Bess of Hardwick and Her Circle

by Maud Stepney Rawson

• A
• Adderley, Mr., [108]
• Alsope, Hugh, [17]
• Alva, Duke of, [40], [76], [92]–3
• Anjou, Duke of, [40], [76], [218], [221], [272], [317]
• Anne Boleyn, [28], [121]
• Anne of Cleves, [122]
• Anne of Denmark, [341]–2, [344], [356]
• Appleyard, [92]
• Argyle, Earl of, [39]
• Arran, Earl of, [39], [123]
• Arundel, Earl of, [314]
• B
• Barlow, Antony, [108]
• Barlow, Robert, [3], [355]
• Beale, Robert, [228], [231] et sqq., [268], [293]
• Bedford, Countess of, [188]
• Bedford, Earl of, [188]
• Bell, William, [92]–3
• Bentall, [256] et sqq.
• Beresford, Henry, [282] et sqq., [289], [290]
• Beton, Andrew, [232]
• Beton, Archbishop, [232]
• Beton, John, [81], [232]
• Beauchamp, Lord, [340]
• Bolsover, [35], [43], [204], [347], [351] et sqq.
• Bolton, Castle, Mary Queen of Scots at, [47], [49]
• Bonaparte, Napoleon, [35]
• Bothwell, Earl of, [68]–9, [119], [127]
• Boughton, Elizabeth. See Cavendish
• Brackenbury, Richard, [327]
• Bruce, Mrs., [66]
• Burghley, Lady, [32], [101], [105], [128], [316]
• Burghley, Robert Cecil, Lord, [340]–1
• Burghley, Thomas Cecil, Lord, [188]
• Burghley, William Cecil, Lord, [23], [32], [38], [69], [79], [101], [104]–5, [178], [183], [211], [257], [259], [302], [314], [316], [325];
  • and Lady Catherine Grey’s marriage, [27], [30];
  • and Mary Queen of Scots’ marriage, [29];
  • letters written to, [30], [64]–5, [80], [149], [150], [153], [208], [236], [239], [278], [329], [333];
  • and Lady Mary Grey’s marriage, [31];
  • and imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots, [47], [64]–5, [70], [72], [97];
  • visits Mary Queen of Scots, 80, [128], [228];
  • letters from, [82], [161], [165], [188];
  • and Lascelles, [82]–3;
  • and Norfolk’s death, [87];
  • and the Norwich high treason trial, [92]–3;
  • his and Elizabeth’s distrust of the Shrewsburys, [110] et sqq.;
  • and Lady Lennox, [125], [153];
  • and the Lennox marriage, [149], [150], [236], [239];
  • Shrewsbury’s present of plate to, [161];
  • and Lady Shrewsbury’s match-making, [165] et sqq.;
  • goes to Buxton, [187];
  • and the accusation against Lord Shrewsbury, [249], [250];
  • and the Shrewsbury quarrel, [26], [279] et sqq., [285], [290], [298];
  • and Shrewsbury’s slanderers, [264];
  • and the “Scandal Letter,” [271];
  • and Mary Queen of Scots’ trial, [308]–9;
  • and Lady Arabella’s income, [329] et sqq.;
  • and Lady Arabella’s proposed marriage, [333] et sqq.;
  • his death, [340];
  • his portrait at Hardwick, [356]
• Butts, Sir William, [92]
• Buxton, Mary Queen of Scots at, [110], [167], [171], [179]
• C
• Caithness, Bishop of, [220]
• Catherine de Medici, [117]
• Cavendish, Anne, [6]
• Cavendish, Sir Charles, [6], [45], [242], [247]–8, [254], [258], [264], [268], [275], [282], [284], [292], [296], [305], [337], [340]–1, [348]
• Cavendish, Elizabeth. See Lennox
• Cavendish, Elizabeth, [6]
• Cavendish, Lady Grace, [6], [36], [44], [258], [355]
• Cavendish, Henry, [6], [36], [99], [107], [256] et sqq., [261], [284], [344], [346], [348], [355]
• Cavendish, Thomas, [4]
• Cavendish, Sir William, “Bess of Hardwick’s” second husband, [4] et sqq., [11], [355]
• Cavendish, William. See Earl of Devonshire
• Cecil. See Lord Burghley
• Chamley, Sir Hugh, [181]
• Chatsworth, [6] et sqq., [16], [72], [79], [80], [84], [91], [110], [120], [130], [152], [180] et sqq., [184], [205], [208], [214], [258], [284]–5, [294], [296]–7, [334], [341], [347]
• Cobham, Lord, [32]
• Cobham, Lady, [33], [42], [44], [118]
• Cooke, R., [256]
• Copley, Christopher, [293]
• Corker, Chaplain, [114] et sqq.
