M

MacCarthy, More, 58.

MacHugh, Feagh, 58, 167, 319.

MacMorris, , 58.

MacTeague, Cormac, 58.

Madeira, 163, 339, 377.

Maestre, Cape, 341.

Magellan, Straits of, 55, 87, 199, 278, 340-2, 349, 520, 548, 610, 668.

Maineville, Francois de Roncherolles sieur de, letter to, 488.

-, -, is sent to Scotland, 412, 422n, 430, 446, 451, 455, 458, 460, 474
-, his return to France, 479-80
-, his account of affairs in Scotland, 479-80, 486-7, 488-91, 503.

Malbey, Captain, 319.

Malio, John Baptist, 64.

Malouc, , 432.

Mansfeldt, Count Charles, 253, 386.

Mar, Earl of, 95, 107, 397, 412, 420, 451, 486, 491, 552-3, 688.

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

March, Earl of, 489.

Marchaumont, Alenon's envoy in England, 84, 85, 91, 92, 95, 101, 102, 110, 114, 116, 121, 127, 137-38, 151, 152, 165, 172, 180, 185, 186, 198, 200, 206, 222, 226, 248, 255, 261, 267, 269, 271, 279, 299, 310-12, 318, 327, 335, 347, 348, 353-4, 361, 380, 399, 411, 417, 424, 432, 434, 442, 459.

Mareschal, Earl of, 489, 688.

Margate, 432.

Marquina, Diego de, of Lisbon, a banker, 118.

Martel, an envoy of the Catholic league to Rome, 613.

Martin, Alderman, the Queen's banker, 152.

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

Martinez, Benito, ship-master, his account of Hawkins' fleet off Portugal, 632.

-, Pedro de, 325.

Mary, Queen of Scots, letters from, 205, 215, 257, 330, 342, 392, 404, 418, 446, 475, 491, 581, 589, 596, 598, 663.

-, -, letters to, from Mendoza, 467, 475, 491.

-, -, 4, 5, 10, 13, 26, 77, 79, 81-2, 85, 124, 170-1, 176, 197, 204-5, 207, 213, 214-15, 287, 300-1, 317, 320, 423, 426, 429, 430, 541, 546-7, 622.

-, -, her communications with Mendoza, 79-80, 88, 184, 228, 241, 242, 254, 257, 289-91, 305, 309, 314, 323-4, 330, 342, 349-51, 355, 362, 382, 392-4, 395-7, 399, 404, 417, 446-9, 455, 457, 465-70, 475, 486, 491-2, 513, 581, 586-7, 589, 596-7, 598, 616, 628-9, 639, 644-6, 663-4.

-, -, her approaches to the Spaniards, 4, 5, 6, 13, 27, 30, 31, 34, 98-100, 205, 215-16, 257, 289, 309, 310, 314, 330-3, 342-3, 362, 392-4, 396-7, 404, 418, 436, 440, 447, 491-2, 525, 529, 589.

-, -, her appeals to the Pope, 99, 395, 396-7, 440, 447.

Mary, Queen of Scots, her determination to leave prison Queen of England, 13.

-, -, illness of, 43, 138, 169, 332, 335.

-, -, her association of her son with herself as sovereign, 204, 213-15, 228, 241, 245, 250, 258-9, 290, 300, 331-2, 388, 449, 468, 471, 535, 587.

-, -, negotiations for her liberation, 259, 290, 320, 465-70, 471, 474, 475, 491, 495, 506, 529, 533.

-, -, her claim to the English crown, 198, 213, 264, 351, 425, 495, 500, 514, 537, 541, 562-3, 568, 581, 587, 593, 613.

-, -, suggestion for her abdication, 335, 404, 450.

-, -, complains of her treatment in England, 463, 495.

-, -, is urged by Mendoza to remain in England, 465-70, 491.

-, -, is informed by Guise of his plans against England, 500, 503, 508.

-, -, accused of complicity in Throgmorton's plot, 529-30.

-, -, her attitude towards the "English enterprise," 529, 597, 622, 629.

-, -, proposed removal of, from the care of the Earl of Shrewsbury, 432, 471
-, sent to Wingfield, 530
-, in charge of Paulet, 538, 541, 546-7, 655
-, taken to Fotheringay, 655
-, to be sent to the Tower, 662.

-, -, Catholic plots for her release, 521-5, 603-10.

-, -, disinherits her son in favour of Philip II., 581, 587, 590-1, 613, 644.

-, -, places herself under the protection of Philip II., 581.

-, -, is accused of complicity in the Babington plot, 623-4, 625, 641, 644-6, 655, 656, 660, 661, 662
-, her farewell letter to Mendoza, 663-4, 669-70, 675-6, 678, 680-1, 690-1.

Master of St. John, Spanish ship plundered by Drake, 61.

Mathew, of Lynn (ship), 554.

Mathias, Archduke, proposes to marry the Queen, 93.

Matthew de Oviedo, friar, envoy to Spain from the Irish insurgents, 59.

Maulez (?), Captain, 319.

Maurice of Nassau, kills Jauregui, 328, 680.

Mayenne
-, Duke of, 423
-, to invade Sussex, 482.

Mayo, Alonso, 179, 200, 220.

Maxfield, , joins in the Babington plot, 605.

Maxwell, Earl of, 553.

-, Harry, 490.

Media, 366.

Medina Sidonia, Duke of, 424.

Melchior, Friar, 415.

Melendez, Pero, Spanish Admiral, 349.

Melino
-, Father Richard, Guise's agent, sent to Spain and Rome respecting the plans against England, 481, 486
-, his instructions, 503
-, his negotiatous, 504-5, 507-8, 526.

Mello Esteban Ferreira, see Ferreira.

Melville, Sir James, of Halhill, 491.

-, Sir Robert, 488.

Mendoza, Doa Ana de, 478.

-, Bernardino de, letters from, to Philip II., 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33, 34, 35, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 63, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 79, 80, 80, 81, 82, 84, 88, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 100, 101, 103, 106, 107, 110, 111, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 121, 125, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 145, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 152, 153, 155, 158, 161, 163, 164, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 180, 182, 184, 185, 190, 192, 194, 197, 199, 201, 203, 206, 208, 209, 211, 216, 217, 218, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 238, 239, 242, 246, 249, 251, 255, 255, 260, 263, 264, 265, 266, 269, 272, 273, 276, 279, 280, 281, 283, 285, 289, 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 303, 306, 310, 312, 313, 316, 317, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 326, 329, 329, 333, 335, 336, 336, 339, 340, 344, 346, 347, 349, 349, 352, 355, 356, 358, 360, 362, 364, 365, 375, 377, 379, 380, 384, 387, 389, 394, 395, 398, 400, 405, 406, 406, 408, 410, 412, 414, 416, 417, 418, 420, 421, 425, 428, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 441, 442, 445, 449, 452, 452, 455, 456, 458, 459, 460, 462, 465, 470, 471, 472, 477, 486, 492, 495, 496, 497, 499, 510, 512, 513, 515, 530, 531, 533, 533, 534, 536, 536, 537, 538, 539, 541, 545, 546, 547, 549, 549, 550, 551, 551, 552, 552, 556, 557, 557, 558, 559, 559, 569, 570, 571, 572, 574, 577, 577, 579, 582, 583, 584, 586, 591, 595, 595, 598, 599, 601, 603, 610, 612, 617, 618, 623, 623, 624, 627, 639, 641, 642, 643, 644, 644, 646, 648, 660, 660, 662, 666, 666, 667, 667, 669, 670, 679, 681, 689.

