A

A., indicating a country, 88.

Abbelayo, Francesco, letter from, 162.

Abbeville, 22.

Abbotsbury in Dorset, 152.

Abbott, Mr., 377.

Abergavenny, Lord, 82, 272, 273.

Abo (Oboo, Obowe), in Finland, 304, 365.

Abrego, Diaz de, 162.

Accountants, a bill in Parliament touching, 36.

Achinrosse (Achynross), John, 169, 564.

Acton, Sir Thomas, 483.

letter from, 430.

Acton, letter dated at, 374.

Adelantado (Lantatha) of Castile (Don Martin de Padilla), 53, 76.

movements of, 22, 127.

voyage against England, &c., 58, 60, 180.

to be sent to Naples as Viceroy, 63.

intimacy with Cressold, 185.

chiefest of the King of Spain's Councillors, 531.

Adle, Mr., 483.

Admiral, Lord. See Howard.

Admiralty, Sergeant of the, 546.

Advowson, disposal of an, 390.

Æ, cipher for a name, 146.

Aerssens (Aersens, Aertsens), C., Greffier of the States General, 442, 526.

letters, &c., signed by, 71, 250, 494.

to be left as agent of the States General in France, 109.

Agamontius, Count, 369.

Agents, spies, &c., abroad, 94, 515, 542.

Agricultural instruments, an invention, 7.

Aguira y Vergara (Aguirre y Vergaro, Aguiree), Dom Juan, 319.

letter from, 246.

Aix (Aquisgrana), 297.

a decree made against the magistrates of, 263.

Alabaster (Alblaster, Alablaster), William, 2.

his conversion, 394, 395.

Alanwood, Sir Roger, 177.

Albeney, Mr., 293.

Albert of Austria, Archduke, Due de Brabant (“the Cardinal”), 17, 42, 93, 130, 144, 154, 167, 193, 202, 242, 326, 366, 507.

peace commissioners from, their opinion of the Queen, 10.

peace negotiations entered into by, 13, 20, 22, 46, 47, 194, 262.

— letter from his commissioners, 44.

information about. 25, 29.

his marriage, 29, 97, 297, 304, 533, 534.

— efforts to break it off, 270.

— displeasing to the King of Spain and his councillors, 531.

letters to, 57.

intercepted letters from, 111, 119.

— the French King's explanation of them, 121, 122.

speaks but little of the Infants, &c., 112.

military plans, forces, &c., 113, 130, 151, 154, 178, 214, 223, 246, 248, 249, 263, 319, 320, 330, 388, 389.

a character in a dumb show, 190.

present at the proclamation of peace, &c., 193.

dowry of his wife, 207.

return of his Cardinal's hat, &c., to the Pope, 207.

day of his putting off his clerical habit, 207.

his practices, &c., 214, 239.

his deputies at Paris, 235.

has no money to pay troops, 266.

to receive the oath of allegiance of the Provinces, 281.

alleged plot of, to kill the Queen, 295, 351.

— alleged interviews concerning, 132, 135.

a messenger from Scotland sent to, 322.

his ambassador in France, 327.

sends an ambassador to Denmark, 328.

departure from Brussels for his marriage, 369, 399.

fears concerning his good faith, 391.

his policy, &c., in regard to the Low Countries, 424.

reception in Italy, &c., 490.

donation of the Low Countries to, the greatest motive for peace, 536.

information offered to, 555.

instructions from, 538.

a Secretary of, 45, 46, 132.

Albœuf, Duke d', 90.

Alcavala, a Spanish impost, 211.

Alchemy, 113.

Alcoforado, le Sr., 390.

Alderson, Thomas, an alias of Valentine Thomas, 505.

Aldridge, Captain, 55.

Alentejo, letter dated at, 44.

Aleppo, English Consul at, letter to, 376.

Alexander, a pseudonym used by Colville, 146.

Alexander, son of the King of France, 491.

Alford, Lancelott, of Yorkshire, 495.

Algoram, Don, 564.

Alington, Mr., co. Cambridge, 284.

Allen :

late Cardinal, secretary to, 266.

Mr., 294.

John, Clerk of the Ordnance in Ireland, 76.

William, 459.

Allington, H., letter from, 409.

Allt-yr-ynys (Allterenys, Halterinis), in Herefordshire, 83, 175, 553.

cause of the decay of, 232.

heriots demanded for, &c., 272.

two pastures called Grey fields at, &c., 273.

letters dated at, 447, 454.

Almirante of Arragon. See Don Francisco de Mendoza.

Almoxarifasgo, a Spanish impost, 211.

Alnwick, Constable of, 2.

letters dated at, 498, 499, 510.

Alpin, Alpen, appertaining to the Countess of Meures, 400, 403.

Alsopp, Thomas, yeoman of the Queen's stud, 391.

Aluin, Duche d', 568.

Alva, Duke of, an answer of, with regard to England, 357.

Ambergris, 544.

“Amen,” pseudonym for Edward Reynolds, 398.

Amiens, 48, 65, 85, 193.

letter dated at, 66.

siege of, &c., 17, 93, 106.

Amsterdam (Anserdam), 174.

a plot at, alleged, 16.

Amyce, Israel, letters from, 2, 18.

Ancenis (Ausignye), in Brittany, 81.

Andalusia, Admiral for the ports of, 549.

Anderson :

Lord, 191.

William, 136.

Minister, cousin to William, 136.

Andover (Andever, Andevey), 137.

parsonage of, 249, 448.

Andrew and his son, 116.

Andrews, Dr., master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 362.

Angelo, 377.

