wife’s death
Jesuits
Jonson, Ben
Josselyn, Elizabeth
King’s Men, the
Knollys, William, Lord Wallingford
La Rochelle expeditions
Lake, Sir Thomas
Lambe, Dr John
Laud, Bishop
Leicester
Lerma, Duke of
Leviston, James
Ley, James
Lister, Dr Matthew
Lloyd, Robert
London
celebrations for Charles’s return from Spain
description
gallows at Tyburn
James’s dislike of
plague
publications
theatres
Tower
weather
Lorraine, Louise-Marguerite de
Louis XIII, King of France
character
Charles’s marriage negotiations
Charles’s visit
George’s visit to escort Henrietta Maria
relationship with wife Anne
religious position
response to Mansfeld’s expedition
sister Henrietta Maria
sister’s journey to England
Lowther, Sir John
Lyon, Anne
Machiavelli, Niccolò
Maestro, Father (Friar Diego Lafuente)
The Malcontent (play)
Manners, Francis, Earl of Rutland
advice to George
Charles’s return voyage from Spain
command of Prince Royal
daughter Kate
daughter Kate’s marriage
estates
Garter investiture
House of Lords voting
James’s funeral
religion
rumours about
Mansfeld, Count
Maria, Infanta of Spain
appearance
Charles’s journey to Madrid
Charles’s sightings of
dowry
Hay’s visit
marriage negotiations
marriage plans
meetings with Charles
preparations for her arrival
rumours about
Marlowe, Christopher
Marston, John
Mary, Queen of Scots
Matthew, Sir Toby
May, Sir Humphrey
Mayerne, Sir Theodore
Maynard, John
Medici, Marie de’
Mercury Vindicated (masque)
Mexia, Diego de
Middleton, Thomas
Mildmay, Sir Anthony
Mompesson, Sir Giles
Moore, Dr John
Morley, Lord
Murray, John, Earl of Annandale
Napier, Richard
Naunton, Sir Robert
New Hall, Essex
Nicholas, Edward
Olivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, Conde de
appearance and background
arrival of Charles and George in Madrid
austerity measures
Charles’s wooing of infanta
infanta’s marriage negotiations
portrayal in A Game at Chess
relationship with George
wife
Orléans, Gaston, Duc d’
Overbury, Sir Thomas
Oxford, Henry de Vere, Earl of
Paddy, Sir William
Palatinate
British policy
Charles’s Spanish marriage plans
Imperial attack on
Mansfeld’s mission
ruler
Spanish policy
territory
Paris
arrival of Charles and George
description
George’s arrival to escort Henrietta Maria to England
Henrietta Maria’s departure
proxy wedding of Henrietta Maria and Charles
Parliament
adjournment (1625)
advice given to James
advice sought by James
Banqueting House presentation
case against George
Charles’s Personal Rule
Committee of Twelve
committee to enquire into grievances
Digby’s denunciation of George
dismissal (1621)
dismissal (1640)
dissolution (1626)
elections
fall of Bacon
foreign policy debate
Gunpowder Plot
House of Commons
House of Lords
imprisonment of MPs in Tower
James’s attitude to
James’s first II
James’s response to advice
joint committee of both Houses
joint meeting of both Houses (1628)
opening (1625)
opening (1626)
Oxford session (1625)
plague effects
‘proclamation’ on tax and Spanish marriage
‘protestation’ to king
recalled (1621)
Scottish
Spanish marriage policy
Spanish plot to cause king to break with
subsidies
summoned (1624)
summoned (1625)
suspended (1624)
Westminster
Pembroke, Earl of see Herbert (William)
Pennington, John
Philip III, King of Spain
Philip IV, King of Spain
accession
ambassador
appearance
art collection
Charles’s departure
court
foreign policy
infanta’s marriage negotiations
infanta’s meeting with Charles
meeting with George and Charles
palaces
portrayal in A Game at Chess
public welcome for Charles
relationship with George
troops
Pierpoint, Sir Robert
Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue (masque)
Porter, Endymion
Charles’s expedition to Madrid
description of infanta
Spanish Match
