B

Baccarat, 549.

Backer, L. de, an Étude sur Gérard de Meeckere by, 494.

Baker, Sir Robert Rochester's servant, 133, 134, 135.

Baltic, the, 356, 402, 526.

Baptiste, German Captain, 273 and note.

Barbaro, Daniel, Venetian ambassador in England, 203, 219.

His recall, 230.

Barbary, 193, 347, 469.

Barbezieux, M. de, 326.

Barcelona, 156 note.

Baron, Provost, French commissioner at Boulogue, 64.

Basel, the Council of, 450.

Baslemont, M. de, 327.

Bassefontaine (Basse Fontaine), Sébastian de L'Aubespine, Abbé of, French ambassador at Brussels, 139, 144–145, 157–161, 175, 241–242, 266, 272, 370.

Beaumont, 557.

Beauce, the, 36.

Beaulieu. See New Hall.

Beckwith, Sir Leonard, 265 note.

Belfort, 378 note.

Benavides, Don Juan de, 605.

Bene, the Camp near, letter dated from, 546.

Bergen, 321, 576.

Bergues-St.-Winoc (in Flanders), 250.

Bernardino da Siena. See Ochino.

Berne, 334.

Berlaymont, Charles, Sieur de, 167.

Bertie, Richard. See Willoughby de Eresby.

Bertrand, Simon Renard's courier, 310.

Berwick, 78, 79, 177, 180, 185, 186, 227, 537.

Biez, M. du, French Captain, 16.

Bilbao, 581.

Binche, letters dated from, 148, 150, 155, 161, 194, 197, 536, 537, 539, 542.

-, 192, 220, 339, 340, 341, 507, 548.

Bird, John, Bishop of Chester, 43 note.

Biron, M. de, Gentleman of the King of France's chamber, 326.

Biscay, 176, 310, 365, 367, 418, 508, 509, 511, 537, 581, 614–615, 618.

Blackness, 92.

Blackwater, the (Essex), 121, 126.

Blois, letters dated from, 197, 220, 225, 237, 245, 247, 250, 335.

-, 193.

Bochetel, Sieur de Sacy, French commissioner at Boulogue, 64, 77, 87.

Bohemia, Maximilian and Maria, King and Queen of, letters to the, from the Emperor, 16, 27, 176.

-, -, from Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 4.

-, Maximilian, King of, 156 and note, 245–246, 336, 401, 403, 412–414, 467.

-, Maria, Queen of, letter to, from the Emperor, 327.

-, -, Queen of, 401, 403, 412–414.

-, delegates from, to the Council of Trent, 450.

Boisdauphin, M. de, sent as French ambassador to England (in 1551), 298, 302, 326, 334. (in 1552), 562, 564 note, 565, 579, 593, 596, 597, 598.

Boisot, M., in the Emperor's service, 617.

Bologna, cardinal of, 16, 25, 33.

-, 14, 29.

Bonner, Edmund, Bishop of London, 43.

Bonnisers, the, Flemish merchants, 128.

Bordeaux, 365, 513, 537, 556, 565.

Bordin, Secretary, sent to England, 299, 326, 346.

Boreham (Essex), 150.

Borgo San Donnino, 36.

Borthwick, Sir John, English envoy to Denmark, 216.

Bothwell, Patrick Hepburn, third Earl of, 241 and note, 242, 266, 426.

Botzen, 414.

Boulemberg, fort, 92.

Boulogne, English commander of. See Grey de Wilton, Lord.

-, French Governor of. See de Senarpon.

-, and the Boulonnais, 2, 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 22, 25, 28, 30, 37, 40, 44–46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 60, 64, 65, 77, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 96, 113, 120, 171, 176, 177, 181, 182, 188–192, 193, 279, 302, 356, 381 note, 389, 445, 478, 532, 541, 567, 575, 578, 596, 604, 608.

Bourbon, Charles, Cardinal de, 343.

Bourbourg, Conference held at, 48, 101, 111, 112, 173, 195, 321, 438–440, 485–488, 512, 534.

-, 499.

Bourgdieu, 36.

Bourgogne, Adolphe de. See la Capelle.

-, Antoine, Grand-Bâtard de, 508 note.

-, Antoine de, 508 note.

-, Maximilian de. See Van Buren.

Bowes, Sir Robert, 177 note, 265 note, 292.

Box, Hieronimus, a navigator, 552.

Brabant, Master of the Customs in, letter to, from the Queen Dowager, of Hungary, 513.

- See Low Countries, and 140, 242, 305, 498, 512, 534, 595.

Bradley, John, English merchant, 305–306.

Brandenburg, Joachim II, Elector of, 369, 382.

Brandenburg-Culmbach, Albrecht-Alcibiades, Margrave of, 50, 51, 82 note, 493 and note, 550, 568.

Brandon, Charles, Duke of Suffolk, 229 note.

-, Lord Charles (died July, 1551), 229 note.

His death, 333.

-, Lady Frances, wife of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, 229 note.

-, Henry, Duke of Suffolk (died July, 1551), 62, 109, 229 and note, 325.

His death, 333, 342.

Bray, Lord, 302.

Brazil, 182, 192, 551.

de Bredain, Prothonotary, 218, 282.

Bremen, 2, 5, 23, 25, 26, 215, 219, 378, 402, 468.

Brescello, 289.

Brescia, 286, 344.

Brest, 495, 508, 513, 522, 526.

Brézé, Louis de, 36 note.

-, Louise de, daughter of Diane de Poitiers and wife of Claude de Guise, Marquis du Maine, 86 note.

Brian (Bryant), Richard, an English merchant, 430–431, 498.

-, Captain, in command of Calais castle, 39.

Brigenthon (John Brigantyne), English agent in Hamburg, 493.

Bristol, 19, 483, 484.

Brittany, 244, 310, 340, 369, 399, 449, 494, 508, 513, 522, 551, 596, 614.

Brocas, M. de, Gentleman of the King of France's chamber, 326.

Broche, Le Jeune, Deschausonnier to the King of France, 326.

Brouage, 356, 372 and note, 523.

Bruges, the Bailiff of, letter from, to M. de Praet, 335.

-, letters dated from, 336, 431.

-, 94, 202, 221, 247, 304, 311, 320, 335, 363, 480.

Brun, Dr., German Protestant envoy in England, 56.

Returns to Germany, 282, 293.

Brunswick Lüneburg, Duke Eric of, letters from, to the Emperor, 504, 506.

-, -, 402, 504 note, 505–506.

Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duke Henry of, 82 note, 402.

Brussels, letters dated from, 12, 16, 27, 32, 50, 57, 59, 73, 77, 90, 94, 140, 167, 173, 174, 175, 181, 183, 223, 243, 251, 273, 290, 296, 308, 310, 332, 335, 343, 348, 353, 380, 384, 388, 398, 418, 451, 464, 470, 472, 477, 496, 497, 498, 512, 513, 563, 564, 566, 574, 576, 581, 589, 595, 604, 607, 609, 617.

-, 106, 250, 383 note.

Bucer, Martin, 152 note, 170, 349.

His death, 230, 265.

Buckingham, the dukedom of, 381, 592.

Buren, letter dated from, 124.

Burgos, Cardinal of, 34, 52, 74.

-, 12, 27, 34.

Burgundy, the Duchy of, 30, 370.

Bushy, John, an English merchant, 650.

Busseto, 36.

Busso, Giovanni Francesco di, a servant of the Queen Dowager of Scotland, 596, 600, 608–609.

Butler, Thomas, Earl of Ormonde, 302, 587 note.