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EDMONDES PAPERS. VOL. III. (ff. 385). 21 Feb. 1605-22 Mar. 1606, N.S. Edmondes started for Brussels on 19 April, 1605, and his first letter here is dated 3 May, containing an account of the Marquis Ambrosio Spinola, the newly-appointed Spanish General in the Low Countries. The principal events treated in the volume are (1) the military operations of Spinola and Prince Maurice;-

(2) the levy of British troops for the Archduke''s service under the Earl of Arundel ;-(3) the attack on the Spanish fleet in the Straits of Dover by the Dutch, and the protection given to the Spaniards by the guns of Dover Castle;-and (4) the Gunpowder Plot. Edmondes in his letters to Salisbury in the autumn had already called attention to the practices of the Jesuits and English fugitives in the Low Countries, and Sir T. Parry in October wrote in a similar strain from Paris, their letters making it clear that the conspirators designed that Arundel''s English Regiment should, as Edmondes expresses it, " serve for the seconding of their enterprizes after the execution thereof." The letters in the latter part of the volume chiefly refer to the harbouring of Owen, Baldwin, and other suspected conspirators by the Archduke.

1. Louis Verreycken, congratulating Edmondes on his appointment as Ambassador to the Archduke; Brussels, 21 Feb., 23 Mar., 1605. Fr. ff. 1, 2.

2. R. Winwood, reporting a rumour of the death of the Emperor Rudolph II., . . . " He could not have chosen a fitter tyme then to accompanie the Pope, whose entercession he may use to St. Peeter for his entrance into heaven "; Hague, 31 Mar. 1605. f. 5.

3. L. Verreycken, on the arrangements for the reception of Edmondes and the Earl of Hertford, the latter sent on a special embassy to take the Archduke''s oath to the Peace; Brussels, 13 Apr. 1605. Fr. f 7.

4. Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, and Sir T. Edmondes to Robert Cecil Viscount Cranborne, on the former''s reception at Brussels, etc.; Brussels, 3 May, 1605. Copy. f. 13.

5. Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, on sending some presents of deer and a Hobby to the Comte d''Arenberg; Greenwich, 4 May, 1605. Signed " Sarisbury." Cecil was cr. Earl of Salisbury on this same day. His other letters are signed " Salisbury." f 15.

6. The same, on the levy of troops in England, Scotland, and Ireland, for service with the Archduke, on trade and the Dutch ports, the contemplated siege of Antwerp by the States, etc.; Greenwich, 11 May, 1605. The second letter holograph. ff. 17, 19.

7. The same, with a present of horses, etc., from the King to the Archdukes Albert and Clara Isabella, and enclosing a copy of the King''s letter; Salisbury House, 16 May, 1605. f. 27.

8. James I., referring to Edmondes the case of Will. Lyndsay, an English merchant, plundered by " Captain Derickson, serving the Archdukes Greenwich, 29 May, a^o 3 1605. Signed; with paper signet. f. 38.

9. Sir Thomas Parry, Ambassador at Paris, on affairs of the French Court; Paris, 1 June, 1605. f 40.

10. Lord Salisbury, on the attack on the Spanish fleet by the Dutch in the Straits of Dover, and the complaints by the Spanish and Dutch Ambassadors; 12, 28 June, 1605. fr. 48, 56.

11. Sir Charles Cornwallis, Ambassador at Madrid, on the reception of Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham, on his special mission to the Spanish Court. . . . " A booke ys sayd to be in hand undertakyn- to prove that y^e K. our Maystre & hys domynyons receyve more good by thys conclusyon of peace then the K. of Spayne & hys. I shall as easyly be perswaded that yt ys better to have a redd nose then a one of a well tempered colour." . . . " Our Irysh people that creepe abowt in these parts lyke the Froggs of Egypt are upon theyr dyspatch for y^e low contreys. The Erle of Tyrons sonne, who was to be a great leader emongst them, ys (as I heare) cowntermawnded by hys father. " ; Valladolid, 24 June, 1605. f. 50.

12. Sir T. Parry, on his contemplated recall and Sir George Carew''s appointment in his place. . . . " The Kinge is very favourable and gratious, yealdinge to all reasonable motions in course of justice and equitie, but the wheeles that carry th''affaires of the state under him are subiect to as many countrecourses as the celestiall spheres," etc.; Paris, 30 June, 1605. f 58.

