A

Abington
-, ,joins in the Babington Plot, 605
-, his execution, 641n.

Abroath, Abbey of, 553.

Acton, Charles, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

-, Richard, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Adamson, Patrick, 289.

Admiral, Lord of England, 578, see also Howard and Lincoln.

Admiralty, Judge of the, 172, 209, 232, 234, 285, 302, 305, 313, 433.

Alba, Duchess of, present of gloves for the Queen from, 223.

-, Duke of, 36, 183, 321-2
-, death of, 443.

Aldegonde, see St. Aldegonde.

Alenon, Duke of, 1, 2, 4, 50, 51, 52, 53, 68, 71, 76, 83, 92, 178, 184, 226-30, 263, 491, 494.

-, -, his projected marriage with the Queen, 1, 2, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 26, 28, 31, 34, 38, 39, 42, 44, 61, 78, 84, 85-6, 91, 101, 102, 110-12, 114, 119-20, 126, 127, 131, 137-8, 151, 152, 159, 165, 181, 198, 200, 206-7, 211-13, 217, 221-2, 226-30, 232-3, 240, 243-5, 249-55, 251-5, 256, 260-2, 267-72, 273, 276, 277, 279-82, 295-6, 299-300, 310-12, 316, 317-18, 326-7, 352-4, 374, 379-80, 389-90, 408-9, 416, 421-2, 425, 429, 445.

-, -, his visits to England, 116
-, embarks at Dieppe, 120
-, returns, 121
-, alleged arrival in London, 126-7, 131, 150, 180-1
-, his entertainment by the Queen, 185, 198, 202, 203, 206-8, 211, 217, 221, 226-30, 233, 237-8, 239-40, 242-5, 251-5, 256, 261-72, 273-6
-, his departure, 279-282, 294, 299, 317-18, 381, 431, 435.

-, -, his reluctance to leave England, 272, 275, 280.

-, -, funds for, 152, 156, 163, 165, 181, 185, 186, 197-8, 202, 203, 206, 207, 212, 217, 233, 238, 244-5, 248, 253, 256, 257, 262, 270, 272, 275, 279, 280, 295, 299, 311, 316, 318, 326-7, 347, 348, 353-4, 380, 386, 389, 397, 409, 411, 421, 423, 430, 441, 445, 446, 456, 462, 497, 515
-, the Queen claims repayment from Henry III., 545.

Alenon, Duke of, his relations with the revolted Flemings, 16, 18, 83, 92, 203, 222, 256, 264-5, 268-9, 275-6, 281, 299-300, 308, 312, 320, 326-9, 346, 430, 434-6, 441-3, 445, 452-3, 456, 457, 459, 462-3, 472, 474.

-, -, his arrival at Flushing, 295
-, is crowned at Brabant, 300, 310, 318, 334, 346, 456.

-, -, his attempt to seize the Flemish Fortresses, 434, 436, 441-3, 448, 452-6
-, comes to terms with the States, 459, 497.

-, -, his flight from Antwerp, 442, 453-4, 456, 474, 477, 485
-, re-enters France, 437, 497.

-, -, his discontent with the action of his brother with regard to the match with Elizabeth, 269-72, 390.

-, -, threatens to cause Civil war in France, 269-72.

-, -, projected marriage with the Princess of Sweden, 379-80, 386, 390.

-, -, proposed appointment as heir to the Crown of England, 425.

-, -, projected marriage of, with Catherine de Bourbon, 28.

-, -, his ambition to be elected King of the Romans, 84.

-, -, his marriage to an Infanta proposed by the Pope, 256.

-, -, his intrigues with the Duke of Parma, 441, 454, 458, 462, 472, 497.

Alenon match
-, unpopularity of, in England, 1-2, 112-13, 211-12, 230, 233-4, 251, 256, 261, 274-5, 442
-, see also French special embassy.

Alexandria, 433, 465.

Alegre, Captain, 671.

Algeria, King of, 432.

Algiers, 32.

Allen, Doctor William, Chief of the English Seminary at Rheims, 97, 118, 195-7, 211, 236, 240, 276, 292, 351-2, 362-3, 372-3, 385, 405, 458, 483, 504-5, 509, 525, 526, 560-3.

-, -, his appointment to the Cardinalate, 561, 595, 621-2, 658, 660.

-, -, his book "de Persecutione Anglicana," 561-2.

Alost, 456.

Alvarez, captured by the English off Cape St. Vincent, 601.

Alvaro, Gaspar, 158.

America, North, Spanish claims to, 384-5.

Afiastro, Gaspar de, prompts the assassination of Orange, 320, 327.

Andalusia, trade with, 8, 9, 29, 30, 72, 88.

Andrages, M. d', 503.

Anes, Jacob, of Lisbon, 146, 179, 183, 298, 307.

-, Loneston, 179, 298.

-, William, brother-in-law to Dr. Lopez, 179.

Angra (Azores), 334, 336.

-, Bishop of, 115, 144, 336.

-, Mayor of, 147.

Angus, Earl of, 95-6, 100, 124, 148, 228, 237, 259, 266, 320, 352, 387-8, 395, 397, 400, 486, 489, 495, 552, 688.

-, -, his unsuccessful rising against the Catholic lords, 526.

-, -, re-enters Scotland, 552-3, 557.

Anne of Austria
-, fourth wife of Phillip II., 20
-, her death, 98.

Antonio
-, Don, prior of Ocrato, the Portuguese pretender, 37, 38, 39, 42, 46, 48, 49, 52, 55, 63-4, 65, 68, 70, 73, 77, 81
-, his reported arrival in France, 82, 89, 93, 101, 111, 114, 116, 145, 161, 198, 225, 264, 433, 434
-, his misery, 459.

-, -, his defeat and flight, 69, 70, 80, 89, 101, 115, 125, 144-145.

-, -, his arrival in England, 138-9, 140, 142-3
-, is lodged at Stepney, 144
-, demand for his surrender, 144. 145-7, 150, 155, 159, 160, 161-2, 163, 165, 166
-, desires to leave England, 166, 168, 171, 173-4, 176
-, departs from England, 177-8, 180-1, 183, 186-91, 200, 214, 219
-, desires to return, 537, 546
-, to lodge in Somerset House, 548, 551-2, 558-9, 569-70, 578, 579, 584, 592, 611-12, 632
-, Elizabeth refuses assistance to him, 648
-, lodged at Eton College, 650, 662, 671-2, 673, 674-5, 677.

-, -, armaments for, 145-7, 149, 155-6, 157-8, 161-3, 165-6, 166-7, 171-2, 174, 176, 178, 181, 182-3, 186, 198, 218, 225-6, 228, 232, 241, 242, 246, 255, 272, 281, 285, 297, 304, 306, 312-13, 319, 326, 329, 334, 338, 349, 360-1, 385-6, 405, 406, 409, 417, 425, 432, 434, 452, 459, 472, 478, 497, 582, 589, 592, 602, 612, 632, 633, 649, 667, 671, 672, 684.

-, -, funds for, 149, 158, 166, 168, 174, 201, 225, 234, 247, 255, 281, 391, 395, 409, 599, 632, 650, 670-1, 674.

-, -, rout of his fleet in the Azores, 397, 399.

-, -, his projected new expeditions from England under Drake, &c., 547-52, 553, 602, 648, 649, 672.

-, -, letters of marque issued by, 145, 157, 166, 178-9, 202, 210, 225, 235, 241, 246, 263, 284, 301-2, 339, 345, 385-6, 410, 414, 460, 535.

Antonio, Don, Mendoza recommends the Babington conspirators to seize him, 607, 617.

-, -, plots to murder, 617.

-, -, book in his favour to be dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, 589.

-, -, his son joins Leicester in Flanders, 570, 674.

Antony Jone of Ipswich (ship), 554.

Antwerp, 34, 37, 39, 40, 42, 64, 71, 145, 171, 239, 256-7, 265, 277, 280, 299-300, 308, 312, 313, 320, 327, 329, 337-8, 339, 346, 347, 353, 358, 389, 442, 445, 453, 456, 458, 459, 487, 497, 498, 538, 542.

-, treacherous attempt to seize the City, 434-6, 441-2.

Aquaviva, Father Claude, General of the Jesuits, 640.

Arabella Stuart, Lady, proposal to marry her to Leicester's son, 426, 452.

Arden, Edward, executed, 512.

Argyll, Earl of, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, 123, 207, 286, 401, 451, 486, 489, 688.

Arques, d', 280.

Arran, Earl of, (Hamilton), 108-9, 123.

-, -, James Stewart of Ochiltree, 95, 123, 224-5, 256, 272, 276, 287-8, 289, 320, 322-3, 356, 397, 400, 407, 546, 553, 662, 688.

Arundel, Countess of, dies of distress for her husband, 543, 577.

-, Earl of, 108, 307, 315, 504, 533, 603.

-, -, restored in blood, 90.

-, -, arrested and sent to the Tower, 538, 542
-, said to have been rendered mad by poison, 543, 617.

