B

Bacan or Bazan, Alvaro de, Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish general at sea, in command of both soldiers and mariners, 208, 234;

ship arrested by, 473;

is ordered to defer the enterprise against England, 540;

confirmed as general of the fleet against England, 609, 625;

is about to set out in search of Drake, 662, 665.

-, -, estimate of ships, troops &c., sent by, to King Philip, 436.

-, -, cousin of, drowned, 701.

Bacqueville, Baqueville, in Normandy, letter dated at, 498.

Bacqueville (Backeville), Seigneur de. See Martel, Nicolas.

Baden, Switzerland, assembly to be held at, 298, 360;

meeting of, 415, 416.

Baden [qy. Jacob (fn. 1) ], Marquis of, returning from the Prince of Parma, taken prisoner, 224.

-, Marquis of [qy. the late], a son of, in the German Collage in Rome, 571.

Baden-Durlach [Ernest Frederick], Marquis of, has married the late Elector Palatine's widow, 336.

Bagshaw, Dr. Christopher, hopes of his deliverance, 715.

Baix or Baix-sur-Baix (Beas sur Beas, Baisubai, Bays) on the Rhone, passage of, kept [by the Huguenots], 477;

is thought to be able to stand a siege, ibid.;

la Valette attempts to recover, 487, 494;

Montmorency sends forces to, 532.

Balagny (Balyny). Jean, Sieur de, governor of Cambrai, base son of Jean de Monluc, Bishop of Valence, rumour that he holds the town for the King of Navarre, 557;

reported to have refused to receive men sent by the French King, 602;

would have it believed that all parties have dealt with him, 607.

Balfour (Balfort, Baffourde), “a Scots governor,” at Bergenop-Zoom, 50.

-, -, letter from, alluded to, 290.

-, -, Scots companies under, 340.

-, -, lieut.-colonel of. See Gordon.

-, Lieutenant, letter from, 179. Ball, Robert, English merchant at Rouen, certificate signed by, 543.

Ballayne, M. de, Italian merchant at Geneva, money to be furnished by, 336.

Bandini, Signor, a banker in Paris, sends to England for dogs and horses, 488, 560.

Bannester, Bannister, Capt. Edmond, of Col. Morgan's regiment, 129.

-, -, company of, payment for, 25.

Banning, Paul, flyboat of, 700.

Barajaz, Condé de, President of Spanish Council of State, a chief councillor of King Philip, 208.

Barbarano, the cavalier, of Vicenza, brings congratulations to the new Doge, 623.

Barbary, suggestion to stir up, against King Philip, 229.

Barcelona (Bassellona), English merchant at, 490;

galleys to or from, 590, 661;

news from, 624.

Bardesen or Bardesius, burgomaster of Amsterdam, a representative of Holland in the Council of State, “well-affected,” 394.

Bari, Archbishop of [Antonio de Puteo], to go as nuncio to Poland, 571.

Barlaymont. See Berlaymont.

Barlow, Anthony, letter carried from Spain by, 64.

Barn Elms (Barnel), Walsingham's house, 24.

Barnes, Andrew, sen. and jun., cause of, against their kinsman, 591.

-, Daniel, kinsman of the above, complaints against, 591.

-, Captain, company of, revewed at Arnhem, 667.

-, Edward, ship's captain, taken and ransomed, 651.

-, Alderman [George], as security for the States General, 309.

-, Thomas, letter from, 705.

Barnesston, Colonel, 336.

Barnstaple, merchants of, 475.

Barowe, Richard, going to England, 479.

Barrett, Dr. —, at Rheims, 703.

Barro [qy. Borough], Captain, company of, fresh from England, 667.

Basel, Basle (Bassell), M. de la Noue at, 254, 327, 360;

news from, 415.

-, deputies from. See Switzerland, Protestant cantons of, deputies from, to the French King.

Baskerville, Capt. Thomas, of Col. Morgan's regiment, 129.

-, -, company of, payment to, 25.

Basset, Homfrey, English merchant at Rouen, certificate signed by, 543.

Bate, —, examined by La Motte, 194.

Bateman, —, examination of, by the Council, alluded to, 260.

Bath, the, Davison going to, 592.

Bathori, Battori, Cardinal [Andreas], not yet left Venice, 623;

design to kill, 624;

movements of, 627, 663, 664.

-, Stephen. See Stephen, King of Poland.

Batson, —, Jesuit, in Rome, 703.

Battenberg (Battenborowe) Castle, on the Meuse, taken by the States' troops, 541, 542, 562, 624;

taking of, said not to be confirmed, 659;

said to have been abandoned, 695.

Bauvale [qy. Bauville], M. de, and his wife, refugees in England, 293.

Bavaria, messenger sent into, 627.

-, Duke Ernest of, Bishop of Liége and Elector and Archbishop of Cologne, efforts to “reconcile” the Comte de Neuenaar and, 37, 42;

poverty and difficulties of, 403, 404;

aid for, desired or promised, 455, 485, 509, 571;

gives Kaiserswerth up to the Prince of Parma, 621;

vexed at recall of troops going to Neuss, 624;

goes to Bonn, ibid.;

adherence of, to the House of Austria, 660.

