Chapter X: The End (2)

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 Marets, 190, 192

French envoy, La Chesnee, 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, protege of R.'s half-brother, 5;
his _Steel 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. _See_ Raleigh, 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's _Richard the Second_ at, 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's _Elegy_ and R.'s _Cynthia_, 46

Grenville, Sir Richard, and R.'s Virginian expeditions, 29, 37;
captures Spanish prize of 50,000_l._, 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;
patron of Gascoigne, 10;
hatred of Popery, 11;
treatment of Irish rebels, 13;
denounced by R. to Leicester, 14;
leniency in Ireland, 22;
and Armada, 37;
dines with R. at Flores, 107;
in Low Countries, 115

Grey, young Lord de Wilton, and Watson's plot, 135, 158, 160

Grosart's _Lismore Papers_, vi.

Guard, R. Captain of the, 35, 103;
Sir T. Erskine supplants R., 133

Guayana Vieja founded by Berreo, 73

Guiana, R.'s desire to conquer, 64;
its description, 65, 66;
capture of Spanish letters relative to, 66;
annexed by Berreo, governor of Trinidad, _ib._;
Captain Whiddon visits for R., 66;
R. explores part of, 67;
supposed mineral wealth, 72, 75;
Humboldt on its gold yield, 75;
leaves two sailors at Morequito, 79;
health of R.'s expedition, 81;
R. asks effect of expedition on Court, 83;
R.'s _Discovery of Guiana_ published, 83-84;
Chapman's poem on, 85-86;
Captain Keymis's voyage, 86;
R.'s _Of the Voyage for Guiana_, 87;
Government interest not excited by R., _ib._;
Captain L. Berrie's voyage, 102;
D. of Finland urges R. to colonise, 113;
Sir J. Gilbert preparing for, 113;
increased fame of _Discovery_, 114;
R. asks leave to revisit, 170;
R.'s funds for voyage, 172, 189-190;
R. released from Tower to go to, 189;
advantages promised King James, _ib._;
preparations for, excite Spaniards, 190;
R.'s Royal commission, 190-191;
composition of R.'s fleet, 193-194;
its delays, 194;
fleet detains French traders, 195;
fleet off Canaries, _ib._;
Captain Bailey deserts, 196;
courtesies with Governor of Gomera, 198;
R.'s log of _Second Voyage_, 199;
R. ill of fever in, 199-200;
R. meets Hugh Goodwin after twenty-two years, 200;
fleet at Trinidad, 200;
Keymis explores for gold, attacks San Thome, 200-1;
R.'s son Walter killed, 201;
Keymis's failure and embarrassed meeting with R., 201;
Keymis commits suicide in, 202;
R.'s failure to find gold mines in, 202;
mutiny of fleet, 202;
R. sails to Newfoundland from, 203;
R.'s ignominious return from, _ib._;
_Apology for the Voyage to_, 208

Gunpowder Plot and R., 168

Hakluyt, R.'s contemporary at Oxford, 3;
his _Voyages_ and sojourn in France, 4;
reprints R.'s report of Grenville's fight, 51;
_Discovery of Guiana_, 114

Hale, the sergeant at R.'s Winchester trial, 146-7

Hamburg ship, R. takes sugar, &c., from a, 41

Hampden, John, collector of R.'s MSS., 185

Hannah, Archdeacon, printed R.'s _Cynthia_, 46

Harington, Sir John, 34

Hariot, Thomas, R.'s scientific agent in Virginia, 31

Harris, Sir C., R. lodged in his house, 206

Hart, Captain, betrays R., 208

Harvey, Sir G., Lieutenant of Tower, 141, 142;
suspects R.'s communications, 144;
indulges R., succeeded by Sir W. Waad, 167

Hatfield MSS. and R.'s _Cynthia_, 46

Hatton, Sir C., R. reconciles him to Queen Elizabeth, 23;
references to, and death, 32, 35, 50

