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Bess of Hardwick and Her Circle

Chapter 34: INDEX
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A detailed life portrait traces a provincial gentlewoman's ascent by marriage, household management, and strategic alliances into a position of great wealth and influence within Elizabethan aristocratic networks. The narrative interweaves family correspondence, contemporary portraits, and documentary evidence to chart her ambitious building campaigns and the creation of impressive houses and galleries. It examines her role in high-stakes political episodes, including the custody of a deposed monarch, and the disputes and arrangements surrounding heirs and inheritance. Illustrated chapters move from childhood and social apprenticeship through tumultuous middle years to declining fortunes and contested legacies, offering a close view of household practice, patronage, and domestic power.

INDEX

  • A
  • Adderley, Mr., 108
  • Alsope, Hugh, 17
  • Alva, Duke of, 40, 76, 92–3
  • Anjou, Duke of, 40, 76, 218, 221, 272, 317
  • Anne Boleyn, 28, 121
  • Anne of Cleves, 122
  • Anne of Denmark, 341–2, 344, 356
  • Appleyard, 92
  • Argyle, Earl of, 39
  • Arran, Earl of, 39, 123
  • Arundel, Earl of, 314
  • B
  • Barlow, Antony, 108
  • Barlow, Robert, 3, 355
  • Beale, Robert, 228, 231 et sqq., 268, 293
  • Bedford, Countess of, 188
  • Bedford, Earl of, 188
  • Bell, William, 92–3
  • Bentall, 256 et sqq.
  • Beresford, Henry, 282 et sqq., 289, 290
  • Beton, Andrew, 232
  • Beton, Archbishop, 232
  • Beton, John, 81, 232
  • Beauchamp, Lord, 340
  • Bolsover, 35, 43, 204, 347, 351 et sqq.
  • Bolton, Castle, Mary Queen of Scots at, 47, 49
  • Bonaparte, Napoleon, 35
  • Bothwell, Earl of, 68–9, 119, 127
  • Boughton, Elizabeth. See Cavendish
  • Brackenbury, Richard, 327
  • Bruce, Mrs., 66
  • Burghley, Lady, 32, 101, 105, 128, 316
  • Burghley, Robert Cecil, Lord, 340–1
  • Burghley, Thomas Cecil, Lord, 188
  • Burghley, William Cecil, Lord, 23, 32, 38, 69, 79, 101, 104–5, 178, 183, 211, 257, 259, 302, 314, 316, 325;
    • and Lady Catherine Grey’s marriage, 27, 30;
    • and Mary Queen of Scots’ marriage, 29;
    • letters written to, 30, 64–5, 80, 149, 150, 153, 208, 236, 239, 278, 329, 333;
    • and Lady Mary Grey’s marriage, 31;
    • and imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots, 47, 64–5, 70, 72, 97;
    • visits Mary Queen of Scots, 80, 128, 228;
    • letters from, 82, 161, 165, 188;
    • and Lascelles, 82–3;
    • and Norfolk’s death, 87;
    • and the Norwich high treason trial, 92–3;
    • his and Elizabeth’s distrust of the Shrewsburys, 110 et sqq.;
    • and Lady Lennox, 125, 153;
    • and the Lennox marriage, 149, 150, 236, 239;
    • Shrewsbury’s present of plate to, 161;
    • and Lady Shrewsbury’s match-making, 165 et sqq.;
    • goes to Buxton, 187;
    • and the accusation against Lord Shrewsbury, 249, 250;
    • and the Shrewsbury quarrel, 26, 279 et sqq., 285, 290, 298;
