Alonzo VI, King of Castile (Don San-

cho Velasquez), 132

Anglesey, Marquis of, 318

Anjou, Duke of, 32, 49, 50, 52

Anne Boleyn, Queen-Consort of Henry
VIII, 3, 171

Anne of Denmark, Queen-Consort of
James I, 264 et sqq., 273

Apologie for Poesie," Sir Philip
Sidney's, 96, 101, 102, 105, 296
"Arcadia," Sir Philip Sidney's, 48,

55, 62, 65 et sqq., 96, 102 et sqq.
Aragon, Don Vela de, Infante of, 132
Arundel, Earl of, 268
Ashburnham, Earl of, 318
Ashton, Rev., 247, 251

Astrophel and Stella," Sir Philip
Sidney's, 68 et sqq.

"Astrophe," Edmund Spenser's, 113
Aubrey, John, 307

Ayala, Donna Ines de, 132
Aylesbury, Marquis of, 318
Aylmer, John, Bishop of London, 147,
148

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- Anne (daughter of Earl of Newport),
300

Charles, Lord Mountjoy and Earl
of Devonshire, 61, 120; his friend-
ship with Robert, Earl of Essex,
131, 135, 218; his descent, 131 et sqq.;
challenges Lord Essex, 136; pays
his addresses to Penelope, 136-8;
as Penelope's lover, 153, 177, 180-1,
192, 206 et sqq., 250, 253, 284; as
Lord Essex's rival, 155, 159; com-
pared with Essex, 162; at Essex
House, 174; invited to the chris-
tening of Sir Robert Sidney's son,
175; his children by Penelope, 183,
191, 299; compared with the Earl of
Pembroke, 198; expedition in Ire-
land against the Earl of Tyrone, 207
et sqq., 220, 233, 234; his appearance,
212, et sqq.; and Essex's plot, 237-8,
248, 254; and the succession problem,
247; and Lord Rich, 256; and the
Guy Fawkes plot, 275; marries
Penelope, 278, 279; and Lord Rich's
divorce, 284 et sqq.; his death, 288,
311; his character, 289; his funeral,
292, 293; elegies on, 294 et sqq.; at
Wanstead, 316; his title, 318; his
discourse on marriage, 320 et sqq.

Charles (son of Penelope and Charles
Blount), 299

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- Sir John, 132

Lettice, Lady (mother of Penelope,
Lady Rich.) See Devereux

Lettice (daughter of Penelope and
Charles Blount), wife of Sir George
Carey, and afterwards of Sir Arthur
Lake, 299, 300

Mountjoy (eldest son of Pene-
lope and Charles Blount), Lord
Mountjoy, Earl of Newport, 299,
300

Penelope. See Rich, Penelope,
Lady

St. John (son of Penelope and
Charles Blount), 299

— Lady Sancha, 132
- Sir Thomas, 132

Sir Walter, 131, 132
Walter, first Lord Mountjoy, 132
William, Lord Mountjoy, 135
Bohun, Eleanor of, Duchess of Glouces-
ter, 2

Burgh, Robert de, Earl of Clanrickarde,
268, 309

Burghley, Lord. See William Cecil
Buccleuch, Duke of, 318
Buckingham, Duke of. See Sheffield
Butler, Sir Edmund, 22

Camden, William, 207, 208, 301, 307
Catherine de Medici, 107

Cardigan, Earl of, 318

Carew, Sir George, 171, 300

Carleton, Dudley, 229, 269, 291, 292,
304, 307

Carnarvon, Earl of, 318

Cavendish, William, Duke of Devon-
shire, 318

Cecil, Anne. See Vere, Countess of
Oxford

Sir Robert, Lord Burghley, after-
wards Lord Salisbury, 150, 159,
166, 172-3, 182, 218, 224, 228,
234, 239, 263, 264, 308
-Lady Burghley, 267

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- Lady de Roos, 301

– William, Lord Burghley, and Walter
Devereux, Earl of Essex, 5, 6; de-
clines Sir Philip for his daughter's
suitor, 9; interest in Robert, Earl of
Essex, 14; knighted, 16; interest
in Philip Sidney, 31; and the Earl
of Oxford, 51; and Penelope
Devereux's marriage, 55; and Lord
Rich, 59; Penelope's letter to, 62;
guardian to the Earl of Southamp-
ton, 121; his death, 172, 207;
alluded to, 60, 124

William, Lord de Roos, 300, 301
Chamberlain, John, 172, 208, 268,
288, 292, 301, 303, 304, 307
Chandos, Lady, 169, 170

- Edmund, Lord, 166

Chesterton, G. K., 312

Charles I, King of England, 299, 305
- V, King of Spain, 152

- IX, 32

Chartley, 2, 7 et sqq., 24, 33, 179,
180, 314

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- Frances, Lady Sidney, Countess of
Essex, wife of Robert Devereux,
afterwards Lady Clanrickarde, 88
et sqq., 118, 119, 140, 160, 144, 146,
174, 219, 220, 223-5, 229

