INDEX

A’Lasco, his visit to England, [29]
Alba, Duke of, [77], [204], [219], [223-224], [227], [245], [249], [258], [265], [282], [288]
Alençon, Duke of, his relations with the Flemings, [319], [323], [328], [335], [344], [349], [354-356], [358-359], [360-362], [363-370], [372-373], [379], [382]
Alençon, Duke of, suggestions of marriage with Elizabeth, [266-267], [269], [274-275], [288-290], [303], [324-327], [328-341], [344], [349], [3][53-354], [358-359], [362-370], [379];
death of, [384]
Alford, Roger, [39]
Allington, [232], [249]
Alterennes, seat of the Cecil family, [7]
Amboise, Treaty of, [136]
Andrada, a spy in the Lopez plot, [468]
Anglican Church, uniformity in, [78], [139], [144], [160], [163], [166], [290-291], [367], [387]
Anjou, Duke of (Henry III.), proposed marriage with Elizabeth, [252-253], [266], [279]
Antonio, Don, Portuguese Pretender, [344], [356], [358], [361], [395], [403], [411], [422], [435], [467]
Aquila, Bishop of, Spanish Ambassador, [80], [81], [88], [93], [100], [109], [111], [127-128], [130], [136-137], [142];
death of, [147]
Archduke, the, suggested marriage with Elizabeth, [77], [80], [88], [103], [155-157], [160], [168-170], [173-174], [181], [188], [199], [207]
Armada, the, [402], [411], [423], [427], [431], [433-434]
Arran, Earl of, [85-86], [88], [114], [126]
Arundel, Earl of, [36], [65], [72], [99], [174], [180], [225], [230], [238]
Arundell, Charles, [415]
Ascham, Roger, [9];
appointed tutor to Princess Elizabeth, [12], [13], [62]
Audley, Lord, his remedies for gout, [37]
Babington plot, [402-405]
Bacon, Antony, [450], [458]
Bacon, Francis, [450], [458];
his attempts to obtain the Attorney-Generalship, [469]
Bacon, Lady, [45], [61], [460]
Bacon, Sir Nicholas, [9], [61], [71], [79], [138], [192], [273], [294], [373]
Baden, Margravine of, Cecilia of Sweden, [174]
Bailly, Charles, [258-259]
Balfour, Sir James, [295]
Ballard, agent in the Babington plot, [403-404]
Barker, [257]
Barrow, a Brownist leader, [459]
Beale, Clerk of the Council, [378], [381], [403], [411], [420]
Beaton, [213]
Beaton, Cardinal, [15]
Beaumont, [36]
Beauvoir de Nocle, envoy from Henry of Navarre, [442-444], [461]
Bedford, Countess of, [61]
Bedford, Earl of, [19], [61], [66-67], [71], [79], [99], [106], [110], [327], [382]
Bellièvre Pomponne de, sent to England about Mary Stuart’s condemnation, [412-413], [415]
Berchamstow granted to Cecil, [47]
Bertie, Francis, [51]
Bill, Dr., [9]
Biron, Marshal de, [379], [382]
Bôchetel de la Forest, French Ambassador, [188], [205], [221-222]
Bodley, Sir Thomas, sent to the States, [473]
Bonner, Bishop, [18], [23], [50]
Borough, Sir John, [423-424]
Boston, W. Cecil appointed Recorder of, [32]
Bothwell, Earl of, [179], [180], [193-196]
Boulogne, [15], [18], [24]
Bourne, Lincolnshire, birthplace of Lord Burghley, [6], [8]
Bowes, Robert, [378]
Boxall, Dr., [206], [223], [224]
Briant, Father, [367]
Brille, capture of, [264-265]
Briquemault, Condé’s envoy to Elizabeth, [136]
Brisson, French envoy, [355]
Brittany, Spaniards in, [444], [447], [465], [466], [473]
Bromley, Lord Chancellor, [365], [408], [419]
Brownists, [459]
Bruce, Robert, [395]
Buckhurst, Lord, [411]
Buiz, Paul, [305], [306], [307]
Burghley, Lady, [50], [61], [189], [292];
death of, [438]
Burghley, Lord, birth of, [5];
pedigree, [6];
education, [8];
at Cambridge, [9];
first marriage, [10];
his first recommendation to Henry VIII., [11], [12];
custos brevium, [14];
Master of Requests to Somerset, [14];
present at the battle of Pinkie, [16];
secretary to Somerset, [16];
grants to, [18];
his attitude on the downfall of the Protector, [19-22], [28-31];
sent to the Tower, [22];
appointed Secretary of State, [24];
his character, [25];
his attitude towards Northumberland’s foreign policy, [27];
knighted, [31];
Recorder of Boston, [32];
his report upon the Emperor’s demand for help, [33];
his care for English commerce, [35];
illness of, in the last days of Edward VI., [37];
grant of Combe Park, [37];
made Chancellor of the Garter, [37];
his attitude towards Queen Mary’s succession, [38-43];
his justification to Mary, [40-46];
grants to him during Edward’s reign, [47];
splendour of his household, [47];
his love of books, [48];
patronage of learning, [49];
his liveries, [50];
conforms to Catholicism, [52];
brings Pole to England, [55];
accompanies him to Calais, [56];
represents Lincolnshire in Parliament, [57];
his action in favour of the Protestants, [58-59];
his habits, [60];
his devotion to his wife, [61];
his connections with Princess Elizabeth, [62-63];
his position on the succession of Elizabeth, [66-67];
his first arrangements for Elizabeth’s government, [69];
his foreign policy on the accession, [72-73], [76-77];
his action in passing the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity, [78];
Spanish plan to bribe him, [79];
his approaches to Spain, [81];
