Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth, Volume 20, September 1585-May 1586. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1921.

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Ubiquitarians, the, relation of the King of Denmark to, 218.

Udall. See Uvedale.

Umbria, men to be levied in, 483.

Umfry, Christopher, money to be paid to, 538.

Unterwalden, Canton of, letter to. See Uri.

Urbino, an engineer of, 570.

Urbino, Francesco Maria, Duke of, prisoners released by favour or request of, 483, 627;

is coming in person to offer his obedience to the Pope, 486.

-, -, ambassador sent by, to Venice, 209.

-, -, courier sent to, 663.

-, -, a maestro of, See Benedetti, Cesare.

Urdingen. See Ordingen.

Uri and Lucerne, Cantons of, See Lucerne.

-, Schweitz and Unterwalden, Cantons of, letter to, 498.

Urrugne, near Bayonne, a ship of, carried to England, 584;

master of, killed, ibid.

Uscocchi, the, of Dalmatia, insolences of, 488;

no settlement of the business of, 570;

in course of settlement, 572;

Turks taken by, 626;

a fort building as protection against, 662.

-, -, nest of. See Segna.

Uscopia, village in Dalmatia, sunk by earthquake, 625.

Utanricq, Captain, of Tertole, illconduct of, at Bergen, 106.

Utrecht, Count Neuenaar made governor of, 32;

Col. Norreys and his forces leave, 68;

said to be convenient for the horsemen, 153;

the enemy hopes to gain, 157;

importance of, 264;

report that Parma will “welcome” the Earl of Leicester at, 277;

is said to have rung the bells to ring the States out of government, 311;

the Earl of Leicester at or going to, 359, 376, 387, 402, 478, 557, 621, 624, 657;

money to be sent to, 434;

Norreys retires to, 562;

visits of Sir Thos. Heneage to, 613, 654;

the Garter given to Schenck at, 663.

-, camp near, letter dated at, 30.

-, the Council of State “resident” at, 340.

-, court gate at, writing on, 613.

-, English troops at or going to, 1, 5, 277;

muster of, 7, 25, 31, 68;

provisions sent to, 198;

mutiny of, 495–497, 557, 592.

-, -, captains and companies at, 212.

-, gentlemen and horses of the Earl of Leicester to be sent to, 178.

-, government of, Act of “reduction” of, with those of Holland and Zeeland, 143;

is required at once to reunite with the others, 144.

-, governor of. See Solms, Count Neuenaar.

-, letters dated at, 9, 15, 30, 48 (2), 60 (2), 178, 283, 284, 286, 394, 459, 470, 496, 498, 502, 512, 526, 528, 529, 533, 535, 538, 546, 553 (2), 558, 560, 563, 579 (2), 580, 581, 587, 588, 589, 597, 608, 648;

V

Valais, the, army for Auvergne and. See Auvergne.

-, and the Grisons, in relation to the other Cantons, 489, 518.

Valck (Valcke, Walk), Jacob or Jacques, Councillor of Zeeland and deputy from the province in England, 206;

intended movements of, 35;

“reward” to be given to, underhand, 112;

is about to depart, 122;

deserves the Queen's thanks, 220;

his respect for the Earl of Leicester, 364;

one of the most sufficient men in the United Provinces, 386;

as a representative of Zeeland in the Council of State, “a lawyer, well-affected,” 394;

opinion of, quoted, 502;

business committed to, 553.

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

-, -, letters from, 1, 15, 67, 149, 152, 221;

alluded to, 41.

Valdes (Valdesse), Don Pedro, general of the ships going to seek Drake, 233;

in disgrace for not meeting Drake, 700.

Valence, on the Rhone, Estates assembling at, 254;

La Valette's camp at, 476;

many at, have died of hunger, 477;

men forbidden to descend the Rhone below, ibid.;

artillery sent to, 487.

Valencia (Vallense), English merchant at, 490;

the Spanish King's visit to, 278, 490, 532.

-, kingdom of, controversy of, with Catalonia, 207.

Valentino, Dr., church proposed for, 483.

Vals, Jacomo di, head of, put on the pietra del bando at Venice, 661.

Van, Turkey in Asia, letter written from, 487.

-, province of, scarcity in, 487.

Vande Baerse, Pieter, treaty signed by, 34.

Vanden Brule, Jehan, captain in Sir Philip Sydney's regiment, passport for, 594.