Primrose, Gilbert
Prince Royal
Privy Council
arguments for war
Bacon’s view of
Carr’s pardon
Charles proclaimed king
Charles’s government
Coke affair
Digby enquiry
Felton’s grievances
George’s membership
Globe Theatre closed
James’s illness
junta
list of George’s enemies
London searches ordered
monopolies issue
pass for Villiers boys
Scottish
Spanish marriage plans
Pym, John
Ralegh, Sir Walter
Ramsay, John
Ramsey, Dr Alexander
Ramsey, Robert
Ré, Île de
Redworth, Glyn
Remington, John
Reynor, Elizabeth
Reynor, Sir William
Rich, Henry, Earl of Holland
Rich, Robert, Earl of Warwick
Richelieu, Cardinal
Rizzio, David
Roos, Anna
Rochefoucauld, Cardinal de la
Rubens, Peter Paul
buys copy of The Forerunner
paintings for Marie d’ Medici
portrait of George
portrait of Lerma
Rudyard, Benjamin
Russell, Edward, Earl of Bedford
Rutland, Earl of see Manners
Sackville, Sir Edward
St Paul’s Cathedral
St Pierre of Le Havre
Salvetti, Amerigo
Sandys,
Sir Edwin
Scotland
Charles’s ‘sworn king of’
‘debateable lands’ with England
James’s 1617 visit
James’s departure for England
James’s upbringing
relations with Spain
troops for Mansfeld mission
union with England
Scottish Privy Council
Seymour, Edward, Earl of Hertford
Shirley, James
Snowden, Robert
Somerset, Countess of see Howard
Somerset, Earl of see Carr
Soubise, Duc de
Southampton, Earl of see Wriothesley
Southwick House
Spain
ambassadors see Coloma, Gondomar Hinojosa
art collections
court
embassy in London
finances
monarchy
Spalato, Marc Antonio de Dominis Archbishop of
Spencer, Sir John
Spinola, Ambrogio
Stuart, Esmé
Stuart, Henry, Lord Darnley
Stuart, Ludovick, Duke of Lennox and Richmond
Stuart, Marjory
Talbot, Anne
Talbot, Henry
Talbot, Mary, Countess of Shrewsbury
Theobalds
arrival of Spanish envoys
Charles’s departure for Spain
Charles’s return from Spain
collapse of floor
history
hunting at
James’s death
James’s health
James’s isolation at
James’s last illness
James’s relationship with George
James’s visits
Parliamentary delegation
Thunderstruck, Richard
Tillières, Comte de
Titian
Toothbie, Captain
Tradescant, John
Trumbull, William
Turner, Dr Samuel
Van Male, Jean Baptiste
Vatican
Vautor, Thomas
Velázquez
Venetian ambassadors
on charges against Charles
on Charles’s accession
on Charles’s marriage
on friendship of Charles and George
on George’s anxiety
on George’s foreign policy
on George’s illness
on Goring
on James’s favourites
on James’s financial demands
on James’s foreign policy
on James’s health
on Parliament
on rumours of poisoning
on Spanish envoys
Villiers, Sir Edward (George’s half-brother)
Villiers, Frances (née Coke, George’s sister-in-law)
Villiers, George, first Duke of Buckingham
advice from archbishop
advice from Bacon
appearance
arrival at court
arrival in Madrid
art collection
attacked in Portsmouth
Banqueting House presentation to MPs
betrothal
body lying in state
Cadiz expedition
Cambridge University chancellorship
Cecil House residence
character
charges against
Charles’s coronation
childhood
children
dancing
daughter’s betrothal
death
death predicted
departure from Madrid
education
Eliot’s case against
Elizabeth of Bohemia’s appeal
epitaph
fall from horse in Parliamentary procession
finances
first encounter with James
first gentleman of the royal bedchamber
foreign policy plans (anti-Habsburg league)
French negotiations
Garter investiture
general pardon
gentleman of the bedchamber
grave
greed
health
House of Lords appearances
hunting at Theobalds
illness
impeachment charges
impeachment demanded
‘intelligencers’
investigation of, and case against
James’s deathbed
journey to England with Henrietta Maria
journey to London
journey to Paris to escort Henrietta Maria
knighted by James
La Rochelle expedition
