created Lord Cranborne,164;
and Earl of Salisbury,166;
R. writes of his condition to,ib.;
references to,167,170,173,186;
his death and epigram on,173
Cecil, William.SeeSalisbury
Champernowne, Captain Arthur, in Azores,108
Champernowne, Gawen, his career,4
Champernowne, Henry, R.'s cousin,4;
his Huguenot contingent,4
Champernowne, Sir Philip,1
Champernownes, connections of R.,1
Chapman, George, his epic poem on Guiana,86;
hisByron's Conspiracy,123
Chatham, R. raising sailors at,54
Chaunis Temotam, its fabulous ores,30
Cherbourg, R. takes barks from,42
Christian IV. of Denmark and R.,169
Church, Dean, compares R.'s exploits with passages inFaery Queen,43
Clarke executed for Watson's plot,158
Cleve, Lord Barry defeated by R. at,15
Clifford, Sir Conyers, at Cadiz,95
Cobham, Lord, Henry Brooke succeeds as,102;
first mention by R. of,106;
R.'s increased intimacy,113;
invited to Sherborne and Bath,115;
goes to Ostend with R.ib.;
called an enemy of England by Essex,118;
attends at Basing to entertain French,123;
plotting at Durham House,134;
R. only intimate friend,136;
Lord Warden of Cinque Ports,ib.;
and Watson's plot,ib.;
shown R.'s explanation,137;
accuses R., but retracts,ib.;
communicates with R. by Mellersh,142;
tried at Staines for Arabella Stuart plot,142;
communications with R.,144;
vacillation,145;
retracts to R,ib.;
R. asks that Cobham should die first,157;
convicted of treason,158;
led out for execution, but reprieved,160;
death by paralysis,223
Coke, Sir Edward, Attorney-General at R.'s Winchester trial,146-7
Colin Clout, Spenser refers to R. in,43,48;
Queen Elizabeth commands its publication,49
Collectiones Peregrinationum, by De Bry,114
Collier, J. P.,56
Commentaries, by Sir F. Vere,97
Commerce, R.'sObservations on Trade and,186
Condé, Prince of, his death,4
Cookes, the, R. takes to Cadiz,90
Copley and Watson's plot,135;
his arrest,136
Corabby, R.'s courage at ford of,14
Cordials made by R.,168
Cork, R. reinforces Sentleger at,9;
Geraldine executed at,ib.;
R. governor of,15;
land granted to R. in,34;
cedars planted by R. still at,47;
R.'s second Guiana fleet takes refuge at,194
Cornwall, R. Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of,32;
R.'s deputy in,32;
R. collects miners to resist Armada,38;
its defences considered,89;
R.'s efforts for tin-workers in,117;
R. tries to retain office, but superseded by Earl of Pembroke,163
Coro, burned,81
Cotterell, messenger between R. and Cobham,145,169;
examined against R.,170
Cotton, Sir Robert, lends books to R.,171
Court, early record of R.'s admission to,5,6;
R. not a penniless adventurer at,16;
recognised courtier,17,19;
R. inferior to Leicester, Walsingham, and Hatton at,50;
reference to R. at,103,115;
R. excluded by James I.,188
Cranborne, Lord.SeeCecil
'Crane,' the, R.'s ship,42
Creighton's, Mrs.,Period of R.,vi.
Cross, Captain, and plate ship prize,62
Crosse, Sir Robert, with R. meets King James,132
Cucuina, river, R. ascends,71
Cumana, Venezuela, spared by ransom and subsequently burnt by R.'s ships,81
Cynthia, R.'s supposed lost poem,45-46;
fragments printed from Hatfield MS.,46;
style and importance,46-47;
calledThe Ocean to,46;
andThe Ocean's Love to,ib.;
treated of inAthenæum, 1886,ib.;
publication urged by Spenser,49
Dangers of a Spanish Faction in Scotland, by R.,124
Daniel, Samuel, and R,182-3
Dartmouth, 'Madre de Dios' towed to,60;
R. stops spoliation of,61
Davies, Sir John,Nosce teipsumand R.'sCynthia,46
Davis, John, R.'s partner for discovery of N.-W. passage,28;
refers to whereabouts of R., July 1595,82
De Beaumont, French ambassador, refers to R.,133,141
De Bry prints R.'sDiscoveryin hisCollectiones,114
'Destiny,' ship built by R. for Guiana expedition,190;
Des Marêts visits the,193;
commanded by young Walter R.,ib.;
John Burwick the master,194;
outlawed,205;
arrives at Plymouth,205,206
Des Marêts, French ambassador,190;
suspicious of R.'s Guiana voyage,ib.;
visits R.'s 'Destiny,'193;
his correspondence,ib.
