invited to Bath,127
Nottingham, Earl of.SeeHoward
Old Palace Yard, R. executed at,214
Oldys, William,Life of R.,v.;
reference to,101
Olonne, R. captures and forfeits to Treasury a bark of,42
Orange, Prince of, Elizabeth sends R. to,18;
Leicester accused of conspiracy with,ib.
Orinoco, R.'s expedition to river,67,69-81;
second expedition up,200;
failure to find gold,201
Ormond, governor of Munster,10;
desire to treat with Irish,11;
obtains pardon for the rebels,13;
quarrels with R.,15;
denounced for leniency,22
Ostend, R. and Northumberland visit,115
Oxford, R. educated at,3,6
Oxford's, Lord, quarrel with Sir P. Sidney,7;
at execution of R.,218
Panama pearl fisheries,25;
R.'s scheme to seize,54
Parliaments, Prerogative of,112,180
Paulet, Sir Anthony, governor of Jersey, death,116
Paunsford, Richard, servant of R.,6
Pecora Campi.SeeHatton
Pelham, Sir William, Irish command,9,10
Pembroke, Earl of, succeeds R. in Duchy of Cornwall,163
Pembroke, Lady, R.'s friend in hour of trial,157;
her son intercedes for R.,ib.
Peryam, Sir William, Chief Baron of Exchequer,127
Pew, Hugh, steals R.'s pearl hat-band, &c.,20
Peyton, Sir John, succeeds R. in Jersey,141;
Sir John the younger messenger between Cobham and R.,144
Philip of Spain's Armada, resistance to,37;
expels Antonio from Portugal,41;
desire to recover prestige,105
Philip III. demands R.'s execution,212;
foiled by R.'s conduct at execution,219
Phœnix Nest,34
Pilgrimage, R. writesThe,159
Piratical expedition by R. stopped,7
Plymouth,7,27,29,36,38,67,89,90,91,100,105,106,117,194,203
Popham, Lord Chief Justice, tries R. at Winchester,146;
hissed at conclusion of R.'s trial,157;
declares R.'s Sherborne conveyance invalid,164
Popham, Captain George, captures Spanish letters,66
Portland, R. as governor completes defences of,38
Portugal, expedition to restore Antonio,41;
R. serves under Drake at Lisbon,ib.
Potato introduced into Ireland by R.,48;
distributed by ancestor of Lord Southwell,ib.
Prerogative of Parliaments, by R.,112,180;
its publication and intention,183;
King James forbids its printing,184;
issued posthumously,ib.;
MS. in Record Office,ib.
Preston, Captain Amyas, harries Venezuela,81
Prest, Agnes, her martyrdom,2;
indirect effect on R.'s religion,3
'Prudence,' a London ship,59
Puerto Rico friars,69
Purchas, his collection of travels,85
Puritans, Essex and R. their friends,50
Puttenham's praise ofShepherd's Calender,44
Queen of James I., R.'s friend,169,188;
her father, Christian IV.,169;
Samuel Daniel a servant of,183;
R.'s rhyming petition to,209;
exertions to save R.,210;
death of,223
'Rainbow,' Sir F. Vere's ship at Cadiz,95
Rakele, R. meets Spenser at,10;
R.'s treatment of Irish kerns at,11
Raleigh, Carew, son of Sir Walter,166;
reference to,200,222
Raleigh, George, Sir Walter's nephew,200
RaleighnéeGilbert, Mrs., Sir Walter's mother,1;
her religion,2
Raleigh town, Virginia,36
Raleigh, Walter, the elder, his third marriage,1;
diversity of spelling his name,2;
family lease of fish tithes,2;
latest mention of, his age,16
Raleigh, Sir Walter, Lives of,v.;
correspondence of,v.;
bibliography by Dr. Brushfield,vi.;
love of birthplace,1;
connections and parentage,1;
earliest record of,2;
education and career at Oxford,3;
convicted of assault,7;
goes to Ireland,9;
with Spenser,10,43,48,49;
character whilst in Ireland,14;
pecuniary position,16,30,34,42,116,126,129,133,141,162,189,190,194;
his person in 1582,20;
mother wit and audacious alacrity,22;
success as a courtier,23;
Royal gifts to,24,25;
continues Sir H. Gilbert's efforts,28;
and Virginia,29,37,41,125;
granted licence to export woollen broad-cloths, their nature and value,29,30;
resides at Durham House,31;
receives knighthood,31;
successful expedition to Azores,33;
elegy on Sir Philip Sidney,ib.;
experience as an Irish colonist,34;
zenith of personal success,35;
part in fighting Armada,37;
privateering expeditions, their excuse,40,41;
forced return to Ireland,42;
his poem ofCynthia,45;
developes his Irish estates,47;
introduces the potato,48;
and Puritans, his toleration,50;
Report on Grenville's fight in the'Revenge,'51;
obtains Sherborne Castle,52-53;
clandestine relations with Elizabeth Throckmorton,55;
embroilment between Queen and Mrs. Throckmorton,55-57;
confined in the Tower,57;
failure in health,59,63,110,114,168,187,199,200;
released to quell disturbance in Devon,61;
