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Abbot, Archbishop, 249, 250, 251, 261–2

Acheson, Thomas, 14

Alcock, Anthony, 131

Alexander, Sir William, 70

Algonquin people, 105, 220

Althorp house, Northamptonshire, 46–7

America, xix, xx, 104–7, 146–9, 217–18, 220–2, 238–9

Ana Maria, Infanta, 209, 210

Andrewes, Bishop Lancelot, 78

Anne of Denmark, Queen: arrival in Scotland (1590), 4; birth of Henry (1594), 4, 6–7; background of, 4–6, 13; and Catholicism, 5, 6, 8–9, 21, 34, 198, 209–10, 225, 228; and Mar family, 6, 10, 41–4, 205; and ‘the keeping of the Prince’, 7–8, 10, 20–1, 22, 34, 42; and Scottish court split, 8–9, 10, 21–3, 34–5, 41–3; and Henry’s christening, 15, 16–17; James becomes King of England (1603), 39–41; at Stirling (1603), 41–4; miscarries (1603), 42, 44–5; progress to England (1603), 44–7, 48, 49; crowned at Westminster (1603), 49; official entry into London (1604), 57; and Henry’s Nonsuch household, 64–5; and marital diplomacy, 93, 165, 209–10, 212–13; at New Exchange, 103; and James’s male favourites, 124, 126–7, 154, 164, 202–5; and Henry’s investiture, 177–8; and Coryate’s Crudities, 208; and Frederick V, 245, 246; and sickness of Henry, 251; and death of Henry, 254

Antwerp, Treaty of (1609), 137, 141

art works, xix–xx, 5, 23, 65, 107–8, 179, 189, 196–7, 209, 231–2, 233

Arundel, Earl of, 154, 198, 201, 228, 229–30

Aston, Robert, 21

Aston, Sir Roger, 200

astronomy and cosmography, 5, 69, 103, 132, 167, 196

Augsburg, Peace of (1555), 89, 121–2

Austrian house of Habsburg, 88, 110–11, 174

Bacon, Sir Francis, 134, 175, 186, 234

Bales, Peter, 66

Barclay, Alexander, 7

Basse, William, 66

Bavaria, Maximilian of, 121, 138

Beaumont, Francis, 66, 135

Bedford, Lucy Russell, Countess of, 45, 46, 50, 64, 190

Belvoir Castle, Rutland, 240

Bothwell, Earl, 8, 21

Bouillon, Duke of, 211, 225–6, 228

Brahe, Tycho, 5, 132

Brandenburg, Margrave of, 138

Brooke, Christopher, 207

Broughton, Hugh, 73

Browne, Sir William, 171

Brunswick, Duke of, 80

Brunswick, Frederick Ulrich, Prince of, 165, 166, 179

Buchanan, George, 27, 49

Burghley, Lord, 174

Burton, Henry, 72, 195, 262

Butler, Master, 247–8

Button, Admiral Thomas, 218

Buwinckhausen, Benjamin, 122

Caesar, Sir Julius, 101

Calvert, Samuel, 189

Calvinism, 24, 35, 121, 225, 239–40; Scottish kirk, 4, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 27, 29, 32, 53; in Dutch free states, 10, 231, 246; and monarchical theory, 15, 25, 27, 119; theory of predestination, 26, 52; international, 31–2, 52, 79, 84, 246; Hampton Court conference (1604), 52–4; Henry’s household, 72–3, 88, 110, 119, 120; Henry’s personal chaplains, 72–3, 195; and Peace of Augsburg, 89, 122; Waldensians, 211; excised by Charles I (1630s), 262–3

Camden, William, 133

Campion, Thomas, 207, 238, 256

Carey, Sir Henry, 198

Carleton, Dudley, 236

Carr, Sir Robert, Viscount Rochester, 99, 124–5, 127, 136, 154, 188, 189; as Gentleman of the Bedchamber, 124, 126, 164, 202; money and gifts to, 124, 125–6, 128, 163, 200, 201; and Ralegh’s Dorset estates, 125–6, 163; and Frances Howard, 190, 191, 236; titles and honours, 201–2, 235–6; slighting of the queen, 202–3; attempts to court queen and Henry, 204–5, 236; and death of Salisbury, 235–7; as James’ private secretary, 237, 242, 243; and Prince Charles, 256, 262

