U.

Ulch, port of England, v. Hull.

Ulieland, island at the mouth of the Amsterdam canal, 47 n.

Ulme (Ulm), town of Würtenberg, 403 n, 441, 500, 505.

-, the Emp. at (30 July 1543), 441.

-, let. dated from, 187.

Unfe (?), sieur de, gov. of Beaune, in Burgundy (1543), 372.

Urbino, du. of, v. Rovere and La Rovere.

Ureica (?), French corsair, taken prisoner (1542), 159.

Ursin, v. Orsino (Giovan Paolo?).

Ursino, v. Orsino.

Utrecht, in Holland, Add. and Cor. 5.

Uvignefild, v. Wingfield.

Utrecht (Netherlands), 277, 430, 438.

-, bpric. of, 437.

-, the castle of, 277, 281.

-, -, one of k. Henry's agents a prisoner in, v. Watszon.

Utreque, v. Utrecht.

Uuesmestre, v. Westminster.

V.

Valdés (Alfonso), Latin sec. to the Emp., 122 n., Int. xx.

Valenchiennes, v. Valenciennes, in Flanders.

Valencia, kingdom of, in Aragon, 574.

-, -, Moriscoes, or newly converted Moors of; Papal breves (letters) for their instruction applied for, 574.

-, -, the coast of, and Catalonia to be guarded against a sudden attack of the French and Turkish fleets (Aug. 1543), 41.

-, -, -, such provision having been made that the enemy changing their mind are about to attack Nizza, ibid.

-, city; the Emp. at (Dec. 1542), 122, 184.

-, -, let. dated from, 83.

-, -, bp. of, v. Austria (George of).

Valenciennes, in Flanders; k. Francis hearing that 4,000 Imp. lanskennets are marching towards, orders those he himself had in Brittany, to approach that Belgian frontier (March 1543), 287.

-, the French intending to lay siege to (Jan. 1543), 407.

-, the Emp. at (Nov. 1543), 522–4, 537.

-, lets, dated from, 259, 260.

Valero (Martin), bp. of Elna, in the Roussillon, 574.

-, presented for the bpric. of Lérida (Dec. 1543), 575.

-, death of, ibid.

Valladolid, cap. town of Castille; the Emp.'s court at (Jan.-May 1542), 3 n., 7 n., 17 n., 75, 442 n., 549 n.

-, the Spanish Council of State sitting at, 455.

-, the ratification of the treaty of alliance by the Emp. erroneously stated to have taken place at, instead of at Barcelona, Int. x.

-, lets, and papers dated from (1542), 1, 2, 3, 201, 205, 235.

Valle (co. La), his expedition to Canada in May 1543, Int. xli.

Valois (Charles de), du. of Orleans, third son of k. Francis, 5, 6, 17 n., 112, 114, 127, 209, 287, 432.

-, -, k. Francis again soliciting the hand of the Princess Mary for (May 1542), 5, 6, 12, 219.

-, -, invades the Luxemburg (14 July 1542), 72.

-, -, takes Danvilliers by assault, 72, 86, 90.

-, -, lays siege to Ivoix, which he also takes (Aug.), 113, 123.

-, -, the Bretons wishing him to be their duke, as his bro. the Dauphin François was till his death in 1536, 114.

-, -, -, suspecting that k. Francis is about to incorporate them in the crown of France, ibid.

-, -, takes possession of the capital of the duchy of Luxemburg, which was actually without defences of any kind, 123.

-, -, -, rumours of his intending to retreat therefrom (Sept.), 127.

-, -, the duchy of Orleans given to, after the death of the Dauphin, his brother, 282, 577.

-, -, in the Hainaut with his father, the King, and his bro., the Dauphin (July 1543), 432.

-, -, solicits the alliance of the Protestant Princes of Germany, 479, 480–1.

-, -, -, writes to them that he is determined to have the Holy Gospel preached in the duchy of Luxemburg (Sept. 1543), 480.

-, -, -, -, would already have done so in his own duchy of Orleans had he not been prevented by the reverential affection to his father, k. Francis, and to his own bro., the Dauphin (Henri), ibid.

-, -, -, -, his let. to the Landgraf of Hesse-Cassel and to the du. of Saxony to that effect, 220.