-, -, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

Arundell
-, Charles, his arrest, 78
-, his flight from England on the discovery of Throgmorton's plot, 511, 540, 550, 575-6, 577, 589, 648, 664, 679, 690.

-, Francis, takes refuge at the Spanish Embassy, 246, 296, 550.

-, Sir John, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

-, -, his son joins in the Babington plot, 604.

-, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Arteaga, Captain, with the papal forces in Ireland, 71.

Ashbye, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Aston, Sir Walter, joins in the Babington plot, 605.

Astrachan, 366-7.

Athol, Earl of, 688.

Attye, Leicester's Secretary in Holland, 554.

Aumale, Duke of, 4.

Austin, Roger, 124, 216, 224.

Aveiro, Portugal, 63.

Azores, 52, 70, 73, 111, 114, 173, 229, 338.

Azov, sea of, 366.

B

Babington, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

-, Anthony, alleged intention of the Queen of Scots to marry him, 641
-, see also Babington Plot.

Babington Plot
-, 576-7, 579, 585, 603-8, 614-7
-, arrest of Babington, 617, 619, 623-4, 625-30, 632, 639, 641
-, his execution, 641, 644-6, 655, 663-4.

-, -, special measures taken in England on the discovery of, 612, 618, 624-5, 626, 632.

Bacqueville, 353, 361, 399, 411, 434, 442.

Balfour, Colonel, proposal for his desertion from the service of the States to the Spaniards, 27.

Balfour of Burleigh, his approaches to the Spaniards, 6, 12, 13, 14, 26-27, 30.

Balfour, Sir James, 79, 101.

Ballard
-, John, is sent to Mendoza in Paris about the Babington Plot, 576-7, 603, 623, 627
-, execution of, 641.

Baltinglas, Viscount, 44, 54, 59, 121, 167, 278, 301.

Basset, Sir Arthur, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Basset, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Barbary, 3, 10, 11.

-, trade with, 72, 199, 277, 335, 424, 652.

Bardinia, Alvaro, 77.

Barker, Henry, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Barkeley, Sir Henry, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Barnes, Alderman, of London, 340.

Barnwell, , executed for the Babington Plot, 641n.

Barreto, Francisco, 32.

Barrington, Hugh, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Baudemont, 540.

Bavaria
-, Duke of, 481
-, proposed diversion by him on the coast of Norfolk, 482-3.

Bayona, Galicia, 29, 36, 77, 80, 313, 648.

Beal, , Clerk of the Council, 284, 289, 513.

-, -, sent to the queen of Scots, 214, 222, 228, 237, 245, 259-60, 289, 300, 331-2, 463, 465-70, 471, 474, 486.

-, -, Mendoza recommends the Babington conspirators to kill him, 607.

Bearn, Prince of, Henry of Navarre, 4, 28, 34, 44, 76, 103, 270, 381, 391, 393, 402-3, 485, 537, 538, 545, 556, 574-5, 592, 619, 647, 660.

Beaton, archbishop of Glasgow, letters to, from queen of Scots, 205, 418.

-, -, Scots ambassador in France, 4, 5, 6, 13, 22, 23, 26, 30, 32, 98-100, 122, 204-5, 257, 293, 314, 323, 330, 349-52, 356, 362-3, 370, 377-8, 384, 407, 427, 447, 458, 480, 488, 491, 525, 625, 640, 645, 664, 690.

-, -, distrust of, 384, 392-4, 447.

-, -, proposal to appoint him cardinal, 458.

-, -, his nephew sent by Guise to Scotland to bribe the nobles, 480
-, his account of affairs in Scotland, 488-91, 508.

Beauchamp, Lord, secret marriage of, with Miss Rogers, 382.

Beaudesert, Lord, see Paget.

Beaumaris
-, 285
-, strange natural phenomenon at, 475.

Beaumont, Hypolite, merchant of London, 149.

Bedford, Earl of, 79, 329, 473, 477, 496, 498, 533.

-, -, son, see Lord Russell and William Russell.

-, Sir James, see Balfour.

Beedle, Wolseley, joins in the Babington Plot, 605.

Bele, James, Captain, to rise in Ireland in support of the Babington Plot, 605.

Belem, 278.

Bellamy, , executed for the Babington Plot, 641n.

Bellivre
-, Pomponne de, 381, 574, 618, 648
-, sent to England to intercede for the queen of Scotland, 660, 666-7, 669, 675, 678, 680
-, his address to Elizabeth on behalf of the queen of Scots, 690-1.

Berkshire, description of, 610.

Bernaldo Luis, Montesinos, 675.

Berck, 652.

Berdin, M. de, 52.

Bergen-op-Zoom, 542.

Bernay, Lord (?), 89.

Bertie, Francis, to go as ambassador to Denmark, 361.

Bertoni, Alexander, an officer of the Papal force in Ireland, 59, 443.

Berwick, 100-1, 107, 123, 240, 289, 381, 413, 437, 526, 583.

Betancourt, Juan de, beheaded at Terceira, 337.

Bex, 462, 466.

Bingham, Captain, 95, 101, 130, 136, 273, 284, 301.

-, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Birnstra, Vibrant George, proposes to betray Brille, 664-5, 668, 670.

Biron, Marshal de, 52, 265, 412, 425, 441, 474, 547, 574.

Biscay, trade with, 72.

Blackness, castle of, 438, 455.

Blackwall, 171.

Blanco Cape, 297, 340.

Blanco, Manuel, ship-master, his account of Hawkins' fleet off Portugal, 632.

Bodenham, William, an Englishman attached to Spain, 474, 653.

Bodin, Jean, 84, 91, 220.

Bonaseal Cape, 341.

Bond, Alderman, London merchant trading with Spain, 152, 179, 184.

Boothe, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Boro, Galicia, is burnt and sacked by the English, 365.

Borrows, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Borthwick, Lord, 688.

Borton and Beaudesert, houses of Lord Paget to be assigned to Mary queen of Scots, 541.

Bothwell, Earl of, 688.

Botello Diego, Don Antonio's agent in England, &c., 89, 143, 145, 149, 272, 273, 278, 281, 285, 295, 297, 298, 307, 312-13, 319, 326, 329, 334, 337, 339, 345, 358, 360, 415, 433, 459, 467, 487, 552, 670-1, 674.

Botello, Diego de, his wife banished from Portugal, 164.

Bouillon, Duke of, 110.

Bould, Marshal, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Boulogne, 175, 203.

Bourbon, Antoine de, Flemish lordships of, 35.

-, Cardinal, 538.

Bourser, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Bowes, Sir Robert, Elizabeth's ambassador in Scotland, 32, 45, 54, 148, 407, 451, 455, 460.

-, -, sent to Muscovy, 487.

Boyd, Lord, 420, 688.

Brabant, 77.

Braganza, Duchess of, 16, 32, 38, 40, 46, 49, 183.

Brazil, 3, 64, 414, 610, 677-8.

-, coast of, 55, 75, 145, 202, 340, 356, 385, 414, 496, 550, 586.

-, trade with, 3, 10, 301-2, 395, 414, 652.

Breton, Chevalier, 381.

Briant, , execution of, 231.

Brille, 265.

-, proposed betrayal of, 664-5, 668, 670.

Brisson, Barnab, President of the Parliament of Paris, 91, 110.

Bristol, 53, 156, 178, 268, 277, 319, 325.

Brito, Constantine, an adherent of Don Antonio, 101, 149.

Brittany, 80.

-, shipping on the coast of, destined for Ireland or elsewhere, 65.

Britton, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Brizeo, Abbot, Spanish ambassador to the Pope, 111, 240, 277, 385.

Bromley, Francis, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

-, Sir Thomas, Lord Chancellor, 75, 81, 239, 348, 445-6, 457, 513, 669.

-, -, -, his opinion on the Alenon match, 34, 249.

Brooke, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

-, Talbot, joins in the Babington Plot, 605.

Brouage, 270, 361.

Broume, Richard, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Bruce, Robert, of Bemie, letter from to Philip II., 597.

-, -, -, envoy from the Scots Catholic nobles to Philip II., 581, 589-90, 595-7, 613, 630, 639, 648, 667-8, 682-9.

Bruc, Captain, envoy from Alenon, 16, 17, 18.

Bruerton, Roger, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Bruges, 265, 298.

-, French attempt to seize, frustrated, 435, 442.

Brussels, French expelled from, 435, 453.

Brustel, see Stuart, Sir William.

Buchanan
-, George, tutor to James VI., 289
-, sent to England, 471.

Buican, family of Russian merchants, 366.

Buckhurst, Lord, appointed to the Privy Council, 572, 626, 681.

Buckinghamshire, description of, 610.

Buckle, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Burcaut, Arnaldo, of Antwerp, offers to betray Flushing, 103.

Buren, Count de, 93.

Burgerhout, Gate of Antwerp, 436.

Burgundy, House of, ancient treaties with, 33, 40, 143, 223, 244, 355, 398.

Burleigh, Lord, see Cecil.

Butler, Ambrose, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Buttler, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Buxton, baths of, 43, 169.

C

Caber, Joshua, 253.