his popularity in Devon,61;
marriage with E. Throckmorton,63;
eagerness for service,64;
attracted to Guiana,66;
and Guiana gold,75-77;
publishesDiscovery of Guiana,84;
merit as a writer of travel,85;
hisOf the Voyage for Guiana,87;
naval skill first fully recognised,89;
taking of Cadiz, brilliant triumph for,91;
hisRelation of the Action in Cadiz Harbour,92;
details of his Cadiz command,92-99;
wounded in the leg,98;
preparation for third Guiana expedition,101;
lauded by literary classes on return from Cadiz,102;
intimacy with Cecil and Brooke family,102;
exertions to provoke second attack on Spain,105;
sails with fleet to attack Azores; success at Fayal, which provokes Essex,105-109;
only nominally in Queen's favour,111;
hisPrerogative of Parliament,112,183-184;
seeks various dignities without success,ib.;
increasing enmity with Essex, and friendship with Cobham,113;
height of fame as a geographer,114;
his share in the execution of Essex,118-121;
comes under notice of James of Scotland,123;
hisDangers of the Spanish Faction in Scotland,124;
his view of Irish affairs in 1601,ib.;
not a complete loser by his expeditions,126;
severe action towards Cormac MacDermod,128;
advises detention of F. MacCarthy in Tower,129;
good fortune ceases with Elizabeth's death,ib.;
character, condition, and fame in 1603,130-131;
ungraciously received by King James,132;
sent from Court of James,133;
not judicious towards James,134;
Spanish schemes distasteful to King,135;
arrested for complicity in Watson's plot,136;
compromised by Cobham,136,137;
committed to the Tower,137;
attempts suicide,137,138,141;
supposed farewell letter to his lady,137-140;
stripped of his appointments,141;
communications with Cobham,141,144,145;
enmity of populace to,145;
trial at Winchester,146-157;
letter to K. James suing for life,158,159;
poemThe Pilgrimage,159;
reprieved at hour for execution,160;
confinement in Tower,160,164,167,168;
efforts for his release,169;
friendship with Queen and Prince Henry,169;
asks permission to go to Guiana,170,174;
literary pursuits,171;
consulted by P. Henry in shipbuilding,173-4;
writingMarriage Discourses,174;
History of Worldand Ben Jonson,175,176-182;
demands for his MS.,184;
hisCabinet Council;Discourse of War; andObservations on Trade and Commerce,185,186;
his release and conditions,188,189;
prepares second voyage to Guiana,189-191;
intrigues for seizure of Genoa,192;
leaves for Guiana—fleet vicissitudes,193-194;
details of outward voyage,195-200;
meets an old servant in Guiana,200;
his son slain at San Thomé,201;
fails to discover gold,201;
his faithful Keymis commits suicide,202;
mutiny of his fleetib.;
ignominious return to England,203,205;
arrest and attempted escape,206,208;
writesApology for the Voyage to Guiana,208;
valuables found on his person,209;
James uninfluenced byApology,ib.;
rhyming petition to Queen; her exertions,209,210;
examined before Commissioners,210,212;
written confession to the King,212;
if pardoned declares ability to reveal State secrets,ib.;
trial, defence, condemnation,212,213,214;
bearing night before execution,214-5;
last interview with his Lady,215;
last verses,ib.;
proposed burial at Beddington,215;
last moments, conduct on scaffold,216-220;
reason for attempted escape to France,219;
execution,221;
body in St. Margaret's, Westminster,222;
his head embalmed and preserved,ib.;
death roll of his friends,223
Raleigh, Walter, the younger,114,116;
and Sherborne estates,143;
at Oxford; his tutors,171;
wins a fatal duel,175;
and Ben Jonson,ib.;
Captain of the 'Destiny,'193;
with Keymis in Orinoco gold expedition,200;
killed at San Thomé, last words,201
Raleigh, Lady, andseeThrockmorton;
influence over Cecil,84;
appeals to Cecil,110,144,158;
and Durham House,117,133;
her husband's supposed farewell letter,137-140;
shares rooms in Tower,162;
and Sherborne Estates,144,164,165,171,172;
pleads with James for R.'s pardon,169;
sells an estate at Mitcham,189;
letter from R. in Guiana,200;
meets R. at Plymouth,206;
precedes R. to London,207;
released from Tower,212;
final interview with R.,215;
and burial of her husband,215,222;
her death,222
Rebellion in Ireland, R.'s share in suppression,9-16
Remainsof R.'s writings,187
'Repulse,' Essex's ship off Cadiz,93;
off Azores,107
Revenge, R.'s ship,42
'Revenge,'A Report of the Truth of the Fight, etc.,51;
its style and anonymous issue,ib.