-, -, his practices and deeds most execrable and of the worst kind (said k. Henry to Chapuys, Nov. 1542), 517.

-, -, his sec., v. Maillet (Antoine).

-, (François de), du. of Brittany and dauphin of France), eldest son of k. Francis; prisoner with his bro. in Spain as one of the hostages for his father (1526–9), 17 n.

-, -, death of (12 Aug. 1536), alluded to, 17 n.

-, (Henri de), dauphin of France, second son of Francis I., 17 n., 432.

-, -, calls himself the "spiritual son" of Henry VIII. of England, 41.

-, -, will in time take the title of k. of England just as Henry has assumed that of k. of France, ibid.

-, -, his boasting declaration respecting England and k. Henry VIII. (1542), ibid.

-, -, becomes dauphin of France after the death of his brother François, in 1536, 17 n., 432.

-, -, with the King, his father, laying siege to Perpignan, on the Spanish frontier, 143.

-, -, in the Hainaut with his brother Charles (July 1543), 432.

-, -, -, intending, as reported, to push forwards into the country and join, if possible, the du. of Clèves, ibid.

-, -, goes post-haste to Marseilles to meet Barbarossa and hold a conference with him (Aug. 1543), 463.

-, (Madeleine de), dau. of k. Francis, married to James V., k. of Scotland; alluded to, 31.

-, -, death of (1 July 1537) v. Magdalen of France.

-, (Marguerite de), youngest dau. of k. Francis I.; her marriage with the Crown Prince of Spain (Philip) proposed by Pope Paul, as the means of adjusting the differences between the Emp. and k. Francis, 257.

-, -, ultimately married to Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, prince of Piedmont, 257 n.

Valona, seaport of Albania, in Asiatic Turkey, v. Velona (La).

Valop, v. Wallop (Sir John).

Valvestre (?), v. Barbastro, in Aragon (Spain).

Vandenesse; his "Itinerary of Charles V." quoted, 111 n., 237 n., 359 n., 389 n., 481 n., 500 n., 524 n., 549 n., 583 n., 588 n.

Van Halison, Dutch merchant in London, v. Halisen (Godfrey van).

Van Rossen, Field Marshal of Gelders, v. under Rossen.

Vannes, in Brittany (dep. Morbihan), 369.

-, gov. of, v. La Vall (co. de).

Varaez, v. Vargas.

Varana (Giovan Maria), du. de Camarino, alluded to, 353.

-, (Giulia), dau. of the preceding and heiress of his estate; married to Guidobaldo della Rovere, du. of Urbino, 593.

Vargas, Field Marshal, v. Perez de Varyas.

Vargelay (?), in France (dep. Cher); Chancellor Poyet's lets, from, to card. Tournon and to the adm. of France, 38, 39.

Vasa (Gustav), k. of Sweden (1523–60), 150, 219, 540.

-, an ally and confederate of the French, 138.

-, k. Francis's treaty with (1542), 85.

-, -, not shown by Marillac or L'Aubespine to k. Henry, ibid., Int. xxxvi.

-, makes an alliance with the du. of Holstein, 445.

-, gives his subjects permission to capture any English vessels at sea, ibid.

Vasto d'Ammone, a village in the Abrazzo Citeriore (Naples), Int. xlviii.

-, Basto and Gasto, marq. del, a corruption of, ibid.

Vaughan (Dr. Stephen), Henry's amb. at Brussels (1541–2), 69.

Vazquez de Molina (Juan), the Emp.'s secretary, countersigns a letter of Charles to his son Philip, 153.

Vega (Juan de), Imp. amb. at Rome, 481, 558, 563, 588.

-, -, the Emp.'s Instructions to, 282.

-, -, conference of, with Pope Paul's deputies, 558–9.

-, du. de, v. Colon y Portugal.

Velasco, v. Fernandez de Velasco.

-, (D. Bernaldino, Bernardino), second High Constable of Castille, D. Pedro, first du. of Frias, 75 n.; v. under Fernandez de Velasco.

-, (D. Juan de), 75 n.

-, (Da. Maria de), dau. of the High Constable of Castille, D. Pedro, third du. of Frias; mistress of the robes to q. Catharine of Portugal, 73, 79, 442 n.

-, (D. Pedro de), third du. de Frias, High Constable of Castille, v. Fernandez de Velasco (Pedro).

