Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth

by Lucy Aikin

Liverpool, February 10, 1818.

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INDEX.

• A.
• Alençon, duke of, II. [22.] [56.]
  • created duke of Anjou, [71.]
  • visits the queen, ib.
  • His second visit, [98] et seq
  • death, [103.]
• Anjou, duke of, [451.] II. [11.]
  • See [Alençon.]
• Anne of Cleves, [48.] [49.] [52.] [53.] [133.]
• Arragon, Catherine of, [3.] [15.]
• Arundel, sir Thomas, case of, II. [370.]
• Ascham, Roger, extracts from his Latin letters, [92] et seq, [97,] [98,] [99] et seq.
• Ashley, Mrs. [194.]
• Aston, sir Roger, II. [414.]
• Aylmer or Elmer (bishop), on the dress of Elizabeth, [98.] [99.] II. [65.]
• B.
• Babington, Anthony, II. [166.] [168.]
• Bacon, sir Nicholas, [257.]
  • Employed in the settlement of religion, [320.]
  • In disgrace, [366 and 7.] II. [81] et seq.
• ——, Anthony, II. [86.] [343.]
• ——, Francis, II. [83.] [337.] [339.] to [346.] [346] to [350.]
  • His letter to the earl of Essex, [380.]
  • Speeches written by, [385.]
  • Base conduct of, [434.]
• Beddingfield, sir II. [171.] [174.] [176.] [177.]
• Bertie, Peregrine, lord Willoughby, II. [117.] [119.] [120.]
  • Letter to, from the queen, II. [357.]
• Blount, sir Charles, lord Montjoy, II. [221.] [246] et seq. [351.] [427 and 8.] [464.] [482.] [490.]
• Boleyn, Thomas, earl of Wilts, [10.]
• Boleyn, Anne, [2,] [3,] and [4.]
  • Conduct respecting queen Catherine, [16.]
  • Disgrace, [16.] [17.]
  • Conduct as affecting her daughter, [19] et seq.
• Bonner, bishop, [148.] [150.] [183.]
• Bourchier family, [49.] [50.]
• ——, Henry, earl of Essex, [7.]
• Brandon, Charles, duke of Suffolk, [9.] II. [117] et seq.
• ——, Catherine, duchess dowager of Suffolk, [117.]
• Brantome, M. de, description of the court of Elizabeth, [337.]
• Brown, Anthony, viscount Montacute, [286.]
• Brown, Robert, II. [108.]
• Bryan, lady, her letter respecting Elizabeth, [21.]
• C.
• Cabot, Sebastian, [444-6.]
• Cambridge, the queen's visit to, [368.]
• Cary, Henry, lord Hunsdon, [243.] [387.]
• ——, Robert, II. [315.] [493.]
• Casimir, duke, [375.] [376.] II. [66.]
• Cavendish, Thomas, II. [307.]
• Cecil, Mildred, [95.] [96.] [127.]
• ——, William, lord Burleigh, [96.] [233.]
  • Account of, [234.]
  • Employed in the settlement of religion, [320.]
  • Takes precaution against the poisoning of the queen, [344.]
  • Draws a proclamation respecting portraits of the queen, [362.]
  • Directs her reception at Cambridge, [368] et seq.
  • Letters of, to sir H. Norris, [417.] [452] et seq.
  • Attempt made to ruin him, [463,] [4,] and [5.]
  • His advice to the duke of Norfolk, [467.]
  • Created lord Burleigh, II. [4.]
  • Letter to the earl of Shrewsbury, [34.]
  • Character compared with sir N. Bacon's, II. [82.]
  • Anecdote of, [87.]
  • Discussions with Whitgift, [112] et seq.
  • Anger of the queen against, [186.]
  • Restored to favor, [193.]
  • Warning to Essex, [405.]
  • Death and character of, [406.]
• Cecil, sir Thomas, II. [220.]
• Cecil, sir Robert, II. [221.] [285.] [372.]
  • Appointed secretary, [378.] [401.] [478.]
• Chaloner, sir Thomas, [287.]
  • His letter respecting the queen and lord R. Dudley, [289.]
• Chancellor, Richard, [445 and 6.]
• Charles IX. of France, a suitor to Elizabeth, [392.] II. [24.] [26.]
• Cheke, sir John, [154.] [222.]
• Classical literature, decline of, [198.]
• Clifford, George, earl of Cumberland, II. [214.] [259.]
