B

Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Lord Keeper, speech by, 15. See Chancellor.

Bacqueville, a gentleman of the Duke of Anjou, 754.

Badoer, Andrea, Venetian ambassador extraordinary in Spain, letters from, 216, 223.

-, Alberto, Venetian ambassador in Spain, letters from, 666, 677, 687, 688, 689, 691, 692, 694, 698, 703, 705.

Bajazet, Sultan Soliman's second son, rebellion of, 59. See Sultan.

Balance of power, the, 510, 515, 533, 790.

Balfour, James, 361.

Ballads, 45.

Balls, 65, App. 2. See Dancing.

Bangor, Bishop of, deceased, 82.

Banner, design on a, used in Scotland, 394.

Banquets, 77, 79, App. 2.

Barbara, the (ship), 649.

Barbarigo, Augustino, Venetian ambassador extraordinary in Spain, letters from, 216, 223.

Barbaro, Marc' Antonio, Venetian ambassador in France, letters from, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 360, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376.;

-, -, secretary of, 285, 288.

Barbary, 169.

Barcelona, 232, 234.

Barea, Mons. de, 770, 773.

Barge, the Queen's, p. 12.

Barlamont, Mons. de, governor of Namur, 92.

Bar-le-duc, letters dated at, 456, 562.

Baronesses, p. 18.

Barons of England, p. 18, 77, 829.

-, Earls, and other nobles, fifty, imprisoned in the Tower, 829.

Barri, Jean du, Seigneur de La Renaudie, 137

Basle, 630.

Basons, gold, 77.

Basque gentleman, a, 193.

Bath, Bishop of, 82.

Baths, 625.

Batteville, 572.

Bavaria, 397.

-, Duke of, 167, 493.

-, -, marriage of the, 412, 417.

-, -, eldest daughter of the, married to the Archduke Charles, 491, 493, 494, 496.

-, Prince of, 397.

Bayonne, 105, 507.

Béam, 520.

-, baths at, 520.

Beatitudes, the eight, p. 14.

Beaton, or Beton, John, brother of James, Archbishop of Glasgow, 358, 425, 426.

Beauvais, bishopric of, 252.

-, Mons., French ambassador to Portugal, 768.

Beccatello, Lodovico, Archbishop of Ragusa, letter to, 80, 123.

Bedford, Earl of, Francis Russell (2nd), 1, 18, 58, 64.

-, -, ambassador to France, 239, 243, 275.

Beggars, in London, 78.

Bellegarde, Marshal de, 763, 774.

Bellièvre, Mons. de, 728, 731, 752, 753, 821.

Bells, 17.

Bembo, Giovanni Maria, App. 6.

Benavente, Count of, daughter of the, 236.

Benedict, St., habit of, 81.

Benefices, impropriated to the Crown by Henry VIII. and restored by Queen Mary, 19, 60.

-, given by Parliament to the Crown, 23.

-, Act for restoring, to the Queen, 40.

-, holders of, to take the oath (of supremacy), 45.

-, the Bishops to be deprived of all impropriated, 58.

-, impropriated to the Crown, granted to the Bishops, 64.

Bera, Captain, 473.

Berges, 487.

Berghes, Marquis of, 85, 92, 371.

Bergues, 785, 786.

Bernese, the, 611.

Berri, duchy of, 43, 808.

Bertone, Cavaliere, sent by De Simier to France, 751.

Berwick, 145, 466, 481.

-, English army at, 147.

Besançon, 204.

Beza, Theodore, 278, 280, 281.

-, -, charges against, 320.

Bienvenu, otherwise Buonacorsi, Mons., 593.

Binardi, Giambattista, 80.

Binche, 28, 735.

-, expedition against, 732.

Biragues, Cardinal, 817.

-, Mons. de, 646.

-, -, ambassador to England, 812.

Birbiesca, the Licentiate, 124.

Birds, 141.

Biron, Mons. de, 469, 614.

-, Marshal, 773.

Biscay, 99, 199, 446, 799.

-, troops sent from, to Ireland, 817, 823.

Biscayan ships, 99.

Bishoprics, 45, 60.

Bishops, 11, p. 17, p. 19, 19, 23, 40, 45, 71, 79.

-, deprived of many estates, 45.

-, four Catholic, to dispute with four Protestants in London, 51.

-, present at the disputation in Westminster Abbey, 58.

-, order of Council touching the, 58.