his Scottish policy, [82], [85], [86], [88];
war with Scotland, [91-94];
arranges the terms of peace in Edinburgh, [95-96];
court intrigue against him, [99];
checkmates Dudley, [103], [105];
the suggestion as to the Council of Trent, [107-109];
proceedings against Catholics, [111];
his counsel to Knox, [115];
his attitude towards Mary Stuart, [116];
his numerous activities, [117];
against piracy, [118];
his assertion of English right to trade, [119];
distress at his son’s conduct, [120-125];
his attitude towards the Huguenots, [128-129], [132-133];
his relations with the Bishop of Aquila, [130-131], [136-138];
distrust of the French, [142];
his activity in defensive measures, [144];
his interest in mineralogy, [144];
appointed Master of the Court of Wards, [145];
his action as Chancellor of Cambridge University, [145-146];
his character, [150];
Dudley’s intrigues against him, [152-153];
renewed approaches to Spain, [154-157];
continued intrigues of Dudley, [158], [160], [164-165];
his conditions for the Archduke’s match, [169], [174];
his distrust of Catholic interference in Scotland, [175];
his support of Murray, [176-177];
his connection with the murder of Rizzio, &c., [179-180];
urges the Archduke’s match, [181-182];
again approaches the Spaniards, [183];
with the Queen at Oxford, [186];
visited by the Queen at Burghley, [187];
dispute with Leicester, [187];
urges the Archduke’s match, [189], [190];
opposes the Netherlands revolt, [190];
his reception of the news of Darnley’s murder, [192-194], [197];
again approaches Spain, [198];
his attitude towards Murray, [201-202];
again leans to the Protestants, [206-207];
renewed severity towards Catholics, [210-212];
letter from Mary Stuart to him, [216];
his treatment of her, [218];
aids the Huguenots, [221-222];
his rebuke to De Spes, [228];
Leicester’s plot against him, [231];
magnanimous treatment of his enemies, [238];
his despair, [248];
visits Mary at Chatsworth, [248];
made a peer, [254];
his activities, [255];
his mode of life, [255-256];
Ridolfi plot and expulsion of De Spes, [256-263];
execution of Norfolk, [268];
entertains the French envoys, [269];
urges the measures in Parliament against Mary, [271];
serious illness of, [271];
action after St. Bartholomew, [278-279];
approaches Spain again, [280];
negotiations with De Guaras, [280-283];
suggests sending Mary to Scotland, [285-286];
his conditions for the Alençon match, [289];
religious anxieties, [290-291];
his household, [292-293];
interview with Mary at Buxton, [294];
book against him, [294-295];
renewed approaches to Spain, [296-305];
his anger at the Flushing pirates, [305-306];
visit to Buxton, [311-312];
his moderating influence, [320-321];
in semi-retirement, [327];
his attitude towards the Alençon match, [330-335];
his foreign policy as an alternative of the Alençon match, [336-340];
efforts in favour of peace, [343-344];
opposes the retention of Drake’s plunder, [346-348];
approaches to France, [351-352];
entertains the embassy, [352];
details of the feast, [353];
his review of the political situation, [353-354];
his attitude towards Alençon, [363];
renewed approach to Spain, [365];
his treatment of the Jesuits, [367-368];
fresh predominance of the Protestant party, [372-373];
demands new Councillors of his party, [374];
wishes to retire, [379-380];
his attitude towards the Throgmorton plot, [384];
his review of foreign policy, [385];
his attitude towards the religious controversy, [387-390];
his relations with Dr. Parry, [391-392];
slandered by the Leicester party, [393];
his kindness to Mary Stuart, [394];
his relations with Leicester in the Netherlands, [396-401];
his conduct towards Mary Stuart after the Babington plot, [404-409];
fresh approach to Spain, [411-412];
intrigues against him, [416];
his conduct towards Davison, [417-422];
his attitude towards Drake’s Cadiz expedition, [424-426];
negotiations for peace with Spain, [425], [427-428], [429-432];
organises the defence of England, [429], [432-434];
visits the camp at Tilbury, [433];
his troop of soldiers, [433 note];
his share in the Lisbon expedition, [436-438];
death of his wife and his meditations thereon, [438-439];
change of policy, [440-442];
opposition of Essex, [445-446], [450];
Spenser’s accusation of jealousy, [454];
grant of Rockingham Forest, [455];
his devotion to duty, [455];
persistent attacks upon him, [456-457];
his influence on the religious controversy, [459];
his son to succeed him, [463-464];
his cautious influence on the war-party, [465-466];
his attitude in the Lopez plot, [468-470];
description of him by Standen, [471];
by Sir Michael Hicks, [472];
renewed distrust of the French, [473];
a scheme of national defence, [474];
continued illness, [475];
ill-disposed towards France, [477];
Essex’s attempt to force his hands, [478-479];
his disagreement with the Queen, [479];
