B

Baccano, Torre di, near Rome, 455.

Baden, Margrave of, 598, 599, 003.

-, -, letter to, from Henry VII., 601.

Badoer, Andrea, 828.

-, Ser Andrea, (son of Ser Giovanni,) ambassador from Venice to England, 921, 927, 928, 929, 930, 932, 933, 936, 939, 940, 941, 942, 944, 945.

-, -, his commission, 922.

-, Bernardo, arbalastman in the London galley, 459.

-, Sebastian, Venetian ambassador at Milan, 642.

Badovari, Sebastiano and Girolamo, in London, 317.

Bagnacavallo, castle of, in possession of Sir John Hawkwood, 57, 60, 82.

-, -, letters dated at, 82, 86, 87, 88, 89.

Baker, Roger, of the English company in Italy, 100.

Balbi, Nicolò, captain of the Flanders galleys, 612.

-, Ser Pietro, vicecaptain of the London galleys, 229.

Balue, John. See Angers, Cardinal of. Baptista, a courier of the Duke of Milan's, 386.

Barbarigo, Agostino, Doge of Venice, 808.

-, -, -, letters from, 496, 562, 609, 627, 658, 659, 670, 679, 689, 704.

-, -, -, letters to, 725, 726, 801.

-, -, -, his commissions for including Henry VII. in the Holy League, 675, 708. See also Venice, Doge of.

-, Andrea, vicecaptain of the London galleys, 212.

-, Jacopo, captain of the Flanders galleys, 303, 308.

Barbaro, Almoro, Venetian ambassador at Milan, 500, 547.

Barbary, wool of, 24.

-, voyages of Venetian galleys to, 393, 397, 399, 413, 418, 492, 524.

Barbavara, Carlo, a Milanese, letter from, 638.

Barbo, Ser Marco, vicecaptain of the London galleys, 226.

Barcelona, in Spain, 811.

Bardi firm, the, of Florence, 18.

-, Beligardo de, billbroker in London, 321.

-, Giovanni de, Florentine, in London, 321.

Bari, Duke of, Ludovic Sforza the Moor, letters to, 617, 619. See Sforza.

Barons, William, LL.D., Master of the Bolls. See London, Bishop of.

Barrameda, San Lucha de, port of, 801.

Barry, John, of the English company in Italy, 100.

Baruth galleys, the, 163, 676.

Basadona, Nicoleto, Venetian merchant, 11.

Basle road, the, 792.

Basset, John de, of the English company in Italy, 91.

Bastard, Sir William, of Exeter, 372.

Bath and Wells, diocese of, 583.

-, Bp. of, Robert Stillington, released from prison by Henry VII., 506.

-, -, See Castellesi, Adrian.

Bayonne, 586.

Beauchamp, Richard de. See Warwick, Earl of.

-, Richard. See Salisbury, Bp. of.

Beaufort, Edmund and Henry. See Somerset, Duke of.

-, Thomas. See Exeter, Duke of.

Beaujeu, Madame de. See Bourbon.

Beaumont, William Lord de, of the Lancastrian party, killed at Pontefract, 372, 374.

Bebulco, Giovanni de, letter from, 747.

Becharato, Domenico and Cristofallo, of Mojan, 450.

Bellingham, Sir Henry, of the Lancastrian party, killed at Pontefract, 372, 375.

Belton. See Cingulo.

Bembo, Ser Antonio, money due to, from the Duke of Norfolk, 166.

-, -, Venetian ambr. to Henry IV., 172, 175, 183, 197, 198, 224.

-, Her Bernardo, LL.D., Venetian ambr.

to the Duke of Burgundy, 436.

-, -, ambr. to England, 484, 485.

-, Leonardo, sage for the orders, 45.

Benedetti, secretary in Hungary, 889.

Benedict, Sir Walter, of the English company in Italy, 91.

Benevente, Spain, letter dated at, 883.

Benevento, Archbp. of, Lorenzo Cibo, Henry VII. desires his creation as Ordinal, 539.

Bentivogli, Domenico de, 91.

Bentivoglio, Giovanni, Lord of Bologna, 551, 785.

Bergamo, 443.

Bergies, Mons. de, his influence at the court of Flanders, 772.

Bernardo, Mafio, 932.

Borne, in Switzerland, 404.

Berners, Lord, John Bourchier, taken prisoner at the battle of St. Alban's, 370.

Berrengar, Sire Ingeran, chevalier, of Southampton, 18.

Berri, Duke of, in Britanny, 404.

Bertie, Anthony, at London, 946.

Berwick-upon-Tweed, town and castle of, 647.

-, reconquered from the Scotch, 483.

Bettini, Sforza de', letters from, to the Duke of Milan, 421, 423, 426, 434, 437.

Bevere (Beure), Mons. de, Philip of Burgundy, ambr. from the King of the Romans, 664, 677, 690, 692.

Beyrout, voyages of Venetian galleys to, 104, 502.