-, two, sent to the Tower, 58, 68, 186, 475.

-, ordered not to leave London, 58.

-, a statute limiting the revenues of, 58.

-, all the, deprived of their temporal revenues, 64.

-, refuse to abjure, 68.

-, awaiting the decision of the Council, 77.

-, expecting to be deprived, 78.

-, six or eight, deprived, but not to depart from England, 82.

-, only one of the, would take the oath, 91.

-, the, who had been long in prison, liberated by Elizabeth, 399.

-, Papal bull complaining of their deprivation, 475.

Bivero, wife of Juan de, 81. See Buiero.

Blachine (sic), near Calais, 9.

Blacksmiths (Feraroli), German soldiers called, 4, 70.

Blamont, 565.

Blois, 98, 103, 105, 123, 135, 136, 138, 146, 200, 516, 682, 800.

-, camp at, 290, 291, 293.

-, letters dated at, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 122, 162, 168, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 538, 539, 668, 669, 827, 828.

Blooding, the practice of, 82, 230, 586.

Bohemia, 377, 412.

-, King of, 133, 148, 247, App. 5.

-, -, sons of the, App. 5.

-, -, daughter of the, 247.

-, -, proposed marriage of a daughter of the, to the King of Portugal, 264.

-, -, sister and sister-in-law of the, App. 5.

-, Queen of, 133.

Bohemian baron, a, 133.

Boissy, Mons. de, master of the horse to the King of France, 73.

Boleyn, Anne, Queen, effigy and arms of, p. 13.

-, -, chaplain to, Parker, 78, 81.

Bologna, 192.

-, the Pope going to, 194.

-, Monsignor di, Papal nuncio to Spain, 231.

Bolognese, 617.

-, merchants, 171.

Bolton Castle, 429.

Bondias, Count de, 111.

Bonfires, 61.

Bonifacio, town of, in Corsica, 42.

Bonner, Edmund, Bishop of London, deprived, 81.

Bonrizzo, Alvise, 233.

-, Secretary, 258, 261.

Book, a satirical, published in England against the Anjou marriage, 782, 783.

Books against the Catholics, 71.

-, prohibited, 230.

-, heretical, 475.

-, -, distributed in Spain, 245.

Bordeaux, 773.

-, insurrection at, 132, 140, 213, 222.

Border, the English, 426.

-, of England and Scotland, 477.

-, See Marches;

Scotland, Borders of.

Borgarussi, Giulio, Signor, physician to her Majesty, 649.

Boroughs, 15.

Borromeo, Carlo, Cardinal, 129 note, 231, 267.

-, Cardinal, brother of, 151.

-, Count, 267.

Borromeos, the Pope's nephews, 208, 232.

Bossi, Marc' Antonio, the Milanese, 230.

Bossut, near Mons, 738.

Bothwell, Earl of, James Hebburn, 276, 361, 396, 829.

-, -, suspected of having plotted the death of the late King of Scotland, 389.

-, -, first wife of, divorced, 389, 391.

-, -, and Queen Mary, marriage of, 389, 390, 391;

celebrated according to the Huguenot rite, 392.

-, -, declared not guilty of the death of the late King of Scotland, 391.

-, -, created Duke of Orkney, 391, 392.

-, -, flight of, 392.

-, -, insurgents seek to get, into their hands, 395.

-, -, servants of, executed, 396, 420.

-, -, a ship sent by Elizabeth to capture, 399.

-, -, hiding, 400.

-, -, banished, and his property confiscated, 419.

Bouillon, 43.

-, in Luxemburg, 46.

-, Duke of, 86, 335.

-, -, father-in-law of the, 86.

-, Duchess of, 573.

-, -, daughters of the, 5.

-, -, daughter of the, 9.

-, -, -, her son the Duke, 9.

Boulogne, 24, 77, 137, 157, 162, p. 332, 622, 761, 768, 769, 770, 771.

-, proposed conference between the English and French at, 32.

-, restitution of, to the French in 1550 43.

-, Aujou asks the King for, 775.

Boundaries, questions of, between England and France, 537.

Bourbon, letters dated at, 359, 362, 363.

-, duchy of, 100.

-, family or house of, 206, 516.

-, Cardinal de, 85, 90, 127, 136, 189, 206, 209, 221, 241, 286, 320, 340, 489, 504, 521, 523, 603.

-, -, Charles, Junior, brother of the King of Navarre, 114, 202.

-, -, character of, 272.