Hawkins, his third voyage, 6;
character of his voyages, 7

Hayes relates R.'s expense in Gilbert's expedition, 27

Hayes Barton, R.'s birthplace, in Devon, 1, 3

Hennessy, Sir J. Pope, account of R. in Ireland, 47

Henri IV. of France, 122

Henry VIII. censured in R.'s _History_, 180

Henry, Prince, visits R. in Tower, 169;
seeks advice of R., 173, 174;
death agonies eased by R.'s cordial, 175;
efforts and sympathy for R., 175, 180;
opinion of his father's conduct, 175;
and R.'s _Cabinet Council_, 185

_Histoire Universelle_, by d'Aubigne, 177

Historical MSS. Commission _Reports_, vi.

_History of the World_, by R.'s personal reference, 4, 5, 162, 171;
references to Armada, 38;
on boarding galleons, 39;
refers to Trinidad, 67;
R. aided by Ben Jonson, 175;
size and contents, 176;
critically examined, 176-182;
its preface, when written, 180;
suppressed by King James, and cause, 180-181

Hooker's _Supply of the Irish Chronicles_ and references to R., 11, 43;
_Ecclesiastical Polity_, 85;
Oxford tutor of Walter R., jun., 171

Hornsey, R.'s servants disturb the peace at, 6

Howard of Bindon, Thomas Lord, R. to warn him if any Spaniards in
Channel, 50;
and Cadiz expedition, 89, 96, 97, 98;
takes R.'s servant under his protection, 121;
persuades Sir W. Peryam to re-try Meere's suit, 127;
juror on R.'s trial, 143, 146

Howard, Lord Henry, and R., interview with Lennox, 124-125;
R. prays forgiveness for, 139

Howard of Effingham, Lord Charles, R.'s advice on boarding Armada, 38, 39;
high opinion of R., 39;
_Discovery of Guiana_ dedicated to, 84;
forces expedition to Cadiz, 88;
on committee for attack on Cadiz, 89;
details of his action at Cadiz, 92-100;
ship 'Ark Royal,' 93;
obtains R.'s return to Court, 103;
to attempt capture of Graciosa, 107;
created E. of Nottingham, 110, 112;
granted R.'s wine patent, 141;
conducts Arabella Stewart to R.'s trial, 155;
outlaws R.'s ship 'Destiny,' 205;
death of, 223

Huguenots, R. offers to aid, 4;
Henry Champernowne's force aids, _ib._;
mode of smoking out Catholics, 5

Hulsius, Levinus, Latin translation of the _Discovery of Guiana_, 114

Humboldt's examination of Guiana gold, 75;
testified to the genuineness of R.'s account of Guiana, 78

'Husband' ship, 194, 196

Imataca mountains seen by R., 72

Imokelly, R. escapes ambush by Seneschal of, 14

Income of R., references to, 16, 24, 25, 30, 34, 133, 162, 172

Indian carracks (plate-ships) scheme for R. to seize, 53-54;
Sir J. Burrows to attack them, 54;
their capture, 59-60;
fleet of in Cadiz harbour, 99;
burnt by Spaniards to avoid capture, _ib._;
two destroyed by R. in Azores, 109

_Ireland, History of the Early Ages in_, MacCarthy's, 129

Ireland, R. in, 7;
Catholic invasion of, 7;
R.'s voyage to Cork, 8;
Lord Grey succeeds Pelham in, 9;
execution of Sir J. Geraldine, 10;
poets on service in, _ib._;
massacre at Fort del Ore, 12;
R.'s severity towards rebels, 13;
rebels pardoned through Ormond, 13;
R.'s seizure of Barry Court, 14;
Castle Bally-in-Harsh taken by R.'s strategy, 15;
R.'s return from, 16;
R. paid for service in, 18;
R. assigned a Captaincy in, 19;
_The Opinion of Mr. Rawley_ on, 22;
Lord Grey deprived of Deputyship, 23;
R.'s residences in, 34;
estates in Cork, Waterford, and Tipperary settled by R., 34;
R.'s experience as a colonist in, 34;
R. leaves to fight Armada, 38;
Essex forces R.'s return to, 42;
R.'s efforts in developing his estates in, 47;
potato and tobacco introduced by R., 48;
Sir William Fitzwilliam, Deputy in, _ib._;
R. refused Lord Deputyship, 112;
occupied with affairs of, 115;
invaded by Spain, 124;
R. on situation in, _ib._;
MacCarthy's _History of the Early Ages in_, 129;
Boyle, Earl of Cork, buys R.'s estates in, 129;
R. sells remainder of his leases, 194

