A

Abbeville, 289, 293, 316, 352, 374.

letter dated at, 288.

Aberdeen, 5, 6.

letter dated at, 18.

Abergeldie, Gordon of, his house razed, 14.

Aberguilley, 494.

Abshall alias Wigborough Manor, in Essex, 310.

Achindoun. See Auchindoun.

Acle, bay of, in America, 402.

Act of Parliament for surety of the Queen's person, 62.

Adams (Adames) :

—, 5, 412.

Theophilus, 64.

Thomas, letter from, 378.

— his brother, 378.

Adderton, Mr., 253.

Adelantado, the, 510.

Adkynson, Mr., lawyer, 128.

Admiral, Lord. See Howard, C., Lord.

Admiral and Vice-Admiral Sir H. Palmer, 298.

Adrianople (Adrinopoli), 259, 263.

the Turk going to, 190.

Aerschot. See Arschot.

Aerssens, signature of, 37.

Aglaus, name taken by Nicholas Williamson, 254.

Agria, in Upper Hungary, threatened by the Turks, 194.

Aignau, M. de, 371.

Aishberton. See Ashburton.

Aishe ferry, near Plymouth, 467, 468.

Aisshewater harbour, by Plymouth, 467.

Akeret, Edward, a capper, 296.

Albany, Marquis d', taken prisoner at Caen (1563), 134.

Albe, Marquis d', sent to Scotland as viceroy by Mary of Guise, 134.

Albert of Austria, Cardinal Archduke, brother of Ernestus, Cardinal of Lisbon and Viceroy of Portugal (1583), Archbishop of Toledo (1594), Governor of Flanders (1595), 208, 213, 258 bis, 261, 267, 269, 272, 328, 378, 383, 392, 405, 409, 423, 429, 432, 436, 438, 441, 443, 449, 452, 453, 454, 457, 461, 471, 474, 478, 495, 499, 500, 510, 512.

— his secret dealings with France, 156.

— to marry the Infanta, 269.

Aldebrandino. See Aldobrandino.

Aldersey, Fulk, late mayor of Chester, 432.

William, mayor of Chester, letter from, 432.

Aldobrandino, Gio. Francesco, nephew of the Pope, 45, 185, 189, 259, 264.

Aldred, Thomas, customer of Hull, 393.

Aldryche, Captain, 156 bis.

Alexandreina, Cardinal, 499.

Algeria (Algeare), 358.

king of, 358.

Allemans. See Germans.

Allen, Cardinal, 35, 58, 59, 67, 141, 185, 252, 313, 515.

— an Englishman sent to assassinate, 258.

— death and burial (Oct. 1594) of, 19, 27, 45.

Sir Francis, captain of footbands (died 1595), 132.

Thomas, a Capuchin, 62.

Allyn, —, a coiner, 503.

Allyngton, Hugh, 69.

Almain, High. See Germany.

Almains. See Reiters.

Almoner, 171, 533. See Fletcher, bishop of Worcester.

Alnwick, letters dated at, 158, 415, 431, 450.

Alps, the, 529.

Alsford. See Aylesford.

Altena, land of, in Holland, 271.

Alva, Alvarez de Toledo, duke of, governor of the Netherlands (1567–73); 261.

Amasia, in Asiatic Turkey, governor of, 190.

Ambassadors in England :

Dutch 4. See also Caron, M.

French, 1, 2, 44, 179, 216, 366, 442. See Beauvoir la Nocle; also La Fontaine.

Italian minister, 114, 115.

Scotch, 8, 97, 98, 270, 287. See also Douglas, A.

Transylvanian, 105.

Ambergris, 198, 222.

Amersfoort, in the Netherlands, great floods at, 142.

Amiens (Amyans), 151, 289, 292, 300, 316, 368, 374, 429, 434, 435.

plot to betray, 300, 316.

Vidame of, 217, 292.

Amoral Rais, Turkish naval commander, 189.

Amsterdam, 159, 305, 438.

Amurath III., the Grand Turk (died Jan. 1595), 194.

Amyans. See Amiens.

Ancona, governor of, 529.

Andalusia, 473.

Anderson :

Mr., 205.

Mr., mayor of Newcastle, 236.

Sir Edward, lord chief justice of Common Pleas, 270, 469.

— letter from, 167.

Henry, 460.

Andover, 387, 418, 433, 473.

Andrada, Emanuel, 54.

Andrewes, John, customer of Bristol, 393.

Angenses (i.e. of the bishopric of Angen), 123.

Anglesea, archdeaconry of, 439.

Angouleme, Madame d', desires licence to obtain horses, 186–7.

Angus :

Earl of, 17, 72, 73, 124, 244, 391, 416.

the house of, 9.

Anhalt, Lady of, 271.

Anholt, in Westphalia, 285.

Anneci, in Savoy, 269.

Anquetel, Elizabeth, of Salisbury, 226.

Ansbach (Anspac) :

Margrave of, 416.

— a servant of. See Oltrana, A.

Anstey, manor of, 158.

Anton, Mr., and his starch patent, 332, 421, 532, 533.

Antonellas, Batesta, signature of, 402.

Antony, the Earl of Southampton's falconer, 89.

Antonio, Don, 51, 162, 346.

Antony. See Carew, of Antony.