• Crompe, James, [10], [19], [22]
• Cumberland, Countess of, [188]
• Cumberland, Earl of, [188], [256], [301]
• Curle, [252], [257]
• D
• Darcy, Lord, [32]
• Darnley, Henry, Earl of, [29], [39], [68]–9, [119], [124] et sqq., [146], [153], [159], [176], [240]
• Derby, Earl of, [275], [314]
• Devonshire, first Earl of, [6], [10], [22], [294], [298], [334]–5;
  • and Lady Arabella Stuart, [239];
  • and Mary Queen of Scots, [247], [268]–9;
  • and Hardwick Hall, [256], [258]–9, [262], [287];
  • Lady Shrewsbury’s love for, [329], [356];
  • barony conferred on, [342];
  • family’s jealousy of, [347];
  • earldom conferred on, [348];
  • and Chatsworth, [352];
  • his portrait at Hardwick, [356]
• Dickenson, Gilbert, [298], [312]
• Dudley, Lady Amy, [175]
• Dudley, Lord Robert. See Earl of Leicester
• Dyer, Edward, [102], [104]
• E
• Edward VI, [6] et sqq., [24], [122], [124]
• Elizabeth, Queen, [16]–17, [20], [35], [121]–2, [189], [233], [257], [260], [301], [307], [360];
  • and Lady Catherine Grey’s elopement, [26] et sqq., [30];
  • her suitors, [29], [221], [317];
  • and Lady Mary Grey’s marriage, [31];
  • and “Bess of Hardwick’s” fourth marriage, [36] et sqq.;
  • and the custody of Mary Queen of Scots, [39] et sqq.;
  • and Queen Mary’s expenditure, [63];
  • courtiers’ opinion of, [64]–5;
  • and Mary’s release, [80]–1;
  • and Queen Mary’s attachment to the Duke of Norfolk, [75] et sqq., [85], [87];
  • her suspicions of the Shrewsburys, [77] et sqq., [97]–8, [110] et sqq., 212, [214] et sqq., [226] et sqq.;
  • and Norfolk’s trial and execution, [95]–6;
  • her affection for the Earl of Leicester, [73], [101], [105], [175] et sqq., [315];
  • her favourites, [101]–2, [277];
  • and Lady Lennox, [125] et sqq., [145];
  • and Elizabeth Cavendish’s marriage to the Earl of Lennox, [147] et sqq., [270];
  • consigns Lady Lennox and Lady Shrewsbury to the Tower, [153];
  • her allowance to Shrewsbury, [162];
  • her depression, [162]–3;
  • visits the Countess of Pembroke, [163];
  • Burghley’s loyalty to, [167]–8;
  • her possible successor, [174], [338];
  • and Leicester’s visit to the Shrewsburys, [182] et sqq.;
  • her letter to the Shrewsburys, [183] et sqq.;
  • letter written to, [186];
  • her fear of Queen Mary, [186]–7, [211] et sqq.;
  • and the pageant at Whitehall, [225];
  • Queen Mary’s appeals to, [230]–1;
  • and Lady Arabella Stuart, [239], et sqq.;
  • and Mary’s attack on the Shrewsburys, [242] et sqq.;
  • and the Shrewsbury slander, [263]–4, [268];
