The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth / A history of the various negotiations for her marriage - Martin A. S. Hume

INDEX.

A.
Adolphus, Duke of Holstein, a suitor for the Queen’s hand, [26–7].
Alençon François de Valois, Duke of, suggested match with Elizabeth, [143], [148–51];
formal offer of his hand, [154];
description of his person, [155–9];
free from blame for St. Bartholomew, [166];
his first letter to Elizabeth, [166–7];
his plan to visit England, [167];
at Rochelle, [169–71];
revival of his suit, [172];
Dale’s description of him, [173];
projected escape and visit to England, [175–6];
the plan divulged by Margaret, [177–8];
ill and indurance, [178–81];
his escape and flight, [182–3];
in revolt against Henry III., [183–4];
is induced to make peace, [186];
made Duke of Anjou, [186];
suggested marriage with the Infanta, &c., [186];
becomes ostentatiously Catholic, [187];
quarrels with his brother’s Court, [187];
his arrest, [187–8];
escape, [178–90];
is approached by the Flemish Catholics, [189];
enters Flanders to relieve Mons, [192];
sends envoys to Elizabeth, [193];
his position in Flanders, [196–8];
sends Simier to London, [199];
his love-letters to Elizabeth, [201–2];
unpopularity of the match in England, [203];
discussion of his conditions, [204–7];
his visit to England, [210–11];
he captivates Elizabeth, [212–13];
departs, [214];
presses his suit, [218];
raises scruples about religion, [225];
his plans in Flanders, [225–30];
against an alliance of England and France, [230];
accepts the sovereignty of Flanders, [230–1];
Catholic efforts to dissuade him, [233];
sends Marchaumont, [236];
La belle jarretière, [236];
his alleged sudden visit to England, [245–50];
determined to relieve Cambrai, [252–3];
his mother’s attempts to dissuade him, [256];
his anger with Elizabeth, [257];
he enters Flanders, [258];
prays Elizabeth for money, [259–60];
his visit to England, [262–9];
he refuses to leave England, [268];
Elizabeth’s pledge to him, [269–70];
his rage at her inconstancy, [273], [279];
the States offer him the sovereignty, [279];
his unwillingness to leave England, [280–1];
threats of vengeance against Elizabeth, [284];
his romantic appeal to Elizabeth, [286];
English discontent at his stay, [287];
the States press him, [287];
his joy at his brother’s acceptance of Elizabeth’s conditions, [288];
Elizabeth again cool, [289];
he insists upon Simier’s leaving England, [290];
he swears to raise civil war in France;
Pinart and the Dauphin reproach him, [295];
at last sails for Holland, [299–300];
arrives at Flushing, [302];
crowned Duke of Brabant, [302–3];
Elizabeth’s feigned anger thereat, [303–5];
begs for money, [305–8];
Elizabeth’s fickleness with him, [309–11];
new hopes of the marriage, [313], [317], [318];
in despair begs for more money, [320], [322];
again hopeful, [322–3];
desperate position in Flanders, [325];
his seizure of the fortresses, [325–7];
his flight, [327];
his humble appeals to Elizabeth, [329];
her cold reply, [329–30];
illness, [330];
Catharine’s proposal to marry him to Mary Stuart, [330];
his proposed new expedition to Flanders, [330];
his death, [331].
Angoulême, Duke of, offered in infancy as a suitor for Elizabeth, [5].
Anjou, Duke of (see also Henry III.), proposal to marry him to Elizabeth, [114–43];
personal descriptions of him, [120–1];
is persuaded by the Catholics against the match, [122];
formal offer of his hand, [128];
proposed conditions, [129–30];
his reported Huguenot leanings, [133], [137–8];
the religious question to be omitted from the conditions, [134], [136];
stands firm about religion, [140–1];
refuses to marry Elizabeth, [143];
renewed negotiations for his marriage, [145–9];
besieges Rochelle, [169];
elected King of Poland, [171], [175];
succeeds to the crown of France, [182].
Antonio, Don, the Portuguese pretender, [264].
Antwerp, Alençon’s treacherous attempt to seize, [325–7].
Aquila, Bishop of, see Quadra.
Arques, D’, [299].
Arran, Earl of (Duke of Chatelherault), Elizabeth’s hand offered to him, [6];
his proposed marriage with Elizabeth, [40–1], [47], [49];
proposed marriage with Mary Stuart, [66].
Arundel, Earl of (Fitzalan), his son offered to Elizabeth, [15–16];
becomes a suitor himself, [16], [21], [23–6], [29], [37], [41];
falls to fisticuffs with Clinton, [47];
inquires into Lady Robert Dudley’s death, [63];
favours the Archduke Charles’ suit, [96].
Arundel, Earl of (Philip Howard), [263].
Ashley, Mrs., governess to Princess Elizabeth, [8–11].
Avila, Sancho de, [326].
B.
Bacon, Lady, [96].
Bacon, Sir Nicholas, [101], [103], [110];
his posthumous papers against the Alençon match, [204].
