were written down with discretion, might do justice to the memory of those who are gone." "What is that to you, master? text: 'Am I my brother's keeper ? ""
Mayerne laughed pleasantly as he rose with difficulty and placed his hand on his man's shoulder.
"You have forgot who asked that question, Stephen. The text comes as a message to me.
To-morrow I will After all, they need not be made public as yet, but may lie hid until it is time for the truth to come to light."
begin to write down my memories.
But the morrow for writing never came. Stephen went to his master's room in the morning he found him almost speechless and in great pain. Sir Matthew Lister was sent for, but when he arrived he found his friend and colleague unconscious and dying. It was on the morning of March 22nd, 1655, that the great physician passed away and with the death of Sir Theodore Mayerne died the secret of the Overbury Mystery. He was the man who knew.
ABBOT, George, Archbishop of
Canterbury, 65; - interviews
Overbury, 125; President of
Nullity Commission, 131;
argues with James, 133-5;
conduct on Commission, 154-
161; present at Carr's wedding,
166; checkmates Northampton,
173; 176; joins Villiers'
party, 180-6, 191-4; tries
Hollis's case, 234.
ANDREWES, Lancelot, Bishop of
Ely, member of Nullity Commis-
sion, 131, 161; visits Weston, 219.
ANNE, of Denmark, Queen, at
masque, 37; favours Carr, 42;
57, 59; account of, 69-74;
insulted by Overbury, 106-7;
believes her son poisoned by
Carr, 115; 124, 157; favours
Villiers, 184-6; works against
Carr, 192.
reports he died of consump-
tion, 149; his boy Reeve,
195; who may have poisoned
Overbury, 198-9; 221; his
evidence, 222; 253; - deposi-
tion of, read against Carr, 299-
301.
BELLARMINE, Cardinal, 172.
BENNET, Sir John, doctor of law,
member of Nullity Commission,
131, 157, 159, 161.
BEZA, Theodore de, 65.
BILSON, Thomas, Bishop of Win-
chester, member of Nullity Com-
mission, 154, 155, 157, 160, 161.
BOWLES, John, D.D., Cecil's chap-
lain, 108.
BRIGHT, Mr., a coroner, 151.
BRUCE, Mr. Edward, of Loch
Leven, 20-3.
BUCKERIDGE, John, Bishop of
Rochester, member of Nullity
Commission, 154-5, 161.
CAESAR, Sir Julius, member of
Nullity Commission, 131, 156,
160-1.
CAMPION, Thomas, his masque for
Carr's wedding, 168.
CAREY, Sir Robert, 25.
CARLETON, Sir Dudley, 152.
CARLISLE, Earl of. See HAY, James.
CARR, Lady Anne, her marriage,
316.
CARR, Robert, Viscount Rochester,
Earl of Somerset: boyhood,
21-4; King's favourite, 38-
47; - quarrels with Prince
Henry, 50-53; intrigues with
Frances Howard, 58-62, 72-4;
-created Viscount Rochester,
75; K.G., 106; - quarrels
with Overbury, 112-20;
betrays him, 124-6; his in-
solence to James, 170, 182; -
insults Villiers, 192; King's
rebukes to, 193; suspected of
Overbury's murder, 199;
protests innocence, 205;
arrested, 206-9;
placed in
accused by
asserts his
innocence, 286; threatens
James, 287-93; his trial and
conviction, 294-311; par-
doned, 316; reconciled to
James, 318.
CASTLE, Mr., describes Anne
Turner's execution, 240-1.
CECIL, Sir Robert, Earl of Salisbury,
18, 19; patron of Overbury,
entertains James at
20;
Theobalds, 25-31;
approves of Overbury, 44; and
defeats his plans, 53;
arranges
masque for King of Denmark,
dies, 108; Coke believes he
was poisoned, 195.
CHAMBERLAIN, John, on Overbury's
death, 152.
CHARLES, Prince of Wales, visits
Cambridge, 179.
CHARTLEY, house of Earl of Essex,
71, 76, 97–105.
CHESTERFORD PARK, 170.
CHRISTIAN IV, King of Denmark,
visits England, 59.
CHRISTMAS, Gerard, carver, 57.
COKE, Sir Edward, Lord Chief
Justice-believes Prince Henry
was poisoned, 65; 109, 142, 146,
194; -appointed to investigate
Overbury mystery, 199; — his
investigations, 201-9; - tries
and convicts Weston, 210-25 ;
-tries and convicts Anne
Turner, 226-42; — tries and
convicts Sir Gervase Helwys,
243-50;
believes Franklin's
lies, 252; tries and convicts
Franklin, 253;
annoys James
by references to poisoning of
Prince Henry, 254; -superseded
by Bacon, 259-69; 275, 277;
present at trial of Frances
Howard, 275-83; 285, 287;
interrupts Bacon in Somerset's
Rochester to, 301.
CRAIG, Dr. John (junior), physician,
visits Overbury, 145, 314.
CREW, Serjeant, Sir Randolph, re-
tained to prosecute Somerset,
269; 279; his speech, 308;
310.
CROMWELL, Sir Oliver, of Hinchin-
brook, entertains James I, 29.
ELLESMERE, Thomas Egerton, Lord
Chancellor, 125, 127, 128, ap-
pointed to examine Somerset,
206; assists Bacon to prepare
illness, 269–71;
presides at Frances Howard's
trial, 273-84; 287; -presides
at Somerset's trial, 294–311.
ELY, Bishop of. See ANDREWES.
ESSEX, Countess of. See Howard,
Frances.
CROOK, Mr. Justice, sentences Anne ESSEX, Earl of. See DEVEREUX.
DALLISON, Sir Maximilian, 249.
DANIELL, Samuel, his masque, 71.
DEFOE, 236.
DEVEREUX, Robert, Earl of Essex :
child marriage with Frances
Howard, 34-7;
returns from
abroad and claims his wife, 70-5 ;
illness and recovery, 77-8;
91; takes his wife to Chartley,
her conduct there, 99 ;
97-8;
their return to London, 104–5;
110; his wife deserts him,
113; claims a nullity, com-
mission appointed, 130; - he
states his case, 133, 135;
marriage annulled, 154–62;
returns to Chartley, 164;
present at Frances Howard's
conviction, 283.
DIGBY, Sir John, 269.
DODERIDGE, Mr. Justice, insults Sir
Thomas Monson at his trial, 257.
DONNE, Dr. John, his marriage
verses at Somerset's wedding, 167.
DONNE, Sir Daniel, member of
Nullity Commission, 131, 154,
161.
EDWARDS, Dr., member of Nullity
Commission, 131, 161.
ELIZABETH, Princess Royal, 71;
marriage, 104, 108, 112,
GARNET, Henry, 257.
GIB, Henry, of the bedchamber,
157.
GLOVER, Moses, architect, 57.
GOODMAN, Dr. Godfrey, Bishop of
Gloucester, 135.
GRESHAM, magician, 104.
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