B

Ballets, a courier, 473.

Bamberg, the Bishop of, 345.

Barbary, 191.

Barnes, Sir George. See London, Lord Mayor of.

Barra Head, 39 note.

Bath, the Order of the, 260 and note, 262.

Baume, François de la, bailli of Amont, 60 note.

Bavaria, Albert V., Duke of, 223, 299, 306.

-, 306.

Bave, Josse, secretary to the Emperor, letter from, to the Queen Dowager of Hungary, 427.

-, -, letters countersigned by, 65, 100, 111, 123, 160, 248, 284, 285, 294, 317, 318, 367, 381, 392, 437.

-, -, 355, 432.

Bazàn, Don Alvaro de, a Spanish naval commander, 383.

Beaulieu, the Lady Mary's house. See New Hall.

Becton, 71.

Bedford, the Earl of. See Russell, John.

beer, 234, 261, 311.

du Bellay, Martin, Governor of Normandy, 233 note.

Bene, Alberto del, an Italian in the French service, 42 note.

Bergavenny, Henry, Lord, 260 note.

Bernardino, John, a political agent, 307 and note.

Bernardino (Bernardino Ferrario?), an Italian agent, 324 and note.

Bernardo (or Bernardi), Sir Francesco, a Venetian agent in England, 450–451, 472, 475.

Berteville, Jean de Fontenay, Sieur de, 472 and note.

Berwick, 34, 42.

Beveren, Maximilien de Bourgogne, Count de, Admiral of the Low Countries, 225 and note, 226, 233, 243, 398, 409, 437, 456, 473.

Bilbao, letter dated from, 129.

-, 424.

Biscay, 5, 15, 20, 225, 403, 406, 422, 424, 434.

Bohemia, Maria, Queen of, 127 and note, 224, 330, 390.

-, Maximilian, King of, 28, 127 note, 191, 192, 223–224, 228, 267, 268, 269, 290, 299, 323, 333, 336, 358, 390.

-, 42, 356, 419.

Boisdauphin, M. de (René de Laval), French ambassador in England until May, 1553, 5 and note, 11.

-, -, his recall, 14, 40, 41, 44, 46, 47, 51, 57–58, 135, 361, 426.

-, -, his secretary in England, 426.

Boleyn, Anne, second wife of Henry VIII, 121, 260, 274, 292, 418.

Bonner, Edmund, Bishop of London, 169 and note, 210, 406, 427.

Bordeaux, 5, 442.

Bossut (or Boussut), Jean Hennin, Comte de, in the Emperor's service, 136, 398, 409, 473.

Bothwell, Earl of. See Hepburn, Patrick.

Boulogne, the Governor of. See Senarpont, M. de.

-, the campaign of (1549–1550), 22, 37, 191, 450 note, 451.

-, 22, 95, 96, 113, 350, 406, 412, 442, 458, 479.

Boulonnais, the, 209, 469.

Bourbon, Antoine de. See Vendôme, Duke of.

-, Charles de. See Roche-sur Yon, Prince of.

-, Jean de. See Enghien, Duke of.

-, Louis de. See Condé, Prince of.

-, Louis de. See Montpensier, Duke of.

Bourgogne, Maximilien de. See Beveren, Count de.

Bourne, Dr., 169 note.

Brabant, 381, 389.

Brandenburg, Joachim II, Elector of, 356.

Brandenburg-Culmbach, Margrave Albrecht-Alcibiades of, 54, 100, 258, 299, 306, 345, 356, 358, 368, 369, 469.

Brandon, Charles, Duke of Suffolk, 9 note, 51 note, 102 note.

-, Lady Frances, wife of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, 9 and note, 35, 51 and note, 55, 82, 98, 102 note, 106, 117, 133, 334, 393.

Brazil, 2.

Breda, 422.

Bremen, 315.

Brescia, 461.

Brest, 20, 445.

Brézé, Jean de, Sénéschal de Normandie, 71 note.

Bridewell, the Imperial ambassador's house in, 47, 424.

Bridges, Sir John, Lieutenant of the Tower, 120 note.

Brissac, Charles de Cossé, Count de, in the French service, 182 and note, 258 and note.

Bristol, 229, 242, 406, 424.

Brittany, 3 note, 235, 401, 412, 423, 427, 438, 470.

Brooke, Henry, Lord Cobham, 37, 83–86, 88, 89, 92–93, 97, 184, 186, 424.

Bruges, 106, 167, 257, 352.

Brunn, 465.

Brunswick, Duke Carolus Victor of, 100.

-, Duke Henry of, 100.

-, Otto, Duke of, 356.

-, Duke Philippus Magnus of, 100.

Brussels, letters dated from, 8, 30, 48, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 68, 76, 82, 90, 100, 101, 111, 123, 127, 128, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 182, 183, 275, 280, 282, 283, 284, 286, 294, 302, 303, 317, 318, 327, 345, 346, 351, 352, 353, 354, 356, 367, 368, 370, 374, 381, 385, 386, 387, 392, 398, 405, 414, 423, 428,

431, 434, 435, 437, 438, 443, 447, 448, 449, 451, 454, 458, 460, 479.

-, 1, 6, 10, 190, 211, 217 note, 222, 224, 242 note, 249, 271, 314, 357, 373, 396, 406 note, 412, 413, 417, 428 note, 441, 446, 457 and note.

Buckinghamshire, 107 and note, 174 note.

Bugía, 48.

Bugnicourt, M. de, in the Emperor's service, 34, 136, 141, 144, 149, 428.

Bullo, Donato, a servant of Cardinal Pole, 451.

Burgundy, 90, 223, 475.

-, and see the Franche-Comté.

Butler, Richard, Viscount Mount-garret, 412 and note.

Bye, M. du (del Bene?), 42.