Cabral, Jorge, 419.

Cabrera, , Judge of the Canaries, 278, 306.

Cabreta, Captain Luis, his report on Drake's voyage, 56.

Cachero, Toms, an adherent of Don Antonio, 149.

Cadiz, 424.

Caithness, Earl of, 194, 286, 688.

Calais, 91, 229.

-, &c., Queen demands restoration of, as a condition of the Alenon match, 229, 233, 260-2, 268, 272, 274, 277, 298.

Cambrai, siege and relief of, 92, 112, 120, 127, 131, 151, 152, 156, 163, 165, 185, 186, 217, 222, 262, 386, 409, 458.

Cambridgeshire, description of, 609.

Campion
-, the Jesuit, torture of, in the Tower, 153, 210
-, Mendoza's effort to save his life, 211
-, execution of, 231, 336.

Canary Isles, 306.

Canduino, Mario, 309.

Canterbury, 125, 282.

-, Archbishop of, (John Whitgift), appointed to the Privy Council, 572.

Capay, , Portuguese merchant in Paris, 149.

Cape of Good Hope, 75.

Capelo Isuardo, de, 640.

Caraballo, Juan Diaz de, of Terceira, 334, 336, 337.

Caricature against the Pope, 20-21.

Caricature against the Spaniards, 549.

Carlisle, 455.

-, flight of Angus to, 107, 124.

Carloix, Captain Jean, commander of the French troops at Terceira, 337, 361.

Carlos, Don, alleged in a Catholic book to have been tainted with heresy, 601, 610.

Carmichael, Lord, accused of complicity in Darnley's murder, &c., 148.

Carrafa, Cardinal, 560, 568, 613, 619, 659.

Carrel, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 556.

Carrington, Lord, 688.

Carrouges, Count de, 91.

Carswick, , joins in the Babington Plot, 605.

Cartagena, 32.

Cartagena de las Indias, captured by Drake, 592.

Cary, Sir George, 405, 438.

-, Lord, see Sir George Cary.

Casimir, Hans, Duke, 39, 93, 114, 295, 462, 497.

Caspian Sea, 20, 365-7.

Cassilis, Earl of, 688.

Castelnau de la Mauvissire, (French Ambassador), 1, 2, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 26, 31, 39, 43, 52, 62, 78, 81-2, 84, 92, 120, 151, 198, 222, 240, 326, 335, 343, 353, 390, 391, 394, 408, 410, 416, 424, 438, 449-50, 452, 457, 459, 466, 470, 474, 487, 491, 494, 497, 511, 551.

Castillo, Antonio de, (Portuguese Ambassador), 10, 17, 18, 24, 25, 47, 48, 68, 72, 87, 88, 113, 115, 139, 143, 144, 162, 179-80, 181, 183, 193, 212, 220, 238-9, 263, 284, 302, 303-4, 310, 321, 336-7, 344-5, 364, 374, 376, 654-5.

Castro, Duarte de, a spy with Don Antonio, 182, 298, 338.

Catesby, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

-, William, 547.

-, Sir William, joins in the Babington Plot, 605.

Catharine de Bourbon, sister of Henry IV., projected marriage with James VI., 381.

Catharine de Medici, 1, 17, 26, 43, 66, 86, 100, 119, 149, 159, 204, 211, 226, 238, 254, 256, 260, 280, 281, 303, 348, 380, 403, 409, 424, 425, 432, 434, 446, 452, 459, 477, 497-8, 547-51, 559, 569, 574, 576, 579, 591-2, 689.

-, injurious words of hers complained of by Queen Elizabeth, 462.

Cathay, north-east passage to, 20, 30, 76, 87.

-, north-west passage to, 20
-, see also Frobisher.

Cathcart, Lord, 688.

Catholics, English, 16, 22, 274, 291, 305, 314-15, 342, 350, 372, 383-4, 457, 464, 482, 483-4, 488, 493, 504-6, 521-5, 528, 531, 533, 576, 603-10, 628-9, 631.

-, -, persecution of, 22, 38, 43, 49, 50, 54, 62, 68, 70, 78, 83, 90, 97, 106, 139-40, 152, 173, 177, 200, 210, 219, 231, 233, 237, 255, 325, 336, 342, 385, 461, 470, 510, 517, 519, 531, 533, 537, 538, 542, 543-4, 547, 558, 602, 639, 670.

-, -, petition for an English Cardinal to be appointed, 97, 118, 139, 173, 219, 408, 595.

-, -, proposed colonization of North America by, 384-5, 392, 452.

-, -, their attitude towards the projected invasion of England, 603-10, 685-8.

-, -, warned by the French against Spain, 576.

-, French, expulsion of, from England, 579.

Catholic Priests in Scotland, 109, 170, 194-7, 235-6, 240, 242, 256-7, 265, 276, 278, 285-9, 289-94, 298, 305, 308-9, 314-15, 317, 320, 322-4, 331, 343, 349-52, 356, 358-9, 362-3, 370-5, 377-9, 388, 392, 427-8, 437, 458, 547, 558.

Cattle plague in England, 544.

Cave, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Cavendish, Sir Harry, equips an expedition for the Indies, 578, 601, 610.

Cecil, William, Lord Burleigh, 14, 16, 19, 24, 25, 31, 36, 40, 41, 42, 54, 59, 75, 84, 110, 116, 126, 136, 141, 152, 154-5, 174, 175, 185, 186-90, 191-2, 208-9, 213, 222, 227, 230, 234, 237, 241, 243, 245, 249, 251, 255, 260, 263, 267, 275, 296, 302, 304, 310-13, 324-5, 327, 345, 346, 376, 389, 391, 412, 416-17, 421, 432, 445, 457, 472-3, 487, 498, 536, 547, 587, 602, 641, 645, 653, 662, 669, 670, 674.

-, -, -, his approaches to Spain, 249-50.

-, -, -, his opinion on the Alenon match, 14, 15, 31, 227, 230, 249, 256, 260, 267, 275, 279-80, 310-11, 417.

-, -, -, Mendoza recommends the Babington conspirators to kill him, 607.

Centurion, Simon, a Genoese merchant in London, 158.

Chalenor, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Chamberlain, Lord, see Sussex.

Chancellor, Lord, see Bromley.

Charles V., Emperor, 40.

Charnock, , executed for the Babington plot, 641n.

Chaset (?), Sir Thomas, imprisoned in the Tower, 627.

Chateauneuf, G. de l'Aubespine, Seigneur de, succeeds Castelnau as French ambassador in England, 545, 547, 556, 579, 618, 625, 630, 640, 641, 667, 678.

Chateauroux, 222.

Chatelet, 172.

Chatre, La, French Admiral, 649, 666.

Chatterton, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Chester, Captain, 414.

-, Lord, 688.

Chios, Isle of, 10.

Chomley, Hugh, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Cifarini, Ascanio, 531.

Clancar (?), Baron, 121.

Clarke, Francis, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

-, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Clausse, Pierre, Seigneur de Marchaumont, see Marchaumont.

Clerk, Captain Augustine, enters the Spanish service, 29, 35, 48, 49.

Clergy, English, raise troops for the Netherlands, 544.

Cloth trade, 652.

Cobham, , 15.

Cobham, Sir Henry, English ambassador in France, 82, 86, 89, 90, 93, 101, 122, 156, 163, 227, 242, 252, 255, 260, 299, 307, 310, 317-18, 361, 389, 409, 412, 421, 426, 430, 446, 457, 458, 459, 472, 473, 477, 487, 495, 500.

Cobham House, near Gravesend, 240.

Cobham
-, Lord, Warden of the Cinque Ports, 92, 139
-, appointed to the Privy Council, 572, 660.

Cockburn, John, sent as ambassador to England, 471.

Combie (John Colvill?), his mission from James VI. to England, 440.

-, -, his message to La Mothe Fnlon, 440-1.

Comfort, of Lynn (ship), 554.

Commissioners, see French special embassy.

Como, Cardinal (Gallio), 528, 535.

Compton, Lord, joins in the Babington Plot, 604.

Cond
-, Prince of, 2, 4, 15, 28, 35
-, his visit to England, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 50, 76, 91, 260, 619, 660.

Constable, Sir John, joins in the Babington plot, 604, 670.

Constantinople, 367, 414, 432-3.

Controller, see Crofts.

Corbet, , joins in the Babington plot, 605.

Cornari, , an unofficial envoy from the Venetian Republic, 474.

Corro, a Spanish friar, professor at Oxford, 166.

Corso, Mario, 309.

Coss, Marshal de, 16, 50, 91, 110.

Cosm, Rogier, see Ruggiero.

Cothington, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Corua, 7.

Cornwall, description of, 610.

Coulobrod, Russia, 365.

Courcelles, , secretary of the French embassy in England, accused of intrigues with the Catholics, 535.

Court, Henry, of Breda, offers to betray Flushing, 103.

Courtney, Sir William, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

Crab-joint (ship), 554.

Craig, John, 288.

Crawford, Earl of, 491, 688.

Creighton, Lord, 216.