- Lettice, Countess of Essex (mother
of Penelope), afterwards Countess of
Leicester, and Lady Blount, 2, 7,
10, 11, 13, 24, 29, 36, 41 et sqq., 54,
61, 141, 168-71, 174, 210, 225,
233, 256, 279, 316-18

Devereux, Penelope. See Penelope
Rich

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Robert, Earl of Essex, his descent, I
et sqq., death of his father, 12;
Queen Elizabeth shows an interest
in, 14; and Penelope's marriage,
61, 64; goes to the Netherland war,
90; his marriage, 119; his friends,
120; and Queen Elizabeth, 122, 156
et sqq., 207; his voyage to the Azores,
123, 140; his intrigue, 127, 240 et
sqq.; and Charles Blount, 135, 136;
goes again to the Netherlands, 139,
149; Lord Rich's letter to, 142;
and Antonio Perez, 143 et sqq., 153 ;
makes overtures to James I, 150,
234; his character, 154 et sqq.; his
letters to Penelope, 160; his appear-
ance, 162; his amours, 166 et sqq.;
his mother's letter, 170; attempts to
regain the Queen's favour, 172, 218;
his family party at Essex House,
174; and Penelope, 177, 180; goes
to Cadiz, 181; and William Herbert,
194; and Charles Blount, Lord
Mountjoy, 206, 207; his Irish
journey, 209 et sqq., 259; his arrest
and imprisonment, 219 et sqq.;
Penelope's rash letter to the Queen
on his behalf, 225-8; confined at
Essex House, 229; his trial, 230;
his release, 232 et sqq.; his second
trial, 246 et sqq.; his execution,
255; alluded to, 36, 295, 311, 313,
316

- Walter, Earl of Essex (father of
Penelope), 97; succeeds his grand-
father, Viscount Hereford, 2;
re-earns the Earldom, 2; his
children, 3; his expedition to Ire-
land, 3; and Queen Elizabeth, 4;
appointed Earl Marshal in Ireland
for life, 7; his death, 8, 12-13
Walter, 3

Captain Walter, 59

Walter (natural son of Robert, Earl
of Essex), 167

Devonshire, Earl of. See Blount

- Duke of. See Cavendish

Lady Mary. See Sidney

Robert, Earl of Leicester, pays
attentions to Lettice, Countess of
Essex,7; and the proposed betrothal
of Penelope and Philip Sidney, 9, 14;
his desire to keep Essex from the
Queen, 10, 12; "Leicester's Common-
wealth" and Philip Sidney's defence
of, 18, his rise to power, 19; his
pageant at Kenilworth, 24; and Sir
Henry Sidney, 39; his marriage to
Lettice, Countess of Essex, 42, 43,
50, 54; his masque at Wanstead, 44;
and Penelope's marriage to Lord Rich,
57, 61, 141; at the Netherland war,
90, 92, 93, 150; as Spenser's patron,
100-101; and Essex House, 314;
and Wanstead, 316; alluded to, II,
16, 48, 62, 86, 155, 157

17, 21; nursed for the small-pox by
Lady Mary Sidney, 20, 21; her
opportunism, 23; her projected mar-
riage with the Duke of Anjou, 32;
New Year's presents to, 41; and the
Countess of Essex, 43; and Sir
Philip Sidney's masque, 48, 53; and
Sir Philip Sidney's Anjou letter, 49,
50; authorises Sir Philip Sidney to
go to America, 89; sends Sir Philip
to the war in the Netherlands, 91-
3; and John Lyly, 100; and Lord
Essex's marriage, 119; and Lord
Mountjoy, 134 et sqq.; appoints
Mountjoy Governor of Portsmouth,
139, 140; her displeasure at the
marriage of Dorothy Devereux, 148;
and the Earl of Essex, 155 et sqq.;
and Lord Essex's amours, 166 et sqq. ;
and Elizabeth Vernon's marriage,
172; and the Wardenship of the
Cinque Ports, 178; favours William
Herbert, 193; and Lord Mountjoy,
206; and Lord Southampton, 211;
reproves Essex on his Irish negotia-
tions, 217; orders his arrest, 219;
Penelope's letter to, 226 et sqq.; her
increasing age, 237; and Essex's
defiance, 242 et sqq.; her death,
262; at Wanstead, 316

Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of Ed-
ward I, 2

Escovedo, 152

Essex, Earls of. See Devereux, and
Bourchier

Exeter, Lady, 301

- Lord, 300

Fawkes, Guy, 275

Ferrers, Earl of, 318

George, 99

Fitton, Anne, 194

Sir Edward, Vice-Treasurer of Ire-
land, 194

Sir Edward, 194
Mary. See Lougher
Fitzwilliam, Earl, 318
Sir William, 4, 6, 23
Florio, John, 276