Bacqueville, M. de, sent by Alençon to England, [192], [193];
received by Elizabeth, [194–6], [313].
Baden, Margravine of (Cecilia of Sweden), her visit to England, [95–6].
Balagny, [231].
Bayonne, the Catholic interviews at, [76], [84–6].
Bedford, Earl of, [37], [41], [51];
sent to Catharine de Medici to propose joint action on Council of Trent, [58], [72];
action respecting the Alençon match, [242].
Bertie, Richard, proposed envoy to the Emperor, [103].
Bex de, Alençon’s secretary, [234], [249–50], [263–4].
Biron, Marshal de, [324–6], [328].
Bôchetel de la Forest, French ambassador, [105].
Bodin, Jean, sent to England by Alençon, [233], [327].
Boleyn, Anne, [5–6].
Boulogne, siege of, [6].
Bourg, Captain, an envoy from Alençon, [214], [227].
Briant, execution of, [266].
Brisson Barnabé, [238], [240], [242], [251].
Bromley, Sir Thomas, Lord Chancellor, against the Alençon match, [206], [273].
Bussy d’Amboise, [187], [189–90];
sent to England, [196];
killed in a duel, [213].
C.
Calais, suggested recession to England, [49];
demanded as a pledge by Elizabeth, [288], [294], [297].
Cambrai, the relief of, [246], [250], [252], [256], [258–60], [275].
Campion, execution of, [266].
Carew, [17].
Carlos Don, proposed marriage with Mary Stuart, [66], [70];
Elizabeth hints at him as a suitor, [76], [83], [89].
Carnavalet, Madame, [137].
Carrouge, Count de, [238], [240].
Castelnau de la Mauvissière, French ambassador, [149];
sent to England, [166], [168], [184], [187], [200], [202], [207–8], [210–11], [214];
threatens Elizabeth with the publication of her letters to Alençon, [225–6];
his interviews with Elizabeth, [264], [269], [306];
declines to believe Elizabeth’s professed desire to marry Alençon, [309];
his scandalous words to Elizabeth, [312];
shocked at Elizabeth’s profanity, [323].
Catharine de Medici, Queen-mother of France, [3–4], [57], [66], [69], [71], [76];
offers Charles IX. to Elizabeth, [79–80], [82–7], [103];
favours Leicester’s suit, [104–5];
proposals to marry Anjou to Mary Stuart, [114];
her negotiations for Anjou’s marriage with Elizabeth, [115–17], [123–5];
her interview with Buckhurst, [124–5];
her interviews with Walsingham, [127], [135], [137];
anxiety for the Anjou match, [140–1];
plans to marry Anjou elsewhere, [144];
her renewed negotiations for the Anjou match, [145–9];
proposes Alençon to Elizabeth, [149] passim;
her action after St. Bartholomew, [166], [168–71];
again offers Alençon, [172–3];
keeps Alençon and Navarre in durance, [175–81];
pursues Alençon in his flight, [183];
again pursues Alençon, [190];
her plans against the Huguenots, [197–8];
Elizabeth praises her, [215];
she opposes Alençon’s entrance into Flanders, [246], [251];
her interview with Walsingham, [256];
attempts to bribe Alençon, [256];
makes light of Elizabeth’s pledge to Alençon, [275];
her anger with Alençon for trusting Elizabeth, [286];
helps Alençon in the Netherlands, [322];
meets Alençon on his flight from Flanders, [329];
proposes to marry him to Mary Stuart, [330];
swears to be revenged upon the Spaniards for Alençon’s death, [330];
Elizabeth’s letter to her on Alençon’s death, [331].
Catharine of Aragon, [5], [16–17].
Catharine of Navarre, her suggested marriage with Alençon, [186].
Catholics, persecution of, during Alençon’s stay in England, [266].
Cavalcanti, Guido, Catharine de Medici’s envoy to Elizabeth, about the Anjou match, [116], [128–9], [131], [136–7], [138], [140], [142];
his negotiations for the Alençon match, [148–50], [154], [173].
Cecil, Lady, [96].
Cecil, Sir Thomas, [224].
Cecil, William, Lord Burleigh, [2], [12], [32], [35], [40], [41], [43];
favours the Swedish match, [49];
complains of Dudley, [50–2];
frustrates Dudley’s Catholic intrigues, [57–63];
opposed to the match with Charles IX., [79–80], [81], [89];
in favour of the Archduke, [101], [103–4], [110];
his attitude towards the Anjou match, [129–30], [139], [142], [144];
his attitude towards the Alençon match, [161–3], [195–6], [202], [204], [216], [226–7], [234], [241–2], [256], [258], [266], [270], [273], [281], [287–8], [298], [305], [307], [310], [313], [323].
Challoner, Sir Thomas, [32], [34].
Champigny (Perennot), Flemish envoy to England, [184].
Champvallon accompanies Alençon to England, [278].
