A.

  Acevedo, Diego de, 149, 155.
  Adanero, Count de, 295.
  Addison, Mr., 346, 350.
  Adelphi, the, 264, 288.
  Aguilar, Marquis de, 140, 155.
  Alarcon, Captain, 46, 55, 59.
  Alba, Duchess of, her reception by Queen Mary, 163-4, 167, 170.
  Alba, Duke of, in Portugal, 13.
  Alba, Duke of, 76; sent to crush the Netherlands, 93; his seizure
    of Egmont, 94; his failure, 98; renewed severity, 99-104; his
    praise of Romero, 106; retires from the Netherlands, 106-7.
  Alba, Duke of, 140, 149, 153, 155.
  Alba, Duke of, urges Philip II. to action against England, 183.
  Alberoni, Cardinal, 255.
  Albert, Archduke, in command at Lisbon, 42, 48, 50-1, 53, 56, 63, 67.
  Alburquerque, 3rd Duke of, with Henry VIII. before Boulogne, 80.
  Alburquerque, 4th Duke of, 93.
  Alburquerque, Matias de, commands the galleys in the Tagus, 50.
  Alencastro, Luis, Don, Grand Master of the Order of Christ, 46.
  Aljubarrota, Portuguese victory over Castile, 218.
  Allen, Father, 191, 193, 197, 198, 201.
  Alonso the Wise of Castile, his decree against extravagance in
    attire and food, 212-13.
  Alonso XI. of Castile, decrees against extravagance, 213.
  Altamira, Count de, raises an army to relieve Corunna, 38.
  Alvaro, Souza, Portuguese captain, 65-6.
  Alvelade, near Lisbon, 56-7.
  Andrada, Count de, attempts to relieve Corunna, 37, 39.
  Antonio, Dom, the Portuguese Pretender, 13; flies to England,
    14; his treatment by Elizabeth, 14; flies to France, 15-16;
    attacks the Azores, 16; again appeals to Elizabeth, 17; his
    concessions to Elizabeth, 18-23; accompanies the expedition,
    29; lands at Peniche, 43-5; arrives at Torres Vedras, 55;
    at the gates of Lisbon, 56-9, 64, 67; leaves with the English, 64,
    68; returns to England, 71-2.
  Antwerp, sack of, in the Spanish Fury, 117-20.
  Araujo, Captain, surrenders Peniche, 42.
  Argüelles, Father, an exorciser, 303; his communications with
    the devil, 304, passim.
  Armada, defeat of, 3-5; cause of its defeat, 3-4; the disaster to
    foretold by Mendoza, 200.
  Arundel, Earl of, 149, 153, 154, 155, 162.
  Arundel, Earl of, at Durham Place, 269.
  Arundell's rising suppressed by the aid of Spanish mercenaries, 77.
  Astorga, Philip II. at, 142.
  Austria, decline of the house of, in Spain, 340-1.
  Authorities with regard to the wedding of Philip and Mary, 125-7,
    131-6.
  Azores, attacks upon, in the interest of Dom Antonio, 14-16;
    to be attacked by the English expedition, 22, 71;
    plan abandoned, 71, 72.



  B.

  Bacon, Lady, 284.
  Baden, Margrave of, imprisoned for debt at Rochester, 284.
  Baoardo, the Venetian, his account of the marriage of Philip and
    Mary, 126-7.
  Barlemont, Count, to betray Brussels, 115.
  Basing House, Philip and Mary at, 166.
  Bazan, Alvaro de, 66.
  Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow, his plans against Elizabeth,
    184 passim.
  Beauvoir, de, 108.
  Bedford's, Earl of, visit to Spain to ratify the marriage contract,
    128, 137, 142-3; Philip's gift to, 143-4; chooses the ship to
    carry Philip to England, 145; in England, 153.
  Bedford, Earl of, his house in the Strand, 264.
  Benavente, Philip II. at, 141-2.
  Benavente, Count de, entertains Philip II., 141.
  Benavente, Count de, Chamberlain to Charles II., 297, 300.
  Bere, Francis, Rev., rector of Prescot, 347, 360, 371.
  Bere, Richard, his parentage, 348; his adventures, 348 passim.
  Bergues, Marquis of, 149.
  Berlips, Madame, 295.
  Bertondona, Martin de, Spanish naval commander, 145.
  Bossu, Count, 102, 105.
  Boulogne besieged by the English, 79-81.
  Boys, Captain, R.N., Constable of Walmer Castle, 358.
  Boys, Christopher, of Updowne, 350.
  Boys, Mr., of Betshanger, 350.
  Boys, Lucy, her love passages with Richard Bere, 372-5.
  Boys, Sir John, of Betshanger, 352.
  Braganza, Duke of, 68.
  Brazil, offered to Catharine de Medici in return for aid to Dom
    Antonio, 18.
  Brett, Colonel, at Corunna, 33; killed at Lisbon, 60.
  Britain's Burse, Strand, 287.
  Browne, Sir Anthony, master of the horse to King Philip, 151.
  Bruce, Robert, envoy of the Scottish Catholics to Philip II.,
    199-202.
  Butler, Sir Philip, a friend of Essex, 41.
  Burleigh, Lord, his house in the Strand, 264.
  Burville, Mr., Rector of Tilmanston, 350, 358.