Lord Admiral of the Fleet
marriage
Master of the Horse
medical treatments
medical treatments for James
monopolies
New Hall home
niece’s marriage
papal dispensation for Charles’s Spanish marriage
parliamentary proxy
pawning Crown Jewels
pet name
poisoning accusations
poisoning charge
poisoning opportunity, means and motive
poisoning rumours
portrait at Highgrove
portrait by Rubens
portrayal in A Game at Chess
Portsmouth arrival
Privy Council
relationship with Anne of Austria
relationship with Bacon
relationship with Carr
relationship with Charles
relationship with Gondomar
relationship with Henrietta Maria
relationship with James
relationship with Lambe
relationship with mother
relationship with Parliament
relationship with Pembroke
relationship with wife
reputation
response to death of James
return to court after illness
return to London
rumours of sexual scandals
Scottish Privy Council
Scottish visit
scurrilous poems about
secret expedition to Spain
ship St Pierre seized
at Spanish court
Spanish marriage negotiations
Spanish plot against
status as royal favourite
supporters
supporters (junta)
titles and lands
trapped in Madrid
travels in France
Wallingford House
war policy
witchcraft allegations
York House
Villiers, George, second Duke of Buckingham (son of above)
Villiers, Sir George (George’s father)
Villiers, John, Viscount Purbeck (George’s elder brother)
appearance
character
childhood
knighthood
marriage
mental health
travels in France
Villiers, Sir John (George’s uncle)
Villiers, Kate, Duchess of Buckingham (née Manners, George’s wife)
appearance
character
children
correspondence with husband
death of husband
dowry
family background
Gondomar’s messages
in Portsmouth
relationship with husband
relationship with James
religion
Villiers, Kit, Earl of Anglesey (Christopher, George’s younger brother)
appearance
character
childhood
court position
finances
health
marriage
titles
Villiers, Mary
(‘Mal’, George’s daughter)
Villiers, Mary, Countess of Buckingham (née Beaumont, George’s mother)
appearance
arrival of Henrietta Maria
astrological consultations
character
children
death of first husband
death of second husband
entertainment of James at Gotly
family background
finances
Gondomar’s messages
marriages
medical treatments
medical treatments for James
Parliament ceremony with Henrietta Maria
relationship with James
relationship with son George
religion
response to death of son George
scurrilous poems about
son George’s death predicted
son George’s marriage
son John’s marriage
Star Chamber hearing
title
Villiers, Susan (George’s sister) see Feilding
Villiers, Sir William (George’s half-brother)
Villiers family
Wake, Sir Isaac
Wallingford House
Wandesford, Christopher
Webster, John
Weldon, Anthony
Wentworth, Sir Thomas
Westminster, Palace of
Charles’s arrival
Painted Chamber
palace complex
plague
Westminster Abbey
White Mountain, Battle of the
Whitehall, Palace of
Banqueting House
goods stolen from
great hall
palace complex
proclamation of Charles’s succession
proclamation of royal marriage
reception for Spanish ambassadors
Shield Gallery
Tilt Yard
Whiteway, William
Williams, John, Bishop, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
account of James’s deathbed speech
James’s funeral
James’s last illness
plague concerns
relationship with Charles
relationship with George
Spanish marriage policy
Willoughby, George
Wilson, Arthur
Winwood, Sir Ralph
Wotton, Sir Henry
description of Charles’s secret expedition
descriptions of George
investigation of Hamilton story
Wriothesley, Henry, Earl of Southampton
Wyatt, Sir Thomas
Wylde, John
Wynn, Owen
Yates, Edward
York House
Zouch, Sir Edward
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