B

Babington, Babyngton:

—, Becher's relations with, 178.

Mr., payments for apparel for Ireland, 253.

lands in Derby and Notts, 175.

Babraham (Baburham, Babram). letters dated at, 127, 129, 174, 225, 233, 418, 419.

Bacon :

Mr., 149, 162, 298.

Anthony, 233.

— letter to, 98.

— a letter of, referred to, 158.

Edmund, a surgeon brought over from Antwerp, 50.

Francis, 208.

— letters showing relations with, and attitude towards the Earl of Essex, 405–407.

Bacons, Sir Francis, 439.

Baconsthorpe, letter dated at, 24.

Baddow (Badowe), letter dated at, 145.

Bagg, Bagge, James, commissioner at Plymouth, 103, 307, 323, 425.

letters from, 83, 233.

Bagnall, Sir Samuel, Commander of the forces for Loughfoyle, 147 (2), 148.

Bagot, Walter, letter from, 46.

Bagshaw, Dr., 202 (2), 203.

Baker, John, of Westminster, 437.

Balcarres (Belcress), Earl of, 431.

Balfour, Sir Michael, of Burley, a Scottish Knight, travels abroad, 219.

Ballard, William, Clerk of the Enrolment of Evidences in Chancery, 75.

letter from, 387.

Ballasidarragh, bridge of, 424.

Balliboy, Tyrrel's chief castle, 268.

Ballinafad, 423.

Ballyragget (Bellaragged), bulwark of co. of Kilkenny, 267.

letter dated at, 140.

Ballyshannon (Ballasshanon), the hithermost part of Odonell's country, 99, 265.

Baltimore, 172.

Baltinglas, a, 384.

Bamford, one, Counsellor-at-Law, 175.

Banbury, 275.

Banckes, Henry, 397.

Bancroft, Richard, Bishop of London, letters from, 9, 39, 178, 235, 373, 407, 409.

interview with the Queen, 235.

his desire for the Queen's good opinion, &c., 407, 408.

Bann (Band), the river, in Ulster, 20, 101.

Bangor, Bishop of, 370.

Banning. Baninge, Alderman, negotiations with regard to the tin, 220.

proceedings between him and his wife, 234, 235.

the wife's accuser publicly asks forgiveness, 235.

Bar, letters dated at, 166, 286.

Barca. letter dated at, 277.

Barcelona, the voyage of, 6.

Bardon, John, 397.

Barefoot, Thomas, letter to, 132.

Barkley. See Berkeley.

Barker :

Captain, 36.

Mr Dr., 334.

— Laurence, 39.

Barking or Barking Shelf. Essex, 284.

proposal to sink ships at, 281, 282.

Barlow, Mr., 37.

Barne, J., justice of Westminster, 15.

Barneby, Francis, confession of, 200.

Barnes, letter dated at, 43.

Barnet, 97, 167.

Barneveldt, M., 22.

Barnstaple. 96.

a man-of-war of captured, 152.

Barrow Side Ireland, rebels' depredations on the, 414.

Barton, George, letter signed by, 369.

Barvieska, plague in, 172.

Basadonna, John, letter from, 11.

Basciadona, Mag^lo, cruel conduct of, 167

Basil, 243.

Bashall, land at, 133.

Basing, 246.

letters dated at, 75, 197.

Basingstoke, 152, 182, 234.

letter dated at, 339.

Baskerville, Sir Thomas, 28, 437.

Bassett, Basset :

Captain, 145, 330.

Sir Robert, 439.

— regiment of, at Plymouth, 274.

Bate, John, letter signed by, 103.

Bates, Edward, of Dover, 160.

Bath, the, 57, 128, 130, 197.

letters dated at, 179, 180.

Bath, Earl of. See Bourchier.

Bathory, Cardinal Andrea, elected Prince, 219.

Baylye, Hugh, letter from, 383.

Baynards Castle, letters dated at, 29, 157, 163.

Bayning, Paul, letters from, 102, 103.

Bayntrine, J., 115.

Bayona, Islands of, 273, 283.