Vanden Burch, Maitre Olbertus, burgomaster of Arnhem, 506.

Vanden Walle, Jacques, recommended to Walsingham, 415.

-, -, and partners, petition of, 419.

Vander Aa, J., complaints of, that he is being spoken against, by the deputies of the States, 148, 149;

Walsingham is warned against, 153;

“a dangerous fellow,” 230.

-, -, letters from, 148, 149;

alluded to, 194.

-, -, wife and children of, 149.

Vander Beke or Beken, Jehan, councillor and pensionary of Flushing, report of, alluded to, 29;

signs the treaty in England, 34;

comes to the Hague, 40.

-, -, letter from, 219.

Vander Does, Dierick, formerly delegate of the Landraedt, petition of, resolution on, 338.

-, -, Jan, Sieur de Noortwyck, commissioner in England, documents signed by, 6, 26, 553.

Vander Straten, Lucas, secretary to the Prince of Parma's Council, letters from, alluded to, 524.

Vander Strate, Stratten or Strawton, Peter, merchant of Middelburg, 354;

transactions for, 355, 356.

Vander Varent, public notary, copy by, 224.

Vander Waterfourde, Ambrose, merchant, of the Hague, goods sold for, 355.

-, -, factor of, 354.

Vangrongueuse [qy. Vangrineuse], Sieur de, French refugee in England, 292.

Van Loove or Loone, sconce of. See Leuon.

Vantador, Vantadour, Sieur de, has joined the party of the King of Navarre, 65;

“lord of la Voulte,” suspected to favour those of the Religion, 477.

Varin, Robert, of Dieppe, ship of, taken by the English, 412.

Vasconselos (Vasco), Duarte, of Don Antonio's household, 347;

suggested employment of, 352, 382, 390, 400, 432;

his deception of Sir Edw. Stafford, the French Court &c., 520–523.

-, -, letter from, 721.

Vasquez, Matteo, a Spanish Secretary of State, formerly in disgrace, now in great credit, 208.

Vasto (Guasto) and Pescara, [Cæsar d'Avalos], Marquis del, 571, 573, 662.

-, -, wife of, 573.

Vaughan, P., certified copy by, 349.

Vavasor, Captain Thomas, of Col. Morgan's regiment, in attack on a sconce, 85, 120.

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

deductions from, 129.

Veere, Terveere or Camphere, in Walcheren, 243;

should be garrisoned, 265.

-, advertisements from, 437.

-, mariners stirred up to mutiny in, 437.

-, and Arnemuiden, water bailiff of, 437.

Velay, the, Marshal d'Aumont to have charge in, 440.

Veluwe, Velue, the, skirmishes with the enemy in, 20;

English horsemen quartered on, 557;

“annoyed” by Doesburg, 658.

Velvet, satin &c., cargo of, 583.

Venetians, during the war with the Turks, “pillaged all who traded to Alexandria,” 510;

“small good will” between the King of Spain and, 611;

said to have joined in a league for the invasion of England, 709.

Venice, prisoners for debt set free in, 487;

French ambassador expected at, 571;

services, procession of the schools &c. at, for the festival of St. Mark, ibid.;

Feast of Ascension at, 661;

dearth of meat in, ibid.

-, ambassadors, resident, to and from. See Ambassadors.

-, College or Senate of, the “Signoria,” are purchasing a house for the Pope, 209;

supporters of the King of Spain, 234;

wish to close the passage by water to Segna, 488;

requests to, 573;

action of, concerning the church of Ceneda, 623;

deliver up a prisoner, to the Pope, ibid.;

prudent action of, in regard to bread, 661;

prisoners freed by, ibid.;

Elizabeth writes to, concerning commerce and navigation, 662.

-, -, reports to, alluded to, 662.

-, Council of Ten, sentences of, upon criminals, 484, 487;

person banished by, 661;

process before, 662.

-, Doge, Signoria and ambassadors, at sermons, masses and other holy offices at St. Mark's, in the holy days, 487;

at solemn mass there, 571, 665;

attend the “obsequies” of Cardinal Zeno, 662.

-, English merchants at, present letters to the Signoria, 662.

-, French secretary at, murder of his son, 484.

-, letters from, mentioned, 334, 593.

-, Minorite friar at, a popular preacher, 665.