    • and Shrewsbury’s slanderers, 264;
    • and the “Scandal Letter,” 271;
    • and Mary Queen of Scots’ trial, 308–9;
    • and Lady Arabella’s income, 329 et sqq.;
    • and Lady Arabella’s proposed marriage, 333 et sqq.;
    • his death, 340;
    • his portrait at Hardwick, 356
  • Butts, Sir William, 92
  • Buxton, Mary Queen of Scots at, 110, 167, 171, 179
  • C
  • Caithness, Bishop of, 220
  • Catherine de Medici, 117
  • Cavendish, Anne, 6
  • Cavendish, Sir Charles, 6, 45, 242, 247–8, 254, 258, 264, 268, 275, 282, 284, 292, 296, 305, 337, 340–1, 348
  • Cavendish, Elizabeth. See Lennox
  • Cavendish, Elizabeth, 6
  • Cavendish, Lady Grace, 6, 36, 44, 258, 355
  • Cavendish, Henry, 6, 36, 99, 107, 256 et sqq., 261, 284, 344, 346, 348, 355
  • Cavendish, Thomas, 4
  • Cavendish, Sir William, “Bess of Hardwick’s” second husband, 4 et sqq., 11, 355
  • Cavendish, William. See Earl of Devonshire
  • Cecil. See Lord Burghley
  • Chamley, Sir Hugh, 181
  • Chatsworth, 6 et sqq., 16, 72, 79, 80, 84, 91, 110, 120, 130, 152, 180 et sqq., 184, 205, 208, 214, 258, 284–5, 294, 296–7, 334, 341, 347
  • Cobham, Lord, 32
  • Cobham, Lady, 33, 42, 44, 118
  • Cooke, R., 256
  • Copley, Christopher, 293
  • Corker, Chaplain, 114 et sqq.
  • Crompe, James, 10, 19, 22
  • Cumberland, Countess of, 188
  • Cumberland, Earl of, 188, 256, 301
  • Curle, 252, 257
  • D
  • Darcy, Lord, 32
  • Darnley, Henry, Earl of, 29, 39, 68–9, 119, 124 et sqq., 146, 153, 159, 176, 240
  • Derby, Earl of, 275, 314
  • Devonshire, first Earl of, 6, 10, 22, 294, 298, 334–5;
    • and Lady Arabella Stuart, 239;
    • and Mary Queen of Scots, 247, 268–9;
    • and Hardwick Hall, 256, 258–9, 262, 287;
    • Lady Shrewsbury’s love for, 329, 356;
    • barony conferred on, 342;
    • family’s jealousy of, 347;
    • earldom conferred on, 348;
    • and Chatsworth, 352;
    • his portrait at Hardwick, 356
  • Dickenson, Gilbert, 298, 312
  • Dudley, Lady Amy, 175
  • Dudley, Lord Robert. See Earl of Leicester
  • Dyer, Edward, 102, 104
  • E
  • Edward VI, 6 et sqq., 24, 122, 124
  • Elizabeth, Queen, 16–17, 20, 35, 121–2, 189, 233, 257, 260, 301, 307, 360;
    • and Lady Catherine Grey’s elopement, 26 et sqq., 30;
    • her suitors, 29, 221, 317;
    • and Lady Mary Grey’s marriage, 31;
    • and “Bess of Hardwick’s” fourth marriage, 36 et sqq.;
    • and the custody of Mary Queen of Scots, 39 et sqq.;
    • and Queen Mary’s expenditure, 63;
    • courtiers’ opinion of, 64–5;
    • and Mary’s release, 80–1;
    • and Queen Mary’s attachment to the Duke of Norfolk, 75 et sqq., 85, 87;
    • her suspicions of the Shrewsburys, 77 et sqq., 97–8, 110 et sqq., 212, 214 et sqq., 226 et sqq.;
    • and Norfolk’s trial and execution, 95–6;
    • her affection for the Earl of Leicester, 73, 101, 105, 175 et sqq., 315;
    • her favourites, 101–2, 277;
    • and Lady Lennox, 125 et sqq., 145;
    • and Elizabeth Cavendish’s marriage to the Earl of Lennox, 147 et sqq., 270;
    • consigns Lady Lennox and Lady Shrewsbury to the Tower, 153;
