[113] The letter is preserved among the MSS. of West of Alscot, purchased by the British Museum from the heirs of the first Marquis of Lansdowne.
INDEX
Of some of the more important names, not including that of the poet, who pervades nearly every page.
- Adams, Edward, [243].
- Adolescens, Adolocentula, [332].
- Ainge, Richard, [68].
- William, [57].
- Akenside, the poet, [288].
- Alcokkes, John, [12].
- Aleworth, Nicholas, [243].
- Alfred, King, [4].
- Allday, John, [254].
- Allen, John, [190].
- Alleyne, Giles, [180], [187]-[8], [193]-[5], [198]-[9], [201]-[4].
- Sara, [180], [199], [204].
- Amadis de Gaule, [308].
- Amere Thurston, [215].
- Ames, Dr. Percy, [314].
- Roger, [196]-[8].
- Angel, John, [243].
- Anjou Brook, [227], [229].
- Annesley, Mistress Cordelia, [160].
- “Archaeologia,” [342].
- Archebolde, Nicholas, [343].
- Archer, Mr. [338]-[9].
- Ardens of Park-Hall, [4], [38], [47], [48].
- Barbara, [54].
- Edward, [51], [54].
- Geoffrey, [283].
- Henry, [48], [49].
- Sir John, [13], [38], [48]-[9], [139].
- Joyce, [48].
- Margery, [49].
- Martin, [48], [49], [53].
- Robert, [38], [48], [49], [50], [139].
- Simon, [53].
- Thomas, [48], [49], [50], [53].
- Sir Walter, [37], [48], [49], [50], [51].
- William, [48], [49], [53], [139].
- Ardens of Wilmcote, [11], [13].
- Agnes, [17]-[20], [22], [23], [24]-[36], [39], [66].
- Alice, [17], [18], [23], [39], [52].
- Elizabeth, [24], [52].
- Joan, [17], [26].
- Joyce, [17], [23].
- Katharine, [17], [22].
- Margaret, [17], [51], [52].
- Mary, [4], [18], [23], [29], [37], [39], [40], [47].
- Robert, [7], [12]-[14], [16]-[18], [26], [29], [30], [33]-[5], [37], [39], [48], [50], [57], [66].
- Thomas, [12]-[14], [16], [33]-[4], [37]-[8], [50]-[2], [54].
- Armin’s “Nest of Ninnies,” [259], [267].
- Arthur, Prince, [305].
- Asbies, [5], [18], [28], [37]-[8], [40], [41], [44]-[7].
- Ascham, Roger, [58], [313], [315].
- Askew, Anne, [318]-[19].
- Aston Cantlowe, [12], [18], [28], [37]-[8], [40], [41], [44], [45].
- Aston Hastings, [18], [22].
- Attleborowe, William, [276].
- Awdeley, John, [42].
- Sir Thomas, [235].
- Aylmer, Bishop John, [315].
- Babbye, Richard, [117].
- Bacon, Lady Anne, [322].
- Anthony, [322].
- Francis, [156], [203], [280], [285], [286], [290], [322].
- Sir Nicholas, [322].
- “Bacon Shakespeare Question Answered, The,” [295].
- Badger, George, [345].
- Baildon, Mr., [41].
- Baker, Daniel, [83], [339].
- Jane, [73].
- Judith, [208].
- Mary, [208].
- Mrs. Mary, [208]-[9].
- Robert, [206]-[9].
- Samuel, [208].
- Mr., [339], [340].
- Ballard’s “Learned Ladies,” [301]-[5], [318], [325].
- Bang, Professor, [175].
- Banks, James, [251].
- Barber, Joane, [89].
- Thomas, [88]-[9].
- Mr., [61], [62].
- Barbour, William, [243].
- Barker, Anthony, [82].
- Henry, [83].
- John, [82], [83].
- William, [82].
- Mr., [87], [88].
- Barnard, John, [117].
- Barnes, Mr., [266], [267].
- Mr. W., [86].
- Barry, Mrs., [107].
- Barwick, Mr., [87].
- Bassett, Anne, [260].
- John, [300].
- Bassock, Robert, [243].
- Baxter, Thomas, [70].
- Bearley, [17], [19].
- Beauchamp, Elizabeth, [38].
- Mr., [328].
- Becon’s “Jewell of Joye,” [5], [55].
- Beden, Jane, [264], [269].
- John, [264].
- Richard, [264].
- Beesley, John, [345].
- Bell’s Edition of Shakespeare, [112].