-, Father William, 195-7, 236, 285-9, 291, 316, 320, 322-3, 333, 349-52, 362-3, 370, 377-8, 384, 392, 427, 465
-, his capture, 532, 664.

Cresto, Don Joao, a prisoner in England, 677.

Crvccour, M. de, 110.

Crofts
-, Sir James, Controller of the Household, 54, 59, 84, 126, 128
-, bribed by Mendoza, 168, 203, 249, 268, 316, 324, 391, 406, 424, 461.

-, -, -, recommends a Spanish invasion of Ireland, 128.

Crofts, Sir James, Controller of the Household, to be sent to Ireland as Viceroy, 413.

Cuba, 75.

Cueva, Diego, of Santander, reply to his mission to the Irish insurgents, 57-9.

Cumberland, description of, 608.

Cumberland, Earl of, 504, 552.

-, -, equips an expedition for the Indies, 578, 586, 592.

Cumpton, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Cunninghame, Drumwhasel, laird of, 535.

Curle
-, Gilbert, secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is arrested for complicity in the Babington plot, 623, 625
-, confesses much, 663.

-, Miss, an attendant on Queen Mary, 664.

D

Dacre
-, Lord, 485, 504, 523
-, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

Dalkeith, 273, 288.

Daniel, of London (ship), 554.

Dantzic, &c., opposes English trade with Muscovy, 395.

Darcy, , 445, 452-3, 456.

D'Aubigny, see Lennox.

Dauphin, Prince, Francis de Bourbon, 91, 110, 198, 203, 206, 211, 222, 238, 267, 269, 271, 424-5.

Davison
-, , 10, 43
-, his mission to Scotland, 429, 449-50, 451, 455, 460, 466, 477
-, is appointed secretary to the Queen, 656.

Davy (ship), 554.

Deluin, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Denmark, King of, 329, 356, 361, 365, 387, 409, 463, 487, 582, 584-5.

-, ambassador from the King of, 65, 70.

-, King of, his reception of the Duke of Saxony's book, 362.

Dennis, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Denny, Captain, an English officer in Ireland, 319.

Deptford
-, banquet given at, in celebration of Drake's return, 95
-, Drake knighted at, 95
-, gift of the Queen's garter to Marchaumont at, 101.

-, Drake's ship brought ashore there as a curiosity, 75, 95.

Deseado Cape, 341.

Desmond, Earl of, 4, 10, 20, 44, 51, 54, 58, 59, 69, 89, 96, 121, 153, 167-8, 237, 278, 299, 301, 335, 413, 431, 461.

Desmond, John of, brother of, killed in Ireland, 51, 58, 265, 298.

Derby, Earl of, sent with the garter to Henry III., 530, 533.

-, -, made Lord Chamberlain, 537
-, appointment suspended at the instance of Leicester, 537.

Derbyshire, description of, 610.

Deventer, advices from, 650.

Devereux, Dorothy, Lady, proposed marriage with James VI., 451, 477.

Devonshire, description of, 609.

Diaz, Montesinos Gaspar de, is sent to Mendoza with a proposal to kill Don Antonio, 675.

Digby, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Dimmock, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Dingle, 167.

Domingo, Captain, his ship with great treasure captured by Raleigh's expedition, 599.

Don, Lord, 688.

Don, River, 366-8.

Donara, Luis, 560.

Dormer, Nicholas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Dorsetshire, description of, 609.

Double Spread Eagle (ship), 555.

Douglas, Archibald, 107, 122, 216, 404.

-, -, his surrender demanded by James VI., 461.

-, -, Scotch ambassador in England, 676.

-, George, brother of Lord Lochleven, 204-5, 258
-, is arrested and tortured by the English faction, 407.

-, Sir James (?), 123.

-, of Mains, 535.

Dony, M. de, see Dundee, Earl of.

Dover, 39, 178, 240, 247, 279, 375.

Downs, the, 77, 167, 171, 174, 179, 203.

Dracot, joins in the Babington plot, 605.

Drake, Bernard, fits out expedition to relieve his nephew Sir Francis in the West Indies, 578, 584.

-, Sir Francis, 3, 7, 29, 49, 74-5, 95
-, knighted, 95, 101, 130, 136, 144, 147, 174, 226, 307, 414, 648-9.

-, -, relief expedition in search of, 3, 19
-, driven to the Irish Coast, 20.

-, -, his voyage round the world, 3, 7, 8, 37, 55, 56-7, 70, 75, 340-2.

-, -, restitution of his plunder, 7, 8, 32, 54, 55, 59, 60-1, 65, 73, 78, 83, 87, 94, 107, 118, 148, 155, 159, 161, 164, 173, 176, 187-9, 191-2, 193, 200, 208-9, 219, 242, 249, 250-1, 254, 296, 299, 305, 308, 326, 364, 374.

-, -, his return from the voyage round the world, 54, 55, 59, 60-1, 65.

-, -, in high favour with the queen 74, 80, 95.

Drake, Sir Francis, his presents to the Queen and courtiers, 75, 95.

-, -, disposal of his plunder, 59, 62-3, 64, 65, 67, 74, 76, 80, 91, 165, 395.

-, -, his new expeditions, 55, 70, 75, 80, 87, 95, 115, 125, 137, 157, 278, 307, 340, 520, 532, 535, 537, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546-7, 547-52, 553, 583, 586, 591, 592, 596, 599, 602, 626-7, 650, 656, 681.

-, -, his raid in Galicia, 553.

-, -, his attack on Santo Domingo, &c., 573, 576, 578, 580, 583, 586, 592, 596, 599, 600-1
-, his arrival in England with but little treasure, 601-2, 611, 612-13, 617, 624, 626
-, mutiny of his crews, 642, 650, 651, 673.

-, -, his arrival at Middleburg, 644, 651, 656, 667, 669, 670, 674.

-, -, offers to land Don Antonio in Portugal, 672.

Drummond, Lord, 688.

Dublin, 44, 63, 89, 168, 237.

-, cost of provisions in, 168.

Duffel, 442.

Dumbarton, castle of, 17, 19, 26, 32, 50, 65, 81, 123, 148, 177, 216, 363, 405, 413, 418, 421, 444, 447, 455, 461-2, 535.

Dun (?), Captain, 201, 225.

Dunbar, 65.

Dunkirk, 35, 175, 239, 277, 294, 435, 459, 474, 477, 487, 504, 670.

Dundee, Earl of, 488, 490.

Dunn, executed for the Babington plot, 641n.

Durham, description of, 609.

Dury, John, 387.

Dwina River, 365-6.

E

Easterlings, the, their privileges, 198.

Edinburgh, 23, 363, 400, 418, 488.

-, Catholics in, 288.

Edmund, Father, Scotch jesuit, 547.

Edward Buenventura (ship), 340, 357.

Eglinton, Earl of, 194, 688.

Elboeuf, Marquis of, 4.

Elizabeth, queen, her attitude towards the Alenon match, 14, 18, 21, 31, 34, 114, 116, 127, 131, 138, 158-9, 185, 200-1, 206-7, 212, 226-30, 238, 239-40, 243-5, 250-3, 256, 260-2, 266-9, 270-2, 273-6, 279-82, 295, 299-301, 308, 310-12, 317-18, 326, 347, 348, 352-5, 389-90, 394, 408-9, 411, 416, 421, 425, 442, 456, 497.

-, -, her grief at Alenon's departure, 281-2.

Elizabeth, queen, her attitude towards the French in Flanders, 16, 18, 21, 34, 38, 41, 127, 188, 214, 224, 264-5, 267, 275, 279, 295, 299, 311-12, 324, 335, 347, 348, 352-5, 359-60, 374, 382, 411, 430, 435, 441-2, 445, 453-4, 456, 458, 459, 462, 465, 497, 500.

-, -, her rage at Alenon's attempt to seize the Flemish fortresses, 442.

-, -, her attitude towards the Portuguese succession, 10, 17, 18, 20, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 45, 48, 49, 52, 64, 65, 68, 70.

-, -, her relations with Don Antonio, 80, 82, 89, 101, 115, 135-6, 146-7, 156, 161-2, 166, 168-9, 172-3, 174, 175, 179, 189, 202-3, 224, 225, 233-4, 235, 249, 264, 303-5, 417, 452, 456, 487, 552, 569-70, 574, 579, 589, 599, 612, 632, 671-2, 673, 674.

-, -, her relations with Scotland, 17, 19, 22, 23, 45, 51, 54, 77, 79, 82, 85, 90, 92, 96, 98-9, 101, 106, 108, 109, 123, 124, 132, 203, 207, 213, 224-5, 228, 250, 259-60, 288, 319-20, 388, 394-5, 413, 417, 418, 420, 428-33, 437-8, 450, 455, 466, 472-4, 476, 477-8, 480, 489, 493-4, 495, 499-500, 533, 534-5, 536, 546, 547, 552-3, 559, 586, 588, 602, 611, 661-2, 676, 686.

-, -, alleged marriage negotiations with James VI. of Scotland, 449, 466.