Bayonne, Bayon, France, 109, 409.

English Catholies at, 193.

letters from, 233, 247, 301.

corn transported to, 247.

Governor of, 306.

Baxter, Thomas, 108.

Beale, Robert, of the Council of the North, 228, 229, 257, 363.

letters from, 154, 161, 296, 334, 358, 377, 379.

the value of his appointments, 154.

his “name made odious to the whole world,” 377.

charges against, his poverty, &c., 379.

son of, desiring to return to France, 358.

Beanford, Old, the Sign of the Talbot in, 425.

Bearr, Ireland, 131.

Beauchamp, Lord, “heir apparent,” 122.

Beaufort, Madame de, death of, 123.

Beaumaris, 134, 135, 377, 385.

Becher, William. See Beecher.

Becket, Simon, of Bedford, 47.

Bedford, Countess of, certain indentures connected with, 70.

B. Countess Dowager of, letters from, 76, 422.

Bedford :

co. of, levying of a company in, 221.

town of, letter dated at, 48.

— mayor, bailiffs and chamberlains of, 47, 48.

— vicar of St. Cuthbert's, 48.

— the advowson of St. John's, 47.

— master of St. John's, 48.

— parson of St. Peter's, 48.

Bedwell, 63.

Beecher (Becher), William, letters from 11, 25, 45, 138, 178, 375.

— a prisoner in the Compter, 375.

Beedon, Captain, 52.

Beeston :

Hugh, letter from, 124.

John, letter from, 85.

Beethom, letter dated at, 133.

Belfast, Vice-Constable of, 100.

suitable for a garrison, &c., 100, 102.

castle, besieged, 101.

Belgrade (Bellograd), 219.

Bell, William, 229.

Bellievre, Monsieur de, 5.

Bellman, Robert, merchant of Plymouth, in captivity in Ireland, 154.

Bellott :

Cuthberd, prebendary of Westminster, 182.

Mrs., 70.

Thomas, letter from, 78.

Benevolence (voluntary), suggested, 150.

Bennet, Father, a Capuchin friar, 287.

Bennett, Dr., John, of the Council of the North, 257, 396.

letter from, 363.

Berehaven, 172.

Bergen, Sebastian à, letter signed by, 182.

Bergen-op-Zoom, letter dated at, 67.

English soldiers in garrison at, 67.

Berkeley, Barkley :

Sir Francis, 146.

— letter from, 354.

Sir Maurice, letter from, 96.

Sir Richard, letter from, 389.

Berisford, George, 236.

Berkhamstead, 63.

Bermyngham, Richard, letter from, 41.

Berne, Canton of, 6.

Berrye Castell, letter dated at, 201, 252.

Berte, a town in Radnorshire, 168.

Bertondona, Martin de, 306.

Berty, Robert, letter from, 77.

Berwick, 307, 344.

the garrison at, 10, 67.

letters dated at, 35, 38, 138.

the question of sending a part of the garrison of, to Ireland, 34, 35, 37.

state of affairs at, 92.

ordnance in, 187.

tapestry, bedding and silver plate sent to, 353.

the postmaster at, 369.

Bessas (Bessars), Don John de, 121, 122.

Bessell, Marten, letters signed by, 200, 396.

Betuwe, the, in Duchy of Gueldres, 4.

Bevercott, Samuel, of the Council of York, 396.

Beverley :

—, 126.

Mr., of Chester, 117.

George, Comptroller of the Victuals in Ireland, 147.

— letters from, 83, 96, 351.

Bevyll (Bevill, Bevil), Sir William, 136.

letters from, 136, 152, 247.

Biblical quotation (2nd Cor. 8, 12), 13.

Biociere, William, 440.

Bilbao, 172.

Billingsley, Sir Henry, alderman, of the Custom House, 226, 304.

Bilson, Thomas, Bishop of Winchester, letters from, 295, 393.

Bingham, Sir Richard, 53, 422.

Bingley, Captain, 147.

Birchenshaw, —, 347.

Bird :

Christopher, a gunmaker, trained up in the Tower, 340.