Charles, Archduke, a suitor for the Queen’s hand, [34–6], [41–8];
proposed marriage with Mary Stuart, [66–9];
renewed proposals to Elizabeth, [78], [81–2], [88–95], [97–105];
the negotiations finally abandoned, [111–13], [116].
Charles V. [5–6], [17].
Charles IX. of France, [71];
proposals for his marriage with Elizabeth, [77–8], [83–7];
his marriage with a daughter of the Emperor, [113];
urges the Anjou match with Elizabeth, [123–4], [128], [131–2], [135], [140–1];
his new alienation from England and the Protestants, [160–1], [164];
his explanation of St. Bartholomew, [165];
renewed approaches to England, [168–71];
illness of, [174];
his death, [179–81].
Chartres, Vidame de, proposes the Anjou match, [115], [118], [169].
Chastelard, [79].
Chateauneuf, Mdlle., Anjou’s mistress, [138], [145].
Chatillon, Cardinal, proposes the Anjou match, [115], [118].
Chelsea, [7].
Cigogne reports Alençon’s departure for England, [248].
Cleves, Princess of, suggested marriage with Alençon, [186].
Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, [51];
sent to France to ratify the alliance, [154–5], [156–8];
his attitude towards the Alençon match, [216].
Clinton, Lady, [119].
Cobham, Henry, sent to the Emperor, [113], [116];
sent to Spain, [185];
English ambassador in France, [233], [252], [257], [281];
his accounts of the attitude of Henry III. towards Alençon and Elizabeth, [305–7], [323].
Cobham, Lady, [96], [119].
Cobham, Lord, [96], [238].
Coconas, Count, his plan for Alençon’s escape discovered, [177];
his execution, [178], [186].
Coligny, [143], [144], [145], [157], [161], [165].
Coloredo, his description of Elizabeth, [60].
Condé, Prince of, [76], [168–9], [183], [227];
visits Elizabeth, [228].
Corbet, English envoy to Flanders, [184].
Correro, Venetian ambassador, his description of Anjou, [120].
Cossé, Marshal de, [178], [227], [238], [240], [252].
Courtney, proposed marriage with Mary, [13];
proposed marriage with Elizabeth, [14–15].
Cranmer, [16].
Crofts, Sir James, [204], [234], [257], [269], [275].
Crusol, Madame de, [79].
D.
Dale, Dr. Valentine, English Ambassador in France, his negotiations with Catharine concerning the Alençon match, [172–3], [174];
intercedes for La Mole, [178];
intercedes for Alençon, [180–1].
Danett, Thomas, sent to the Emperor, [105].
Darcy sent by Elizabeth to reconcile Alençon with the States, [328].
Darnley, Lord, [66–7];
married to Mary Stuart, [71], [74], [88], [90], [95], [100].
Dassonleville, Philip’s Flemish agent, [21].
Dauphin, Prince (of Auvergne), special ambassador to England, [237–40], [242];
accompanies Alençon to England, [264], [267];
rebukes Alençon for his treasonable talk, [295];
on the Flemish frontier, [324].
Denny, [10].
Dorset, Earl of, concerned in Seymour’s plot, [9].
Drake, Sir Francis, [231], [233];
knighted by Marchaumont, [235].
Dudley, Lady Robert, her husband’s alleged plot to murder, [31], [45];
her death, [50], [54], [63], [83].
Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester, [2], [29–31], [33–4], [36], [38–40];
intrigues to prevent the Austrian match, [41–6], [48–9], [50];
presses his own suit, [53–65];
solicits Spanish aid, [53–9];
solicits Huguenot aid, [63–4];
favours Darnley’s marriage with Mary Stuart, [67];
proposed marriage with Mary Stuart, [69–70];
made Earl of Leicester, [73];
his fresh Catholic intrigues, [75];
ostensibly favours the Archduke Charles, [82–3];
Spanish approaches to, [89–90];
French approaches to, [94];
suggested marriage with an Austrian princess, [95];
again feigns approval of the Austrian match, [97–8];
quarrel with Heneage, [98];
reproached by Norfolk, [102];
his suit again in the ascendant, [103];
favoured by the French, [104–5], [106];
quarrels with Sussex and Ormond, [107];
reproached by the Queen, [108–9];
feigns support to the Anjou match, [116–17];
proposed marriage with the Princess of Cleves, [138];
his attitude towards Alençon’s suit, [163], [197], [200], [202–3], [204], [207];
his jealousy of Simier, whom he attempts to murder, [209];
his second marriage, [210];
is against the Alençon match, [216], [222], [228], [239], [241–2], [244], [248–9], [250–1], [261], [265], [267], [268], [270–1], [273], [275], [278], [292], [297], [298];
accompanies Alençon to Holland, [299–301]-[3];
his return to England, [304–6];
anger of the Queen with him, [305];
in favour of an English protectorate of the Netherlands, [310];
fears of Alençon’s again visiting England, [320];
opposes the marriage, [323].
Durham Place, [9], [46], [96].
E.
Edward VI., [6–7].