-, -, letters to, from Philip II., 29, 29, 49, 65, 67, 69, 78, 83, 86, 87, 88, 102, 102, 118, 149, 159, 160, 161, 164, 164, 172, 181, 181, 182, 202, 220, 221, 240, 242, 254, 255, 278, 278, 294, 294, 342, 358, 359, 373, 397, 403, 405, 499, 506, 519, 520, 539, 540, 543, 544, 544, 553, 573, 580, 590, 614, 614, 616, 630, 638, 639, 639, 656, 671, 679.

-, -, letters from, to Mary Queen of Scots, 467, 475, 491.

-, -, letters to, from Mary Queen of Scots, 215, 257, 330, 342, 392, 404, 446, 475, 491, 581, 589, 596, 598, 663.

-, -, letters from, to Duke of Parma, 635, 664.

-, -, letters to, from Duke of Parma, 665.

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

-, -, letters to, from Idiaquez, 118, 617, 679.

-, -, letter to, from the Duke of Guise, 589.

-, -, his interviews with the Queen, 3, 10, 11, 12, 20, 40, 41, 45, 49, 68, 112, 113, 132-3, 134-6, 140, 144, 153-4, 176, 135-9, 192-3, 223, 242, 263, 303-4, 375-6.

-, -, is refused audience, 52, 59-60, 66, 112, 125, 133, 150, 175-6, 185-6, 212, 219, 364-5, 375-7, 406.

-, -, his desire to retire from England, 86-7, 113, 193, 304-5, 344, 363, 374, 377, 397, 423, 448, 449, 454, 474, 491-2, 504, 517.

-, -, attempts to bribe him in relation to Drake's plunder, 74.

-, -, his domicile invaded by London constables, 128-9, 132-3, 136, 151, 160, 169, 325.

-, -, interviews with the Council, 154-5, 191-2, 263, 301, 513-15.

-, -, slights to, by the English courtiers, 185, 194, 304, 324-5, 364, 376, 514, 516.

-, -, his difficulty in conveying correspondence, 209-10, 218, 241, 299.

-, -, is made a knight commander of Santiago, 321, 479.

-, -, is insulted in the streets of London, 397n.

-, his negotiations with English and Scotch Catholics, 124-5, 169-70, 194-7, 202-3, 230, 235-6, 242, 257, 276-7, 285-9, 289-94, 305, 309, 314, 320, 322-4, 330-2, 342-4, 349-52, 358-9, 362-3, 370-73, 382-4, 438-40, 448, 457, 492-6, 510, 513-4, 576, 577, 579, 581, 585, 589-90, 595-7, 603-8, 625-6, 627-30, 635-8, 656, 667-8, 681.

-, -, his connection with Francis Throgmorton, 502, 510, 511
-, expulsion from England, 512-13, 513-15, 516, 519, 520, 529-30.

-, -, his determination to be revenged upon the English, 516.

-, -, his opinion on the proposed Scottish enterprise, 635-8, 656, 667-8, 681-8.

-, -, his connection with the Babington plot, see Babington plot.

Mendoza, Pedro de, Spanish minister in Genoa, 111.

Meneses, Don Antonio de, a prisoner in England, 677.

Merchants of London trading with Spain, 19, 130, 208, 283-4, 385.

Mery, M. de, 84, 91, 101.

Mesina light, 366.

Methuen, Lord, 688.

Middleburgh, 299, 335.

-, Drake's voyage thither, see Drake.

Middlemore, , sent to the Queen of Scots, 10.

Middlemotes, the, of Shropshire, join in the Babington plot, 605.

Mignon, of London (ship), 64, 302, 356-7, 414.

-, (ship), sunk by the King of Denmark, 381.

Mildmay, Sir Walter, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 54, 90n, 207, 389, 473, 486, 495, 582.

Miles Lewkner, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Militia, 9, 35.

Mina, the, (Elmina), 3, 10, 137.

Mollucas, 70, 75, 76, 87, 167, 199, 232, 235, 264, 279, 285, 297, 304, 306, 313, 319, 326, 340, 357, 375, 385, 395, 397, 403, 410, 414, 501, 507.

Mopo, see Charles Paget.

Montgomery, Robert, 387.

Mons, 103-5.

Montague, Lord, 38, 50, 348, 504.

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

Monteith, Earl of, 688.

Montesinos, see Diaz, Gaspar de.

Montpensier, Duke of, 262, 424, 533.

-, Madame de, 625.

Montrose, Earl of, 489, 681.

Mora, Don Cristobal de, 346, 507.

-, Don Miguel, de, see Moura.

More, , arrested for complicity in Throgmorton's plot, 513.

-, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Morgan, Allen, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 556.

-, Colonel, 64.

-, Thomas, 447-8
-, his imprisonment in the Bastille, 534
-, his surrender demanded by Elizabeth, 535, 536
-, condemned for high treason, 547, 581, 582, 587, 589, 591, 598, 645, 690.

Morley, Lord, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

Mortara, a Genoese in London, 180.

Morton
-, Earl of (Regent), 6, 17, 23, 26, 32, 44, 50, 51, 54
-, his arrest and condemnation, 77, 79, 81, 85, 88, 93, 96, 98, 100, 107, 108, 122, 123, 124
-, his execution, 132, 149, 184
-, confiscation of his property by the Scots parliament, 199
-, James VI's. treachery with regard to him, 207, 216, 228.

Morton, Regent, two bastard sons of, 148.

-, Earl of, the younger, 503, 504, 552-3, 578, 682, 688.

-, -, letter from, to Philip II., 511.

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

Mothe, de la, Fnlon, 2, 91, 110, 111, 113-14, 119.

Mothe, de la, Fnlon, his embassy to Scotland, 412, 421-6, 428-33, 434, 440-1, 446, 454-5, 457, 464, 472.

-, -, -, his interviews with the Queen, 422-6, 428-30, 449, 450, 452.