• Cook, sir Anthony, [154.]
• Courtney, W., marquis of Exeter, [7.] [43, 44]
• ——, Edward, earl of Devon, [133.] [137.] [162.] [184 and 5.]
• Cox, bishop, [154.] [361.]
• Cranmer, archbishop, [5.] [12.] [19.] [47.] [55.] [56.]
• Cromwel, Thomas, earl of Essex, [47 to 52.]
• D.
• Dacre, Leonard, [471.] [481,] [2,] and [3.]
• Darnley, lord, [386.] [416.]
• Davison, secretary, conduct of, respecting the queen of Scots, II. [184] et seq. [187,] [188] to [192.] [267] to [270.]
• Dee, Dr., II. [41.]
• Denmark, prince of, proposed in marriage to Elizabeth, [115.]
• Desmond, earl of, II. [123.]
• Devereux, Walter, earl of Essex, II. [45] to [51.]
• Devereux, Robert, earl of Essex, II. [51.]
  • Appointed general of horse, [226.]
  • His position at court, [237] et seq.
  • Expedition to Portugal, [252] et seq. [254.]
  • Duel with sir Charles Blount, [256.]
  • Letters to Davison, [267] et seq.
  • Marriage, [270.]
  • Campaign in France, [280.]
  • Trait of, [367.]
  • Connexion with Anthony and Francis Bacon, [346.]
  • Conduct respecting Lopez, [352.]
  • View of his and the Cecil parties, [372.]
  • His conduct at Cadiz, [374] et seq.
  • Traits of, [392.]
  • His Island voyage, [395.]
  • His quarrel with the queen, [402.]
  • Conduct in Irish affairs, [427.]
  • Service in Ireland, [434 to 440]
  • Return to England, [440.]
  • Disgrace, [446 to 454.]
  • Censure on, [454.]
  • Dangerous designs, [460.]
  • Intrigues with the king of Scots, [465.]
  • Insurrection, [465 to 471.]
  • Trial, after-conduct, and death, [471 to 478.]
  • Story respecting his ring. [497.]
• Discovery, voyages of, II. [310] et seq.
• Dorset, marchioness dowager, [8.]
• Douglas, lady Margaret, [27.] [28.] [60.]
  • See [Lenox, countess of.]
• Drake, sir Francis, II. [83.] [166.] [198.] [225.] [227.] [252.] [254.]
  • Death and character of, [362.]
• Drama, progress of the, II. [321.]
• Dudley, John, duke of Northumberland, [12.] [50.] [73 to 75.] [109.] [117.] [119.] [124.] [129.] [131.]
• Dudley, Ambrose, earl of Warwick, [359.] [360.]
• Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester, [12.] [151.] [184.]
  • Appointed master of the horse, and favored by Elizabeth, [240.]
  • Knight of the garter, [265.]
  • Suspected of procuring the death of his wife, [291.]
  • His rivalry with the earl of Arundel, [299.]
  • Proposed as a husband to the queen of Scots, [365.]
  • Created earl of Leicester, [373.]
  • His declarations to Melvil, [385.]
  • Means taken by the queen to humble him, [392.]
  • His conduct to the duke of Norfolk, [397.] [467.]
  • Suspected of poisoning sir N. Throgmorton, II. [15.]
  • His connexion with lady Sheffield, [31.]
  • Entertains Elizabeth at Kennelworth, [43.]
  • Letter of the queen respecting him, [53.]
  • Opposes the French marriage, [56.]
  • Marries the countess of Essex, [68.]
  • Imprisoned, [69.]
  • Suspected of attempting the life of Simier, [70.]
  • Instances of his oppressive conduct, [129.] [130.]
  • Book written against him, [136] et seq.
  • Appointed commander in Holland, [150.]
  • His letter respecting sir P. Sidney, [159.]
  • Returns from Holland, [164 and 5.]
  • Advises the poisoning of the queen of Scots, [169.]
  • Consequences of his conduct in Holland, [205.] [207.]
  • Appointed commander in chief, [227.]
  • Desires the office of lieutenant in England and Ireland, [229.]
  • His death and character, [233.]
• Dyer, sir Edward, II. [303.]
• E.
• Edward VI. [37.] [58.] [59.]
  • Letters to him from Elizabeth, [103 and 105.] [126.]
• Eric king of Sweden offers marriage to Elizabeth, [217.] [263.]
  • Expected in England, [346.]
• Exeter, marchioness, [9.] [46.] [151.]
