ays of Edward VI., 37; grant of Combe Park, 37; made Chancellor of the Garter, 37; his attitude towards Queen Mary’s succession, 38-43; his justification to Mary, 40-46; grants to him during Edward’s reign, 47; splendour of his household, 47; his love of books, 48; patronage of learning, 49; his liveries, 50; conforms to Catholicism, 52; brings Pole to England, 55; accompanies him to Calais, 56; represents Lincolnshire in Parliament, 57; his action in favour of the Protestants, 58-59; his habits, 60; his devotion to his wife, 61; his connections with Princess Elizabeth, 62-63; his position on the succession of Elizabeth, 66-67; his first arrangements for Elizabeth’s government, 69; his foreign policy on the accession, 72-73, 76-77; his action in passing the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity, 78; Spanish plan to bribe him, 79; his approaches to Spain, 81; his Scottish policy, 82, 85, 86, 88; war with Scotland, 91-94; arranges the terms of peace in Edinburgh, 95-96; court intrigue against him, 99; checkmates Dudley, 103, 105; the suggestion as to the Council of Trent, 107-109; proceedings against Catholics, 111; his counsel to Knox, 115; his attitude towards Mary Stuart, 116; his numerous activities, 117; against piracy, 118; his assertion of English right to trade, 119; distress at his son’s conduct, 120-125; his attitude towards the Huguenots, 128-129, 132-133; his relations with the Bishop of Aquila, 130-131, 136-138; distrust of the French, 142; his activity in defensive measures, 144; his interest in mineralogy, 144; appointed Master of the Court of Wards, 145; his action as Chancellor of Cambridge University, 145-146; his character, 150; Dudley’s intrigues against him, 152-153; renewed approaches to Spain, 154-157; continued intrigues of Dudley, 256 Carbery Hill, 196 Carew, Arthur, 228 Carew, Sir Peter, 95 Carrack, the great (Madre de Dios), 452-453 Cartwright, leader of the Puritans, 290 Castelnau de la MauvissiÈre, 175, 277, 341-343 Cateau-Cambresis, peace of, 76, 80 Catharine de Medici, 10, 92, 128, 133, 142, 154, 157, 166, 213, 221-222, 251, 266, 273, 297, 326, 341, 369, 384, 413 Catharine of Aragon, 3, 4, 7 Catholic plots against Elizabeth and Burghley, 225, 244, 256-259, 270, 317, 364-366, 371, 376, 383-384, 389, 390-392, 402-405, 422, 450, 456, 470 Cavalcanti, Guido, 73, 75, 232, 251, 267 Cave, Sir Ambrose, 71 Cecil, David, grandfather of Burghley, 7 Cecil, Mrs., 293, 427 Cecil, Richard, Burghley’s great-grandfather, 6 Cecil, Richard, Burghley’s father, 7, 8, 37 Cecil, Sir Robert, 433, 437-438, 445, 450, 453-454, 454 note, 457-458, 461-464, 472-473, 477; his plan to force war with Spain, 478-480; his attempt to relieve Calais, 480; his expedition to Cadiz, 482-483; “the islands voyage,” 484-486; retires from court, 486-487; urges war with Spain, 493; attends Burghley’s funeral, 496 Essex, Lady, marriage with Leicester, 332 Farnese, Alexander, 316, 318, 328; peace negotiations with England, 425-432 Felton, 243 FÈre, La, siege of, 477 Feria, Duke of, Spanish Ambassador, 65-67, 72-73, 76-77 Fitzwilliam sent to Spain, 260 Flanders, revolt against the Spaniards in, 133, 184, 189, 204, 209, 219, 224, 229, 242, 245, 264-265, 273, 283-285, 303-307, 313-319, 320-321, 325, 328, 335, 359, 370-373, 379, 382-385, 395-401, 411, 422, 488-489 Foix, De, French Ambassador, 157, 158, 166, 169-170, 175, 265, 269 Foreign policy of England, 4, 26, 33, 46, 64, 72-73, 74, 80-81, 85, 88, 91-92, 112-114, 128-129, 136-138, 154-155, 303, 313, 132, 175-176, 177-180, 182, 197, 201, 212, 218-219, 223; murder of, 243 Nantouillet, Provost of Paris, a hostage in England, 137 Nau, Mary’s secretary, 394, 404 Navarre, King of (Anthony de Bourbon), 106, 110, 127; death of, 135 Navy, English, 144, 248, 338 Noailles, De, French Ambassador, 36 Norfolk, Duke of, 50 Norfolk, Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of, 90, 101, 165, 169, 180, 191, 192, 231-241, 246-257; condemned to death, 267; executed, 268 Norris, Sir Henry, English Ambassador in France, 193, 201, 205, 208, 213, 222, 225, 237, 244, 252 Norris, Sir John, 379, 396, 429, 436-438, 447, 466 Northampton, Marquis of, 71, 191 Northern Lords, rising of, 240-241 Northumberland, Duke of, 16, 18-25; his foreign policy, 27; his religious policy, 36; his action as to the succession, 38-39; leads the forces against Mary, 43-44; his betrayal by the Council, 45-46; his execution, 50 Northumberland, Earl of, 185, 239 Nowell, Dean of St. Paul’s, 165 O’Neil, Shan, 127, 136, 185 Orange, Prince of, 298 Ridley, 57 Ridolfi plot, 225, 229-230, 235, 257-259 Rizzio, 173, 179, 182 Rogers, Edward, 71, 141 Ross, 257 Ross, Bishop of, 225, 232, 243, 250, 256-259, 295 Rouen, siege of, 448-449 Russell, Lord. See Bedford Russian Company, Cecil one of the founders of, 36 Ruthven, raid of, 376 Ruy Gomez, 77 Sadler, Sir Ralph, 86, 91, 95 St. Aldegonde, 305 St. Bartholomew, 275-276, 288 St. John’s College, Cambridge, 9, 15, 146 St. Quentin, battle of, 64 Sandys, Archbishop, 339 Sarmiento de Gamboa, 411 Savage one of the Babington conspirators, 404 Savoy, Duke of, 63 Scotland, anarchy in, 15; war with, 16; invasion of, by Somerset, 16; battle of Pinkie, 16; French forces in, 82; war with England, 91; peace of Edinburgh, 95-96; English support of Protestants in, 107, 110; Mary and the Protestants, 113-114; Mary refuses to ratify the peace of Edinburgh, 115; marriage with Darnley, 173; revolt of Murray, 173, 175; murder of Rizzio, 182; murder of Darnley, 192-193; French plots in, 197-199; Murray as Regent, 212; Langside, 214; civil war, 218; murder of Murray, 243; Catholic influence dominant, 243; Morton Regent, 285; rise of the Protestant party, 295; rise of D’Aubigny, THE ENDPrinted by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
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