13. Sir Henry Wotton, Ambassador at Venice, on Italian and Hungarian affairs, of the murder of Arthur Poole at Rome, etc. . . . " Ther is nothing yett so certayne of the Pope Paul V. as that he loveth mony very well, and therfore we conclude he must love Spayne, for France yeildeth him nothing "; Venice, 8 July, 1605. f. 62.

14. Sir T. Edmondes to Thomas Howard Earl of'' Suffolk, on a commission for the manufacture of some hangings at Brussels for the King; Brussels, 10 July, 1605. f. 69.

15. Sir H. Wotton, on the " King of Spayns arming in the lower sea all the Galies of his Kingdomes within the streights besides those of Genua and Malta," and that " the Pope also and the Great Duke desire to come into the action "; Venice, 13 July, 1605. f. 71.

16. " Mr. Winwoodes proposicions to the States to permitt the Spanyardes which were put into Dover to passe into Flanders without their interruption " ; 19 July, 1605. Fr. f. 73.

17. Lord Salisbury, in favour of a claim of André Bacheler and Anthoine de Launay; Theobald''s, 22 July, 1605. f. 76.

18. R. Winwood, on the movements of Pr. Maurice and Spinola, and a rumour that the Earl of Arundel is to command the English in the Archduke''s service " yf yt be soe, this kynd of proceeding will inforce thease provinces to resolve of strange courses"; Hague, 27 July, 1605. f. 82.

19. James I. to Winwood, on the Dover affair and the satisfaction demanded by the Dutch for losses sustained from the English cannon, etc. ; - July, 1605. Copy. f. 87.

20. Sir H. Wotton, on the quiet state of Venice, and the departure of the Spanish fleet from Messina; Venice, 2 Aug. 1605. f. 93.

21. Charles, Sieur et Due de Croy et Due d''Aerschot, to James I., communicating his approaching marriage with his cousin Dorothée de Croy d''Havre; Brussels, 4 Aug. 1605. Fr. f. 95.

22. Sir T. Parry, on the proposed regulations for trade between France and England; Paris, 5 Aug. 1605. f. 97.

23. - St. Sauveur, giving a full account of the interview between Qu. Marguerite de Valois, first wife of Henry IV., and Marie de'' Medici, his second wife, with other news; Paris, 5 Aug. 1605. The signature has been obliterated. f. 99.

24. Conrad Schetz van Grobbendonck Baron de Hobocque Hoboken, Ambassador from the Archduke in London; Stepney, 6 Aug. 1605. Fr. f. 103.

25. Lord Salisbury, on the objections of the States to the transporting of the Spaniards, in England since the Dover affair, to Flanders, or the despatch of British troops to the Archduke under the Earls of Hume and Arundel, etc.; Rockingham, 12 Aug. 1605. f 107.

26. R. Winwood, on the same subject, and on the military movements in Flanders; Hague, 16, 24 Aug. 1605. ff. 112, 117.

27. Answers of the Archduke to the propositions of James I. " for the openings of the trade by the River of Antwerp, & for disarming shippes in the Narrow Seas " ; n. d. f. 114.

28. Sir C. Cornwallis, on the endeavours of France to supplant England in the favour of Spain; - Aug. 1605. f 123.

29. The same, notifying the arrival in Spain of a young gallant of Ireland, the younger sonne of the Earle of Tyrone, with hope to have the place of a Corronall ther," and urging his recall " as a young fellow daungerouse to be continued longer in a Spanish conversation "; Valladolid, 4 Sept. 1 605. f. 125.

30. Lord Salisbury, on the transporting of the Spaniards in England to Flanders, and on the conduct of the Earl of Arundel, who, contrary to the King''s commands and promise to Sir Noel Caron, the Dutch Ambassador, had left England under the protection, though without the knowledge, of Juan de Taxis Count de Villa Mediana, the Spanish Ambassador, to take up a command in the Archduke''s army; Salisbury House, 12 Sept. 1605. f 127.

31. The same, on behalf of Matthew Brownrigge, an English merchant, whose vessel " was surprised by a Dunkerker " and plundered; Whitehall, 12 Sept. 1605. f 130.

32. Sir. H. Wotton, on the defeat of the Turks by the Persians at Van, Hungarian affairs, the Pope''s dispensation for the marriage of the King of Poland with his late wife''s sister, etc.; Venice, 16 Sept. 1605. f 139.

33. Sir C. Cornwallis, on the Spanish Indian Fleet, and the intended despatch of 36 sail " to round England, Scotland, and Ireland for avoyding the encounter of ye Hollanders, and to take the way of Friesland "; Valladolid, 18 Sept. 1605. f 141.

