Read The Spanish Armada Online
Authors: Robert Hutchinson
Tags: #History, #Europe, #Great Britain, #Military, #Naval, #General
Angel
(English ship),
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Anne of Austria, Queen of Philip II,
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Anne Boleyn, Queen of Henry VIII,
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,
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António, Dom, Prior of Crato,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Antwerp: siege and burning (1585),
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Anunciada
(Spanish ship),
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Appletree, William,
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Aquereis, Captain Antonio de Taso,
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,
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Aramburu, Marcos de,
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Ark Royal
(English ship),
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Armada: fleet prepared in Spain and Portugal,
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,
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; illicitly supplied by English merchants,
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;
conjectured landing places,
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; warning signals and beacons in England prepared and used,
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; ships damaged by storms before sailing,
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,
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; ship numbers, strength and equipment,
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; rations and
diet,
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,
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,
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; religious and moral injunctions,
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,
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; operational
orders,
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; departure delayed by bad weather,
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; slow progress to England,
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; dysentery,
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;
desertions,
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; musters at Corunna,
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,
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; crescent formation (
lunula
),
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,
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; leaves
Corunna,
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; first encountered by English,
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; proceeds up Channel,
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; anchors off Dodman Point, Cornwall,
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; engaged by English,
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,
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; accidental ship losses,
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; warships divided into two flotillas,
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; and action off Portland,
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; casualties and ship losses,
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,
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,
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; anchors
off Calais,
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; attacked by fireships at Calais,
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; in battle of Gravelines,
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,
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; re-forms
crescent formation and heads north-north-east,
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; Englishmen serve in,
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; demoralisation and surrender talks,
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; clears
Flanders banks and reaches North Sea,
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; army and navy captains arraigned and punished for cowardice,
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; heads north on homeward
voyage,
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; English fleet leaves for home,
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; rumoured victories over English,
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; rounds north of
Scotland,
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,
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; return voyage,
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; ships wrecked on west coast of Ireland,
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; estimated
numbers of wrecks and dead in Ireland and Scotland,
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; defeat and disaster reported to Spain,
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; deaths from disease and starvation,
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,
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; post-mortems on failure,
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; slow rate of firing guns and low firepower,
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; mocked in Germany,
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; English victory medals,
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; English thanksgiving services and celebrations over,
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,
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;
English victory satires and propaganda on,
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; ships repaired and reinforced,
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; effect of storms on,
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;
prisoners’ fate,
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Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of,
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,
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,
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Asculi, Luis de Leiva, Prince of,
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,
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,
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Ashley, Catherine (‘Kat’),
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Atjeh (Sumatra), sultanate of,
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Avila, Don Cristobal de,
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Aylmer, John, Bishop of London,
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Azores: English plan to capture,
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,
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,
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see also
Flores
Azzaro, Padre Marian,
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Babington, Anthony,
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Bailly, Charles,
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Barca de Amberg
(Spanish ship),
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,
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Barca de Danzig
(Spanish ship),
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Barker, William,
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Barnard Castle, Co. Durham,
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Barque Bond
(English ship),
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Barque Talbot
(English ship),
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,
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,
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Barry, Richard,
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Bazán, Don Pedro Alonso de,
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Bazana
(Spanish ship),
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Bear
(English ship),
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,
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,
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,
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Bear Yonge
(English ship),
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Beauvais, General François de,
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Beeston, Sir George,
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Beltrán del Salton,
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Benito de Maiora, Francisco de,
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Bennet, Fr William,
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Bentivollo (Italian eyewitness),
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Bergen-op-Zoom,
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,
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,
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Berryman, Jobn,
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Bertendona, Admiral Martin de,
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,
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,
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,
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Bijlaer, Gerard van,
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Bingham, Sir Richard,
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,
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,
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Blanco, Pedro,
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Blavet, France,
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Blount, Bessie,
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Bobadilla, Don Francisco de,
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Boleyn, George,
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Boleyn, Mary,
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Bonaventura
(English ship),
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Bonavolia
(English galley),
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Boncampagni, Giacomo,
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Borne, Charles,
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Borough, Vice-Admiral William,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Boteler, Sir Philip,
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Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of,
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Boulogne: resists Catholic occupation,
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Bourbourg: peace talks,
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Bowes, Sir George,
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Bramham Moor, battle of (1569),
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Bray, William,
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Briant, Alexander, SJ,
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Brigandine
(English ship),
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Bull, Simon (executioner),
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Burghley, William Cecil, Baron: as Elizabeth’s secretary of state,
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; and threat of Mary Queen of Scots,
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; and northern
rebellion (1569),
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,
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; and Norfolk’s plotting against Elizabeth,
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; anti-Catholic measures,