  C.

  Cadiz, Drake's attack upon, 8.
  Calais, the Armada in, 3.
  Calderon, 253.
  Caraffa, Cardinal, 197.
  Cardenas, surrenders Cascaes to Drake, 62; beheaded by the
    Spaniards, 63.
  Carew, at Durham Place, 265.
  Carillo, 155.
  Carlisle House, Strand, 264, 286.
  Carlos, Don (son of Philip II.), 137, 141.
  Carr, Captain, killed at Lisbon, 60.
  Carsey, Captain, killed at Lisbon, 60.
  Cary, Robert, sent by Elizabeth to warn James of the Catholic plot,
    202.
  Cascaes at the mouth of the Tagus, Drake at, 62-3, 64, 66, 68.
  Castile, Admiral of, Prime Minister of Spain, 295-8.
  Castro, Fernando de, 56.
  Catharine de Medici, aids Dom Antonio, 16, 18.
  Catharine of Lancaster, bride of the Prince of Castile, 218.
  Cave, Sir Ambrose, gives a wedding feast at Durham Place, 282-3.
  Cecil, Robert, first Earl of Salisbury, his house in the Strand,
    264; obtains Strand frontage of Durham Place, 267, 286-7.
  Cecilia of Sweden, Margravine of Baden, at Durham Place, 283-4.
  Cerralba, Marquis of, defends Corunna, 31.
  Cervantes' burial-place, 75-6.
  Challoner, Sir Thomas, English ambassador in Spain, 274.
  Chambergo bat, 254.
  Chapin-Vitelli, at Mons, 99.
  Charles V., Emperor, his decrees against extravagance in dress, 223-4.
  Charles II. of Spain (the Bewitched), his appearance, 291, 296;
    his distress, 297; the exorcism, 303 passim; death, 319.
  Charles II. of Spain, his sumptuary decrees, 255.
  Charles III. of Spain, his sumptuary decrees, 257-9.
  Charles IV. of Spain, his sumptuary decrees, 259-60.
  Charles Stuart's visit to Madrid, 249-50.
  Chartres, Vidame de, 276.
  Chatillon, French ambassador, at Durham Place, 268.
  Chinchon, Count de, 155.
  Churchill (1697), 368-9, 370.
  Coaches, abuse in the use of, 231-2, 242-3, 244, 256.
  Cobham, Lord, 153, 284.
  Cobham, Lady, 284-5  Como, Cardinal, 197.
  Copetes (topknots), decree against, 253.
  Cordoba, Don Antonio de, mobbed in London, 170.
  Cordoba, Cardinal, Inquisitor-General (Charles II.), 316;
    poisoned, 316.
  Cordoba, Pedro de, Chamberlain of Philip II., 149; mobbed in
    London, 170.
  Corunna, English attack upon, 31-40, 45.
  Corunna, Philip II. at, 144; the Spanish fleet at, 145-6; Philip
    II., departure from, to marry Mary, 147.
  Cotes, Sebastian de, a conspirator against the Queen Marie Anne
    of Neuberg, 298,
  Coventry, Lord Keeper, at Durham Place, 287.
  Clanking farthingales, 251, 252.
  Clarencis, Mistress Susan, 273.
  Clinton, Lord, 153.
  Cloth manufactory in Spain, 218, 224, 227.
  Creighton the Jesuit, his action in the plot against England, 188,
    189, 201.
  Crisp, Provost-Marshal, 51.
  Cromwell, Richard, at Durham Place, 265.



  D.

