B.

Baccarach, 2383.

Bach, Peter, letter from, 2398.

Backersell, Count, Egmont's secretary, 1706.

Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Lord Keeper, letter to, 1817.

-, -, 1379.

Baden, Christopher, Marquis of, letters from, 71, 234, 916.

-, -, his debts, 1482, 1826, 1853.

-, Cecilia Marchioness, of, and Princess of Sweden, letters from, 201, 240, 322– 5, 368, 370, 518, 561, 915, 1853.

-, Cecilia, 256, 510, 556, 765.

-, Philip, Marquis of, 2593 (3).

Baker, Thomas, 2643.

Balconie George Leirmouth of, passport for, 1220.

Balfour, Sir James, secretary to the Queen of Scots, 12, 508.

-, -, buys powder for Darnley's murder, 977 (4).

-, -, is arrested by Murray, 988.

-, -, his servant slain, 1116.

-, -, sent into England, 1216.

-, -, captain of Edinburgh castle, 1307, 1329, 1345, 1361 (1).

-, -, 1410, 1929, 2335.

-, John, 2351.

-, Henry, 1009.

Balfours, the three charged with Darnley's, murder, 1059.

Ballentine, Sir John, Justice Clerk, letter from, 1098.

-, -, 761, 1022, 1088, 1620 (1), 2542, 2594.

-, Patrick, one of Rizzio's murderers, 205, 206, 2387, 2405 (2).

Ballot, 605.

Balnavis, Mr. Henry, 2552.

Bamborough Castle, 442, 1266, 1467.

Banks, Thomas, 2338, 2544, 2551.

Bannister, Thomas, letters from, 2415, 2417.

Barajas, letters dated from, 2192, 2193, 2227, 2360.

Barbary, 2182.

Barlaimont, M. de, 881.

Barnaby, Thomas, letter from, 1083, 1219.

-, 1392, 1405, 1406, 1642, 1757.

Barrow, John, 978.

Barrow, William, of a shipmaster, 2414.

-, see Bergen-op-Zoom.

Barton, Mr., 2723.

Basle, 142, 2344.

"Basque, the," 272.

Bass rock, 2232, 2234.

Bassington, 2415.

Bastien, see Sebastian.

Bastile, the, 489.

"Bathecatts," Laird of, his murder, 1812.

Bavaria, Duke of, 267.

Baylifias, a physician, 2235 (4).

Bayon, Bartholomew, 2721.

Bayonne, 2192.

-, league of, 1282, 2593 (1).

Bazon, Antonio, 2097.

Beales, Mr. R., letter from, 831.

Beancastle, tenants of, 1540.

Beaton, James, see Glasgow, Bishop of.

Beaton, John, sent into France, 2172 (2), 2189.

Beaumont, 2235 (2).

-, or Bomont, George, see Cockburn.

-, M. de, 2102, 2138.

Bedford, Francis, Earl of, letters from, 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 24, 25, 26, 28, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 67, 80, 81, 93, 101, 104, 118, 139, 145, 146, 155, 156, 160, 162, 166, 167, 171, 172, 182, 184, 193, 194, 198, 199, 207, 225, 230, 251, 255, 256, 274, et passim.

-, Earl of, letters to, 16, 18, 27, 29, 89, 244.

-, -, appointed Commissioner on the Borders, 15.

-, -, his doings on the Borders, 45, 139, 649, 1439, 1440, 1455, 1480, 1543, 1600, 1701, 1772.

-, -, informs Cecil of the intended murder of Rizzio, 162.

-, -, desires Leicester to inform the Queen of the murder, 171.

-, -, pays 1,000l. to Murray, 193.

-, -, desires leave to come to court, 230, 727.

-, -, memorial for, 319.

-, -, asks for his discharge from Berwick, 528, 1331.

-, -, at Garendon, 809.

-, -, sent to the christening of the Prince of Scotland, 826.

-, -, goes to St. Andrews, 872, 885.

-, -, receives a present from the Queen of Scots, 885.

-, -, controversy with the Earl of Rutland, 1095.

-, -, favours the Lords of the Congregation, 1552, 1566.

-, -, desires his revocation, 1576, 1582, 1590, 1606.

-, -, revoked from his government, 1753, 1790.

Bedrule, the Laird of, 497, 1467.

Bell, Wat, his murder, 1610.

Bellemain, M., 2235 (5).

Belvoir Castle, letters from, 697, 1035, 1036, 1269, 1274.

Bennet, John, Master of the Ordnance in the North, letters from, 42, 383, 424, 548, 669, 819, 919, 970, 1752, 2002.

-, -, letters to.

-, 24, 409, 412, 425, 476, 648, 656, 657, 682, 914, 1267, 1985, 2014, 2321, 2333.

-, his death, 2327, 2330.

-, his peculations, 2524.

Bergen-op-Zoom, 1016, 1774.

-, -, Marquis of, 1706.

Bergerac, 2561 (2).