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; and rumours of Armada preparations,
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; told of Spanish plan to capture Elizabeth alive,
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; fears Catholic rising,
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; Howard reports good condition of ships to,
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; and navy’s
victualling shortage,
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; on
Allen’s
Admonition
,
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; and Walsingham’s apprehensions over Armada,
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; on financial difficulties,
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,
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; Fitzwilliam reports to on Spanish dead in Ireland,
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; on unpaid seamen,
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; orders propaganda
tracts,
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; borrows money,
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; agrees to expedition against Spain and Portugal,
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; Norris requests reinforcements for
expedition against Spain,
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; final illness and death,
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Burley, Richard,
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Cadiz: Drake attacks,
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Calais: Armada anchors off,
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; fireships attack Armada at,
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; English pillaging,
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Calderón, Pedro de: on Armada’s sea battles,
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,
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,
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; on blowing up of
San
Salvador
,
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; on Frobisher’s escape,
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; on fireships at Calais,
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; on sailing north round Scotland,
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; on shortage of supplies,
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; on punishment of officers,
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; advises Medina Sidonia to avoid Ireland,
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Cantanei family,
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Capello, Isardo,
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Capitana
(Spanish ship),
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Carleill, Christopher,
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Carrafa, Cardinal Antonio,
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Casa de Paz Grande
(Spanish ship),
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Castañeda, Ensign,
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Castelnau, Michel,
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Castiglione, Battista,
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Castillo Negro
(Spanish ship),
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Catherine de Medici, Queen of Henri II of France,
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Catholic League,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Catholics: flourish under Mary Tudor,
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; and Mary Queen of Scots,
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; distribution and practice in England,
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,
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; in northern rebellion (1569),
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; Pius V commands to disobey Elizabeth,
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; Elizabeth’s
reluctance to persecute,
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; opposition to Elizabeth,
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; exiles in Netherlands,
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; legislation against,
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; proposed exile to America,
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; conflict with Huguenots in France,
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; potential rising in England,
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,
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,
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; recusants,
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,
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; volunteer to fight against Spaniards,
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,
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; anti-Spanish feelings,
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Cecil, Sir Robert (
later
1st Earl of Salisbury),
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Cecil, Sir William
see
Burghley. Baron
Centurion
(English ship),
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,
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Cesis, Count Nicolo,
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Chapuys, Eustace,
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Charles IX, King of France,
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,
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‘Chatham Chest’,
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Ciervo Volante
(Spanish ship),
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Clancy, Boetius,
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Clément, Jacques,
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Clenock, Maurice,
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Clere, Sir Edward,
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climate
see
weather
Cobham, William Brooke, 10th Baron,
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Cocke, Sir Henry,
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Concepción de Juan de Cano
(Spanish ship),
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Concepción de Zubelzu, La
(Spanish ship),
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Constable, Sir Robert,
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Contarini, Alvise,
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Copley, Fr Anthony,
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Copy of a Letter to Don Bernardin Mendoza, The
(tract),
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Cordell, Thomas,
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Cordell, Sir William,
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Córdoba, Don Felipe de,
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,
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Cornwall: militia quit service after passage of Armada, 134; Spanish attacks on,
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Corunna,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Coutras, battle of (1587),
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Cox, Peter,
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Coxe, Captain William,
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,
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Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury,
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Cripps, Captain,
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Croft, Elizabeth,
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Crosse, Captain Robert,
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Cuéllar, Captain Francisco de,
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,
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,
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Dacre, Magdalene,
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Darnley, Henry Stuart, Earl of,
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‘David’
see
Andrada, Manuel de
David Chico
(Spanish ship),
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Dawtrey, Captain Nicholas,
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Delight
(English pinnace),
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,
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Denny, Sir Edward,
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Denny, Lady Margaret,
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Devereux, Walter,
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Diana
(Portuguese galley),
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Disdain
(English barque),
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Doncella
(Spanish ship),
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Dormer, Jane,
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Drake, Sir Francis: hatred of Spain,
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; raids against Spanish,
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,
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; leads naval expedition against
Spain,
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,
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; attacks Cadiz,
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,
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; despatch to Walsingham,
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; appointed
vice-admiral to Howard of Effingham,
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; impatience to strike at Armada,
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; Howard joins at Plymouth,
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; reports on
unsuccessful reconnaissance in Channel,
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; supposed game of bowls,
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; assaults on Armada ships,
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,
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; as lead ship tailing Armada,
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; letter to Seymour on first day’s action,
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; captures
Rosario
,
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; attacks
El Gran Grifón
,
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; blocks Spanish access to Isle of Wight,
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; offers fireships at Calais,
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; attacks Armada at Gravelines,
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; in pursuit of Armada,
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; Sixtus praises,
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; as threat to Spain
after Armada defeat,
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; with Norris on expedition against Spain and Portugal,
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,
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; commandeers Dutch flyboats for
expedition,
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; and Essex’s escapade,
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; lured by plunder,
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; lands at Corunna,
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; falls
from Queen’s favour,
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; establishes ‘Chatham Chest’ for seamen’s relief,
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; death in West Indies,
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; character and manner,
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