_Irish Chronicles_, Hooker's _Supply of the_, 11

Islands voyage. _See_ Azores

Islington, R.'s residence in, 6

James I. first cognisant of R., 123;
offers Scotch troops to repel Spanish invasion, 124;
sends Lennox on mission to Elizabeth, _ib._;
R. and Cobham reported unfavourable to, 124;
met by London nobility at death of Elizabeth, 132;
R. and Sir R. Crosse meet him at Burghley, _ib._;
unfavourably received R., 132;
promises R. continuance of Stannaries, _ib._;
displaces R. from the Guard, 133;
increases R.'s salary as Governor of Jersey, _ib._;
deprives R. of Durham House on petition of Bishop of Durham, 133, 134;
involved in promises to Catholics, 135;
waiting Spanish overtures, _ib._;
guest of Sir F. Carew, _ib._;
given R.'s _Discourse on Spanish War, &c._, _ib._;
R.'s projects distasteful to, _ib._;
commits R. to Tower, 137;
R. begs his life of and refused hope by, 158;
prepares warrant for stay of R.'s execution, 158;
signs death-warrants for conspirators, 159;
intention to reprieve, _ib._;
at bull-baiting on Tower Hill, 165;
and Christian IV. of Denmark, 169;
suppresses R.'s _History of the World_, 180;
R. hopes to propitiate him, 183;
forbids printing of R.'s _Prerogative of Parliament_, 184;
and the Benevolence, 184;
a Protectionist, 187;
releases R., 188;
to be enriched by R.'s second voyage to Guiana, 189;
submits R.'s proposed route to Madrid, 191;
ignores statements of Bailey, 199;
Captain North relates R.'s failure to, 203;
R.'s apologetic letter to, _ib._;
Spain clamours for R.'s death, 205;
invites claims against R., _ib._;
his arguments for R., _ib._;
R. doomed by, 205, 206;
_Apology_ for Guiana voyage of no effect on, 209;
R.'s attempted catspaw against Spain, 211;
R.'s confession to, 212;
advised to give R. public trial, 212;
R. throws himself on his mercy, 214;
quits London and signs R.'s death-warrant, _ib._;
foiled by R.'s bearing at execution, 219;
R. begs his memory to be saved from scurrilous writers, 220;
death of, 223

Jarnac, battle of, 4

Jeaffreson, J. Cordy, contribution by, vi.;
researches in Middlesex Records, 6, 20;
researches in Assembly Books of K. Lynn, 38

Jersey, R. seeks Governorship of, 114;
R. succeeds Sir A. Paulet as Governor, 116;
account of and effect of R.'s rule in, 116-117;
Norman gentry in, 127;
King James increased R.'s salary for, 133;
R. displaced for Sir J. Peyton, 141;
references to R. in, 126, 127

Jesuit captured by R., 64

Jewels, R.'s love of, 20;
value on his person when arrested, 20, 209

Jonson, Ben, referred by Camden to R., 175;
assists R. in _History of the World_, 175, 176;
goes with young Walter R. to Paris, 175;
his _Works_, 175;
jealous of Samuel Daniel, 183;
death of, 223

Keymis, Captain, with R. in Guiana, 80;
his second voyage to Guiana, 86;
commended to Lady R., 140;
gives evidence on R.'s trial under fear of torture, 154;
warden of Sherborne, 164;
and Guiana, 174;
joins R.'s fleet at Plymouth, 194;
commands Orinoco gold expedition without success, 200, 201;
attacks San Thome, 201;
announces to R. death of his son Walter R., _ib._;
dejection at R.'s reproach, asks forgiveness, _ib._;
writes to Earl of Arundel, _ib._;
commits suicide, 202