Berkeley, William, 1813, 1837 (3).

Berne, 1111, 1235, 1914.

-, Lords of, 1155 (2), 1160.

Berwick, see Topographical Index under Borders.

-, bridge at, 1939, 1940, 2016.

-, governor of, see Bedford, Earl of, also Hunsdon.

-, Marshal of, see Drury, Sir William.

-, Master of the Ordnance of, see Bennet, John.

-, Under Marshall of, see Selby, John.

-, fortifications of, 221, 299, 338–41, 351, 514, 681, 933, 1725, 1894, 1895, 2534, 2723.

-, charges at, 627–30, 633, 634, 638, 648, 663, 739, 933, 1182, 1893, 2086, 2455, 2493, 2495.

-, stores and munitions for, 62, 121, 154, 186, 306, 307, 353, 409, 412, 424, 425, 1183, 1267, 1972, 1985, 2179, 2551.

-, gunners of, 154, 155, 156, 204.

-, pensioners at, 1797, 2014, 2051, 2053.

Bertano, Gurone, letters from, 384, 398.

Berty, Francis, see Peyto.

Betanval castle, taken, 1845.

Betts, William, 706.

Biggar, 1124.

Bigges, John, 1238.

Bigot Anthony, 763.

Bilboa, 202.

Bipont, Duke of, see Deuxponts.

Bird, Mr., 2723.

Bishop, 559, 1342.

Bizzarri, Pietro, letters from, 4, 34, 49, 68, 79, 137, 178, 195, 196, 233, 260, 277, 293, 317, 366, 398, 422, 584, 659, 702, 716, 759, 769, 785, 952, 969, 982, 995, 1015, 1055, 1065, 1087, 1112, 1134, 1168, 1213, 1221, 1242, 1252, 1336, 1359, 1401, 1438, 1446, 1481, 1573, 1631, 1632, 1655, 1801, 1811, 1840, 1851, 1861, 1887, 1943, 1951, 1974, 1995, 2007, 2031, 2066, 2079, 2088, 2110, 2132, 2134, 2187, 2225.

Black, Friar, his murder, 184, 185.

Blacater, Captain, 496, 1306, 1313 (1), 1324 (2).

-, -, executed for Darnley's murder, 1343, 1345, 1353.

Blackness, fort surrendered, 2212.

Blaye, 2583.

Blois, 208 (1), 1987, 2003.

Blyleven, Adolph, letters from, 1648, 1799, 1838.

Bochet, M., letters from, 92, 2205.

Bodman, Roger, 958.

Bohemia, Diet of, 1151.

-, young Princes of, 36 (2), 1575.

Bois le Duc, 2435.

Bolton, 2449, 2496, 2621.

Bonvise, Alessandro, bill of Exchange on, 99.

-, M. de, 2003.

Bordeaux, 303, 976, 992, 1027, 1900, 2583, 2610, 2633 (2).

-, parliament of, 1691.

Borders, the, see Topographical Index.

-, English Wardens of, see Bedford, Forster, Scrope.

-, Scottish Wardens of, see Cessford, Ferniehurst, Herries.

Boroughbridge, 274.

Borthwick Castle, 1279, 1289.

-, John, 1009, 2268, 2552.

Bosel, M. de, letter from, see Bochet.

Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of, letters from, 814, 1256, 1257.

-, -, his marriage, 134.

-, -, reconciled with Murray, 250, 885.

-, -, hatred between him and Darnley, 297.

-, -, Dunbar, given to, 461.

-, -, quarrels with Murray, 646, 650.

-, -, is wounded, 749, 760, 761, 772.

-, -, the Queen visits him, 764.

-, -, made Lieutenant of all the Marches of Scotland, 850.

-, -, his proceedings there, 918.

-, -, accused of Darnley's murder, 960, 1022, 1053, 1054, 1059, 1079.

-, -, in great favour at court, 1054, 1073.

-, -, account of his trial, 1088, 1097, 1099, 1100, 1199.

-, -, his challenge, 1090, 1091, 1100.

-, -, bond in favour of, 1117, 1119, 1127.

-, -, seizes the Queen of Scots, 1130, 1131, 1139, 1189.

-, -, divorced from his wife, 1173.

-, -, marriage with the Queen, 1204, 1209.

-, -, created Duke of Orkney, 1205, 1209.

-, -, escapes from Borthwick castle, 1289.

-, -, his flight, 1306, 1317, 1324, 1329, 1343, 1353, 1383, 1459, 1467, 1538, 1675.

-, -, proclamations against, 1368, 1468 (2).

-, -, turns pirate, 1484 (2), 1570, 1576, 1640.

-, -, kills the son of the Bishop of Orkney, 1538.

-, -, pursued, 1592.

-, -, his escape, 1689, 1693, 1694.

-, -, act of attainder, against, 1872.

-, -, prisoner in Denmark, 1889, 2637 (6).