-, -, her relations with France, 15, 25, 28, 38, 39, 42, 52, 53, 61, 62, 66, 92, 110-12, 119, 127, 131-32, 138, 140, 152, 156, 163, 165, 175, 180, 182, 203, 212, 213, 214-15, 221, 222-3, 226-30, 233, 243-4, 244, 250, 251-3, 254, 260-2, 267-72, 268, 272, 273-76, 279-82, 289, 298, 299, 310-12, 316, 317-18, 347, 354, 361, 365, 394, 403, 408-9, 410-12, 416-17, 421-4, 425-6, 428-33, 446, 450, 457, 497-8, 500, 536, 541, 545, 556, 557, 572, 591, 625, 629, 667, 670, 676, 680, 684, 689, 691.

-, -, her visit to the French Ambassador, 16.

-, -, offers aid to Henry III. against the Guises, 536.

-, -, projected murder of, by the Duke of Guise, 502, 510-12.

-, -, book against her and Leicester, published in France, 538-9.

-, -, remonstrates with Henry III. against the fresh war against the Huguenots, 556.

-, -, her relations with Spain, 15, 18, 21, 24, 25, 33, 38, 42, 49, 52, 61, 62, 85, 87, 111, 140, 148, 151-2, 165, 182, 191, 203, 212, 223, 228, 249, 252, 259, 267-8, 282, 313, 353-5, 360, 374, 390, 394, 403, 411, 423, 430, 432, 442, 450, 501, 514, 516, 541, 547, 557, 588, 591, 603, 674, 683-4.

-, -, her fear of Spanish reprisals, 22, 29, 36, 42, 376.

Elizabeth, queen, alleged Spanish plot to murder her by a lapidary, 650.

-, -, her relations with the States, 15, 19, 21, 33, 34, 46, 62, 83, 138, 147, 212, 265, 280, 281, 324, 326-8, 335, 398, 411, 453-4, 456-7, 458, 459, 498, 501, 506-7, 512, 537, 541, 571-2, 588, 673.

-, -, money owing to her by the States, 15, 63, 269, 283, 295, 312, 441-2, 459.

-, -, is urged to assume the protectorate of the Netherlands, 346.

-, -, her protectorate over the Netherlands, 537, 538-9, 542, 543, 546-7, 553-8, 582, 586, 588, 595, 603, 651, 653, 664-5, 667, 668, 669, 672, 673, 674, 679-80.

-, -, her displeasure at the Earl of Leicester's proceedings in the Netherlands, 586, 588, 602.

-, -, negotiations with Parma for peace in the Netherlands, 584, 653-5, 667, 673.

-, -, her murder projected by the Babington conspirators, 576-7, 606-8, 617-18, 627-8
-, execution of conspirators, 641.

-, -, her action towards the queen of Scots in relation to the Babington plot, 641, 644-6, 647-8, 669-70, 674-6, 678, 680, 690-1.

-, -, suddenly seized with panie, 588.

-, -, her violence to Walsingham, 185, 206, 347, 573.

-, -, her successor, 81, 198, 213, 264, 327, 425.

Elphinston, Lord, 688.

Eltham, 141, 144.

Embden, Count of, 198, 533.

Ender, Solomon, a Catholic spy in Walsingham's house, 532.

Engelfield, Sir Francis, 6, 7, 383-4, 404, 447.

England, anonymous accounts of events in, 512, 529, 543, 546, 585, 588, 601, 651, 669, 671.

-, description of, in the interests of the Babington plot, 608-10, 616.

-, information required of armaments in, 544, 549, 573, 575, 577, 580, 583, 591, 613-14, 624-5, 638-9, 640, 649, 652, 662, 671.

-, proposed invasion of, 464, 481-6, 488, 495, 500, 503-6, 507-10, 517, 521-5, 529, 539, 560-9, 591, 592, 593-4, 597, 602, 603-4, 611, 613, 618-22, 626-7, 629-30, 631, 635-8, 657-60, 664-5, 682-9.

-, -, ways and means for, 564, 568, 593-4, 619-22, 657-60.

-, invasion, alarm of, 626.

English Catholic refugees, their pensions, 540, 575, 577, 582, 587, 591, 598, 616, 632, 679, 690.

English Catholic refugees in France, to be arrested after the discovery of the Babington plot, 629.

English Councillors to be bribed, 375.

-, Seminarists at Rheims and Rome, 177, 196
-, see also Allen.

-, warlike preparations, 29, 35, 36, 39, 43, 64, 538, 543, 544-5, 557-8, 559, 572, 578, 582, 585, 602, 610-11, 618, 633.

Englishmen in Spain, 177, 184, 219.

Enriquez, Manuel, 337.

Epernon
-, Duke of, 576, 626, 645
-, see also Valette.

Epinoy, Prince of, 312, 335, 642.

Erskine, Lord, Constable of the castle of Edinburgh, 438-9.

Errington, see Harrington.

Escobar, Antonio de, 611-12, see also Sampson.

Escobedo, Secretary, 218.

Esneval, Baron d', Charles de Prunel, son-in-law of Pinart, French envoy to Scotland, 558, 559, 572, 627.

Essex, 609.

-, Earl of, 451.

Este, Cardinal d', 541, 563, 568, 640.

Estrelles, M. d', offers to betray Cambrai, 642-3, 655.

Eu, 486.

Eustace, James, 58.

Euxine, Port, 366.

Ewer, Lord, 547.

Eyemouth, 287.

F

Falmouth, 285, 297.

Farmer, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Fayal, Azores, 338.

Fearn, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Feira, castle of, Portugal, 63.

Fenton, Captain, an English officer killed in Ireland, 335, 357.

Ferdinand, Archduke, 248.

Ferdinand and Isabel, 40.

Fernandez Simon, of Terceira, a pilot, 340.

Fernihurst
-, Laird of, Warden of the Scottish Middle Marches, 545-7
-, see also Gray.

Ferreira de Mello, Stephen, 147, 337.

Fervaques, 244n, 381, 474.

Figueredo, Cipriano de, of Terceira, 346.

Figueroa, Den Lope de, Admiral, 150, 160, 201.

Fisher, Clement, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Fitzherbert, , joins in the Babington Plot, 605.

-, Sir Thomas, joins in the Babington plot, 605.

Fitzmaurice, James, his attempt on Ireland, 42.

Flanders, English troops for, 2, 15, 19, 28, 33, 49, 53, 77, 147, 198, 247, 264, 365, 375, 381, 397, 498, 537, 538, 542, 543, 545, 547, 552-3, 588, 604.

-, English forces in, 453-4, 456-7, 462, 497, 538, 542, 543, 545, 547, 552-8, 570-1, 585, 588, 601.

-, English troops in, proposed desertion of, to the Spaniards, 398-9, 604-5.

-, the French in, 11, 16, 34, 38, 41, 52, 68, 71, 76, 85, 92, 105, 127, 163, 172, 174-5, 185, 191, 207, 212, 213, 217, 239-40, 243-4, 248, 257, 264-5, 267, 277, 279, 283, 299, 307, 318, 326-7, 328-9, 334, 352-4, 374, 380, 389, 409, 421, 423, 425, 434-6, 441-3, 445, 453-4, 456-7, 462, 466, 485, 500.

Fleet, English, to be seized by the Babington conspirators, 607.

Fleix, Peace of, between Henry III. and the Huguenots, 76, 84.

Fleming, Lord, 688.

Flemish aid to Don Antonio, 46, 47, 52, 81, 158, 247, 298, 339, 399, 403, 409, 421, 459, 487, 667, 672, 674.

Florence, Grand Duke of, wishes to obtain command of the expedition against England, 555-8.

Flores, Don Diego, 507.

Florida, 349, 375, 384, 471.

-, proposed English Catholic settlement in, 384-5, 392, 403, 452, 471.

Floure of Comfort (ship), 554.

Flowerdew, Antonio, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Floyd, Richard, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Flushing, 35, 47, 239, 272, 275, 277, 298, 308, 320, 335, 381, 406, 409, 432, 550, 582, 670.

-, proposal for the betrayal of, 103-5, 126
-, a trap for Mendoza, 128-9, 151, 160, 169.

Flying Hart, of Lynn (ship), 554.

-, of Hull (ship), 555.

Fogaza
-, Antonio, 183, 220-1, 238-9, 277, 294
-, his release from the Tower, 321-2.

Foljambe, Godfrey, an English Catholic refugee in France, 582, 587, 591.

Fontenay, M. de, 404, 406, 448, 465, 664.

Forbes, Lord, 688.

Forster, Sir John, Warden of the Marches, 124, 405, 408, 545.

Fortescue, Francis, accompanied Leicester to Holland, 555.

Fortune, of Amsterdam (ship), 554.

-, of Tergoure (ship), 554.

Fotheringay, 664, 676.

Fouldrey, Pile of, Lancashire, proposed port of debarcation for the Spanish Forces, 504.

Fowler, Ashley, joins in the Babington plot, 605.

Frankfort Fair, heretical books sold at, destined for Spain, 111.

Freire, Pero, 677.

