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Baptism of Elizabeth de Valois. See Elizabeth of France.

Bar, Duchy of, 102, 149, 195, 209.

Barbain, Thomas, his ship embargoed by the English, 91.

Barbarossa. Turkish Admiral, 182, 209, 215, 222, 337, 502.

Barbe, Dr., death of, 371.

Bartlett (of the King's Chamber), visits Chapuys and Vander Delft, 1.

Bavaria, Duke of, 102, 307.

Bavaria, Duke Philip of, Count Palatine. See Philip.

Bave Joos, Secretary of the Flemish Council, letters to from Chapuys, 54, 111.

Bave Joos, 54, 71, 94, 294, 299, 301, 542.

Bellay, Cardinal du, his negotiations for peace with England, 5, 6, 7, 45, 60, 97, 101.

Bellin, Cornelius, a pirate of Calais, 550.

Belzares, bankers, 387, 388.

Bergh. See Vander Bergh.

Bernardi, Franoesco, Venetian peace intermediary between England and Franoe, 364, 368, 372, 374, 379, 394, 397, 398, 399, 400, 422, 439.

Bernuy, F. de, Vander Delft's brother, 501.

Bertheuille, M. de, otherwise Fontenay, 282, 288, 289, 293, 294, 309, 310.

Beton, Cardinal, 165.

Murdered, 404, 408, 421.

Bevres, Flemish Admiral. 404, 470.

Beyler, Bey, Turkish officer defeated by the Persians, 547.

Bezana, Pedro Paulo, an English agent in Antwerp, 230.

Biez, M. de, at Boulogne, 173, 223, 334, 349.

Bishops, English, their prerogatives, 279, 291

Bishops, residence of in the dioceses, 516–518, 521, 522.

Blancard galley, captured by the English, 394, 398, 409, 465, 488, 535.

Bocio, Antonio, an adherent of Count Fiesco in Genoa, 547.

Boissot, Charles, Master of Requests in Flanders. letters patent from the Emperor to seize all English property in Antwerp, etc., 21.

Boissy, M. de, 255.

Bombach, Ludwig von, a Protestant envoy to England, 249, 266

Bonvise, M. de, 138, 171.

Bossu, M. de, Admiral of Flanders, 24.

Boulognais. possession of the lands therein conquered by the English, 407, 421, 441, 449, 450, 453, 457, 462–464, 465–467, 471–473, 484, 485–488, 497, 498, 520, 528, 529, 534, 535, 537, 550.

Boulogne (the English at), 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 25, 26, 33, 40, 66, 67, 68, 78, 87, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 106, 111, 114, 126, 127, 129, 133, 135, 136, 137, 145–146, 148, 152, 165, 170, 172, 173, 186–189, 192, 198, 200, 204, 206, 209, 215, 220, 223, 224, 229, 231, 232, 236, 239, 241–244, 247, 248, 250, 251, 255, 259, 265, 269, 276, 277, 282, 283, 287, 292, 295, 296, 311, 314, 318, 320, 328, 329, 333, 334, 336, 345, 349, 361, 362, 364, 371, 373, 374, 386, 390, 392, 397, 402, 405–409, 418, 419, 421, 435, 449, 454, 456, 469, 475, 485, 488, 502, 543, 549.

Boulogne, French Captain of (Vervins), accused of treachery, 223.

Boulogne, night surprise of, by the French, 292, 294, 295.

Boulogne, ransom for. See Peace negotiations and Scepperus.

Bourbon, Constable de, 16.

Bourbon, Cardinal, 428.

Bourbourg, arbitration commission at, 69, 91, 93, 97, 116, 117, 132–138, 139, 141–146, 159, 160, 170, 171–174, 218, 298, 498.

Brabançon, M. de, 487.

Brabant, Chancellor of, letter to, from Chapuys, 141.

Brabant, Chancellor of, to embargo English property in Flanders, 138, 139, 141–142, 166, 189.

Brandenburg, Albert of, 371, 378, 439n, 546.

Brandenburg, the Elector of, 326, 439n.

Brazil, French expedition to, 351, 403, 409.

Bread, price of, in Spain, 212.

Brederode, Sieur, to prevent the passage of Conrad Penninek's mercenaries by Gueldres, 363.

Brienne, Count of, 222.

Brittany, Duke of, Francis de Valois, afterwards Francis II. 433.

Browne, Sir Anthony, Master of the Horse, 29, 35, 39, 122, 124, 135, 230, 345, 346, 347, 385, 400, 408.

Bruges, Burgomaster of, letter to, from Vander Delft, 131.

Bruges, merchants of, their request to be allowed to trade with Scotland, 125, 131.

Brun, Dr., 464, 467, 468.

Brunswick, Duke of, 209, 210, 271, 277, 279, 292, 301, 354, 411, 424.

Brusquel, Erasmus, 107.

Bucharest, Prince Philip of, a mercenary lender, 17.

Buda, the Vaivode of, 210.

Buren, Count de, commands Imperial contingent with Henry's army, 59, 366.

Commands the Flemish contingent in the Schmalkaldic war, 425, 443, 455n, 464, 474, 478, 485, 487, 490.

Burgos, Bishop of, 244, 245.

Burgos, merchants of, plundered by the English, 15, 30–31, 33, 36, 38, 91, 93, 117–124, 132, 138, 140, 141, 142, 144, 152–157, 160, 168, 169, 172, 176, 189, 203, 356–359, 393, 401, 442, 486, 524.

Bury, M., French agent in Scotland, 151.

Butler, Richard, Secretary of Queen Katharine Parr, 17, 130.

Butts, Dr., the King's physician, death of, 320.