N.

Naples, kingdom of, 8, 150, 166, 286, 384, 401, 480, 484, 528, 571.

-, said to have been offered by Francis to Pope Paul, 150, 170.

-, a fief of the Apostolic See at Rome, 571.

-, a white hackney and 7,000 ducats to be presented yearly to the Pope by the kings of Aragon and their successors in Spain, ibid.

-, barons of, 380.

-, Chancery of, 208.

-, viceroy of, v. Toledo (D. Pedro).

-, fleet of, 381; v. Galleys.

-, and Sicily, galleys of, under Andrea Doria, to scour the Mediterranean as far as Messina, 381, 383–4.

-, the Turkish fleet sent to the coast of, 401.

Narbonne, in the South, of France (dep. Aude); Francis's army on the side of, likely to join soon that of Pamplona, 136.

-, -, both armies together lay siege to Perpignan, 136 n.

-, k. Francis at, 150.

-, gov. of (St. Amand?); sends siege artillery to Barbarossa (July 1543), 463.

Nassau (Henri de), prince of Orange; death of, at Breda (Sept. 1538), alluded to, 396 n.

-, (René de), prince of Orange, son of Henri; to be sent to the relief of Antwerp (Aug. 1542), 78.

-, defeated in an engagement with the French (Aug. 1542), 90.

-, when disengaged at Heinsberg, to be sent with the forces under his command to the frontier of France (June 1543), 396.

-, sent to the relief of Heinsberg (June 1543), 424–5, 430.

-, his engagement with the army of the du. of Clèves, 424–5.

-, to take possession of Gelders and Zutphen in the Emp.'s name, 496.

Navarre, kingdom of, in Spain, 5, 56, 108.

-, -, to be included in the defensive league, 5.

-, -, -, as well as Flanders, the Low Countries, and other patrimonial dominions of the Emp., ibid.

-, -, k. Francis threatening to invade, 108, 120.

-, Française (French), if invaded on the side of Spain, k. Francis is sure to march to its defence, 120.

-, -, titular king of both the Span, and the French, v. Albret (Henri II. d').

Navigation, edict on, promulgated in Flanders and the Low Countries, 122–3, 347.

-, its revocation applied for by the English, 34, 38, 59, 76.

-, -, q. Mary has no objection provided reciprocity is observed, 45.

-, -, effected (July 1542), 45–7, 59–60, 74.

-, -, the act to pass and have effect from its date (June 1542), to make people believe that Chapuys' frequent visits to the Privy Council had reference to commercial affairs, not to a treaty of alliance, 60.

-, statute on, promulgated in England, 25.

-, -, repealed (June 1542), 59–60.

-, -, act of the simultaneous revocation of both edicts, the Eng. and the Imp., 25.

-, -, -, forwarded by Chapuys to q. Mary, 59.

Navigators, English; harm and damage done to, by French privateers, 131.

-, -, the French offering reparation (Sept. 1542), ibid.

Navy, English; k. Henry's doing wonders and dealing harshly with the French (Sept. 1542), 126.

-, -, discipline and rules to be observed by the, when operating against the French in conjunction with the fleet of the Low Countries, 299.

-, French, 126.

-, -, the cruisers and privateers of the, scouring the British Channel, 577.

-, Imperial, in Spain and the Mediterranean, cleaning that sea of Turkish corsairs, 381–2, 463; v. Galleys.

-, -, in the Low Countries, 282, 295–6, 312, 320; v. also under Fleet, Imperial, of Flanders.

-, Danish; no fear of the, which consists only of seven wretched war-ships (said k. Henry to Chapuys, 5 Sept. 1542), 126.

Negroponte, island of the Grecian Archipelago; Barbarossa, the corsair, at (June 1543), 381.

Neuf-Chastel, in France; receptor of, v. Gellimard.

Nevers, du. de, 373; v. Gonzaga (Luigi).

Neville (John), lord Latimer, second husband of Catharine Parr, 437, 447.