34. Dudley Carleton, giving an account of his visit to Spain with the Lord Admiral, his arrival in France, and the state of religious affairs there, with gossip of the French Court; Paris, 21 Sept. 1605. f. 143.

35. Pres. Richardot, asking Edmondes to obtain the King''s pardon for the Earl of Arundel cf. art. 30; 2 Oct. 1605. f 153.

36. R.Winwood, on Brownrigge''s case cf. art. 31; - Oct. 1605. f 155.

37. The same, on the disputes between Pr. Maurice and the town of Embden, the defeat of the Dutch by the Spaniards at Mulheim, the death of Count Trivulzio, Spanish General, and others, in the engagement, etc.; Hague, 6 Oct. 1605. f 157.

38. Sir George Carew, on his impending departure as Ambassador to France; Lothbury, 9 Oot. 1605. f. 159.

39. Sir T. Edmondes to Lord Salisbury, on the engagement at Mulheim, and on the malpractices of the Jesuits and other English fugitives in the Low Countries, of whom he writes, " All their studdie is uppon everie occasion that is offred to deprave the actions of his Maties state, whereof their vyperous Touuges doe make the proceadinges to be so odious and desperatt as they propound nothing lesse for remedie then the excommunication of the Kinges Matie," etc.; Brussels, 9 Oct. 1605. f. 161.

40. Lord Salisbury, on the Earl of Arundel''s case and the appointment of Sir Griffin Markham (condemned for treason in 1603) as his Lieutenant Colonel, and expressing his own and the King''s apprehension at the designs of the Jesuits in the Low Countries; Whitehall, 10 Oct. 1605. f 165.

41. Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, on the subject of the Earl of Arundel and Sir G. Markham, the preparations for opening of Parliament, etc.; 10 Oct. 1605. f. 169.

42. Sir T. Parry, with news of the French Court, and of an attempt to " stirre up y^e Catholiques to a new massacre," and saying of the Jesuits that " Our Priests are very busy about petitions to be exhibited to y^e Ks Mate at this Parliament, and sum further desseigns uppon refusal," etc.; Paris, 10 Oct. 1605. f 171.

43. Dudley Carleton, on the affairs of the Due de Bouillon, who is still out of favour with the King for his complicity in Biron''s conspiracy, etc.; Paris, 10 Oct. 1605. f 173.

44. - St. Sauveur, on the reported project for a general massacre of Protestants, and enclosing a copy of the " affiche " addressed to the students, etc., of the University at Paris; Paris, 10 Oct. 1605. Fr. f 175.

45. Sir H. Wotton, on the Emperor''s campaign in Hungary against the Turks, the quiet condition of the Italian States, etc.; 14 Oct. 1605. f. 179.

46. Lord Salisbury, on " the insolencies of the Priests and Jesuites," on Edmondes''s election to Parliament, etc. ; Whitehall, 17 Oct. 1605. f 181.

47. R. Winwood, stating that letters had been found on Sir Robert Drury from the King of Spain recommending him to the Archduke and Spinola, and that the States deprecate this active support to Spain from a neutral power, etc. ; Hague, 19 Oct. 1605. f. 183.

48. Sir H. Wotton, with news of the surrender of Strigonia Gran, in Hungary to the Turks; Venice, 21 Oct. 1605. f. 185.

49. Sir William Browne, Governor of Flushing, on the surrender of Wachtendonek to Spinola; Flushing, 1 Nov. 1605. f 203.

50. Sir H. Wotton, on the Turkish successes in Hungary and Persia; Venice, 4 Nov. 1605. f 205.

51. Sir T. Parry, on the effects of the King''s " voyadge to Limoges," etc.; Paris, 8 Nov. 1605. f 211.

52. Lord Salisbury, giving a long account of the Gunpowder Plot, and enclosing a copy of the letter to Lord Monteagle; Whitehall, 9 Nov. 1605. For an account almost identical, addressed to Sir C. Cornwallis, see Winwood''s Memorials, 1725, vol. ii. p. 170. f. 213.

53. The same, on the same subject, and instructing Edmondes to inform the Archduke, and " to putt him to the tryall of the sincerity of his extraordinary professions towards his Maty," by requiring him to apprehend one Owen, residing in the Low Countries, suspected of complicity in the plot; Whitehall, 10 Nov. 1605. A postscript mentions that the " traytors, having betaken themselfs to the house of one Littleton for their ow-ne defence, were pursued by the Sheriff of Worcestershire, who fired the house. Catesby at the issuing forth is slayne, Percy sore hurt and taken, Grant his eyes burnt, out by gunpoulder, and the rest either slaine or taken." f. 218.