Birt. See Brit.

Bisaccia, Friar Richard Bp. of, Edw. III.'s ambr. to Venice, 25.

Biscay, 510, 748.

-, barks of, 243, 588, 870.

-, Bay of, 639, 753, 864.

Blackader, Robert. See Aberdeen and Glasgow, Bp. of.

Blanchefort, Guy de. See Auvergne, Prior of. Blois, 774.

-, letter dated at, 404.

Bocheta, Marco, 216.

Bohun, Humphrey de, 165 (note).

Bois le Due, Flanders, letter dated at, 853.

Boldroni, hides called, 565.

Bologna, 772, 804, 830.

-, the community of, 86.

-, the English company in, 56.

-, letter dated at, 90.

-, hospital of St. John's in, letter dated at, 83.

-, Lord of, Giovanni Bentivogiio, 551, 785.

-, Christian of, billbroker in London, 391, 392.

-, Donato de, secretary to Wm. Gold, 70.

Bonamitié, Peter, citizen and scrivener of London, 946.

Bon, Ser Hieronimo, Venetian captain on the sea, 502.

Bonconti, Giovanni Gabriel, of Bologna, 772.

Bondumier, Lunardo, 354.

Bonet, Walter, knight, in Italy, letter from, 90.

Boni, Frederico, Venetian, in Flanders, 29.

Bonneville, Lord de, beheaded after the battle of St. Albany, 370.

Bonvisi, the, bankers of London and Lucca, 942.

-, Lorenzo, of Lucca, 797.

Borgia, Cæsar. See Valentinois, Duke of.

Borgognoni, Andrea, of the Bardi firm of Florence, 18.

Boston (St. Botulph's), Line, 11.

Bosworth field, battle of, 500.

Botarch, Jenkin, of the English camp in Italy, 66.

Botto, Leonardo, 449.

Boulogne-sur-Mer, 571, 589.

-, Henry VII. about to besiege, 626.

Bourbon, Charles de. See Lyons, Archbp. of.

-, Anne de, Madame de Beaujeu, 446, 522, 558, 560, 567, 587, 684 (note).

-, Duke of, 446, 556, 558, 560, 567, 587.

-, -, his envoy to Henry VII., 655.

-, -, his daughter's proposed marriage to Henry VII.'s son, 683, 684.

Bourchier, John. See Berners, Lord.

-, Thomas. See Canterbury, Archbp. of,

Bourdeaux, Francesco degli Aguzzoni, Cardinal of, of the council of Pisa, his envoy to Henry IV, 174.

Bourganeuf, in Auvergne, 522.

-, letters dated at, 533, 534.

Bovert, Riccard, of Southampton, 18.

Brabant, 97, 404.

-, wools of, 503, 813.

Bragadina galley, 639, 670.

Bragadino, Andrea, Venetian consul in London, 798.

-, -, captain of the Flanders galleys, 898, 908.

-, Antonio, a master of the London galleys, 125.

-, Ser Nicolò, vicecaptain of the London galleys, 123, 129.

-, Piero, ambr. to Flanders and England, 51.

-, Ser Pietro, master of one of the Flanders galleys, 639, 646, 739.

-, -, seized by Bretons at Southampton, 658, 670, 673.

-, Piero, proveditor for the London factory, 829.

Brandenburgh, Marquis of, 830.

Brandon (Tranelo), Sir Thomas, ambassador from Henry VII. to Germany, 830, 833.

Brascha, Dom. Erasmo, Milanese ambassador to the King of the Romans, 684, 696, 706.

Bray, Master, [councillor of Henry VII.,] rioters demand his surrender, 743.

Brecon, Lord of. See Henry of Lancaster.

Brescia, 317, 944

-, the Venetian governor of, 497.

Bretons, 658.

Bridges, John. See Bruzexe, Zuan.

Brie-Comte-Robert, near Paris, letter dated at, 414.

Brill, the, in Holland, letter dated at, 367.

Bristol, 752.

Brit (or Birt), 30 miles from Augsburg, letters dated at, 677, 683, 685.

Britanny, duchy of, 404, 511, 564, 597, 870.

-, ships of, 794, 864.

-, Lower, 560.

-, its close connection with England, 550.

-, castles in, occupied by the French, 574, 575, 580, 590, 591, 613, 778.

-, English and Spanish troops in, 575, 580, 586, 590.

-, claimed by Mons. de Rohan, 735.

-, embassies from, 778.

-, -, to England, 780.

-, Duke of, John IV., his widow, Joan, Queen of England, 155.

-, -, Francis II., 404, 613.

-, -, -, his daughter to be married to the eldest son of Edw. IV., 472.

-, -, -, sends an ambr. to king Henry VII., 506.

-, -, -, ambrs. from, to the King of France, 529.

-, -, -, his death, 535, 550.

-, Duchess of, at war with France, 560, 572, 617.