  • and the Shrewsbury quarrel, [267], [279] et sqq., [292] et sqq.;
  • the “Scandal Letter” to, [271] et sqq.;
  • her pursuits, [315]–16, [362];
  • her fondness for children, [327];
  • and the provision for Lady Arabella, [329] et sqq.;
  • and Lady Arabella’s proposed marriage, [340];
  • her portrait at Hardwick, [356]
• Essex, Countess of, [171]
• F
• Fawley, Mr., [305]
• Fénélon, La Mothe, [147], [152], [191]
• Fletcher, Dr., Dean of Peterborough, [311]–12
• Fletewood, William, Recorder of London, [262], [269]
• Foljambe, Hercules, [255]
• Fowller, Thomas, [237]
• G
• Gerrard, Judge, [92]–3
• Glasgow, Archbishop of, [238]
• Gresham, Sir Thomas, [188]
• Grey, Lady Catherine. See Countess of Hertford
• Grey, Lady Jane, [24], [125]
• Grey, Sir John, [30]
• Grey, Lady Mary. See Keys
• Grey, Lord Leonard, [14]
• H
• Hall, John, [36]
• Hammer, Rev. Merideth, [263]
• Hardwick, Elizabeth (“Bess of Hardwick”). See Countess of Shrewsbury
• Hardwick, Elizabeth (mother of “Bess of Hardwick”), [13], [23]
• Hardwick Hall, [7], [8], [17], [258], [261], [325], [331]–2, [334], [342] et sqq., [351]–2
• Hardwick, John (father of “Bess of Hardwick”), [1] et sqq., [7]
• Hatton, Sir Christopher, [102], [104], [272]–3
• Haydon, Sir Christopher, [92]
• Henry VIII, [5], [7], [14], [24], [120], [123]–4, [179], [219]
• Henry of Navarre, [165]
• Herbert, Lady Anne. See Talbot
• Herbert. See Pembroke
• Hereford, Viscount, [76]
• Hertford, Countess of, [24] et sqq., [158], [175], [270], [339]
• Hertford, Dowager Countess of, [27]–8
• Hertford, Earl of, [25] et sqq., [153], [339]
• Howard, Hon. Francis, [101]
• Howard, Lord Thomas, [121]–2, [153]
• Hunsden, Lord, [173]
• Huntingdon, Earl of, [76] et sqq., [86], [155]–6, [181], [212]
• J
• Jackson, Henry, [23]
• James I, [69], [76], [123], [127], [129], [130], [159], [160], [220], [240], [311], [332], [338], [340] et sqq.
• John of Austria, Don, [207], [223]
• Julio, Mr., [223]
• K
• Katherine of Aragon, [121]
• Katherine Howard, [122]
• Katherine Parr, [123]
• Kennet, Bishop, [4]
• Kent, Earl of, [310]
• Keys, John, Serjeant Porter, [29], [31]
• Keys, Lady Mary, [29], [31], [158]
• Kighley, Anne. See Cavendish
• Killigrew, Sir William, [273]
• Knifton, Mr., [256], [313]
• Knollys, Sir Francis, [46], [48], [50], [71]
• Knollys, Lettice. See Countess of Leicester
• Kynnersley, Nicholas, [312]
• L
• Lascelles, Hersey, [82] et sqq., [305]
• Leake, Elizabeth, [359]
• Leake, Sir Francis, [343]
• Lee, Sir Henry, [300] et sqq.