-, news from, 209, 484, 487, 495, 571, 573, 623, 625, 627, 661, 665, 666;

alluded to, 532.

-, Patriarch at, will probably not live long, 624.

-, people of, run after a popular preacher “as if mad,” 665.

-, pietra del bando at, head put on, 661.

-, Republic of, to be sponsor to the Duke of Savoy's son, 573.

-, ship of, said to be taken by the English, 32;

ships to be made ready for Spain by, 491;

coming from, 547.

-, Spanish secretary at, 662.

-, travellers to, 612. And in news from, passim.

-, places, buildings &c. in:—

Arsenal, much less work in, than formerly, 487.

Ghetto, the, wells in, 665.

Lido, the, soldiers on, 661.

Osteria della Piccia, 209.

palace, given to the Pope, 484.

San Cassano, bridge of, dye house at, burnt, 484.

San Marco, solemn masses in, 487, 571, 665.

S. Moise, parish of, a house in, to be bought for the Pope 209.

Venloo or Venlo, in Gueldres, 597;

provisions to be sent to, 312;

enemies' sconces about, 333;

Schenck and his regiment at, 402, 447;

captured munitions &c. brought to, 660, 663.

-, burgomaster of, 506.

-, governor of. See Schenck.

-, letter dated at, 313.

-, monastery near, 312.

Vérac (Verrac), M. de, [Jean de Nesmond, Sieur de,] missions of, to Montmorency, 517, 602, 693;

sent to the Queen Mother, 646.

Verdugo, Francisco, Spanish commander in the Low Countries, may cut off General Norreys' retreat, 160;

has been burning and spoiling in Friesland, 327;

defeats Count William of Nassau's company, 328, 333;

English troops said to have been cut to pieces by, 351;

appointed governor “on the quarter of Friesland and Groningen,” 437;

has remonstrated against the speeches of the preachers of Embden, 546;

in Friesland, 615.

Vere, Edward de, Earl of Oxford (Oxenford), has returned to England, 104.

-, -, servant of. See Hyham.

Verequen, Dr., of Gueldres, 506.

Ver Her (Vermere, Ver Hede, Vermeden), Jan, an ancient alderman of Amsterdam, and factor of the burgomaster of Middelburg, mercantile transactions by, 354–356.

Vermoulen, Jehan Pietrssen, ship of, seized, 397.

Verona, Cardinal Bishop of [Augustin Vallier], favour shown to, by the Pope, 571;

visit of, to and from the Doge of Venice, and departure for his See, 623;

matters urged upon the Doge by, 623, 625;

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

Verreyken, Louis, Spanish Secretary of State in Flanders, document signed by, 305.

Verteuil, King of Navarre and Prince of Condé meet at, 619.

Vexin, the, Huguenot refugees from, in England, 293.

Vezins, Vezines, [Antoine,] Sieur de, goes to Geneva, 415;

goes to France with the Swiss ambassadors, 600, 686.

Vice-Chamberlain. See Hatton, Sir Christopher.

Vicenza, inhabitant of, 662.

-, “the noble theatre of,” a comedy recited in, 623.

Vico, Marquis of, wounded at the skirmish near Grave, 627.

Vicques or Vigues (Vyke), John de, messenger, sent to England, 527;

to be sent to Sir Thomas Heneage, 637 (2).

Vieheuser (Viheisir), Dr. Sigismund, Imperial Vice-Chancellor, wishes to retire, 572.

Vienna, plague in, 622;

travellers to and from, 570, 627, 663.

-, news from, 623.

Vienne, Claude Antoine de, Seigneur de Clervant, sent from the King of Navarre to the Protestant Princes of Germany, 297, 334, 378, 515;

money furnished or promised by, 336;

in Switzerland, 360;

as “Sieur de Couppet,” 444.

-, -, letter from, mentioned, 315.

Viesti, church of, “proposed” for Doctor Valentino, 483.

Vieuxrire, M. de, of Rouen, refugee in England, 293.

Vigo, the great cross of, and all the church copes, plate &c., fall into Drake's hands, 64.

-, letter dated at, 65.

Villa Reale (Reyeall), Pedro de, Spanish prisoner in England, 26;

at Fontarabia, 279;

declaration to, on his release, alluded to, 472;

release of English merchants, granted to, 643.

-, -, letter to, 26.

Villeloin (Villoine) [Antoine de Bruyères], Abbot of, prayed by peasants to desire the King to make peace, 604.