Desmond, Earl of, murder of his brother's guest,8;
R. shares escheated lands of,34
Devonshire Association,Transactions of, and R.,2;
accent strong in R.,21;
R.'s popularity in,31;
Stannaries, R.'s report on,ib.;
R. Vice-Admiral of,32;
Sir John Gilbert, R.'s deputy in,ib.;
R. member of Parliament for,ib.;
miners serve in Netherlands,ib.;
farmers settle in south of Ireland,34;
miners raised by R. to repel Armada,38;
R. considers its defences,89
Devonshire, Earl of, on R.'s trial at Winchester,146
Dingle, expedition from Ferrol lands at,8
Discovery of Guiana, published by R.,83-84;
literary value,85;
translations in Latin, German, and French,114;
reprinted by Hakluyt,ib.
Doddridge, Sir John,144
Domestic Correspondencerefers to R.'s ships,42
Donne, John, earliest known poem,105
Dover, R. at,90,193
Drake, Sir Francis, receives prisoners from Armada,39;
expedition to Portugal,41-42;
and spoil of 'Madre de Dios,'62;
his fate,6,87
'Dreadnought,' Sir C. Clifford's Cadiz ship,95
Dudley, Robert, D. of Northumberland, at Cadiz,ib.
Duke, Richard, contemporary owner of R.'s birthplace,1
Durham, Bishop of, demands Durham House,133
Durham House leased by R.,31;
its site and history,ib.;
Queen Elizabeth there in 1592,56;
references to,87,114,120;
fire at,117;
Lady R. advises a proper lease for,ib.;
Bishop of Durham demands and King James directs R. to surrender,133-4;
R. forced to remove from,134;
alleged plotting at,ib.
Dutch to assist in attack on Cadiz,89,99;
take part in capture of Azores,107
Dyer's evidence at R.'s trial,155
Edwards, Edward, life and letters of R.,v.;
collected evidence of battle of Cadiz,91;
references to,82,190,210
Effingham, Lady, converse with R.,167
Effingham.SeeHoward
El Dorado, legendary prince of Guiana,65;
supposed lake in heart of Guiana,ib.;
efforts of Spaniards and Germans to reach,ib.
Elizabeth, Queen, Duc d'Alençon her suitor,17-18;
confers an Irish captaincy on R.,19;
R. first favourite with,19-25;
gifts to R.,24,25;
grants charter to R. for discovery of N.-W. passage,28;
Virginia named in honour of,ib.;
leases Durham House to R.,31;
feelings towards Leicester,32;
keeps R. from politics,35;
R. supplanted by Essex,35;
appropriates pirated fine raiment,42;
R. restored to favour by,43,49;
praised inCynthia,45;
Spenser introduced to,48;
commands publication ofColin Clout,49;
happy retort of R. to,53;
instals a pliable Bishop of Salisbury and receives fine from R.,53;
supports R. in Spanish plate-ship venture,54,59;
buys the 'Ark Raleigh,'54;
vanity and resentment,55;
recalls R. from Frobisher's fleet,56;
discovers R.'s Throckmorton intrigue,ib.;
confines R. in Tower,57;
R.'s letter of devotion to,ib.;
acknowledges R.'s marriage,63;
works of travel published in her reign,85;
irresolution to attack Spain after Armada,88;
R. seeks reconciliation with,100;
claims Cadiz prize-money,101;
R.'s position with,101,103,111,115;
reconfers captaincy of the Guard on R.,103;
her custom to retire early to rest,111;
festivities on her sixty-fifth birthday,113;
sends R. to Ostend,115;
confers Governorship of Jersey and Manor of St. Germain on R.,116;
Essex accuses R., Cecil, and Cobham to,118;
refuses communication with Essex,ib.;
said to have shown skull of Essex,ib.;
R. sends her a supposed diamond,128;
interviews R. on Irish policy,ib.;
R. advises as to MacDermod,ib.;
her death,129;
reference to,186
Elizabethan poets engaged in Ireland,10
El Nuevo Dorado, or Guiana,66
Elphinstone, Sir James, eager for R.'s estate,143
Elyot, Sir John, hisMonarchy of Man,217;
describes R.'s end,ib.