his attitude towards Essex’s attempt to relieve Calais, [480];
towards “the islands voyage,” [484-486];
his negotiations with De Maisse, [490-491];
strives for peace with Spain to the last, [494-495];
results of his national policy, [494];
funeral, [496];
appreciation of his character, [497-498]
Burghley, Lord, his diary, [5], [22], [24], [37], [55], [59], [61], [83], [185], [187], [194], [272], [432], [439]
Burghley House, [47], [188-189], [327]
Cadiz, Drake’s attack upon, [423-424]
Calais, loss of, [64], [72-73], [75-76]
Calais, restitution of, claimed, [198], [208], [369], [478]
Calais, capture of, by the Spaniards, [479-480]
Cambridge University, [9], [15], [145-146], [290]
Campion, Father, [367]
Cannon Row, Burghley’s house at, [31], [60], [66], [120], [256]
Carbery Hill, [196]
Carew, Arthur, [228]
Carew, Sir Peter, [95]
Carrack, the great (Madre de Dios), [452-453]
Cartwright, leader of the Puritans, [290]
Castelnau de la Mauvissière, [175], [277], [341-343]
Cateau-Cambresis, peace of, [76], [80]
Catharine de Medici, [10], [92], [128], [133], [142], [154], [157], [166], [213], [221-222], [251], [266], [273], [297], [326], [341], [369], [384], [413]
Catharine of Aragon, [3], [4], [7]
Catholic plots against Elizabeth and Burghley, [225], [244], [256-259], [270], [317], [364-366], [371], [376], [383-384], [389], [390-392], [402-405], [422], [450], [456], [470]
Cavalcanti, Guido, [73], [75], [232], [251], [267]
Cave, Sir Ambrose, [71]
Cecil, David, grandfather of Burghley, [7]
Cecil, Mrs., [293], [427]
Cecil, Richard, Burghley’s great-grandfather, [6]
Cecil, Richard, Burghley’s father, [7], [8], [37]
Cecil, Sir Robert, [433], [437-438], [445], [450], [453-454], [454 note], [457-458], [461-464], [466-470], [475], [479-480], [482-483], [486];
his mission to France, [491-493]
Cecil, Thomas, birth of, [10];
his journey to Paris, [120-122];
his bad conduct, [122-125], [327], [336], [433];
quarrel with his brother, [454]
Cecil (or Burghley) House, in the Strand, [269];
grand banquet at, to the French envoys, [352-353], [411], [442], [476];
Burghley’s last days there, [494-495]
Chark, a preacher at Cambridge, [291]
Charles V., [3], [4], [13], [27], [32], [33], [53]
Charles IX., King of France, [157], [166-168], [188], [205], [250], [273], [297];
death of, [298]
Chartres, Vidame of, [73], [133], [137], [251], [279]
Chastelard, [143]
Chateauneuf de l’Aubespine, French Ambassador, [407], [413], [416]
Chatillon, Cardinal, [221], [244], [251]
Cheke, Mary, marriage with W. Cecil, [10];
her death, [11]
Cheke, Sir John, [9];
appointed tutor to Edward VI., [12], [14], [31], [32], [38], [45];
exiled, [51];
lured to England, conforms and dies, [58]
Chester, Colonel, [301], [302], [307]
Clerivault, a messenger of Mary Stuart, [194]
Clinton, Lord Admiral, [31], [47], [66], [99], [269], [327], [365]
Cobham, Lord, [16], [60], [208], [221], [258]
Cobham, Sir Henry, sent to Spain, [302];
sent to France, [381]
Cobham, Thomas, [258]
Coinage, Burghley’s care of, [28], [117]
Coligny, [106], [110], [133], [136], [183], [206], [221], [242], [270]
Combe Park granted to Cecil, [37]
Commerce, Burghley’s care of, [35], [118], [151], [183], [211], [283], [338], [345]
Commercial war with Spain, [151-153], [158], [227], [280-283]
Condé, Prince of, [127-128], [133], [136], [154], [157], [204], [221], [225];
killed, [242]
Condé, Prince of, the younger, [278], [297], [342-343]
Cooke, Sir Anthony, W. Cecil’s father-in-law, [12], [14];
exiled by Mary, [51], [58], [61]
Cooke, Mildred, married to W. Cecil, [12]
Cornwall, Spaniards land in, [474]
Courtney, Earl of Devonshire, [50-51]
Courtney, Sir William, [59]
Cranmer, [14], [19-21], [32], [53], [57]
Creighton, Father, [366], [389]
Crofts, Sir James, [347], [365], [372], [374], [424], [430-431], [444]
Curll, Mary Stuart’s secretary, [404]
Dacre, Lord, [234]
Dale, Dr., English Ambassador in France, [290]
Danett, Thomas, sent to Vienna, [188-189]
Darcy, Lord, [240]
Darcy, Sir Thomas, [14]
Darnley, [93], [130], [144], [161], [163], [171-72], [173], [179-180], [181-182], [192-193]
D’Aubigny (Lennox), [341], [354], [364-366], [371], [376]
Davison, William, [378], [399];
his connection with the execution of Mary Stuart, [417-422];
Essex proposes him for Secretary of State, [445]
De Cossé, Marshal, [298], [303]
De Maineville, Guisan envoy to Scotland, [376-377]
De Maisse, Henry IV.’s envoy to Elizabeth, proposes peace with Spain, [489-491]
Deeping granted to Cecil, [47]
Dering, Edward, Lecturer at St. Paul’s, [291]
Doughty, Lord Burghley’s agent with Drake, [346-347]
Douglas, Archibald, [414]
Drake, Sir Francis, his voyage round the world, [346-348];
the question of his plunder, [358], [365];
his expeditions to aid Don Antonio, &c., [361], [422], [436-438];
his expedition to Santo Domingo, &c., [395-396], [402];
his attack upon Cadiz, [423-425];