Hugh, at the Castle of Tynemouth, 119.

John, letters from, 18, 200, 396.

John, of Westminster, 437.

T., letter from, 189.

Biscay, 201.

galleons from, 132.

Bishops Lidiard, in Somerset, 57.

Blaokmoores, 7.

Blackstone Ford near the Mill of Lowth, parley holden at, 403.

Blackwater, the, the defeat at, referred to, 99.

Blackwell, Mr., schemes of, 202, 203.

the archpresbyter, 318.

Blakamore, Yorkshire, 388.

Blandford Forum, letter dated at, 177.

Blaney, Captain, 147.

Blantyre, the Prior of, 353, 370.

Blaye, Captain, 385.

Blithfield, letter dated at, 46.

this poor family of, 46.

Blount, Blunt :

Charles, Lord Montjoy, 149, 287, 290, 437, 438.

— letters from, 61 (2), 220.

— servant to, 419.

Sir Christopher, 120, 125, 146, 147.

— letter from, 8.

— regiment of wounded men, 57.

— said to have been reconciled to the Church of Borne, 375.

Lady, wife of Sir Christopher, 8.

Thomas, an Esquire of Astley in Worcestershire, overhears the interview between Essex and Tyrone, 384.

Thomas Pope, Sheriff, letter from, 288.

Blythe, Mr., of the Council of the North, 363.

Blytheman, John, Mayor of Plymouth, 182, 233.

letters from, 83, 103, 230, 262, 268, 269, 329.

Bodington, Captain Edward, letter from, 118.

Bodley, Captain, 147.

Bodmin (Bodman), mentioned, 225.

Bois-le-duc (Boleduc, Buldike), 109, 238, 243.

Bois Mallesherbes, letter dated at, 190.

Bolde, Mr., 52.

Bolles (Bollis, Booles), Sir John, Colonel of Foot in Ireland, 147, 299.

Bommelre Weerdt (Bommel, Bonnell, Bumble, Bomell ward), in Guelderland, attack made on, 169.

a map of, referred to, 184.

siege raised, 198, 259.

letters dated at, 205, 212 (2).

number of the Spanish army in, &c., 262.

Spanish losses about, 300.

the Scottish Regiment at, 319.

the enemy's fort in, 356.

Bone-setter, an allusion to a, 44.

Bonnaughts in Ireland, 100.

Bonitoun, Bonneton, Lord, 54.

the young lord of, at Brussels and Paris, 156.

Book [Bible?] presented to Sir Robert Cecil, 13.

Book of Titles, 202, 203, 230.

Books relating to Tyrone referred to, 404.

Bordeaux, the Edict of Nantes refused in, 123.

shipping for, about to depart, 304.

Scottish ships bound for, cargoes of, 403.

Borders, the, 23, 74, 92, 138, 431.

pledges from the West and Middle Marches, 17.

constitution of trained and Scottish bands for defence of, 43.

Borgon, Cardinal Andreas de, a letter to, intercepted, 212.

Borrum, Donnell, 423.

Bossevile, Captain Ralph, letter from, 6.

Bostock :

Captain, 145.

Marie, letter from, 183.

Boswell. Capt., killed, 213.

Bothwell, Earl, 51, 267.

enterprises of, 33.

journey to Paris, designs of, etc., 45, 46, 62.

his proceedings in France, 123.

his coming to Newcastle, 189.

securities said to have been destroyed by, 353.

Bouillon, Duke of, letter from, referred to, 6.

Boulogne, 71.

letter dated at, 123.

Mayor of, 33.

—, letter from, 45.

a young Englishman in a “rasse” pair of hose, &c. seeking a passage to London, a suspicious person, 277.

Boulston in Pembrokeshire, letter dated at, 314.

Bourchier, Bourgcher :

Sir George, Master of Ordnance in Ireland, 147.

William, Earl of Bath, 152.

— services in connexion with the despatch of troops to Ireland, 108, 111.

— letters from, 120, 134, 154, 193, 206, 274, 292.

— imprest of mariners by, 269, 271.