Velona (La), port of Albania; two secret agents of the Emp. going to, and La Prevesa to obtain information concerning the Turk's movements (Jan. 1543), 194.

Velzers, bankers of Augsburg, v. Welzers.

Vendôme, du. de, v. Bourbon (Antoine de).

Venetians (the), 212, 582.

-, applying to k. Henry for the privilege they once had of exporting wool from England (May 1542), 11.

-, -, the application refused; they are too great friends of the Pope for their alliance to be relied upon, ibid.

-, k. Henry's authority with the, is so great that he may at any time make league with them against k. Francis (the Royal deputies said to Chapuys in Dec. 1542), 164, 169.

-, -, nor would it be difficult to alienate them from Pope Paul, 169–70.

-, -, well disposed, on the contrary, towards the Emp. (Jan. 1543), 193.

-, the moment Pope Paul hears of the Emp. going to Italy, his negociations with the, begin, 195.

-, -, and he tries to gain them over to his views (Jan. 1543), ibid.

-, Pope Paul trying to persuade the, that the Emp.'s demands with regard to k. Francis are excessive, 206.

-, -, and to make them declare in favour of the latter, ibid.

-, Pope Paul again negociating with the, 242.

-, -, promising, if they make alliance with him, to relinquish his claims to Ravenna (?) and Cervia, ibid.

-, ships of the, in the Thames, 371.

-, -, might be used as transports for the English infantry in case of an invasion of Brittany (suggested L'Artigue in his report), ibid.

-, their league and confederation with the Emp. for the defence of the duchy of Milan in 1535–6, alluded to, 565.

-, frequently solicited by k. Francis and the Pope to forsake the Emp.'s friendship, ibid.

Venice (Venezia), signory or republic of, 11, 193, 242, 261.

-, apparently well disposed towards the Emp., and helping the Imp. amb., D. Diego de Mendoza, to procure a truce with the Turk (Jan. 1543), 193–4.

-, Pope Paul negociating with the (Feb. 1543), 261.

Venice, city; news from, 242.

-, Henry's agent in, v. Harvel.

-, the Emp.'s ambs. in, v. Mendoza (D. Diego Hurtado de).

Venison; a buck presented by k. Henry to Chapuys, 42.

Venlo (Venloo), in Belgium; Charles' camp at (Sept. 1543), 477, 479, 483, 489, 490, 496.

-, treaty with Clèves at, 219.

-, lets, dated from, 227–8, 229, 230.

Vennes, 372; v. Vannes.

Veraguas, du. de, v. Colon y Portugal (D. Pedro Manuel de).

Verbais, 57 n.; v. Herbais.

Verbins, v. Verviers.

Vermandoys, county of, in France, 394.

-, bailli (bailiff) of (1543), v. Longuerval.

Vermeo, in Biscay (Spain), v. Bermeo.

Verre (La), port of Zeeland, 73.

-, Danish ship armed for war captured close to (July 1542), 73 n.

-, -, her capt. interrogated, 74.

-, v. La Verre.

Vertays (sieur de), v. Herbais and Herbois.

Vervier (?), v. Bermeo, in Biscay.

Vidal (Alfonso), Span, officer, gentleman in waiting to the Emp.; taken prisoner at the siege of Landresy (Oct. 1543), 513, 590.

Viegel (Viglia?), in Piedmont, 56.

Vieland, v. Ulieland.

Vienna (Wien), cap. of Austria, 1.

-, Imp. archives of, 1 n., 14 n., 70 n., 75 n., 125 n., 183 n., 193 n., 261 n., 397 n., 417 n., 430 n., 432 n., 586–8, 592–3, 597 n., Int. viii, xlxix–li.

-, Solyman reported to be in Hungary and intending to push as far as, 504.

Vieregen (Wieringen), island of, in the canal of Amsterdam, 47, 66.

Villabon (?), sieur de, v. Villebonne (?).

Villafranca, in Spain, v. Villafranca del Bierzo.

- di Nizza, in Piedmont, 468 n.

- (Villafrancha), di Pedemonte, town of Piedmont, 56.

- del Bierzo, in Galicia (Spain), Int. xlviii.

-, -, marq. de, v. Toledo (D. Pedro de).