Egmont, Count, [15].
Elector Palatine, [71–2].
Elizabeth, Queen, objects of her diplomacy, [1–4];
proposed betrothal to Philip II., [7];
her connection with Seymour, [8–11];
various proposals for her marriage, [12–13];
Courtney, [14–17];
Duke of Savoy, [16–20], [22];
her imprisonment, [17];
released at the request of Philip, [17–18];
Eric of Sweden offers his hand, [19–21];
her accession, [21–3];
her English suitors, [25–6];
Philip’s offer to her, [27–8];
Pickering, [29–30], [33–4];
Dudley, [33–4];
the Archdukes, [34–9];
rumoured plot to kill her and Dudley, [41–2];
the Archduke Charles, [42–8], [49–52];
her relations with Dudley, [53–70];
description of her, [60];
alleged marriage with Dudley, [67–8];
falls ill of small-pox, [68];
offers Dudley to Mary Stuart, [69], [72–4];
fresh approaches to the house of Austria, [76–7];
proposals to marry Charles IX., [77–81], [83–87], [88–95];
the Archduke Charles, [89–94];
the Swedish suit, [95–6];
the Austrian conditions, [97–9];
Heneage, [98–100];
she confesses her attachment to Leicester, [102–3], [104];
renewed hints to Charles IX., [106];
her rage with her councillors and Parliament, [108–9];
end of the Austrian negotiations, [111–13];
proposed marriage with the Duke of Anjou, [114–128];
draft conditions for the marriage, [129–30];
obstinacy of Anjou about religion, [133–43], [144–51];
Alençon proposed, [148];
draft treaty with France and the Huguenots, [154];
her reception of Montmorenci and de Foix, [155–6];
she objects to Alençon’s appearance, [158–9];
desires to see him, [159–60];
reception of La Mole, [161–4];
first letter from Alençon, [166–7];
consents to stand sponsor to Charles IX.’s daughter, [169];
renewed negotiations with Alençon, [172–5];
she cools towards the match, [176–81];
marriage negotiations with Alençon again renewed, [184];
she again approaches the Spaniards, [184–5];
her fresh approach to Alençon rejected, [187];
she opposes French interference in Flanders, [191–2];
she urges Don John to make peace, [192–3];
Alençon’s suit again revived, [193] passim;
her reception of Simier, [200];
her letters to Alençon, [201–2];
her preparations for Alençon’s visit, [204];
is offended at the Council’s opposition to the match, [206];
her attachment for Simier, [207–8], [209–10];
her rage at Leicester’s marriage, [210];
Alençon’s arrival, [211];
she falls in love with him, [212–13];
her anger with the Council, [216–17];
her farewell to Simier, [221–2];
she cools towards the match, [225];
her perplexity, [226–7];
decides to aid Alençon in Flanders, [227–30], [233];
her favour to Marchaumont, [234–5];
the incident of the garter, [236];
reception of the special French embassy, [237–244];
plans with Marchaumont Alençon’s secret visit, [245–6];
her reception of Alençon, [247–9];
her change of tone; letter to Alençon, [253];
her attempts to draw Henry III. into war with Spain, [255–6];
her alarm, [257];
the marriage negotiations again resumed, [257–8];
her hesitancy, [258];
opposes Alençon’s coming, [261];
gives way, [262];
her reception of him, [264–6];
solemnly pledges herself to Alençon, [269–70];
she minimises the pledge at the instance of Leicester, [272];
Alençon’s anger, [273];
her negotiations with Pinart, [273–4];
offers Alençon a subsidy, [274–5];
her demands, [276];
her rage with Leicester and Fervaques about Simier, [278];
her anxiety to get rid of Alençon, [279];
her intrigues with this end, [281–6];
Henry III. accepts all her conditions, [288];
she demands Calais as security, [288];
her alarm at Henry III.’s complaisance, [291];
she dashes Alençon’s hopes, [294];
alarmed at Pinart’s threats, [297];
prevails upon Alençon to go, [299];
her anger at Leicester, [305];
her fear of the consequences of Alençon’s action in Flanders, [305–6];
her intrigues to induce him to retire, [306–8];
again beguiles him with hopes of marriage, [309–12];
her attempts to cajole Henry III., [309–11];
her fear of French influence in Flanders, [311], [314–15];
her letter to Alençon, [316–17], [318–19];
her plan for a confederation of Northern powers, [319];
Henry III. again approaches her, [320–1];
she swears to marry Alençon, [323];
promises to make him her heir, [324];
her sincerity now generally distrusted, [323–5];
her coldness to Alençon after his flight, [329–30];
but offers to aid his new expedition, [330];
her mourning for Alençon, [331];
the marriage plans at an end, [331];
success of Elizabeth’s policy, [332–3].
Elizabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain, [76].
Eric XIV. of Sweden, his approaches to Elizabeth, [19–21], [31–2], [40], [45], [47], [49–52], [62];
proposes to Mary Stuart, [66];
renews his suit to Elizabeth, [83], [95–6].