— preparations to frustrate the Spanish attack, 291, 292.

— at Plymouth, 307.

— sends out a pinnace, for purposes of observation, 323.

— the levies in Devon, 437.

Bourghe, Lord, Colonel of Foot in Ireland, 147.

Bourk, Sir Thomas, 146, 268.

Bourne, Raphe, a Scottish pledge, 17, 107.

Bowes :

Ralph, letter from, 43.

Richard, brother of Sir William, 106.

Robert, 239, 242.

Sir William, 308, 396.

—, letter to, 222.

— rumour of his having been turned out of Scotland, 283.

William, prisoner at the Marshalsea, 238.

Bowne, Richard, chamberlain of Bedford, 48.

Bowstred, Captain, 146, 330.

Bowyer :

E., letter from, 350.

Mr., 180.

Boyer, Captain William, letter from, 92.

Boys, Bois :

Captain, 145.

William, fellow of Clare Hall. &c., elected Master, 418 (2), 419, 436.

Braban, Wm., one of many good soldiers sent to Ireland, 271.

Brabant, military operations in, 62.

Brabant and Flanders, treaty of peace with, in negotiation, 142.

Brackenthait, Cumberland, 224.

Bradbery, Jonas, 428.

Bradshawe, Thomas, from Bayonne, informer, 193.

Branspeyth, 239.

Breamy Orwork, 423.

Breda, 62, 169, 198.

Breewell, letter dated at, 156.

Brentwood (Burndwood), Essex, rendezvous of trained soldiers, 290.

Brest (Breske), 153, 269, 289.

pinnace despatched for, 253.

Spanish galleys, &c., at, 291, 295, 307.

Breton vessels at St. Ives. 325, 329, 330.

Breton (Britton), Cape, 297.

Brett :

Captain, 11, 45.

— killed, 213.

Robert, letter from, 126.

Brewers and their wharfs, 15.

Brewood, in Staffordshire, 417, 418.

Brians, the, sometime Kings of Limerick, 354.

Brice, Mr., Sheriff of Dublin, 232.

Brickhill, 97, 113.

Bricknell, William, 430.

Brickyer :

John, 57

Thomas, examination of, 57.

Bridges :

John, Dean of Salisbury, letter from, 143.

Mrs., at Antwerp, 87.

one, a tailor, in Shoe Lane, 417.

Thomas, a suspected person sent up by Lord Bath, 134, 154, 193.

Captain Thomas, letter from, 382.

Brierton, Sir William, 396.

Brikbye, James. Alderman of York, 397.

Brill, the. [Briel], 25.

letter dated at, 24.

Lieut-Governor of, 24.

troops from, 36, 40.

the government of, 65.

governor of, always has a company of 200 men, 98.

neglect in the governor of, 123, 124.

exchange of, for another cautionary town, suggested, 381,

Brion, Sir John, 396.

Briskin, Griffith, Prebendary of York, 397.

Bristol (Bristow, Bristo), town or port of 31, 44, 329.

letters dated at, 43, 69, 139, 325, 391

men pressed at, 57.

muster of the horse at, 68.

Cathedral Church of, preaching at, 69.

Mayor and Aldermen of, dispute about preaching, 69.

— letters from, 96, 139.

embarkation of troops for Ireland at, 91, 96, 108, 111, 433.

a “Water” at, 142.

a caravel of, taken by the Spaniards, 296.

Mayor of, 325.

Brittany (Britten), bark arrested for an offence on the coast of, 409.

Britton, Captain, 305.

Brochero, Don Diego, Spanish General, 121, 171.

Broke, Sir John, passage with his company to Ireland, 120.

Bromham, letter dated at, 47.

Bromley (Bromeley, Brombley) :

— Becher's relations with, 178.

Captain, 147, 330.

Sir Henry, letter from, 13.

Robert, an English merchant, 11.

Bromleyhurst, in Stafford, 58.

Brompton, Ewen, a servant of Cessford's, 66.

Bromwich, Captain James, carriage master in Ireland, 147.

Broograve, Jo., letter from, 298.