• F.
• Fence, schools of, regulated, [402.]
• Ferrers, George, master of the king's pastimes, [122] et seq.
• Fletcher, bishop, II. [388.]
• Fitzalan, Henry, earl of Arundel, [72.] [73.] [109.] [110.] [131.]
  • Entertains Elizabeth at Nonsuch, [279.]
  • A suitor to her, [299.]
  • In disgrace, [394.]
• Fitzgerald, family of, [31] et seq.
• Fitzgerald, Gerald, adventures of, [33] et seq.
• Fortescue, sir John, II. [251.]
• G.
• Gardiner, bishop, [47.] [51.] [148,] [149] et seq.
  • Brings in a bill against Elizabeth, [167.] [178.] [181.] [183.]
  • Conduct towards Elizabeth, [189.] [190.] [194.]
  • Death, [196.]
• Gascoigne, George, II. [303.]
• Gresham, sir Thomas, II. [1.]
• Grenville, sir Richard, II. [306.]
• Greville, Fulk, II. [95] et seq. [347.] [479.]
• Grey, Arthur, lord, II. [122.]
• ——, lady Catherine, [125.] [152.] [350.]
• ——, Henry, marquis of Dorset, [7.] [117.] [161.]
• ——, lady Jane, [79.] [96,] [97.] [125.] [130.] [161.]
• ——, lord Leonard, [54,] [55.]
• ——, lady Mary, [403.]
• Grindal, archbishop, [326.] II. [110.]
• H.
• Hales, sir James, [152.]
• ——, John, [366.]
• Hall, reverend Joseph, and his satires, II. [419.]
  • Praise of Elizabeth, [504.]
• Harrington, sir John, the elder, [91.]
  • His verses on the death of admiral Seymour, [91.]
  • --To bishop Gardiner, [179.]
  • Gratitude of Elizabeth towards, [194.]
• Harrington, sir John, the younger, II. [366.] [422.]
  • Letter to, [430.]
  • Letters of, [443,] [444.] [483.] [488.]
• Hastings, Henry, earl of Huntingdon, II. [388.]
• Hatton, sir Christopher, II. [10.] [33.] [204.] [285.]
• Henry VIII. [1.] [13.] [24.] [26.] [48.] [52,] [53.] [56.] [60.] [62.] [70.]
• Herbert, William, earl of Pembroke, [268.]
• Holles, sir William, II. [318.]
• Holstein, duke of, suitor to Elizabeth, [263,] [264.]
• Howard, Catherine, [53.] [55.] [56.]
• ——, Henry, earl of Surry, [50.] [56,] [66] et seq.
• ——, lord Henry, II. [131.]
• ——, lady Mary, [8.]
• ——, Philip, earl of Arundel, II. [19.] [131.] [146.] [241.]
• ——, Thomas, third duke of Norfolk, [9.] [30.] [51.] [64.] [69.] [146.] [148.]
• ——, ——, fourth duke of Norfolk, [147.] [242.] [285.]
  • How regarded by the queen, [395] et seq.
  • Conduct towards the queen of Scots, [456 to 463.]
  • Towards Cecil, [463 to 466.]
  • His intrigues, [466 to 470.]
  • Renewal of them, II. [12.]
  • Trial, death and issue, [15 to 19.]
• ——, lord Thomas, [11.] [27.]
• ——, —— —— II. [306.] [374.]
• ——, William, lord Effingham, II. [242.]
• ——, Charles, lord Effingham, II. [8.] [224.] [374] et seq.
• ——, lord William, II. [19.] [131.]
• Humphreys, Dr. Lawrence, [414.]
• I.
• Impresses, [295.]
• Ivan Basilowitz, Czar, [444.] [446,] [7] and [8.] II. [120.]
• J.
• James VI of Scotland, [407.] [421.] [261] et seq.
  • Conduct by which he offends Elizabeth, [410] et seq.
  • Her correspondence with him, [412.]
  • Sermon respecting him, [416.]
• Jewel, bishop, [284.] [330.]
• K.
• Knolles, sir Francis, [243.] [253.] II. [112.]
• L.
• Lee, sir Henry, II. [8.] [259.]
• Leicester, countess of, queen's behaviour towards, II. [401.]
• Lenox, countess of, [387.] [417,] [418.] II. [38.]
• Lilly, John, II. [92] et seq.
• M.
• Manners, Henry, earl of Rutland, [265,] [266.]
