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Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Elizabeth's racketeer

New York: Harper & Brothers (1932), illus., maps, portraits, vii, 204 pp.

by

Donald Barr Chidsey

Prepared by Michael Steer

 

Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539-1583) was a half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh (they had the same mother, Catherine Champernowne), and cousin of Sir Richard Grenville. Adventurer, explorer, Member of Parliament, and soldier, he served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America and the Plantations of Ireland. Gilbert is said to have believed that America was the lost continent of Atlantis. He was determined to find a sea route through the northern waters of North America. On September 23, 1578, he sailed from England, but was attacked by Spaniards and returned to England. He successfully sailed again on June 11, 1583, with five ships. One ship had to return because of leaks, but the others eventually made it to North America. He landed in Newfoundland on July 30, 1583, and then sailed to St. John's. Gilbert claimed the area for Queen Elizabeth I of England, and started a colony. After two weeks in his new colony, he left it to explore the area around Nova Scotia. He died on this expedition when his boat, the "Squirrel," sank near the Azore Islands on September 9, 1583 (he was returning to England). This rare and much sought-after book was produced digitally by Google from a copy in the University of Wisconsin Library collection and can be downloaded from HathiTrust. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.

Bibliography, p. 196

General Index, p. 199

 Page
A 
Addleshaw, Mr Percy152
Ager, Anne51
Ager, Sir Anthony51
Ager, William155
Alba, Duke of75
Albertus90
Alexander VI, Pope27
Alfred, King88
Allen, Cardinal150
Amundsen, Roald87
Andrews, William182-3
Appianus88
Aristotle88
Ascham, Roger95
Ashley, Katherine11
Ashley, William11
B 
Bacon, Francis95, 111
Bacon, Sir Nicholas95
Baffin87
Barbarossa, Frederick89
Barros, John89
Benson, Mr E F140
Boleyn, Anne11
Borgia, Rodriguez27
Borough, Stephen27
Bourbon family22
Browne, Maurice172, 182, 186
Brummel, Beau146
Burghly, Lord60-1, 74-5, 88, 95, 155
Butler, Sir Edward46
Butler family37, 143
Butler, M170
Butler, Earl Thomas143
Button87
Bylot87
C 
Cabot, John27, 176-7
Cabot, Sebastian29, 40, 89
Carew, George125
Carew, George of Okington125
Carew, Sir Peter9, 41, 45-6
Carlyle, Mr82, 159
Cartier, Jacques89
Castiglioni, Baldassare95
Cecil, Sir William42, 48-50. 60
Champernoun, Sir Arthur9, 41-2
Champernoun, Charles125
Champernoun family26
Champernoun, Gabrielle26
Champernoun, Gawen26
Champernoun, Katherine3, 10
Champernoun, Sir Philip3
Chancellor27, 42
Charles V, Emperor7, 63
Chartres, Vidame de29
Chaucer, Geoffrey86, 97
Churchyard, Thomas52
Clarke, Richard184, 186-7
Collinson87
Columbus, Christopher2, 26, 80, 91, 192
Coronado89
Cortez122
Courtenay9
Cox, William184, 189-90, 192
Crantor88
Crofts, Sir James9
Cunningham, William28
D 
Daniel the Saxon181, 186, 188, 192
Davis. Robert87, 170
Dee, Dr John78-9, 149
Demongenitus, Franciscus88
Denny, Richard125-6, 128
Desmond, Earl of144
Domara28
Don Carlos20
Drake family26
Drake, Sir Francis81, 84, 129, 137-43, 145, 148, 162
E 
Eden, Richard28-9
Edward VI6-8, 20-1
Elizabeth I6-7, 9-24, 28, 30-4, 36-42, 44, 46, 50, 55-61, 63, 67-70, 74, 76-9, 81-4, 86, 93, 95-8, 100-1, 111, 113, 115, 117-8, 123-4, 129, 131, 135, 138-9, 142, 145-7, 150-1, 153, 155-7, 160-1, 163, 174-5, 179, 193
Essex, Earl of145
F 
Fernandez, Simon78, 125, 131, 133
Ficinus, Marcilius88
FitzGerald family37
FitzMaurice, James45, 51, 137