Catholicism: revival of militant form of, xx, 19, 86–8, 90, 121–2, 138, 141, 228, 229; and Anne of Denmark, 5, 6, 8–9, 21, 34, 198, 209–10, 225, 228; and Holy Roman Empire, 5, 13, 88–9, 121, 122, 137–41; and Scottish court split, 8–9, 21, 23, 41–3, 82; Henri IV’s conversion to, 10, 13; ‘court Catholicism’, 34, 51, 66, 81, 84–5, 198, 215, 216, 225, 228, 229–30; and the Howards, 51, 66, 84–5, 198, 215; Hampton Court conference (1604), 52–4; and Church of England, 53, 73; Main and Bye plots (1603), 57–8, 79; Jesuits (Society of Jesus), 58, 79, 87–8, 169, 171, 229; gunpowder plot, 77–82; stati liberi, 87–8; and marital diplomacy, 93, 166, 169, 170, 210, 211, 213, 215–16, 225, 228, 229–30; assassination of Henri IV, 169–70, 171–2; Gorges’ recusant bill, 197–8; and Henry’s death, 254; see also Spain, Habsburg

Caus, Salomon de, 196

Cecil, Robert, 1st Earl of Salisbury: as Elizabeth’s first minister, 18, 20, 21, 22, 34, 62; Cecil faction, 30; proclaims James as King of England (1603), 39; as James’ Secretary of State, 50–3, 58, 63, 75, 93; and crown prince’s household, 59, 62, 63, 79, 99–100, 112, 194, 195; and Venetian crisis, 88; and Henry’s foreign intelligence, 93, 111, 139; and the Stuarts’ finances, 101, 128, 161, 162–3, 164, 198–9, 200–1; New Exchange, 102–3; power and wealth of, 102–3, 104, 107–8, 128–9, 192, 193; as Lord Treasurer, 104, 202, 235; and Prometheus, devoured by the eagle, 107, 108; and ‘guardianship of wards’, 128–9; and Henry’s investiture, 130, 171, 172, 175, 177; and Virginia Company, 147, 148; and Henry’s political involvement, 158, 159; and Carr’s advancement, 164, 202, 205; and Jülich-Cleves crisis, 168–9, 170; and Gorges’ recusant bill, 198; and Overbury’s banishment, 203–4; and marital diplomacy, 210, 211, 214, 215, 216; death of (1612), 235–7

Cecil, Sir Edward, 79, 97–8, 100, 168, 179–82, 215, 231, 232

Cecil, Thomas, 39, 174

Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, 62

Cecil, William, Viscount Cranborne, 64, 109, 111–12, 168, 174, 235, 255

Chaloner, Sir Thomas, 62–4, 66, 101, 105, 120, 134, 171, 215; upbringing with Cecil, 62, 96; and science, 62–3, 104, 134, 167; as Lord Chamberlain of Henry’s court, 195; and death of Henry, 255, 262, 263

Chamberlain, John, 236

Chapman, George, xx, 135, 143, 195, 256; Memorable Masque, 238–9

Charles Stuart, Prince (brother of Henry, later King Charles I): birth of (1600), 23; father becomes king of England, 40, 41; as a weedy child, 43, 45, 70; and brother Henry, 70–1, 99, 208, 248, 256; as Duke of York and Albany, 94; and Lawyer-orator wits, 135; at Whitehall Palace (Epiphany 1610), 154; lessons in ‘prudential politics’, 160; at Henry’s investiture, 174; made Lord High Admiral, 218, 219; speech impediment, 233; greets Frederick V (October 1612), 245; and death of Henry, 254, 256–7, 261, 262; corruption and tyranny of personal rule, 262–3, 265; death warrant of, xxi, 263, 264; execution of (January 1649), 265

Charles V of Spain, 88

Chaucer, Geoffrey, The Canterbury Tales, 133

Cheke, Colonel, 181

Chesapeake Bay, 106–7

Christian III, King of Denmark, 5

Christian IV, King of Denmark, 4–5, 80, 90–1, 223

Christine of France, 225–6, 228–9, 242–3

Church of England, 73, 84, 240, 265

Cicero, 31, 33, 68, 157, 159

Cioli, Signor, 229–30

Civil War, xix, 120, 263, 264–5

Cleland, James, 65–6, 96

Clement VIII, Pope, 34

Cleves, Duke John William of, 137–8

Clifford, Lady Anne, 48, 49

Connock, Richard, 128, 135, 160–1

Coombe Abbey, Northamptonshire, 50

Cornwall, Duchy of, 94, 104, 128

Cornwallis, Sir Charles, 125, 141, 159, 160, 190, 195, 215–16, 230, 255, 262

Coryate, Thomas, 109, 112–16, 134, 135, 136, 195–6, 211, 231; Crudities, 206–8; ‘Banquet of the Wits’, 207, 256; death of, 263–4

Cotton, Rowland, 66, 73

Cotton, Sir Robert, 66, 142, 264

Cranborne, William, Viscount, see Cecil, William, Viscount Cranborne

Cranfield, Lionel, 206

Cranmer, Thomas, 133

Crashaw, William, 140–1, 220

Cromwell, Sir Oliver, 105

Cumberland, Countess of, 48

Cunningham, David, Bishop of Aberdeen, 15

Cyrus the Great, 80, 81

Dale, Sir Thomas, 220–1

Dallington, Robert, 66, 135, 159, 160

Daniel, Samuel, 196

Danvers, Sir John, 264

Darnley, Lord, 9

Davies, John, 207

Dee, John, 62, 96, 167

Dekker, Thomas, 55

Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, xxi, 29–30, 32, 35, 48, 63, 64, 66, 120, 265