-, -, -, pressed for money in London, 451, 454-5.

Motte, M. de la, Spanish Governor of Gravelines, see La Motte.

Moura, Miguel de, Philip's Secretary in Portugal, 284, 667.

Muscovy, trade with, 20, 65, 76, 329, 356, 365-8, 381, 386-7, 395, 454, 463, 487, 652.

Muscovy company of London, 297, 306, 395, 454, 463.

Murray, Earl of, Regent, 122.

-, -, 688.

Muzio, see Guise, Duke of.

N

National Covenant, the Scots, 90, 102, 122.

Nau
-, , Secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, 259, 531, 533, 534-5
-, is arrested for complicity in the Babington plot, 623, 625
-, confesses everything, 663.

Nazareth, Archbishop of, Papal Nuncio in France, 618-9, 640, 646, 679.

Nemours, treaty of, 556n.

Nerac, M. de le, 592.

Netherlands, rebellion in, 11, 19, 21, 33, 67, 74, 186, 248, 253, 262-3, 264-5, 267, 280-1, 295, 299-300, 307-8, 346, 347-9, 352-5, 374, 430-1, 449, 452-3, 456-7, 498.

Nevers, Duke of, 619.

Newbogle, Abbot of, 216.

Newfoundland, 410, 421, 432.

Nieuport, French expelled from, 435.

Noeles (?), William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Noel, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Nombre de Dios, 532.

Nonsuch, 41, 175, 185.

Norfolk, description of, 609.

-, discontent in, at loss of trade through the Netherlands War, 667.

Norfolk, Duke of, 108, 109, 143.

-, -, rising of, 33, 669.

-, -, his children restored in blood, 90.

-, -, the Queen of Scots betrothal to, 486
-, the Queen sende his betrothal ring as a keepsake to Mendoza, 664.

Norris, , sent to Alenon at Antwerp, 335.

-, Colonel, 247.

Norris, Sir John, in the Netherlands, 453, 456, 462, 542, 543, 545, 547.

North, Lord, 538.

Northern Confederation proposed, 379-380, 542.

Northesk, Earl of, 547.

Northumberland, description of, 608.

-, Earl of, 50, 85, 253, 504, 513-14
-, in the Tower, 538
-, suspected murder of, 542.

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

North-west passage, attempts to discover, see Cathay.

Norton (?), Lord, 504.

Norumbeage river, 384-5, 532, 536.

Norwich, 276.

Note, Arthur, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Nottinghamshire, description of, 610.

Noue
-, la, "Bras-de-fer," 15
-, capture of, 34, 93.

Nouvlle, M. de la, 346.

Nova Zembla, 76.

Nuez, Dr. Hector, 321-2.

Nutz, storming of, 598, 611, 652.

O

Oatlands, 501.

Oberholtzer, Hans, 334-5, 336, 515.

Obi river, 20.

Ochiltree, Lord, 688.

Octrung river, 365.

Oen, Hugo, 670.

Ogilvy, Lord, 98, 258, 688.

Olivares, Count de, Spanish Ambassador to the Pope, letters from, to Philip II., 525, 528, 560, 593, 613, 619.

-, -, letters to, from Philip II., 517, 527, 541, 657.

-, -, Spanish Ambassador to the Pope, 397, 408.

-, -, his negotiations with the Pope respecting the English invasion, 541, 560-9, 593-5, 613, 618-22, 657-60.

O'More, the, 96.

O'Neil, Tirlough Lenough, 44, 53, 64, 72, 85, 86, 89, 121, 158, 163.

Oporto, 64.

-, Don Antonio defeated at and flight from, 69.

Orange, Prince of, 4, 15, 19, 34, 40, 42, 44, 47, 52, 67, 70, 77, 83, 93, 105, 128, 135, 149, 172, 248, 253, 256, 264-5, 275-6, 281-2, 295-6, 299, 308, 311, 347, 430, 434, 441-2, 445, 454, 456, 462, 487, 498, 512, 602.

Orange, Prince of, attempted assassination by Jauregui, 320, 325-9, 333-4, 336, 339, 342, 346, 348, 358, 359, 361, 377.

-, -, marriage with the daughter of Coligny, 456.

-, Princess of, death of, 377.

Ore, castle of, Smerwick, fort occupied by the Papal forces, 59, 69.

Orkney and Shetland, anciently pledged to Scotland, their re-cession requested by Denmark, 546.

Orkney, Earl of, 688.

Orleans, 270.

Ormond, Earl of, 19, 53, 58, 63, 72, 86, 89, 96, 140, 319, 413, 421, 461, 557.

Oro, Pedro de, 409.

Osburton, Sebastian, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Ostend, French expelled from, 435.

Otombo, tower of, deposit of the Portuguese State Archives, 72, 143.

Oudenarde, 380, 386.

Oxford, Earl of, 172, 246, 533, 545, 546, 547.

P

Pacheco
-, Captain Vasco Duarte, 559
-, his attempted assassination of Sir Edward Stafford, 585.

Padilla, Don Sancho de, 67.

Paget, Charles, his secret mission to England, 505-6, 510.

-, -, an English Catholic refugee in France, 540
-, condemned for high treason, 547, 550, 576, 577, 587, 589, 627, 629, 641, 645, 664, 690.

-, Lord, his flight from England on the discovery of Throgmorton's plot, 511, 540, 541
-, condemned for high treason, 547, 550, 577, 582, 690.

-, William, a refugee in France, 109, 184
-, sent by Mary Queen of Scots to Mendoza, 581, 587, 596.

Pallavicini, Horatio, a Genoese banker in London, 180, 257, 545.

Panama, 341.

Pardin, Captain, see Perrin.

Parker, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Parliament, meetings of, 79, 81, 90, 208, 221, 256, 466, 531, 536, 537, 655, 673.

-, prorogation of, 10, 15, 531.

-, Acts against the Catholics in, 51, 70, 90, 106, 152-3, 531, 537, 538, 655.

-, condemns the Queen of Scots to death, 669, 675-6, 680.

-, Scots, 199-200, 207, 216, 237, 247, 288, 408, 418, 421, 495.

Parma, Duke of, letters to, from Mendoza, 635, 664.

Parma, Duke of, letters from, to Mendoza, 665.

-, -, 5, 62, 67, 103-5, 126, 198, 289, 294, 296, 308, 324, 398, 403, 406, 485, 441, 443, 445, 454, 466, 487, 504, 539, 559, 570, 584, 587, 591, 629, 643, 653-4, 656, 662, 670, 681, 690.

-, -, his attitude towards the Scottish Catholic enterprise, 635-8, 665, 682-8.

-, -, his marriage suggested with the Queen of Scots, 688.