54. The same, enclosing a copy of " The Examination of Guy Fawkes, taken the 8 of Nov.," and stating that he has directly accused Owen of complicity, that the Archduke will be required to deliver up Owen, and that at the Archduke''s entreaty the King will dispense with Lord Arundel''s return; Whitehall, 14 Nov. 1605. f. 221.

55. Dudley Carleton, reporting, inter alia, that the King of France " is framing a severe Edict against duels and bandyngs of privat persons," and that "old Theodore Beza shooke hands wth the world for goode and all the 23 of the last month "; Paris, 15 Nov. 1605. f. 225.

56. - St. Sauveur, giving news from the French Court, etc.; Paris, 17 Nov. 1605. f. 227.

57. News-letter endorsed " From Sir Edward Hoby," on the late occurrences in England, and the participation of Lord Monteagle and other nobles . . . . "If this Earle Northumberland should be found hereafter any wise privy thereto, it cannot be but that Beaumont the French Ambassador just "departed toward France, having lefte behind him a resonable distaste " his hand was in the Pye "; 19 Nov. 1605. f. 230.

58. Sir T. Edmondes to Lord Salisbury, in reply to the latter''s letters on the Plot, and on his interview with the Archduke and Richardot as to Owen, etc.; Brussels, 19 Nov. 1605. f. 236.

59. The same to James I., on the latter''s happy escape from the Plot; 19 Nov. 1605. f. 241.

60. Sir H. Wotton, on the levies for Hungary, the illness of the Doge, etc.; Venice, 25 Nov. 1605. f 253.

61. Sir C. Cornwallis, on the Gunpowder Plot: "Much greeved is y^e K. and estate here, yt being Athists and Divells in theyr inward parts they should paynt theyr outside w^t Catholoscysme. Gladly they would have understood y^t amongst them they had a mixture of Purytanes," etc.; Valladolid, 25 Nov. 1605. f 255.

62. Pres. Richardot, notifying the arrest of two prisoners and the seizure of their papers; 26 Nov. 1605. f 257.

63. Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral, asking for redress to English merchants; Whitehall, 30 Nov. 1605. f 259.

64. D. Carleton, on his summons to England " by a particular letter " from the Council . . . . " The stile of it was that they had use of me for his Ma^ties service, but, hearing of my Ld of Northumberlands committing to y^e B. of Canterburies, though I see nothing to be feared, timeo tamen "; Calais, 1 Dec. 1605. f. 261.

65. Lord Salisbury, concerning Owen, Baldwin, and Sir William Stanley, who are still under the Archduke''s protection, and on the complicity of the Earl of Northumberland in the Plot; Whitehall, 2 Dec. 1605. f. 263.

66. Sir II. Wotton; Venice, 2 Dec. 1605. f 267.

67. James I. to the Archduke, for the delivery of Owen and Baldwin; Westminster., 2 Dec. 1605. Fr. Copy. f. 269.

68. Sir H. Wotton, announcing the death of the Doge Marino Grimani and the probable election of Leonardo Donato; Venice, 23 Dec. 1605. f. 283.

69. " Coppie of father Cotton, Jesuite Peter Cotton, confessor to Henry IV., his demands of the devills heerein mentioned. Duly proved against him, and in the end confessed"; 1605. Fr. Followed by a Latin translation. ff. 289, 291.

70. " Requests presentée au Roy de France pour le payement de Rentes de la Ville de Paris "; n. d. f. 293.

71. Correspondence between the Archduke and Pres. Richardot; n. d. f. 295.

72. Sir. H. Wotton, notifying the election of Leonardo Donato as Doge, " a wise and beaten man in the world, eloquent, resolute, provident," with an account of the quarrel between Paul V. and the Republic: " The causes of the breach have been denyal of Decime, prohibition of immovable Legacyes to holy use and the lyke; but especially the laying of secular hands uppon men of the Clergie, as on an Abbot accused of many foule crimes," etc.; Venice, 20 Jan. 1605 6. f. 299.

73. Lord Salisbury, on the imputation cast upon him Edmondes by the Jesuits of his " extraordinary partialitye against their Religion in the pursuite of the matter against Baldwin," and instructing him to require, Capt. James Blount to repair to England to answer charges; 22 Jan. 16056. f. 301.

74. Sir W. Browne, mentioning that "my lord of Salisbury hath lately published a little booke as a kynd of aunswer to som secrett threatnin- libelling letters cast into his chamber "; Flushing, 28 Jan. 1605 6. f 308.