-, -, adherents of, 381.

-, -, deputies or ambassadors of, at Worms, 509.

-, -, forces of, have been sacking and burning in Westfalia, 485;

defeated by Schenk, 557.

-, -, gentlemen of, taken prisoners, 224.

-, -, licence from, alluded to, 572.

-, William V, Duke and Elector of, intercedes for a German student in Italy, 509.

-, -, secretary of. See Minucci.

Bavimet, M., doctor of medicine, refugee in England, 293.

Bayley (Bayle, Boyle) [Dr. Thomas], director pro tem. of the seminary at Rheims, 703, 714;

is ordered to send most of the seminaries to England, 709–10.

Bayona (Byona), in Galicia, Drake's descent upon, advertisement concerning, 64;

mentioned, 124.

Bayondan, a captain under the Duke of Mayenne, reported death of, 645.

Bayonne, trade with, 302;

English ships at, 583;

a merchant of, 584.

-, governor of. See La Hilliere.

Baze, James, ship's lieutenant, 417.

Beale, Robert, clerk of the Privy Council, 12, 232;

Dr. Schulte confers with, 110.

-, -, letter to, 164.

-, -, minute by, 586.

-, Thomas, English merchant at Calais, 615, 616.

Bearden, Nicholas. See Rogers, Thomas.

Beare, Philip, a servant of the Russia Company, 268.

Béarn (Byarn), an army preparing for, 493.

Béarnois, a young, brought up by the King of Navarre, mission of, 600.

Beaton, James, Archbishop of Glasgow, wishes to trouble Elizabeth by way of Scotland, 118;

dissatisfied with some of his associates, 276;

has audience of the French King and Queen Mother, 316;

speech of, mentioned, 375;

does not wish for peace, 519.

-, -, house of, quarrel in, 276.

-, -, letter to, alluded to, 82.

Beauce, the people of, depend on Montpensier and Soissons, 587.

Beauchatel, in the Vivarais, surrendered to La Valette, 477, 494.

Beaudesart (Bedosart), nephew of M. de Gourdan, keeper in reversion of the citadel at Calais, 588.

Beaulieu, Mademoiselle de, and her daughters, refugees in England, 290.

Beaunay, M. de, refugee at the Rye, 293.

Beauvoir or Beauvais la Nocle, Seigneur de. See la Fin, Jean de.

Beckman, Reinold or Reinold, interpreter, messenger from the Emperor of Russia to England, 54, 56.

Beckner (Bikner), Thomas, of Rouen, 711.

-, -, letters from, 406 (2), 493.

Bedford, Earl of. See Russell.

Beer, for the troops, price of, 34;

English, praised, 152;

leave to export, desired, 381, 412.

Belin, Monsieur, sent to Cambray, 518.

Bellegarde [César de St. Lary], Seigneur de, governor of Angoumois and Saintonge, 299;

to assist St. Luc with men and ships, 536;

men sent by, defeated, 537.

Belle-Isle, Marshal Retz going to, 551;

great store of corn at, ibid.

Belle Isle Castle, Portugal, 241.

Bellièvere, Pomponne de, Superintendent of Finances, his gaining of Montignac for the King, alluded to, 363;

in relation to the Swiss embassy, 691.

Bemel, a sconce of the enemy on the Betuwe, surrender of, 667.

Bene [Alexander], Chevalier del (d'Albene), proposed mission of, to the Duke of Savoy, 517.

-, Alfonso, Abbè del (Albene), extract from letter of, 672.

-, Mademoiselle del, and her daughters, refugees in England, 292.

-, Mazin del, in relation to the Spaniard, Duarte, 352, 382, 390, 432, 520, 522.

-, -, letters from, 390, 432, 488, 520, 598, 641.

-, -, letter from, notes of, 523.

-, -, memorial of, alluded to, 607.

Benedetti, Cesare, a philosopher, formerly maestro of the Duke of Urbino, Bishop elect of Pesaro, 486(?), 661.

Benevento, waters of, scheme for carrying, into the kingdom of Naples, opposed by the town, 661.

Bennet, Captain, 98, 99;

to be serjeant-major at Flushing, 78, 165;

recommended by Davison, 92.

Benoist, Blaise and Jehan, cargo belonging to, seized, 583.

Berchem (Berchen, Berken), Parma's troops at, 151, 662.

Berck. See Rheinberg.

Berden, Nicholas. See Rogers, Thomas.

Berg, William, Count van den, Hermann, eldest son of, killed in a skirmish, 328, 333.

-, -, Oswold, son of, said also to be killed, 328.

Berg sconce, on the Rhine, built by Norreys and lost by the Dutch, 597;

the Earl of Leicester means to retake, 615.

Bergamo, ambassadors from, at Venice, 666.

Bergen-op-Zoom (Bargues, Barrow), suspected designs of the enemy against, 7, 21, 37, 49–51, 77, 128, 659, 662;

weak state of, 50, 70;

skirmish with the enemy near, 50, 69;

Walloons come to, 126;

need for a clerk of the musters at, 285;

threatened siege of, 290, 484;

false alarm at, 612;

suspected enterprise against, 615, 659, 662.

