A.

Aa, Secretary Van Der, 50.

Abbeville, 4, 16, 122, 137, 184, 276, 302, 351.

-, Captain of, 355.

Abbey lands, 145, 180.

Abergavenny, Lord, see Nevill, Henry, Lord Abergavenny.

Abington, Mr., Under Marshal of Calais, 110.

Abruzzi, 235, 252, 301.

Achmet Bassa, is bowstrung, 187.

Acqs, Bishop of, see Noailles, Francois de.

Acunha, Don Juan de, Conde de Buendia, 85.

-, -, his wife (Doña Francisca de Aragon), 85.

Admiralty, Court of, in France, 303, 305.

Adrianople, 186, 343, 375.

Africa, 3, 214, 248, 389.

-, offered by Charles V. to the Knights of Malta, 100, 101.

Agnus Deis sent to Queen Mary, 225.

Ague, a new burning, 398, 400.

Aix-la-Chapelle, 104.

Ajaccio, 175.

Alatri, 254, 333.

Albania, 124.

Albano, 269.

Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg (Culmbach), Marquis of Bayreuth, 4, 41, 81, 83, 119, 121, 133, 136, 147, 168, 178, 189, 209.

-, -, ravages the duchy of Brunswick, 1.

-, -, challenges Duke Maurice of Saxony, 1.

-, -, his country ravaged by the Bishops of Bamberg and Wurtzburg, and the Nurembergers, 1.

-, -, engaged by Charles V. to go against France, 2.

-, -, gathers troops about Bremen, 4.

-, -, challenges Henry of Brunswick, 4.

-, -, his desperate condition, 8, 10.

-, -, is hated of all men, 10.

-, -, totally defeated by Henry of Brunswick, 17.

-, -, his agreement with the French King, 44, 90.

-, -, his destitute state, 90.

-, -, retires to Metz, 99.

Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg (Culmbach), Marquis of Bayreuth, routed by Henry of Brunswick, 100.

-, -, again begins to stir, 111.

-, -, is at the French Court, 115.

-, -, the ban of the empire enforced against him, 118.

-, -, his bargain with the French King, 155, 156.

-, -, goes to the Diet of Ratisbon, 214.

-, -, his death, 290.

Albia, the river, 196.

Albi, Bishop of, see Lorraine, Louis de.

Albon, Jacques d', Seigneur de St. André Maréchal de France, 58, 65, 77, 158, 178, 217, 264, 393.

-, -, taken prisoner at St. Quentin, 328.

Albrêt, Henri d', King of Navarre, his death, 178.

Albuquerque, Duke of, see Cueva, Beltram de la.

Alcalde, the, 81.

Alderney, 70.

Ale, exportation of, from England, 292.

Alemanni, Signor Luigi, Maître d'Hôtel to Catherine de Medici, 24.

Aleppo, 16, 25, 123, 132.

Alessandria, 196, 211, 343.

-, intelligence from, 2.

Alessandrino, Cardinal, see Frere, Cardinal à.

Alexander, Nicholas, Captain of Newnham Bridge, 326, 327, 348.

Algerine vessels, 375.

Algiers, 22, 33, 91, 389.

-, gallies of, 33, 91, 96, 97, 109, 119, 170.

-, Governor of, see Sala Reis.

-, Sangiacco of, see Sala Bey.

-, King of, 80.

-, navy of, 80.

Alicata in Sicily, sacked by the Turks, 2, 3.

Allaredo, see Laredo.

Almains, see Germans.

Alsatia, 136.

Alum mines, 322.

Alva, Duke of, see Toledo Fernando Alvarez de.

Alva, Duchess of (Doña Maria Henriquez de Alva de Aliste), 85, 169.

-, -, letter from, 166.

-, -, her nephew, 187.

Amalfi, Duke of, see Piccolomini, Inico.

Amasia, 148, 156, 170, 179.

Ambassador (French), in England, his right to a residence, 274, 275.

Ambassadors, precedency of, 149, 180, 228, 229, 377, 387.

-, miserable estate of, 157.

-, lack of men for the office of, in England, 282.

Ambleteuse, 353.

Amboise, 216.

-, letters dated from, 216, 217, 222.

Ambrose, Christopher, 293.

Amersfort, 379, 381, 385, 386, 387.

Amiens, 4, 5, 7, 9, 277.

Amont, Lieutenant d', Imperial Ambassador in England, see Renard, Simon.

Amsterdam, 385, 386.

Anagni, 246, 252, 254, 259, 262, 288, 296, 297, 300, 308, 313, 314, 333.

-, letters dated from camp at, 253.

-, capture of, by Alva, 256, 257, 258.

Ancona, 317, 318, 369, 370.

-, intelligence dated from, 297, 299, 309, 312, 322.

Ancre, 139.

Andalusia, fleets of, 83.

Andelot, M. d', see Coligny, François de.

Anet, the seat of Diane de Poitiers, 79, 113, 282.

Angaranno, 322.

Angel, a ship of Wismar, 123, 190, 191.

Angelo, Count Michael, 184.

Angels, 39.

Anjou, House of, their claims upon Naples, 239.

-, county of, 403.

-, Louis of, 403.

Antibo, 333.

Antioch, St. Peter's Cathedral at, 360, 361.

Antwerp, 25, 26, 84, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 98, 116, 118, 119, 121, 149, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 162, 168, 169, 170, 173, 190, 200, 205, 213, 292, 353, 354, 363, 382, 383, 385, 387, 397, 400.

-, letters dated at, 25, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 53, 55, 57, 60, 64, 84, 86, 120, 165, 181, 188, 193, 196, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 368, 370, 371, 374, 376, 377, 379, 380, 381, 383, 385, 401, 402.