75. News-letter from Sir Edward Hoby giving a journal of proceedings in Parliament and the affairs of the Court, etc., from 21 Jan. to 8 Feb. ; 10 Feb. 1605 6. f. 320.

76. Lord Salisbury, further on the Gunpowder Plot, and the prevalent belief "of those English troupes which serve the Archdukes to have been destined for tho seconds of this treason," mentioning also the execution of Digby, Guy Fawkes, and six others, and the capture of Henry Garnett, the Jesuit; Whitehall, 12 Feb. 1605 6. f 324.

77. Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury; Whitehall, 12 Feb. 1605 6. f. 327.

78. Sir Thomas Smith Clerk to the Council; 12 Feb. 1605 6. f 329.

79. Sir G. Carew, on " the conspiracy of England," which " they doe here undoubtedly attribute to the Catholiques d''Espagne," and on " a like conspiracy against those of the religion in the cuntrey of Valais, the chief author thereof being a Capuchin," etc. ; Paris, 14 Feb. 1605 6. f. 332.

80. Sir H. Wotton, on the dispute between the Republic and the Pope, and the defeat of the Turks by the Persians; Venice, 17, 24 Feb. 1605 6. ff. 334, 343.

81. Sir W. Browne; Flushing, 17 Feb. 1605 6. f. 336.

82. R. Winwood, on the preparations for the next campaign in the Low Countries; Hague, 24 Feb. 1605 6. f. 345.

83. Lord Salisbury, on the refusal of a licence to le-ty Catholic troops in England and Ireland for service in Spain and the Low Countries; Whitehall, 27 Feb. 1606 wrongly dated for 1605/6. f. 347.

84. Sir G. Carew, on Father Cotton''s protestations of the innocence of the Jesuits in the Gunpowder Plot, and on the Due de Bouillon''s affairs; Paris, 28 Feb. 1605 6. f. 349.

85. Sir Griffin Markham, Lieut.-Col. of the English Regiment under the Archduke, describing a conversation with Capt. James Blount on the Gunpowder Plot, and the design of employing the English Regiment to second the execution of the Plot; 1 Mar. 1605 6. f. 351.

86. Lord Northampton, on general English news: " Because my leisur serves me not to write often, I have bone content to cloye your stomach in such sorte at one swallowe with a masse of crude and undigested lumpes as for a good while after you will take no great delight to taste any thinge that comes out of my cookery"; 2 Mar. 1605 6. f. 352.

87. Sir G. Carew, on a question of precedence between Sir Thomas Parry and the Spanish Ambassador at Paris; Paris, 3 Mar. 1605 6. f. 354.

88. Clement Edmondes, on the doings of Sir Francis Vere in the Low Countries, etc. ; 6 Mar. 1605 6. f 356.

89. News-letter from Sir Edward Hoby containing an account of occurrences in England from 11 Feb. to 4 March; 7 March, 1605 6. f. 362.

90. Lord Salisbury,on the ransoming of Sir Henry Carey, a prisoner in the Low Countries, with a holograph postscript, "F. Walley is guilty ex ore proprio, this day confessed, of ye Gunpowder Treason, but he sayth he devised it not, only he concealed it, when F. Grenway alias Jesmond dyd impart to him all particulars, and Catesby only ye generall "; Whitehall, 8 Mar. 1605 6. f 366.

91. Sir G. Carew, on the probable reconciliation between Henry IV. and the Due de Bouillon, the appointment of Antoine Le Fevre de la Boderie as Ambassador to England, etc.; Paris, 12 Mar. 1606. f 370.

92. Declaration by Capt. Roger Orme of a conversation with Sir William Winsor on the Gunpowder Plot; 14 Mar. 1605 6. Copy f. 372.

93. Privy Council, for redress to English merchants; 20 Mar. 1605 6. Signed by Lord Chancellor Ellesmere, the Earls of Lenox, Suffolk, Nottingham, and Salisbury, and others. f. 377.

94. Lord Salisbury, on the levy for the Archduke, the surrender of Capt. James Blount, and on the opening of the English ports to the Spaniards equally with the Dutch; Whitehall, 21, 22 Mar. 1605 6. ff. 379, 381.

95. Sir C. Cornwallis; Valladolid, 22 Mar. 1605 6. f 383.

Henry IV of France: Correspondence and papers of Sir T. Edmondes, English Ambassador to France: 1592-1610.