-, -, to co-operate with the Babington conspirators, 607-8, 615-16, 639.

Parry
-, Dr. William, arrest of, 533-4
-, beheaded, 535.

Pasages in Biscay, 179.

Pasquier, 664.

Paulet, Sir Amyas, 538, 541, 547, 610, 625, 645-6, 681.

-, Hampden, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Peckham, Sir George, imprisoned in the Tower, 627.

Pei-choi, 76.

Pelham, , 53, 168.

Pelican
-, the, Drake's ship 95
-, see also Deptford.

Pembroke, Earl of, 92, 552.

Peri-Jacome, of Terceira, 201-2.

Perreira, Gonzalo, of Fayal, 338, 360.

Perrin, Edward, Captain, an Englishman, born in the Azores, 82, 93, 569, 632, 650, 674.

Persia, trade with, 20, 365-7.

Persons, Father Robert, 195-7, 236, 242, 265, 276, 285-9, 320, 322-3, 351-2, 362-3, 372, 377-8, 383-4, 392, 485, 562, 621-2, 660.

-, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Perth, 491.

Philip II., letters from, to Mendoza, 29, 29, 49, 65, 67, 69, 78, 83, 86, 87, 88, 102, 102, 118, 149, 159, 160, 161, 164, 164, 172, 181, 181, 182, 202, 220, 221, 240, 242, 254, 255, 278, 278, 294, 294, 342, 358, 359, 373, 397, 403, 405, 499, 506, 519, 520, 539, 540, 543, 544, 544, 553, 573, 580, 590, 614, 614, 616, 630, 638, 639, 639, 656, 671, 679.

-, -, to Juan de Vargas Mejia, 30.

-, -, to J. B. Tassis, 379, 401, 436, 475.

-, -, to Count Olivares, 517, 527, 593, 657.

-, -, to Queen Elizabeth, 159.

-, -, to Duke of Guise, 631.

-, letters to, from Mendoza, 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33, 34, 35, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 63, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 88, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 100, 101, 103, 106, 107, 110, 111, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 121, 125, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 145, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 152, 153, 155, 158, 161, 163, 164, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 180, 182, 184, 185, 190, 192, 194, 197, 199, 201, 203, 206, 208, 209, 211, 216, 217, 218, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 229, 231, 232, 232, 234, 235, 237, 238, 238, 239, 242, 246, 249, 251, 255, 255, 260, 263, 264, 265, 266, 269, 272, 273, 276, 279, 280, 281, 283, 285, 289, 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 303, 306, 310, 312, 313, 316, 317, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 326, 329, 329, 333, 335, 336, 336, 339, 340, 344, 346, 347, 349, 349, 352, 355, 356, 358, 360, 362, 364, 365, 375, 377, 379, 380, 384, 387, 389, 394, 395, 398, 400, 405, 406, 406, 408, 410, 412, 414, 416, 417, 418, 420, 421, 425, 428, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 441, 442, 445, 449, 452, 452, 455, 456, 458, 459, 460, 462, 465, 470, 471, 472, 477, 486, 492, 495, 496, 497, 499, 510, 512, 513, 515, 530, 531, 533, 534, 536, 536, 537, 538, 539, 541, 545, 546, 547, 549, 549, 550, 551, 552, 552, 556, 557, 557, 558, 559, 559, 569, 570, 571, 572, 574, 577, 577, 579, 582, 583, 584, 586, 591, 595, 595, 598, 599, 601, 603, 610, 612, 617, 618, 623, 624, 627, 639, 641, 643, 644, 644, 646, 648, 660, 660, 662, 666, 666, 667, 669, 670, 679, 681, 689.

-, -, from Count Olivares, 525, 528, 541, 560, 613, 619.

-, -, from J. B. Tassis, 444, 461, 463, 479, 487, 507, 511.

-, -, from James VI., 690.

-, his relations with Mary Queen of Scots, 23, 30, 31, 34, 98-100, 103, 109, 123, 149-50, 160, 169, 205-6, 221, 241, 258-60, 289, 330, 343, 358-9, 362, 382-4, 392-4, 395-6, 404, 407, 447-8, 465-70, 476, 491-2, 529-30, 574, 589, 590, 597, 679.

- grants of money to Mary Queen of Scots, 574, 587-8, 589, 590-1, 597, 598, 629.

-, is appealed to by the Scots Catholics, 4, 5, 6, 13, 26, 77, 100, 286-9, 289-93, 309, 314, 317, 330-3, 343, 349-52, 363, 370-3, 377-9, 382-3, 427, 475-6, 491-2, 521-5.

-, his claim to the English Crown, 563-4, 581, 587, 590-1, 644, 646, 647, 660, 670.

-, his reasons for the intended invasion of England, 562-4, 576, 613, 619, 657.

-, his opinions on the Babington plot, 603-7, 614-15, 627-8.

-, his anxiety for the Queen of Scots, 679.

-, the conditions of his marriage with Mary of England, 417.

Piblac, M. de, 50.

Picton, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Pinart, Claude, Secretary, 91, 110, 119, 137, 229-31, 232, 238, 252, 256, 261, 271, 273, 276, 279-80, 316, 317-18, 411, 556, 560, 572.

-, Pinart, son of, is sent to England respecting the Alenon match, 260-1.

Pinto, Juan, of Rio-de-la-Plata, captured by the England, 496-7.

Piracy, 3, 11, 32, 44, 47, 55, 94, 115, 125, 138, 157, 162, 171, 178, 186, 199, 202, 203, 210, 225, 255, 263, 264, 284, 297, 298, 302, 305, 329, 365, 406, 410, 433, 507, 511, 537, 542, 557, 576, 578, 584, 599-600, 603, 624, 633-4, 643-4, 652-3, 661, 666, 671, 677-8.

Plessy, 34, 35, 38.

Plunkett, , an Irish priest hanged at Smerwick, 69.

Plymouth, 3, 51, 55, 62-3, 144, 149, 162, 174, 199, 202, 283, 285, 297, 313, 319, 326, 334, 414, 433, 511, 545-7, 547-52, 572, 610-11.

-, arrival of a French ship in, with arms for the Portuguese rebels, 35.

-, port of, to be secured for the Babington conspirators by Sir William Courtney, 604.

Points, Anthony, an English Catholic proposes to serve the Spaniards secretly, 570-1, 574, 662, 689.

-, Nicholas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Poland, King of, 368-70.

Poley, , a Catholic spy in the house of Walsingham, 592.

Pope, see Gregory XIII. and Sixtus V.

Porter, Giles, an Englishman in Spanish pay, 456.

Porto Rico, Drake's attack upon, 584.

Portsmouth, 43, 199.

Portugal, Regents of, 27, 31, 48.