-, English and Scots troops sent to or in garrison at, 27, 31, 36, 50, 68, 74, 81, 96, 126, 179, 340, 437;

provisions sent to, 198;

in want of necessaries, 389;

mutiny of, for want of pay, 477, 497, 531;

are repulsed from Steen-bergen, 484;

led out for an enterprise, 556;

mutiny of, appeased, 558;

soldiers executed, 570;

hinder passage of victuals to the enemy, 659;

convoy seized by, 675.

-, -, pay for, 91, 98, 212, 308, 310, 339, 340, 389;

money needed for, 152, 166, 435.

-, -, list of the captains and companies, 212.

-, -, commander of. See Williams, Captain Roger.

-, -, sent away from, 93, 96 (2), 98, 99, 111, 156, 163, 434, 435.

-, burghers of, the soldiers threaten to sack, 477;

plot of, to deliver the town to the Prince of Parma, 478.

-, forts of, companies in, paid, 340.

-, gate of, “towards Antwerp,” 478.

-, governor of. See Bertie, Lord Willoughby.

-, -, provisional. See Tweedie, Captain; Wingfield, Capt. Thos. Maria; a “Scots governor” at, see Balfour.

-, letters dated at, 51, 71, 74, 106, 179, 629.

-, market-place of, disturbance in, 105.

-, minister of, 70.

-, prisoners at or taken to, 151, 224.

-, traitors and freebooters in, warning concerning, 105;

search for, 106.

-, parts of, the enemy believed not to intend anything in, 69.

-, Vicomte of. See Nassau, Maurice of.

Bergerac, the King of Navarre going to, or at, 463, 488, 493, 610.

Bergherout [qy. Bergerac], the King of Navarre said to have been wounded near, 573.

Berghes, M. de, reported capture of, 624.

Berghes [St. Winnock], burghers of, imprisoned till they pay arrears for their farm of the imposts, 318.

Berken. See Berchem.

Berkshoft, Bergsholt, Bergus Hoofe [spellings various], fort or sconce of, near Nymegen, 558;

besieged, 650, 658, 667;

had been taken by Norreys, but lost again, 558, 669;

surrender of, 669, 671, 678, 679, 686.

Berlaymont (Barlaymonte, Barlamont), [Charles] late Count of, 437.

-, Claude de, Sieur de Hautepenne, son of the above, governor on the frontiers of Gueldres and Brabant, 437;

refused entrance into Nimegen, 613, 658;

practice of, at Nimegen, 668;

false report of his death, 680.

-, [Florent], Count of, brother of the above, 668.

-, -, Golden Fleece to be given to, 659.

Berlette, M. de, his wife and brother, refugees in England, 293.

Berlinger, Colonel, remonstrances of, 498.

Bermodis, Signor Pedro, governor or general at Byona, negotiations of, with Sir Francis Drake, 64.

Bernard, M. de, French advocate, refugee in England, 293.

Berne, canton of, influence of, desired by the House of Nassau, 62;

cannot permit the ruin of Geneva, 298;

matters communicated to “all the commonalty” of, 620.

-, -, Avoyer of. See Mellunes.

-, deputies from. See Switzerland, Protestant cantons and towns of, ambassadors of, to the French King.

-, a native of. See Bonstead.

Berry [qy. Bere Regis], in Dorsetshire, 705.

Berry, a place in. See Bluck.

Bertie, Peregrine, Baron Willoughby d'Eresby, proposed as envoy to the Princes of Germany, 87, 135, 142, 143;

has been at the marriage of the young Duke of Brunswick, 89;

arrives in Denmark, ibid.;

entertainment and negotiations of, in Denmark, 90, 142, 216, 217, 249, 250, 255–257;

a “very wise letter” received from, 201;

desires to go into the Low Countries, 218;

visits Tycho Brahe's observatory, 235;

illness of, 256;

dangerous journey of, 282;

Ségur wishes to meet, 297;

expected at Heidelberg, 298;

at Embden, the enemy's ships lie in wait for, 301;

believed to be still in Denmark, 327;

is supposed to be going to Germany, 333;

has had no such commands, so is going to Flanders [sic], 334;

offers to bring 2,000 horse to serve her Majesty, 335;

has arrived in the Low Countries, 433;

made governor of Bergen-op-Zoom, 545;

with the Comte de Mœurs, 533, 558;

goes to Bergen, 612;

a convoy defeated by, 678, 687.

-, -, documents signed by, 593.

-, -, letters from, 119, 120, 217 (2), 235, 238, 281, 301, 333, 433, 534, 545, 629.

-, -, letters to, 86, 142;

asked for, 458.

-, -, relation by, of his proceedings in Denmark, 255–257.

-, -, -, mentioned, 217.

-, -, French page of, 335.

-, -, servants of, 142, 335.

Berville, M. de, and Mademoiselle his wife, refugees in England, 293.

Besel, Martin, of Colchester, 651.