England, Breviary of the History of,182;
Archbishop Sancroft and MS. of,ib.;
Samuel Daniel's share in,183;
attributed to R.,ib.
Epuremi tribe in Guiana,78
Erskine, Sir Thomas, supplants R. in the Guard,133;
his position with King James,133
Essays, Bacon issues his,85
Essex, Earl of, competes with R. for royal favour,35;
demands R.'s sacrifice,35,36;
Court attacks on R.,40;
challenges R.,ib.;
drives R. from Court,42;
more friendly with R.,50;
perceives value of the Puritans,ib.;
his Protestantism,ib.;
to consider attack on Cadiz,89;
his share in Cadiz expedition,92-100;
captures library of Bishop of Algarve,101;
presents it to Sir T. Bodley,ib.;
and Cadiz prize money,ib.;
at Chatham,103;
planning fresh attack on Spain,ib.;
charged with disloyalty,104;
R.'s guest at Plymouth,106;
expedition to Azores and result,107-109;
Royal influence on the wane,111;
offended past forgiveness by Queen,112;
uncompromising speech to Elizabeth,ib.;
surliness of temper,ib.;
adopts for his men tilting colours of R.,113;
increasing enmity with R.,ib.;
complaints to Queen,118;
Queen refuses communication with,ib.;
conspiracy,119-120;
R. and the execution of,120;
Elizabeth shows his skull to Duc de Biron,123
Eugubinus, Steuchius,178
Euphuistic prose, example in R.'s letter to Cecil,57
Evesham, Chronicle of,171
Ewaipanoma tribe,77
Execution of R.,217,218-219;
his speech,218;
his gallant bearing,29
Exeter, R.'s parents buried at,3
Faery Queen, R.'s adventures compared with those in,43;
its progress,45;
registered, Spenser obtains pension by,49;
R.'s sonnet appended to,ib.
Fajardo Isle,74
Falmouth, expedition to Spain puts back into,106
'Farm of Wines' granted by Q. Elizabeth to R.,24;
granted by King James to E. of Nottingham,141
Fayal, Essex and R. arrange to capture,107;
R. to meet Essex at,108;
R. arrives before Essex, its attack and capture,ib.;
arrival of Essex,ib.;
dispute relative to capture,109
Featley, Dr. Daniel, tutor to young Walter R.,171
Fenton, Geoffrey, in Munster,10
Ferrol, Spanish expedition to Ireland from,8
Finland, Duke of, offers assistance to R. in Guiana,113
Fish tithes, in Sidmouth, leased to R.'s family,2
Fisher, Jasper,6
Fitzjames rents R.'s Sherborne farms,64
Fitzwilliam, Sir William, Irish Deputy, dispute with R.,48;
reference to,49
Fleet Prison, R. committed to,7;
R. removed from Tower to,165
Flemish ships captured off Fuerteventura,67
Flores in Azores, R. joins fleet of Essex off,107
Flores, Gutierrez, Spanish President, opinion of the enemies' fleet off Cadiz,92
Fort del Ore, Ireland, built by invaders,6;
siege, capture and massacre at,12
Fowler, R.'s gold refiner, death of,199
France, R. aids Huguenot princes,4;
Hakluyt in,ib.;
R.'s return from,6;
Henry IV.'s compliment to Queen Elizabeth,122;
invited to support Huguenots,193;
Ambassador visits R.,190,192;
R. offered escape by,208
Free trade, R. an advocate of,186-7
French Ambassadors: Duc de Biron,122;
De Beaumont,133,141;
Des Marêts,190,192
French envoy, La Chesnée, offers R. means of escape,208,211,212
French vessels detained by R.,195
Frobisher, Sir Martin,26;
fleet for capturing Indian carracks,54;
reputed severity,ib.;
R. with his fleet,56;
off Spanish coast seeking plate ships,59
Fuerteventura, R. captures ships off,67
Fuller records R. at Oxford,3;
story of R. making his cloak a mat for Queen,21;
anecdotes,22
Gamage, Barbara, marries Robert Sidney,33;
grandmother of Waller's Sacharissa,ib.
