by Kate Hubbard
marries Jane Seymour 8
arranges regency council for his son 21
and marriages for those of royal blood 67–8
death of 14
Henryk (mason) 130
Henshaw, Thomas 280n
Hepburn, James, 4th Earl of Bothwell 14n, 94–5, 107, 113
Herbert, Catherine Talbot 89
Herbert, Henry, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 38, 40, 89, 165, 259
Herbert, Mary Talbot, Countess of Pembroke 285, 286
Herbert, William, 1st Earl of Pembroke 31, 38, 39, 89
Hereford, Viscount see Devereux, Walter, 2nd Viscount Hereford (1st Earl of Essex)
Hibard, John (carpenter) 201
Hicks, Sir Baptist 280n
Higgenbotham, Otwell 153
Hill Hall (Essex) 24, 82n, 83
Hilliard, Nicholas 145, 216, 232
Hills, John (mason) 163
Hobbes, Thomas 3n, 151 and note
Hoby, Elizabeth Coke 22
Hoby, Sir Thomas 22
Holdenby (Northants) xviii, 118, 198, 211, 221, 222, 231, 232
Hollingworth, Thomas xxvii–xxviii, 208
Holme Pierrepont Hall (Nottinghamshire) 73, 147–8, 232
Howard, Alethea Talbot, Countess of Arundel 285, 286, 291
Howard, Anne, Countess of Arundel 147
Howard, Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham 229
Howard, Charles, 1st Earl of Nottingham 229
Howard, Frances 135
Howard, James, Lord Maltravers 291, 292
Howard, Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk 107, 110, 112, 113–14, 259
Howard, Thomas, 14th Earl of Arundel 285, 291
Hunter, Joseph xxiv
Huntingdon, Earl of see Hastings, Henry, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Hunton, Dr 295
Jackson, Henry (tutor) 80, 81, 88
James V of Scotland 68, 92
James VI and I ( James Charles Stuart)
birth of 94
in the custody of the Earl of Mar 107
as possible hostage in England for his mother 111
rumours concerning his grandmother bringing him to England 124
as claimant to the English throne 125, 239, 266, 269
acquires the Lennox jewels 144
declared King of Scotland 178
has no interest in co-ruling with his mother 178–9
as possible husband for Arbella 203
Arbella declares him to be her mystery lover 273
plots against 278, 288
releases Arbella from Bess’s control at Hardwick 279
Jenkinson, Sir Henry 225
Jenkinson, William 252, 257
John of Gaunt 206, 225
Johnson, Nathaniel 9–10
Jones, Inigo xxix, 291n
Jones, William (finisher) 146 and note, 147, 228
Jonson, Ben 159n
Masque of Beauty 292
Kenilworth Castle (Warwickshire) xviii, 62, 110, 133–4, 198, 211
Kent, Earl of see Grey, Henry, 6th Earl of Kent
Kinnersley, Nicholas 207
Kirby Hall (Northants) 118, 198, 220
Kirby, Richard (carpenter) 83
Kirkby-in-Ashfield 151, 249n, 261
Kitson, Sir Thomas 151–2
Kniveton, George 254
Kniveton, Jane Leche 150, 193
closeness to Bess 6
employed as gentlewoman to Bess 26
joins Bess in London 226
receives New Year cash gift from Bess 228
rooms at Hardwick for 255
Kniveton, John 153, 192
Kniveton, Thomas 58, 154, 193
Kniveton, William 192, 193, 241
Knollys, Sir Francis 82, 95, 160
Knollys, Lettuce 135, 136
Knot, Thomas 48
Knox, John 98
Lacock Abbey (Wiltshire) 62
Lane, Thomas 102, 140
‘lantern houses’ xviii, 110, 198
Lassels, Hersey 112–13
Leake, Elizabeth (grandmother of BH) 3
Leake, Elizabeth (mother of BH) see Leche, Elizabeth
Leake, Henry 241
Leake, Sir Francis 76, 192, 193, 282 and note
Leake, Thomas 3
Leakes of Hasland 2
Leche, Alice Hardwick (sister of BH) 3, 32
Leche, Arthur 9
Leche, Elizabeth Hardwick (née Leake) (mother of BH) 2, 5–6, 15, 76
Leche family 2, 11
Leche, Frances 32
Leche, Jane see Kniveton, Jane Leche
Leche, Margaret 6, 76
Leche, Ralph 5–6, 9, 10, 32
Leicester, Earl of see Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester
Leicester House (London) 128
Lemynge, Robert 291n
Lennox, Countess of see Stewart, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Lennox, Earls of see Stewart, Matthew, 4th Earl; Stuart, Charles, 5th Earl
Lennox, Lady see Stuart, Elizabeth Cavendish, Lady Lennox (daughter of BH)
Lenton Fair (Nottingham) 253
Lenton, John 120–1
Linnacre, Marcella 26, 31, 37
Little Hallam (Derbyshire) 76
Livingston, Agnes, Lady Leviston 101
Lochleven 95
Lockey, Rowland 216, 232
Lodge, Edmund xxiv
Loggin (ironmaster) 241
London
Chancery Lane 176, 184
Charing Cross 85
Chelsea 130, 146, 159, 194, 227
Cold Harbour (nr London Bridge) 85, 135
Newgate Street 20–1, 28
Red Cross Street 66
Tuthill Street 71
London Carpenters’ Company 83
London Masons’ Company 82
Longleat (Wiltshire) 24, 285
building of 24, 44–6, 61–2
long gallery added to 59
craftsmen at 62, 161, 163
fire and rebuilding of 82–4, 130–1
Lovell, Christopher 163
Lovell, Humphrey (mason) 25, 82, 163
Lullington manor (Somerset) 62
Lyveden New Bield (Northants) 221
Main Plot (1603) 278
Mallory, Richard 246
Mann, John 66, 71
Manners, Edward, 3rd Earl of Rutland 122
Manners, George 238
Manners, Gertrude see Talbot, Gertrude Manners
Manners, Grace Pierrepont 238
Manners, John, 4th Earl of Rutland 187, 188, 194, 238
Manners, Roger, 5th Earl of Rutland 188, 229, 259, 286
Manners, Thomas, 1st Earl of Rutland 84, 238
Mar, Earl of see Stewart, James, 1st Earl of Moray
Marchington, William 58, 60
Marcus, Lady 147
Margaret Tudor 68, 69, 124, 125
Market House, Rothwell (Northants) 221
Markham, Sir Griffin 278
Marmyon (servant) 166
Mary of Guise 92, 98
Mary I, Tudor 35
birth of 6
declared illegitimate 7
stubbornly celebrates the Mass 30
possibility she might hand back confiscated Church property 33
Cavendishes make friends with 37–8
support for 39
as godmother to Bess’s son Charles 40
marries Philip of Spain 41, 48
death of 53, 54
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots 14n, 125
helps Bess embroider The Cavendish Hanging 16
marries Francis II of France 56–7, 68
as claimant to the English throne 68, 93, 107
problem of custodianship 90–1, 96
return to Scotland 92–3
character and description 93–4, 98–9, 108, 166, 180
gives birth to her son James 94
marries the Earl of Bothwell 94–5
inquiry into her involvement in Darnley’s murder 95–6
placed in the care of the Shrewsburys 96�
��104, 108
shares a love of needlework with Bess 98, 102–3 and note
intrigues and plots surrounding 106, 109, 111–15, 120, 121–2, 168, 179, 189–90
taken to the house of Sir John Zouch 106
plots to marry Duke of Norfolk 107, 113
informed of Norfolk’s execution 114
allowed to take the waters at Buxton 117–19, 153
as possible influence on the Turret House 120
takes Bessie Pierrepont into her household 121
takes kindly interest in Charles and Elizabeth Lennox 127
health of 145, 155, 180
portrait of 145–6
cordial relationship with Bess 155, 156
stays at Worksop and walks in Sherwood Forest 164
furious at possible matchmaking between Arbella and Robert Dudley 173–4
rumours concerning her relationship with Shrewsbury 178, 181
sends ‘scandal letter’ to the Queen 179–80
execution of 190–1
Mary Tudor see Brandon, Mary Tudor, Duchess of Suffolk
Mason, Thomas 60
Matthew, Tobie, Archbishop of York 297
Mattioli, Pietro Andrea 103
Mauvissière, M. de 178
Maynard, Alan (sculptor/mason) 62, 83, 130–1, 162
Mercer, John (plasterer) 245, 250, 260
Merton Priory 9
Mildmay, Walter 188n
Monkton Deverill 83
Montacute (Somerset) 269
Montague, Dr James, Dean of the Chapel Royal 283, 288–9
