E.

Ealve, Sir Charles O'Carroll's country; 286.

“Earl, the great,” Lord Burghley's reconcilement with; 587.

East Indies :

discovery of the North Passage to, “Strange News”; 587.

the course of; 610.

Easter Wemyss; 53.

Eaton, — Mayor of Southampton; 563.

Eaton's ship gone; 609.

Ean; 154.

Ebolye, Princess of, widow of Ruy Gomez de Silva, Prince of, etc.; 172.

Eccleshall Castle; 400, 404.

Ecclesiastical :

jurisdiction, limits of; 94.

laws, articles for acknowledgment of; 94–5.

courts, of oaths in; 97.

Echelles, capture of; 476.

Edgecumb, Edgecombe :

Mr.; 295.

Piers, letter from; 473.

— mentioned; 478, 518.

Edgerton, Mr., of Ridley; 435.

Edinburgh :

letters dated at; 25, 89–91, 99, 109, 111, 175, 180, 202, 206, 247, 510, 630.

convention appointed in, for border matters; 61.

merchants in, fit out privateers; 75.

part taken in political affairs; 206.

Tolbooth of; 206.

engagement between Bothwell and the King's forces near; 504.

minister and town of, “apprehend more fear”; 523.

Edmestone :

John, of Vowmat, a fight arranged; 175.

David, of Burnhouse; 175.

Edmond, Sir; 357.

Edmondes (Edmunds):

Thomas, English envoy in France; 322, 525.

— letters from; 371, 559, 620, 622.

— letter to; 519.

Edmonton, Edelmonton :

bailiff of; 532.

bestowal of the bailiwick of; 615.

Edmundes, Ambrose, of Stanton; 267, 270.

Edmunds :

Sir Christopher; 514.

Lady, offer of money to, for obtaining an office; 532.

Mr., a Jesuit, prisoner in England; 59.

“Edward, Sir,” at Lieben; 424, 425.

Edward, John ap, of Wrexham; 435.

Edwards, Mr., come from Vienne; 424.

Edzard, Count, of East Friesland, imports for; 178.

Egerton :

a Cheshire man, suspected of robbery; 458.

Sir Thomas; 154, 512.

— letter from; 423, 515.

— Attorney-General, report o Chamberlainship of Chester; 446.

— friendliness to Francis Bacon; 494.

— Master of the Rolls; 515, 533.

Eggadion, Mons. de; 197.

Egleston, Thomas; 241.

Eguen Guynan, Mons. du, at Morlaix, letter to; 197.

Elderton, Mrs., The Queen's visit to; 115.

Elector Palatine, the, letter from the Queen to; 105.

Eliotes :

John, of Hereford; 265 (2).

George, of Hereford; 265.

Elizabeth :

Queen of England see Queen, the.

Queen of Edward IV., a saying of, when her son was demanded; 350.

Elles, Richard, maliciously pressed for a soldier; 580.

Elleyett, Paul, Southampton; 121.

Ellingscring Common; 84.

Ellington Common; 84.

Elliot, Captain, in the Spanish service; 259.

Ellis, Capt., serving in the West Marches, discharge; 62.

Elmes, Thomas : 516.

Elphinstoun :

Lord, letter from; 247.

Sir J., letter from; 252.

Elstone, Thomas; 435.

Elton, Anthony, of Sudbury; 265.

Elwood, Thomas, Mayor of Dover; 305.

Ely Place, mentioned; 20.

Ely, bishopric of, receiver of dues of; 168.

grant out of temporalities of vacant see; 184.

Emden :

Count of (Edward); 37.

Countess of (Catherine); 38.

Emden :

ordnance conveyed to Spain by way of; 103.

Jesuits pass by way of; 336.

letter dated at; 535.

Emlyn Manor, Carmarthen, grant of lease of; 382.

Emmerich; 125.

Emperor, the :

the Queen's agent sent to Court of; 324, 576.

his disposition; 417.

mentioned; 492.

exhorts the K. of Spain to a general pacification; 576.

begins to be interested in the matter of the King of the Romans; 585.

the empire in confusion, etc.; 585, 586.

negotiations for peace with the States General; 606.

at war with the Turk; 607, 622.

Enderwick, Lady of, marriage; 31.

Enfield Chase :

keepers in; 349, 362, 374, 602.

state of the deer walks in, etc.; 362, 415, 556.

a ranger of, mentioned; 560.

a buck out of, asked for; 596.

a fracas in; 602.

Engeham, Vincent; 49.

England :

notable conveyers of priests, etc. into; 588.

perils to the realm of, a Popish pamphlet; 275.

succession to the Crown of, a book relating to; 498.

— an arbor showing, mentioned; 498.

Englebe, Englebye :

David, seminary priest; 258.

— a search after; 478.

Englefeld; 353.

Englefield :

Sir Francis, attainted, lands of; 275.

Francis, the nephew; 275.

Englefield's lands, lease to Lord Essex; 132.

Englewood Forest; 184.

English, Ed., letter from; 606.

Episcopacy; 73.

Episcopal government, lawfulness affirmed; 94.

Erdswick :

Hugh, of London; 266, 272.

Sampson, of London, 266, 272.

Erington, John, Southampton; 121.

Erith; 458.

Erle; 235.

Ernestus, Archduke :

his disposition and surrounding influence; 417, 625.

movements and proceedings; 424, 425, 497, 500 (3), 514.

retained in the Low Countries in order to interfere in the affairs of France; 475, 482, 538.

calls all men dealing with the King's treasure to account; 500.

supposed to be intended as a husband for the Infanta; 585.

summary of letter to, from Ratisbon; 606.