Villeneuve (Valla Nuova), in Agenois, the Duc du Maine at, 488.

Villerets [qy. Villerez], M. de, refugee at Rye, 293.

Villeroy. See Neufville.

Villesaison, M. de, sent to England by the Prince of Condé, letter from, 177.

Villiers, Pierre de Loyseleur, Sieur de, to be induced to hearken to a peace, 42;

at Middelburg, 82;

letters sent by, 98, 100;

in favour of France, 102;

his criticism of Ste. Aldegonde's apology, 115;

means the English “no good,” 246.

-, -, letters from, 11, 115, 405 (?), 425;

sent by, 98, 100.

Vilna, Cardinal of, movements of, 623, 662, 663.

Vircmor, M. de[qy. Briquemaut], 177.

Viseu or Vicentis, church or bishopric of, 661;

Bishop of, see Castro, Michael de.

Vitelli, Marquis [Chiapino Vitelli, Marquis de Cetona], opinion of, concerning the invasion of England, 229.

Vitray, letter dated at, 401.

Vitry (Vitrey), resident at, 412.

Vivarais [Vivares], the, castle in, taken by the Huguenots, 477.

Vlie (Fly) or Vlieland, island of, information concerning, for the Prince of Parma, 334.

Voet, the Sieur Geerard, councillor of the Chancery of Gueldres, 506.

Vologda, district of, in Russia, house given to the English merchants in, 55.

Volta, Monsignor, to be president of Spoleto; 665.

Voorne, Pays de, assigned in dower to Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, 59;

property in, 89;

imposts of, may be used for pay of English garrisons, 470.

-, East and West, islands of, Elizabeth desires the martial government of, 132.

Vosberg or Vosbergen, Gaspar van, a deputy of Zeeland, treaty signed by, 34;

information from, 247.

Vostyne, lordship of, 154.

Vymont, Nicolas, goods belonging to, seized, 585.

W

Waad, William, clerk of the Council, denial of audience to, in Spain, alluded to, 8;

interview of, with the French ambassador, 61;

assurances given by, on behalf of the Privy Council, 190;

absent from Court, 476.

-, -, letter from, 61.

-, -, letter to, alluded to, 327.

-, -, cousin of. See Merbury, Charles.

Waal (Wahall, Wall), the river, 184, 265;

“cut,” and the grounds near drowned, 562;

almost cleared for passage, 673;

a bridge to be made over, 687;

ships lying in, 720.

Wachendorf, Adam, secretary of the Steelyard, 164, 435.

Waes, Pays de, mutinous Walloons in, 121;

Spanish companies sent from, into Brabant, 167–168.

Waghening, Wageningen, 666;

importance of preserving, 265.

-, list of captains and companies in, 212.

Wagmore, Richard, letter from, 535.

Walcheren (Valkere), island of, the principal “outlet” for navigation to the West, 265;

treasure to be sent to, from England, 413;

captured ships carried into, 489.

-, government of, Sir Henry Norris proposed for, 33;

offered to Sir Philip Sydney, ibid.

-, towns of, magistrates of, summoned to a conference by the Council of Zeeland, 93.

Waldam, in Picardy, residents at, 230.

Waller, Sir Walter, captain in Col. Morgan's regiment, company of, payment to, 25;

deduction from, 129.

-, -, wife of, 469.

Walloon, a, a seafaring man design of, against the Earl of Leicester, 158.

Walloons, tyranny of, alluded to, 689.

-, and Walloon churches in England. See England.

-, freebooters, in Bergen, disturbance by, 105.

-, forces. See Low Countries, forces in, of the enemy.

Wallop, Sir Henry, in relation to lands in Ireland, 34.

Walsingham, Sir Francis, Secretary of State, greetings sent to, 50;

dealings of, with the messenger from Russia, 56;

in relation to the negotiations with the Hanse towns, 73;

is believed to keep Sir E. Stafford's letters from the Queen, 82;

is “utterly discouraged” to deal in matters coming from the Earl of Leicester [with her Majesty], 204, 205;

his “helping hand” for the Low Countries acknowledged, 221;

knows of Stafford's “dallying with Charles Arundel,” 222;

wished to send a letter to Captain [Rowland] Yorke, 259;

Lanfranchi's letter to de Loo taken to, 379;

and detained by, 381;

to be applied to, on behalf of Merchants of Middelburg, 419;

negotiation of, with Antonio de Castilho, alluded to, 474;

his discovery of the negotiations for peace with Spain feared, 547;

de Loo does not wish to treat with, ibid.;

matters to be imparted to, 641, 672;

cunning behaviour towards 713;

has ordered Aldred to deal with Sir Edw. Stafford, 714.