-, loans effected by the English Government in, 25, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 84, 86, 166, 181, 188, 193, 196, 197, 199, 201, 206, 211, 212, 213.

-, Bourse of, 39, 42, 49, 212, 371.

Antwerp, English merchants in, 57, 92, 94, 159, 165, 177.

-, notarial instrument dated from, 87.

-, disturbances at, pacified, 111.

-, punishment of citizens of, 153, 154, 155, 168.

-, Governor of, 166, 168.

-, Echevins of, 168.

-, Easterlings of, 169.

-, letter to Echevins and Council of, 390.

-, letter from Burgesses, Echevins, and Council of, 402.

Aoustin, Bailly of Dieppe, letter from, 359.

-, Nicolas, Seigneur de Hanruart, 235, 236.

Apollonius, Herman, 190.

Apostolic Chamber, the, 322.

- see, see Rome, see of.

Aprice, Thomas, 223.

Apulia, 115, 119, 180, 365.

Aquila, 309.

Aragozoni, Victor, 203.

-, Jacobe, 203.

Arches, Court of, 68.

Archipelago, the, 375.

Ardingham, 348.

Ardinghello, Cavalier, 292.

Ardres, 7, 16, 65, 77, 98, 117, 158, 166, 245, 315, 321, 350, 351, 352, 353.

-, the Captain of, 30, 31, 284.

Aremberg, Comte d', see Ligne, Jean de.

Argel, see Algiers.

Argenton, see Strasburg.

Ariano, 342.

Armagh, diocese of, 289.

Armagnac, Cardinal of, 340.

Armour, exported from Flanders to England, 353, 364, 365, 370, 371, 374, 376, 377, 378, 381, 383, 384.

Arnheim, letter dated from, 363.

Arnold, Roger, see Edwards, Roger.

Arques, Vicomté d', 236.

Arras, 7, 38, 119, 120, 393, 398, 405.

-, Bishop of, see Granvelle, Antonio de.

-, letters dated at, 37, 393, 394, 395.

Arrière Ban, the, 178, 183, 184, 299, 302.

Arrivabene, Giovanni Francesco, Mantuan Envoy to England, 309,

Arschot, Duc d', see Cröy, Philippe de.

-, Duchesse de, Anne de Lorraine, 150.

"Articuli matrimoniales conclusi in Parliamento secundo anno 1° Mariæ," 69.

-, in alio tractatu positi et in eodem Parliamenti decreto inserti," 69.

Artois, 112, 118.

Arundel, Earl of, see FitzAlan, Henry, Earl of Arundel.

Ascham, Roger, 172.

Ascoli, 291, 297, 313, 315, 322.

Asina, 312.

Assheton, Christopher, a traitor, 221.

-, -, is a refugee in France, 222, 229, 264, 265, 283, 284, 294, 305, 306.

-, -, fits out a ship, 282.

Assonleville, Christopher d', Envoy from King Philip to Scotland, 335.

-, -, instructions to, 335.

Aster, John, 223.

Asti, 132, 144, 148, 196, 306.

-, carried by the French,

Aston, see Assheton.

Astura, the river, 315.

Atkinson, Edmund, Somerset Herald, 202.

Atri, 301, 310.

-, Duke of, 301.

Aubespine, Claude de l', Seigneur de Hauterive, Secretary of State to Henry II., 66, 263, 272, 273, 279, 393, 394, 395, 404.

-, -, letter from, 273.

-, Sebastien de l', Abbé de Bassefontaine, Bishop of Wannes and Limoges, 218, 404.

Aucher, Marshal of Calais, 348, 354, 355.

Aucourt, parish of, 236.

Augsburg, 90, 118, 165, 167, 171, 176, 200, 214, 389.

-, Cardinal of, see Truchses, Otho.

-, Diet of, 118, 124, 127, 140, 144, 167, 184.

-, papers dated from, 153, 184.

-, letter from Councillors and Deputies of the empire at, 184.

-, articles of Diet of (1555), 184.

-, confession of, 189, 366.

-, letter dated from, 200.

Augustino, Sig. Antonio, Papal Nuncio to England, 159.

-, -, is auditor of the Rota, 340.

Augustus, Duke of Saxony, 2, 4, 8, 150, 167.

-, -, his son, 4, 392.

-, -, his daughter, 4.

-, -, assumes the Electorship of Saxony on the death of Duke Maurice, 8.

-, -, his disagreement with Duke John Frederick, 10.

-, -, is in federe Egriensi, 10.

-, -, makes peace with Albert of Brandenburg, 17.

Aumale, Duc d', see Loraine, Claude de.

-, Duchesse d' (Louise de Brézé), 240.

Austria, 51, 127.

-, Ferdinand, Archduke of (second son of the King of the Romans), 50, 51, 192, 193, 194, 245, 246, 274.

-, George, Archduke of, Bishop of Liège 96.

-, Lord Marshal of, 50.

-, states of, 208.

Austrian infantry, 63.

-, soldiers, 246.

Auxy-le-Chateau, 136, 400, 401.

Avalos, Fernando Francesco d', Marquis de Pescara and del Guasto, 161, 201, 203, 211, 288, 300, 392.

-, -, his wife, see Pescara, Marchioness of.

-, -, slays Cardinal of Trent's nephew, 294, 298.

-, -, letter from, 309.

Avesnes, 96, 100, 175.

Avignon, 367, 403.

Avila, see Davila.

Azevedo (y Fonseca), Don Diego de, Conde de Fuentes, 85, 390.

-, -, letter from, 387.

-, -, his wife (Doña Elvira de Azevedo), 85.