• Leicester, Douglas, Countess of, [101], [177]
• Leicester, Lettice, Countess of, [177], [259]
• Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, [42], [94], [104], [125], [223], [227], [264], [303], [306]–7;
  • and Lady Catherine Grey’s marriage, [27];
  • Queen Elizabeth’s love for, [29], [75], [101], [176], [183], [315];
  • and the Norwich conspiracy trial, [92];
  • his gaiety, [100]–1, [178];
  • and the Lennox marriage, [147] et sqq.;
  • letter written by, [170];
  • chit-chat concerning, [171]–2;
  • his visit to Buxton, [174] et sqq.;
  • his insolence to the Queen, [177];
  • Elizabeth’s letter concerning, [184] et sqq.;
  • and the Shrewsbury tenantry, [215]–16;
  • and Francis Talbot’s death, [230];
  • and Bentall, [256] et sqq.;
  • death of his son, [259];
  • and the Shrewsbury quarrel, [280], [292], [294];
  • letter written to, [292];
  • his death, [315]–16
• Lennox, Charles Stuart, Earl of, [6], [12] et sqq., [153], [157], [219], [270]
• Lennox, Matthew, Earl of, [123] et sqq., [159], [240]
• Lennox, Elizabeth, Countess of, [6], [213], [222], [273]–4;
  • her courtship, [131] et sqq.;
  • her marriage, [145]–6;
  • the Queen’s anger against, [147] et sqq., [153], [270];
  • pathetic letter to her mother, [157]–8;
  • birth of her daughter, Lady Arabella Stuart, [158];
  • letter to Queen Elizabeth, [160];
  • her widowhood, [189];
  • her death, [234] et sqq.;
  • the Queen’s allowance to, [329]
• Lennox, Margaret, Countess of, [118], [120] et sqq., [145] et sqq.;
  • letters written by, [150], [159], [175], [219], [237]–8, [270]
• Lenton, John, [276]
• Leviston, Lady, [64]
• Lichfield, Bishop of, [317] et sqq.
• Livingstone, Lady, [66]
• M
• Manners, Roger, [188]
• Manners, Lady, [305]
• Margaret Queen of Scotland, [24], [120]
• Mary, Queen, [12], [20], [120], [125], [356]
• Mary of Lorraine, [123]
• Mary Queen of Scots, [28], [110], [155], [162], [169], [193], [196], [208], [223], [292], [308];
  • her marriage to Darnley, [29], [39];
  • Elizabeth’s plotting against, [39] et sqq.;
  • her life as a prisoner, [47] et sqq., [63] et sqq., [85]–6;
  • her description of Tutbury Castle, [62]–3;
  • and the Duke of Norfolk, [68]–9, [75] et sqq., [85];
  • goes to Wingfield, [70]–1;
  • her ill-health, [72], [79], [81], [97], [230] et sqq.;
  • and Norfolk’s execution, [87] et sqq., [97];
  • strict surveillance of, [95]–6, [98];
  • her misfortunes, [105], [119];
  • her claims, [115];
  • her fear of assassination, [117];
  • and the Countess of Lennox, [125] et sqq.;
  • letter written by, [128];
  • her reconciliation with the Countess of Lennox, [145]–6, [159], [160];
  • and the birth of Lady Arabella Stuart, [159];
  • Lord Burghley and, [166] et sqq.;
  • at Buxton, [171];
  • her friendship with Lady Shrewsbury, [174], [209];
  • and Leicester, [176]–7, [190]–1;
  • her reported escape, [207], [211] et sqq., [221];
  • and Lady Arabella Stuart’s heritage, [220], [236] et sqq.;
  • her love of gaiety, [225]–6;
  • her diet, [228];
  • her accusations against Lady Shrewsbury, [241] et sqq., [246] et sqq.;
  • the slander against, [245], [249], [250], [263] et sqq., [268] et sqq.;
  • her execution at Fotheringay, [266], [309] et sqq., [323], [337];
  • her “Scandal Letter” to Elizabeth, [271] et sqq.;
  • her bower at Chatsworth, [352];
  • her portrait at Hardwick Hall, [356]–7
• Matthew, Tobie, Archbishop of York, [363]
• Mauvissière, [242], [244] et sqq.