-, -, articles exhibited to Burghley and, alluded to, 470;

apostiles by, 506.

-, -, clerk of, his endorsement of letters 303n.

-, -, documents signed by, 64, 324;

sent to, 675, 676.

-, -, drafts corrected by, 63, 113, 173, 232, 365, 408, 700.

-, -, endorsement by, 644.

-, -, letters from, 8 (2), 14, 16 (2), 21, 23 (2), 28, 29, 45, 46, 86, 111–113, 142, 143, 146, 150, 172, 173, 197, 201, 227, 231, 238, 241, 352, 393, 429, 512, 568, 629, 653;

heads of, 303;

alluded to, 652.

-, -, letters to, passim.

-, -, memorials by, 260, 342, 343, 508.

-, -, notes by, 53, 173, 319, 657.

-, -, passports requested from, 295.

-, -, persons recommended, or desiring to be recommended to, 51, 86, 110, 178.

-, -, requests to, from the French ambassador, 74, 139, 140.

-, -, servant of. See Probe.

-, -, wife of, compliments sent to, 283.

Waltham, forest of, 331.

Warcup, Leonard, recommended to Walsingham, 95.

-, Mr., business of Mr. Nutshawe and, 24.

Ward, Christopher, gentleman, servant to Sir Anthony Mildmay, wounded, 120.

Wardenburg in Denmark, letter dated from, 15.

Wards, court of, application in, alluded to, 358.

Warley, Capt. Ed. [probably the same as Capt. Ed. Wolley], deduction for “furniture” of, 129.

Warmont, [Johan van Duvenwoorde,] Heervan, Admiral of Holland, 107.

Waterford, soldiers at, going for Flushing, 618.

Watson, R., clerk of the Crown Office, certificate by, 150.

-, Capt. Thomas, company of, payment of, 25;

deduction from, 129.

Watts, John, and partners. See under Birde, John.

-, John, sent to England, 666.

Wau or Wauw Castle, near Bergen-op-Zoom, Spaniards going to seize, are opposed and killed, 484;

report that it is to be sold to the Prince of Parma, 612.

-, -, captain of, prisoners taken by, 50. And see Marbois.

-, -, letter dated from, 389.

Weemys (Wyms), gentleman of the chamber to the King of Navarre, returning to Scotland, 310.

Welch, one, an Irishman, suit of, in England, 222.

“Welshmen” [qy. Germans], two companies of, at Utrecht, 495.

Werboiez, Sieur de, cousin of the Sieur de Grunevelt, 151.

Werestein, Councillor, recommended by the Comte de Moeœurs, 15.

Werle (Werla), in Westfalia, surprise of, by Schenk, 401–404, 447;

so weak that he has “spoiled” and left it, 447, 482, 557.

-, Stadthouse of, burghers shut up in, 557.

Wesel, letters dated at, 196, 404.

Weser, the river, ships on, protection for, 720.

West Chester (Wachester). See Chester.

Westermarsh, the, near Norden, East Friesland, lands in, 468.

Westfalia, commodities brought into, 169;

Elector Truchsess' retirement into, alluded to, 266;

Schenk gains great booty in, 485;

sacking and burning in, by the new Elector's forces, ibid.

-, people of, said to have mutinied against their Bishop, 168.

-, princes of, ambassadors of, alluded to, 70.

-, Circle of, the question of giving aid to, treated at the Assembly of Worms, 482, 485.

West Friesland. See Friesland.

West Indies. See Indies, the.

Westminster, document dated at, 150.

-, house in, 398.

Westmorland, Earl of. See Nevil.

Westpenhaven, island of [Denmark], farm of the fishing about, 653.

Westrem, the Sieur Thierry de, councillor of Gueldres, 506.

Wetz [qy. White], Martin, a servitor of Sir Walter Ralegh, wine seized by, 698.

Weymouth (Ouemue, Wamue), merchants of, 475.

-, resident at, 583.

-, ship of, 305;

taken by pirates, 475.