Villalon, town of Old Castille; the fair at, 195.

-, bills drawn by Mendoza upon the Imperial Treasury of Milan, payable at, with a discount of 2 per cent., ibid.

Villanova di Pedemonte, 56; v. Villeneufve.

Villa Real (D. Alonso de), challenged by a Moor, 553.

-, -, slays him in single combat, 554.

-, (capt. Juan de), field marshal in Africa (1543), 551.

Villebon (Villebonne?), provost of Paris, gov. of Therouannes (1543), 374.

Villena, marq. de, v. Pacheco (D. Juan).

Villeneufve (Villeneuve), 56.

Vincestre, bp. of, 112 n.; v. Winchester.

Visal (Alfonso), Span, officer, v. Vidal (?).

Viseu, in Portugal; card. bp. of, v. Sylva (Miguel de).

Vitello (Alessandro), Ital. condottiero in the Papal service, 261.

Viterbo, town of Piedmont; the people of, 570.

Vlieland, one of the islands in the canal of Amsterdam, v. under Ulieland.

Vos le Due, v. Bois le Duc.

Vuillen, Lord William Howard, 126.

Vulpan, Castel, 12.

Vuyshardini (the), merchants of Florence, v. Guicciardini.

W.

Waggons, chariots, carts, &c.; a good amount of, may be procured in Flanders for a tolerably large army, 358.

-, -, also gun-carriages and horses for the artillery, 414.

Waimestre, v. Westminster.

Walloons (the), at Antwerp make a sortie and defeat the French (Aug. 1542), 90.

Wallop (Master John, and Sir John), Eng. gov. of Guines, 38, 82 n., 88, 91 n., 114, 125, 249, 335, 344, 352, 362, 418, 420, 458, 512.

-, writes to Du Rœulx that he has received orders from England to cooperate with him against the French (Aug. 1542), 91, 114.

-, ready to help to the defence of Flanders and the Low Countries invaded by Vendôme (May 1543), 336, 352.

-, -, even before the two heralds, Garter and Toison d'Or, have evacuated their joint commission of declaring war to France, 352.

-, the force under his command increased by 2,000 English archers and 200 men-at-arms, ibid.

-, appointed instead of Cheyne to the command of the English auxiliary forces on the Continent (1 June 1543), 360.

-, is not only to co-operate to the defence of the Low Countries, but take also the offensive, if necessary, 362.

-, warns Mr. de Byes not to harm the Emp.'s subjects in the vicinity of Guînes, for otherwise he has orders from k. Henry to take up arms in their defence (June 1543), 423.

-, in command of the Eng. auxiliary force before Landresis, 458, 512.

-, the Emp. highly commending his services as provost marshal of the English auxiliary army (Oct. 1543), 504–5, 507.

-, informs the Emp. that his time of service in Flanders is up, but that he will gladly remain in arms at his expense (24 Oct. 1543), 507.

-, writes to the Emp., 247.

-, let. of the Emp. to, 229.

-, -, of Mr. du Rœulx to, 40.

War, Hungarian, against the Turk; the Pope to be earnestly requested to help to the, by land and sea, 7.

-, -, -, again applied to by Aguilar to send his promised contingent in men or money towards the (Jan. 1543), 200.

-, -, k. Henry's assistance and help urgently requested by the King of the Romans (Ferdinand), 65, 393.

-, -, k. Henry considering the, at an end after the defeat of the Turks at Buda, 65.

-, -, -, which is one of his reasons for refusing to help the k. of the Romans (Ferdinand), ibid.

-, English against Scotland, 163.

-, -, k. Francis trying to persuade the Scotch to make war to England, 396.

-, -, mutual raids across the Borders until the death of k. James (May-December 1542).

-, of the allies (Henry VIII. and the Emp.) against France; the English much inclined to make it, 185.

-, -, k. Henry determined to declare, to France, 278.

-, -, -, he will not commence hostilities until he himself has been challenged by k. Francis, 279.

-, -, -, -, a sort of thing the English fully expect, and without which it is a point of honour with them not to attack an enemy, ibid.

-, -, q. Mary urgently requested to prepare ammunition, carriage, and material for the English army about to cross the Channel (June 1543), 360–1.

-, -, -, a commissary appointed by k. Henry to receive and take charge of the same, taking only what is absolutely necessary for the English force, ibid.