Devereux, Robert, 3rd Earl of Essex, 64, 65, 84–5, 96, 109, 112, 115, 120, 236, 255, 264

Denmark, 4–6, 12, 39, 90–1, 223

Digby, Sir John, 254

Dodderidge, John, 105, 128, 160

Donauwörth, 121, 122, 138

Donne, John, 206, 256, 264

Doort, Abraham van der, 260

Dorset, Earl of, 101, 104

Drayton, Michael, xx, 56, 196, 207, 220, 233

Drebbel, Cornelius, 62, 167

Drummond, William, 256

Dudley, Robert, 63, 215

Duncanson, John, 15

Dutch free states, 10, 13–14, 110, 170, 174, 219; rebellion against Catholic Spain, 13–14, 31, 75, 97–8, 100, 115–16, 137

Dutton, Sir Thomas, 180

Edinburgh, 4, 17–18, 20–1, 39–40, 45

Edmondes, Sir Clement, 140

Edward VI, King, 59, 60

Elisabeth of France, 210, 213

Elizabeth Stuart, Princess (sister of Henry, later Electress Palatine): birth of (1596), 23; father becomes king of England, 40; and brother Henry, 45, 71–2, 145, 249; household at Oatlands palace, 49–50; Haringtons as guardians of, 50; and gunpowder plot, 77, 78; and marital diplomacy, 93, 165, 166, 211–13, 224, 225, 228; at Henry’s investiture, 174; in Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly, 190; and Coryate’s Crudities, 208; marriage of, 231, 238, 239–40, 241–2, 245–6, 254, 262, 266; and sickness of Henry, 245, 249; and death of Henry, 254

Elizabeth I, Queen, xix, 3, 8, 10–11, 22–3, 265; Essex rebellion (1601), xxi, 35, 48, 66, 265; executes Mary, Queens of Scots, 9; and Henry’s christening, 12–13, 14, 15, 17, 18; succession issue, 21, 29, 30, 35, 39, 43, 62; death of (1603), 35, 39

Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor, 88, 172, 177

Elphinstone, Sir James, 21

English language, 113

Erasmus, 24, 68, 157

Erskine, Master John, 6

Erskine, Thomas, 21, 200

Essex, Frances Howard, Countess of, 190–1, 236

Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of, see Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex

Essex, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of, see Devereux, Robert, 3rd Earl of Essex

European tours, 109–16, 117–18, 121, 139–40

exploration, overseas, 106, 132, 146, 197, 217–18, 219, 222

Faroe Islands, 5

Faur, Guy de, Quatrains, 68

Fawkes, Guy, 77

Fennor, William, 212–13

Fenton, Viscount, 202

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 88

Fermor, Sir George, 64

financial matters, 14, 100, 101–3, 125–6, 146, 160–4, 171, 179, 193, 202; Virginia Company, 105–7, 146–9, 220–2; ‘emoluments’, 127, 128–9; revenues of Prince of Wales’ estates, 127–8, 160–1; and Parliament, 162–4, 198, 200–1; and Henry’s adult court, 179, 194, 196–9; and marital diplomacy, 211, 215–16, 224–5, 226–7

Fleetwood family, 63, 147, 263

Florence, 110–11

Florio, John, 195

Foulis, David, 29–30, 61, 63, 263

Foulis, Henry, 263

Foulis, Thomas, 14

France, 10, 13, 91–4, 111, 113–14, 210, 211, 225–6, 228–9, 242–3; double marriage contract with Spain, 170, 213; see also Henri IV, King of France

Frederick IV of the Palatinate, 121, 122, 165–6, 213

Frederick V of the Palatinate, 211–13, 225, 228, 231, 238, 239–40, 241, 245–6, 254, 262, 266; as heir to the Elector Palatine, 79–80, 122–3, 165–6

French Herald (pamplet), 213–14

Fyvie, Lord, 41–2, 94

Galileo, 5

Galloway, Patrick, 15–16

Garnet, Father, 58

Gates, Sir Thomas, 147, 148, 149, 220, 221

Gheyn, Jacob de, 98

Glenham, Thomas, 64

Goodyer, Sir Henry, 135

Gorges, Ferdinando, 147

Gorges, Sir Arthur, 145, 164, 197–8, 219, 256

Gouget, Monsieur, 104

Gowrie, Earl of, 10

Gresham, Thomas, 102*

Guazzo, Francesco Maria, 138

gunpowder plot, 77–82

Gurrey, Dr, 65, 72–3

Hall, Joseph, 72–3, 195, 256

Hammond, Dr, 242, 247

Hampton Court, 108

Harington, John, 64, 65, 66, 96, 120, 206, 255, 264; European tour by, 109–11, 112, 116, 117–18, 121, 139–40; and Tacitus, 117–19