• Mendoza, Don Bernardino de, [278]
• Middleton, Antony, [93]
• Mildmay, Sir Walter, [293]
• Moray, Earl of, [39], [69], [75]
• Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, [159], [240]
• N
• Norfolk, fifth Duke of, [177]
• Norfolk, Thomas, fourth Duke of, [68]–9, [75] et sqq., [79], [82], [85] et sqq., [97], [105], [119], [190]
• Norris, Lord, [188]
• Norris, Lady, [171]
• O
• Ogle, Cuthbert Lord, [45]
• Ogle, Jane. See Shrewsbury
• Osborne, Peter, [24]
• Oseley, Solicitor-General, [34]
• Owlcotes, [343], [351]
• Oxford, Earl of, [101], [105], [273]
• P
• Paget, Lord, [46], [100], [275]
• Parker, Archbishop, [28]
• Parma, Duke of, [332]
• Pembroke, Catherine Countess of, [45], [163]
• Pembroke, Henry Herbert, second Earl of, [24], [45], [163]
• Pembroke, William Earl of, [45]
• Philip of Spain, [82]
• Pierrepoint, Sir George, [20]–1
• Pierrepoint, Sir Henry, [6], [20], [41]
• Pierrepoint, Lady, [6], [41]
• Poland, King of, [344]
• Portington, Roger, [301], [305]
• R
• Raleigh, Sir Walter, [32], [344]
• Rawley, Sir Walter, [338]
• Robsart, Amy. See Dudley
• Rolson, [275]
• Roods, Mr. Serjeant, [257]
• Ross, Bishop of, [71], [79], [81], [129]
• Rufford, [35], [151], [199], [252], [327], [351]
• Rutland, Edward Manners, third Earl of, [254] et sqq.
• Ruxby, [275]
• S
• Sackville, Lady, [126]
• Sackville, Sir Richard, [17], [126]
• Sadler, Sir Ralph, [86] et sqq., [265], [293]
• St. Loe, Sir William, [13] (“Bess of Hardwick’s” third husband), [13] et sqq., [23], [286]
• Scrope, Lord, [48], [112]
• Seaton, Mrs., [64]
• Seton, Mary, [66]–7, [232]–3, [242]–3
• Seymour, Lady Jane, [28]
• Seymour, William, [339], [340], [342]
• Sheffield, Lady. See Countess of Leicester.
• Sheffield Castle, [35], [281];
  • Mary Queen of Scots at, [73] et sqq., [85] et sqq., [95] et sqq., [110] et sqq., [171], [193], [231] et sqq.
• Shrewsbury, Edward Talbot, eighth Earl of, [43], [45], [169], [189], [308], [325]–6, [340], [348]
• Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Countess of: her birth, [1];
  • her early life, [2];
  • her early marriage and widowhood, [3];
  • her second marriage to Sir William Cavendish, [4];
  • her family, [5] et sqq., [12]–13, [36];
  • rebuilds Chatsworth, [7], [12], [23], [72], [91], [202] et sqq.;
  • instructions to her steward, [9], [10];
  • death of her husband, [10];
  • her third marriage to Sir William St. Loe, [13] et sqq.;
  • letters written to, [8], [17], [18], [19], [21], [40], [42], [45], [106] et sqq., [158], [181], [188], [193], [197]–8, [202], [254], [286];
  • letters written by, [9], [22], [183], [194], [239], [290], [298], [329], [333];
  • death of her husband, [23], [32];
  • and Lady Catherine Grey’s marriage, [27], [30];
  • her suitors, [32]–3;
  • her fourth marriage to Earl of Shrewsbury, [34] et sqq.;
  • and Mary Queen of Scots’ imprisonment, [46]–7, [50]–1, [63] et sqq., [86] et sqq., [95]–6;
  • and Author’s interlude at Tutbury Castle, [52] et sqq.;
  • at Wingfield Manor, [70] et sqq.;
  • and Queen Elizabeth’s suspicion of, [72]–3, [77] et sqq., [97], [111];
  • and Henry Lascelles, [83] et sqq.;
  • and Mary and Norfolk, [87] et sqq.;
  • her business instincts, [114], [119];
  • Mary’s attitude to, [117];