Gardiner, S. R., estimate of R.'s genius,130;
credits Beaumont's story of,133;
account of R.'s trial,157,213;
account of the Benevolence,184;
details of intrigues in K. James's Court,190,206
'Garland,' the, R.'s ship,42
Gascoigne, protégé of R.'s half-brother,5;
hisSteel Glass,ib.;
death of,5;
Lord Grey patron of,10
Gate House, R. confined in,214
Gawdy, one of R.'s Winchester judges,146
Genoa, its seizure proposed,192;
discussed before K. James and rejected,ib.
Geraldine Friary, Youghal, destroyed,34
Geraldine, Sir James, trial and execution,9
Geraldines rebel,8
Gibb, John, page to James I.,159
Gifford, Captain, reference to,79,80
Gilbert, Adrian, R.'s half-brother,1;
partner in N.-W. expeditions,28;
holds office at Sherborne,53;
obnoxious to R.'s bailiff Meeres,121;
commended to Lady R.,140;
and R.'s Sherborne estates,143
Gilbert, Bartholomew, his voyage to America,125;
sails from Virginia with rich woods,126;
carries supposed diamond from R. to Queen,127-8
Gilbert, Katherine.SeeRaleigh, Mrs
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, R.'s half-brother,1;
R. companion of his voyages,6,7;
gained renown in Ireland,8;
granted Charter to make settlements in America,26;
lends ships to serve on Irish coast,26;
misfortunes and vicissitudes of expedition,26-27;
his death at sea,27
Gilbert, Sir John, half-brother to R.,62;
preparing to sail for Guiana,113
Gilbert, Otto,1
Gillingham Forest, R. in,64
Glenmalure, R. meets Spenser at battle of,10
Globe Theatre, Shakespeare'sRichard the Secondat,104
Godolphin, Sir Francis, warden of Stannaries,141
Gomera Islands, R. lands at,197;
courtesy of governor and his lady to R.,197-198
Gondomar (Sarmiento), Spanish ambassador,190;
suspicious of R.,190,191;
pledged R.'s life against Spanish attack,192;
protests against Guiana expedition,193;
Captain Bailey in his pay,196;
Bailey traduces R. to,199;
activity for R.'s ruin,204;
urges embargo on English at Seville,204;
claims punishment of R.,205
Goodwin, Hugh, hostage with Topiawari,79;
learns Indian language,ib.;
serves under Gifford,ib.;
meets R. after twenty-two years,200
Googe, Barnabee, in Munster,10
Gorges, Sir A., assaulted by R.,58;
believes R. mad,ib.;
historian of Azores expedition,107;
and Duc de Biron,122
Gorges, Sir F., and Essex conspiracy,119
Gosnoll, Captain, American discoveries,125;
sails from Virginia without R.'s leave,126
Gray'sElegyand R.'sCynthia,46
Grenville, Sir Richard, and R.'s Virginian expeditions,29,37;
captures Spanish prize of 50,000l.,29;
and Armada,37;
R.'s account of the fight in the 'Revenge' and his heroic death,51,96;
Sir R. Beville inquires into his death,51;
praised by Tennyson and Bacon,51;
R.'s cousin,95;
R. revenges his death,96,98
Greville, Fulke, in Munster,10
Grey, Lord de Wilton, in Dublin,9;
dislikes R.,9;