Harington, Lord, 78

Harriot, Thomas, 103, 105, 196, 220

Hay, James, Earl of Carlisle, 154, 200, 235

Hayward, Sir John, 133

Heidelberg, 121, 132

Helwis, Edward, 232

Henri IV, King of France, 6, 44, 77–8, 111, 113, 118, 201, 209, 210, 213–14; conversion to Catholicism, 10, 13; and Henry’s christening, 12–13; and Venetian crisis, 89, 90, 91–2; cultivation of Prince Henry, 91–4; and Dutch–Spanish truce, 100; and Evangelical Union, 122, 140, 168, 169, 170; and Jülich-Cleves crisis, 140, 141, 142, 168, 169; assassination of (14 May 1610), 169–70, 171–2

Henrico township, 221

Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince: and America, xix, xx, 105, 106–7, 146, 147, 148, 149, 217–18, 220–2, 238–9; effigy of, xix, xxi, 260, 261, 266; birth of, 3–4, 6–9; early childhood, 6–9, 10–11, 20–1; fostered out to the Mars, 7–8, 20–1, 22, 28, 29, 30–1, 40–4; Catholic earls’ kidnap plan, 8; christening of, 12–19; first portrait of, 23; schooling of, 24–6, 27–34, 61, 66, 68–70, 71, 79, 80–1; first official letter (1600), 31; handwriting, 31, 66; personality, 31, 99, 144, 145; precociousness of, 31, 32, 33, 49, 94–5; father becomes king of England, 40–1; with mother at Stirling (1603), 42–4; progress to England (1603), 44–7, 48, 49; at Oatlands palace, 49–50; first British Christmas (1603), 51; at Hampton Court conference (1604), 52–4; official entry into London (1604), 55–9; and tavern wits, 56–7, 134–6, 193, 207–8; first British household (at Nonsuch and St James’s), 59, 60–7, 68–75, 79, 86–8, 131; as cavalryman, 61, 69, 92, 93–4, 98–9; Peake’s hunting picture of, 65; affinity with the sea, 66–7, 74, 75, 91, 145, 146, 183–4, 218–20, 222–3; and first ship Disdain, 66–7, 74, 75; personal chaplains, 72–3, 79, 195, 196; and Treaty of London (1604), 75–6; and gunpowder plot, 77–81; views on effeminacy, 80–1; Mar proposes removal to Scotland (1606), 82–3; and union proposals, 83, 84–5; and Venetian crisis, 87–8, 89–90, 91–2; bond with Protestant rulers, 89–90, 123, 138–9, 140–1, 165–7, 209, 213–14, 222–3, 239–40, 242–3; and Christian IV’s visit (1606), 90–1; given the Victory, 91; French cultivation of, 91–4; and marital diplomacy, 93, 169, 209–16, 224–30, 242–3, 247; collegiate court of St James’s, 96–100, 101–5, 109–16, 117–20, 127–9, 131–6, 140–3, 146; and financial matters, 100, 101–3, 127–9, 146, 147–8, 160–4, 171, 179, 193, 194, 196–9; and Sir Walter Ralegh, 105, 126, 142, 145, 212, 219, 228–9; European tours of followers, 109–16, 117–18, 121, 139–40; love of history, 117–20, 132–3, 157, 160; and neo-Stoicism, 118–20, 157, 160, 226, 234; political philosophy, 118–20, 158–60; and Palatine delegation (1608), 123; and James’s male favourites, 124–7, 154, 164, 191, 200–5, 235–7; warned against gallants and favourites, 125, 164, 201; investiture as Prince of Wales, 127, 129–30, 160–3, 164, 171–8; issue of ‘emoluments’, 127, 128–9; reaches ‘adulthood’ (19 February 1609), 127–8; and Pett’s trial, 144–5, 146; ‘barriers’ at Whitehall Palace (Epiphany 1610), 153–7; ‘Oratio Serenissimi Principis ad Regem’, 157–60; and Württemberg’s party (1610), 166–7; and Jülich-Cleves crisis, 168–9, 170–1; adult court, 179, 182, 194–9, 206–8, 231–3, 255–7, 262, 263–4; and Jülich-Cleves campaign, 179, 180–1, 182, 222; launch of Prince Royal, 183–4; and Twelfth Night 1611 masques/entertainments, 185–9; and Lady Essex, 190–1; and Carr’s advancement, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205; joins Privy Council, 204; Oliver’s miniature of, 233; spoken voice of, 233; physical appearance/bearing, 233–4; and death of Salisbury, 235–7; summer progress (1612), 240–1; first signs of ill health, 242, 244, 245–6; severe illness, 247–52; death of (6 November 1612), 252, 253–4; lying in state of, 255; funeral of, 260–2, 266