  • and her daughter Elizabeth’s marriage, [132], [145] et sqq.;
  • her imprisonment in the Tower, [153] et sqq., [161];
  • released from the Tower, [156];
  • the birth of her grandchild, [158]–9, [173]–4;
  • her love of match-making, [165] et sqq.;
  • restored to Elizabeth’s favour, [170];
  • entertains Leicester at Chatsworth, [182] et sqq.;
  • her social importance, [193];
  • her household needs, [196];
  • and Gilbert Talbot, [197];
  • family quarrels, [200] et sqq.;
  • the dissension between the Earl and, [200] et sqq., [213]–14, [251], [260] et sqq., [279] et sqq., [312]–13, [318] et sqq.;
  • and her love of building, [203], [214];
  • her grief at her grandchild’s death, [208]–9, [213];
  • presents to, from Mary, [209];
  • the tenantry and, [215] et sqq.;
  • and the rights of Lady Arabella Stuart, [220], [236], [239] et sqq., [328] et sqq., [333] et sqq., [343], [345];
  • and Elizabeth’s flattery, [222];
  • and Mary Queen of Scots’ illness, [233];
  • and the death of her daughter, Lady Lennox, [234] et sqq.;
  • and Mary Queen of Scots’ complaints of, [241] et sqq.;
  • and the Shrewsbury scandal, [245] et sqq., [268] et sqq.;
  • and Gilbert Talbot’s monetary affairs, [254] et sqq.;
  • division of her property, [258], [284]–5;
  • and Queen Elizabeth as peacemaker, [267]–8, [283], [290], [292] et sqq., [312];
  • appears before the Lords of the Council, [268] et sqq.;
  • and the “Scandal Letter,” [271] et sqq.;
  • and the Earl’s financial proposal, [296] et sqq.;
  • appeals to Burghley, [298];
  • Bishop of Lichfield and, [318] et sqq.;
  • her characteristics, [322], [354]–5, [361] et sqq.;
  • quarrels with Gilbert and Mary, [324], [326];
  • builds Owlcotes, [343], [348];
  • her serious illness, [344], [346];
  • her death, [347];
  • her mansions, [349] et sqq.;
  • her portrait at Hardwick, [354]
• Shrewsbury, George Talbot, sixth Earl of (“Bess of Hardwick’s” fourth husband), [241];
  • his ancestry, [34]–5;
  • honours bestowed on, [35];
  • his marriage to “Bess of Hardwick,” [36] et sqq.;
  • his enormous correspondence, [38];
  • letters written by, [42], [45], [78], [97], [106], [108]–9, [111], [115], [165], [186]–7, [193], [208], [234], [259], [279], [281], [286], [299], [305];
  • his charge of Mary Queen of Scots, [40]–1, [43], [45] et sqq., [95], [180], [231];
  • his allowance for Mary, [63], [113]–14, [162];
  • and Mary’s life at Tutbury, [64] et sqq.;
  • at Wingfield, [70] et sqq.;
  • his illness, [72]–3;
  • Queen Elizabeth’s complaints of, [76]–7, [97]–8, [111] et sqq., [156], [226];
  • and Queen Mary’s health, [81], [96];
  • and the attack on his wife, [82] et sqq., [97]–8;
  • and Duke of Norfolk’s trial, [86]–7;
  • letters written to, [99] et sqq., [109], [290], [301], [318];
  • his characteristics, [113], [246], [254];
  • and the priests’ accusation, [114] et sqq.;
  • and Elizabeth Cavendish’s marriage, [147] et sqq.;
  • and his wife’s imprisonment, [153] et sqq.;
  • his present to Burghley, [161]–2;
  • and his son’s proposed marriage, [166] et sqq.;
  • his expenditure, [169], [227]–8;
  • and Leicester at Buxton, [171];
  • entertains Leicester at Chatsworth, [182] et sqq.;
  • his parsimony, [196], [201], [299];