-, -, a dispensation to be obtained for, to marry, 323.

-, -, Archbishop of Rouen, 343.

-, -, uncle of Charles, abbacies and bishoprics formerly held by, 812.

-, Mons. de, Charles, priest and bishop elect, brother of the Prince of Condé, 812.

Bourdaisière, Mons. de or de La, Bishop of Angoulême, 161, 167.

Bourdillon, Mons. de, Imbert de La Plattère, 146.

-, Marshal de, 335, 365, 366.

Bourdin, Jacques, Mons., 327, 331.

Bourg-en-Bresse, 206.

Bourges, city of, 292, 293, 464.

-, concessions to the people of, 308.

-, Bishop of. See Foix, Paul de. Bows, 460.

Boxall, Dr. [John], chief Secretary of State to the late Queen Mary, put in the Tower, 186.

Brabant, province of, 201, 816.

-, privileges of, 201.

-, chancellor of, son of the, 803.

Braganza, Duchess of, Portugal belongs to the, 794.

-, Doña Catherine of, elected Queen of Portugal, 797.

-, Henry of, Cardinal, brother of John III, King of Portugal, 130, 194, 264.

Brandenburg, Elector of, 496.

-, Marquis of, App. 5. See Albert.

Bread, price of, 631.

Brederode family, the, 366.

Brescia, fortifications of, 128.

-, Bishop of, 182.

Breton ships, 248.

Bretons, 248.

Bricinoro (sic), Mons. de, 539.

Brienne, Count of, 378.

-, -, master of the horse to the King of France, 73.

Brigantines, p. 11.

Brissac, Marshal de, Charles de Cossé, 89, 146, 214, 215, 305, 340. See Cossé.

-, -, brother of, 299, 305.

-, -, son of, 331.

-, Count de, 452.

-, Mons. de, 792.

Bristol, Bishop of, deceased, 82.

Britany, 222, 251, 252, 272, 448, 541.

-, refuses to pay taxes, 795.

-, coast of, 99, 471.

-, duchy of, 808.

-, fortresses of, 353.

-, government of, 86.

-, inhabitants of, 748.

-, lords of, 792.

-, ports of, 541.

-, seas of, 229, 276.

Brocade, gold, p. 12.

Brocardo, Count, 267.

Broke, William, notary, 480.

Brouage, port of, 674.

-, capture of, 683.

-, garrison of, ib.

Bruges, 48, 91.

-, earthquake in, 802.

Brunswick, Duke Henry of, 57.

Bruschetto, Lodovico, 583.

Brussels, 1, 25, 40, 43, 47, 62, 65, 69, 76, 79, 80, 663, 665, 668, 697, 739, 784.

-, negotiations for peace at, 1.

-, two English ambassadors at, 7.

-, Imperial ambassadors at, 16.

-, ambassadors from Ferrara at, 39.

-, ambassador from England at, 724.

-, letters dated at, 3, 4, 6, 13, 16, 17, 21, 25, 26, 28, 31, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 44, 49, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 60, 63, 66, 67, 70, 74, 75, 79, 81.

Buckhurst, Lord, ambassador extraordinary to France, 496, 498, 500, 506.

Bueil, Mons. de, sent from Scotland to France, 178, 186.

Bueso, Marco, Master, 18.

Buiero, Costanza de, Doña, 81.

-, Francisco de, priest, burnt, 81.

-, Juan [de], 81. See Bivero.

-, Leonora de, Doña, 81.

Bull of excommunication against Elizabeth, 475, 506, 761.

Bull-baiting, 144, 148, 176, 192, 268.

Buonacorsi, otherwise Bienvenu, Mons., 593.

Burghley, Lord, Lord High Treasurer, 557, 558, 649, 650, 817. See Cecil.

Burgos, 99.

-, letter dated at, 99.

-, Cardinal of, 105, 119, 127.

-, -, brother of the, 124.

Burgundian, a, 80.

-, provinces, 230.

Burgundy, 25, 258, 306.

-, governor of, Mons. de Vergi (sic), 92.

-, boundaries in, 105.

-, fortresses in, p. 327.

-, house of, 534.

Burning of persons for heresy in Spain, 81;

in France, 114, 272.

Burntisland, in Scotland, 152.

Bussy d'Amboise, Mons., favourite of the Duke of Alençon, 709, 713, 720, 754, 770, 774.

-, -, killed, 770.

Busts, antique, 244.