urges reprisals against Spain, [465];
his last expedition, [470], [474-475]
Dreux, battle of, [135]
Drury, Sir William, [215], [295], [300]
Drury, Thomas, [19]
Dudley, Guildford, [38]
Dudley, Lady Robert, [101]
Dudley, Lord Robert. [See Leicester]
Durham Place, [38], [44], [128], [137];
the Spanish Ambassador expelled, [138];
Cecilia of Sweden lodged there, [174]
Dymoke, Sir Edward, champion, [51]
Edmunds, Sir Thomas, [393], [479]
Edward VI., [12-13];
his appeal for Somerset, [20];
betrothed to Elizabeth of Valois, [24];
his journal, [33];
his will, [38];
death of, [43];
his educational foundations prompted by Cecil, [49]
Egmont, Count, [138], [204]
Elizabeth, Princess, [12], [49];
enters London with Mary, [50], [51], [52], [62], [63];
proposals for marriage of, [63-64], [65];
her accession, [66]
Elizabeth, Queen, her accession, [66-68];
suggestions for marriage, [75], [76-77];
her first religious measures, [78], [79], [80];
proposal for marriage to Nemours, [84];
with Arran, [85];
with the Archduke, [80], [88];
with the Prince of Sweden, [89-90];
war with Scotland, [91-96];
talk of marriage with Dudley, [100-103];
her religious intrigues with Spain, [104-105], [111];
fears of plots to poison, [111];
her distrust of Mary Stuart, [113];
illness of, [117];
her attitude towards the Darnley match, [132];
aids the Huguenots, [133];
falls ill of smallpox, [134];
anger at Condé’s defection, [136];
her anger with Parliament on the succession question, [141];
visits Cambridge University, [147];
renewed approaches to Spain, [157];
suggested marriage with Charles IX., [157], [166-168];
approaches to the Catholics, [165];
her attitude towards the Darnley match, [172-173];
her reception of Murray, [176-177];
renewed approach to Leicester, [181];
her reception of the news of James Stuart’s birth, [185-186];
illness of, [186];
visits Oxford, [186-187];
renewal at Burghley House of negotiations for marriage with Charles IX., [188-189];
her anger with Parliament respecting the succession, [191];
her reception of the news of Darnley’s murder, [192-193];
condemns the rising in the Netherlands, [198];
her attitude towards Murray, [202];
towards the Catholics, [209];
removes Mary from Carlisle, [217];
aids the Huguenots, [221-222];
seizure of the Spanish treasure, [227];
her treatment of Norfolk, [231-241], [246];
her danger, [242], [247-248];
suggestions for marriage with Anjou, [251-253];
Ridolfi plot, [256-263];
alliance with France, [264-267];
in favour of Mary Stuart, [270-271];
receives the news of St. Bartholomew, [275];
progress in Kent, [293];
approaches to Spain, [299-300];
projected war with Henry III., [301];
refuses aid to Orange, [303-305];
rejects the sovereignty of Holland, [304];
her treatment of Burghley, [310];
her reception of Mendoza, [320];
her difficulty with Alençon, [330-332];
interview with Condé, [342];
danger of war, [350];
her relations with France and Alençon, [353-362];
her parsimony, [361-362];
pledges herself to Alençon, [363];
her trouble to get rid of him, [368-370];
negotiations with Mary Stuart, [378];
letter to Burghley, [380];
assumes the Protectorship of the Netherlands, [396];
her rage at Leicester’s conduct there, [399-401];
her treatment of Mary after the Babington plot, [404-408];
her answers to Parliament, [410];
her reception of French and Scotch remonstrances, [412-415];
her conduct in the execution of Mary Stuart, [417-422];
her perplexity, [426-429];
anger with Essex for going to Lisbon, [437-438];
her aid to Henry of Navarre, [442-444];
anger with Essex, [448-450];
dangerous position, [451-452];
anger at Henry IV.’s conversion, [461];
fears of attack from Spain, [465-466];
anger with Essex about Lopez, [470];
her anger with the Hollanders, [473];
Drake’s last voyage, [474];
her policy towards Henry of Navarre, [478];
her hesitation to relieve Calais, [479-480];
her fickleness about Essex’s Cadiz voyage, [481];
about “the islands voyage,” [484-486];
her anger with Essex, [486-487];
her indignation at Henry IV. for entering into peace negotiations with Spain, [489-493];
urges the States to stand firm, [493];
grief at the death of Burghley, [495-496]
Elizabeth of Valois marries Philip II., [76], [84]
English Jesuit party in favour of Spain, [456-457], [467], [470]
English troops in France against the League, [443-444], [466]
Erasmus at Cambridge, [9]
Essex, Earl of (Robert Devereux), [421], [435], [443], [445], [448], [449], [450-451], [454], [457-458], [460-462], [466-467], [472-473], [477];
his plan to force war with Spain, [478-480];
his attempt to relieve Calais, [480];
his expedition to Cadiz, [482-483];
“the islands voyage,” [484-486];
retires from court, [486-487];
urges war with Spain, [493];
attends Burghley’s funeral, [496]
Essex, Lady, marriage with Leicester, [332]
Farnese, Alexander, [316], [318], [328];
peace negotiations with England, [425-432]