  • disagreements with his children, [198], [251] et sqq.;
  • disagreements with his wife, [200] et sqq., [213], [251] et sqq., [258] et sqq., [312] et sqq.;
  • and Mary’s reported escape, [207], [211];
  • and his grandchild’s death, [208]–9;
  • Mary’s friendliness towards, [209];
  • pleads to Queen Elizabeth, [212];
  • difficulties with his tenants, [214] et sqq.;
  • and his grandchild Arabella, [220];
  • wishes to visit the Queen, [230];
  • death of his son Francis, [230], [259];
  • and Mary’s ill-health, [231] et sqq.;
  • and the death of Lady Lennox, [234]–5;
  • the slander against, [245], [249], [250], [262] et sqq., [267] et sqq.;
  • and Mary Talbot, [254] et sqq.;
  • his dislike of Chatsworth, [258]–9;
  • released from his charge of Mary, [266];
  • visits Elizabeth, [266]–7;
  • and Elizabeth as peacemaker, [267], [278], [296] et sqq.;
  • his monetary disputes with the Countess, [284] et sqq.;
  • and Elizabeth’s partiality for the Countess, [292] et sqq.;
  • and Elizabeth’s profession, [295], [315];
  • Elizabeth’s decision, [296] et sqq.;
  • reproves Mary Talbot’s extravagance, [299], [300];
  • Sir Henry Lee and, [299] et sqq.;
  • his lonely old age, [307]–8, [315]–16;
  • summoned to Fotheringay, [307];
  • and execution of Mary Queen of Scots, [309] et sqq.;
  • Bishop of Lichfield’s advice to, [318] et sqq.;
  • his death, [322] et sqq.
• Shrewsbury, Gilbert Talbot, seventh Earl of, [6], [43], [106], [127], [157], [164], [228], [283], [286], [308];
  • his marriage, [36], [44]–5;
  • letters written by, [99], [117], [171], [197], [199], [202], [215], [254], [314], [346];
  • his varied duties, [99], [223];
  • letters written to, [109], [299];
  • and his first child, [111];
  • and the priests’ accusations against his father, [114]–15, [117]–18;
  • Court chit-chat by, [171] et sqq.;
  • entertains Leicester at Buxton, [180];
  • his illness, [195];
  • and his uncongenial home, [197] et sqq.;
  • dissension with his father, [198] et sqq.;
  • and his parents’ quarrels, [201] et sqq., [254] et sqq.;
  • and the Shrewsbury tenantry, [215] et sqq.;
  • and Elizabeth’s “deshabille,” [221]–2;
  • champions his stepmother, Lady Shrewsbury, [251]–2;
  • death of his son, [259];
  • his monetary difficulties, [299], [348];
  • his love for his stepmother, [314]–15;
  • succeeds his father, [324]–5, [327];
  • his portrait at Hardwick Hall, [324];
  • quarrels with his brother Edward, [326];
  • entertains the King, [340]–1;
  • and Lady Arabella Stuart, [342];
  • quarrels with his stepmother, [343]
• Shrewsbury, Jane, Countess of, [45]
• Shrewsbury, John Talbot, first Earl of, [34]–5
• Shrewsbury, Mary, Countess of, [6], [11], [157], [252], [299], [314], [324], [337], [346], [348]
• Sidney, Sir Philip, [225]
• Simier, [272], [277]
• Skargelle, George, [226]
• Skipwith, Henry, [17]
• Smith, Sir Thomas, [103], [173]
• Snagge, Serjeant, [314]
• Somerset, Duke of, [25]
• Southwell, Francis, [103]
• Stafford, Sir Edward, [332]
• Stanhope, Sir Thomas, [204], [206], [252]–3, [327]
• Steele, [257]
• Story, Dr., [92]–3
• Stuart, Esmé, Lord d’Aubigny, [220], [240], [339]
• Stuart, Lady Arabella, [213], [312]–13, [315], [348], [355];
  • her birth, [158]–9, [173];