-, -, -, as to provisions of food for the men, a sufficient quantity to be drawn from Calais, the remainder to come from England, 414.

-, -, declaration of, and challenges to be made to France (May 1543), 344–7.

-, -, the English very active in their preparations for the, 388.

-, -, -, every day troops are being sent to Calais, ibid.

-, -, -, -, they will be followed by 1,500 men from the army of the North, ibid.

-, -, the challenge and intimation of, to be made to k. Francis as soon as possible, 306, 344.

-, -, bp. Bonner asking the Emp. whether he has any other griefs and complaints to name besides those specified in the preamble to the treaty (12 April 1543), 306.

-, -, -, Memorandum to that effect placed into the bishop's hands by Granvelle, to be inserted in the challenge and intimation of, 306–7.

-, -, -, -, a similar Memorandum of Instructions to Chapuys respecting the challenge and intimation of, to France to be made conjointly with, or separately from, that of k. Henry (22 May), 344–7.

-, -, declaration of, read by the du. of Norfolk to the French amb. at Westminster (23 June 1543), 167 (pp. 407–11).

-, -, -, by the Emp.'s herald [Fallaix] to the same, 168 (pp. 411–3).

-, -, publicly proclaimed throughout England, 455.

-, -, -, a clause being added to this effect: that all the Emp.'s enemies are likewise k. Henry's enemies (May 1543), 458.

-, -, -, great alarm caused by it among all foreign merchants, and principally the Easterlings, ibid..

-, -, Chantonnay's mission to England for the purpose of hastening the, 463–4.

-, French, against the Emp. in Flanders and the Low Countries; likely to be as destructive for the English merchants as for those of Flanders and the Low Countries (wrote Chapuys to q. Mary in Sept. 1542), 133.

-, -, begins in July 1542 without any formal challenge or defiance, 337.

-, -, the Hainaut invaded (June 1543), 422.

-, the Emp.'s against France; rumours of war between the Emp. and k. Francis purposely spread, 48.

-, -, -, a report of, having been proclaimed in Flanders (July 1542), 52.

Waren (Rodolph, Rudolf), merchant of Calais (Sept. 1543), 472.

Wasa (Gustav), k. of Sweden and Norway (1513–60); allied to the French, 271.

-, makes a treaty with k. Francis (1541–2), 54, 85.

-, threatens the coasts of Holland and Zeeland, 115.

-, v. also Vasa (Gustav I.).

Waston, Wastzon, v. Watson (William).

Waten (?), in Belgium, let. dated from, 40.

Watson (sec. William), well versed in the navigation of the Northern Seas, 277.

-, on a mission to Denmark (Jan. 1543), ibid.

-, taken prisoner by the Imperialists and confined in the castle of Utrecht, ibid.

-, he had written from Bremen and Hamburg, but beyond those towns he had not been heard of, ibid.

-, -, the people of the latter town, however, had often written the most reassuring lets, about him, ibid.

-, said to have been sent to Iceland by a company of English merchants, 315.

-, -, an agent of that company sent to make enquiries after him, ibid.

-, his arrest was at the Sond Straits on suspicion of his being a spy, ibid.

-, -, or at Utrecht on his return, in consequence of his having no papers to establish his identity, and being about to start for Gelders, 277.

-, -, released on k. Henry's application, 281.

Westminster; meeting of the Privy Council at the Palace of, Int. xxv.

-, lets, dated from, 131.

-, the Court at, 593.

-, the declaration of war to France made at (June 1543), 415.

-, bp. of, v. Thirlby (Dr. Edmond).

Wheat, scarcity of, in central Spain, 154.

-, Chapuys in the Emp.'s name applying for permission to purchase and export from England (Nov. 1542), 154.

-, licence granted to a Spanish merchant residing in London to export 1,000 quarters of, 224.

-, had the scarcity of that cereal been as great as represented, k. Henry would have granted licence for a much larger quantity (said the privy councillors to Chapuys, Jan. 1543), ibid.

-, -, but he suspects that it is all owing to some speculating merchant or other, who wishes to make money out of it, ibid.

-, interrogated by Chapuys as to the future campaign against France, and how he intends to provide food for his army, k. Henry answers that a sufficient quantity of, shall be sent to Calais (18 April 1543), 313.