Henry VIII, King, 60, 232

Herbert, George, 256

Herbert, Philip, 51

Hesse, Landgrave of, 80, 166

Hesse, Otto of, 212

Hobart, Henry, 175

Holbein, Hans, 68

Hole, William, 206

Holland, Hugh, 207

Holles, Denzil, 264

Holles, Sir John, 141, 163, 195, 212, 224, 225, 243, 255, 257, 262, 264

Holstein, Duke of, 51, 80

Holy Roman Empire: and house of Oldenburg, 4–5; and Catholicism, 5, 13, 88–9, 121, 122, 137–41; Electors, 13, 79, 212; nature of, 88–9; Donauwörth crisis, 121–2, 138; and Evangelical Union, 122–3, 138, 140, 165–6, 167–9, 170, 213; Jülich-Cleves crisis, 137–41, 165–6, 167–71, 222; northern Rhineland area, 137–41; Catholic League, 138, 141; Jülich-Cleves campaign, 179–82, 222

Hoskyns, John, 207

Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton 49, 51, 59*, 66, 67, 70, 198, 200, 215

Howard, Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, 51, 66, 84–5, 175, 200, 202, 215

Howard, Charles, Earl of Nottingham, 49, 59*, 74–5, 83, 183, 218

Hudson, Henry, 217, 218

Huguenots, 6, 13, 196, 211, 214, 225–6, 243, 247; and theory of monarchy, 28; migrants to England, 66, 84, 92; Marie de’ Medici’s attacks on, 210, 229

Hume, George, Earl of Dunbar, 200

Huntingdon, Earl of, 173, 174–5

Huntly, Henrietta Stuart, Countess of, see Stuart, Henrietta, countess of Huntly

infant mortality, 7

intelligent design theory, 167

James Stuart, VI and I, King: ‘court cormorants’ (young male favourites), 124–7, 136, 154, 164, 191, 200–5, 235–7, 257 see also Carr, Robert; and birth of Henry, 3, 7–9; and Denmark, 5, 12, 39, 90–1, 223; childhood of, 6, 9, 27, 31, 69; and ‘the keeping of the Prince’, 7–8, 10, 20–1, 22, 34, 42; and Catholic earls’ kidnap plan, 8; Scottish court split, 8–9, 10, 21–3, 34–5, 41–3; kidnapped by Protestants as child, 9; and Esmé Stewart, 10; sexuality, 10, 124; and financial matters, 14, 100, 101, 103, 147–8, 160–4, 171, 200–1, 202; Basilikon Doron (‘The King’s Gift’), 24–5, 27, 40, 53, 54, 69, 125, 157; and Henry’s schooling, 24–6, 27–34, 61, 69–70, 71; deep love of learning, 25, 69, 97, 159; The True Lawe of Free Monarchies, 25–6, 157–8; and Catholicism, 34, 52, 53, 171, 210; becomes King of England (1603), 39–41; and Anne at Stirling (1603), 41–4; at Windsor (1603), 48–9; crowned at Westminster (1603), 49; English ministers, 50–1, 58–9; his ‘trinity of knaves’, 50–1; first British Christmas (1603), 51–2; Hampton Court conference (1604), 52–4; official entry into London (1604), 55–9; new version of the Bible, 73; union proposals, 83–5; and Dutch–Spanish truce, 100; and Virginia Company, 105–6, 146, 147–8; and neo-Stoicism, 120; and Evangelical Union, 122–3, 170, 213; and Lumley’s library, 131; and Jülich-Cleves crisis, 140, 141, 142, 168–9, 170; and Pett’s trial, 144–5; and English kingcraft, 158–9; at Henry’s investiture, 175–6; dissolves Parliament (February 1611), 201; selling of titles by, 201; and Coryate’s Crudities, 208; and marital diplomacy, 210, 211, 212–13, 225, 226; and Lord High Admiral post, 218–19; summer progress (1612), 240–1; and death of Henry, 248, 249–50, 253–4, 256–7; dismantles Henry’s court, 262, 263, 265

Jamestown settlement, 106–7, 146, 148–9, 220–1

Jesuits (Society of Jesus), 58, 79, 87–8, 169, 171, 229

Johnson, Robert, 147, 221–2

Johnson, Robert (lutenist), 188, 196

Joinville, Prince de, 92–4

Jones, Inigo, xx, 135, 153–4, 185, 196, 206

Jonson, Ben, xx, 46–7, 55, 86, 102, 135, 154–6, 206–7, 208; Hymenaei, 84–5; ‘Oberon, The Faerie Prince’, 186–9, 200; Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly, 189–91, 200; Catiline, His Conspiracy, 191–3, 197; Love Restored, 226–7