  • her rights, [219], [220];
  • the allowance for, [228], [240], [329] et sqq.;
  • death of her mother, [234];
  • and her succession to her father’s earldom, [236]–7;
  • Mary’s bequest of jewels to, [237]–8;
  • appeals to Elizabeth on behalf of, [238]–9;
  • Lady Shrewsbury’s ambitions for, [241], [244], [322], [328], [338];
  • proposed alliances for, [276], [332] et sqq., [339], [344];
  • her postscript to Lord Burghley, [331];
  • goes to Court, [337] et sqq.;
  • her betrothal to William Seymour, [339];
  • her arrest, [339], [340];
  • appointed State Governess, [341];
  • summoned to Lady’s Shrewsbury’s bedside 344–5
• Suffolk, Duchess of, [131], [151]
• Sussex, Earl of, [101]
• Sussex, Countess of, [171]
• T
• Talbot, Lady Anne, [45], [163]
• Talbot, Lady Catherine. See Pembroke
• Talbot, Lord Edward. See Shrewsbury
• Talbot, Lady Francis, [305], [325]
• Talbot, Lord Francis, [45], [99], [162], [224], [228], [230], [259], [280], [325]
• Talbot, Lady Grace. See Cavendish
• Talbot, George. See Sixth Earl of Shrewsbury
• Talbot, George, [200], [208]
• Talbot, Gilbert. See Seventh Earl of Shrewsbury
• Talbot, Henry, Lord, [45], [189], [294]–5, [301], [308], [325], [348]
• Talbot, Lady Jane, [45]
• Talbot, John. See First Earl of Shrewsbury
• Talbot, Mary. See Countess of Shrewsbury
• Talbott, John, [333]
• Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas, [92]–3
• Thurlby, Bishop, [94]
• Thynne, Sir John, [32]
• Topcliffe, Richard, [264];
  • his letter to Lady Shrewsbury, [188]
• Tutbury Castle, [35], [351], [353];
  • Mary Queen of Scots at, [40], [47] et sqq., [62] et sqq., [76] et sqq., [171];
  • Author’s Dramatic Interlude at, [52] et sqq.
• W
• Walpole, Horace, [357], [361]
• Walsingham, Sir Francis, [23], [78], [103], [165], [171], [173], [183], [209], [223], [264], [267]–8, [275], [281] et sqq., [297]
• Warner, Sir Edward, [27]
• Warwick, Ambrose Earl of, [185], [188]
• Watts, Archdeacon, [93]
• Welbeck Abbey, [35], [254], [258], [341], [351] et sqq.
• Wharton, Lord, [188]
• White, Nicholas, [64]
• Wilson, Dr., [102]–3, [105]
• Wingfield, Mr., [37]
• Wingfield Manor, [35], [286], [297] et sqq., [312], [334], [351];
  • Mary Queen of Scots at, [70] et sqq., [265], [268]
• Winter, Sir William, [173]
• Wood, Dr., [326]
• Worksop Manor, [35], [197], [340], [351] et sqq.
• Wortley, Sir Richard, [325]
• Z
• Zouche, Sir John, [195]
• Zouche, Lady, [2], [3]

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[1]. Collins’ Noble Families.

[2]. The Marquis of Dorset.

[3]. State MS.

[4]. ? Almoner.

[5]. Avoid = clear out.

[6]. Lady Jane Grey.

[7]. State MS.

[8]. According to Leland, “Halamshire beginneth a ii. mile from Rotheram. Sheffield iii miles from Rotheram, wher the lord of Shreusbyre’s castle, the chefe market towne of Halamshire. And Halamshire goeth one way vi or vii miles above Sheffield by west, yet as I here say, another way the next village to Sheffield is in Derbyshire. Al Halamshire go to the seesions of York and is counted as a membre of Yorkshire. Aeglesfield and Bradfeld ii townelettes or villages long to one paroche chirche. So by this meanes (as I was enstructed) ther be but iii paroches in Halamshire that is of name, and a great Chapelle.”