All subentries are arranged chronologically.
Abraham, biblical figure 315
Adorno, Caterina Fieschi (Genoa), St 14, 327
Alexius of Rome, St 335
Anderton, Roger, English College student 104
Angelici, Bernardo, SJ 137
Antichrist, pope as 181
Apocalypse, New Testament 181–182, 202
Aquinas, Thomas, St 171
arrest, FS 52
associates of FS 269–271
athlete, Christian metaphor 311
Atslow, Edward, SJ 88
Augustine, St 4, 71, 170, 182, 203
Avignon to Rome (1638–1639) 12, 14, 336–337
Ballinakill, Queen’s County 58
banishment, sentence of 103, 204
Barberini, Francesco, cardinal and FS’s patron, FS in Rome (1633–1634) 19, 28, 172–173; recommendation to Henrietta Maria (1634) 10, 24, 39–40; letter to FS in prison 264; sought FS’s liberation 19, 61, 67, 103, 204; FS thanks B. 24, 80–82; met earl of Westmeath, 203; FS in Rome (1639) 19, 106, 206, 210; exemption for FS 19, 24, 113–114; supported Henry Slingsby 88, 106, 108, 111; see also Conn, George
Barksdale, Simon, English College student 104
Barton, Thomas, SJ 78
Bentivogli, Giovanni Maria, SJ 136, 138
Berchmans, John, SJ 29, 129, 209, 319
Bernard, St, 171; quotation 211
Bindon, S.H., historian 31
Blake, Richard, alias for Robert Nugent 59, 67
Blandito, Gioseppe [Giuseppe], SJ 134
Blessed Virgin Mary, devotion to 145–146, 262, 285
Blount, Richard, SJ 16, 58, 70
Boccabolla, Inquisition assessor 172
bonds, good behaviour 51
books, FS’s 337, 339; devotional 77, 192, 275; mathematical 12, 18; Catholic 202; heretical 201; see also Gerard, John
Borgia, Francis, SJ, Saint 86, 210
Bramhall, John, bishop of Derry 9, 202, 314
Burt, William (b. c.1616) alias Darley 53
Butler, James, 12th earl of Ormond 230
Butler, Richard (James’s brother) 12, 20, 230
Calvert, Cecil (son); Sir George (father), 1st Baron Baltimore 1
Cansfield, Charles, English College student 104
Cary, Elizabeth, Viscountess Falkland 16, 35; daughters 79, 226; see also Slingsby, Henry
Cary, Sir Henry, 1st Viscount Falkland 181
Cary, Lucius, 2nd Viscount Falkland 16, 106, 226
Cary, Patrick, poet 16, 112
Castlehaven see Touchet, James
Catholic Confederation (1642–1649), Ireland 20, 271–272
Catholic religion, Protestant view of 311
Catholics, excluded from public office 312
Cavell, Henry, SJ 191, 254, 262; sufferings (1642) 273
charges against FS (1634) 203–204; see also Slingsby, Sir Francis
Chester 60
Chillingworth, William 4, 16, 99–100; and Edward Knott 18, 24–25
Christine Marie, duchess of Savoy 10, 204
Church, early (primitive) 290
Church fathers, study of 311; see also Augustine, Bernard, Cyprian, Epiphanios, Gregory the Great
Church of Ireland, ministers 181, 190; see also Bramhall, John; Henry VIII’s underpants; Ussher, James
Clarke, Edward, English College student 60
Clavius, Christopher, SJ 18
clergy, secular 79
Clifton, Thomas (vere Normanton) 155–158
coach, from Milan to Turin (1634) 40
colleges, Slingsby brothers to endow 9, 12, 48, 110, 192, 323
composition, literary 255
conference, theological 8, 9; see also Bramhall, John; Loftus, Adam; Ussher, James
confessor, FS as 328
Conn, George 10, 60, 76, 79, 88
continental travel, nobles’ 334
Conventino, Bartolomeo, SJ 144–149
conversation, FS and father 253; spiritual 249–250
conversion 1–3, 103, 189, 221, 251, 259, 310–311, 319; FS’s conversion 169–172, 176; women 11,187; penalty for 204; ‘accompts’ for 75; see also Cosby, Ann; Burt, William; Slingsby, Elizabeth; Slingsby, Henry; Spreul, Robert
converts 15; private profession of faith 312
Coote, Sir Charles (FS’s uncle) 22, 70, 188; Dorothea Coote née Cuffe (FS’s aunt) 21