Jülich-Cleves, state of, 137–41, 165–6, 167–71, 179–82, 222

Kepler, Johannes, 5, 132

King’s Men, 56, 191

la Boderie, Monsieur de, 91–2, 99, 104, 145, 166

La Warr, Admiral Lord De, 220–1

Lake, Sir Thomas, 200

Laud, Archbishop, 262–3

Laverdin, Marshal de, 210

Leicester, Earl of, 31, 32, 120

Lennox, Esmé Stuart, 1st Duke of, see Stuart, Esmé, 1st Duke of Lennox

Lennox, Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of, see Stuart, Ludovic, 2nd Duke of Lennox

Leopold, Archduke, 138, 140, 168, 170, 181, 182

Lescarbot, Marc, Nova Francia, 149

Lewkenor, Sir Lewis, 206

Lindsay, David, Minister of Leith, 15

Linlithgow palace, 21–2

London, Treaty of (1604), 75–6, 93

Lorkin, Mr, 229

Lotti, Ottaviano, 209–10, 215, 229

Louis XIII, King of France, 170, 210, 213

Lumley, Lord, 61, 131–2, 133

Lydiat, Thomas, 103, 196

Lyon, Lord, 16

Magdalen College, Oxford, 65

Maitland, Sir John, 21

Mar, Earl of, 10, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 40, 42–4, 48, 82–3

Mar, Lady Annabella Murray, Dowager Countess of (Lady Minnie), 6, 7, 20, 41

Mar family, 4, 6, 9, 10, 29, 31; and Anne of Denmark, 6, 10, 41–4, 205; Henry fostered out to, 7–8, 20–1, 22, 28, 29, 30–1, 40–4; and Scottish court split, 8–9, 21, 22, 42–4; discharge of, 44

Marcelline, George, 214

Margaret, Princess (sister of Henry), 23, 40

Margaret Tudor, 18

marital diplomacy, 93, 165, 166, 170, 209–16, 224–30, 242–3, 247

Martin, Richard, 206

Mary, Queens of Scots, 9, 51, 233

Mastertoun, Margaret, 7, 20

Maunsell, Sir Robert, 145

Mayerne, Dr Theodore, 247, 248, 249–50, 253

Mecklenburg, Sophie of, 5

Medici, Caterina de’, 210, 215–16, 230

Medici, Cosimo II de’, 110–11, 209

Medici, Marie de’, 170, 210, 213, 229

Melville, Andrew, 15, 27, 49–50; ‘Principis Scoti-Britannorum Natalia’, 17–19

Merchant Taylors’ Company, 101–2, 158

Mermaid tavern, Bread Street, 56–7, 134, 135

Middleton, Thomas, 55

Milan, 114, 166, 211

Milburne, Richard, 196, 249

military matters: and Henry’s adult court, xx, 182, 196–7, 231, 232–3; and Henry’s schooling, 25, 31–3, 74–5, 79; and collegiate court at St James’s, 97, 98–9, 103, 140–3; and Maurice of Nassau, 97–8, 231, 232; Henry as cavalryman, 98–9; ‘Propositions for War’ (anonymous tract), 141–2; ‘barriers’ at Whitehall Palace (Epiphany 1610), 153–7; Flushing Company, 223; Helwis’ miniature army, 232

Mitre tavern, Fleet Street, 56–7, 134, 135–6

Molino, Venetian ambassador, 81–2, 86

monarchy, theory of: and Calvinism, 15, 25, 27, 119; absolutism, 26, 27, 29, 30, 50, 79, 119, 120, 157–8, 163, 201, 265; divine right of kings, 26, 27, 50; contractual monarchy, 27, 28, 53, 79, 136, 158; and Essexians, 29, 30, 265; and Cecil faction, 30; and Tacitus, 117–20, 133, 136; Henry’s ‘Oratio Serenissimi Principis ad Regem’, 157–8, 160; king in Parliament, 200–1, 216, 265

Moncrieff, Dr Gilbert, 7

Montagu, James, 72

Montgomery, Earl of, 169

Montrose, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, 41, 43

More, George, 105, 206

Murray, David (of Gorthly), 29, 54, 61, 104, 120, 134, 200; as Keeper of the Privy Purse, 179, 195; closeness to Henry, 195, 230, 250–1, 255, 261; dismissed by James, 262

Murray, John, 200

music, 73, 101–2, 133–4, 176, 177, 185–6, 188, 239

Naismith, Dr, 247, 251

Nassau, Henry of, 246, 247

Nassau, Prince Maurice of, 5, 13, 31, 79, 97–8, 115–16, 212, 221, 231, 232; The Exercise of Arms for Calivers, Muskets and Pikes (1607), 98; and Dutch–Spanish truce, 100; and Jülich-Cleves crisis, 140, 141, 142, 168, 170; and Jülich-Cleves campaign, 179–82

