bushot, Mons. de, the Emperor's master of the horse, 144.

Bury, Thomas, merchant of the Staple, of Calais, 338.

Butter, the price of regulated by proclamation, 64.

Buttes, Mr., 97.