Cork county, Ireland 1, 7, 21
Cosby, Alexander (husband of Ann) 180, 225
Cosby, Ann (FS’s sister) conversion process 7–8, 14, 16, 54, 56; initial interest in conversion (1634) 179, 216–217; FS’s visits and letters 61, 68, 77, 278; husband’s death 85, 180, 225; converted (1636) 80, 225; John Gerard sent relic 33, 85; Catholic household 8, 180; court of high commission (1636) 10, 79–80; FS’s departure for Rome 93–94; financial support of Henry Slingsby 112; annual income (estimate) 118
Court of high commission, Ireland 10; petition 79–80
courtesan, Roman 5, 171
Courtney, Thomas, SJ 53, 55, 62, 65, 69; visits Cardinal Barberini 88
Créquy, marquis de [Charles de Blanchefort] 4,169
Cuffe, Hugh (maternal grandfather) 21, 218
Cusack, Henry, SJ 59
Cyprian of Carthage, St, quote 71
dancing, learning 120
Darley, William see Burt, William
Dease, Thomas, bishop of Meath 244
death, FS 25, 125–130, 134, 139; news of 324; near death experience 298–299
debts, FS 106–107, 111
Del Aro, Alonzo, Spaniard in London (1634) 49
Delilah, book of Judges 71
devil 70–71, 100, 146, 172, 192, 337; deceit 327; demon 12, 206; possessed, England, Italy 155–156
Dillon, George, SJ 59
Dodwell, William (husband of Elizabeth Slingsby) 47; annual income (estimate) 118
dress, FS 205; beaver fur hat 316
Dublin 6; city assembly (1634) 220; trial of Catholic layman 267–268; see also Kildare Hall
Dublin Castle prison 8–10, 12–13, 27, 50, 52–55, 103, 188, 201–202, 219, 314–315; Catholic prisoners 221, 270; viceregal court 7, 26, 187, 312, 317; see also Wentworth, Thomas
Ejercicio de perfección, Alonso Rodriguez SJ, in English [The practice of perfection and Christian virtue] 229
English College, Rome, (1633) Ambassador De Créquy visit 4; FS visits students, 169–170; his conversions 2, 15, 40; sickness 47, 123; departure from 6; earl of Westmeath visit 203; FS (1639–1641) 17–18, 151–153, 207–209; responsa 1, 102–104; entrants (Feb.–Mar. 1639) 104; rules 207–208; testimonies 27; see also Barton, Thomas, SJ; Clifton, Thomas; Courtney, Thomas, SJ; Fitzherbert, Thomas, SJ; Gerard, John, SJ; Lewis, David, SJ; Risdon, William, SJ
English Jesuit colleges 30
entail (legal term) 78, 85–86
Epiphanius, St, and heresy 182, 203
equivocation, re marriage intentions 205
Eucharist, under two forms, see ‘sub utroque specie’
Euclid, proofs 18, 337
exorcisms 206; see also Loudun
Falkland see also Cary, Elizabeth; Cary, Sir Henry; Cary, Lucius
family, FS, yearly income 118
fear of God 120
feet, kiss 192, 236, 264
Fitzgerald, Elizabeth (countess of Kildare), Tower of London, 235; pregnancy 246–247; widow 246; Catholic patron 13–14, 217; heretics’ view of 272–273; Catholic household 13, 266; Slingsby family to Kilkea Castle 7, 217; and FS (1635) 13, 189, 215, 235, 245, 298; table guests 245–247; Robert Nugent SJ resident 176, 214, 217
Fitzgerald, George, SJ 232–233
Fitzherbert, Thomas, SJ, English College rector 48–49, 53–54, 57, 62, 65, 69, 90, 205, 207
FitzSimon, Henry, SJ 16, 23, 49–50, 56, 59, 270–271
flagellation, ascetic practice 121, 148, 207, 209, 316
Fleming, Thomas, archbishop of Dublin 243, 262
Foley, Henry, SJ, historian 31
food and drink 281
Ford, James, SJ 85
France, travel to (c.1630) 2–3, 120, 169; (1638) 9, 205–206, 282, 335
Francis, St 238
Frascati, near Rome, Jesuit house 209–210
friendships 12, 20, 255–256; see also Conventino, Bartolomeo; Spreul, Robert; Touchet, James; Ward, Maurice
Fullerton, G.C., author 35n
Galway, Ireland 20
Gaudentia, St, relic 85
Gelasius, Sacramentarium, quote 84
Geneva, proposed trip to 5, 170–171