-, trade with, 10, 64, 654-5.

-, Philip's succession to the Crown of, 10, 16, 20, 24, 28, 38, 39, 40, 43, 45, 47, 49, 214.

Portuguese Ambassador, see Castillo.

Portuguese Jews in London, 113.

Price, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Primrose
-, the ship, 414, 537
-, kidnaps the Lieutenant-Governor of Biscay, 543.

Prince, Saint, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Privateers, see Piracy.

Proclamation against the Queen of Scotland, 676, 678.

Protestant powers, proposed league of, see Northern confederation.

Protestant propaganda in Spain, 177, 219.

Prunart, M. de, 222.

Pruneaux, M. de, 347.

Puritanism, growth of, in England, 496.

Q

Quins, M. de, 269, 271.

R

Raleigh
-, Sir Walter, 501, 520
-, knighted, 532. 538, 661, 668-9.

-, -, expeditions fitted out by him, 520, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 539, 543, 552, 599, 661, 666.

-, -, alleged complicity in the Babington plot, 623.

-, -, his approaches to the Spaniards, 669.

Ramequin, 406.

Randolph
-, Sir Thomas, Master of the Posts, his embassy to Scotland, 77, 79, 81, 96
-, his flight from Scotland, 100, 107, 108, 148
-, again sent to Scotland, 573, 578, 583.

Recalde, Juan, Martinez de, sails to encounter Hawkin's fleet, 643, 649.

Red Lion (ship), 537.

Redshanks, Scotch soldiers in Ireland, 53, 85.

Reprisals suggested by the Spaniards for Drake's depredations, 94-5, 138, 173, 190, 192, 208, 210, 241.

Revolving cannon, invention of, by Baron Schomberg, 368-9.

Riario, Cardinal, Nuncio at Madrid, 135.

Ribaut, Jean, his expedition to Florida, 349, 361, 385.

Richmond, 176, 186, 198, 203.

Rimini, Bishop of, Castelli, Nuncio in France, 505.

Rinaldo, Biagio, a Genoese merchant in London, 158.

Ripplemond, the Archives, of, 181, 200, 220.

Rivero, Antonio de, 346.

Robert, Captain, 255, 264, 273, 284, 301.

Roche, de la, 381.

Rochelle, 297, 307, 360, 386, 538, 624, 642, 649.

Rochester, 178, 280.

-, warlike stores sent to, 35, 49.

Rodriguez, Amador, a Portuguese silversmith in London, 157-8.

Rodriguez, de Souza, Juan, envoy from Don Antonio, 47, 48, 50, 52, 55, 64, 68, 77, 81, 82, 90, 93, 101, 115, 125, 138-9, 142, 146, 147, 149, 156, 177-8, 178, 183.

Rogers, Daniel, English envoy to the Emperor at Nuremberg, captured by the Spaniards, 62, 296.

Romero, Julian, Colonel, 570.

Rosa Antonio, of Contrai, 181, 200, 220.

Rose, Lord, 688.

Ross, Bishop of, 587, 664.

Rothes, Earl of, 489, 608.

Rothesay Castle, 413.

Rouen, 322-3, 359, 399-400, 534.

Royal Exchange, document against Spain posted on the pillars of, 419.

Ruggiero, Cosm, 584, 551, 552.

Russell, Lord, eldest son of the Earl of Bedford, killed in a riot on the Scotch border, 545.

-, Captain William, 435, 441, 442.

-, Sir William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Rusticucci, Cardinal, 640.

Ruthven
-, Lord, 407, 412, 426, 431, 439, 451
-, resigns his office of treasurer, 460, 486, 489, 490-1, 503
-, his unsuccessful rising against the Catholic lords, 526.

Rutland, Earl of, 504, 583, 602.

S

Saddler, Sir Ralph, in charge of the Queen of Scots, 530.

Sakers, cannon for Terceira, 297.

St. Aignan, 222.

St. Aldegonde, 93, 203, 207, 218, 222, 241, 248, 256, 257, 264, 268, 283, 335, 572.

St. Andrew, flight of James VI. to, 490.

St. Bernard, near Antwerp, 381, 442.

St. Goard, French Ambassador in Spain, 13, 23.

St. Helena, Island of, 297.

St. Jean de Luz, 152.

St. John's Town, see Perth.

St. Mary's Port, 21.

St. Michael, Azores, 71, 144, 201, 229, 338, 397, 414-15, 419, 501, 649, 658.

St. Nicholas, 365, 387, 395.

St. Omer, 432.

St. Ubes, 77, 142-143, 145.

St. Vincent, Cape, 302, 306.

St. Vincent Port, 496.

Salamona, ship belonging to Alderman Bond, 152, 179.

Salazar, Cristobal de, Spanish Ambassador in Venice, 367, 433, 465.

Salcedo, Captain, his plot to assassinate Orange and Alenon, 402, 412.

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

Salt, export from Spain, 83, 421, 432, 576, 662.

Saltash, Drake's plunder deposited there, 59.

Saltoun, Lord, 688.

Salvariccia, Bartolom, a Genoese agent of Mendoza expelled from England for complicity in a plot to poison Orange, 478.

Sampson (Antonio de Escobar), a Portuguese spy in Paris, 537, 551-2, 579, 611-12, 648, 650, 667, 671.

Sampson's advices from England, 592, 599, 602, 611, 632, 670.

San Antonio, Azores, 415.

Sancerre, Count de, 91.

San Clemente, Don Guillen, 370.

Sanders
-, Doctor, 17, 44, 59, 69-70, 97
-, his death, 97n. 118, 119, 211, 278, 301.

Sandwich, 198, 247.

Sandys, Archbishop of York, see York.

San Giuseppe, Colonel Sebastian, commands the Papal forces in Ireland, 58-9, 443.

San Julian, Port of, Brazil, 75, 340.

San Juan, Spanish ship plundered by Drake, 80.

San Lorenzo, Island of, 75.

San Lucar, 424.

Sanquhar, Lord, 688.

San Sebastian, 152, 283, 419.

-, Castle of, Azores, 415.

Santa Catalina, Azores, 415.

Santa Cilia, Captain, 17.

Santa Cruz, Marquis of, 36, 183, 338, 397, 414, 419, 501, 574, 580.

-, -, Morocco, 277.

Santa Maria, Azores, 415.

Santander, 40.

San Thom, 678.

Santo Domingo, Azores, 76, 202, 337, 511.

-, (West Indies) Drake's attack upon, 573-4, 576, 578, 580, 583-4, 586, 600, 626, 651.

Sanzio, Cardinal, 541, 560, 569, 613.

Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro de, captured by the English, 651, 654, 661, 666-7, 668, 672, 673-4, 677.

