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Authors: Robert Hutchinson
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FW refers to Sir Francis Walsingham MQS refers to Mary Queen of Scots
Abington, Edward (executed)
348
Adams, John (priest and prisoner)
95
,
140
Africa (marble project)
245
Agazzari, Alfonso (rector of English College, Rome)
17
,
95
,
350
agents provocateurs Gifford
269
,
278
,
283
Moody
285
Ridolphi
58
, 357
Alva, Frances de (Spanish ambassador in Paris)
44
,
350
Irish rebels in Spain
46
Aldred, Solomon (tailor; agent of FW)
80
,
275
–
7
,
290
Alencon, Francis, Duke of (brother of Charles IX)
224
possible marriage to Elizabeth
48
Algiers
89
Alide, John (stationer)
286
al-Kindi (codebreaker)
124
Allen, Dr (later Cardinal) William (leader of Catholic exiles)
87
,
109
,
306
,
350
,
357
rival to Dr Owen Lewis
355
Allington (private secretary to Burghley)
34
Almond (or Amon), Roger (spy; alias William Vavasour)
103
,
277
–
8
,
291
,
310
,
312
–
3
Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of (Spanish Commander in the Netherlands)
20
–
1
,
34
planned invasion of England
55
–
6
plot to overthrow Elizabeth
54
–
5
English intercepting shipping
211
,
212
FW’s stepson
352
Anderson, Sir Edward (LCJ, judge at trial of MQS)
322
Anderson, Mr (Sheriff of Northumberland)
112
Andrews, Thomas (Sheriff of Northamptonshire)
350
execution of MQS
171
,
184
,
190
,
195
,
350
Angouleme, Duke of (bastard brother of Charles IX)
50
Anjou, Henry Duke of (brother of Charles IX)
44
,
49
possible marriage to Elizabeth
32
,
46
–
7
,
301
,
347
Anne of Denmark (wife of James I)
269
,
291
Antonio, Don (pretender to Portuguese crown)
208
Aparry, John (prisoner)
139
Appuldurcombe (home of FW)
31
,
32
Aquaviva, Claudius (Jesuit)
350
Arden, Edward (executed)
304
Arden, Mary (executed)
304
Arnold, Richard (sent greyhounds to FW)
59
Arundel, Charles (cousin to Duke of Norfolk)
225
,
350
Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of (son of Duke of Norfolk)
284
,
354
canonised
354
Enterprise of England
300
Gerard’s evidence
319
letters from MQS
88
Nonsuch estate
310
spies and espionage
108
,
114
–
15
,
279
,
283
,
284
Astell, Roger (prisoner)
139
Aston, Roger (agent of James VI)
171
,
350
Aubrey, John (writer)
335
Auenon, Alexander (Lord Mayor of London)
41
Aylmer, John (Bishop of London)
23
,
68
Azores (English shipping)
211
,
212
Babington, Anthony
125
–
37
,
140
–
5
,
169
,
317
,
351
estates awarded to Raleigh
172
forfeited property not given to FW
172
–
3
,
251
,
349
interrogation
321
marriage
316
Babington, Mary (daughter of Anthony; died)
316
Babington plot (1586)
125
–
45
,
146
,
149
,
169
,
317
–
19
,
348
,
351
–
2
Babthorp, William (English Catholic and Spanish sympathiser)
222
Bacon, Anthony (son of Sir Nicholas Bacon)
249
private secretary to Earl of Essex
337
Bacon, Sir Nicholas (Lord Keeper)
249
Bagshaw, Christopher (imprisoned priest)
305
Bailly, Charles (in service of MQS)
54
–
6
,
303
Baily, Dr (FW’s physician)
174
,
251
,
337
Ballard, John (priest; alias Fortescue; called Captain)
285
,
351
Babington plot
125
–
7
,
135
–
7
,
141
–
5
,
319
Baltazar (tailor to MQS)
326
Baltic
84
Bamme, Henry (goldsmith, ancestor of FW)
27
Banbury (FW made MP)
30
Banbury Castle
68
Barker (academic and priest)
109
Barker, Edward (trial of MQS)
153
,
160
,
321
,
322
Barn Elms (home of FW)
89
,
172
,
238
–
40
Barnard, Robert (spy; alias Robert Woodward; alias PH)
91
–
4
,
278
,
288
,
292
,
311
Fitzherbert and Tanner
340
Barnard Castle
68
Barnes, Sir George (Lord Mayor of London; father-in-law to FW)
30
Barnes, Thomas (spy; alias Robinson)
278
,
289
,
342
MQS’s letters
123
Barnwell, Robert (Babington plot)
127
,
145
Barry, Alexander (informer)
86
Bassano, Margaret (wife of musician)
307
Bassano, Mark Anthony (musician to Elizabeth)
74
,
307
Bath, Thomas (spy; alias Tomazo)
84
Batson (friar)
277
battle of Alcazar
305
battle of Langside
346
Bavant, Dr John (priest and prisoner)
139
,
318
Bawdwin, John (priest and prisoner)
139
,
318