Richard the Second, Cecil entertains Essex and R. with Shakespeare,103-104
Richelieu refers to R.,193
Rimenant, R. at battle of,5
Roanoke, discovery of,28;
settled by Ralph Lane,29
Roche, Lord and Lady, captured by R.,15
Rochelle privateers strip R.'s ships,37
'Roebuck,' R.'s ship captures 'Madre de Dios,'60
Roraima,79
Rutland, Countess of, Sir P. Sidney's sister,175
Sacharissa, grand-daughter of R.'s cousin,33
Saint Germain, R. receives manor of,116
Salisbury, R. ill at,207,208;
K. James and Court at,208
Salisbury, See of, and R.'s Sherborne estate,52,53,64
Salisbury, Cecil created Earl of,166
Salisbury, William, Second Earl of, playmate to young Walter R.,114;
at Sherborne,116
Salto Caroni, cataract of,74
San Juan de Ulloa,6
San Miguel, its capture arranged,107,109
San Rafael de Barrancas settlement,72
San Thomé, R.'s captain attacks,201;
R.'s eldest son killed at,ib.;
news of attack reaches Spain and England,205
Sancroft, Archbishop, attributesHistory of Englandto R.,182
Sandars, a legate, and Irish rebellion,8
Sarmiento, Don Pedro, captured by R.,33
Sarmiento.SeeGondomar
Savage, Sir Arthur, and Duc de Biron,122;
reference to,125
Savoy watched by Venice,190
Scarnafissi, Savoyard Envoy,192;
R. suggests to him seizure of Genoa,ib.;
lays R.'s scheme before King James; its rejection,ib.
Schomburgk, Sir Robert, corroborates R. in Guiana,71,72
Sentleger, Sir Warham, Irish command,8;
Provost Marshal of Munster,9
Sentleger, Sir William, command in Guiana fleet,194
Shakespeare's advent,85;
performance of hisRichard the Second,104
Shepherd of the Ocean, R. so named by Spenser,44,46-7
Shepherd's Calenderby Spenser,10,44;
references to R. in,45
Sherborne, R.'s favourite country abode,52;
R.'s acquirement of,52,53;
R. at,63,67,71,87,100,114,126,127,207;
Dean of Sarum lets farms over R.'s head,64;
remnant of R.'s fortune: tries to tie it to his son and Adrian Gilbert,143;
Sir J. Elphinstone applies for,ib.;
R. conveys it to his son with rent charge to Lady R.,144;
supports R. six years in Tower,162;
King's Commissioners spoiling,163;
Cecil stays commissioners,ib.;
held on trust for Lady R. by Sir A. Brett,164;
R.'s conveyance declared invalid,164,165;
Keymis warder of,164;
Lady R. pleads for secure tenure of,171;
James covets it for and bestows it on Carr,171,172;
repurchased for Prince Henry,172;
Lady R. receives 8,000l.in lieu of,ib.;
R.'s last sojourn at,207
Shipping, R.'sInvention of,18
Sidmouth Church, earliest R. deed preserved at,2
Sidney, Sir Philip, R.'s contemporary at Oxford,3;
tennis court quarrel,7;
handsome features,20;
R.'s elegy on,33
Sidney, Robert, marries R.'s cousin,33
Simancas, R.'s map of Guiana found at,83;
R.'s confession of French intrigues found at,212
Sion House, R. visits Earl of Northumberland at,114
Smerwick Bay, Spanish invasion at,8
Southwell, Sir Robert, with Cadiz expedition,95
Southwell, Lord, his ancestor distributes R.'s potatoes,48
Southampton, Earl of, his amusement,111
Spain and R.,25,30,32,50,51,52,84;
attack and capture of its plate ships,59-60;
R. tries to stem flow of gold to,76-77;
effect of Cadiz expedition on,101;
R. counsels a second attack on,105;
expedition to, and its accidents,105,106;
alters destiny for Azores,107;
invades Ireland at Kinsale,124;
King James waiting overtures from,135;
R.'sDiscourse touching War with,ib.;
R.'s offer to raise and lead troops against,ib.;
watching France,190;
Guiana route submitted to,191;
offers R. escort to Guiana gold mines,ib.;