Felton, [243]
Fère, La, siege of, [477]
Feria, Duke of, Spanish Ambassador, [65-67], [72-73], [76-77]
Fitzwilliam sent to Spain, [260]
Flanders, revolt against the Spaniards in, [133], [184], [189], [204], [209], [219], [224], [229], [242], [245], [264-265], [273], [283-285], [303-307], [313-319], [320-321], [325], [328], [335], [359], [370-373], [379], [382-385], [395-401], [411], [422], [488-489]
Foix, De, French Ambassador, [157], [158], [166], [169-170], [175], [265], [269]
Foreign policy of England, [4], [26], [33], [46], [64], [72-73], [74], [80-81], [85], [88], [91-92], [112-114], [128-129], [136-138], [154-155], [166-168], [175-176], [182], [198-200], [205], [211], [219], [223-224], [228-229], [256-263], [269], [273-279], [280-283], [300-303], [308], [322], [328-329], [336-337], [353-354], [370], [379], [383-384], [385], [395-396], [407], [411-412], [426], [440-444], [473], [488-493]
France, civil wars in, [126], [133-136], [205], [221], [242], [251], [273], [276-279], [297], [300-303], [319], [342-343];
wars of the League, [442-444], [447], [461-480]
Francis I., [13]
Francis II., King of France, [92];
death of, [106]
French embassy to England (1581), [351-359]
French influence in Scotland, [15], [82], [91-92], [94-96], [107], [132], [144], [175], [198], [213], [217], [243], [285], [326], [365], [378]
Frobisher, death of, [466]
Gama, a spy in the Lopez plot, [468]
Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, [14], [23], [29-30], [50]
Garrard, Sir William, [118]
Gemblours, battle of, [318]
German mercenaries, [301-302]
Gifford, agent in the Babington plot, [403-404]
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, [283]
Glajon, De, his mission from Philip to Elizabeth, [93]
Glasgow, Archbishop of, exhorts Mary to clear herself, [195], [285], [367]
Gondi, [323]
Gonson, Controller of the Navy, [118]
Gout, curious remedies for, [37], [293 note]
Granvelle, De, [77], [172]
Gray, Master of, [394], [411], [414], [417]
Gray’s Inn, Burghley a student at, [11]
Greenwood, a Brownist leader, [459]
Grenville, Sir Richard, [449 note]
Gresham, Sir Thomas, [221]
Grey, Catharine, [93], [134], [140], [192]
Grey, Lady Jane, [36], [38], [43], [44]
Grey, Lord, [73], [374], [429]
Grey, Lord John, [60], [91], [99]
Grimstone, Mr., [447]
Grindall, Archbishop, [387]
Guaras, Antonio de, Spanish agent, [248], [271], [280-283], [296], [299], [302], [308], [318]
Guise, Francis, Duke of, [126]
Guise, Henry, Duke of, [299], [341], [359], [371], [381], [383-384], [411];
murder of, [440]
Guzman de Silva, Spanish Ambassador, [152], [158], [165], [170-171], [174-175], [181-182], [190], [192-194], [199], [201], [210-212], [219]
Haddon, Dr., [9]
Hales, Sir John, [39]
Hampton Court, [19], [469], [471]
Hatfield, [5], [6], [51], [65-66], [120], [255]
Hatton, Sir Christopher, [292], [321], [329], [334], [336], [347], [364-365], [369-370], [372], [374], [399], [408], [419], [424]
Havre de Grace, [133-134], [142], [190]
Hawkins, John, [204], [344-345], [361], [452], [465], [475];
lays a trap for Philip, [260-261]
Heath, Archbishop of York, [66], [71]
Heckington, William, grandfather of Burghley, [8]
Heneage, Sir Thomas, [399-401]
Henry II. of France, [27], [75];
death of, [84]
Henry III. of France, [297-298], [303], [313], [325], [328], [359], [370-371], [379], [384-385];
his attitude towards Mary Stuart’s trial and execution, [407], [412-414], [416];
his fear of the Guises, [426], [440];
rallies to the Huguenots, [440];
murder of, [441]
Henry of Navarre, [278], [297], [301], [303], [342], [385], [440-444], [447-449], [461], [465-466], [473], [477-480], [488];
makes peace with Spain, [488-493]
Henry VIII., [4];
favours W. Cecil, [11-12];
his death, [13]
Herbert, Lord, [19]
Herll, [306-307], [314]
Herries, Lord, [215], [262]
Hertford, Earl of, [140], [192]
Hertford, Earl of. [See Somerset]
Hoby, Lady, [234]
Hoby, Sir Philip, betrays Somerset, [20];
friendly with Cecil, [60]
Hoby, Sir Thomas, English Ambassador in France, [187]
Holt, Father, [366], [456]
Horn, Bishop of Winchester, [109]
Horn, Count, [204]
Howard, Lady, [193]
Howard, Lord Thomas, [484], [485]
Howard, Lord William, [66], [72], [99]
Howard of Effingham, [187], [370], [417], [429], [465], [475], [480-481];
Earl of Nottingham, [486]
Huguenots. [See France, civil wars in]
Hume, Lord, [295]
Humphreys, Dr. Laurence, [186-187]
Hunsdon, Lord, [245], [370], [403], [429]
Huntingdon, Earl of, [101-102], [134], [140]
Huntly, Earl of, [180]
Ireland, Papal intrigues in, [111], [243], [247], [317], [335], [348], [355], [357-358], [374], [474]
Ivry, battle of, [444]
James VI., his birth, [185];
coronation, [202];
Catholic plans to kidnap him, [296];
English mission to, [378], [380-382];
sends the Master of Gray to England, [394];
alliance with England, [403];
his remonstrance with Elizabeth at Mary’s condemnation, [414];