- Belvoir MS., [229], [235].
- Benbow, John, [164], [243].
- Bennet, Christopher, [224].
- Bentley’s “Mon. of Matrons,” [314].
- Berry, William, [46].
- Bethell, Mr., [164], [165].
- Bett, John, [277].
- Betterton, Mr., [107].
- Betts, Mr. Arthur, [332].
- Bifield, Rev. Mr., [332].
- Billesley, [12], [13].
- Bishop, John, [128]-[131].
- Blancke, Mrs., [170].
- Blundeston, John, [211].
- Blunt, W., [129].
- Michael, [129].
- Blythe, John, [68], [69], [70], [71].
- Boaden’s Enquiry, [18].
- Boar’s Head Tavern, [285], [286].
- Boleyn, Anne, [311].
- Bolingbroke, [281].
- Bond, Thomas, [224], [277].
- Bornell, Robert, [277].
- Boutener, John, [176].
- Boseley, Roger, [221].
- Bower, Richard, [243], [244].
- Bowling Greens, The, [212].
- Boyes, Richard, [277].
- Bradshawe, John, [222].
- Brandl, Dr. Alois, [160].
- Brandon, Charles, Duke of Suffolk, [315].
- Braynes, Ellen, [181], [182]-[5].
- John, [181]-[8], [200].
- Margaret, [187], [196], [202].
- Braytoft, John, [276].
- Richard, [276], [277].
- Brent, Anker, [77].
- Brigham, Francis, [169].
- Nicholas, [163], [169], [170].
- Rachel, [169].
- Brinsley, [288].
- Briscowe, Hugh, [256].
- Britton, John, [120], [121].
- “Broad Views,” [285].
- Brograve, Mrs., [251].
- Bromley, Sir Thomas, [25].
- Bronde, John, [23].
- Broom, Mr. Joseph, [348]-[50].
- Brown, John, [83].
- Ford Madox, [107].
- Browne, Sir Anthony, [145], [146], [246], [262].
- Mary, [145], [146].
- Brownell, Edward, [278].
- Browning’s Poems, [111].
- Bruce, Mr., [94].
- Bruno, Giordano, [140].
- Bryan, Lady Mary, [306].
- Bryghte, George, [221].
- Buchanan, George, [317], [323].
- Buckherde, John, [217].
- Buckhurst, Lord, [294].
- Buckingham, Duke of, [107].
- Bucklersbury, [7].
- Bull, Dr., [328].
- Bullock, Mr. George, [120].
- Bumpstead, Christopher, [197].
- Burbage, James, [9], [176]-[9], [180]-[7], [193]-[9].
- Alice, [188].
- Cuthbert, [188], [190]-[9], [201].
- Ellen, [188].
- Richard, [9], [105], [106], [193], [194], [201], [230], [231], [291].
- “Burbage and Shakespeare’s Stage,” [205].
- Burman, Stephen, [83].
- Thomas, [83].
- Burton, Robert, [293].
- Butcher, John, [224].
- Butler, Richard, [278].
- Butler, John, [27], [30].
- Byddel, Robert, [72], [73].
- Byrde, Thomas, [243].
- William, [243].
- Cale, Thomas, [57].
- Calvin’s Works, [58], [60].
- Camden’s Works, [53], [257].
- Camoys, Thomas, [126].
- Carew, Sir Peter, [164].
- Lord, [337].
- Carnarvon, Marquis, [107].
- Carne, Nicholas, [221].
- Carter, Roger, [165].
- William, [224].
- Cæsar, Sir Julius, [98], [102].
- Caustell, Lucas, [243].
- Cawston, Thomas, [243].
- Centon, Roger, [243].
- Chamberlain, Thomas, [18], [22].
- Robert, [243].
- Chambers, E. K., [236].
- Champernowne, Catherine, [260].
- Chandler, Mr., [339], [340].
- Chandos Portrait, [106], [111].
- Chapel Royal, [161]-[173], [238], [244].
- Chapman, the poet, [154].
- Charnells, John, [48].
- Chaucer’s Tomb, [170].
- Cheke, Sir John, [313].
- Churchyard’s, Thomas, Poems, [327].
- Cicero’s Works, [59], [313].
- Clark, Dr. A., [4].
- Clarke, Rev. Henry, [101].
- Clawston, Thomas, [243].
- Clement, Dr. John, [320], [321].
- Elizabeth, [321].
- Winifred, [321].
- Clerke, Thomas, [221].