National Portrait Gallery, London, xxii

neo-Stoicism, 118–20, 157, 160, 226, 234, 265

Newton, Sir Adam, 33, 50, 54, 88, 100, 104, 120, 206; as Henry’s principal tutor, 24, 27–9, 61–2, 68, 70, 71, 80; political vision of, 28; as Dean of Durham, 61; as Henry’s private secretary, 195, 237; and death of Henry, 255–6

Nicolson, George, 22

Noies, John, 173–4, 177

Nonsuch Palace, 60–7, 68–70, 74–5, 131

Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of, see Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton

Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 132

Northwest Passage Company, xx, 217–18, 219, 261

Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of, see Howard, Charles, Earl of Nottingham

Oatlands palace, 49–50

Oliver, Isaac, 179, 233

Orkney Islands, 5

Overbury, Thomas, 191, 202–4

Owen, John, 207

Palatinate, 79–80, 121, 122, 132, 165–6, 211, 212, 213; see also Frederick V of the Palatinate

Palma, Giacoba, Prometheus, devoured by the eagle, 107, 108

Parliament, 162–4, 172–7, 198, 200–1, 216, 265

Paul V, Pope, 87

Peacham, Henry, 256

Peake, Robert, 65

Pembroke, William Herbert, Earl of, 48, 127, 147, 200–1, 236

Percy, George, 106

Pett, Phineas, 66, 75, 91, 144–5, 146, 183, 218, 219

Pfalz-Neuburg, Count Palatine of, 138

Phelips, Sir Edward, 113, 206, 263

Phelips, Sir Robert, 113, 135, 206, 263

Philip II, King of Spain, 88

Piedmont, 166, 210–11

plague, 49, 50, 52

Presbyterian Church, Scottish, 8, 9, 18, 52

Preston, Sir Richard, 31–2, 154

Price, Daniel, 256, 257

Primrose, Gilbert, 7

Prince Royal (warship), 144, 183–4, 222

Prince’s Men, 55, 156

Protestantism, xx, 31–2, 35, 48–9, 63, 229–30, 239–40, 242–3; in Denmark, 5, 90; Reformation, 10, 15, 88–9; and Henry’s christening, 12–19; Hampton Court conference (1604), 52–4; Treaty of London (1604), 75–6; Venetian crisis, 87–8, 89–90, 91–2; and Peace of Augsburg, 89, 121–2; Evangelical Union, 122–3, 165–6, 167–9, 170, 213; Jülich-Cleves crisis, 137–41, 165–6, 167–71, 222; Jülich-Cleves campaign, 179–82; see also Calvinism; Puritanism

Prynne, William, 262

Puckering, Thomas, 64, 229

Puritanism, 4, 72, 73–4, 81, 84, 173–4, 239–40, 264, 265; Hampton Court conference (1604), 52–4; Puritan ‘martyrs’ (1630s), 262–3

Quin, Walter, 29, 61

Ralegh, Sir Walter: and Main plot (1603), 57–8; and America, 105, 146, 220; and Prince Henry, 105, 126, 142, 145, 212, 219, 228–9, 243, 251; sequestered Dorset estates, 125–6, 163; library and laboratory in Tower, 132; History of the World, 257–8; and death of Henry, 257–9

Ravaillac, François, 169

religious wars, 10–11, 32, 89

Renaissance, 5–6, 12, 80–1, 97, 112

Riccio, David, 9

Rich, Penelope, 45, 46, 64, 190

Riche, Barnaby, 98, 125

Richmond Palace, 35, 39, 97, 131, 195, 231, 240, 241–2

Rochester, Robert Carr, Viscount, see Carr, Sir Robert, Viscount Rochester

Roanoke settlement, 146, 148

Robert, Prince (brother of Henry), 40

Roe, Thomas, 197

Roos, Lord, 230

Royal Exchange, 102*

Royal Library, xix, 131–4

Royal Navy, xix, xx, 74, 75, 91, 107, 183–4, 218–20; Pett’s trial for corruption, 144–5, 146

royal palaces, xx, 108, 195, 231–2, 240; see also individual palaces

Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 121, 138

Russell, Thomas, 134

Ruthven Raid (1582), 10

Ruthven sisters, Beatrix and Barbara, 6, 10

Rutland, Earl of, 66

Sackville, Edward, 64, 230

Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of see Cecil, Robert, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Salisbury House, 104, 107–8