attempts of Catholics to convert him, [426];
his alliance with England, [441];
again listens to the Catholics, [451], [465];
Essex’s attitude towards him, [466]
Juan, Don, [313-316], [318]
Keith, Sir William, [414]
Kent, Earl of (Reginald Grey), [419]
Killigrew, [199], [285], [286], [419]
Kingston, Sir Anthony, [59]
Kirkaldy of Grange, [262], [285], [295]
Knollys, Henry, [228]
Knollys, Sir Francis, [71], [79], [187], [192], [217], [218], [334], [365], [367], [372], [382], [388], [392], [403]
Knox, John, [86], [114-115], [287]
Knyvett, Sir Henry, [228]
La Mark, capture of Brille by, [264-265]
La Mole, French envoy, [274-275]
La Mothe Fénélon, French Ambassador, [252], [275-277], [376-377]
La Motte, Spanish Governor of Gravelines, [300]
La Noue, Huguenot leader, [136], [443]
Langside, battle of, [214]
Latimer, [57]
League, the Catholic, [154], [157], [199-200], [205], [251], [265], [273], [277], [288], [326], [371], [442-444], [447], [461-466]
Leicester, Earl of, [70], [87], [90], [99], [100], [112], [132], [135-136], [138], [152], [157-158], [159], [161], [163-164], [165], [167-170], [174], [181], [186-187], [191-192], [231], [249], [252], [282], [286], [291-292], [296], [307-309], [311], [317], [320], [322], [324], [327], [329], [330-332], [334], [336], [340], [342-343], [347], [352], [356], [359], [363-364], [365], [368-370], [372-374], [382-384], [386], [388], [392-393], [395-401], [406], [411], [416], [418], [423], [429-430], [433];
death of, [434-435]
Leith, siege of, [93-96]
Lennox, Lady Margaret, [114], [127], [130], [143], [171], [175], [182], [193]
Lennox, the Regent, [130], [195], [248], [285]
Lincoln, Lord. [See Clinton]
Lisbon, the English expedition to, [436-438]
Liturgy, Cecil aids Cranmer in settling, [32]
Livingston sent to Scotland, [248]
Lochleven, [196]
Longjumeau, peace of, [221]
Lopez, Dr. Ruy, [467-470]
Lorraine, Cardinal, [83], [113], [154], [171], [178], [205], [222], [251], [285], [288]
Lumley, Lord, [232], [234]
Maitland of Lethington, [113-114], [126], [132], [141-144], [171], [285]
Man, Dr. English, Ambassador in Spain, [210], [263]
Mary, Queen, [17], [23], [30], [36];
her succession, [38-43], [46], [50];
coronation of, [51];
her marriage, [53];
her reign, [53-65];
her death, [66]
Mary of Lorraine, [15], [17];
death of, [95]
Mary Queen of Scots, [15];
to marry Edward VI., [15];
to marry the Dauphin, [17], [75], [78], [82-83], [85-86], [92-93];
refuses to ratify the peace of Edinburgh, [106];
intrigues for her marriage, [112-113];
arrives in Scotland, [113-115];
her approaches to Elizabeth, [131-132];
her claims to the succession, [140-142];
proposal to marry Don Carlos, [142-143];
suggested marriage with Leicester, [162];
with Darnley, [170-171];
her approaches to Spain, [171-173], [175], [184];
suspicions of her complicity in the murder of Darnley, [193-198];
Lochleven, [196];
the casket letters, [201];
appeals to Elizabeth and France, [213];
escapes to England, [214];
her interview with Knollys, [216-217];
removed from Carlisle, [217];
the Commission at York, [219];
her approaches to Spain, [223];
English plots in her favour, [225-246];
Elizabeth negotiates for her release, [247-250];
leans entirely on Spain, [256-257];
her connection with the Ridolfi plot, [261];
suggestion to send her to Scotland, [286];
goes to Buxton, [293];
adheres entirely to Spain, [341];
approaches to D’Aubigny’s government, [364-366];
Spanish-Jesuit plot in her favour, [371], [376];
her negotiations with Elizabeth, [378], [381];
sent to Tutbury, [394];
sends Nau to Elizabeth, [394];
her letters intercepted, [395];
disinherits James in favour of Philip, [402];
her connection with the Babington plot, [404];
removed to Tixhall, [404];
to Fotheringay, [407];
her trial, [408-409];
condemned and sentenced, [409-410];
executed, [417], [420]
Mason, Sir John, [26], [27], [99];
Mathias, Archduke, [315], [318]
Maurice of Saxony, [13], [32]
Mayenne, Duke of, [444]
Maynard, Sir Thomas, [475]
Melancthon, [9]
Melvil, Sir Andrew, [408]
Melvil, Sir James, [161-162], [185], [192]
Melvil, Sir Robert, [182], [184], [415]
Mendoza, Spanish Ambassador, [319], [324], [326-327], [339], [348], [356], [363-364], [366], [372-373], [376], [378], [381-382], [402-404], [411], [423]
Mercœur, Duke of, [443]
Mewtys, Sir Peter, [106], [130]
Mildmay, Sir Walter, [248], [350], [381], [407], [435]
Monluc, Bishop of Valence, [95]
Montagu, Chief-Justice, [38]
Montgomerie, Count de, [84], [133], [206], [278-279], [297]
Montmorenci, Constable, [81], [84], [269], [299], [303]
Morette, the Duke of Savoy’s agent, [194]
Morgan, Thomas, [395], [402]
Morice, a Puritan Parliament man, [459]
Morton, Earl of, Regent, [285], [295], [324], [341];
execution of, [364]
Morysine, Thomas, [26], [31]
Muhlberg, battle of, [13], [27]
Mundt, Dr., [155]
Murray, Earl of, [110], [113-114], [126], [132], [175-176], [177-180], [182], [197], [201], [212], [218-219], [223];