Betuwe, Betue, Betawe, the, between the Waal and the Rhine, General Norreys fortifying in, 157;

futile enterprise into, 533;

forces under the Earl of Leicester go into, 596, 615, 621;

almost cleared of the enemy, 658;

English forces in, 666, 673, 687;

cleared of the enemy, 678, 679.

-, -, sconces in, 666.

Beutterich, Beuterich, Dr. Peter, proceedings of, on behalf of Duke Casimir, 577.

-, -, letter from, 380;

alluded to, 315.

Beveland, South, Sudbeveland, enterprise against, stopped by the weather, 435.

Beveren, the Prince of Parma at, 105.

Beza (Besse), Dr. Théodore, meeting of, with Jacobus Andreas, 512, 518;

has gone to Montbéliard, 532.

-, -, letter from, alluded to, 604.

Bierconti, governor of Sebenico, quarrel of, with Count Faliero, 487.

Biese, Pensioner, cousin of the Princess of Chimay, son of, going to study at Oxford, 560.

Bilbao, a native of, 233;

ship from, 475;

goods sent by way of, 722(?)

Billingsley, Alderman Henry, moneys delivered by, 545.

Binder, John, of Ipswich, 651.

Birague, Charles de, dit Sacremore, reported death of, 645.

Birde, Byrde, John, and his partners, Stokes and Watts, merchants of London, papers relating to a prize taken by, 354–356;

restoration of merchandise seized by, demanded, 412.

Biron, Marshal de. See Gontaut, Armand de.

Biscay [Bay of ?], Spaniards captured in, 25.

-, province of, the general or viceroy of, embargo of shipping by, 547.

-, pilots sent from, 537.

-, ships of (Biscanders, Biscains, Biskins), 32, 241, 335, 700, 719;

freighting for, 162;

going to, captured, 482.

-, Spanish trade of, should be hindered, 229.

Biscayan, a, 160.

Bisschop, Philip de, merchant of Low Countries, residing in London, letter on behalf of, 688.

Bissicchi, Arcangelo, Guelphs under, victorious in a fight, 662.

Bizari, Pietro, letters from, 228, 241, 388.

Blache [qy. Blanc], Captain, keeps the passage of the Rhone at Baix, 477.

Blacons (Blacon), M. de [Hector de Forest, Seigneur de, Huguenot captain], governor of Orange, 477.

Blagg, Henry, passport for, note of, 189.

Blanchard (Blanchart) [François, Sieur de Cluseau], troops of, defeated, 174.

Blankenberghe (Blankenburg), in Flanders, 213;

the enemy on the sea-side near, 109;

La Motte brings troops to, 191;

possessed by the enemy, 248;

ships before, 720.

Blauguaren (?) near Lillo, artillery at, 79.

Blirich, fort of the enemy, 312.

Blois, decree issued at, 4;

cannon left at, 299.

Blonvord [qy. Blandford], in Dorsetshire, 705.

Blount, Blunt, Captain Charles, wounded, 85, 120;

goes to England, 289.

-, -, company of, payment for, 25;

deductions from, 129;

at Ostend, 184.

Bloys, Guillaume de, dit de Treslong, late Admiral of Zeeland, imprisonment of, 172, 236;

recalls the time when (as a sea-beggar) he made war against Middelburg, 313.

-, -, letters from, 171, 313.

-, -, brother-in-law of. See Egmont, Jehan d'.

Bluck [qy. Le Blanc], in Berry, Marshal D'Aumont near, 337.

Boddens, Lois, lordships granted to, by Parma, for his services “at Court,” 154.

Bodenham, Bodnam, William, “half English,” resident at Dunkirk, 163, 207;

deals for release of the English prisoners, 179;

in relation to Pedro Cubiaur, 232, 258, 279;

Edw. Morris's conference with, 544;

comes to Brussels, ibid.;

a true friend to the English at Dunkirk, 632.

-, -, letters from, 358, 544, 628.

Bodley (Boddele), John, letter sent to, 493.

-, Thomas, 9;

the King of Denmark's hospitality to, 90;

mission of, to Germany, alluded to, 135, 515;

cold reply brought by, 143.

Bohemia, the Pope's nuncio endeavours to have the Council of Trent put in execution in, 298.

-, councillors of, going to see Italy, 485.

-, courts of, about to close, 485.

-, major-domo of. See Popl, George.

Bois, Captain du, company of, sent to Bergen-op-Zoom, 340. And see Boys.

Bois-le-Duc or S'Hertogenbosch (Bolduc, Sattinghambusse, Sertingham Burse), 199, 258;

the Prince of Parma goes to, 128;

with more men, the English might gain, 580.

-, companies of burghers from, 184.

-, forts near, taken, 581.

Boldino, Goris, petition of, 505.

Bologna, translation of holy bodies at, 623.

-, Archbishopric of, Reggio and Modena desire not to be subject to, 622.

Bommel, importance of, 264, 265;

English and Dutch forces at, 621.

-, map of, 258.

-, news from, 558.

Bommelsward, Bommelwert, Bomeland, island of, the enemy's incursion into, 184, 194, 196, 199;

their withdrawal from, 203;

English troops assemble in, 541;

incursion into, alluded to, 580.