Kilcolman, Spenser's Irish seat, 44

King, Captain Samuel, attempts R.'s escape, 206-8;
his arrest, 208

King's Lynn entertains R., 38

Kinsale, Spanish landing at, 124;
R. returns from Guiana to, 203

La Chesnee, French envoy, offers escape to R., 208, 211, 212

Lake, Sir Thomas, to send R. from Court, 133

Lane, Ralph, leader of R.'s Virginian colony, 29;
considers defence against Armada, 37

Languedoc, Catholics smoked out at, 5

La Rienzi, reference to at R.'s trial, 148

Leicester, Earl of, R. writes from Lismore to, 17;
R. his protege at Court, _ib._;
goes to Netherlands with R. and Sir P. Sidney, 18;
Queen Elizabeth quarrels with, _ib._;
reconciled to R.'s Royal favour, 23;
in Netherlands and in disgrace, R.'s sympathy, 32;
reference to, 35;
death of, 50

Lennox, Duke of, diplomatic visit to Elizabeth, 124;
believes R. and Cobham opposed King James, _ib._

Limerick, victory of Sir N. Malby in woods of, 8

'Lion,' Sir R. Southwell's ship at Cadiz, 95

'Lion Whelp,' Cecil's ship, 67;
R. reinforced at Port of Spain by, 68

Lisbon, Drake and R. with expedition at, 41-42

Lismore, Elizabethan capital of Munster, 15

Lismore Castle, R. rents from Archbishop of Cashel, 34

_Lismore Papers_ and R.'s references, vi., 194, 203

Loftie, Rev. W. J., account of R.'s lodgings in Tower, 162

London citizens aid privateering against Spain, 59;
eagerness to share spoil, 61;
jewellers or goldsmiths and Spanish prize, 62;
plague in, 142

Lostwithiel, Stannaries Court of, 117

Macareo, R. tried to enter river, 69;
channel, 80

MacCarthy, Florence, R. advises his retention in Tower, 129;
asks Cecil to permit R. to judge him, _ib._;
his _History of the Early Ages in Ireland_, 129

Mace, Samuel, commands a Virginian fleet for R., 125

MacDermod, Cormac, Lord of Muskerry, R.'s severity to, 128

Macureguarai, rich city of Guiana, 78

Madeira, R.'s Virginian ships stripped at, 37

'Madre de Dios,' plate-ship, value of its capture, 60;
inquiry as to disposal of treasure, 62

Magrath, Meiler, Archbishop of Cashel, 34

Malby, Sir Nicholas, defeats Irish rebels, 8

Malet, Sir A., MSS., R.'s unpopularity referred to in, 131

Manamo, R. enters the Orinoco by river, 69

Manatee seen by R. in Guiana, 79

Mannourie, French quack attendant and spy on R., 207;
gives R. a detrimental dose, _ib._;
bribed by R., 208;
denounced by R., 220;
his disgrace, 223

Manoa, capital of Guiana, 69

Markham led out for execution but reprieved, 159, 160

Marlowe's career, 85

Marriage of R. to Elizabeth Throckmorton, 63

Martinez, Juan, journal of visit to Manoa, 69

'Mary Rose,' Sir G. Carew's Cadiz ship, 95

Maurice of Nassau, letters taken to Prince, 175

Medina Sidonia, Duke of, his report to Philip II. of English attack on
Cadiz, 98;
burns fleet of carracks to avoid capture by English, 99

Meeres, John, R.'s bailiff at Sherborne, 53;
his dismissal and revenge, 121;
arrests R.'s new bailiff, 121;
brings civil action against R., 122, 127;
commissioner for despoiling Sherborne, 164