    • her allowance to Shrewsbury, 162;
    • her depression, 162–3;
    • visits the Countess of Pembroke, 163;
    • Burghley’s loyalty to, 167–8;
    • her possible successor, 174, 338;
    • and Leicester’s visit to the Shrewsburys, 182 et sqq.;
    • her letter to the Shrewsburys, 183 et sqq.;
    • letter written to, 186;
    • her fear of Queen Mary, 186–7, 211 et sqq.;
    • and the pageant at Whitehall, 225;
    • Queen Mary’s appeals to, 230–1;
    • and Lady Arabella Stuart, 239, et sqq.;
    • and Mary’s attack on the Shrewsburys, 242 et sqq.;
    • and the Shrewsbury slander, 263–4, 268;
    • and the Shrewsbury quarrel, 267, 279 et sqq., 292 et sqq.;
    • the “Scandal Letter” to, 271 et sqq.;
    • her pursuits, 315–16, 362;
    • her fondness for children, 327;
    • and the provision for Lady Arabella, 329 et sqq.;
    • and Lady Arabella’s proposed marriage, 340;
    • her portrait at Hardwick, 356
  • Essex, Countess of, 171
  • F
  • Fawley, Mr., 305
  • Fénélon, La Mothe, 147, 152, 191
  • Fletcher, Dr., Dean of Peterborough, 311–12
  • Fletewood, William, Recorder of London, 262, 269
  • Foljambe, Hercules, 255
  • Fowller, Thomas, 237
  • G
  • Gerrard, Judge, 92–3
  • Glasgow, Archbishop of, 238
  • Gresham, Sir Thomas, 188
  • Grey, Lady Catherine. See Countess of Hertford
  • Grey, Lady Jane, 24, 125
  • Grey, Sir John, 30
  • Grey, Lady Mary. See Keys
  • Grey, Lord Leonard, 14
  • H
  • Hall, John, 36
  • Hammer, Rev. Merideth, 263
  • Hardwick, Elizabeth (“Bess of Hardwick”). See Countess of Shrewsbury
  • Hardwick, Elizabeth (mother of “Bess of Hardwick”), 13, 23
  • Hardwick Hall, 7, 8, 17, 258, 261, 325, 331–2, 334, 342 et sqq., 351–2
  • Hardwick, John (father of “Bess of Hardwick”), 1 et sqq., 7
  • Hatton, Sir Christopher, 102, 104, 272–3
  • Haydon, Sir Christopher, 92
  • Henry VIII, 5, 7, 14, 24, 120, 123–4, 179, 219
  • Henry of Navarre, 165
  • Herbert, Lady Anne. See Talbot
  • Herbert. See Pembroke
  • Hereford, Viscount, 76
  • Hertford, Countess of, 24 et sqq., 158, 175, 270, 339
  • Hertford, Dowager Countess of, 27–8
  • Hertford, Earl of, 25 et sqq., 153, 339
  • Howard, Hon. Francis, 101
  • Howard, Lord Thomas, 121–2, 153
  • Hunsden, Lord, 173
  • Huntingdon, Earl of, 76 et sqq., 86, 155–6, 181, 212
  • J
  • Jackson, Henry, 23
  • James I, 69, 76, 123, 127, 129, 130, 159, 160, 220, 240, 311, 332, 338, 340 et sqq.
  • John of Austria, Don, 207, 223
  • Julio, Mr., 223
  • K
  • Katherine of Aragon, 121
  • Katherine Howard, 122
  • Katherine Parr, 123
  • Kennet, Bishop, 4
  • Kent, Earl of, 310
  • Keys, John, Serjeant Porter, 29, 31
  • Keys, Lady Mary, 29, 31, 158
  • Kighley, Anne. See Cavendish
  • Killigrew, Sir William, 273
  • Knifton, Mr., 256, 313
  • Knollys, Sir Francis, 46, 48, 50, 71
  • Knollys, Lettice. See Countess of Leicester
  • Kynnersley, Nicholas, 312
  • L
  • Lascelles, Hersey, 82 et sqq., 305
  • Leake, Elizabeth, 359
  • Leake, Sir Francis, 343
  • Lee, Sir Henry, 300 et sqq.
