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The Great Lord Burghley

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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, 353-354, 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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