Essex, Countess of (Lettice Knollys), [98];
her marriage to Leicester, [209–10].
Este, Francesco d’, [12].
F.
Fargis, M. de, [327].
Ferdinand, Archduke, a suitor for Elizabeth, [22–3], [24–5], [32–6], [38].
Ferdinand, Emperor, [35], [43–4], [48], [71];
death of, [78], [88].
Fere, La, interview between Walsingham and Alençon at, [256].
Feria, Count de, Spanish ambassador, [19–20], [21–3], [24–5], [26–7], [31], [33], [43].
Ferrara, Duke of, his son suggested as a suitor for Elizabeth, [12].
Fervaques, [231], [246], [276–8], [327].
Figueroa, Spanish ambassador, [20].
Finland, Duke of, offers his hand, [47].
Foix, Paul de, French ambassador, [79–80], [81–2], [83–7], [89–94], [103–5];
his negotiations for the Anjou match, [125], [127], [135], [136–7], [141–2], [145–9];
his visit to England about the Alençon match, [148], [155];
reception by Elizabeth, [155–6].
Fleix, the peace of, [231].
Florent (Ajacet), [49].
Francis I., [5].
Francis II. of France, [41], [49];
his death, [57].
French special embassy to England about the Alençon match, [237–44];
dismay at Alençon’s sudden visit, [248];
departure of the embassy, [251].
Frog, the Queen’s pet name for Alençon.
G.
Gardiner, Bishop, won over to the Spanish match, [15], [20].
Genlis, his rout in Flanders, by Don Fadrique de Toledo, [160–1].
Gerau de Spes, Spanish ambassador, [131], [133], [139].
Gondi, Count de Retz, sent to England about Alençon’s match, [173–4].
Granvelle, Cardinal, [42], [60], [65].
Greenwich, [41];
scene with Dudley at, [61–2];
meeting of the Council at, [216].
Grey, Lady Catharine, Spanish plan to marry her to Archduke Charles, [46].
Guidotti, Sir Anthony, [12].
Guises, the, [66], [69], [114], [122–3], [138], [140], [160], [166–7], [177], [224], [234], [256], [320], [322], [330].
Guzman de Silva, Spanish ambassador, [75], [81–3], [86];
his attitude towards the Austrian match, [89–93], [96];
his belief in Leicester’s success, [99], [102–3], [105];
his interview with the Queen concerning Parliament, [108].
H.
Hampton Court, [41];
Queen falls ill of small-pox at, [69];
receives Melvil at, [72];
receives La Mothe at, [117].
Hans Casimir, Duke, proposes to Elizabeth, [71–2];
raises mercenaries for the Huguenots, &c., [183], [186], [192], [233].
Hans Frederick of Saxony, his son suggested as a suitor for Elizabeth, [12], [47].
Hanworth, [7].
Harrington, concerned in Seymour’s plot, [9].
Hatfield, [10], [20–21].
Hatton, Sir Christopher, [203], [204], [218], [222], [242], [250], [261], [270–1], [297], [300], [304], [310].
Havre, English occupation of, [68].
Havrey, Marquis d’, [193].
Helfenstein, Imperial ambassador, [47–48].
Heneage, Sir Thomas, [98–100], [101], [113].
Henry VIII., [5–6], [16].
Henry III., King of France, [182], [186];
arrests Alençon, [187–91];
his attitude towards the Alençon match, [222–3], [229], [231], [233];
opposes Alençon’s plans in Flanders, [246–7], [250–1], [252–3], [255–6], [268–9], [281], [287];
he accepts all of Elizabeth’s conditions, [288];
refuses to countenance Alençon in Flanders, [305];
his anger with Elizabeth, [306];
Elizabeth’s distrust of him, [311–15];
fears of the Guises again draw him to Elizabeth, [320–2];
favours an alliance but disbelieves in the marriage, [323];
reconciled to Alençon, [330];
now powerless to harm England, [332].
Horsey, Edmund, English envoy in France, [172].
Howard, Admiral Lord, [214].
Howard, Lord, his son suggested as a suitor, [25].
Howard, Lord Harry, [263].
Hunsdon, Lord, accompanies Alençon to Holland, [300], [302].
I.
Isabel, Clara Eugenia Infanta, suggested marriage with Alençon, [186].
J.
James V. of Scotland, [6].
James VI. of Scotland, birth of, [107].
Jauregui, his attempt to assassinate Orange, [308].
John Don, of Austria, Elizabeth suggests marriage with him, he seizes Namur, [188], [191];
Elizabeth urges him to make peace, [192].
K.
Kenilworth, Elizabeth takes La Mole thither, [162–3];
Elizabeth receives news of St. Bartholomew at, [164].
Killigrew, [40–1].
Killigrew, Henry, English envoy in France, [144];
interview with the Queen-mother, [145–7], [149–51].
Knollys, Sir Francis, remonstrates with the Queen about the Alençon match, [218].
L.