  • Leicester, Douglas, Countess of, 101, 177
  • Leicester, Lettice, Countess of, 177, 259
  • Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 42, 94, 104, 125, 223, 227, 264, 303, 306–7;
    • and Lady Catherine Grey’s marriage, 27;
    • Queen Elizabeth’s love for, 29, 75, 101, 176, 183, 315;
    • and the Norwich conspiracy trial, 92;
    • his gaiety, 100–1, 178;
    • and the Lennox marriage, 147 et sqq.;
    • letter written by, 170;
    • chit-chat concerning, 171–2;
    • his visit to Buxton, 174 et sqq.;
    • his insolence to the Queen, 177;
    • Elizabeth’s letter concerning, 184 et sqq.;
    • and the Shrewsbury tenantry, 215–16;
    • and Francis Talbot’s death, 230;
    • and Bentall, 256 et sqq.;
    • death of his son, 259;
    • and the Shrewsbury quarrel, 280, 292, 294;
    • letter written to, 292;
    • his death, 315–16
  • Lennox, Charles Stuart, Earl of, 6, 12 et sqq., 153, 157, 219, 270
  • Lennox, Matthew, Earl of, 123 et sqq., 159, 240
  • Lennox, Elizabeth, Countess of, 6, 213, 222, 273–4;
    • her courtship, 131 et sqq.;
    • her marriage, 145–6;
    • the Queen’s anger against, 147 et sqq., 153, 270;
    • pathetic letter to her mother, 157–8;
    • birth of her daughter, Lady Arabella Stuart, 158;
    • letter to Queen Elizabeth, 160;
    • her widowhood, 189;
    • her death, 234 et sqq.;
    • the Queen’s allowance to, 329
  • Lennox, Margaret, Countess of, 118, 120 et sqq., 145 et sqq.;
  • Lenton, John, 276
  • Leviston, Lady, 64
  • Lichfield, Bishop of, 317 et sqq.
  • Livingstone, Lady, 66
  • M
  • Manners, Roger, 188
  • Manners, Lady, 305
  • Margaret Queen of Scotland, 24, 120
  • Mary, Queen, 12, 20, 120, 125, 356
  • Mary of Lorraine, 123
  • Mary Queen of Scots, 28, 110, 155, 162, 169, 193, 196, 208, 223, 292, 308;
    • her marriage to Darnley, 29, 39;
    • Elizabeth’s plotting against, 39 et sqq.;
    • her life as a prisoner, 47 et sqq., 63 et sqq., 85–6;
    • her description of Tutbury Castle, 62–3;
    • and the Duke of Norfolk, 68–9, 75 et sqq., 85;
    • goes to Wingfield, 70–1;
    • her ill-health, 72, 79, 81, 97, 230 et sqq.;
    • and Norfolk’s execution, 87 et sqq., 97;
    • strict surveillance of, 95–6, 98;
    • her misfortunes, 105, 119;
    • her claims, 115;
    • her fear of assassination, 117;
    • and the Countess of Lennox, 125 et sqq.;
    • letter written by, 128;
    • her reconciliation with the Countess of Lennox, 145–6, 159, 160;
    • and the birth of Lady Arabella Stuart, 159;
    • Lord Burghley and, 166 et sqq.;
    • at Buxton, 171;
    • her friendship with Lady Shrewsbury, 174, 209;
    • and Leicester, 176–7, 190–1;
    • her reported escape, 207, 211 et sqq., 221;
    • and Lady Arabella Stuart’s heritage, 220, 236 et sqq.;
    • her love of gaiety, 225–6;
    • her diet, 228;
    • her accusations against Lady Shrewsbury, 241 et sqq., 246 et sqq.;
    • the slander against, 245, 249, 250, 263 et sqq., 268 et sqq.;
    • her execution at Fotheringay, 266, 309 et sqq., 323, 337;
    • her “Scandal Letter” to Elizabeth, 271 et sqq.;
    • her bower at Chatsworth, 352;
    • her portrait at Hardwick Hall, 356–7
  • Matthew, Tobie, Archbishop of York, 363
  • Mauvissière, 242, 244 et sqq.