Newcastle [on-Tyne], death of Henry's lord privy seal on his way to (Oct. 1542), 149 n.

Newfoundland; French fleet returning from the fisheries of, defeated by the Imp. on the coast of Holland (Sept. 1542), 138.

Nicastro, episc. town of Naples; bp. of, v. Cervini (Marcello).

Nice, Nyce (Nizza della Paglia), town of Montferrat (Italy); truce of (1538), alluded to, 118, 307, 559.

-, Barbarossa's fleet to, 497.

-, the town of, taken by the French under Enghien, 495.

-, -, the castle, however, making a stout resistance, ibid.

Nicool (capt.), bearer of despatches from Prince Philip to Chapuys, 498.

Nienove (Ninove), in Flanders, 5.

-, the Emp.'s let. to Prince Philip from (June 1543), ibid.

Nierenberg, v. Nuremberg, or Nürnberg.

Nieuport, in Belgium (pro. W. Flanders), 421.

Nizza della Paglia; truce of, alluded to, 559, Int. i.

-, taken by Barbarossa and the French, 497, 589–90.

Norfolk, du. of, v. Howard.

Normandy, pro. of France, 370.

-, French legions of, 55.

-, the Eng. auxiliary army to invade France by way of, 274.

-, coast of, 303.

-, French armaments in the ports of, 311–2.

-, Henry's secret agents in, ibid 311, 376, 382 n.

-, sailors from, or Brittany, to be employed by Henry and Charles to serve against France, 371.

-, strong places in, and names of their govs. (1543), ibid.

Norphorc, du. of, v. Norfolk.

North; Francis' confederates in the, 226; v. Christian III. and Gustav Vasa.

-, news from the, 443.

North of England; plague in the (Oct. 1542), 149.

-, 1,500 men from the army of the, will soon cross the Channel to Calais, 388.

Northern Counties, 138.

-, 20,000 men being raised in the, by the du. of Suffolk, for the war against Scotland, 137.

-, death of Sir William FitzWilliam in the, 161–2.

Northern Seas; should k. Henry and the Emp. become masters of the, neither the Danes nor the French will dare go to Scotland, 277.

Novoredo (Novaredo?), town of Italy; the Emp. at, on his way to Trent (1 July 1543), 402–2 n.

Nowenar (Wilhelm), co. of, and Moerse, intercedes in favour of the du. of Clèves (Sept. 7, 1543), 477.

Noyers, town of France, in Burgundy (dep. Sonne); to be restored by France to the Emp., 339.

Noyon, town of France (dep. Oise); concentration of French troops at, for the purpose of invading Flanders (June 1543), 364.

Nuncios, Papal, in Spain, 3, 116, 184, 200, 202, 204–5, 211, 262.

-, the Emp.'s answer to the, in the matter of the peace with France, 211.

-, v. Riccio da Montepulciano.

Nuremberg (Nürnberg), in Bavaria; the diet of, 213, 263, 265, 272.

-, -, Granvelle attending it, 292–3.

-, -, deputies of Clèves at the, asking for a truce in the Du.'s name, 325, 327.

-, -, speech of q. Mary's representative at the, much praised by k. Henry, who asks for a copy of it, 272.

-, Granvelle at the Piet of, 261–3.

-, truce of, not ratified by the du. of Clèves, 327.

-, lets. dated from, 109, 110, 122, 138.

-, bankers of, 457.

Nyce, v. Nice and Nizza.

O.

Oilleron (Oleron), island of, on the S.W. coast of France (dep. Charente), 370.

Older Kirke, Older Kyrke, in E. Flanders; to be defended against a sudden attack of the French, 492.

Olderwyke, 492; v. Older Kyrke (?).

Olfy, le bastard d', capt. or gov. of Mezièressur-Meuse in Champagne (1543), 373.

Olsten, Olstein, du. of, 64, 66; v. Schleswig-Holstein.

O'Niel (O'Neil), a great Irish lord, arrives in London (13 Sept. 1542), 134.

Onderwyk, ecclesia de, the church of, in E. Flanders (Olderwyke?).