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

Savello, Cardinal, 532.

Savona, M. de, proposed Nuncio to France, 505.

Savoy, Duke of, Charles Emmanuel, 78, 391.

Saxony, Duke of, writes a book against the doctrines of Luther, 362.

Scilly Isles, 166, 182.

Schismatics, 603, 629-630.

Schomberg, Baron Gaspar, 248, 283, 366-9, 380, 386.

-, -, his information regarding the diversion of the East Indian Trade through Russia, 365-8.

-, -, his invention of a revolving cannon, &c., 368-9.

-, Marshal, 248, 281.

Schornau, Hans, Swiss Captain of Alenon's guard, 248, 253-4, 265.

Scotch Councillors to be bribed by Spain, 293, 310, 383, 451, 489.

Scotland, English plots in, 77, 79, 81, 96, 100, 107, 108, 148, 320, 324, 352, 388, 395, 397, 400, 401-3, 405, 407, 408, 408, 412-13, 418, 420-1, 422-3, 426, 434, 455, 488, 524, 535, 552-3, 683.

-, Catholic conspiracy in, 169, 170.

-, relations with France, 420, 422-5, 426-33, 437, 489, 520.

-, Spanish intrigues in, 5, 6, 7, 184, 193-7.

Scottish aid to the Flemish Insurgents, 536, 543, 573, 578, 583, 595, 627, 661.

Scottish border, fatal riot upon the, 545.

Scottish Catholics, attacks upon, 216-217, 224, 385, 396-7, 400, 520, 526.

-, -, money aid from Spain and the Pope to, 436.

Scottish Catholic nobles act against the English faction, 405, 412, 489-91.

Scottish nobles solicit the aid of foreign forces, 286-9, 291-4, 309, 314, 317, 330-3, 343, 349-52, 363, 370-3, 377-9, 382-4, 428, 436, 448, 487-8, 494, 521-5.

Scottish Catholic nobles appeal to Philip for aid, 487-8, 589-90, 595-7, 630-1, 635-8, 639-640, 656, 665-6, 667-8, 681-9.

Scottish Nobility, statement of, 688.

Searider of Ampsteede (ship), 554.

Sebastian, Henry, 146.

-, Paul, 146.

Sedan, Prince of, 110.

Selby, Captain, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

-, Rowland, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Seminary Priests, 38, 538.

Semple, Lord, 688.

Sendye, Arthur, sent to Denmark, 466.

Sennet, Mr., 457.

Seton
-, Alexander, 323, 331, 351
-, arrested, 458.

-, John, 216, 323, 331, 351, 399
-, sent to Spain, 487.

-, -, sent by James VI. to England, 107
-, his return, 108. 123, 194.

-, Lady, 289.

-, Lord, 123, 194, 216, 287, 288, 292, 399, 517, 531, 688.

Serradas, Manuel, Governor of Madeira, 377.

Seville, merchants of, demand restitution of Drake's plunder, 61, 65-6, 73, 83, 94, 107, 164, 189-90, 208.

Sherwin, , execution of, 231.

Shipping, English, 8, 9, 19, 155, 162, 199, 212, 237, 238, 246, 264, 268, 278, 297, 306, 357, 432-3, 434, 520, 532, 537, 572, 578, 582, 583, 584, 585, 599-601, 610-1, 624, 627, 632-4, 652-3, 673-4.

Shirley, Sir Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 553, 554.

Shrewsbury, Countess of, 426, 451-2, 455, 471, 473, 495, 546, 602, 688.

Shrewsbury
-, Earl of, 10, 43, 77, 79, 300-1, 332, 471, 495, 504
-, alleged attempt to poison, 542, 546, 602.

Sidney, Sir Henry, his death, 582.

-, Philip, 172, 178, 384, 547, 548, 550, 582, 585
-, his death, 650.

-, Robert, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554
-, commands the English troops at Flushing, 680.

Silva, Manuel de, 145, 149, 166, 232, 337, 338, 345, 346, 360, 419, 467, 487.

-, Commander of St. John, 158.

-, Jeronimo de, 158.

Silvio, 592.

Simier, Jehan de, his quarrel with Leicester, 1, 2, 244n.

-, -, 1, 26, 44, 243-4, 245, 260-2
-, in disgrace with Alenon, 262, 265-9, 272
-, is ostensibly restored to favour, 390-1, 459, 641.

Sinclair, Lord, 547, 688.

Sion House, near Richmond, prepared for Alenon's reception, 185, 198.

Sixtus V., Pope, 539, 541, 640.

-, his participation in the plans for the invasion of England, 539, 541, 560-9, 593-5, 613, 618-22, 657-60, 685-6.

-, his Bull against the Bourbons, 556n, 647.

-, to be kept in ignorance of the Scottish enterprise, 640.

Skille, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Skipworth, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Sluys, the, 409, 421, 435.

Smerwick, 59, 69.

Smith, , Custom House officer, Don Antonio lodges in his house near Dover, 178.

-, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 556.

Snede, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Soissons, Count de, Charles de Bourbon, 91.

Solwood, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Somers
-, 172, 458
-, in charge of the Queen of Scots, 530.

Somersetshire, description of, 610.

Somerville, , his alleged intention to kill the Queen, 511.

-, Lord, 688.

Sosa, Count de, envoy from the Duke of Savoy, 78, 80.

Sousa, Francisco, Antonio de, see Souza.

-, Jeronimo de, an adherent of Don Antonio, appeals for pardon to Philip, 499, 507.

Southampton, 156, 179, 414, 417, 432, 433, 626, 642.

Southampton, Earl of, 50.

Sound, the, passage of English ships through, 366, 409.

Southward, Sir John, joins in the Babington plot, 605.

Southwell, , his arrest, 78.

Souza, Francisco Antonio de, 247, 255, 298, 360, 377.

Spain, Queen of, see Anne of Austria.

Spain, trade with, 8, 11, 19, 24, 29, 36, 40, 43, 47, 64, 67, 68, 72, 106, 130, 148, 152, 155, 174, 179, 192, 208-9, 219, 235, 263, 283-4, 303, 308, 385, 599-600, 636, 652, 654-5.

Spaniards in England, expulsion of, 557.

Spanish strength at sea, 56-7.

Spanish war preparations, 10, 11, 21, 24, 88, 107, 130, 150, 160, 557, 573, 580, 585, 588, 592, 629.

Spes, Don Guerau de, formerly Spanish Ambassador in England, 188-9.

Spice trade, proposed diversion of, to England through Russia, 365-8, 433, 465.

Staferton, Thomas, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Stafford, Sir Edward, 1, 2, 10, 15, 38, 39, 52, 68, 71, 76, 203, 211, 311.