  • Mendoza, Don Bernardino de, 278
  • Middleton, Antony, 93
  • Mildmay, Sir Walter, 293
  • Moray, Earl of, 39, 69, 75
  • Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, 159, 240
  • N
  • Norfolk, fifth Duke of, 177
  • Norfolk, Thomas, fourth Duke of, 68–9, 75 et sqq., 79, 82, 85 et sqq., 97, 105, 119, 190
  • Norris, Lord, 188
  • Norris, Lady, 171
  • O
  • Ogle, Cuthbert Lord, 45
  • Ogle, Jane. See Shrewsbury
  • Osborne, Peter, 24
  • Oseley, Solicitor-General, 34
  • Owlcotes, 343, 351
  • Oxford, Earl of, 101, 105, 273
  • P
  • Paget, Lord, 46, 100, 275
  • Parker, Archbishop, 28
  • Parma, Duke of, 332
  • Pembroke, Catherine Countess of, 45, 163
  • Pembroke, Henry Herbert, second Earl of, 24, 45, 163
  • Pembroke, William Earl of, 45
  • Philip of Spain, 82
  • Pierrepoint, Sir George, 20–1
  • Pierrepoint, Sir Henry, 6, 20, 41
  • Pierrepoint, Lady, 6, 41
  • Poland, King of, 344
  • Portington, Roger, 301, 305
  • R
  • Raleigh, Sir Walter, 32, 344
  • Rawley, Sir Walter, 338
  • Robsart, Amy. See Dudley
  • Rolson, 275
  • Roods, Mr. Serjeant, 257
  • Ross, Bishop of, 71, 79, 81, 129
  • Rufford, 35, 151, 199, 252, 327, 351
  • Rutland, Edward Manners, third Earl of, 254 et sqq.
  • Ruxby, 275
  • S
  • Sackville, Lady, 126
  • Sackville, Sir Richard, 17, 126
  • Sadler, Sir Ralph, 86 et sqq., 265, 293
  • St. Loe, Sir William, 13 (“Bess of Hardwick’s” third husband), 13 et sqq., 23, 286
  • Scrope, Lord, 48, 112
  • Seaton, Mrs., 64
  • Seton, Mary, 66–7, 232–3, 242–3
  • Seymour, Lady Jane, 28
  • Seymour, William, 339, 340, 342
  • Sheffield, Lady. See Countess of Leicester.
  • Sheffield Castle, 35, 281;
    • Mary Queen of Scots at, 73 et sqq., 85 et sqq., 95 et sqq., 110 et sqq., 171, 193, 231 et sqq.