Duc de Mayenne's negotiations with; 591, 621, 625.

Errol :

Earl of; 25, 91, 100, 233, 279.

— negotiations with Spain; 430.

Escluse, l'; 569.

Escovedo, John de, principal secretary to Don John of Austria; 172.

Escurial, the; 347, 417, 538, 557.

Espanos, Lelio; 585.

Espernon :

Duc d'; 492, 605, 622.

— defeats French cavalry; 607.

Espetty, Denbighshire; 466.

Essex, County of :

Vagabondage in; 5.

character of its regiment in 1588; 5.

Lord Lieutenant of; 14, 166, 563, 571.

levy of men in, for service abroad; 66, 80, 341, 465, 571.

levy stayed; 341.

temporary discontinuance of the watch of the beacons in; 166, 239.

relief of maimed soldiers, etc. of, method of payment; 300.

collector of subsidies in; 366.

recusants in; 268.

victuallers' assessments in; 453.

woodmongrs of, abuses practised by; 570.

Essex, Countess of, letter to her husband; 169.

Essex, Earl of :

correspondence, etc. with King of France; 30, 32, 131, 547.

letters from; 44, 65, 68, 94, 116, 165, 167, 218, 276, 310, 324, 353, 388, 409, 452, 483, 486, 499, 506, 524, 525.

letters to; 52, 73, 81, 85, 96, 117, 126, 129, 133, 134, 135 (5), 136, 137, 138, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 157, 158, 162, 167, 169, 171 (2), 172, 174, 175, 196, 261, 276, 285, 323, 348, 447, 472, 486, 546 (2), 583, 615, 622.

suitor for an office; 65.

master of the wards; 74.

secretary to; 74, 323.

mentioned; 80, 206, 261, 348, 361, 395, 430, 447, 588, 608, 610, 611, 627.

expedition to France, volunteers, etc. with; 129, 130, 131, 189.

— disorders and want of discipline, distress among his soldiery; 147, 149, 150, 152, 154, 155, 157, 171, 175.

— movements of his troops; 167 (2).

— list of the officers and captains serving in; 169.

— cost of; 172.

a captain's commission from; 130.

departure for France; 132.

arrival in France; 133, 142.

warrant by; 133.

arrival at Compiegne; 134.

the Queen longs to hear of him; 134.

events connected with expedition to France; 137, 146, 147.

hangings purchased for, described; 138.

letter to the Council vindicating his conduct in France; 139.

symbol for his name, used by a correspondent; 138, 145.

death of his brother Devereux before Rouen; 139, 140, 143.

letter of condolence on his brother's death; 141.

letter from his “son,” R. Brackenbury; 142.

letter from the Queen, conditions on which the troops shall remain in France; 143.

reasons against his remaining in France; 145.

warned against foolhardy valour; 146.

his own company in France reduced to a low ebb; 148, 150.

return to France, etc.; 148, 149, 150.

liberal bestowal of knighthoods in France, disapproved of; 151.

signs letters from the Privy Council; 154, 514, 571.

his physician; 155.

his challenge to Chevalier Pieart; 161.

adherents of; 162, 169.

recall; 164, 166.

candidature at Oxford : 162, 165.

return to England desired; 174.

a blessing invoked upon; 196.

a probable reference to, in a letter of Cecil's; 199.

warned against the K. of Spain's machinations; 207.

copy of grant to, out of the Queen's parks; 224.

as to settlement of Sir J. Perrott's lands; 261.

Sir H. Unton's affairs; 276.

agreement for payment of a debt made before; 289.

grant of; 340.

a letter written by to Italy, concerning the French King referred to; 447.

a suit of armour for; 448.

the employments of a day; 286.

letter urging merits of Francis Bacon; 525.

all presumption and hope dead in him; 525.

effect of his not going with the Brittany expedition; 567.

interposition on behalf of English merchants in France; 583.

a possible allusion to, as “the Great Earl”; 587.

efforts for a protegée's preferment; 616, 617.

Estaples taken; 415.

Estey, George; 73.

Estrennes, letter dated at; 53.

Ethridge, George, of Oxford; 270.

Eton College :

Provost and Fellows of, letter to the Queen from; 395.

a schoolmaster of, question of the grant of a lease to; 395.

letter dated at; 617.

Eu; 45.

Eustace :

Captain, letters to, etc.; 117, 118, 156, 567.

Edmond; 118.

Eustachius; 180.

Evans, one, a culter of Southwark; 496.

Everrard :

Younge; 241.

Henry, of Great Linstead; 269.

Gawdie, of Great Linstead; 269.

Evreux, Bishop of, sent to Rome; 621.

Ewins, Matthew, a reader of the Middle Temple; 298.

Exchange of sterling and Flemish money, rate; 579.

Exchequer :

accounts of expenditure and revenue; 74, 182.

amount of subsidies paid into; 198.

Receipt of, auditor of, the office of; 168.

— removal from Westminster; 399, 401.

— payments into and out of; 401.

— officers of, duties, fees, etc.; 455.

Under Treasurer of, takes the place of the Clericus Thesaurarii; 455.

Execution, postponement of an, to the great discontent of the people; 512.

Exeter :

mayor of; 232, 333, 517, 601, 606.

a justice of; 333.

Spanish writings found at; 253.

letters dated at; 507, 606.

gauger of the port of; 517.

merchants in Italy; 582.

diocese of, recusants in; 274 (2).

Export free of duty; 47.

Exton, John, Southampton; 121.