-, -, demand for his surrender, 2038, 2095, 2269, 2329, 2351.

-, James Hepburn, Earl of, 27, 44 (2), 77, 118, 163, 242, 508, 521, 571, 572, 601, 604, 723, 725, 804, 872, 906, 977, 988, 1094, 1116, 1126, 1128, 1129, 1150, 1161, 1170, 1174, 1179, 1181, 1199, 1203, 1211, 1232, 1233, 1243, 1244, 1247, 1250, 1265, 1269, 1280, 1287, 1291, 1302, 1307, 1321, 1378, 1393, 1403, 1410, 1477, 1651, 1656 (1), 1849, 1929, 2240.

-, Lady, 977 (4), 1053 (3), 1091 (4), 1127, 1150, 1199 (2).

Bouchevannes, M. de, 1845, 2107.

Boudries, the Seignieur de, 1138.

Boulogne, 36 (1), 273, 881, 890, 1184, 1777, 1829, 2040 (6).

Bourbon, L'Archambauld, letters from, 41 (7), 96, 105, 168, 169, 170, 208, 226, 227, 1033.

-, Cardinal of, see Cardinal.

Bourdillon, Marshal, 41 (2), 1111.

-, his death, 1063, 1068, 1083.

Bourdin, Secretary to Charles IX., 771, 1837.

Bourges, 2115 (2), 2595.

"Boutefeu, Cardinal," a nickname of the Cardinal of Lorraine, 1947.

Boutteville, D'Andelot's secretary, 2367.

Bowes, Sir George, letters from, 1997.

Boyd, Lord, 162, 165, 362, 1181 (1), 1403, 1613, 1676, 2326, 2397.

Brabant, Droffer, of, 1007 (2).

-, estates of, 882, 1638.

-, petition to Alva, 1904.

Bradbourne, Mr., drowned, 2018.

Bradham, 707.

Brandenburg, Albert, Marquis of, letter from, 1718.

-, 2537 (2).

Brandling, Robert, Mayor of Newcastle, 74.

Bravo, Francisco, letter to, 929.

Braye taken by Conde, 1852.

Breda taken by Alva, 2637 (7).

-, 1136.

Breder, —, 1603 (1).

Brederode, Henry, Count de, 283, 564, 585, 737, 896, 940, 1052, 1137.

Breze, M. de, 21.

Brickwell, Captain Thomas, 409, 2294.

Bridges, Mr. Anthony, 1822.

Brigantine, Mr. J., letters from, 1984, 2078.

Brigham, James, 760.

Brimstone, the Laird of, one of Rizzio's murderers, 205, 206, 350.

Brissac, Count, 215 (3), 308, 867, 1230 (1), 2024 (1), 2100 (1), 2335, 2667.

Bristol, a ship of, spoiled, 2190.

Brittany, 275, 1277, 1846, 1900, 2235 (5).

Brocarde, Governor of Orleans, 2115.

Bromewolth Dettloff, 2035.

Brown, John, petition for, 610, 611, 780.

-, Captain, 544.

-, Thomas, 446.

Browne, Valentine, treasurer of Berwick, letters from, 299, 451, 540, 579, 603, 637, 681, 695, 696, 751, 802, 897, 1060, 1208, 1658, 1677, 1681, 1724, 1779, 2132, 2228, 2266, 2330, 2332, 2338, 2551.

-, -, letters to, 467, 476, 544, 709, 2014, 2016, 2456.

-, 376, 377, 450, 452, 459, 514, 575, 592, 629, 648, 682, 752, 873, 1290, 1678.

Bruges, 276, 403, 457, 791, 1713, 2359.

-, conference at, 189, 281, 282, 285, 302, 309, 312, 320, 358, 364, 378, 379, 404, 405, 431, 432, 445, 449, 474, 475, 501, 502, 721.

-, commissioners at, letters to, 516, 517. See also Montague, Wotton, and Haddon.

Brunswick, Eric, Duke of, 2309.

-, Otto, Duke of, letters from, 466, 740, 1154, 2627, 2628.

-, Duke Otto of, 609, 620, 784, 824, 947, 1713, 1843.

-, -, Julius, his son, joins the Protestants, 2593 (3).

Brussels, 92, 116, 235 (5), 365, 434, 737, 767, 770, 789, 792, 833, 837, 854, 1052, 1603 (1), 1638.

-, disturbance at, 620, 1051 (3).

-, fire at, 882.

Buccleugh, Sir Walter Scott, Laird of, raid upon, 2594, 2606.

-, Margaret Douglas, Lady, 1053 (3), 1150, 1170 (2), 1199 (1), 1226 (4), 1313 (1).

Buchan, Robert Douglas, Earl of, 1447 (2).

Buchanan, Mr. George, 56, 2552.

Burford, 376, 377, 450, 452.

Burgundy, 2236, 2441, 2653.

-, Alva's march through, 1562.

Burlace, William, 865, 901, 1159, 1931, 2646.