Bommeny, in Schouwen, 325.

Bond, Alderman George, ship of, 61.

-, Captain, recommended by Col. Norrys, 48, 113, 125.

Bonesetter, a, going with Leicester to the Low Countries, 202.

Bonn, prisoner taken in, 10;

Count Neuenaar's stay at, alluded to, 266;

taking of, alluded to, 267;

munition sent from, 572;

the new Elector of Cologne goes to, 624.

Bonstead, of Berne, sent to Paris, confers with Sir Edw. Stafford, 619;

the French King's assurances to, 620.

Bontemps, a captain of Rochelle, prize taken by, 537.

Bonyn, Denis, merchant of Calais, desires to transport English beer, 412.

Book, named:—

Adhortatio cujusdam Germani nobiles &c., 116.

Bordeaux, 61, 300, 302;

traffic with Spain by way of, 237, 294;

warlike preparations at, 536;

Duke of Mayenne at, 646.

-, letter dated at, 611.

-, merchants of, goods belonging to, seized, 417. And see Frangeault.

-, news from, 299.

-, river of, 305, 396, 476.

-, ships at, to or from, 181, 416, 441, 642 (2).

Bordenone in the Friuli, nobles and podesta of, dispute of, 573.

Borgerhout, in Brabant, Parma's troops at, 662.

Borkum, Burckum, island of, 334.

Borlas, William, letter from, 176.

Bornhoten (?), Jorg, petition of, 505.

Bornstra, Captain George Wynbrantson, passport for, to England, 349.

Borough. Borrowes, Capt. John. See Brough.

-, Borowe [William, officer of Admiralty], 366, 379, 426.

Borromeo, Count Renato, mission of, to Turin, 573.

Boseville, Capt. Ralph, letter from, 226.

Boste, one, a priest, 708.

Bostocke, Thomas, petition signed by, 633.

Botelho, Diego, governor of Don Antonio's household, 347.

Bouchard, M., refugee at Rye, 293.

Boucher, Dr., imprisonment, release and death of, 508.

Bouillon, Duke of. See La Marck.

Boulogne, provisions for the enemy conveyed to, 264;

government of, proposed for Epernon, 314;

ships coming to, 601.

-, the Black Ness near, 319.

Bourbon, Charles de, Comte de Soissons, half-brother of the Prince of Condé, comes to Paris, 317;

proposed enterprise of, by aid of Elizabeth, 395, 417, 418, 463–465, 491, 519, 551, 554, 575, 587;

demands of, refused by Elizabeth, 462;

has not yet taken up arms, 537;

money for, raised by Sir E. Stafford, 555;

cannot stir without money, 587;

animosity against, by the King and his party, 723.

-, -, letter to, 465;

alluded to, 464.

-, François de, Marquis de Conti, the begue brother of the Prince of Condé, 672;

troops held in readiness by, 417;

has not yet taken up arms, 537;

animosity against, by the King and his party, 723.

-, Henri de, Prince of Condé, 112, 125;

besieges Brouage, 65;

raises the siege, 66;

betrothal of, to Mademoiselle de Tremoille, 66, 299;

is reduced to a hard state, 146;

arrival and reception of, in England, 251;

nearness of, to the French throne, 252;

at sea, 299;

woad seized by, 417;

the King of Navarre coming to join, 463;

batters Saintes, 488;

defeats the royal forces near Saintes, 499, 537, 551, 567;

appointed guardian of M. de Laval's son, 532;

proceedings of, 536; “some hurt happened to,” 576;

said to have been poisoned, 606, 646;

marriage of, 610;

report of his death, “but a tale,” 619;

is near Verteuil with his forces, ibid.;

victory gained by, but a bloody one, 626;

narrow escape of, ibid.;

warned of an enterprise against him, 631;

rout of, at Angers, alluded to, 631;

the French King's actions against, 722.

-, -, army of, before Brouage, 65;

reinforcements for, 66;

in Poitou, 666.

-, -, bull against, alluded to, 374, 722.

-, -, letters from, 305, 697.

-, -, leaders under, death of, 610.

-, -, page of, 626.

-, -, passports from, alluded to, 417, 639.

-, -, a place held by, 336;

a principal town of. See La Rochelle.

-, -, brother of. See Bourbon, Charles de, Comte de Soissons, above.

-, -, servant of, 158.

Bourbon-Vendôme, Charles de, Cardinal de Bourbon, to be one of the sellers of ecclesiastical rents, 374;

at the French Court, 704.

-, François de, Duc de Montpensier, depends on the coming of the reiters, to back what he takes in hand, 195;

is said to have taken arms, 317;

action by, in Poitou, 395;

endeavours to gain, for the Huguenot cause, 465;

Biron goes against, 587;

the King's offers to, ibid.;

no money to be given to by Elizabeth, until he declares himself, 588, 605;

news expected from, 606;

expected action of, 610;

animosity against, by the King and his party, 723.

-, -, letter from, 465.

-, -, messenger of, 587.

-, -, wife of, the heir of the Marquis of Mezières, 337.