Lafin, pursued by Fervaques into Elizabeth’s presence, [278].
Lansac, [238], [240], [287].
L’Archant, Captain of Anjou’s guard, sent to England, [136–9], [140].
L’Aubespine, Secretary, special envoy to Elizabeth, [197].
Leicester, Earl of, see Dudley.
Leighton, Thomas, special envoy to France, [179–80].
Lennox, Earl of, [72].
Lethington, William Maitland, laird of, [67], [68–9], [70], [89].
Lignerolles, his murder, [141], [144].
Limoges, Bishop of, [147].
Lincoln, Earl of, see Clinton.
Lippomano, his story respecting the Queen and Alençon, [265].
L’isle, Madame, cipher name for Elizabeth, [168].
Long Melford, Suffolk, De Bacqueville received by the Queen at, [194].
Lorraine, Cardinal, [69], [76], [137], [140].
Lucidor, Don, cipher name for Alençon, [168], [176].
Lumley, Lady, [25].
M.
Maisonfleur, his mission to Elizabeth, [167–8], [175–6].
Mansfeldt, Count, [48].
Marchaumont, Alençon’s agent in England, [233];
knights Drake, [235];
sends Elizabeth’s garter to Alençon, [236];
urges Alençon to visit England, [241], [244–5], [248–9], [250], [252];
again urges Alençon to visit England, [260], [262];
his reception of Alençon, [262–3], [276];
complains to Elizabeth of Leicester’s talk about Alençon, [304];
continually begs for money for Alençon, [305], [307–8], [313–14], [324].
Margaret de Valois, Queen of Navarre, divulges the plot for Alençon’s escape, [177], [181], [189–90];
opposes the Alençon match, [231], [277–8], [317–18].
Martyr, Peter, [41].
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, [2], [6], [28], [40];
the question of her re-marriage, [61–3], [65–6], [68–75], [77–8], [88], [101], [107];
Catholic proposal to marry her to Anjou, [114], [123], [134], [138], [143];
her imprudent letter to Elizabeth about Simier, [208];
plots in her favour, [224], [330];
proposal to marry her to Alençon, [330].
Mary Tudor, Queen of England, [6];
her accession, [13];
projected marriage with Courtney, [13];
captured by the Spanish interest, [13];
married to Philip, [13–18];
her treatment of Elizabeth, [14–20];
her death, [21], [27].
Mary of Lorraine, Queen Dowager of Scotland, [6].
Mathias, Archduke, [188].
Maximilian, Emperor, [78], [88–9], [97–9], [102–3], [105].
Medici, Duke of Florence, his son suggested as a suitor for Elizabeth, [12];
a daughter of, suggested as a match for Alençon, [301].
Melvil, Sir James, his visits to Elizabeth, [71–74];
his description of her, [74–5].
Mendoza, Bernardino de, Spanish ambassador, [190], [194], [197], [202], [204–5], [208], [212], [214], [226–7], [228], [241], [243], [248], [256–7], [261–3], [266], [275], [309].
Mery, M. de, [234];
carries the Queen’s garter to Alençon, [236].
Michaeli, Venetian ambassador, his description of Anjou, [120].
Moine, see Marchaumont.
Mole, La, his mission to England, [161];
reception by Elizabeth, [162–4];
to accompany Alençon to England, [168];
plans Alençon’s escape, [177];
his execution, [178], [186].
Monkey, the Queen’s pet name for Simier.
Montgomeri, Count de, [169];
at the siege of Rochelle, [170–1].
Montmorenci, Marshal, [60], [135], [136], [145];
reception by Elizabeth, [154–6];
splendid entertainment of him, [156];
consulted by Charles IX., [161];
his party joins the Huguenots, [175], [178];
released from prison, [183].
Morette, envoy of the Duke of Savoy, [59].
Morysine, Sir Richard, [12].
Mothe Fénélon, La, his negotiations in favour of the Anjou match, [116–18], [119–24], [127–8], [131–4], [137];
suggests Alençon as a suitor, [150];
his negotiations respecting Alençon, &c., [161–4];
visits the Queen after St. Bartholomew’s, [165–6], [170];
renewed negotiations for Alençon, [176];
sent to England, [238], [240], [244–5], [251];
his interviews with Elizabeth on his way to Scotland, [324–5].
Mowbray sent by Dudley to Henry of Navarre, [64].
N.
Navarre, King Henry of, approached by Dudley, [63];
marriage with Margaret de Valois, [138], [140], [142], [154], [166];
to accompany Alençon to England, [168–9];
kept tightly by Catharine, [175–6], [177];
he escapes and heads the Huguenots, [186], [197], [230];
next heir to the crown of France, [332].
Navarre, Queen of, see Margaret.
Nemours, Duke of, proposed as a suitor, [59].
Nerac, the treaty of, [215].
Nevers, Duke de, his son proposed as a suitor, [49].
Noailles, French ambassador, his intrigues against the Spanish marriages, [14–18].