Genoa, Italy 14, 327–328; to Livorno 338
Genuflexions, competition 279
Gerard, John SJ 2, 4–5, 10, 22–23, 261, 269; book, printing of 43, 45, 51, 71–72, 94; relics 33, 85; FS’s conversion 57–58
Germany, Jesuit missions 123
Gertrude, St, relic 33
Gonzaga, Aloysius, SJ 29, 209; tomb, FS vow at 5, 65, 89, 319
Gospel quotations 60, 87, 92–93, 107, 312, 328
gout 19, 47, 57, 66, 120
Gravesend, English port, searchers 6, 44, 48
Great Tew, Oxfordshire 16, 69–71, 177
Greek see New Testament Greek
Gregory the Great, St, quote 84, 173
Grene, Christopher, SJ, hagiographer 30
Guthry, Mr, and Robert Spreul 112
hairshirt 121, 316
Harvey, Giles, SJ 55
hat, beaver 316
Hebden, Mr, Jesuit alias 45, 49, 59
Heidelberg codices see Palatine Library
Henrietta Maria, Queen, recommendation for FS from Barberini 2, 19, 24, 39–40; letter to lord deputy re liberation of FS 2–3, 10, 19, 61, 103, 111, 315; nomination as servant of 10, 76, 79; confessor’s letter to FS 204; removal of Count Rossetti 111; see also Barberini, Cardinal; Conn, George; Rossetti, Carlo
Henry VIII’s underpants, origins of Church of Ireland 9, 181, 204
heretical birth, 103; exemption for ordination 114
heretics 155–156
Horace, Sermones 280
horse, loan of 58
horsemanship 120
household, Catholic 3, 8, 12–13, 180, 189, 230, 225, 227, 266, 279; see also Cosby, Ann; Fitzgerald, Elizabeth; Touchet, James
Ignatius, St see Loyola
images, religious 248
Imitation of Christ, The 44
imprisonment, FS 8–10, 27, 188–189, 219–223, 267, 313–314; liberation 61, 67, 315; threat of 191
Indies, Jesuit missions 123
indifference, Ignatian 91
Inquisition, Roman 5, 172; licence from, read heretical books 201
Ireland, FS in (1634–1637) 176–182, 187–192; departure from (c.1637) 90, 191, 205–206, 288, 319; Ireland to Rome (1637–9) 327–328, 333–338
Irish College, Rome 192
Irish revolt (1641) 271, 273, 278
Jacob, Mr, convert 51
Joseph, book of Genesis, 92, 233
KBR [Royal Library, Brussels] 30–34
Kildare Hall, Dublin 14, 27, 190, 315
Kilkea Castle, County Kildare 7, 13, 176; for use of Jesuits 214; FS arrives 235; FS and Maurice Ward 26, 298; walk in vicinity 237, 250; see also Fitzgerald, Elizabeth; Nugent, Robert, SJ; Ward, Maurice
Kilkenny, Ireland 20, 113, 340
Knaresborough, Yorkshire 21
Knott, Edward, SJ 11, 16, 18, 23–25, 59, 71–72, 94
Kostka, Stanislaus, SJ 29, 334
La Rochelle, France, Dublin Catholic exiles 273
laity, Catholic 241
languages, learning (French, Italian, Latin) 51, 112, 120
lawsuits, of Sir Francis Slingsby 191, 257
lèse-majesté, charge against FS 204
letters, Rome to Ireland, Fr General’s packet 90; illegible 62; transit time 112
Lewis, David, SJ 151–153
liberty of conscience 47
Liège, Spanish Netherlands, English College 109–110
lifestyle, noble 317
Livorno, Italy, port 14, 338
loans, by FS 43, 45
Loftus, Adam, Irish lord chancellor 103
logic, study of [dialectic] 15, 254–255; see also philosophy course
London, FS in 12, 44, 46, 48–49, 94, 334; Spanish chapel 6, 49; Henry Slingsby in 69, 89; London-based Jesuits 16, 59, 71, 74; letter via, to Rome 113; Elizabeth Fitzgerald and Tower of London 235
Loudun, France, exorcisms 1, 12, 206
Loyola, Ignatius, St 93, 149, 173, 336; vow to, 121–122
Luther, Martin, 99–100; De missa privata
Lyon, France, FS and Castlehaven in 12, 205
Maddenstown, Co Kildare 12, 58
Maine [Mayne], Mr, convert 4, 15, 40
Malone, William, SJ, A reply to Mr James Ussher his answere (1627) 270; and FS 270, 286, 319; conversions 8, 53n, 217, 225; and Robert Spreul 14, 336; and Henry Slingsby 76, 79; Castlehaven household 12; testimony 26–27, 182–192; Dublin Jesuits, superior 270; to Rome, rector, Irish College 67, 76, 87, 94; letter from Richard Blount 70; letter sent, via Malone 91