Netherlands, Spanish: Correspondence and papers of Sir T. Edmondes, Ambassador at Brussels: 1599-1609.

includes:

• ff. 1, 3, 7 Luis Verreycken, Envoy and Auditor of the Spanish Council at Brussels: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1600-1611.: Fr.
• ff. 5, 82, 112, 117, 155, 157, 183, 345 Ralph Winwood, Ambassador to France and the Netherlands, Secretary of State: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1601-1617.
• ff. 7, 13 Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford: Account of his reception at Brussels, as envoy to the Archduke Albert: 1605.
• ff. 9, 82, 157, 161, 183, 203 Ambrosio de Spinola, Marquis: Letters on his designs on the Isle of Wight and movements in the Netherlands: 1601, 1605, 1612.
• f. 13 Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford: Letter to Lord Cranborne: 1605.: Copy.
• ff. 15, 17, 19, 27, 48, 56, 76, 107, 127, 130, 165, 181, 213, 218, 221, 263, 301, 324, 347, 366, 379, 381 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1593-1612.
• ff. 17, 19 Kingdom of Scotland: Letters on the levy of troops for service in the Netherlands: 1605.
• ff. 17, 19 Ireland: Levy of troops for service in the Netherlands: 1605.
• ff. 17, 19 Antwerp, Netherlands: Siege of, contemplated by the States: 1605.
• f. 27 Netherlands, Southern Provinces, Governors of. Albert, Archduke of Austria: Gift of horses to him and Isabella his wife from James I.: 1605.
• ff. 29, 269 Netherlands, Southern Provinces, Governors of. Albert, Archduke of Austria: Letters to, from James I.: 1605, 1609.: Fr.
• f. 38 William Lyndsay, merchant: Plundered by a Dutch Captain: 1605.
• ff. 38, 130, 155, 259, 377 Trade: Depredations on English ships by the French: 1592-1606.
• ff. 40, 58, 97, 171, 211 Sir Thomas Parry: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1605.
• ff. 40, 99, 143, 171, 175, 227 Henry IV of France: News of the French Court: 1605.
• f. 44 Hanseatic League: Articles conc. commerce: 1598.: Germ.
• ff. 48, 56, 73, 87, 107 Netherlands, United Provinces: Attack on the Spanish fleet in Dover Straits by the Dutch: 1605.
• ff. 48, 56, 73, 87, 107 Philip II of Spain: Attack on the Spanish fleet by the Dutch at Dover: 1605.
• f. 50 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Special mission to the Spanish Court: 1605.
• f. 50 Ireland: Despatch of Irish from Spain to the Netherlands: 1605.
• ff. 50, 123, 125, 141, 255, 383 Philip II of Spain: Letters from the English Ambassadors at Madrid: 1605 - 1615.
• ff. 50, 123, 125, 141, 255, 383 Sir Charles Cornwallis: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1605-1609.
• f. 58 Sir Thomas Parry: Recall from France contemplated: 1605.
• f. 58 Sir George Carew, alias Carey; of Cockington: Appointed Ambassador to France: 1605.
• f. 62 Arthur Poole: Note of the murder of, at Rome: 1605.
• ff. 62, 179, 205, 253 Rodolph of Hungary: Letters of Sir H. Wotton on affairs in Hungary: 1605.
• ff. 62, 71, 93, 139, 179, 185, 205, 253 Italy: Letters of Sir H. Wotton on Italian affairs: 1605-1611.
• ff. 62, 71, 93, 139, 179, 185, 205, 253, 267, 283, 299, 334, 343 Veniee: Letters of Sir H. Wotton, Ambassador at: 1605-1609.
• ff.62, 71, 93, 139, 179, 185, 205, 253, 267, 283, 299, 334, 343 Sir Henry Wotton, Ambassador to Venice, and (1623) Provost of Eton: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1605-1614.
• f. 69 Brussels, Belgium: Manufacture of hangings at, for James I.: 1605.
• f. 69 James I of England: Manufacture, at Brussels, of hangings for: 1605.
• f. 73 Ralph Winwood, Ambassador to France and the Netherlands, Secretary of State: Letter to the States-General: 1605.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 76 André Bachelet: Letter of Lord Salisbury in favour of: 1605.
• f. 76 Anthoine de Launay: Letter of Lord Salisbury in favour of: 1605.
• ff. 82, 107, 127, 153, 165, 169, 221 Thomas Arundell, Baron Arundell of Wardour: In command of troops in the Netherlands: 1605.
• ff. 82, 157 Maurice, Princes of Orange; Count of Nassau: Ref. to military operations, etc., of: 1594-1605.