murder of, [243]
Nantouillet, Provost of Paris, a hostage in England, [137]
Nau, Mary’s secretary, [394], [404]
Navarre, King of (Anthony de Bourbon), [106], [110], [127];
death of, [135]
Navy, English, [144], [248], [338]
Noailles, De, French Ambassador, [36]
Norfolk, Duke of, [50]
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of, [90], [101], [165], [169], [180], [191], [192], [231-241], [246-257];
condemned to death, [267];
executed, [268]
Norris, Sir Henry, English Ambassador in France, [193], [201], [205], [208], [213], [222], [225], [237], [244], [252]
Norris, Sir John, [379], [396], [429], [436-438], [447], [466]
Northampton, Marquis of, [71], [191]
Northern Lords, rising of, [240-241]
Northumberland, Duke of, [16], [18-25];
his foreign policy, [27];
his religious policy, [36];
his action as to the succession, [38-39];
leads the forces against Mary, [43-44];
his betrayal by the Council, [45-46];
his execution, [50]
Northumberland, Earl of, [185], [239]
Nowell, Dean of St. Paul’s, [165]
O’Neil, Shan, [127], [136], [185]
Orange, Prince of, [242], [283-284], [288], [296], [302], [304], [307], [316], [328], [335], [372], [379], [382];
murder of, [384]
Oxford, Countess of (Anne Cecil), [61], [263 note], [292], [305-306 note];
death of, [432]
Oxford, Earl of, [263 note], [292], [301], [305], [375-376]
Paget, Charles (Mopo), [383], [395]
Paget, Sir William, [19-21], [36];
Lord Paget, [59], [64], [66], [76-77], [99]
Palmer, Sir Thomas, divulges Somerset’s alleged plot against Northumberland, [28]
Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, [108], [140], [206], [296]
Parry, Dr. William, [390-392]
Parry, Sir Thomas, [62], [66-67], [71];
is jealous of Cecil, [79-80]
Passau, peace of, [33]
Patten, William, his description of the Scotch campaign, [16]
Paulet, Sir Amias, [394-395], [404-405], [407];
his refusal to poison Mary Stuart, [418], [420], [430]
Peace negotiations with France (1555), Cecil present at, [56];
(1558-1559), [65], [72-76], [80]
Pembroke, Earl of, [45], [66], [191-192], [238]
Percy, Sir Henry, [95];
Earl of Northumberland, [384]
Perez, Antonio, [461-462], [466-467], [478-479]
Persons, Father, [366];
his books against Burghley, [456-457]
Petre, Sir William, [19-22], [24], [59], [95]
Philip II., [53], [57], [64-65], [74-75], [84], [89], [92], [113], [133], [190], [208], [220], [225], [249], [314-315], [318], [364], [372], [402-403], [443], [483];
death of, [495]
Philip II. and Mary Stuart, [142-143], [171-172], [223], [245], [256-259], [266], [341], [371-372], [378], [381-382], [395], [402-403]
Phillips, T., cipher secretary, [404], [467]
Pickering, Sir William, [27], [31];
flight under Mary, [52]
Pinart, Secretary, French envoy, [356]
Pinkie, battle of, [16], [17]
Plague in London, [246], [375]
Pole, Cardinal, [53];
brought to England by Cecil, [55];
accompanies him to Calais, [56]
Pollard, Sir John, [59]
Popham, Attorney-General, [408]
Portugal, [211];
succession to the crown of, [329], [341]
Poynings, Sir Adrian, [134]
Privateers, [220], [224-225], [298]
Protestant exiles under Mary, [51], [57-59]
Puckering, Lord Keeper, [458]
Ralegh, Sir Walter, [374], [376], [401], [411], [421], [424], [429], [435], [452-453], [458], [465], [482-483], [484-486]
Rambouillet, [181]
Randolph sent to Scotland, [107], [110], [127], [130], [162], [172-173], [179]
Reformation, birth of, [2-3], [13]
Religious matters, Cecil’s participation in them, [32], [53-54], [70], [99], [104-106], [107-109], [139], [144], [160], [163], [186], [203], [206-207], [209], [270], [290-291], [296], [322], [327], [350], [367], [387-390], [450], [457-460]
Renard, Imperial Ambassador, [53], [57]
Rennes, Bishop of, [222]
Requesens, Spanish Governor of Flanders, [296], [298]
Ridley, [57]
Ridolfi plot, [225], [229-230], [235], [257-259]
Rizzio, [173], [179], [182]
Rogers, Edward, [71], [141]
Ross, [257]
Ross, Bishop of, [225], [232], [243], [250], [256-259], [295]
Rouen, siege of, [448-449]
Russell, Lord. [See Bedford]
Russian Company, Cecil one of the founders of, [36]
Ruthven, raid of, [376]
Ruy Gomez, [77]
Sadler, Sir Ralph, [86], [91], [95]
St. Aldegonde, [305]
St. Bartholomew, [275-276], [288]
St. John’s College, Cambridge, [9], [15], [146]
St. Quentin, battle of, [64]
Sandys, Archbishop, [339]
Sarmiento de Gamboa, [411]
Savage one of the Babington conspirators, [404]
Savoy, Duke of, [63]
Scotland, anarchy in, [15];
war with, [16];
invasion of, by Somerset, [16];
battle of Pinkie, [16];
French forces in, [82];
war with England, [91];
peace of Edinburgh, [95-96];
English support of Protestants in, [107], [110];
Mary and the Protestants, [113-114];
Mary refuses to ratify the peace of Edinburgh, [115];
marriage with Darnley, [173];
revolt of Murray, [173], [175];
murder of Rizzio, [182];
murder of Darnley, [192-193];
French plots in, [197-199];