Wheat, exportation of, from Artois and Hainault, forbidden, 44.

White, Lieutenant, Capt. Edw. Norreys wishes to put, into command at Rammekins, 156;

was one of those at Alost, 157.

Whitgift, Dr. John, Archbishop of Canterbury, made a Privy Councillor, 353.

Whithead, Whithed, Mr., prisoner at Dunkirk, 163, 233.

wight (Huih), Isle of, French ships carried to, 412, 583, 697, 698;

driven into and plundered, 416.

-, -, Governor of. See Carey, Sir George.

-, -, ship's crew imprisoned in, 428.

Wigmore, Mr., with the King of Navarre, 236.

Wilkes, Thomas, Clerk of the Council, letters to, 439, 621.

-, Mrs., greetings sent to, 439.

Willemstad, Willemstat (Guilliam State, William's State), alias Rugenhill, a house of the late Prince of Orange in the island of Clundert, troops to got to, 69;

warning sent to, 70;

the Earl of Leicester at, 200, 243;

might be a guard for the frontier, 265.

-, -, governor of. See Lyere.

-, -, letter dated from, 67.

-, island of. See Clundert.

Williams, Adrian, Vice-Admiral in Zeeland, “a brave gentleman and wholly addicted” to her Majesty, 325.

-, Captain Roger, appointed to superintend distribution of troops, 31;

in command at Bergen-op-Zoom, 50, 68, 69;

desires a command of cavalry, 70, 71;

his entry into Bergen, alluded to, 81;

has been at Flushing, in hopes of seeing Sir Philip Sydney, 167;

“deputy-governor” of Bergen, absent from the town, 477;

healed by a notable physician, 628;

takes part in a controversy, 688.

-, -, letters from, 50, 69, 74, 105, 126.

-, -, letters to, 96.

-, -, as lieut.-colonel to Col. Norreys' regiment, company of, payment of, 25;

deduction from, 129.

-, -, at Bergen, troops under, 50, 68;

a company of, sent to the Rammekins, 96, 156, 157, 163.

-, Mr., with the King of Navarre, 236.

-, one, living near Poole, 705.

Williamson, Sir Joseph, memorandum by, 262;

note by, concerning medals, 719.

Wilsford, Wylsford (Wilford), Captain Thomas, fortifications viewed by, 43, 192;

goes to Ostend, 184;

“the new governor of Ostend,” reports the state of his charge, 288;

as Governor of Ostend, has had no mutiny or alarum, 321;

reports of, not always to be credited, 331;

a band of voluntaries raised by, 338.

-, -, letters from, 215, 223, 321, 324, 659.

-, -, wife and child of, 659.

-, -, kinsmen of, 223.

-, Mrs., letter from, 338.

Wilson, Captain Thomas, “a brave old soldier,” 667.

-, -, letters from, 120, 669.

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

deduction from, 129.

-, Mr., the late, widow of, 512.

Wiltshire, justices of peace in, aid of, in apprehension of deserters, desired, 295.

Wimbledon, letters written at, alluded to, 17, 72, 435.

Winchelsea, French refugees at, kind treatment of, by the townspeople, 492, 493.

Winchester, Bishop of, London house of, 61, 385.

-, Marquis of. See Paulet, William.

Wines, of 1585, “have neither strength nor virtue,” 381;

ships freighted with, 445, 548, 697, 698.

Bourdeaux, 61.

Canary, 241, 698.

Gascony, 584.

Rhenish, 89.

Spanish, 585.

-, sack, 601.

Xeres (Cherest), 585.

Wingfield, Winckfeild, Captain Richard, and his company, sent to Flushing, 48, 81;

goes to Ostend, 184;

recommended to Burghley, 558;

had a pension in Ireland, 559;

came with Norreys from Ireland, 668.

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

deduction from, 129.

-, (Wyngfyld), Thomas, volunteer with Sir T. Cecil, 132.

-, -, Capt. Thomas Maria, acting as Governor of Bergen-op-Zoom, letter from, quoted, 477.

-, -, company of, in Morgan's regiment, payment of, 25;

deduction from, 129.

-, -, servant of, 478.

Winnyngton, Thomas, ill-treatment of, 268.

Winter, Lieutenant, killed, 667.

Witins, Richard, of Portsmouth, goods in the hands of, 583.

Wittenberg, the new Duke of Saxony puts guards into, 483.