-, Louis de, late Duke of Montpensier, widow of. See Montpensier, Dowager Duchess of.

-, House of, or princes of the blood, report that the Guises mean to massacre, 424;

loyalty of Montmorency to, 602, 610;

great alliances and friends of, 603;

conspiracies to ruin, alluded to, 722;

the King's animosity against, 723.

Bourdin, Bourdon, M. de, procurator of the Great Council of France, refugee in England, 292.

Bourg (Bourke), on the Gironde, France, shipping at, 642.

Bourse, Baron de [qy. Ponce de Noyelles, Seigneur de Bours], regiment of, 184.

Bowes, Sir Jerome, complaints against, by the Czar of Russia, 54–56.

Boyle. See Bayley.

Boys, Lieutenant, slain, 558.

Brabant, enemy forces scattered in, 2;

the enemy levies contributions in, 44;

merchants driven out of, 59; “in the jaws of the wolf,” 265;

return of, to the Spaniard, alluded to, 438;

little land cultivated in, 470;

English forces turning towards, 482;

contributions of, not able to be realised, 681.

-, confiscations, remainders &c. in, discussions, resolutions &c. concerning, 552, 559, 560.

-, Duchy of, a “member of the Empire,” 19.

-, garrisons in, for the States, payments to, 308.

-, money, coinage called down to the rate of, 162.

-, revenues of, resolution concerning, 638.

-, side [of the Scheldt], ships on, 720.

-, and Flanders. See under Flanders.

-, and Guelderland, frontiers of, governor of. See Berlaymont, Claude de, Sieur de Hautepenne.

Bracciano, Duke of. See Orsini, Paolo Giordano.

Braccioduro, Pausanio, to be governor of Treviso, 662.

Brackenbury, Captain, a prisoner at Dunkirk, 479.

Brahe, Tycho, comet discovered by, 235;

honourable dealing of (?), 710.

-, -, his observatory, 235.

Brandenburg, Duke Joachim Frederick of, son of the Elector, Administrator of Magdeburg, proposal to send letters to, from the Queen, he “being primate of Germany,” 135.

-, John George, Elector of, to be urged to aid the King of Navarre, 15, 135;

is but coldly affected to the cause, 142;

will send an ambassador to France, 334, 458;

says the Empire should aid the Elector of Cologne, 404;

meeting of, with the King of Denmark, 458;

Palavicino's mission to, 652, 690;

league proposed by, 660.

-, -, letter from, alluded to, 142.

-, -, envoy to, from the Duke of Savoy, 663.

-, -, instructions signed by, alluded to, 596.

-, -, subjects of, forbidden to serve foreign princes, 334, 509.

-, Elizabeth, Electress of, daughter of the Prince of Anhalt, wife of the above, 327.

Brandenburg-Ansbach, George Frederick, Marquis of, Duke or governor of Prussia, to be urged to aid the King of Navarre, 135.

Brasser or Brassart, Govart de, goes to the Brill, 47.

Brazil, ships from, taken by the English, 32.

Bread-corn and beer-corn, to be sent from England to the Low Countries, 198.

Breda, a design against, frustrated, 484;

great preparations making at, 624;

safe-conduct to, asked for, 647 (2).

-, territory of, people of, to be allowed to trade into Holland, 484.

Brederode, Sieur de, a representative of Holland in the Council of State, “an ancient gentleman, well-affected” to England, 394.

Bremen, trade with, 169;

travellers to, 427;

Palavicino at, 454.

-, letters dated at, 455 (2); letters from, alluded to, 514, 517.

Brendel, John, a leader of German reiters, 50.

Brescia, ambassador from, to Venice, 262.

-, churches of, grant in relation to, 665.

Bressa, Bishop of, stands for the King of Spain at the young Prince of Mantua's christening, 627.

Brest, 475.

Bretigny, Sieur de, wine belonging to, seized, 585.

Breton, a, in London, 561.

Brett, Capt. Arthur, sends a challenge to any one of La Motte's captains, 191–2.

-, -, company of, payment of, 25;

deductions from their pay, 129;

at Ostend, 184.

Breydenstein, Michael, licentiate of medicine, advice by, 128.

Bricquemault, François de Beauvais, Seigneur de, allusion to, 269.

Brie, district of, corn laid up in, sold for relief of the people, 644.

Brigantia (Brigantinum), in Galicia, port of, a ship taken in, 281.

Brill, the, la Brielle, 94, 470, 533;

demanded as a cautionary town by Elizabeth, 6;

to be delivered to her, 7, 27, 28, 38;

Davison going to or at, 36, 43, 52;

a chief object of Spanish designs, 44;

given into Davison's hands, for the Queen, 52, 57;

governor of, not chosen, 53;

importance of, 58, 199, 264;

report of the state of, 62;

delivery of, alluded to, 68, 83, 84, 130, 701;

privileges to be granted to, 108, 130;

covenants concerning, between the Queen and the States' deputies, alluded to, 133;

Count Maurice and Hohenlohe go to, 146;

staple of wools and skins desired for, 148;

especial care to be taken of, 188;

the Earl of Leicester to land at, 193, 198;

Sir Thos. Cecil arrives at, as governor, 320;

his reception at, 326;

Davison at, 364;

travellers entertained at, 389;

Sir T. Cecil's accounts for entertainment at, see Cecil, Sir Thomas.