• Markham, Gervase, II. [320.]
• ——, Isabella, [194.]
• Mary, queen of England, [29.]
  • Persecuted for religion, [111] et seq.
  • Mounts the throne, [131.]
  • Letter from her to Elizabeth, [139.]
  • Marriage of, [181.]
  • Sends an embassy to the pope, [182.]
  • Her reception of Elizabeth, [191.]
  • Letter of Elizabeth to, [212.]
  • Visits Elizabeth at Hatfield, [215.]
  • Receives her at Richmond, [216.]
  • Establishes an ecclesiastical commission, [221.]
  • Her melancholy and death, [227.]
• Mary, queen of Scots, [58.] [59.]
  • Becomes a widow--quarrels with Elizabeth--returns to Scotland, [334] et seq.
  • Falls in love with Darnley, [386.]
  • Suspected of his death, [416.]
  • Letter to, from Elizabeth, [419.]
  • Married to Bothwell, [419] et seq.
  • Defeated and imprisoned, [420.]
  • Released, [436.]
  • Takes refuge in England, [437] et seq.
  • Writes to Elizabeth, [338.]
  • Submits to her judgement, [441.]
  • Retracts, [442.]
  • Is committed to Bolton-castle, [443.]
  • Consents to send commissioners to York, ib.
  • Signs the association, II. [140.]
  • Conduct of, [140] et seq.
  • Concern in Babington's plot, [167.]
  • Consultations respecting, [168.]
  • Seizure of her papers, [169.]
  • Her removal to Fotheringay, [170.]
  • Trial, [171] et seq.
  • Sentence, [175.]
  • Death, [186.]
  • Remarks on her character, [193] et seq.
• Medici, Catherine de', [449.] [450] et seq.
• Melvil, sir James, [374.]
  • Sent to announce the birth of James of Scotland, [407.]
• Mildmay, sir Walter, II. [249.]
• Mirror for Magistrates, [200] et seq.
• Morice, James, II. [333.]
• Murray, earl of, regent of Scotland, [421.] [435.] [455] et seq. [469.]
  • His assassination, [484 and 5.]
• N.
• Newspapers, introduction of, II. [232.]
• Nevil, Charles, earl of Westmorland, 473 to [477.]
• Nobility, great power of, [31.]
• Norfolk, duchess dowager of, [8.]
• Norris, Henry, [18.]
• ——, sir John, II. [252.] [278.] [351.] [399.]
• Norton, family of, [478 and 9.]
• Norwich, queen's entertainment at, II. [58] to [60.]
• O.
• Oxford, queen's visit to, [413.]
• P.
• Paget, lord, [187,] [188.] [224.]
• Parker, archbishop, [14.] [322.] [391.]
• Parr, Catherine, [60,] [61.] [76.]
• ——, marquis of Northampton, [256.]
• Parry, Dr., II. [143] to [146.]
• Parry, sir Thomas, [233.]
• Paulet, sir Amias, letter of the queen to, II. [170.]
• ——, marquis of Winchester, [271.]
• Percy, Henry, earl of Northumberland, [20.] [118.]
• Percy, Henry, earl of Northumberland, 473 to [7.]
• ——, Thomas, earl of Northumberland, II. [131.] [149.]
• ——, Henry, earl of Northumberland, II. [219.]
• Perrot, sir John, II. [124.] [289.]
• Philip II. [181.] [183.]
  • Conduct towards Elizabeth, [184.] [186.] [188.] and [192.] [195.]
  • Sends the duchess of Parma and Loraine to her, [214.]
  • Offers her his hand, [259.]
  • Becomes her enemy, [339.] [449.] [454.] II. [352.]
• Pickering, sir William, a suitor of the queen, [298.]
• Pilkington, bishop of Durham, curious sermon by, [341.]
• Pole, Arthur and Edmund, plot of, [354.]
• ——, Geffrey, [42.] [151.]
• ——, Henry, viscount Montacute, [43.]
• ——, Margaret, countess of Salisbury, [42,] [43.] [46.] [54.]
• ——, Reginald, [40.] [182.] [198.] [238.]
• Pope, sir Thomas, [136.] [192,] [193.]
  • Mention of Elizabeth, [198.]
  • Gives entertainments to her, [210.] [216.]
  • Writes to the queen respecting her, [219.]
• Puttenham's Art of Poesy, II. [293.]
• R.