French ambassador, see Castelnau, Chateauneuf, Mothe, &c.

French expedition, supposed for the capture of Dunbar from Lennox, 65.

French
-, Special Embassy respecting the Alenon match 43, 44, 48, 50, 51, 52, 67, 82, 83, 84, 85, 91, 92, 102
-, arrival at Dover, 110, 116-17, 119, 120-1, 126-7, 131, 133, 137, 149
-, departure of, 159, 163, 267.

Frenti, an envoy of Guise to Scotland, 502-3.

Frion, Hugo, offers to spy English Armaments, &c., 643, 656.

Frobisher, Sir Martin, 101, 167, 179, 199, 232, 306, 313, 349, 357.

-, -, his attempt to discover a north-west passage to Cathay, 20, 76, 306.

Frozen Sea, expedition to the, 329, 365-8.

Fuenterrabia, 152, 179.

Fuller, Captain, an English captain wounded in Ireland, 140.

G

Gabriel, , sent by the Queen to Orange, 328.

Gage, , executed for the Babington plot, 641n.

Galicia, English raids in, 365, 377, 553.

Gaping Gulf, Stubb's book against the Alenon's match, 1.

Garter, "La belle Jarretire," gift of the Queen's garter to Marchaumont, 101.

Gayaza, Bishop of, 640.

Geestemunde, 453.

Geneva
-, siege of, 391
-, money raised in London for the relief of, 454, 456.

Genoa, 3.

Genoese residents in London and Antwerp suspected of heresy, 111.

Geraldine, de, see Desmond.

Germain, Sir Robert, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 553, 554.

German Protestants, 84.

Germany, 651-2.

-, troops to be raised in, 38, 40, 74, 248, 253, 265, 270, 281, 557, 673.

Ghent, 16, 41, 256, 265, 295, 298, 299, 458.

"Ghent", "pacification of," 654.

Gibraltar, 21, 366.

Gifford, , sent to Mendoza by the Babington conspirators, 603, 605, 608, 614, 617-8, 619, 628.

Gifford, Lord, joins in the Babington plot, 605.

Gilbert, Humphrey, his voyage to the Indies, 75-6, 306, 349, 357, 384, 392, 452, 471.

Giraldo, , Portuguese envoy in France, 25, 27-8, 32, 40, 46, 48.

Glamys, Lord, 688.

Glamys, Master of, 489.

Glasgow, Parliament held at, 176.

Glencarn, Earl of, 37, 420, 688.

Golden Crown (ship), 554.

Golden Hagge (ship), 554.

Golden Sampson (ship), 554.

Golden Swan (ship), 554.

Goldingham, Christopher, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Good Hope, Cape of, 297, 340.

Goodier Walter, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Gondi, Jeromino de, French Minister, proposes co-operation with Spain against England, 539-540, 544, 641.

Gonzalo, Jorge, father-in-law of Dr. Lopez, 146, see also Anes, Doneston.

Gorge, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Gorion, apothecary to the Queen of Scots, 664.

Gostlet, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 556.

Gowrie, Earl of, see Ruthven.

Glacier, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Graffina, agent to the Duke of Parma in the peace negotiations with Elizabeth, 584, 653.

Graham, John, of Hallyards, 438-9.

Grain, scarcity of, in England, 544.

-, -, in Flanders, Elizabeth urges Henry III. to forbid export from France, 559.

Grande Puerto, 341.

Granvelle, Cardinal de, memoranda from, upon English affairs, 66, 99, 200, 200, 254, 277, 296, 298, 298, 307, 382.

-, -, Antoine de Perrenot, 6, 7, 66, 404.

-, -, his views on Elizabeth's policy, 382.

Grave, the fall of, 586, 588.

Gravelines, 36, 104, 157, 466.

-, double treachery against the English at, 599.

Gravesend, 178, 198, 240, 432, 543.

Gray, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

-, of Ferniburst, 194, 258, 460, 504.

-, Lord, 688.

-, Master of, 595, 627, 661.

Gray, Edward, his mission to England, 529, 531, 535.

-, -, to join Leicester in Holland with a regiment of Scots, 553.

Green, Captain, 86.

Greene, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Greenwich, 75, 95, 501, 573.

Gregorian Calendar, adoption of, 428.

Gregory XIII., Pope, letter to, from James VI., 518.

-, his opposition to the Alenon Match, 31, 256.

-, brings pressure to bear upon Henry III. to oppose Alenon's projects, 256.

-, 20, 41, 42
-, is appealed to by the Scotch Catholics, 287, 316-317, 323, 330, 344, 349-50, 362-3, 370-3, 377-8, 383, 393, 397, 427-8, 475-6, 504-5, 507-10, 517, 518-19, 525-6.

-, Bull to be issued by authorising the invasion of England, 505.

-, commends the case of the Scots and English Catholics to Philip, 525
-, offers his aid, 527-8, 539.

-, his hopes of Queen Elizabeth's conversion, 528.

Grenville, Richard, 591, 599, 600, 611.

Grey, Lord Viceroy of Ireland, 40, 44, 50, 51, 53, 63, 64, 69, 71-2, 85, 86, 89, 96, 102, 106, 121, 140, 153, 167, 237-8, 266, 278, 301, 319, 381, 413, 421, 542, 552.

-, -, proposal to give him the command of the English in the Netherlands, 542, 552, 572, 589.

Grocer's Company of London, 273.

Guadagni, Abb, 546-7.

Guaras
-, Antonio de, 239
-, death of, 520.

Guardia, Bishop de la, his escape and flight with Don Antonio, 89, 93, 143, 145.

Gueldres, Englishmen in, 265.

Guevara, Licentiate, 651, 654.

Guise, Duke of, letters to, from James VI., 502, 517.

-, -, letter to, from Philip II., 631.

-, -, letter from, to Mendoza, 589.

-, -, 4, 51, 66, 77, 81, 100, 109, 204, 240, 254, 256, 361, 362-3, 381, 388, 407, 447, 488, 498, 511, 541, 569, 575, 577, 587, 613, 618-9, 642, 664.

-, -, his plans against England and Scotland, 4, 5, 6, 13, 26, 77, 100, 362-3, 372-3, 377-9, 383, 392-4, 396, 401-3, 423, 426-8, 436, 440, 461-2, 464, 466, 475-6, 479-80, 480-6, 492-5, 500, 502-3, 504-6, 507-10, 513, 521-5, 527, 528, 581, 589-90, 595-7.

-, -, his plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth, 464, 479.

-, -, his relations with James VI., 420, 426-8, 437, 509, 517-18.

Guise, Duke of, is warned by Philip against his enemies in France, 402-3, 428, 498, 540, 544.

-, -, troops raised by him against the Huguenots, 536.

-, -, his opposition to the Spanish invasion of England without his co-operation, 560.

-, -, alleged English plot to murder, 560.

-, -, his negotiations with Spain in support of the Catholic Scots nobles in their appeal to Philip II., 581, 589-90, 595-6, 613, 630-1, 639, 681-2.

Guises, the, 115, 214, 245, 271, 409, 412, 424, 426, 482-6, 485-6, 498, 500, 524, 538, 541, 545, 556, 560-9, 575, 588, 676.

H

Hall, Hugh, arrested, 512.

Hamburg, 198.

-, powder, &c., bought there for Don Antonio, 149.

Hamilton, Lord, 688.

-, Claud, 14
-, his secret visit to the Queen, 22, 23.

-, Lord, restored in honours and estates, 557, 558, 578, 667, 688.

-, -, letter from, to Philip II., 580.

-, -, his appeal to Philip II., for aid to the Scots Catholics, see Huntly.

-, -, to rise with the Scots to support the Babington plot, 605.

-, Lord John (Lord Abroath), 27, 30, 108
-, secretly leaves France for England, 501.

Hamiltons, the, 81, 82, 90, 95, 108, 109, 123, 259, 524.

Hammerfest, 386.

Hampshire, description of, 609.

Harchilo, see Harpsfield.

Harcourt, Michael, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Harpsfield (?), a Catholic physician, arrested, 538, 542.

Harte, John, execution of, 231.

Harrington, Sir John (?), accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

-, Sir Nicholas, his mission to Scotland, 123, 332, 335, 355, 388, 437.

-, Sir William, accompanies Leicester to Holland in command of a regiment, 553.

Hastings (ship), 411.

Hatton, Sir Christopher, 16, 55, 59, 110, 134, 140, 144, 165, 175-6, 181, 192, 193, 222, 229, 249, 266, 267, 274, 282, 300, 304, 305, 327, 345, 346, 389, 408-9, 443, 497.

Hatton's Trumpeter brings news of Drake's arrival and route, 55.

Havana, 532.

Havre de Grace, 261, 268, 270, 272, 409, 584, 642-3.

Hawkins, John, 3, 101, 144, 147, 414, 434, 511, 601, 640, 642.

-, -, account of his fleet off Portugal, 632-4.

-, -, his expedition to the coast of Portugal, &c., 642, 643, 648-50, 653, 656, 661, 662
-, his return to England, 666, 671, 677.