Antwerp (Anwarpe), 26, 27, 63, 103, 131, 139, 145, 163, 182, 195, 197, 204, 212bis, 221, 224, 225, 234, 257, 263, 279, 313, 331, 372, 423, 424, 432, 450, 453, 461, 473, 479, 491, 494, 495, 526, 527.

letters dated at, 112, 174, 183, 213, 214, 415.

castle of, 473.

Chapelle de Grace, 226.

Jews' Street, 225.

English merchant arrested at, 257, 263, 331, 466.

Frenchman arrested at, 263.

Italian merchants of, 221.

Postmaster of. See Tassy, C. de.

Apennines, the, 529.

Aquaviva, Claudio, general of the Jesuits, q.v.

Aquez, Don Juan de, his practises with John Burrell, 57.

Aquila, Don Juan de, Spanish commander in Brittany, 290.

Arabella. See Stuart, Arabella.

Aragon. See Arragon.

Archduke, the. See Albert.

Archer, Father, 515.

Arches, Court of, 216.

Arcques. See Arques.

Ardecs or Ardech, Count Ferdinand, execution of, at Vienna, 262, 263, 269.

Arden, John, 427, 525.

Arderne, Mr., his suit to serve the Queen, 20.

Ardres (Ardes), near Calais, 315, 360, 388, 434, 493.

Arelles. See Arles.

Aremberg :

Count of, intercepted letters of, 392.

—, his wife, 392.

Argyle (Argadiæ comes), Earl of, defeated by Huntley, 4, 5, 6, 10, 17, 124, 129.

Arles (Arelles), in Provence, 429.

Arleux, near Cambrai, 259.

Arley. See Warburton, of Arley.

Armagh, archbishopric of, 178.

Armentiers, in the Low Countries, 133.

Arms, export of, 269.

Armstrongs, the Border family, 207.

Army. See also Low Countries, Trained Bands and Musters.

a levy of men, 8.

Armyn :

Mr. Bartholomew, 517.

— his son, 517.

Arnheim (Arnham), 363, 420.

Arondel. See Arundel.

Arques (Arcques), Thomas d', 210, 221, 224, 234, 263.

Arragon (Aragon), 308, 377.

discontent in, 51.

Arrau, James Stuart, earl of, 72, 73.

Arras, town of, 45, 303.

Arras, Percival, 460.

Arroll or Arrold. See Erroll.

Arschot (Aerschot), Duke of, 272, 380.

Artois, 11, 210, 213, 261, 212, 317, 374.

Arundel :

Philip earl of, attainted, eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk (who was executed 1573), 69, 183, 310.

— his lands, 443.

— his son, 310.

Arundel or Arondel :

Charles, 225, 515.

— his mother, 225.

Sir Matthew, 158, 159, 226.

— letter from, 480.

— his son, going to Venice, 210, 480.

— — his wife, 480.

Mr. Thomas, 88, 480.

— letter from, 231.

— his lady, 88.

W., 480.

Ashburton (Aishberton), 387, 418, 433, 489.

Ashenden, Capt. William, letter from, 131.

Ashill manor, in Norfolk, 279.

Ashley :

Mr., letter from, 376.

Anthony, clerk of the Council, letters from, 407, 419.

Ashridge (Assheridge), the Queen's house at, 200.

Ashton :

Mr., of Lancashire, to be treasurer of Berwick, 261.

Ralph, of Lever, in Lancashire, 524.

Ashworth, George, 489.

Askerton, in Cumberland, 65, 443.

Askew, —, an attorney, 99.

Askquith, Chr., of Yorkshire, 204.

Assonville, dismissed from the Council of Flanders, 103.

Assories. See Azores.

Aston :

Sir Edward, 524.

Elizabeth. See Aughton.

Richard, of Middleton, 524.

Asturia, in Spain, 510.

Athol, Earl of, of Scotland, 129, 416.

Atkinson :

—, 509

Anthony, 484.

— letter from, 83.

Attorney General, 63. See Coke, Sir E.

Aubrey, William, notes by, on petitions, 15, 53, 100, 165, 184.

Auchindoun, Sir Patrick Gordon of, slain at Glenlivet (4 Oct. 1594), 6, 10.

Auckland, letters dated at, 36, 50, 95, 112.

Audeley (Awdlaye), Lord, 241.

Audierne, Baie d' (Dodierne), in Brittany, 378.

Aughton or Aston, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas, petitions from, 146, 147.

Augsburg (Ausburg), 95, 372.

Aumale (Domall), Duc d', 300.

— comes to Brussels, 213.

— made governor of Dourlens, 300.

Aumont, Maréechal Jean d', 308, 333, 378, 401.

— his son slain, 308.

Aurat, Paul, 213.

Aurich, in East Friesland, 258.

Ausonville. See Ossonville, Baron d'.

Austen, —, a park keeper, 101.

Austin, —, Mr. Thomas Arundell's cook, 88.

Austria, 210, 474.

Austria, Cardinal of. See Albert.

Auxonne, in France, 278.

Awdlay. Ses Audeley.

Aycton parish, 66.

Aylesford (Alsford), letter dated at, 52.

Ayling, Joan, wife of Robert, information by, 309, 310.

Aylmer, John, bishop of London (died 1594), 394.

Ayscott, —, 455.

Ayscough, Mr., his case with the Earl of Lincoln, 108.

Azores (Assories), the islands, 66.