-, the French of Ardres meditating an attack upon, 493.

Oostfrize (W. Friesland), brothers of, sent by the q. of Hungary to Maëstricht (March 1543), 281 n.

Oran, in N. Africa, 550–1.

-, 1,000 Span. from, to sail for Cartagena, and thence go to Perpignan, 381, 424.

-, -, if not wanted there, to sail for Genoa, 382.

-, gov. of (1543), v. Rueda (Luis de).

Orange, Prince of, v. Nassau (René de).

Orders, military, in Spain; knights of, in N. Africa, 551, 553.

-, -, Papal bull for the sale of their property and lands, 455.

Ordinances promulgated in England; one in 1542 forbidding the export of woollen cloth exceeding the value and price of 17 ducats per piece, 9.

-, -, another of Dec. 1543 against the importation of French goods in England, 546.

-, -, Chapuys' opinion, however, is that k. Henry only wishes to get money out of the licences applied for by merchants, ibid.

Ordnance, English, for the field, as well as for sieges of towns, 295.

-, -, k. Henry well furnished with pieces of all sizes and calibres in good condition, 313.

-, -, -, glad, however, to obtain from Flanders some cast-iron guns to mount on his war-ships, ibid.

-, -, -, provided they be not of the same class as the three hundred last brought from that country, which proved so bad and unserviceable that they had to be put away, ibid.

-, -, master of the, to Henry, 304.

-, French; 40 pieces of, prepared by Francis for the invasion of the Low Countries (June 1543), 364.

-, Imperial; a train of 100 pieces of, prepared for the Emp. in Bavaria (April 1543), 316.

-, -, heavy, or siege; a large quantity of, to be found both in Germany and in Flanders, 284.

-, -, master of the, to the Emp., 317.

-, -, how many pieces of, both for siege and for the defence of a town taken from the enemy can be procured in Flanders? asked the privy councillors (May (?) 1543), 356; v. also under Artillery.

Orense (Auria), in Galicia (Spain); bp. of, episcopus Auriensis, v. Manrique (Don Francisco).

Orleans, town of France (dep. Loiret); Charles Honz student at, 11, 17, 115 n.

-, Sir Henry Knivett detained by illness at (June 1542), 23.

-, du. of, v. Valois (Charles de).

-, gov. of (in 1543), v. Lancelot du Lac.

Ornachos (Hornachos), town of Cordoba (Spain), Knight Commander of, v. Vega (Juan de).

Orsini, Roman family, 570.

-, to be dealt with according to time and circumstances, wrote the Emp. to Vega, the amb. at Rome (July 1543), 570.

Orsino (Giovan Francesco), co. of Pitigliano; should war break out in Italy, his services ought to be secured, 260–1.

-, (Giovan Paolo), and another Italian capt. about to make levies for k. Francis (Sept. 1543), 150.

Orthez, town of Gascony (France, dep. Hautes Pyrénées); viscount of, Int. xxx–vi.

-, Prothonotary of, of the house of Grammont; French amb. in England (March–July 1543), 276, 286–7, 302, 310, 320, 406, 416–7, 431, 453, 457, 463, 487, 585, Int. xxx–vii.

-, -, arrives in London to replace Marillac (March 1543), 276.

-, -, -, succeeds him as ambassador, ibid.

-, -, goes to Court with Marillac, and asks permission for the latter to quit England, 287.

-, -, -, which permission k. Henry refuses to grant until Paget's return to England, ibid.

-, -, in receipt of lets. from k. Francis (1 April 1543), 296.

-, -, asks for an audience, but Chapuys going to Court first, prevents his seeing the King, ibid.

-, -, goes again to Court two days running, and cannot see the King (9 April 1543), 302.

-, -, -, his object being, as he himself stated to the privy councillors, to declare k. Francis's willingness to let Paget proceed to England, provided Marillac is allowed to quit Calais.

-, -, applies again for audience with persistent importunity (April 1543), 310.