-, scarce also in Flanders and in the Low Countries, 299, 388.

-, should k. Henry want it for his army on the Continent he must send it on to Calais, for in Flanders there is little of it, 299.

-, -, so much so that q. Mary will have to apply for it, ibid.

Whyat, Whyatt (Master, Sir Thomas), Eng. amb. to the Emp. (1538–40), 79.

-, at Ghent (Nov. 1540), ibid.

-, commander of a big galley, almost ready to go out to sea, 84, 88.

-, is to become, as it is thought, vice-admiral of the whole Eng. fleet (Aug. 1542), 88.

-, sent by k. Henry to Falmouth, to receive the Imp. amb. (Montmorency), 159.

-, -, dies on the road thither, eighty miles from London, ibid. n.

-, son of, sent to the Tower (April 1543), 304.

Wied (Hermann von), co. arbp. of Cologne (Kolln) and arch-chancellor of the Empire for Italy, 166.

-, intercedes in favour of the du. of Clèves (Sept. 1543), 477.

Willien, Lord; see under Howard (Lord William).

Winchester (bp. of, Mons. de), v. Gardiner (Stephen).

Windat, town of Brabant, to be surrendered by the du. of Clèves (Sept. 1543), 479.

Windsor Castle, 82–3.

-, treaty of, alluded to, 157, 241, 300, 330.

-, -, Art. xxiv. of the, invoked by Chapuys (30 June, 1542), 34.

-, the Privy Council at, 82–3, 85, 393.

-, let. dated from, 42.

-, Marillac and Chapuys summoned to (9 Aug. 1542), 82–3.

Wine, French; q. Mary sending to k. Henry a present of (3 July 1543), 47.

-, -, -, the receipt acknowledged with many thanks, ibid.

-, -, English ships and vessels with a cargo of, for k. Henry's table captured on the coast of Brittany by French and Scotch privateers together (June 1543), 233.

-, -, -, k. Henry exceedingly angry when he heard of it, ibid.

-, -, k. Henry refusing altogether to grant safe-conducts to French vessels laden with, and dyers' woad, on the plea that it is equivalent to putting money into the hands of the enemy, 315, 331.

-, -, q. Mary renews her application for safe-conducts to vessels belonging to the Guicciardini of Florence laden with, and dyers' woad, 300.

-, -, -, 3,000 casks of the former article, and 10,000 bales of the latter, are already on board of 22 French vessels, ibid.

-, -, -, -, q. Mary engaging that the French vessels so laden shall go back to France without touching in any port of Scotland or elsewhere, ibid.

-, -, very scarce in Germany and not easily procured, owing to the war with Clèves, and yet German soldiers cannot go without it (wrote q. Mary to Chapuys, April 1543), 300.

Wintonensis; the bp. of Winchester, q. v.

Woad; no safe-conducts to be granted henceforward to vessels laden with, and wine, 300.

-, -, if any are given by q. Mary, they shall not be respected, ibid.

Woodstock, in Oxfordshire; k. Henry's Court at (Oct. 1542), 103.

-, the English Court at (Sept.–Oct. 1543), 492, 494, 593–4.

-, lets. dated from, 226, 227, 232, 235, 236.

Wool; the shearers and weavers of, their differences settled by a Royal ordinance (1539), 10.

Woollen-cloth; ordinance and statute forbidding the exportation of (1539), 9.

-, -, k. Henry most likely to revoke it, for he derives great profit from the licences he grants from time to time, 10.

Worms, city in du. of Hesse-Darmstadt (Germany); Diet of, alluded to, 118, 197.

-, -, more favour (said Pope Paul to bp. Sanchez) was there shown by the Emp.'s ministers to the reformers than to the Catholics themselves (Jan. 1543), 197.

Wotton (Dr. Nicholas), dean of Canterbury, on a mission to q. Mary of Hungary, 275, 278, 323, 361, 403, 429.

-, -, recalled (Nov. 1543), 278 n., 525.

-, -, sent to the Emperor (24 Nov. 1543), 525.

Wriothesley (Sir Thomas), first sec. to the King's Privy Council, 44, 78, 134, 175 n., 185, 187, 272, 520 n., 582.

-, one of the deputies appointed to treat with Chapuys, 9 n.