Montaigne, Michel de 3n
Moray, Earl of see Stewart, James, 1st Earl of Moray
More, Thomas 7
Morley (tutor) 234–5
Nayll, Henry 246
Needham, Francis 281
Needham, George 241
Neville, Charles, 6th Earl of Westmorland 109
Neville, Henry, 5th Earl of Westmorland 32
Neville, Jane Howard, Countess of Westmorland 109
Newsam (carrier) 280
Nodin (servant) 280
Nonsuch Palace (Surrey) 9, 83, 140
Norfolk, Duke of see Howard, Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Northampton, Marquess of see Parr, William, Marquess of Northampton
Northaw manor (Hertfordshire) 20, 31, 33, 47
Northern Rebellion (1569) 109
Northumberland, Duke of see Dudley, John, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Northumberland, Earl of see Percy, Thomas, 7th Earl of Northumberland
Norton, Margaret St Loe 55, 66, 78, 79, 253n
Norton, Mary 253 and note
Norton, Thomas 78, 253n
Oatlands Palace, Weybridge (Surrey) 8, 180
Office of Wards 4–5, 11
Ogle, Catherine 167
Ogle, Cuthbert, 7th Baron 137, 152, 167, 259
Ogle, Jane 167
‘Old Freake’ (male embroiderer) 102, 274, 280
Orton Longeville (Northants) 190
Osborne, Sir Edward 86 and note
Outram, Thomas (mason) 201
Overton, William, Bishop of Coventry 187
Owen, Richard 274
Owlcotes (or Oldcotes) (Derbyshire) xviii-xix, 235–6 and note, 260–1, 263, 280, 282, 299
Oxburgh Hall (Norfolk) 16n, 103n
Paget, Lord Thomas 253
Pagez, Bastian 102
Palladio, Andrea 162, 198
Palsgrave, John 55
Parker, Francis 249 and note
Parma, Duke of 203, 206
Parr, Catherine 22, 30
Parr, Elizabeth Brooke, Marchioness of Northampton 22, 31, 38
Parr, John 228
Parr, William, Marquess of Northampton 22, 30, 31, 38
Paulet, Sir Amyas 180, 191
Paulet, Lady Anne (or Agnes) 177
Paulet, William, 1st Marquess of Winchester 48
Paulet, William, 3rd Marquess of Winchester 177
Pembroke, Earls of see Herbert, Henry, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; Herbert, William, 1st & 3rd Earls of Pembroke
Pembroke family 40
Percy, Thomas, 7th Earl of Northumberland 109
Persons, Robert 3
Philip II of Spain 41, 48, 68, 203, 206
Philip III of Spain 266
Pierrepont, Anne 121
Pierrepont, Bessie 121
Pierrepont, Frances Cavendish (daughter of BH)
birth of 26
given clothes and coral for her teeth 27
watches Elizabeth I process from the Tower to Westminster 54
health of 58
married to Henry Pierrepont 72–3, 120
lives at Holme Pierrepont 147–8
suspected of Catholicism 193, 222
paid an annuity by Tresham 222
visited by Bess 232
as beneficiary of Bess’s will 264
informs Bess that James was heading south 276
Pierrepont, George 72–3
Pierrepont, Henry 72–3, 120
Pilgrimage of Grace (1536) 8
Place, William 32
Plumtree brothers 260
Pontefract house (Yorkshire) 233, 261
Port, Lady Dorothy Fitzherbert 28
Port, Sir John 28
Protestants, Protestantism 21–2, 39, 41, 55, 92, 93, 95, 96, 107, 111, 162, 179, 190, 192, 266, 297
Pusey, Timothy 226, 230, 240, 242, 252–3, 256, 281, 294
Queen’s Players 259
Radclyffe, Frances, Countess of Sussex 127
Radclyffe, Thomas, 3rd Earl of Sussex 118, 122
Ralegh, Sir Walter 203, 204, 229
Ramsey (court jester) 228
Reason, William 240, 256–7, 280
Revell, John, appointed Surveyor of the Royal Works 25
Rhodes, Christopher (mason) 163, 206, 234, 244
Rhodes, John (mason) 163, 206, 224, 234, 244, 248
Riccio, David 94
Richmond Palace 36, 188, 227
Ridolfi Plot (1571) 113, 125
Robsart, Amy 70
Rowarth, John (carpenter) 201
Rowthorn manor (Derbyshire) 235
Royal Exchange (London) 44
Royal Works 8–9, 62, 130, 291n
Rufford Abbey (Nottinghamshire) 85, 124, 159
Rushton Hall (Northants) 220, 221–2