Fortescue family26
Fox87
Fracastorius, Hieronymus89
France, Charles IX, King of64, 70
Frisius, Gemma88
Frobisher, Sir Martin52, 78, 85-7, 101, 103-9, 133, 192
Fugger8
Fulton2
G 
Gardiner, Bishop14
Gascoigne, George63, 86
Gascoigne, Sir John86
Gastaldus88
Gerrard, Sir Thomas149-51
Gilbert, Adrian3-4, 125
Gilbert, Anne Ager51, 128
Gilbert, Anthony55
Gilbert, Arthur55
Gilbert family2, 6, 8, 26, 55
Gilbert, Sir Humphreythroughout
Gilbert, Humphrey jnr55
Gilbert, Sir John3-4, 32-3, 51, 125, 155
Gilbert, John Jnr55
Gilbert, Lady Katherine3
Gilbert, Katherine jnr3
Gilbert, Otho55
Gilbert, Sir Otho3-4, 6, 21
Gilbert, Otis3-4
Gilbert, Raleigh55
Gomara, de89
Gorges family26
Gosling, Mr189
Gower86
Gray, Lady Jane (Grey)7
Grenville family26
Grenville, Sir Richard41, 82
Grey, Lord143
Guise, Duke of69
Guise family23
Guyccardinus88
H 
Hakluyt, Richard27, 78, 128, 132, 154, 158, 163, 165-6, 175, 180, 184
Haies, Edward134, 161-2, 165, 169-70, 172-4, 178-85, 188, 190, 192, 194
Hall87
Hall, Captain C F, USN109
Hatton, Christopher155
Hawkins, Sir John82
Hawkins, Sir William27, 56, 125
Hawkridge87
Headly, Edward187
Henry VII80
Henry VIII6, 11, 14-5, 20, 103
Hobey, Sir Thomas95
Hooker, John25, 133
Horsey, Sir Edward125
Howard, Lord Charles161
Hudson87
Hunter88
J 
James87
Jenkinson, Anthony27, 42, 78-9, 89-91
K 
Knight87
Knollys, Henry125-6, 128, 130-2, 161
L 
Leicester, Earl of42, 60-1, 65, 86, 145, 155
Lincoln, Lord High Admiral80
Lock, Michael105, 109
Locke, John27
M 
Maffaei28
Magellan29, 140
Martyr, Peter28, 88
Mary, Queen6-8, 12-3, 15-21, 23, 67, 79
McClure87
McFee, William104
Meadley, William60-1, 97
Medici, Catherine de70
Mela26
Mendoza, Bernardino de123-5, 128, 130, 133-6, 148, 155
Menendez, Pedro152-3
Mercator28
Merriman, R B151
Michieli, Ambassador12
Mondragon, General76
Montgomerie, Count de26
Montgomerie, Gabrielle de26
Montmorency22
Morgan, Miles126, 131-4
Morgan, Thomas67-8, 72-3, 76
Mountjoy, Lady61
Muenster, Sabastian28, 88
N 
Nassau, Count Louis64-5
Nepos, Cornelius89
Nowel, M88
Nunnius, Aluara89
O 
Ochther88
O'Neill, Shan34-6, 38
Orange, Prince of64, 76, 99, 115
Ormonde, Earl of143
Ortelius78, 88
Oviedo28
Oxenham, John138
P 
Pacheco, Pedro73
Parmenius, Stephen162-3, 175, 180-1, 186
Paul, John189
Peckham, Sir George82, 125, 149-51, 155, 170, 180
Penkewell, Philip4
Perreira2
Philo88
Pickman, Mr (also Pykman)74
Pigabetta29
Pius V, Pope150
Pizarro122
Plato88
Plimsoll137
Pliny26, 89
Pollard13
Proclus88
Ptolemy26
Puteanus, Bernard88
R 
Raleigh, Carew125, 131
Raleigh, George3
Raleigh, Katherine3
Raleigh, Walter4, 9
Raleigh, Sir Walter3, 87, 101-2, 111, 125, 131, 133, 142-7, 153, 159-64, 169-70
Randolph, Colonel Edward38-9
Reniger, Robert27
Reux, Count de72
Ribault, Jean29, 152
S 
Savoy, Emmanuel Philibert of20
Schetz8
Scott, Sir Walter86
Siculus, Marinǣus88
Sidney, Sir Henry37-8, 42, 44, 50, 85, 155
Sidney, Sir Philip38, 149, 152
Smyth, Sir Thomas60-1
Somerset, Protector6
Spain, King Ferdinand of80
Spain, Queen Isabella of80
Spain, King Philip of7-8, 12-3, 15-7, 20-1, 63, 77, 114-5, 117-8, 124, 130, 135, 137-9, 148, 151-4
St Leger, Warham41
Strabo26, 88
Stukeley, Thomas83
Sussex, Earl of37-8, 155
T 
Thevitt, Andrew29
Tomson, Robert27
Towerson, William27
Tramasinus, Michael88
Tramontanus88
t'Zaareets71-3, 76
V 
Vauasor, Andreas88
Venetus, Paulus89
Villagagnon29
W 
Waad, Armagil27
Walsingham, Sir Francis42, 61, 64-6, 82, 126, 143, 148, 151, 153, 155-7, 159
Ward, Captain John44
Warwick, Countess of109
Warwick, Dudley Earl of6, 23-4, 85, 155
Waymouth87
Wentworth, Peter56
William I3
Williams, Sir Roger72-3
Willoughby, Sir Hugh27, 42, 79, 91
Winter, Sir William109, 182
Wright brothers2
Wyatt, Sir Hugh9, 12, 15
Z 
Zieglerus, Jacobus90