-, -, appointed English Ambassador in France, 500, 528, 538, 548-9, 556, 559, 560, 623, 629, 641, 648, 680.

-, -, English Ambassador in France, bribed by Spain, 528, 575-6, 648.

-, -, English Ambassador in France, attempted assassination of, by Captain Vasco Duarte Pacheco, 585.

-, -, intercedes with Henry III. for the Queen of Scots, 641, 648, 660.

Stafford, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

-, Humphrey, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

-, Lady, Mistress of the Robes, 274, 416, 457, 496.

Staffordshire, description of, 610.

Stanley, Sir William, deserts to the Spaniards and betrays Deventer, 689.

-, -, to accompany Leicester to Holland in command of a regiment, 553.

-, -, joins in the Babington plot, 604, 607.

-, -, treachery of, 604, 607.

Stapleton, Sir Robert, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554, 670.

Star Chamber, 210.

Stelan, William (?) Bond's agent in Seville, 184.

Stewart, James, see Arran, Earl of.

-, Esm D'Aubigny, see Lennox.

Stirling, Convention at, 23, 32.

-, 526, 553.

-, plot to burn, 107.

Storey, Dr., kidnapped in the Netherlands, 189.

Stourton, Lord, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

Strange, Lord, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

Strozzi
-, , his expeditions to the Azores in the interests of Don Antonio, 214, 306
-, his defeat at St. Michaels, 397-8.

Stuart, Arabella, her marriage suggested to a son of the Duke of Parma, 688.

-, Colonel, colonel of the King's Guard, 458, 460, 489, 525.

-, -, proposal for his desertion from the service of the states to the Spaniards, 27, 184.

-, -, is sent by James VI. to England, 451, 458, 460-1, 471-4, 477, 478, 489, 495.

-, -, his mission to Mendoza from the Scotch Catholic Nobles, 681-2, 689.

-, Sir William, Constable of Dumbarton Castle, 50, 81.

Stubbs, 1.

Stukeley, his expedition to Florida, 349.

Suarez, Manuel Martinez de, of St. Michael's, 336.

Suctrabam (?), Russia, 365.

Suffolk, description of, 609.

Sumner, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Surrey, Earl of, restored in blood, Earl of Arundel, 90.

Susannah (ship), 414.

Sussex, Earl of, 16, 31, 40, 42, 54, 59, 75, 78, 84, 102, 110, 114, 116, 131, 134, 140, 154, 175, 185, 186, 188, 191, 206, 211, 222, 223, 230, 234, 246, 249, 252, 260-1, 263, 267-8, 272, 274-6, 303, 307, 310-12, 317-18, 327, 346, 352, 358, 364, 375, 390, 412.

-, -, quarrels with Leicester, 275-6.

Sussex, description of, 609.

Sutherland, Earl of, 688.

Swan, of Berel (ship), 554.

Sweden, King of, suggested election to the throne of Poland, 380, 386.

Sympcote, John (or Jan), an English merchant trading with Barbary, 277, 424-5.

Syria, 456.

T

Tantallon Castle, 148.

Tassis, Juan Bautista de, letters from, 98, 204, 370, 377, 400, 426, 444, 461, 463, 479, 487, 507, 511, 521, 521, 526.

-, -, letters to, from Philip II., 436, 475, 525, 527, 528.

-, -, Spanish ambassador in France, 32, 66, 116, 361, 446, 478, 498, 500, 519.

Tassis, Juan Bautista, his remonstrance to Catherine de Medici against Alenon's action, 86.

-, -, his negotiations with the Scotch Catholics, 98-9, 100, 234-6, 330, 370-3, 377-9, 392, 395, 401-2, 405, 426-8, 436, 440, 461-2, 463-4, 475-6, 479-86, 487-8, 494, 507-10, 521-5, 526-7.

-, -, is distrusted by Mary Queen of Scots, 448.

-, -, his views on the proposed invasion of England, 521-5.

Teligny, Sieur de, Odet de la Noue, 18.

Terceira
-, Isle of, Azores, in favour of Don Antonio, 111, 114, 145, 225, 234, 246, 255, 334, 336, 337, 338, 346, 414
-, proposal to betray to Philip, 415-6, 419, 467, 478, 487, 653.

-, -, -, expedition for the relief of, 115, 116, 125, 128, 129, 137, 144, 147, 149, 157, 160, 161, 163, 166, 181, 191, 199, 201, 208, 228, 232, 255, 304, 306, 307, 312-13, 334, 337, 339, 361, 391, 409, 417, 419, 421, 432, 433, 459, 478, 501, 507, 643, 649.

-, -, -, specie and goods from, 225, 234, 246, 255, 263, 264, 273, 279, 284, 285, 295, 297, 301-2, 307, 312-13, 325, 345, 391, 414.

-, -, refugees from, 414-19, 421, 432, 433, 443.

-, -, base money to be coined at, for Don Antonio, 417.

Terremonde, 442, 453.

Texel, 421.

Thomas (or Thom) of Lynn (ship), 554.

Thomas, Captain William, 226.

Thornax, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Throgmorton, Francis, his plot against the Queen, 502, 510-12, 513.

-, George, his incarceration in the Tower, 512, 513.

-, Thomas, 540
-, condemned for high treason, 547, 550, 690.

Throgmortons, the, of Shropshire, join in the Babington plot, 605.

Tichborne
-, Master, 547
-, executed for the Babington plot, 641n.

Tierra del Fuego, discovered to be an island, 340-2.

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

Todos los Santos, 302.

Toulouse, 270.

Tooke, Walter, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Torpichen, Lord, 688.

Torres Vedras, Count of, see Silva.

Tournai, surrender of, 239, 324.

-, 642.

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

Treasurer, see Knollys.

-, Lord, see Cecil.

Trentham, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Tresham, Thomas, 236, 364, 547.

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

-, William, 236, 364.

Triell, M. de la, see Estrelle.

Tripoli, 433, 456, 465.

Turbervil, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Turenne, Marquis de, 163.

-, Viscount de, 660.

Turk, the, threatened descent of, upon Italy, 65.

-, ambassador from, 65, 70, 107, 431.

Turkey, ambassador from, in France opposed by the Pope, 256.

-, English ambassador to, 425, 432, 532.

-, trade with, 10, 65, 72, 107, 138, 366-7, 414, 456.

Tyrell, George, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

U

Ughtred (ship), 357, 410.

Ughtred, Henry, 410, 432.

Umpton
-, , to accompany Leicester to Holland, 554
-, see also Unton.

Unton, Sir Edward, arrested by the Inquisition at Milan, 443.

V

Vaez, Baltazar, 675.

-, Pedro, 183.

Valdez, Don Francisco, 201.

-, Don Pedro de, Spanish admiral, 29, 36, 77, 150, 160.