Mellersh, Cobham's secretary, 142

Mexican plate fleet, R.'s designs on, 191, 202, 210, 213

Mexico, Gulf of, R.'s early knowledge of, 7

Mexico, its revenue to Spain, 77

Meyrick, Sir Gilly, his conduct towards R., 108

Middle Temple, R. in, 5

Milton inherits and publishes R.'s _The Cabinet Council_, 185

Mitcham, Lady R. sells an estate at, 189

_Monarchy of Man_, by Sir J. Elyot, describes R.'s last moments, 217

Moncontour in France, R. at retreat of, 4

Montgomery, death of Huguenot chief, 4

Mont Orgueil, Jersey, 117

Morequito, port on River Orinoco, 74;
its chief Topiawari, 78

Mulla. _See_ Awbeg, 44

Munster, R. temporary governor of, succeeded by Zouch, 15;
Sentleger provost-marshal in, 9;
Spenser clerk of the council of, 44;
life in, _ib._;
R.'s efforts to improve, 47;
severity of President against Cormac MacDermod, 128

Muskerry, Lord of, severity against, 128

Naunton's description of R., 20, 22

Navigation, R. considering international, 56

Netherlands, Earl of Leicester in, 28, 32;
Devon miners serve in, 32;
R.'s _Discourse ... the Protecting of_, 135

Newfoundland, R. in, 33, 203;
R. establishes trade with Jersey, 117

Ninias, R.'s account of King, 181

'Nonparilla,' R., Dudley's ship at Cadiz, 95

North, Captain, tells the King of R.'s Guiana failure, 203

North-West Passage, R.'s efforts, its discovery, 28;
and northern route to China, 28

Northampton, Lord, interviews R. in Tower, 172;
R.'s enemy removed, 187;
at R.'s execution, 218

Northumberland, Earl of, R. visits at Sion House, 114;
goes to Ostend with R., 115;
invited to Bath, 127

Nottingham, Earl of. _See_ Howard

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. _See_ Hatton

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

_Phoenix Nest_, 34

_Pilgrimage_, R. writes _The_, 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 of _Shepherd'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

Raleigh _nee_ Gilbert, 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 of _Cynthia_, 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;
publishes _Discovery of Guiana_, 84;
merit as a writer of travel, 85;
his _Of the Voyage for Guiana_, 87;
naval skill first fully recognised, 89;
taking of Cadiz, brilliant triumph for, 91;
his _Relation 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;
his _Prerogative 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;
his _Dangers 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;
poem _The 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;
writing _Marriage Discourses_, 174;
_History of World_ and Ben Jonson, 175, 176-182;
demands for his MS., 184;
his _Cabinet Council_; _Discourse of War_; and _Observations 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 Thome, 201;
fails to discover gold, 201;
his faithful Keymis commits suicide, 202;
mutiny of his fleet _ib._;
ignominious return to England, 203, 205;
arrest and attempted escape, 206, 208;
writes _Apology for the Voyage to Guiana_, 208;
valuables found on his person, 209;
James uninfluenced by _Apology_, _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 Thome, last words, 201

Raleigh, Lady, and _see_ Throckmorton;
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

_Remains_ of 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 Thome, R.'s captain attacks, 201;
R.'s eldest son killed at, _ib._;
news of attack reaches Spain and England, 205

Sancroft, Archbishop, attributes _History of England_ to R., 182

Sandars, a legate, and Irish rebellion, 8

Sarmiento, Don Pedro, captured by R., 33

Sarmiento. _See_ Gondomar

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 his _Richard the Second_, 104

Shepherd of the Ocean, R. so named by Spenser, 44, 46-7

_Shepherd's Calender_ by 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 8,000_l._ in lieu of, _ib._;
R.'s last sojourn at, 207

_Shipping_, R.'s _Invention 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.'s _Discourse 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._;
promised security at peril of R.'s life, 192, 205;
asks punishment of R. for San Thome attack, _ib._;
Buckingham favourable to, 210;
James, the attempted catspaw of R. against, 211;
English pensioners in pay of, _ib._

_Spanish Alarum, The_, by R., 104

Spanish Ambassador pleads for R.'s life, 158

Spanish Armada, 38-39, 88

_Spanish Faction in Scotland, the Dangers of a_, 124

Spanish invasion of England, R.'s advice against, 37-38

Sparrey, Francis, volunteers to stay in Guiana, 79;
captured by Spaniards; his account of Guiana, _ib._