-, -, sees the K. at last, and tries to ascertain what his intentions are concerning the war against France, ibid.

-, -, -, leaves the Royal presence, as irresolute and confused as before, k. Henry's answer being an evasive one, ibid.

-, -, complains bitterly of the capture by Eng. cruisers of certain French merchant vessels (April 1543), 332.

-, -, would have gone to Court himself to plead his case had he not been rather unwell at the time, ibid.

-, -, the courier sent by, to France to announce k. Henry's declaration of war, returns to London (31 May 1543), 360.

-, -, -, most likely to (as it is said) apply for a prolongation of the term of 20 days fixed in the challenge, ibid.

-, -, challenge and declaration of war to France read to (22 June 1543), 407–11, 416–7.

-, -, -, in the Council-Room at Westminster by the du. of Norfolk, 415, 457.

-, -, -, by Fallaix, the Imp. herald (23 June), 411–13.

-, -, -, q. Mary applying for copies of the two challenges, ibid.

-, -, on the challenge being read to him, makes no answer at all, save saying that it was entirely Garter's fault, 420.

-, -, -, had the herald proceeded on his mission everything might have been satisfactorily settled, for Garter, as King's herald, needed no safe conduct at all, ibid.

-, -, being told that Garter was afraid of being treated in the same manner as Paget had been, tries to excuse and justify that amb.'s arrest, ibid.

-, -, -, upon which Paget, at that time back in England, and present in the Council-Room, contradicts most openly, ibid.

-, -, represents that the term of 20 days fixed for k. Francis's answer is insufficient, as most of his mins. and councillors are out of Paris (June 1543), 420.

-, -, applies for the prorogation of the term, and asks for a safe conduct for a new amb. to be sent by k. Francis, 435.

-, -, sends a message to the privy councillors to announce that his master's affairs are in a most prosperous state, 430.

-, -, -, he has a large army, and plenty of money at his command to make war to the Emp., ibid.

-, -, let. of, to k. Francis intercepted, and sent by the Privy Council to Chapuys to decipher (11 July 1543), 431, 436.

-, -, -, copy of the deciphering sent to q. Mary, 436.

-, -, calls at Court, on the day of Chantonnay's departure from England (July 1543), 443, 446.

-, -, states that k. Francis could not have answered the charges made in the challenge within the term fixed and already expired; and applies again for its prolongation, 444, 446.

-, -, applies for a safe conduct for a new amb. of k. Francis to be the bearer of certain proposals of reconciliation, ibid.

-, -, offers in his master's name to make k. Henry the arbiter of his differences with the Emp., ibid.

-, -, -, both applications refused by k. Henry, 443–4.

-, -, his curt and sharp answer to, much praised by the Emp., Prince Philip, and q. Mary, 446, 452.

-, -, dismissed and ordered to quit England immediately, 447.

-, -, calls again on k. Henry (15 July 1543), 444–7.

-, -, -, quits England two or three days after, and receives on parting a present of silver-plate, ibid.

-, -, his real name conjectured to be D'Aspremont, q. v. 585, Int. xxxix.

Orton, sieur d', v. Herbois and Herbais.

Osterlings (Australiens, Easterlings); the, of the Teutonic language said to have entered into an alliance with k. Francis (July 1543), 55.

Otto (Otho Heinrich), du. of Brunswick and Luneburg, of the Wolfenbuttel branch (1514–68), v. under Heinrich IV.

-, -, of Bavaria, 355.

Oudard (Odart de Biez), gov. of Boulogne-sur-Mer, 51–2, 371.

-, has done some damage in the territory of Guînes (Sept. 1542), 139.

-, writes a let. to the Deputy of Calais, 385, 414.

-, offers to receive personally Garter's communication, but will not allow him to proceed to Francis's Court, ibid.

-, attempts to revictual Ardres (Aug. 1543), 470.

-, -, k. Henry's preparations to prevent it, ibid.

Ouglas, le comte d', 222, 243; v. Douglas (Archibald, earl of Angus).

-, (George d'), v. Douglas (George).