-, burghers or people of, letters of thanks should be written to, 132;

messages to be given to, 133;

no offence to be given to, 133;

are now under her Majesty's protection, 180;

points proposed by, to Davison, concerning the regulation of the town, 302;

tractable and more hospitable than any in Zeeland, 311.

-, -, letters from, 301, 470.

-, -, letters to, 130, 188;

alluded to, 147.

-, burgomasters of, action of, concerning the keys of the gates, 57, 82, 83;

serjeantmajor chosen by, 86, 89.

-, -, and council of, certificate by. 60.

-, -, letter from, 88.

-, English garrison at, settlement of, 36, 41, 42, 49, 51, 57, 60, 76, 77, 79, 126;

needs to be strengthened, 78, 81, 183, 326;

to be paid by the Queen, 80;

orders to be given to, 130, 133;

common prayer and preaching to be daily had for, 133;

an “establishment” for, 188;

English companies in, to be mustered, 202;

needs fewer troops than Flushing, 246;

companies sent into, 341;

contract for, alluded to, 407;

must be kept complete, 437;

query concerning, 657;

men furnished for, 671.

-, -, captains and companies for, 48, 212.

-, -, artillery and ammunition needed for, 183, 248;

inventory of, at, 302.

-, -, pay desired for, 84;

pay for, 91, 98, 113, 308, 309, 389, 498, 581;

opinions concerning payment of, 246, 248;

not paid according to agreement, 469–471, 496;

pay needed for, 531, 542, 543.

-, fisherman of, recommended to Walsingham, 179, 180.

-, governor of. See Cecil, Sir Thomas.

-, herring fishery, a flourishing, at, in old times, 58, 59;

free trade in hides and wool desired for, ibid.

-, imposts of, may be used for the English garrison in case of need, 470.

-, information concerning, 699.

-, letters dated at, 52, 58 (2), 62, 75, 86, 89, 148, 301, 326, 361, 387, 471;

written from, 47.

-, magistrates of, give up the town to the English, 57;

banquet given by, 58;

suits or complaints of, 166, 179, 469, 470.

-, -, letters from, 58, 148.

-, -, petition of, 58.

-, Maison de ville at, 302.

-, merchants of, privileges granted to, 133, 204.

-, oaths to be taken at, 46;

from of, alluded to, 96.

-, place in the jurisdiction of, 325.

-, “remembrances” concerning, apostiled with the answers, 131;

orders concerning, given to Sir Thomas Cecil, 132, 133.

-, secretary at. See Langue, de.

-, serjeant-major of, office of, candidates for, 86, 89, 125.

-, town officers of, have not been changed, 62;

sent to Capt. Henry Norreys for their pay, 75.

Brimeu, Marie de, Princess of Chimay, reported attempt of her husband to poison, 557;

with the Earl of Leicester at Utrecht, 612.

-, -, letters from, 353, 354, 560.

-, -, memoire by, alluded to, 560.

-, -, cousin of. See Biese.

Brissac, Comte de. See Cosse.

Brisse, Pierre, salt laden “under the name of,” 456.

Bristol, citizen of. See Sile, Thomas.

-, merchants of, 74, 475.

-, “some of,” commissions wrongfully granted to, 140.

Brito, Antonio de, of Don Antonio's household, 347.

Brittany, Bretagne, refugee from, in England, 293;

travellers into, 396, 709;

provisions sent from, for the King's army, 441;

Marshal Retz going to or in, 351, 520, 551;

murder committed in, 561.

-, governor of. See Mercœur.

-, men to be raised in, for enterprise against England, 709.

-, native of, 53.

-, ships of (Bryttans), 601;

of or going to, taken, 537, 584;

making ready in, 396, 494, 551, 606;

to assemble in, 520.

Brive-la-Gaillarde (Galharde), Turenne and Chastillon at, with their forces, 174.

Brockenhurst, letter dated at, 95.

Broke, Robert, letter to, 547.

Bromley, Sir Thomas, Lord Chancellor, cause heard before, 110;

letters to, desired, 111;

help of, craved by the Earl of Leicester, 331.

Bromston, Thomas, goes to England, 714

Bronchorst or Bronckhurst house, “by Nymegen,” (fn. 2) 633.

Brooke, Anna, greetings to, 263.

-, William, Lord Cobham, a letter to, asked for, 264;

made a Privy Councillor, 353;

letters taken by, to Court, 379;

directions to, asked for, 546.

Brouage (Bourag, Bourrayge), siege of, by the Prince of Condé, 65;

raised, 66;

poor people near, found dead in the field, 537;

Prince of Condé said to be wounded near, 576;

proposed succour for, 606, 630, 639;

negotiations for sale of, to the Duke of Joyeuse, 607, 639;

enterprise against, 641;

increasing lack of provisions in, 693;

the King of Navarre presses nearer to, ibid.