-, William, 414, 511, 520.

Hawkinses, the, all born pirates, 601.

Hector, Colonel, 419.

Henao, Francisco de, his proposal to betray Terceira, 414-6.

Heneage, Sir Thomas, sent to Leicester in Holland, 572, 588.

Henry, King of Portugal, death of, 16, 20.

Henry III., King of France, 1, 20, 24, 31, 38, 39, 40, 43, 51, 52, 71, 92, 100, 119, 127, 163, 204-5, 214, 217, 254, 260-2, 268, 269-72, 299, 316, 317-8, 348, 361, 381, 389-90, 394, 408, 410-12, 416, 421-6, 428-33, 441, 446, 450, 457, 458, 473-4, 486, 489-90, 576, 591, 626, 662, 689.

-, -, his action in favour of the Queen of Scots, with relation to the Babington plot, 641, 644-6, 647
-, Bellivre to be sent to England, 648, 660, 661, 666-7, 669-70, 675, 678, 680, 690-1.

-, -, his attitude towards the English invasion, 569, 618-19, 628-9, 684-6.

-, -, his attitude towards the Portuguese succession, 27, 77.

-, -, his manner of life, 498, 574-5, 640, 645, 689.

-, -, his relations with Don Antonio, 80, 81, 82, 101, 136, 149, 156, 174, 189, 213-14, 226, 281, 306-7, 398, 425, 432, 452, 547-51, 558-9, 569, 574, 579, 592, 611-12, 632.

-, -, his renewed intrigues with the Huguenots against the Guises, 574-5, 619.

-, -, illness of, 459, 498.

Henry of Navarre, see Bearn.

Henry VIII., 40.

Helmes, Walter, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Hercules, see Duke of Guise.

Herll, 463, 533.

Herries
-, Lord, 107, 108, 413
-, death of, 446, 688.

Herne, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Hertford, Earl of, secret marriage of his son, 382, 641.

Hertfordshire, description of, 610.

Heydon, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Heywood, Father Jasper, 195, 236, 242, 533.

Higat, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 556.

Hill, Robert, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Hinde, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Hobson, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Holder, Botolph, of Lisbon, 146, 164n, 183, 214, 667.

Holland, Davy, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Holt
-, Father William, 285-9, 291, 320, 322-3, 343, 349-52, 362-3, 370, 399, 427
-, arrested in Scotland, 458
-, is tortured, 460, 465
-, released by James VI., 503, 525.

Holyhead, 302.

Honey, Richard, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 556.

Honflenr, 409.

Howard, Father Jasper, see Heywood.

-, Lady Frances, 457.

-, Lord (of Effingham), Admiral, 15, 17, 452, 641, 666, 672.

-, Lord Henry, 159, 172, 175, 275, 280.

-, -, appointed Lord Chamberlain, 513
-, to be made Lord Admiral, 537
-, appointment suspended at the instance of Leicester, 537.

-, -, his relations with the Spaniards, 245-6, 253, 268, 315-16, 324, 344, 352, 364, 391, 403, 406, 448-9, 451.

-, -, offered a pension by the French, 451.

-, -, his arrest, 78
-, takes refuge in the Spanish embassy, 246, 296
-, his re-arrest, 538.

-, -, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

-, Lord Thomas, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

-, Lord William, his arrest, 512, 538.

-, -, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

Howards, the, restored in blood, 90.

Howard, the house of, 344.

Hubberts, Ralph, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Huguenots, 4, 28, 35, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 52, 53, 66, 74, 76, 84, 151, 253, 260, 269-71, 355, 390, 391, 445, 456-7, 485, 487, 498, 509, 538, 545, 556, 569, 588, 660, 689.

Hume, Lord, 688.

-, Alexander, 216.

-, David, of Argaty, 535.

Hunsdon, Lord, 77, 79, 82, 85, 90, 96, 101, 107, 108, 124, 148, 267, 280, 312, 424, 426, 430, 473, 499, 513, 672.

-, -, Mendoza recommends the Babington conspirators to kill him, 607.

Huntingdon, description of, 609.

Huntingdon, Earl of, 32, 79, 82, 85, 90, 96, 101, 106, 148, 222, 264, 315, 400, 547, 604.

Huntly, George, Earl of, letter from, to Philip II., 580.

-, -, -, his appeal for Spanish aid to the Scots Catholics, 580, 589-90, 595-8, 630-1, 635-8, 667, 681, 688.

-, Earl of, 194, 286, 288, 397, 450, 486, 491, 546, 553.

Hurleston, Leicester's treasurer in Holland, 554.

I

Idiaquez, Juan de, Secretary, letters from, 22, 118, 617, 679.

-, -, letters to, from Mendoza, 443, 443, 449, 454, 467, 474, 478, 501, 516, 579, 585.

-, Secretary Juan de, 30, 36, 154, 404, 537, 605.

Indies, expeditions to the, 101, 107, 115, 128, 136-7, 150, 159, 167, 179, 199, 232, 235, 255, 264, 278, 285, 297, 302-3, 305, 306, 319, 340-2, 349, 356-7, 375, 385, 397, 403, 410, 414, 496-7, 501, 507, 520, 521, 532, 578, 585, 599-601, 610-11, 626-7, 633-4, 642, 649-50, 652-3, 677.

-, Council of, suggest compromise for the recovery of Drake's plunder, 93-4, 118.

-, East, proposed new trade route to, through Russia, 365-8.

-, Spanish and Portuguese, trade with, 52, 55, 56, 67, 70, 75, 76, 88, 95, 101, 107, 585, 599-600, 652-3.

Iiguez, Juan, 577, 595, 617.

Insi, M. d', 217, 222.

Insurance on jewels, &c., from Tercetra, for Don Antonio, 158.

Invermeith, Lord, 688.

Ireland, revolt in, 4, 9, 10, 19, 22, 24, 28, 37, 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 58-9, 63, 64, 72, 86, 88, 96, 102, 106, 121, 140, 158, 167, 168, 203, 237, 266, 301, 319, 335, 381, 413, 421.

-, English reinforcements for, 53, 62, 64-5, 83, 89, 106, 122, 167, 168, 266, 319, 335, 421, 431, 536.

-, arrest of Catholics in, 557.

-, Papal forces in, defeat and massacre of, 69-71, 72, 88, 95.

-, proposed Spanish invasion of England from, 687.

Irish insurgents, Papal aid to the, 17, 20, 21, 28, 40, 41, 42, 53, 58, 61-2, 63, 64, 67, 69, 71, 121, 421, 431.

Irish insurgents, Spanish aid to the, 4, 9, 17, 20, 28, 33, 41, 46, 48, 51, 53, 58, 61-2, 67, 68, 69, 71, 135, 141, 155, 189, 208, 282, 364, 376, 406.

-, students in London, arrest of, 86.

Irishmen, alleged treacherous murder of, by English officers, 153.

J

James VI. (of Scotland), letters from, to the Duke of Guise, 502, 517.

-, -, to Philip II., 690.

-, -, to the Pope, 518.

-, -, 5, 6, 17, 22, 23, 26, 30, 32, 37, 44, 46, 51, 54, 77, 81, 90, 101, 107, 124, 132, 148, 176, 184, 194, 198, 216, 228, 258-9, 273, 288, 290-1, 317, 331, 335, 343-4, 371, 387-8, 393, 396-7, 400, 408, 413, 431, 422, 436-8, 447, 450-1, 533, 578, 602, 627.

-, his religion, 98, 109, 150, 160, 169, 204, 241, 257, 286, 290-1, 309, 356, 363, 387-8, 394, 399, 418, 420, 480, 490-1, 507, 509, 518, 524, 531, 541, 546-7, 563-4, 581, 587, 593, 611, 647, 660, 664, 683, 688.

-, is conveyed to Dumbarton, 17, 19.

-, his relations with the French, 51, 52, 124, 164, 184, 198, 199, 204-5, 214, 449-50, 455, 458, 460, 472-4, 479-80, 481-2, 486, 488, 489.

-, Elizabeth's opinion of him, 207-8, 496.

-, project to carry him to Spain, 99, 286, 343, 388, 559.

-, captured by the English faction, 401-2, 403, 405, 407, 412-13, 418, 420, 426, 431, 434, 436, 438-9, 444, 450, 479, 495, 557.

-, plan to poison, 422, 426, 430.

-, plans for his release, 460, 468-9, 486, 488, 489, 491.

-, his monetary claims against Elizabeth, 461, 495.

-, his flight to Falkland and St. Andrews, 488-9, 490-1, 495, 499, 502, 506, 526-7.

-, flight to Dumbarton on Angus' entrance into Scotland, 552-3, 557.

-, his claim to the English succession, 451, 466, 473, 479, 503, 562-3, 568, 581, 587, 593, 644-5, 683.

-, his appeal to the Pope, 518.

-, is pressed by Elizabeth to surrender Father Holt, 458.

-, his attitude towards the proposed Catholic invasion, 481-2, 490-1, 502-3, 508-9, 517-18, 524, 529.