Woad, ship laden with, 416;

seizure of, 417.

Woerden, letter dated at, 119.

Woesene, lordship of, 154.

Wolfenbüttel, marriage of the young Duke of Brunswick at, 89.

Wolley, Capt. Edward, company of, payment of, 25. And see Warley.

-, Mr., 232.

Woodbridge, Suffolk, provisions to be exported from, 198.

Wools, English, will be preferred in Holland to French or Spanish, 385.

Wootten. See Wotton,

Worle companies at, paid, 340.

Worms, Wurms, Deputations-Tag or Diet to be held at, 298;

has met, 327, 334, 424;

proposed demands from, to Elizabeth, 380;

divided views at, 380, 381, 404;

matters prejudicial to England brought forward in, 384;

little business done in, and expected end of, without result, 415, 482, 485, 570, 622;

the Emperor's demands to, not granted, 509;

refusal of, to aid Count Edzard, 545;

is to go on again, but with little hope of result, 624;

has broken up without doing anything, 663, 675.

-, -, commissioners at, divers propositions by, 359, 360;

the Emperor's deputies at, complaints and demands by, 454.

Worthingham, Robert, kept as hostage at Dunkirk, 651.

Wotton, Wootton, Edward, ambassador to the King of Scots, retires sans dire adieu, 112;

report that he is to succeed Sir Edw. Stafford in France, 212.

-, [qy. Edward], answer of, alluded to, 494.

-, Capt. James, company of, payment of, 25;

deduction from, 129.

-, Capt. John, company of, payment of, 25;

deduction from, 129.

Wren, —, a servant of Sir Henry Sydney, 673.

Wurttemberg, Wirtemberg, Ludovic, Duke of, to be urged to aid the King of Navarre, 135;

Clervant, ambassador of the King of Navarre, goes to, 297, 327;

difference between Duke Casimir and, 683.

-, -, daughter of, 336.

-, Frederic de, Comte de Montbéliard, to be chief of the embassy to France, 518;

the Swiss deputies to meet, at Dijon, 620.

-, theologians of, have offered to confer with the King of Navarre's ministers, 327.

Wyk-by-Durstede (Wyck), preservation of, importance of, 265.

Wyllems, Legier, ship of, seized, 397.

Wylsford. See Wilsford.

Wyngfyld. See Wingfield.

Wynhoff, Hermann, letter from, 282.

X

X, Earl of, 705.

Y

Yardley or Early, Roger, servant or companion of the Earl of Westmorland, sending over of, to England, proposed, 707, 715.

Yarmouth, Norfolk, provisions to be exported from, 198.

-, sailors or fishermen of, prisoners at Dunkirk, 233.

-, ship of, taken by pirates, 476.

Ydiaquez. See Idiaquez.

Yeraslavley, district of, in Russia, house given to English merchants in, 55.

Yetsweirt, Nicasius, documents left with, 232.

-, -, letter from, 301.

Yman, Jacques, letter from, 295.

Yoncs [qy. Young], cloth taken by, 697.

Yonge, one [probably John Young, customer at Rye], wine seized by, 584.

Yonkher, Dr., at Embden, 546.

York, Margaret of, widow of Duke Charles of Burgundy, the Brill assigned in dower to, 59.

York, Yorke, Capt. Edward, lieutenant-colonel of Morgan's regiment, company of, payment to, 25;

deduction from, 129.

-, Captain Rowland, information received from, 37, 42, 158;

at the Prince of Parma's camp, 259;

revolt of, alluded to, 494.

-, -, passport for, 432.

Young, Sir John, one allied to, 705.

-, Justice, a friend of, 260.

Ypres, Ypre, Ipres, in great distress for want of victuals, 45;

convoys from, measures for safety of, 184;

reduction of, alluded to, 689.

-, refugee from. See Kenwere.

Yssel, country of. See Overyssel.

-, the river (Yselstroom), ships lying in or sailing on, 720.

Z

Zagarola, waters of, scheme for bringing, to Rome, 660, 661.

Zagias or Saiaz, Gabriel de, a Spanish Secretary of State, now meddles little in public affairs, 208.

Zane, Matheo, ambassador from Venice to the Emperor, banquet given by, on St. Mark's day, 624.

Zeeland, province of, Davison going to, 36, 38, 42;

Count Hohenlohe going into, 38;

Count Maurice in or going into, see Nassau, Maurice of;

safety and welfare of, have been sustained only by the coming of the English, 88.