Spenser, Edmund, secretary to Lord Grey in Ireland, 10;
his _Shepherd's Calender_; first meets R., _ib._, 20;
_Colin Clout_, evidence of R.'s position with Queen, 43;
effect of R.'s friendship on, _ib._;
his _Faery Queen_ and R.'s adventures compared, _ib._;
Clerk of Council of Munster, 44;
Irish estate, _ib._;
returns to England; at Court with R., 48;
secures a pension for _Faery Queen_, 49

'St. Andrew,' rich Spanish prize taken at Cadiz, 99

St. Bartholomew's, R. and massacre on, 4

St. John, J. A., _Life of R._, v.;
discovery of R.'s map of Guiana, 83;
prints R.'s confession, 212

St. John, Oliver, trial of, 184

St. John, Sir William, efforts for R.'s release, 188

St. Margaret's, Westminster, R.'s body buried in, 222

'St. Matthew,' valuable prize taken at Cadiz, 98, 99

'St. Philip,' R.'s contest at Cadiz with, 96, 98;
saved from total destruction by Dutch, 99

Stafford, Sir Edward, tells Bacon of R. in Tower, 57;
his kinswoman wife of Governor of Gomera, 197

Stannaries, R. Lord Warden of the, 32, 64, 128, 141

Stead, death of, 198

_Steel Glass_, Gascoigne's, 5;
verses prefixed by R. to, _ib._

Stourton, Lady, R. arrests a Jesuit in house of, 64

Strozzi, Peter, lost at Azores, 39

Stuart, Arabella, conspirators for, 102;
her descent and relationship to James I., 142, 143;
protests her ignorance of plot at R.'s trial, 155;
James wishes to spare, _ib._;
her death, R. deprived of her pearls, 187

Stukely, Sir Lewis, R.'s cousin, arrests R., 206;
hires French quack to inveigle R., 207;
bribed by and betrays R., 208;
valuables on R.'s person fall to, 209;
denounced by R., 220;
condemned for clipping coin, 222;
fled to Lundy and died a maniac, 223

Suffolk urges severity against R., 141

'Summer's Nightingale,' R. styled the, 49

Talbot, John, R.'s secretary in Tower, death of, 199

Tarleton, comedian, his remark against R. at Court, 36

Tax on tavern-keepers ascribed to R. but due to Queen, 131

Temple, Middle, R. in, 5

Tennyson, Lord, praise of Sir R. Grenville, 51

_Tewkesbury, Annals of_, 171

Throckmorton, Arthur, dispute and dismissal from fleet, 90;
restored by R.'s influence, 91;
gains distinction at Cadiz, 91

Throckmorton, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Nicholas, 55;
her love of R., 55;
private marriage with R., _ib._, 63;
confined in Tower, 57;
_see_ R., Lady

Thynne, Francis, R.'s cousin, 214

'Tiger,' Sir R. Grenville's ship, 29

Tipperary, R. granted estates in, 34

Tonson, navigator, 6

Topiawari, friendly Guiana chief, 78, 79

Tounson, Dean of Westminster, R.'s spiritual adviser, 214;
describes R. in face of death, 214-215;
attends R.'s execution, 216

Tower, R. confined in, 57, 137, 138, 142, 145, 160, 161-188, 209;
R. attempts suicide in, 137;
plague in outlying posts of, 142;
R.'s apartments in Garden or Bloody Tower, 162;
malaria in, 164;
Lady R. and son leaves, 165;
R.'s experiments in garden of, 168;
death of Arabella Stuart in, 187;
release of R., 188

Tower, Lieutenants of, in charge of R., Sir G. Harvey and Sir J. Peyton,
141;
Sir William Waad, 167;
Sir A. Apsley and Sir T. Wilson, 211

_Trade and Commerce_, R. on, 186;
a plea for free trade, 186-187;
when published, 187