-, supported by Henry VH. of England, 550, 551, 553, 571, 573, 613, 776.

-, -, negotiations for peace, 552, 587, 589.

-, -, refuses to send the English troops out of her duchy, 575, 580, 587.

-, -, reported marriage with the French King, 774, 778, 780.

-, -, ambassadors from, to France, 552, 563, 579, 580, 585, 586, 591, 592.

-, -, ambassadors to, from France, 552.

-, -, from the King of the Romans, 587, 590, 591.

-, Mons. Rohan of. See Rohan.

Brixen, Bishop of, 671.

-, -, ambr. from the King of the Romans to Venice, 648.

Broke, Lord, commander of the English troops in Britanny, 586 (note).

-, -, steward of the royal household, 746, 753.

Broughton, parish church of, Winchester dioc., 583.

Bruges, 161, 165, 234, 331, 336, 357, 371, 372, 373, 374, 377, 378, 379, 399, 413, 743, 748, 781, 786, 870.

-, burghers of, 297.

-, the burgomasters, sheriffs, and council of, 29, 36.

-, blockaded by Archduke Maximilian, 492.

-, the government of, desire Venice to renew her trade with, 859

-, the fairs of, 860 (note).

Bruges, voyages of Venetian galleys to, 12, 142, 158, 168, 171, 173, 194, 198, 206, 221, 263, 265, 266, 269, 298, 348, 383, 470, 492.

-, Venetian consuls at, 29, 46, 47, 51, 188, 221, 222, 223, 261, 297, 298, 301, 347, 369, 409, 419, 427, 447, 462, 463, 470, 471, 492, 503, 505, 508, 511, 813, 814.

-, -, viceconsul at, 182.

-, Venetian merchants at, 47, 284, 369, 419.

-, council of twelve Venetian merchant at, 201.

-, Venetian factory at, 262, 265, 402, 471.

-, letters dated at, 375, 384, 385, 395, 859, 861.

Bruno, Dom. Lodovico, privy councillor of the King of the Romans, 649, 651, 657, 665, 668, 669, 681, 685, 693, 700.

Bruscolo, Fazio Count of, 91.

Brussels, 377, 772, 843, 924.

-, letters dated at, 854, 856, 858.

Bruzexe, Zuan (John Bridges?), his ship captured by Venetians, 422, 424, 425.

Bucino, Giuliano, Neapolitan ambr. to England, 594, 655, 660, 751.

Buckingham, Duke of, Henry Stafford, his son Lord Henry killed at Pontefract, 372, 374, 375.

-, -, Edward Stafford, 754, 794.

-, Archdeacon of. Sec Sherbourn, Robert.

Buda, Hungary, Richard de la Pole at, 889.

Burgundians, 867, 890.

Burgundy, 637, 666, 684, 695, 697, 699, 860, 890 (note).

-, wools of, 24.

-, Upper and Lower, in the hands of the French, 613.

-, Duke of, Philip II., 115, 117.

-, -, Jean Sans Peur, Venetian ambassador to, 176, 182.

-, -, -, presents to, from Venice, 159, 180, 186, 199, 205.

-, -, -, his death, 223.

-, -, Philip the Good, 380, 383, 384, 385, 386.

-, -, -, his safeconducts to the Venetian galleys, 296, 297, 373.

-, -, -, his third wife, Isabella of Portugal, 297.

-, -, -, well treats the brothers of Edward IV. of England, 373.

-, -, -, his council, 373, 377.

-, -, -, presents to, from Venice, 396.

-, -, -, England and France agree to make war on, 404.

-, -, Charles the Bold, 108, 461, 464, 472. See also Charolois, Count of.

-, -, -, his ambassador to Rome, 407.

-, -, -, marries Lady Margaret, sister of Edward IV., 407, 414, 478.

-, -, -, sends the order of the Fleece to Edward IV., 421.

-, -, -, Venetian ambassadors to, 422, 136.

-, -, -, allied to England, 434, 437, 446.

-, -, -, endeavours to dissuade Edward IV. from treating with France, 419.

-, -, Philip the Handsome, son of Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, 505, 507, 590, 613.

-, -, -, his secretary at Venice, 404.

-, -, -, his consort, 464.

-, -, -, to marry a daughter of Edward IV., 472.

-, -, -, Venetian ambr. to, 484.

-, -, -, presents from Venice to, 492.

-, -, -, See also Austria, Archduke of, and Castile, King of.

-, Archduke of, Charles, son of Philip of Castile, 940.

-, -, -, proposed marriage with a French Princess, 845.

-, -, -, proposed marriage with Princess Mary of England, 872, 883, 886, 899, 917.

-, -, -, becomes King of Castile, 917.

-, governor of, 560.

-, marshal of, 115.

-, Philip of. See Bevere, Lord de.

Byflet, Rich. de, of Southampton, 18.

Bygot, Rafe, called Lord Mauley, of the Lancastrian party, killed at Pontefract, 372.