  • Shrewsbury, Edward Talbot, eighth Earl of, 43, 45, 169, 189, 308, 325–6, 340, 348
  • Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Countess of: her birth, 1;
    • her early life, 2;
    • her early marriage and widowhood, 3;
    • her second marriage to Sir William Cavendish, 4;
    • her family, 5 et sqq., 12–13, 36;
    • rebuilds Chatsworth, 7, 12, 23, 72, 91, 202 et sqq.;
    • instructions to her steward, 9, 10;
    • death of her husband, 10;
    • her third marriage to Sir William St. Loe, 13 et sqq.;
    • letters written to, 8, 17, 18, 19, 21, 40, 42, 45, 106 et sqq., 158, 181, 188, 193, 197–8, 202, 254, 286;
    • letters written by, 9, 22, 183, 194, 239, 290, 298, 329, 333;
    • death of her husband, 23, 32;
    • and Lady Catherine Grey’s marriage, 27, 30;
    • her suitors, 32–3;
    • her fourth marriage to Earl of Shrewsbury, 34 et sqq.;
    • and Mary Queen of Scots’ imprisonment, 46–7, 50–1, 63 et sqq., 86 et sqq., 95–6;
    • and Author’s interlude at Tutbury Castle, 52 et sqq.;
    • at Wingfield Manor, 70 et sqq.;
    • and Queen Elizabeth’s suspicion of, 72–3, 77 et sqq., 97, 111;
    • and Henry Lascelles, 83 et sqq.;
    • and Mary and Norfolk, 87 et sqq.;
    • her business instincts, 114, 119;
    • Mary’s attitude to, 117;
    • and her daughter Elizabeth’s marriage, 132, 145 et sqq.;
    • her imprisonment in the Tower, 153 et sqq., 161;
    • released from the Tower, 156;
    • the birth of her grandchild, 158–9, 173–4;
    • her love of match-making, 165 et sqq.;
    • restored to Elizabeth’s favour, 170;
    • entertains Leicester at Chatsworth, 182 et sqq.;
    • her social importance, 193;
    • her household needs, 196;
    • and Gilbert Talbot, 197;
    • family quarrels, 200 et sqq.;
    • the dissension between the Earl and, 200 et sqq., 213–14, 251, 260 et sqq., 279 et sqq., 312–13, 318 et sqq.;
    • and her love of building, 203, 214;
    • her grief at her grandchild’s death, 208–9, 213;
    • presents to, from Mary, 209;
    • the tenantry and, 215 et sqq.;
    • and the rights of Lady Arabella Stuart, 220, 236, 239 et sqq., 328 et sqq., 333 et sqq., 343, 345;
    • and Elizabeth’s flattery, 222;
    • and Mary Queen of Scots’ illness, 233;
    • and the death of her daughter, Lady Lennox, 234 et sqq.;
    • and Mary Queen of Scots’ complaints of, 241 et sqq.;
    • and the Shrewsbury scandal, 245 et sqq., 268 et sqq.;
    • and Gilbert Talbot’s monetary affairs, 254 et sqq.;
    • division of her property, 258, 284–5;
    • and Queen Elizabeth as peacemaker, 267–8, 283, 290, 292 et sqq., 312;
    • appears before the Lords of the Council, 268 et sqq.;
    • and the “Scandal Letter,” 271 et sqq.;
    • and the Earl’s financial proposal, 296 et sqq.;
    • appeals to Burghley, 298;
    • Bishop of Lichfield and, 318 et sqq.;
    • her characteristics, 322, 354–5, 361 et sqq.;
    • quarrels with Gilbert and Mary, 324, 326;
    • builds Owlcotes, 343, 348;
    • her serious illness, 344, 346;
    • her death, 347;
    • her mansions, 349 et sqq.;
    • her portrait at Hardwick, 354
  • Shrewsbury, George Talbot, sixth Earl of (“Bess of Hardwick’s” fourth husband), 241;
    • his ancestry, 34–5;
    • honours bestowed on, 35;
    • his marriage to “Bess of Hardwick,” 36 et sqq.;