Norfolk, Duchess of, [26].
Norfolk, Duke of, [23], [29];
in favour of the match with Archduke Charles, [45–6], [47];
admitted to the Privy Council, [68];
pressing the Archduke’s suit, [95–6], [100–3];
reproached by the Queen, [108], [110];
his conspiracy, [134], [144], [152], [178].
Norris, Sir John, with Alençon in Holland, [302], [328].
North, Lord, special envoy to France, [180];
conversation with Catharine, [181];
quarrels with Sussex, [195].
Northampton, Marquis of, the Queen’s anger with him, [108].
Northumberland, Duke of, his plans for Elizabeth’s marriage, [11–12], [13].
Noue, La, [227], [230].
Nuncio, proposed dispatch of, to England, [59].
O.
Obterre, Marchaumont’s secretary, [234].
Orange, Prince of, [185], [188], [225], [227], [291], [301–3], [305];
attempted assassination of, [308–9], [311–12];
Salcedo’s plot to murder, [320];
tired of Alençon, [325], [326–7].
Ormond, Earl of, [103], [107].
Oudenarde, fall of, [319].
Oxford, Earl of, [29].
P.
Paget, Lord, [14–15].
Parr, Catharine, marries Thomas Seymour, [7];
her treatment of Elizabeth, [7–8].
Parry, Sir Thomas, Cofferer to Princess Elizabeth, [8–11].
Paulet, Sir Amyas, English minister in France, [198].
Pelican, the, Drake’s ship, [235].
Pembroke, Earl of, [58], [67];
the Queen’s anger with him, [108];
receives the special French embassy, [238].
Philip II., [3–4];
his suggested marriage with Elizabeth, [7];
marries Mary, [13–20];
his approaches to Elizabeth, [21–3];
his attitude towards an Austrian match, [24–5];
offers his hand to Elizabeth, [27–8];
inclined to aid Dudley, [57], [62], [83], [100];
rejoices at St. Bartholomew, [166];
his fleet well received by Elizabeth, [184];
Henry Cobham sent to him, [185];
disbelieves in the Alençon match, [197];
his pretensions to the crown of Portugal, [215];
plots with Mary Stuart for the invasion of England, [224];
crippled by Elizabeth’s policy, [331].
Pickering, Sir William, a suitor for Elizabeth’s hand, [25], [29–30];
arrives in England, [33–4], [36–7];
quarrels with Bedford and Arundel, [37].
Pinart, Secretary, [238], [244], [251], [273–4], [276], [279], [288];
reproaches Alençon for his treasonable talk, [295];
threatens Elizabeth, [297–8].
Porte, La, sent to England by Alençon, [184].
Pruneaux, M. de, [311].
Q.
Quadra, Alvaro de, Bishop of Aquila, Spanish ambassador, [24], [26], [32], [34–6], [38–9], [41–4], [45–50], [53–62], [64–5];
accused of slandering Elizabeth, [67].
Quélus, M. de, [190].
Quincy, M. de, an envoy from Alençon, [193–4], [195–6], [276], [277].
R.
Rambouillet, Marquis de, special French envoy to Elizabeth, [197].
Randolph, Sir Thomas, [40];
sent to report on Alençon’s appearance, [175–6].
Ravenstein, Baron, Imperial ambassador, [34–6], [37], [38], [39], [48].
Renard, Simon, proposes Mary’s marriage with Philip, [13–14];
proposes Elizabeth’s marriage with Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, [16–20].
Reaux, M. de, visits Elizabeth from Alençon, [329].
Richmond, [17–18];
Alençon lodged at, [263–4].
Ridolfi plot, [122], [131], [139].
Rochelle, siege of, [168–71], [172], [177].
Rochetaillé, an envoy from Alençon, [203], [207].
Romero, Julian, [326].
Russell, Honble. John, sent to Alençon, [328].
S.
Sackville, Sir Thomas, proposed envoy to the Emperor, [103], [104–5].
Saint Aignan, Duke de, [327].
Saint Aldegonde, [265], [291], [296].
St. Bartholomew, [144], [148];
reception of the news in England, [164–5].
Salcedo’s plot to murder Alençon and Orange, [320].
Sancerre, Count de, [238].
Savoy, Duke of, a suitor for Elizabeth’s hand, [16–20], [22].
Schafanoya, [28–9], [33].
Serpente, Madame la, cipher name for Catharine de Medici, [168], [176].
Seymour, Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley, his treatment of Elizabeth, [7–8];
his plot, [9–11].
Sharington concerned in Seymour’s plot, [9].
Sherwin, execution of, [266].
Sidney, Lady Mary, [41], [55].
Sidney, Sir Henry, bespeaks Spanish aid for Dudley’s suit, [53–4], [58–9].
Sidney, Sir Philip; he remonstrates with the Queen about the Alençon match, [218–19];
with Alençon in the Netherlands, [302].