- Clifford, Lady Anne, [329], [330].
- Edward, [80].
- Clifford, George, [80].
- Henry, [249].
- Sir Ingram, [251].
- Lady Margaret, [162], [249]-[256], [260], [261], [329].
- Clopton, Sir Hugh, [2], [120], [348].
- Joyce, [337].
- Thomas, [12], [14], [32].
- Clopton Tomb, [116], [123].
- Cloudesley, Thomas, [215].
- Cogges, John, [256].
- Coke, Sir Edward, [90], [339]-[42].
- Cole, Thomas, [223].
- Colin Clout, [325], [326].
- Collenes, Richard, [277].
- Colley, Thomas, [42].
- Collins, Francis, [102], [279].
- Simon, [122].
- Collines, Matthew, [279].
- Combe or Combes, George, [336].
- John, [46], [84], [117], [336], [342].
- Mary, [83].
- Thomas, [84], [89], [336], [340].
- William, [82]-[4], [89], [90], [215], [336], [337], [342].
- Compton, Lord, [233], [234].
- Condell, [105].
- Constable’s, Henry, Works, [137], [154].
- Constantinopolis, [76].
- Conway, Sir Edward, Viscount, [83], [212].
- Cookes, William, [18], [21], [22], [27].
- Coombe Abbey, [328].
- Cooper, Thomas, [223].
- Cornish, ——, [41].
- Cornwell, Edward, [18], [19], [20], [22], [25], [26]-[30], [33], [42], [66].
- Margaret, [20], [22], [28], [29].
- Cotterell, Hugh, [129].
- Court, Officers of, [243].
- Court, William, [83].
- Courtenay, Ed., Earl Devonshire, [165].
- Covell, William, [290].
- Coventre, Walter de, [283].
- Coventry, Roll of, [275].
- Crane, William, [169].
- Cranmer, Archbishop, [167], [215].
- Crispin, Anthony, [310].
- Cromwell, Oliver, [329].
- Thomas, [215].
- Crowland, Robert, [324].
- Crowley’s four-part Psalms, [238].
- Crynds, Jonah, [284].
- Culsheth, Jeffrey, [207].
- Cunninghame, William, [76].
- Curtesse, John, [217].
- Cust, Lionel, Mr., [106].
- Dafferne, John, [18], [22], [27], [30].
- Danby, William, [251], [257].
- Dancy, Elizabeth, [320].
- Daniel’s Poems, [137], [154], [326], [329].
- John, [166], [167].
- Danvers, Sir Charles, [157].
- Henry, [157].
- Darly, Roger, [223].
- Davenant, Sir William, [106]-[7].
- Davenport, Rev. Mr., [120].
- Davies, Israel, [79].
- John, [9], [290], [291].
- Thomas, [79].
- Davys, Robert, [219].
- Dawes, William, [277].
- Dee, Dr., [300].
- Madinia, [301].
- Margaret, [301].
- Denman, John, [243].
- Derby, Countess of, [257].
- Earl of, [253], [257].
- Ferdinand, [257].
- Descartes, [329].
- Dethricke, John, [163]-[5].
- Digby, George, [25].
- Digges, Leonard, [107], [114].
- Dod, Richard, [216].
- Dogberry, [65].
- Donne, Dr., [328].
- Donnelly, Mr., [293].
- Doran, Dr., Court Fools, [258].
- Dormer, Cottrell, Mr., [147].
- Dove, John, [277].
- Drayton, Michael, [56], [134], [287].
- Droeshout’s, Portrait, [105]-[9].
- Duffield, Thomas, [217].
- Dudley, Sir Ambrose, [25], [255].
- Sir Andrew, [247], [249], [250], [251], [255], [256].
- Lord Guildford, [248].
- Henry, [166], [252], [255], [256].
- Jerome, [247], [248].
- John, Duke of Northumberland, [3], [247], [248], [251], [252].
- Lord Robert, [249], [255], [257].
- Dugdale, Sir William, [48], [50], [57], [74], [108]-[11], [115], [117], [119], [122]-[3].
- Dr. Thomas’s Edition, [281], [298].
- Dugdale, Mr., of Merivale, [352], [353].
- Dyxson, Richard, [72].
- East, Margery, [50].
- Henry, [50].
- Edkins, Joyce, [34], [35], [36].
- Katharine, [17], [21], [22], [34], [35], [36].
- Thomas, [17], [21], [22].
- Edward VI, [4], [313], [314], [317].
- Edwards, George, [243].