-, a castle near, 299.

-, garrison of, troops coming to reinforce, defeated, 626.

-, governor of. See Epinay, Sieur de St. Luc.

-, harbour of, attempt to block, 610.

-, salt from, 536.

-, ships at, of, or going to, 475, 476, 536, 642.

-, troops going to or from, 499, 530.

Brough, Boroughe, Borrowes, Burrowes, Burroughs, Capt. John, of Col. Morgan's regiment, at Bergen-op-Zoom, 50;

wounded, 530, 533, 534, 561;

brave service of, 558.

-, -, company of, payment to, 25;

deduction from, 129.

-, And see Barro; see Borough.

Browershaven, in Schouwen, description of, 325.

-, ship of, has taken victuals to the enemy, 325.

Brown, Browne, Peter, sent with packets to England, 406;

sent to the Prince of Condé, 631.

-, Richard, servant of the Earl of Leicester, matters to be dealt with by, 358.

-, -, to be called to account for moneys, 343.

-, Thomas, of Rouen, recommended by Sir Edw, Stafford, 543;

and by the merchants of Rouen, ibid.

-, Sir Valentine, sending of, to the Low Countries, desired, 656.

-, William, lieutenant to Robert Sydney, letter from, 67.

-, William, volunteer with Sir Thomas Cecil, 132.

Brugadino, the Magnifico Giovanni, judgments against, 487.

Bruges (Bridges), distress in, 22, 45, 194;

former staple of English merchants at, 59;

Spanish troops sent towards, 128, 151;

convoys to, measures for safety of, 183, 184;

victuals sent from, 321;

Walloons at, plot for drawing away, 322;

might be taken, with more men, 325;

if the English were stronger, would come over, 580.

-, burghers of, urge the Prince of Parma to some exploit, 1;

incite him to take Ostend, 23, 35, 185;

many of, imprisoned and racked, 602.

-, native of, 601.

-, the river going from Nieuport to, 184.

Bruges, Sieur de, recommended to Davison, 89.

Brulle, Captain, at Flushing, 102.

Brune, Bruyn, Brewen, Thomas, Walsingham's servant, 127, 290;

sent to the Brill, 47, 58, 77.

-, Bruin, Thomas, commissary of victuals, 22.

-, -, letter from, 198.

Brunswick, Henry Julius, young Duke of, marriage of, 89.

-, Julius, Duke of, to be urged to aid the King of Navarre, 135;

letter from, to Elizabeth, mentioned, 136.

-, -, people of, complaint on behalf of, 580.

-, Duke Philip of, cousin of the above, a possible leader for the troops going to aid the King of Navarre, 684.

Brunswick-Luneburg, Otto, Duke of [Harburg branch], to be urged to aid the King of Navarre, 135;

refuses to recognise the new Elector of Cologne, 404;

suggested as leader for the reiters, 577, 684;

Palavicino wishes to treat with, 683.

Brussels, the Council of Artois meets at, 194;

stores at, consumed, 470;

Dr. Michaeli at, 479;

the Prince of Parma at, 504, 544, 581, 624.

-, documents dated at, 305, 545.

-, a lady of, 388.

-, letters dated at, 647 (2).

-, resident at, 285.

-, travellers to, 361, 392, 400, 544.

Bruxaudius, Dr., son of, 152.

Bruyn, Thomas. See Brune.

Bruz, Mr., recommended to Walsingham, 287.

Buck, Colonel [qy. Hans, a colonel in Casimir's army], mentioned, 336.

Buckhurst, Lord. See Sackville.

Buiamonte, Hippolyto, moneys delivered to, 545.

Bullart, Bollarde, Peter and Jaques, merchants, 354, 355.

Buoncompagni, Giacomo, Duke of Sora, reported to have disbanded his guard, 483.

Buonfiolo, cause of, 661.

Burchgrave, signature of, as greffier of the Council of State at Utrecht, 470.

Buren or Beveren, Count of. See Nassau, Philip of.

Burroughs or Burrowes. See Brough.

Burghley, Lord. See Cecil, William.

-, Lady, greetings to, 393.

Burgundian, a. See Perrenot, Sieur de Champagney.

Burgundians, Burgonians, forts held by, 658.

Burgundy, Duke Charles of, widow of. See York, Margaret of.

-, companies levied in, 418.

-, estates in, 62.

-, King of Spain's possessions in, 539.

-, a man of, said to have undertaken to kill her Majesty, 158.

Burnett, Henry, servant of Davison, sent to England, 57, 88;

has charge of Davison's accounts, 100.

Burnham, Edward, letters from, 212, 245;

alluded to, 290.

-, —, brother of Edward, banished from Dunkirk, 162.

Busani, Giulio, letter from, 408.

Buys, Paul, commissioner in England, 15, 35;

greeting sent to, 50; “reward” to be given to, 112;

complaints against, 149, 153;

message from, 194;

representative of Utrecht in the Council of State, “an advocate, one of the best affected” to England, 394.

-, -, documents signed by, 6, 26.

Buzanval, Buzenval. See Choart, Paul.

Byona, island of, in Spain. See Bayona.