Brooke :

Captain, 146.

Sir Calisthenes, a prisoner on account of a challenge, letter from, 421.

Henry, Lord Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, etc., 15, 61, 170, 178, 318.

— a spy of, 83.

— signs a letter from the Council, 90.

— letters from, 113, 160, 208, 231, 283, 287 (2), 362, 365, 368, 416.

— letters to, 164, 210, 219, 259, 382.

Sir John, embarked with his company, 96.

— an accident to his great ship, 111, 112.

— arrival in Ireland, 116.

— mentioned, 146.

Sir Thomas, horse company of, 68.

— letter from, 108.

Brother, Richard, at Carlisle, letter to, 186.

Brough :

John, of Sheriff Hutton, 157, 158, 159.

Thomas, imprisoned at the Canaries, 116.

Brouncker (Bronckard). Sir Henry, 102.

letters from, 56, 77, 128.

Brown, Browne, Broune :

—, land in Ireland mortgaged to, 131.

Captain, 146.

Mr., a Soottishman in London, 346.

John, 430, 440.

Sander, and the Hull ships, 430.

Thomas, letter from, 63.

Ulick, of the co. of Limerick, alleged association with Desmond, 122.

Sir William, 36, 38, 59, 243.

— letters from, 13, 40.

— letters to, 212, 256.

— sister of, 355.

Bruce, —, 240.

Brudnell, —, 255.

Bruge (Bridge), Captain Thomas, letter from, 410.

Bruges, Captain, his proceedings and adventures in Spain. &c., 170.

Bruges (Bruce), 211, 252.

Brunswick, Duke of, 169.

Brunswick, said to supply Tyrone with powder, 121.

news from, 184.

Brussels (Bruxelas), 138, 206, 211, 267.

Minorites' Convent at, letter dated at, 199.

the post for, 238.

pamphlet published at, 244.

arrival of the Archduke and Infanta at, 357.

Brystowe, William, 198.

Bubbe, William, condemned for coinage, &c., 239.

Buccleuch (Baucleughe), attacks upon, 431.

Buck, G., letter from, 190.

Buckhurst, Lord. See Sackville.

Bucks, co. of, persons in, set going rumour of death of the Queen, 303.

Buckstones, 303.

Budemore, John, letter from, 38.

Budget, William, of Nunnery, Somerset, concealed wardship of son of, 256.

Bueno, Andres, letter from, 315.

Bugans, Nicholas, of Totnes, lately from Spain, examination of, 201.

Bulmer, Mr., and the import of wines, &c., 249, 250.

offer concerning the tin, 382, 426.

Bulstrode, Sir William, letter from, 20.

Bunney, Edmund, Prebendary of York, 397.

Burgh, Borow :

Lady Francis, letter from, 11.

Lord, deputy of Ireland, 120, 126, 145, 331.

— untimely death of, etc., 12.

Burghley, Lord. See Cecil.

Burghley House, timber desired to be preserved, 128.

Burgin, Francis, 397.

Burgundy, Duchess of, referred to, 203.

Burgos, in Spain, plague at, 172.

Burk, Burck :

Lord, brother of, turned traitor, 213.

Ulick, 424.

Burkes, the, 423.

Burlayghe, Mounsere de, a baron of Scotland, 320.

Burne, Rauphe, letter signed by, 429.

Burneathe, 329.

Burnesell, Burnsell, Anthony of Hull, 139

Mayor of Hull, letter signed by, 388.

Burney, Francis, 397.

Burton, letter dated at, 97.

Burton :

Richard, 397.

Thomas. Doctor of the Law, 396.

Bury, letters dated at, 31, 44.

Bushell, Ned, 298, 341.

wounded, 213.

arrival in Ireland, 289.

Busshopp, one, of Sandwich, a dangerous Papist, 87.

Butler, Sir Walter, 146.

Butterley in the co. of Derby, 318.

Buttolphe, Thomas, letter from, 319.

Button. William, letter from, 52.

Byngham, John, letter from, 422.

Byworth, manor of, question of the sale of, 97.