• f. 87 Ralph Winwood, Ambassador to France and the Netherlands, Secretary of State: Letter to, from James I.: 1605.
• f. 95 Charles de Croy, Duc de Croy et d''Arschot: Letter to James I.: 1605.: Fr.
• f. 95 Charles de Croy, Duc de Croy et d''Arschot: Marries his cousin Dorothée de Croy d''Havre: 1605.
• f. 99 Henry IV of France: Account of the interview between his first wife Marguerite de Valois and Marie de'' Medici, his second wife: 1605.
• ff. 99, 175, 227 St. Sauveur: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1604, 1605.: Fr.
• f. 103 Conrad Schetz van Grobbendonck, Baron van Hoboken; Dutch Ambassador to England: Letter to Sir T. Edmondes: 1605.: Fr.
• f. 127 Sir Noel de Caron, Dutch Ambassador in London: Objects to Lord Arundel being sent to Flanders: 1605.
• f. 127 Juan de Taxis, Conde de Villa Mediana: Reference to, as Spanish Ambassador in London: 1605.
• ff. 130, 155 Matthew Brownrigge, Merchant: His vessel plundered by a French ship: 1605.
• f. 141 West Inches: Spanish expedition to: 1605.
• ff. 143, 173, 225, 261 Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester: Letters, during his embassies to Paris, Venice and the Hague, to Sir T. Edmondes: 1602-1623.
• ff. 153, 257 Jean Grusset Richardot, President of the Spanish Council in the Netherlands: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1601, 1605.: Fr.
• f. 157 Embden, Hanover: Disputes of the town with Pr. Maurice: 1605.
• ff. 157, 161 Charles Emmanuel Theodore Trivulzio, Count; Spanish General: Death of, at the battle of Mulheim: 1605.
• ff. 157, 161 Mulheim: Defeat of the Dutch by the Spaniards at: 1605.
• ff. 159, 332, 349, 354, 370 Sir George Carew, alias Carey; of Cockington: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1605-1609.
• ff. 165, 169 Sir Griffin Markham: Appointment of, by Lord Arundell, as his Lieut.-Col. in the Low Countries: 1605.
• ff. 169, 352 Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1605, 1606, 1608.
• f. 173 Henri La Tour d''Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon: Complicity in Biron''s conspiracy: 1605.
• f. 175 Henry IV of France: Project for a massacre of Protestants: 1605.
• ff. 179, 185, 205 Ahmed I; Sultan of Turkey: Campaign of the Emperor Rodolph in Hungary against: 1605.
• ff. 179, 185, 205, 253 Rudolph II; Emperor of Germany: Campaign in Hungary against the Turks: 1605.
• f. 183 Sir Robert Drury: Recommended by the King of Spain to the Archduke: 1605.
• f. 185 Gran, Hungary: Surrender of, to the Turks: 1605.
• f. 203 Wachtendonck, Prussia: Surrender of, to Marquis Spinola: 1605.
• ff. 203, 308, 336 Sir William Browne, Governor of Flushing: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1605-1610.
• ff. 205, 334, 343 Persia, Shahs of. Abbas I, The Great: References to the war between Turkey and Persia: 1605, 1606, 1611.
• ff. 205, 334, 343 Ahmed I; Sultan of Turkey: War with Persia: 1606.
• f. 211 Henry IV of France: Journeys to Limoges: 1605.
• ff. 213, 218, 221, 230, 236, 241, 255, 263, 269, 289, 291, 301, 324, 332, 349, 351, 366, 372 Gunpowder Plot: Letters of Lord Salisbury and others conc. the plot and conspirators: 1605.
• ff. 213, 218, 221, 230, 236, 241, 255, 263, 269, 289, 291, 301, 324, 332, 349, 351, 366, 372 James I of England: Account of the Gunpowder Plot, etc.: 1605-1606.
• ff. 213-372 passim Roman Catholics: Correspondence relating to the Gunpowder Plot: 1605-1606.
• f. 217 William Parker, Baron Monteagle; afterwards 1st Baron Morley and Monteagle: Letter to, warning him of the Gunpowder Plot: 1605.: Copy.
• ff. 218, 221, 236, 263, 269 Nicholas Owen, Jesuit: References to his complicity in the Gunpowder Plot, etc.: 1605-1609.
• f. 219 Robert Catesby: Killed at Holbeach: 1605.
• f. 219 John Grant, Gunpowder Plot Conspirator: Injured at Holbeach: 1605.
• f. 221 Duels: Edict against, in France: 1605.
• ff. 221, 324 Guy Fawkes: Examination and execution of: 1605, 1606.
• f. 225 Theodore Beza: Death of: 1605.
• f. 230 Christophe de Harlay, Comte de Beaumont: Departs from his embassy in London: 1605.