- Richard, [173].
- Thomas, [152].
- Elizabeth, Queen, [3], [7], [55], [130]-[2], [143]-[4], [152], [165], [170]-[3], [178]-[9], [226], [248], [264], [269], [275], [312]-[15], [327].
- Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor, [84], [96], [337].
- Earl of, [106].
- Ellinor, Countess of Cumberland, [248], [249].
- Ellys, Nicholas, [216].
- Elton, John, [78].
- Elyot, Sir Thomas, [280], [282], [304], [319].
- Erasmus, [303], [306], [311], [318], [319].
- Errors, Comedy of, [156], [293], [294].
- Evans, Henry, [193].
- Evelyn’s Diary, [213].
- Exchequer Accounts, [196], [242].
- Faithorne, William, [106], [213].
- Fane, Lady Elizabeth, [324].
- Sir Ralph, [324].
- Farmer, Thomas, [129], [130].
- Farrant, Richard, [175], [241]-[3].
- Feckenham, Abbot, [316].
- Ferris, Richard, [222].
- Feryman, Thomas, [20].
- Fettiplace, Edmund, [129].
- Feuillerat, Professor, [175].
- Field, Richard, [8], [56], [60], [137], [138], [140], [153], [219], [290].
- Jacquinetta, [155].
- Ursula, [61].
- Fisher, John, [39], [220], [222].
- Richard, [15].
- Fitton, Mary, [143], [144].
- Fitzherbert, Antonio, [38].
- Flecknoe, Christopher, [93].
- Fleetwood, Recorder, [186].
- Fletcher, Mr., [223].
- Flint, Miles, [283].
- Flower, Mrs., [106].
- Ford, William, [277].
- Fordun’s “Scoto-Chronicon,” [281].
- Forrest, William, priest, [310].
- Foster, John, [345].
- Fowler, Edmund, [97]-[8], [101]-[2].
- Foxe the Martyrologist, [316], [323].
- Franklin, John, [78].
- Mercall, [78].
- Fraunce, Abraham, [326].
- Freeborne, Richard, [284].
- Froude, Mr., [166].
- Fuller’s Worthies, [317], [323].
- Furnivall, Dr. F. J., [115], [134], [175], [183], [295].
- Gales’ Chirurgery, [57].
- Garner, John, [277].
- Garnett, Dr. Richard, [110].
- Gardiner, John, [187]-[8].
- Robert, [187]-[8].
- Garradd, Richard, [221].
- Garrard, Rev. George, [212].
- Garrat, William, [256].
- Gascard, Mrs., [230].
- Gascoigne, George, [172].
- L. C. J., [280]-[2].
- Gate, Sir Henry, [252].
- Sir John, [252].
- “Genealogical Magazine,” [12].
- Genus Humanum, [239].
- Gerard, John, [215].
- Gerson’s, Dr. John, works, [305].
- Gibbons, Thomas, [50].
- Gibbs, George, [41].
- John, [72].
- Mr. Joseph, [284].
- Gifford, G., on Witches, [58].
- Giggs, Margaret, [321].
- Gilbard, alias Higges, William, [333]-[4].
- Gillett, Gabriell, [78].
- Israel, [78].
- Goddard, William, [223].
- Gollancz, Dr. Israel, [115].
- Gooderidge, Mary, [231].
- Goodwyn, Mary, [301].
- Goodyere, Sir Henry, [298].
- Goulding, Robert, [224].
- Gower, Lord Ronald, [107].
- Gowry Conspiracy, [225].
- Grant, Edward, [20].
- Richard, [15], [78].
- Gravesend, William, [243].
- Gray’s Elegy, [1].
- Gray, Mr. Joseph, [6], [92], [97].
- Green, Philip, [72].
- Greene, John, [87], [102], [341].
- Robert, [135], [141], [153], [290].
- Thomas, [83], [84]-[8], [104], [279], [338];
- his Diary, [85], [86], [87], [98], [337], [340].
- Greenwood, Mr., [115].
- Greville, Sir Edward, [83], [339].
- Sir Fulke, [31]-[3], [56], [93], [152].
- Grey, Henry, Duke of Suffolk, [315].
- Frances, Duchess, [248], [315].
- Lady Jane, [248], [251]-[2], [315], [316].
- Griffen, Edith, [80].
- Jane, [80].
- Richard, [80].
- Grignon, Reginald, engraver, [110], [112].
- Grimeston, Elizabeth, [325].
- Gybbes, Richard, [221].