-, offered a pension by Elizabeth on condition of his banishing Arran, 583, 602.

James VI., intercedes with Elizabeth for his mother, 669-70, 676, 678, 680.

-, negotiations with regard to his marriage, 259, 260, 471, 477, 683.

-, his projected marriage with an Infanta, 5, 6, 13, 310.

-, his projected marriage with a daughter of the Prince of Orange, 13.

-, his projected marriage with the daughter of Duke of Lorraine, 17.

-, his projected marriage with Princess of Denmark, 13, 320, 356, 542, 546.

-, his projected marriage with Christine of Lorraine, 205, 450.

-, his projected marriage with Catherine de Bourbon, 381.

-, his proposed marriage with Lady Dorothy Devereux, 451, 477.

Jasper, Father, see Heywood.

Jauregni
-, Juan de, his attempted assassination of Orange, 320, 327-8
-, see also Orange.

Jealousy of the English Catholics against the Scots, 483, 493, 509.

Jesuit priests in Scotland
-, 640, 642, 668
-, see also Catholic priests in Scotland.

Jewels belonging to Don Antonio, 157-8, 163, 166, 174, 180, 219, 247, 395.

Jonson, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Jonas, the (ship), captured by French pirates, 125.

Jones, , executed for the Babington plot, 641n.

-, Henry, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Joyeuse, Duke of, 497, 530, 569, 626, 645.

Juan, Don, of Austria, 218, 322.

Juan de Espiritu Santo, friar, 339, 377.

Julian, , Commander of the Papal forces in Ireland, 28, 42.

Julian (ship), 297.

K

Keith, Sir William, sent by James VI., to intercede for the Queen of Scots, 676, 678.

Kenet, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Kennedy, Miss, 664.

Kent, 609.

-, troops raised in, 16.

Kildare, Earl of, 54, 62, 63, 64, 72, 80, 88-9, 319, 381.

Knight, , accompanies Leicester to Holland 555.

Knollys, Sir Francis, treasurer of the household, 75, 231, 249, 327.

Knollys, Sir Francis, Mendoza recommends the Babington conspirators to kill him, 607.

-, -, junior, his voyage to the Indies, 75-6, 306.

-, -, in command of Don Antonio's ships, 187, 208, 210, 218, 228, 232, 234, 301, 306, 650.

-, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Kola, river, 76, 366.

L

La Fre, 39, 44, 51.

La Motte
-, Spanish Governor of Gravelines, 29, 36, 157, 173, 198, 210, 398, 466
-, to co-operate with the Babington conspirators, 608, 616.

Lancashire, description of, 610.

Landereau, French officer in the Azores, 391.

Landsjewel, a jewel pledged by the States with Elizabeth, 283, 312.

Langford Shirley, joins in the Babington plot, 605.

Lansac, M. de, 91, 113, 119, 256, 260.

La Noue, see Noue.

Laon, Cornelius, Bishop of, 59.

Larache, Morocco, 277, 424, 432, 465.

Laredo, 81.

Lasqui
-, Palatine, 369, 380
-, his visit to England, 463, 474.

Laval, 222.

League, the Holy, 71.

Lee, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 556.

Leicester, Countess of, Queen Elizabeth's opinion of her, 477.

-, Earl of, 16, 25, 37, 47, 50, 52, 55, 59, 61, 64, 71, 74-5, 77, 78, 82, 84, 85, 87, 90, 93, 101-2, 110, 115, 116, 121, 125, 127, 128, 137, 138, 140, 144, 145-6, 151, 152, 156, 159, 161, 166, 173-4, 175, 178, 186, 192, 198, 199, 206, 210, 211, 212, 217, 222, 224, 226, 228, 229, 230, 233, 247, 249, 255, 261, 263, 266-7, 275-6, 281, 285, 295-6, 304, 305, 307, 310-13, 315, 319-20, 325-7, 329, 334, 345, 346, 353, 377, 389, 391, 398, 407, 411, 412, 417, 430, 432, 433, 443, 451, 455, 457, 459, 466, 473, 477, 486, 495, 496, 498, 513, 534, 537, 650, 673, 680, 684.

-, -, his opposition to the Alenon match, 1, 2, 16, 18, 25, 26, 91, 102, 111-12, 113-14, 119, 131, 181, 229, 230, 274-5, 353, 417.

-, -, his participation in piracy, 2, 3, 7, 19.

Leicester, Earl of, his approaches to the Spaniards, 25, 33, 34, 49, 112.

-, -, accompanies Alenon to Flanders, 280-2, 295-6
-, his return, 299, 310-12, 347.

-, -, proposes to marry his son to Arabella Stuart, 426, 451-2.

-, -, his plan to marry his stepdaughter to James VI., 451, 477
-, the Queen's rage thereat, 477.

-, -, his disagreement with Cecil respecting relations with Spain, 547.

-, -, on bad terms with Raleigh, 538.

-, -, refuses to surrender the mastership of the Horse on his appointment as Lord Steward, 537-8.

-, -, his expedition to the Netherlands, 553, 557-8, 570-1, 577-8, 670, his return to England, 673, 679-80.

-, -, list of gentlemen who accompanied him to Holland, 553-6.

-, -, his proceedings in the Netherlands, 571-2, 577-8, 586, 588-9, 596, 599, 602, 605-6, 650-1, 652, 656, 669, 673, 683, 689.

"Leicester's Commonwealth", its suppression demanded in France, 538-9.

Leith, 123, 289.

Leiton
-, Custodio, 391
-, Is appointed Don Antonio's representative in France, 548, 552, 559, 569, 592, 611-12.

Lemos de Faria, Cristobal, 419.

Lennox, Duchess of, 361.

-, Duke of, letter from, to J. B. Tassis, 316.

-, -, letter from, to the Queen of Scots, 333.

-, -, 6, 17, 23, 32, 37, 50, 51, 54, 65, 77, 81, 82, 95, 96, 100, 107, 109, 124, 132, 170, 176, 184, 194, 199, 204, 216, 224, 247, 258-9, 272, 276, 286-9, 292, 316, 320, 322-4, 330-3, 335, 349-52, 355-6, 358, 362-3, 370-3, 381, 392-4, 395
-, flight of, 400, 401-3, 405, 407, 412-13, 417, 418, 420, 423, 426-7, 431, 436, 444, 455, 464-5.

-, -, plots against, 26, 32, 44, 96, 100, 107, 122, 224, 387, 396, 399-400, 401-3, 407.

-, -, his religion, 273, 290, 381, 395, 396, 439, 466.

-, -, his negotiations for foreign troops to be sent to Scotland, 256, 317, 323, 330-3, 349-52, 362-3, 371, 393-4, 395-7, 400, 418, 426-7, 434, 436, 439, 447, 466, 475, 479, 481.

-, -, is ordered to leave Scotland, 431
-, his arrival in London, 434, 435
-, his interview with the Queen, 437
-, his illness, 444, 455, 461, 466
-, death of, 479, 494-5.

-, -, failure of his plot to re-capture the King, 438-9, 444, 461, 464-5.

Lennox, Duke of, his secretary's interview with Mendoza in London, 438, 440.

-, -, the younger, is summoned by James to Scotland, 501, 688.

Levant, trade with, 72, 366, 432, 465, 652.

Lewes, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Lewson, Walter, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Leyton, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Lierre, betrayed by Colonel Semple, 394.

Liggons, , a servant of the Duke of Norfolk, to be pensioned by Philip, 109.

Lima, Peru, 55.

Lincoln, Bishop of, Cowper, 79.

-, Countess of, sister of the Earl of Kildare, 319.

-, Earl of, Lord Admiral, 54, 59, 186, 230, 237, 240, 249, 452
-, death of, 531.

Lincolnshire, description of, 609.

Lindsay
-, David, 387
-, sent to England, 471.

-, Lord, 688.

Lisbon, 20, 77, 89, 214, 573, 642-3.

-, capture of, by the Spaniards, 45n, 52.

-, wheat required at, 102, 117-18.

Lisleburgh, see Edinburgh.

Livingston, Master of, 491.

Lomb, Gilbert, his surrender requested by James VI. of Philip, 690.

London, apprentices arrested for complicity is the Babington plot, 632.

-, city of, troops raised by, 9, 15, 35, 40, 53, 543.

-, companies, money raised by them for the aid of the Netherlanders, 536.

-, rejoicings in, at the condemnation of the Queen of Scots, 680.

-, Tower of, 59, 74, 78, 239.

-, alleged plan of the Babington conspirators to burn, 641.

Longorius, Dr., 442.

Loo, Andr de, agent of the Duke of Parma, in the peace negotiations with Elizabeth, 584, 653.

Lopez, Dr. Rodrigo, 81, 138, 146, 149, 158, 178, 179, 234, 246-7, 456, 459, 552, 672.

Lorraine, Duke of, 423, 498.

Lovat, Lord, 688.

Lucchese, Captain, a pirate, 406.

Luseaos, M. de, a gentleman of Artois, 662.

Lyme, 115, 116, 147, 225, 228, 232, 255, 501.