Valette
-, La, 280
-, see also Epernon.

Valois, Marguerite de, Princess of Bearn, 592.

Van Erpe Joost, a Flemish banker in London, 106.

Vargas Mejia, Juan de, letters from, 4, 12, 23, 26, 32.

-, -, letters to, from Secretary Idiaquez, 22.

Vargas Mejia
-, Juan de, his negotiations with the Scots Catholics, 4, 12, 13, 22-3, 26, 30
-, death of, 32, 100, 293.

Vasquez, Secretary Mateo, letter from, 321.

-, Mateo, secretary, 479.

Vaughan, Lord, 688.

-, a privateer captain, 162, 178.

Vaux, Lord, joins in the Babington plot, 604.

Vega, Antonio de, letter from, to Philip II., 672, 678.

-, -, a Portuguese spy, 202, 210, 232, 339, 639
-, proposes the murder of Don Antonio in England, 675-7.

Velutelli, , Lucchese banker in London, 18, 162.

Venice, 107, 368.

-, proposed ambassador in London from, 474.

Ventidal (Uvedale?), an English resident at St. Vincent, 74.

Verde, Cape de, 137.

Verdugo, Spanish General in Flanders, 247.

Very, Abb de, attends Protestant service at Westminster, 276.

Viana, town of, captured by Don Antonio, 63, 89.

-, 313.

Vigo, 313.

Villa Real, P. de, 651, 653-4.

Villars, 44.

Villeroy, Secretary, 549, 556, 574, 626, 629, 632, 667, 689.

-, -, proposes co-operation with Spain against England, 539-40, 544.

Vilvorde, 442, 453.

Vimioso, Count, adherent of Don Antonio, 101, 115, 116, 125, 139, 145, 158.

-, Countess, banished from Portugal, 164, 183.

Visante, Martin, 32.

Viteaux, Baron, 381.

Volga River, 365-7.

Vray, Jacques de, Alenon's secretary, 26, 31, 34, 91, 110, 116, 119, 121, 138, 151.

W

Waad, , see Wade.

Wade
-, Sir William, to be sent to Spain respecting Mendoza's expulsion, 516
-, his arrival, 520, 521.

-, -, 533, 534-5
-, sent to France to demand the surrender of Morgan, 535, 536.

-, -, examines papers of Mary Queen of Scots on the discovery of the Babington plot, 625-6.

Waigatz, 76.

Waigthes, William, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Wake, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Walcheren, Isle of, 103.

Wales, description of, 610.

Walsingham, Sir Francis, letter from, to Mendoza, 534.

-, -, 2, 15, 16, 18, 34, 40, 42, 47, 52, 55, 68, 74, 85, 93, 101, 110, 115, 121, 127, 128, 130, 135, 136, 140-1, 144, 145-6, 148, 151, 174, 179, 185, 193, 198, 201, 202, 206, 208, 209, 211, 218, 221, 226, 228, 232, 234, 247, 249, 255, 268, 267-8, 281, 285, 296, 297, 298, 305, 311, 313, 316, 320, 324-5, 327, 329, 331, 334, 345, 346, 353, 364, 374, 375-6, 384, 388, 389, 398, 404, 407-8, 410, 418, 425, 430, 445, 451, 452, 455, 457, 459, 466, 471, 472-3, 477, 478, 496-9, 513, 515, 520, 532, 534, 542, 573, 592, 602, 623, 625, 627, 646, 650, 658-4, 655, 673, 680, 689.

-, -, his mission to France, 151-2, 155-6, 158-9, 164-6, 172, 175, 178, 180, 185.

-, -, refuses the mission to Scotland, 499
-, accepts, 499.

-, -, his opinion of the gravity of the Babington plot, 623.

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

Walsingham's wife, 166.

Ward, Richard, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Warwick, Countess of, 325.

Waterford, 62.

Watson, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Wattes, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Westmoreland, description of, 609.

Westmoreland, Earl of, letters from, to Philip II., 597, 632.

-, -, 19, 372, 485, 504, 521, 523, 608, 616, 630, 632, 690.

-, -, to join the Babington rising, 606.

Weston, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 554.

Wheat, export of, from England, 117-18.

Whetstone, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

White Bear (ship), 319, 326, 329.

White Falcon (ship), 71.

Whittinghame, , a brother of Archibald Douglas, 107, 122.

Whittington (?), John, intelligence from England brought by, 520.

Wight, Isle of, 65, 178, 187, 199, 218, 235, 263, 306, 360, 432, 548, 618.

Wilkes, Clerk of the Council, 191, 511.

Willebroeck, 442.

Willoughby d'Eresby
-, Lord, 381, 409
-, sent to Germany to raise troops for Henry of Navarre, 547
-, see also Bertie.

Wilson, Secretary, 37, 47, 50, 52, 54, 93, 146, 183.

Wiltshire, description of, 610.

Windsor, Lord, joins in the Babington plot, 604, 606.

Windsor's, Lord, brother, one of the Babington conspirators, escapes, 623.

Winter, Captain, 17, 51, 71, 101, 144, 357, 385.

-, , his return from Magellan, 3n, 340-1, 357.

Woad from the Azores, 71, 73, 88, 116, 125, 337, 345, 478.

Woodrowe, Sir Nicholas, Lord Mayor of London, 144.

Worcester, Earl of, 50, 504.

Wotton
-, Edward, English Ambassador in Scotland, 546
-, dismissed by the King, 552.

-, Sir Edward, to be sent to Spain respecting the expulsion of Mendoza, 515.

-, Henry (?), sent to Henry III. with proofs of the complicity of the Queen of Scots with the Babington plot, 644-6, 660, 666.

-, John, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Wright, Christopher, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Y

Yaez, Martin, a Biscayner, 419.

York, Archbishop of (Edwin Sandys), 14, 92.

Yorke, Edward, accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Yorkshire, description of, 609.

-, Catholic gentry of, arrested for complicity in the Babington plot, 670, 680-1.

Z

Zante, 138.

Zayas, Secretary, 239, 284, 293, 322.

Zeeland, 273, 421, 442, 462, 487, 538, 543, 545, 570-1, 679-80.

Zouch, Captain, an English officer in Ireland, 83, 265.

Zouche, , accompanies Leicester to Holland, 555.

Zubiaur, Pedro de, 32, 65-6, 73, 78, 83, 87, 94, 107, 118, 164, 209, 535.

Zubiaur
-, Pedro de, is arrested in London for complicity in the attempted murder of Orange, 325
-, negotiations for his release, 534
-, re-arrested and sent to the Tower, 539, 542, 549
-, is exchanged and sent to Holland, 655-6.

Zutphen, the battle of, 651.