• Raleigh, sir Walter, II. [124] to [128.] [223.] [256.] [313.] [359.] [393.] [396.] [458.] [478.]
• Ratcliffe, Thomas, earl of Sussex, [397.]
  • Letters of to the queen, [423.]
  • To Cecil, [465 and 6.]
  • Conduct as president of the North, [476.] [480.]
  • Campaign in Scotland, [484.]
  • Behaviour respecting Leicester, II. [69.]
  • Favors the French match, [71.]
  • Death of, [121.]
• ——, Egremond, [480.] [481.] II. [121] et seq.
• Royal Progresses, [275.]
• Royal succession, vague ideas on, [25,] [26.]
• Rudd, bishop, sermon of, before the queen, II. [309.]
• S.
• Sackville, sir Richard, [242.] [433.]
• Sackville, Thomas, lord Buckhurst, [199.] [433.] II. [207,] [208.]
• Sampson, Dr. Thomas, offends the queen, [340.]
• Savoy, duke of, offered to Elizabeth in marriage, [173.] [213.]
• Seymour, Edward, duke of Somerset, [39.] [64.] [74.] [76.] [107 to 110.][120.]
• ——, Edward, second earl of Herts;
  • how treated for his marriage with lady Catherine Grey, [351] et seq.
  • Establishes the legitimacy of his sons, [368.] II. [283.] [366.]
• ——, Jane, [17.] [38.]
• ——, sir Thomas, lord admiral, [39.] 75 to [77.]
  • Conduct to Elizabeth, 77 to [82.]
• Shakespeare, William, II. [325.]
• Sidney, sir Henry, [356.]
  • Letter of the queen to, [405.]
  • Death and character of, II. [161.]
• ——, sir Philip, II. [27.] [57.]
  • His opposition to the French match and letter to the queen, [74] et seq.
  • Appearance at a triumph, [89.] [94.]
  • Defence of Leicester, [139.]
  • Death and character, [152] et seq.
• ——, sir Robert, letter of, [459.]
• Simier, Monsieur, II. [67,] [68.] [70.]
• Sixtus V. pope. Extraordinary speeches of, II. [177.]
• Smith, sir Thomas, II. [21.] [41.] [62.]
• Somerset, H. earl of Worcester, [12.]
• ——, duchess dowager of, [76.] [120.] [150.] II. [201.]
• Spenser, Edmund, II. [126.] [418.]
• Stanley, Edward, earl of Derby, [10.]
• ——, Ferdinando, earl of Derby, II. [355.]
• Stubbs, Mr. [77] et seq.
• Suffolk, Frances, duchess dowager of, [281.] II. [117] et seq.
• Sully, duke of, conference with Elizabeth, II. [481.]
• T.
• Talbot, Gilbert, lord, letters of, II. [31.]
• Throgmorton, sir John, II. [16.]
• ——, Francis, II. [130,] [131.]
• ——, sir Nicholas, [164.] [184.] [389.] [463.] II. [15.]
• Tonstal, bishop, [148.]
• Topcliffe, Richard, II. [60] et seq.
• Torture defended, II. [133] et seq.
• Tyrwhitt, sir Robert, his letters to the Protector respecting Elizabeth and admiral Seymour, [85] et seq. [89,] [90.]
• V.
• Vaughan, bishop, anecdotes of, II. [389.]
• Vere, Edward, seventeenth earl of Oxford, II. [4.] [221.]
• ——, sir Francis, II. [375.]
• W.
• Walsingham, sir Francis, II. [21.] [23.] [55.] [97.] and [8.]
  • Sent into Scotland, [116.]
  • Conduct respecting queen of Scots, [192.]
  • Letter of, to M. Critoy, [245.]
  • Death and character, [264.]
• Whitgift, archbishop, II. [56] note. [110] et seq.
• Williams, lord, [171.] [172.] [174.] [189.]
• Willoughby, sir Hugh, [445.]
• Wriothesley, earl of Southampton, II. [395.] [401.] [465.] [470.] [471.] [473.] [479.]
• Wyat, sir Thomas, [136.] [140.] [159.]

R. and A. Taylor, Printers, London.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Lord Herbert of Chirbury.

[2] This is a word which I am utterly unable to explain; but it is thus printed in Strype's "Memorials," whence the letter is copied.

[3] See Herbert's Henry VIII.

[4] See Chron. of Ireland in Holinshed, pass. Collins's Peerage, by sir E. Brydges, article Viscount Leinster.