    • his enormous correspondence, 38;
    • letters written by, 42, 45, 78, 97, 106, 108–9, 111, 115, 165, 186–7, 193, 208, 234, 259, 279, 281, 286, 299, 305;
    • his charge of Mary Queen of Scots, 40–1, 43, 45 et sqq., 95, 180, 231;
    • his allowance for Mary, 63, 113–14, 162;
    • and Mary’s life at Tutbury, 64 et sqq.;
    • at Wingfield, 70 et sqq.;
    • his illness, 72–3;
    • Queen Elizabeth’s complaints of, 76–7, 97–8, 111 et sqq., 156, 226;
    • and Queen Mary’s health, 81, 96;
    • and the attack on his wife, 82 et sqq., 97–8;
    • and Duke of Norfolk’s trial, 86–7;
    • letters written to, 99 et sqq., 109, 290, 301, 318;
    • his characteristics, 113, 246, 254;
    • and the priests’ accusation, 114 et sqq.;
    • and Elizabeth Cavendish’s marriage, 147 et sqq.;
    • and his wife’s imprisonment, 153 et sqq.;
    • his present to Burghley, 161–2;
    • and his son’s proposed marriage, 166 et sqq.;
    • his expenditure, 169, 227–8;
    • and Leicester at Buxton, 171;
    • entertains Leicester at Chatsworth, 182 et sqq.;
    • his parsimony, 196, 201, 299;
    • disagreements with his children, 198, 251 et sqq.;
    • disagreements with his wife, 200 et sqq., 213, 251 et sqq., 258 et sqq., 312 et sqq.;
    • and Mary’s reported escape, 207, 211;
    • and his grandchild’s death, 208–9;
    • Mary’s friendliness towards, 209;
    • pleads to Queen Elizabeth, 212;
    • difficulties with his tenants, 214 et sqq.;
    • and his grandchild Arabella, 220;
    • wishes to visit the Queen, 230;
    • death of his son Francis, 230, 259;
    • and Mary’s ill-health, 231 et sqq.;
    • and the death of Lady Lennox, 234–5;
    • the slander against, 245, 249, 250, 262 et sqq., 267 et sqq.;
    • and Mary Talbot, 254 et sqq.;
    • his dislike of Chatsworth, 258–9;
    • released from his charge of Mary, 266;
    • visits Elizabeth, 266–7;
    • and Elizabeth as peacemaker, 267, 278, 296 et sqq.;
    • his monetary disputes with the Countess, 284 et sqq.;
    • and Elizabeth’s partiality for the Countess, 292 et sqq.;
    • and Elizabeth’s profession, 295, 315;
    • Elizabeth’s decision, 296 et sqq.;
    • reproves Mary Talbot’s extravagance, 299, 300;
    • Sir Henry Lee and, 299 et sqq.;
    • his lonely old age, 307–8, 315–16;
    • summoned to Fotheringay, 307;
    • and execution of Mary Queen of Scots, 309 et sqq.;
    • Bishop of Lichfield’s advice to, 318 et sqq.;
    • his death, 322 et sqq.
  • Shrewsbury, Gilbert Talbot, seventh Earl of, 6, 43, 106, 127, 157, 164, 228, 283, 286, 308;
    • his marriage, 36, 44–5;
    • letters written by, 99, 117, 171, 197, 199, 202, 215, 254, 314, 346;
    • his varied duties, 99, 223;
    • letters written to, 109, 299;
    • and his first child, 111;
    • and the priests’ accusations against his father, 114–15, 117–18;
    • Court chit-chat by, 171 et sqq.;
    • entertains Leicester at Buxton, 180;
    • his illness, 195;
    • and his uncongenial home, 197 et sqq.;
    • dissension with his father, 198 et sqq.;
    • and his parents’ quarrels, 201 et sqq., 254 et sqq.;
    • and the Shrewsbury tenantry, 215 et sqq.;
    • and Elizabeth’s “deshabille,” 221–2;
    • champions his stepmother, Lady Shrewsbury, 251–2;
    • death of his son, 259;