Trinidad, A. de Berreo Governor of, 66;
visited by R.'s expedition, 67, 200;
its liquid pitch and oysters, 67;
R. returns from Guiana to, 80

Udall, John, protected by R. and Essex, 50

_Underwoods_, verses by R. attributed to Ben Jonson, 175

Vanlore, Pieter, R. borrows of, 190

Venezuela coast plundered by R.'s expedition, 81;
precautions against English, _ib._

Venice watching Savoy, 190

Vere, Sir Francis, with Cadiz expedition, 95, 97;
to attempt with Howard capture of Graciosa, 107

Villiers, favourable to R., 187;
animus against Somerset, 188;
urged to intervene for R., 210;
pledged to Spanish alliance, _ib._

Virginia, discovery of, 28;
failure of a second expedition to, 29;
its products attract R., 30;
collapse of R.'s colony, 33;
a fourth expedition fails, 36;
expenditure on abortive fifth expedition, 37;
R.'s relief vessels stripped by privateers, _ib._;
drain on R.'s fortune; leases patent, 41;
never visited by R., _ib._;
R.'s final effort to colonise, 125;
R. not a complete loser by expeditions to, 126;
expected return of an expedition by R., 40

Waad, Sir W., takes R. to Winchester for trial, 145;
special commissioner at R.'s trial, 146;
thinks R. too comfortable in Tower, 162;
succeeds as Lieutenant of Tower, 167;
suspicion of R.'s experiments, 168;
reference to, 170

Walsingham and R. in Paris on St. Bartholomew's eve, 4;
massacre of Fort del Ore reported to, 12;
reference to, 32;
death of, 50

Walton, Izaak, accounts of Ben Jonson and R., 175

_War_, R.'s _A Discourse of_, 185-6;
most pleasing of R.'s prose writings, 185

Warburton, judge at R.'s Winchester trial, 146

'War Sprite,' R.'s ship in Cadiz expedition, 94

Waterford, R. granted estates in, 34;
trade in pipe-staves encouraged by R., 47

Watson's plot, 135;
his conviction and execution, 158

Webbe's praise of _Shepherd's Calender_, 44

_West Indies, Sir W. R.'s voyage to the_, 7;
R.'s early visits to, _ib._

West Horsley Church, R.'s head rests in, 222

Wexford, its trade in pipe-staves encouraged by R., 47

Weymouth, R. at, 100, 104, 116, 127

Whiddon, Captain Jacob, visits Guiana for R., 66;
examines mouths of Orinoco, 69

White, Captain John, fourth Virginian expedition, 36;
lands at Hatorask. His failure, _ib._

White, Roland, records R. at Court, 103

Whitlock, Captain, 167

Willoughby, Ambrose, Esquire of the body, 111

Wilson, Sir Thomas, spy on R., 211;
his acquaintance with Raleigh in Tower, _ib._

Winchester, Marquis of, entertains Queen and French envoys at Basing
House, 123

Winchester, R. tried at Wolvesey Castle, 145;
R. confined in, 157, 159;
R. removed from, 160

Winchester, Bishop of, attendant on, 158

Wines, farm of, R. granted, 24, 25;
King James transfers it to E. of Nottingham, 141

Winwood, Sir Ralph, favourable to R., 187, 204;
hater of Spain, 188;
visits R.'s ship 'Destiny,' 192;
ignores Bailey's charge against R., 199;
R. writes of his Guiana failure to, 202;
his death, 203, 204

Wither, George, prophecy of English supremacy in America, 25

Wokoken, discovery of, 28

Wood, Anthony a, records R. at Oxford, 3

_Works_ by Ben Jonson, and R.'s verses, 175

Yelverton, Attorney-General, prosecutes R., 210, 214

Yetminster Manor given to R., 53

Youghal burned by Geraldines, 8;
destruction of Geraldine Friary, 34;
R.'s residence at, 34, 44;
yew tree contemporary with R. still at, 48;
potato first planted at, 48

Zouch, in trenches at Fort del Ore, 12;
at Lismore, 15

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