Simier, Jehan de, aids Alençon to escape, [185], [190];
his mission to London, [199–200];
urges Alençon to come to England, [202];
his conditions for the match, [204–6];
Elizabeth’s intimacy with him, [207–8], [209];
divulges Leicester’s secret marriage, [209–10];
his letters to Elizabeth, [214];
his departure with the draft conditions, [220–1];
his letters to Elizabeth, [222], [227–8];
in disgrace with Alençon, [231];
his extraordinary letter to Elizabeth, [232], [244];
Elizabeth intercedes for him, [246];
sent to England by Henry III., [277–8];
another attempt to murder him, [278];
Elizabeth’s rage thereat, [278];
his action against Alençon’s suit, [282];
quarrel with Alençon, [283];
his betrayal of Elizabeth, [289–90];
interview between him and Alençon, [291–2];
he departs from England, [290].
Smith, Sir Thomas, English envoy to France, [77–8];
his interviews with Catharine de Medici and Charles IX., [84–5];
sent to France about the Anjou match, [142], [144];
audience with the Queen-mother, [145–7];
Alençon is suggested to him for the Queen, [148–151];
interview with the Queen-mother, [152–3];
present at La Mole’s interview with Elizabeth, [162].
Soissons, Count de, [238].
Somers sent to France, [252–3].
Somerset, Duke of, Protector, [7], [9–10], [11].
Stafford, Edward, [214];
sent to France with Simier, [222–3];
sent to Alençon, [230];
Alençon lodges in his house, [264].
Stafford, Lady, Mistress of the Robes, [264], [297], [323].
Stamford, [106].
Stuart, James, Earl of Murray, [66], [70].
Stubbs, his book against the Alençon match, [217–18].
Stukeley, Thomas, his descent upon Ireland, [122].
Succession to the Crown, question of, urged upon the Queen by Parliament, [107–9].
Sussex, Earl of, Thomas Ratcliff, in favour of an Austrian match, [24], [32], [93–5], [98–9], [100], [101], [103–4], [107–8], [110];
sent to the Emperor, [110–11];
failure of his mission, [112–13];
his attitude towards the Alençon match, [193];
the Queen’s treatment of him in the presence of Alençon’s envoys, [194–5];
bribed by Spain, [204–5];
in favour of the Alençon match, [206], [216], [234], [241–2], [244–5], [251], [265], [268], [273], [285], [289], [296–7], [298], [305], [307], [310], [313].
Sussex, Lady, [96].
Sweden, King of (Gustavus), [19], [31], [51–2].
Sweden, King of (Eric), see Eric XIV.
Swedish ambassador offends Queen Mary, [20], [31–2].
Swetkowitz, Adam, sent by the Emperor on behalf of Archduke Charles, [83–94], [97–9].
T.
Tavannes, Marshal, [138].
Téligny, [124], [131].
Throgmorton, English ambassador in France, [40], [89–90], [94].
Trent, Council of, Dudley’s intrigues with regard to, [53–60].
Turenne, [255].
Tyrwhitt, Lady, [10].
Tyrwhitt, Sir Robert, [10–11].
V.
Valdez, Don Pedro de, Spanish admiral, [184].
Valette, La, [299].
Viteau, Baron de, [278].
Vray, De, Alençon’s secretary, [206–7], [228], [238], [245], [249], [257].
Vulcob, his interview with the Queen, [105–6].
W.
Walsingham, Sir Francis, sent to France about the Anjou match, [119];
his description of Anjou, [120–1];
considers the Queen’s marriage necessary, [123];
his negotiations, [124–8];
interviews with Catharine, [127], [132], [134–5], [137];
his opinion of Anjou’s religion, [138];
desires to bring about the match, [139], [141–2], [143], [144];
his negotiations for the Alençon match, [152–63];
sends news of St. Bartholomew, [164];
remonstrates with the Queen about the Alençon match, [218–19], [222], [241–2], [244], [250], [253–4];
his mission to France, [255];
his interview with Alençon at La Fère, [256–7];
he warns Elizabeth of her fickleness, [257–8], [259–61];
returns to London, [261–2], [263], [265], [267], [272];
Elizabeth’s anger with him, [305], [306], [311].
Wanstead, Elizabeth’s visits to Leicester there, [205], [209].
Warwick, Earl of, [70].
Westmoreland, Earl of, [25].
Wightman concerned in Seymour’s plot, [9].
Wilkes, Clerk of the Privy Council, [183].
Willoughby, Lord, with Alençon in Holland, [302].
Winchester, Marquis of, [21].
Woodstock, [16–17], [18];
Elizabeth receives La Mothe at, after St. Bartholomew, [165].
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, [17].
Y.
York, Archbishop of (Sandys), [226].

FOOTNOTES

[1] “Projets de Mariage de la Reine Elizabeth.” Ferrière, Paris.

[2] Calendar of Spanish State Papers (Elizabeth), Rolls Series. Edited by Martin A. S. Hume.

[3] Confessions of Mrs. Ashley and Thomas Parry. Hatfield Papers. Historical MSS. Commission.