• ff. 230, 362 Sir Edward Hoby, MP for Rochester: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1605, 1606.
• ff. 230, 362 Newsletters From England: Of Sir E. Hoby, of events in England: 1606.
• ff. 253, 283 Marino Grimani; Doge of Venice: Illness and death: 1605.
• f. 259 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1594, 1595, 1605.
• ff. 269, 301 William Baldwin, English Jesuit: Complicity of, in the Gunpowder Plot: 1605-1606.
• ff. 283, 299 Leonardo Donato; Doge of Venice: Election: 1605-1606.
• ff. 289, 291, 349 Pierre Cotton, Père, Confessor to Henry IV: Confessions of, etc.: 1605-1606.: Fr. and Lat.
• f. 293 City of Paris: Requeste au Roy Henri IV. pour le payement de Rentes de la ville: 1605.
• f. 295 Netherlands, Southern Provinces, Governors of. Albert, Archduke of Austria: Correspondence with President Richardot: 1605.: Span. and Fr.
• f. 295 Jean Grusset Richardot, President of the Spanish Council in the Netherlands: Correspondence with the Archduke Albert: 1605.: Span. and Fr.
• ff. 299, 334, 343 Veniee: Quarrel with the Pope: 1606-1607.
• ff. 299, 334, 343 Paul V; Pope: Relations with Venice: 1606-1612.
• f. 301 Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Accused of persecuting the Jesuits: 1606.
• ff. 301, 351, 379, 381 Captain James Blount: Connection of, with the Gunpowder plot, etc.: 1606.
• f. 308 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Publishes an answer to a libel on himself: 1606.
• f. 310 Philip William, Princes of Orange; Count of Nassau: Letter to Eleanor his wife from her sister-in-law, the Duchesse de Bouillon: 1606.: Fr.
• f. 310 Elisabeth de La Tour d''Auvergne, of Nassau, 2nd wife of Henri, Duc de Bouillon: Letter to her sister-in-law, the Princess of Orange: 1606.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 320 England; Parliament: Newsletter giving proceedings in: 1606.
• f. 324 Sir Everard Digby: Execution of: 1606.
• f. 324 Henry Garnett, Superior of the Jesuits in England: Capture of: 1606.
• f. 327 Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury (ob. 1616): Letter to Sir T. Edmondes: 1606.
• f. 329 Sir Thomas Smith, Clerk of the Council: Letter to Sir T. Edmondes: 1606.
• f. 331 William Trumbull, Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris: Letter to, from - St. Sauveur: 1606.: Fr.
• f. 331 St. Sauveur: Letters to W. Trumbull: 1606, 1607.: Fr.
• f. 351 Sir Griffin Markham: Letter to Sir T. Edmondes: 1606.: Copy.
• ff. 352, 359, 360, 366 Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland; Lord Deputy of Ireland: Taken prisoner in the Low Countries: 1606.
• f. 356 Sir Clement Edmondes, Clerk of the Signet, etc: Letters to Sir T. Edmondes: 1606, 1610.
• f. 356 Sir Francis Vere: Movements in the Low Countries: 1594-1606.
• f. 366 F- Walley: Confesses complicity in the Gunpowder Plot: 1606.
• f. 366 Oswald Greenway, alias Jesmond: Complicity of, in the Gunpowder Plot: 1606.
• f. 370 Antoine Le Fèvre de la Boderie: Appointment as Ambassador to England: 1606.
• f. 372 Sir William Winsor: Conversation concerning the Gunpowder Plot: 1606.
• f. 372 Captain Roger Orme: Declaration conc. the Gunpowder Plot: 1606.: Copy.
• f. 377 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Privy Council letters signed by: 1592-1608.
• f. 377 Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk; Lord High Treasurer: Privy Council letters signed by: 1606-1610.
• f. 377 Ludovic Stuart, Duke of Lennox: Privy Council letters signed by: 1606, 1614, 1616.
• f. 377 Sir John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington: Privy Council letters signed by: 1606, 1608, 1609.
• f. 377 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Council letters signed by: 1597-1614.
• f. 377 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Council letters signed by: 1592-1610.
• f. 377 Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice: Privy Council letter signed by: 1606.
• ff. 379, 381 Trade: English ports opened to the Spanish and Dutch: 1606.