  Danes Court, Tilmanston, Kent, 347 passim.
  Darcy, Lord, 153.
  D'Aubigny, Duke of Lennox, joins in the plot against England,
    185, 188, 190.
  Derby, Earl of, 149, 153, 160, 164.
  Derby, Earl of (1700), 371.
  D'Este, Cardinal, 197.
  Devereux, Walter (Essex's brother), 41.
  Diaz, Cristobal, a Spanish captain in the English service, 85, 90.
  Diaz, Froilan, the new confessor of Charles II., 299; his
    participation in the exorcism, 303 passim; confesses, 316;
    arrested and escapes, 317; re-captured and imprisoned by the
    Inquisitor-General, 318-19; released and made Bishop of Avila, 320.
  Diaz de Lobo, Ruy, beheaded in Lisbon, 57.
  Dormer, Jane, Countess of Feria, 158; at Durham Place 268, 273.
  Drake, Sir Francis, commands the expedition against Portugal, 9,
    23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 39-43, 45-6, 62-3, 64, 66, 69, 71.
  Dryden, John, 346.
  Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, 82, 91, 265-6.
  Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester, at Durham Place, 269.
  Dumblain, Bishop of, 201.
  Durham Place, description of, in
    Tudor times, 270-2.



  E.

  Ecclesiastical palaces in the Strand, 264.
  Egmont's visit to Madrid, 93; his arrest and execution, 94-5.
  Egmont, Count, at Durham Place, 268.
  Egmont's visit to London to ratify Philip and Mary's marriage
    contract, 137, 139; with Philip, 140, 149, 155.
  Elder, John, his account of Philip and Mary's entrance into
    London, 125.
  Elizabeth's attitude towards Spain, 179-80.
  Elizabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain, 228, 231.
  Englefield, Sir Francis, English adviser of Philip II., 190.
  English Catholic feeling against the Scots, 190-1, 195-6, 198.
  English Catholics favour a purely Spanish attack on England, 192, 193.
  English aggression against Spain, 8, 182-3.
  English fashions, Spanish opinion of, 157-8, 165-7, 171.
  English feeling after the Armada, 7-8.
  English feeling against Philip's marriage with Mary, 137, 169-74.
  English food, abundance of, 167.
  English ladies, Spanish opinion of, 157-8, 166.
  Enriquez, Pedro, his account of the marriage of Philip and
    Mary, 134-5 passim.
  Essex, Earl of (Walter Devereux), at Durham Place, 286.
  Essex, Robert, Earl of, flight from Court to join the Portuguese
    expedition, 27; embarks on the Swiftsure and escapes, 28-9; the
    Queen's rage thereat, 28, 35; joins the expedition at sea, 41;
    lands at Peniche, 43; leads the vanguard, 51-2; at Lisbon, 56,
    60, 64; his humanity, 66; sends a challenge to the Spaniards, 67-8.
  Ethrington, Captain, at Puente de Burgos, 38.
  Expedition against Portugal: authorities hitherto known
    respecting it, 10; new authorities now quoted, 10, 11, 12; its
    constitution as a joint-stock enterprise, 9, 18, 22-8; its
    strength, 24-6; difficulties, 24-8; finally sails, 29; attacks
    Corunna, 31-40; alarm in Spain, 30-3, 39-40; the sacking of
    Corunna, 33-5; arrival at Peniche, 43-7, 51; attack on Lisbon,
    60-6; withdrawal, 63-8; sails from Cascaes, 70; return to
    England, 71; reasons for its failure, 72.



  F.

  Fadrique de Toledo, 98, 100, 101, 103-4.
  Fashion in hair-dressing, 250, 253-4.
  Fashion of dress in Spain in time of Philip II., 230-4; in the
    time of Philip III., 238-9; in the time of Philip IV., 247-54.
  Female extravagance in dress, Philip IV.'s fulmination against,
    251-3.
  Fenner, Captain, with the English at Corunna, 32.
  Ferdinand and Isabel, their decrees against gold and silver
    tissues, 220; limiting the use of silk, 221.
  Fernando de Toledo, prior, commands the Spanish army to
    relieve Lisbon, 30, 39, 61.
  Fernihurst (Gray, Laird of), 185.
  Feria, Count de, 140, 149, 155; marries Jane Dormer, 158;
    urges Philip to attack England, 180; at Durham Place, 267-8,
    269, 272, 273.
  Feria, Countess de. See Dormer.
  Figueroa, Spanish special envoy, 149.
  Finch, Lord Keeper, at Durham Place, 287.
  Fitzwalter, Lord, accompanies Bedford to Spain, 137, 142, 143;
    in England, 153.
  Fogge family of Danes Court, 347 passim.
  Fogge, Captain Christopher, 347.
  Fogge, Edward, 352.
  Fogge, John, of Danes Court, 348, 352, 366-7, 368, 372, 375.
  Fogge, Richard, Cavalier, 348, 352.
  Fogge, Richard, heir of Danes Court, 351, 363, 366, 367, 375-6.
  Folch de Cardona, Antonio, a member of the Queen's party,
    301, 313, 316, 318.
  Folch de Cardona, Lorenzo, Member of the Council of the
    Inquisition, 301, 313, 318-19.
  Fouldrey, Dalton-in-Furness, proposed place of landing for the
    Spanish invasion, 192.
  Francisco Fernando, the illegitimate son of Philip IV., 328-41.
  French ambassador de Foix at Durham Place, 282.
  French fashions, revolt against, in Spain, 255.
  Froude's account of the marriage of Philip and Mary, 126, 130,
    131 passim.
  Fuentes, Count de, commands the Spaniards in Lisbon, 55-6, 65,
    67, 72.
  Fulford, Captain, at Puente de Burgos, 38.