-, Admiral of. See Nassau, Justin of.

-, Admiralty of, answer of, alluded to, 528;

ships seized by, 502.

-, -, letter from, 489.

-, Admiralty Court of, English subjects have received hard measure in, 507.

-, companies of, much stronger than those of the English, 78;

paid, 340.

-, companies in, English, imprest to, 338. And see Flushing and Rammekins.

-, contributions agreed to by, the Earl's answer concerning, 681, 682.

-, Council of, 83;

some few of, not fully “resolved” about the cautionary towns, 93;

summon the magistrates of Walcheren for consultation, ibid.;

member of, 108;

deputies sent from, to order Ste. Aldegonde “to keep his house,” 136;

Ste. Aldegonde's declaration to, 137.

-, -, letters from, 109, 121, 123;

alluded to, 164.

-, Council of State in, letters from, alluded to, 397. And see Nassau, Count Maurice of, and his Council of State.

-, debts of, Flushing not to be molested for, 29.

-, an island of [qy. Walcheren], 70.

-, letters from, alluded to, 97, 149, and see Middelburg and Flushing, letters from.

-, merchants of, ships of, seized, 121;

merchants in, English money “taken up from,” 100, 166;

promise to lend more, 166. And see Middelburg.

-, money imprested in, for the garrisons, 212.

-, news from, 21, 67.

-, representatives of, in the Council of State. See Teylinck; Valck.

-, pensionary of. See Roels.

-, ships from, 601. And see Middelburg.

-, ships of war maintained by, list of, 720.

-, States or Estates of, assembly of, delayed, 38;

sign agreement for entry of English troops into Flushing &c., 49;

information sent to, 67;

hopes of help from, not fulfilled, 161;

motion made in, for ratification of Count Maurice's government, 182, 184;

are asked to send munition to Ostend, 191;

ships of Middelburg merchants seized by, 397.

-, -, letter from, 227.

-, -, deputies of, visit Davison, 7, 40;

assurances by, of their loyalty to Elizabeth, ibid.;

at the Hague, 27;

not yet at the States General, 39;

in relation to the treaty with Elizabeth, 39, 41, 44;

at the States General, 67;

Davison dines with, 100;

furtherance of the election of Count Maurice by, 183.

-, -, orders of, to Ste. Aldegonde, alluded to, 152.

-, the Straits of, 308.

-, “those of,” specially desire Sir Philip Sydney as governor, 38;

in relation to Flushing, 38, 88;

have written for more troops, 79;

wish to give the Earl of Leicester sovereign command, 220;

inquiries by, concerning prohibition of trade, alluded to, 296.

-, travellers to or from, 162, 308, 361.

-, vice-admiral in. See Williams, Adrian.

Zeeland (Denmark), 673, 674.

Zeno, Carlo, magnifico of Venice, beheaded “for his crimes,” 484, 487.

-, [Gio. Battista], Cardinal, [deceased,] celebration of the obsequies of, 662.

Zieriksee (Syriczea), sends victuals for the Earl of Leicester's ships, 243;

is the chief town in Schouwen, 325, 330.

-, loss of (in 1576), alluded to, 264.

-, “those of,” difficulties made by, 38.

Zimbern (Zimer), Graf von. See Daun.

Zirixelo, “those of,” are to conclude the treaty, 44.

Zolcher (Zulcher, Solcker), George, goes to England, 381, 416;

desires to export English ale, 381;

“occurrents” sent by, 510;

at Frankfort, 652.

Zubiaur. See Çubiaur.

Zuickau (Zuica), the new Duke of Saxony puts guards into, 483.

Zurich, deputies from, to France, See Switzerland, Protestant cantons and towns of, ambassadors from, to France.

-, Berne, Basel, Shaffhausen, deputies of, letter from, 640.

Zutphen, a parley “after the fashion of,” 151, 155, 160, 167;

surrender of, hoped for, 597, 678;

Taxis at, 615.

-, a fort near, not taken in seven months, 93.

-, county of, English soldiers in, to be gathered for muster, 10.

Zuyder Zee, fishermen of, taken, 557.

-, -, a town on. See Harlingen.

Zuylen, Ghisbert van, recommended as secretary for the new Council of State, 349.

-, William van. See Nyvelt.