Murray as Regent, [212];
Langside, [214];
civil war, [218];
murder of Murray, [243];
Catholic influence dominant, [243];
Morton Regent, [285];
rise of the Protestant party, [295];
rise of D’Aubigny, [341], [354], [364];
Spanish Jesuit plot in, [371];
Master of Gray sent to England, [394]
Scrope, Lady, [232]
Scrope, Lord, [216]
Seminary priests in England, [209], [336], [349], [354], [366], [389-390], [402], [450-451]
Seymour, Lord Admiral, [17]
Sherwin, Father, [367]
Shrewsbury, Countess of, her accusations against her husband and Mary Stuart, [394]
Shrewsbury, Earl of, [66], [293], [310-311], [352], [378], [394]
Sidney, Lady, [88], [90]
Sidney, Sir Henry, [104]
Simier, [326], [328-329], [330-332], [334-335], [336], [354]
Smalkaldic league, [13]
Smith, Sir John, sent to Madrid, [314]
Smith, Sir Thomas, [9], [16], [19-22], [24], [62], [134], [157], [266], [274], [290]
Somers, English envoy to France, [359]
Somerset, Duke of, [12-14];
his invasion of Scotland, [16];
Cabal against him, [17];
his downfall, [19-25];
execution of, [28];
Burghley’s behaviour towards him, [28-31]
Southampton, Earl of. [See Wriothesley]
Spain, English relations with, [33], [72-73], [76-77], [80-82], [88], [92-94], [103-106], [129-130], [136-139], [152], [154], [158-160], [181-183], [187], [189], [210-211], [219], [227-229], [232-241], [248], [257-263], [280-283], [296], [300-308], [313-316], [319-320], [326-327], [336-337], [346-347], [356-359], [385-386], [411-412], [422], [453], [457-458], [465], [474]
Spalding, [18]
Spanish fury in Antwerp, [314]
Spes, Gerau de, Spanish Ambassador, [220], [223-224], [225], [227-228], [232-239], [245-248];
expelled from England, [263]
Spinola, [159], [224]
Stafford, Sir Edward, English Ambassador in France, [415], [423]
Stamford Grammar School, [49]
Standen, Anthony, [460], [464 note], [471]
Stanhope arrested on Somerset’s downfall, [21]
Stolberg, Count, [199]
Storey, Dr., [262]
Stuart, Arabella, [457]
Stubbs’ book against the French match, [330]
Succession to the crown of England, [140], [191], [231], [402], [413], [419], [457-458]
Suffolk, Duchess of (Lady Willoughby), [7], [15], [26], [31];
flight under Mary, [51], [58], [99], [327]
Suffolk, Duke of (Grey), [31], [43]
Supremacy, Act of, [78]
Sussex, Earl of, [60], [169-170], [174], [181], [190], [192], [240], [245], [292], [301], [324], [326], [331], [333-334], [340], [343], [347], [353], [365], [372]
Swetkowitz, Adam, an envoy of the Emperor, [168-170], [174]
Sweden, King of (Eric XIV.), [89-90], [103], [112], [113], [174]
Talbot, Gilbert, [322], [420]
Theobalds, Burghley’s house, [255];
the Queen visits, [272], [321-323], [327], [358], [375], [446], [463], [476];
Burghley’s last visits, [494]
Thetford granted to Cecil, [47]
Thirlby, Bishop of Ely, [65], [72], [206]
Throgmorton, Francis, his plot, [383]
Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas, [83-84], [92], [106], [110], [120-124], [128-129], [130], [134], [172-173], [174], [192], [203], [221], [230]
Thynne arrested on Somerset’s downfall, [21]
Tinoco, a spy in the Lopez plot, [468]
Trent Council, [105], [108-109], [111]
Tyrone’s rebellion, [474]
Unton, Sir Henry, his mission to France, [478-479]
Valdés, Pedro de, [302]
Venturini, Borghese, [128], [130]
Verstegen, his book against Burghley, [457]
Vervins, peace of, [493]
Vielleville, Marshal, [133]
Waldegrave, Sir Edward, in the Tower, [111]
Walsingham, Sir Francis, [252], [264-265], [275-277], [290], [310], [320], [322], [331], [336], [347], [354-355], [356], [359-360], [363], [365], [367], [372-373], [378], [381-382], [386], [392], [396], [399-401], [403], [416], [418], [429]
Warwick, Earl of. [See Northumberland]
Warwick, Earl of (Ambrose Dudley), [134], [159]
Watson, Dr., [9]
Wentworth, Mrs. (Elizabeth Cecil), [375]
Wentworth, Peter, [458-459]
West, rising of the, [17]
Westmoreland, Earl of, [240]
Whalley, [29]
White, Bishop of Winchester, [70]
White, Nicholas, [254]
Whitgift, Archbishop, [387-389], [460]
Wilkes, Clerk of the Council, [301], [317]
Williams, Sir Roger, [478]
Williams, Speaker of the House of Commons, [139]
Willoughby D’Eresby, Lord, [7]
Willoughby D’Eresby, Lord (Peregrine Bertie), [370], [443]
Wilson, Dr., sent to the States, [314];
Secretary, [347]
Wimbledon, [18], [31], [37], [47], [51], [60]
Winchester, Marquis of, [31], [37], [47], [99], [139];
death of, [271]
Windebank, [121-124]
Wolsey, [3]
Wotton, Dr., Secretary of State, [22];
succeeded by Burghley, [24], [65], [72], [74], [95]
Wotton, Sir Henry, sent to France respecting Mary Stuart’s condemnation, [412]
Wrangdike granted to Cecil, [47]
Wriothesley, Lord Chancellor, [13], [18], [36]
Wroth, Sir Thomas, [129]
Wurtemburg, Duke of, [155], [168]
Wyatt’s Rebellion, [51]
Wynter, [118]
Yaxley, an envoy of Mary Stuart to Spain, [176]
Yeoman of the Robes. [See Cecil, Richard]

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