-, a gentleman of great credit and authority at Court, 23.

-, particularly enjoying Henry's favour, conjointly with the Lord Privy Seal (Fitz William) and the bp. of Winchester (Gardiner), 42.

-, -, and almost governing nowadays here in England (Nov. 1542), 167.

-, calls often at the Imp. embassy, and has frequent conferences with Chapuys, 134, 229, 230, 238, 270, 582.

-, -, takes to him on the 1st of Nov. 1542 Henry's final resolution in the matter of the alliance, 177–8.

Wrisley (Mr.), 272; v. Wriothesley.

Wyat, Wyatt (Master Thomas), v. Whyatt.

X.

Xantonay, Xantoné, v. Chantonnay, and Perrenot (Thomas).

Y.

York, city of (England); k. James proposes to send an embassy to (.Sept. 1542), 126, 130–1.

-, -, and that a friendly interview take place there.

-, Eng. and Scotch commissioners for the peace to meet at (18 Sept. 1542), 135, 138.

-, -, to be attended by the du. of Norfolk and other Eng. noblemen, as well as by certain grand masters (grands maîtres) from Scotland, ibid.

Ysborg, Ysbrouck (Inspruck?), in the Tyrol; Charles's arrival at (July 1548), 431

-, let. dated from, 179.

Ysche (Mr. de), Belgian officer, dangerously wounded at Sittaërt, 289.

-, expected to be soon out of danger (8 April 1543), 397.

Yvoyx (Ivoix), in the Luxemburg; to be fortified against a sudden attack (July 1542), 72.

-, the du. of Orleans laying siege to, 113.

-, taken by the French (Aug. 1542), 123, 125.

-, the French still in possession of (Dec. 1542), 191, 413.

-, to be restored by the Emp., 418.

Z.

Zabras, zabres, pinnaces, or light fast-sailing vessels; a service of, for carrying correspondence to be established between England and the ports of Biscay, in Spain (June 1542), 39, 43, 68, 102, 109, 227.

-, -, an English sea-captain sent to Bilbao to purchase two of them, 39, 46.

-, -, -, very good idea (wrote Chapuys), which originated entirely with k. Henry, 43.

-, -, a similar service to be established in England, 39, 46, 109.

-, manager of the, at Bilbao, 302.

Zambon (Jacomo), Venetian amb. in England (1543–4), 11 n.

-, succeeds sec. Zuccatto, q.v.

-, applies for permission to export wool from England, 13.

Zapoli, Zapolski, John, waiwod of Transylvania, pretender to the crown of Hungary (1526–40), 118 n., 204 n.

-, -, marries Isabella, dau. of Sigismond, k. of Poland (1538), 204 n.

-, -, has an amb. at Constantinople, 268.

-, (John Sigismond), son of the preceding, 118 n., 204 n.

Zeeland, province of Holland, 75, 289, 484.

-, a warship of the du. of Holstein captured by the Imperialists on the coast of (July 1542), 73–4.

-, French and Danish war-ships on the coast of (Aug. 1542), 113.

-, the "tonlieux," or custom-houses, of, 289.

-, all the ports of, to, arm any war-ships they may have, and join the English in the Channel (June 1543), 406.

-, the fleet of, to be fitted out, and to join the English (Sept. 1543), 475.

-, -, to fight, if necessary, the Danes at sea, ibid.

Zitard, Zittart, in the duchy of Juliers (West-phalia), 289, 318; v. Sittaërt.

Zucoatto (Heronimo), Venetian sec., amb. in England (154–3), 11 n.

-, applies in the name of the Signory of Venice for permission to export wool from England (May 1542), 11 n.

-, is succeeded by Zambon, q.v.

Zuñiga (Diego Ortiz de), historian; his "Anales Eclesiasticos y Seculares de Sevilla" quoted, 482 n.

Zutphen, county of, 300; 304–5, Int. iv.

-, usurped by the du. of Clèves, 477, 494, 304–5.

-, the Prince of Orange sent to take possession of Gelders and (Sept. 1548), 496.

Zuyderzee, gulf of the German Ocean, 47 n.

-, islands of, in the Amsterdam Canal, 47, 66, 31, 39.

Zwede, v. Sweden.

Zwedes, v. Swedes.