  G.

  Gafas (horn spectacles), 254.
  Gage, Sir John, 154.
  Gamboa, Sir Peter, a Spanish captain, murdered in London,
    77; enters the English service, 82-3; pensioned by Henry
    VIII., 86; his treachery to Romero, 88-9; his brilliant
    charge at Pinkie, 90.
  Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, 155, 161, 174.
  Garter, the investure of Philip with, 149, 150.
  Genlis' troops massacred at Mons, 99.
  Germaine de Foix, Queen of Aragon, 221.
  Gilimonas, the, leaders of the ladies' revolt against the
    sumptuary decrees, 252-3.
  Glimes, de, Flemish captain in the Spanish service, killed, 109.
  Godolphin, Lord, 373.
  Golilla, invention of the, 248, 249, 255, 260.
  Gomez, Ruy, Philip II.'s favourite, 146, 149.
  Gonsalves de Ateide, commands the Spaniards at Peniche, 42-3.
  Gonzaga, Cardinal, 197.
  Goodwin, Captain, wounded at Corunna, 35.
  Granada, Archbishop of, protests against Olivares leading Philip
    IV. into dissipation, 326-7.
  Granvelle, Cardinal de, his attitude towards the plot against
    England, 187, 189.
  Grey, Lady Jane, married at Durham Place, 265.
  Grey, Lord, in command at Boulogne, 81.
  Guaras, Antonio de, 77, 88.
  Guarda-Infante (flattened farthingales), decrees against, 251-3.
  Guedejas (side locks), 250; decrees against, 253-4.
  Guevara, Captain, hanged for murder at Smithfield, 77.
  Guise, Duke of, his plans against England, 184 passim.
  Gutierre, Lope de Padilla, sent to receive the English envoys,
    139, 149.
  Guzman, Captain, at Torres Vedras, 47, 51, 55, 70.
  Guzman, Diego de, Spanish ambassador in England, 182; at
    Durham House, 282, 285.


  H.

  Haarlem, siege of, 102-4.
  Haddington, siege of, 90.
  Hamilton, Lord Claude, appeals to Philip II., 199.
  Haro, Juan de, a Spanish captain in the English service, 78, 82.
  Hawkins, John, at Durham Place, 269.
  Heneage, Sir Thomas, 285.
  Henry, King-Cardinal of Portugal, 12, 13.
  Henry IV. of Castile, 219.
  Henry VIII. attacks Boulogne, 79-81; his death, 90.
  Hinder, Captain, at Puente de Burgos, 38.
  Holt, Father, the Jesuit, his action in the plot against England, 186.
  Horn, Count, with Philip II. in England, 149, 155; his arrest
    and execution, 94-5.
  Hostages, French, in England, 276.
  Household of an ambassador at Durham Place, 274.
  Howard, Lord Admiral, with Philip and Mary, 155; proposes an
    expedition to Portugal, 9.
  Howard, Lord James (1696), 366.
  Hugo's, Victor, distortion of history, 294.
  Huntingdon, Earl of, sent by the Queen to seek Essex, 28.
  Huntly, Colonel, at Corunna, 33-4.
  Huntly, Earl of, appeals to Philip II., 199.
  Hunsdon, Lord, 284.



  I.

  Infantado, Duke of, 249.
  Ireland, the Armada on the coast of, 5.
  Isassi Ydiaquez, Juan de, takes charge of the child of Philip
    IV. (Francisco Fernando), 328 passim.
  Ivy Lane, Strand, 263, 286.



  J.

  Jaime I. of Aragon, his enactment against extravagance, 211.
  James VI. of Scotland, plan to carry him to Spain, 185; his
    duplicity, 186; his religion, 186, 192, 193-5, 197, 201.
  Jara, near Lisbon, 55.
  Jewels brought to England by Dom Antonio, 14-17.
  John I. of Castile, his sumptuary decrees, 218.
  John II. of Castile,