    • his monetary difficulties, 299, 348;
    • his love for his stepmother, 314–15;
    • succeeds his father, 324–5, 327;
    • his portrait at Hardwick Hall, 324;
    • quarrels with his brother Edward, 326;
    • entertains the King, 340–1;
    • and Lady Arabella Stuart, 342;
    • quarrels with his stepmother, 343
  • Shrewsbury, Jane, Countess of, 45
  • Shrewsbury, John Talbot, first Earl of, 34–5
  • Shrewsbury, Mary, Countess of, 6, 11, 157, 252, 299, 314, 324, 337, 346, 348
  • Sidney, Sir Philip, 225
  • Simier, 272, 277
  • Skargelle, George, 226
  • Skipwith, Henry, 17
  • Smith, Sir Thomas, 103, 173
  • Snagge, Serjeant, 314
  • Somerset, Duke of, 25
  • Southwell, Francis, 103
  • Stafford, Sir Edward, 332
  • Stanhope, Sir Thomas, 204, 206, 252–3, 327
  • Steele, 257
  • Story, Dr., 92–3
  • Stuart, Esmé, Lord d’Aubigny, 220, 240, 339
  • Stuart, Lady Arabella, 213, 312–13, 315, 348, 355;
    • her birth, 158–9, 173;
    • her rights, 219, 220;
    • the allowance for, 228, 240, 329 et sqq.;
    • death of her mother, 234;
    • and her succession to her father’s earldom, 236–7;
    • Mary’s bequest of jewels to, 237–8;
    • appeals to Elizabeth on behalf of, 238–9;
    • Lady Shrewsbury’s ambitions for, 241, 244, 322, 328, 338;
    • proposed alliances for, 276, 332 et sqq., 339, 344;
    • her postscript to Lord Burghley, 331;
    • goes to Court, 337 et sqq.;
    • her betrothal to William Seymour, 339;
    • her arrest, 339, 340;
    • appointed State Governess, 341;
    • summoned to Lady’s Shrewsbury’s bedside 344–5
  • Suffolk, Duchess of, 131, 151
  • Sussex, Earl of, 101
  • Sussex, Countess of, 171
  • T
  • Talbot, Lady Anne, 45, 163
  • Talbot, Lady Catherine. See Pembroke
  • Talbot, Lord Edward. See Shrewsbury
  • Talbot, Lady Francis, 305, 325
  • Talbot, Lord Francis, 45, 99, 162, 224, 228, 230, 259, 280, 325
  • Talbot, Lady Grace. See Cavendish
  • Talbot, George. See Sixth Earl of Shrewsbury
  • Talbot, George, 200, 208
  • Talbot, Gilbert. See Seventh Earl of Shrewsbury
  • Talbot, Henry, Lord, 45, 189, 294–5, 301, 308, 325, 348
  • Talbot, Lady Jane, 45
  • Talbot, John. See First Earl of Shrewsbury
  • Talbot, Mary. See Countess of Shrewsbury
  • Talbott, John, 333
  • Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas, 92–3
  • Thurlby, Bishop, 94
  • Thynne, Sir John, 32
  • Topcliffe, Richard, 264;
    • his letter to Lady Shrewsbury, 188
  • Tutbury Castle, 35, 351, 353;
    • Mary Queen of Scots at, 40, 47 et sqq., 62 et sqq., 76 et sqq., 171;
    • Author’s Dramatic Interlude at, 52 et sqq.
  • W
  • Walpole, Horace, 357, 361
  • Walsingham, Sir Francis, 23, 78, 103, 165, 171, 173, 183, 209, 223, 264, 267–8, 275, 281 et sqq., 297
  • Warner, Sir Edward, 27
  • Warwick, Ambrose Earl of, 185, 188
  • Watts, Archdeacon, 93
  • Welbeck Abbey, 35, 254, 258, 341, 351 et sqq.
  • Wharton, Lord, 188
  • White, Nicholas, 64
  • Wilson, Dr., 102–3, 105
  • Wingfield, Mr., 37
  • Wingfield Manor, 35, 286, 297 et sqq., 312, 334, 351;
    • Mary Queen of Scots at, 70 et sqq., 265, 268
  • Winter, Sir William, 173
  • Wood, Dr., 326
  • Worksop Manor, 35, 197, 340, 351 et sqq.
  • Wortley, Sir Richard, 325
  • Z
  • Zouche, Sir John, 195
  • Zouche, Lady, 2, 3