Angers (Anges, Angires, Angiers), France, 90, 127, 144.

letters dated at, 99, 112, 114.

the French King at, 100.

castle of, 104, 112.

Angoulesme, Madame d', 491.

Angus, Earl of, lieutenant on the West Borders, 136, 216, 282, 322, 484, 485.

Anhalt, 401.

Anjou (Angu), places in, loyal to the K. of France, 81.

Anraet, Paule, letter from, 433.

Ansloe, Mrs., horse in the Queen's stable for, 417.

Ansteye, Anstye, letters dated at, 487, 509, 519, 528.

Anthon, James, farmer under the starch patent, 565.

Anthony, King, of Portugal, 172.

Anthonye, Cornwall, 428.

Antisthenes' speech to the Athenians, 562.

Antonio, Don, an exception made with regard to the supporters of, 538.

Antwerp (Anyers), 115, 130.

payments to be made in, 103.

postal arrangements in, 186.

peace proclaimed at, &c., 190, 196, 198.

a political dumb show at, described, 198.

revolt of the citadel of, 320, 400.

the reduction of, referred to, 433.

Apleyarde, Mr., a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 192.

Apparitors, 35.

“Apricocks,” English and French, 261.

Ap Rudderch, James, of Carmarthen, 469.

Apsome, Aptsam. See Topsham.

Aquisgrana. See Aix.

Arbrachan, letter dated at, 385.

Ardres, 266.

question of the restitution of, to France, 45.

Spanish mutineers at, 193.

surrendered, 270.

Aremberg (Arenberg), Comte d', 132, 239.

hostage in France, 193, 196.

Argyle, Earl of, negotiations for the Earl of Essex with, 150.

the treatment to be used towards, in London, 169.

in England, no news of, 170.

Arias de la Hoz, Don Jeronimo, a Spaniard in prison at Middelburg, 487.

letter from, 512.

Armagh, battle of, 409–412.

Armstrong family, pedigree of, 288.

Armstrong, lord of Whitto, 480.

Army :

arrangements for pay of certain bands, 19.

payments for the command of companies, 259.

levies, 264, 427 (2), 439, 449, 483, 486 (2), 455, 514.

officers in the Cautionary towns, their pay, 487.

transport, victualling, &c. of soldiers, 408, 414, 415, 449, 450, 452.

plan for raising a competent army for Ireland, 426.

cost of arms and apparel for soldiers, 514, 521.

Armyn. Bartholomew. 244.

Arnhem (Arnham), 263, 412.

letter dated at, 259.

Count Maurice at, 458, 467.

Arnold (Arnalt), John, proposed for Sheriff of Monmouthshire, 452, 454.

of Cambridge, 551.

John, 272.

or Arnald, Mr., concerned in a caues in Monmouthshire, 259, 263.

Arragon, 531.

Admiral d' (Grand Commander of), a hostage, 193, 196, 242.

— Ambassador in France, 270.

Arragonese supporting Don Antonio, an exception made with regard to, 538.

Arras, 193.

Arrowsmith, Thomas, servant to Henry Bowes, 244.

Arschot, Duc d' (Aerschot, d'Ascot, Darscot), 182, 219, 239, 266.

a hostage, 193, 196.

Arte, Mighell, a stranger and denizen, refuses the office of churchwarden, 260.

Arthecour, Sieur d', in the Spanish service, 103.

“Arthurus,” pseudonym for K. Henry IV. of France, 103.

Artillery, on the perfection of, 440.

Artois, 110, 151, 156.

mutiny among the Spanish soldiers in, 400.

Arundel, barley from, for Southampton, 509.

Arundel, Earl of, an informer about, 376.

reinstatement of a decayed park of, 455.

Arundell :

John, petition, 239.

Sir John, of Trerise, Cornwall, heir to, 239.

Sir Matthew, “return of the men” of, 179.

— letter from, 486.

— circumstances of his death, his will, &c., 508, 509, 518.

Thomas, letters from, 31, 418, 475, 508, 518, 528.

— reasons why a licence for going to sea should be granted to him, 31, 32.

Arwenycke, letter dated at, 155.

Ascanius the bookseller, 257.

Ascension Day, celebration of, at Oxford, 201.

Ascot, Duc d'. See Arschot.

Ashebie, Mr., 339.

Ashby de la Zouche, letter dated at, 509.

Ashley (Ashlie) :

Sir Anthony, letters from, 18, 159.

— articles brought home by, seized, &c., 544, 554.

Henry, letter from, 464.

Mr., 217.

Askyrne, George. See Erskine.

Assessment of subsidies, 274.

Assize of bread in Westminster, 344.

Ass's milk, 280.

Astill (Astille), William, confessions of, 58, 59, 60.

Astrakhan, lordship of, 80.

Astronomical instrument, mentioned, 328.

Asturias (Esturias), the plague in, 63.

Athlone, vice-constable of, 546.

Atholl, Earl of, 146.

Attorney General, the, his place of precedence, 430.

Atye, Arthur, letter from, 207.

Aubigné, d', in Scotland, 104.

Audelay, Captain, 317.

Aumale (Awmall), Monsieur or Duc d', 331, 473.

sent into Scotland as a Spanish emissary, 104, 139, 140.

Aumont, Marshal d', 350.

Ausignye (? Ancenis) in Brittany, 81.

Austria, 401.

Cardinal of. See Albert.

House of, 167, 249.

Avignon, 156.

Azores (Asories), Isles of, 379.

Terceras, the (Tresera, La Tescera), 22, 58, 59, 76.

— Spanish fleet sent to, for the treasure, 53, 57.