Sarpi, Friar Paolo, 87–8, 138–9

Savile, Henry, 29–30, 120

Savoy, 166, 210–11, 212, 214, 224–5, 230, 242, 243

Savoy, Charles Emmanuel of, 166, 211, 212, 224–5

Savoy, Isabella of, 210–11, 224, 242, 243

Savoy hospital, the Strand, 134

Saxony, Elector of, 13

Scaramelli, Venetian ambassador, 49

Schaw, William, 12

Schenk, Martin, 116, 231

Schomberg, Count, 228

science, xx, 5, 12, 62–3, 81, 103–4, 105, 108, 131–2, 134, 167, 196

Seneca, 68, 118

Servi, Constantine de, 196

Seymour, William, 174

Shakespeare, William, 56, 73; Macbeth, 82; King Lear, 82–3, 94; Coriolanus, 119; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 187; Richard II, 188

Sharpe, Dr Lionel, 79

Sherborne, Dorset, 125–6, 163

Shrewsbury, Countess of, 198

Sidney, Sir Philip, 31, 64, 120

Sidney, Sir Robert, 64, 223

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 72, 120

Sireniacs, 134–6

Slingsby, Sir William, 104

Somerset, Sir Thomas, 154

Sophie, Queen of Denmark, 22

Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of, 48, 105, 127, 147, 154, 169, 200–1, 236

Spain, Habsburg, 13, 14, 18–19, 166, 225; Dutch rebellion, 13–14, 31, 75, 97–8, 100, 115–16, 137; and colonial power, 19, 88, 101, 107, 147, 178, 220; Treaty of London (1604), 75–6, 93; in Sarpi’s analysis, 87–8; Venetian crisis, 87–8, 89–90; and marital diplomacy, 93, 170, 209, 210, 211, 213; and Jülich-Cleves crisis, 140, 141; and Virginia Company, 147–8, 220; double marriage contract with France, 170, 213; and death of Henry, 254

Spanish Netherlands, 137, 141, 174, 254

Spencer, Sir Robert, 46

Spenser, Edmund, The Faerie Queene, 187

Spottiswoode, John, 42

spying and intelligence, 93, 109, 110–16, 139, 229

St Antoine, Monsieur de, 92, 98

St James’s Palace, 70, 86, 96–100, 101, 102, 103–4, 127, 156–7, 232, 246–9, 255; and Lumley’s library, 131–4; James strips of Henry’s possessions, 256, 262

St Maixent college, Poitou, 28

Stirling Castle, 3, 4, 6–8, 9, 11, 16, 20–1; new chapel royal, 12, 14–16; Prince’s Tower, 27, 31; Anne of Denmark at (1603), 41–4

Stock, Richard, 264

Stuart, Lady Arbella, 166, 174

Stuart, Prince Charles, see Charles Stuart, Prince

Stuart, Princess Elizabeth, see Elizabeth Stuart, Princess

Stuart, Esmé, 1st Duke of Lennox, 10

Stuart, Henrietta, Countess of Huntly, 6, 8, 34, 44

Stuart, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, see Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince

Stuart, James see James Stuart, VI and I, King

Stuart, Ludovic, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 44, 45, 48, 154, 245

Suffolk, Thomas Howard, Earl of, see Howard, Thomas, Earl of Suffolk

Sussex, Earl of, 13, 14, 15, 175

Sylvester, Josuah, 68, 256

Tacitus, 29–30, 117–20, 133, 136, 157, 159, 160, 265

Tallis, Thomas, 133, 176

Tesimond, Father, 58

Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), xxi, 115

Thomas Lydiat, 132

Tindall, Robert, 106–7, 179

Tourneur, Cyril, 256

Tovey, John, 110, 139

Trevor, Sir John, 145

Trumbull, William, 189, 200, 253

Tufton, Sir Humphrey, 264

Tuscany, 209–11, 214, 215–16, 225, 229–30

Union Jack, 83

Van Nyevelt, Captain Abraham, 231

Venice, 49–50, 87–8, 89–90, 91–2, 112, 114–15, 116, 117

Vere, Lady Susan, 51

Virgil, Aeneid, 70

Virginia Company, 105–7, 146–9, 220–2

Waldegrave, Robert, 18

Walsingham, Sir Francis, 10–11

Warwick, Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of, 264

Waymouth, Captain George, 179–80, 182, 231

Webster, John, 216, 256

Weldon, Anthony, 125

Wenham, Ferdinando, 147

Wenman, Thomas, 64, 66

Wentworth, Sir Thomas, 163, 263

Westminster Abbey, xix, xxii, 261–2, 266

Whitaker, Laurence, 206

White, John, 105, 220

Whitehall Palace, 153–6, 166, 245

Wilkinson, Robert, 246–7

William the Silent, 10

Willich, Jodocus, 133

Winwood, Sir Ralph, 169, 170, 236

Woodstock (hunting lodge), 240–1

Worcester, Earl of, 175

Wotton, Sir Henry, 89–90, 107, 112, 114, 116, 236

Wright, Edward, 132, 196

Württemberg, Duke of, 121, 122, 123, 165–7, 254

Young, Peter, 69

Zuniga, Don Pedro de, 147–8