Rutland, Earls of see Manners, Edward and Thomas
Sackville, Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset (Lord Buckhurst) 229
Sadler, Sir Ralph 114, 180
St Botolph’s, Aldgate (London) 49
St John, Caruso xviin
St Loe, Clement 55, 57
St Loe, Edward
involved in attempt to put Jane Grey on the throne 55
involved in plot to put Elizabeth on the throne 56
attempted poisoning of Bess 65–7
marries Bridget Scutt 65
marries Margaret Scutt 65–6
objects strongly to Sir William’s will 78–9
sent to Ireland in the Queen’s service 79
St Loe, Elizabeth 57, 69
St Loe, Jane Baynton 55
St Loe, John Jnr 55
St Loe, Margaret see Norton, Margaret St Loe
St Loe, Mary 55, 78
St Loe, Sir John 55, 56, 67, 79
St Loe, Sir William
meets and marries Bess 54, 56–8
birth and family background 55
imprisoned in the Tower 55–6
as loyal servant to Elizabeth I 55–6
marries Jane Baynton 55
takes part in the Wyatt rebellion 55
character and description 57, 242
duties at court 60, 70, 71, 72
changes his will in favour of Bess 67
pays for his stepsons to go to Eton 70
writes lovingly to Bess 70, 71, 72
attempts to settle Bess’s debt 71, 72
helps to fund Chatsworth and Bess’s daughters’ marriages 72–3
indulgent of Bess’s time at Chatsworth
131
death of 76–7
will contested by his family 78–9
Savage, Sir John 4
Scotland Yard, Whitehall (London) 8
Scudamore, Mary 179, 227
Scutt, Anthony 65
Scutt, Bridget 65
Scutt, John 65
Scutt, Margaret 66
Sedgefield, Christopher 58
Serlio, Sebastiano 83, 162, 198
L’Architettura 24
Seton, Mary 101
Seymour, Edward, Earl of Hertford 266
described as a ‘little man and a great bladder’ 67
marries Katherine Grey 67–8, 69, 268
alerts Robert Cecil to Dodderidge’s request from Arbella 268–9
Seymour, Edward Jnr, Lord Beauchamp 268, 269
Seymour, Edward Snr, Lord Beauchamp 69, 266, 276
Seymour, Edward, Duke of Somerset 67
appointed Lord Protector 21
as architectural patron and builder of houses 23–4
character and description 23
brother’s plot to overthrow 30
sent to the Tower 30, 31
tries to oust Dudley 30
execution of 31, 44
Seymour, Jane 8
Seymour, Thomas, Baron Sudeley 21–2, 30
Seymour, William, 2nd Duke of Somerset 279n
Shackerley, Mr 240
Shakespeare, William xxix, 259
Sharrington, Sir William 62
Sheffield Castle 84, 85, 113, 159
Sheffield, Douglas, Baroness 135, 229
Sheffield Manor 3, 85, 87, 99, 113, 114, 119–20 and note, 133, 137, 140, 155, 156, 159, 163
Sherwin, Constance 193
Sherwood Forest 164
Shireoaks (Derbyshire) 249n
Shirley, Sir Anthony, Travels into Persia 3n
Shrewsbury, Earls of see Talbot, Frances, George and Gilbert
Shrewsbury House, Chelsea (London) 85, 146–7, 159, 217, 227
Shute, John 162
The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture xxix
Sidney, Lady Mary Dudley 135
Sidney, Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke 3
Sidney, Philip 135, 229
Simier, Jean de 146
Skipwith, Mrs 256
Slingsby (Yorkshire) 261
Smith, Abraham (plaster modeller/stone carver) 201, 208–9, 245–6, 247, 250, 253, 257, 258
Smith, Sylvester 241
Smith, Sir Thomas 24, 82n, 83
Smout (servant) 280
Smythson, John 249 and note
Smythson, Robert (master mason)
meets Bess at Hardwick Old Hall xxx
works at Wardour and Wollaton xxix-xxx, 161–3
possibly worked on Somerset House 25, 82
as highly skilled and versatile draughtsman 35, 82, 83, 162, 245–6
works for Thynne at Longleat 62, 82, 83, 130–1
birth and background 82
works for Knollys at Caversham 82–3
sought out by Bess 162–3
draws up plans for Barlborough Hall and possibly Heath Old Hall 163n
may have designed The Stand at Chatsworth 164