Mannors, Mr, Jesuit alias 44–45, 49, 61
marital discord, FS’s parents 55, 66, 107, 216, 260
Martin of Tours, St, quote 129
Mascambruno, Francesco, SJ, death of FS 139
Mascambruno, Tomaso, SJ, death of FS, 134, 138–139
masses, FS attending 190, 210, 294, 337; for father’s conversion 9, 338; for Mr Mayne (died) 40; with rural people, Kilkea Castle 266; correct disposition 328; epistolary term 69, 83, 139
mathematics, pursuit of 234; as apostolic instrument 256; Oxford 2, 103, 169; tutor to Castlehaven 12, 15, 18, 206, 230, 334; Euclid proofs 337; Roman College 18, 120–121, 153; correspondence with Giannantonio Rocca 24
Matthew, Tobie 1
Maximilian I, duke of Bavaria, college endowment 109–110
Milan, Italy 6, 40
Montagu, Walter 1
More, Henry, SJ 64
Morgan, Mr (SJ) to Rome 54
Munster plantation estate, 21–22, 168, 258; patent, renew 9, 15, 63–64, 66, 75, 82
music, study 120
name, torn from letter 294
Naples, Jesuit college 2, 20, 148, 211
New Testament Greek, study 17, 155
Nice, plague 14, 327
Nilfred, Mr (SJ) 55
Northumberland, earls of see Percy, Mary
novicemaster, Irish 232
novitiate, Ireland 191
Novitiate, Rome (1641–1642) [Sant’Andrea al Quirinale] entrance, delayed 10–11, 16, 23–24; Dublin v Rome 191; travel to 12, 14; admission interview 24, 118–124; FS enters 210; life in 17, 19–20, 132–133, 144–149; quarter of charity [ascetic practice] 146; excursion of 3 novices 145–146; illustration of 119; Maurice Ward visits FS 272, 294–296; FS’s illness 148; vows, anticipated 129; Robert Spreul in 112; English novitiate, Watten, Spanish Netherlands 6, 78; see also Consalvi, Nicola; Conventino, Bartolomeo; Oliva, Gianpaolo
Nugent, Richard, 1st earl of Westmeath, cherished FS 244; in English College, Rome 27; in Rome, related FS–Ussher encounter 203
Nugent, Robert, SJ, Irish mission superior, endured persecution 269–270; resides with countess of Kildare (Kilkea Castle) 7, 13, 176; alias Richard Blake 59, 67; FS visits 176–177, 214; receives Henry Slingsby into Church 177; and Slingsby women 8, 16, 75, 93–94; John Gerard, letters to 23, relic from 33, 85; FS to remain in Ireland 56, 64–67, 82–83, 86, 91, 191; with FS in Kilkea 237–238, 249; FS writes to 56–59; loans horse to FS 58; sends Jesuit to FS 232; FS’s view of 263; FS guided by 291; letters from Rome 51, 108; agent in Rome 83
obedience, within Society of Jesus 214, 291–292; act of 84; of faith 110
Oliva, Gianpaolo, SJ, novicemaster 19–20, 29, 132–133, 148–149; on FS 324–325
ordination, FS (1641) 209–210; dispensation, heretical birth 19
Orpe, Mr, FS’s financial agent 4, 40, 43
Orplus, Mr, Englishman with FS in Rome 4
Oxford, studies at 102, 120, 169; see also Trinity College
packhorse, for books 337
Palatine Library, Heidelberg codices 170
pamphlets, devotional 248, 259
Paris (c.1633) 3, 14, 169; (1634) 6, 41–43; (1638) 12, 94, 205; Henry Slingsby 71–72; see also Créquy, marquis de; Talbot, William, SJ
Parliament, English (1640) 111
Parliament, Irish (1634) 220–221
pass, travel 43, 45, 62
patrimony, and novitiate entry 24, 48, 53, 60, 64–66, 75, 78, 82–83, 85–89, 91–93, 110, 192, 206, 310
Paul, St 312; conversion, 310
Percy, FS alias see Percy, Mary
Percy, Mary, FS’s grandmother, sister of earls of Northumberland 21, 103, 169
philosophy course (Dublin) 75, 83, 89–90, 191, 210, 254; see also Cavell, Hugh, SJ
Piacenza, Italy 6, 41
Pignatelli, Fabritio, SJ 128
Poore, Mr, SJ 53
Pope, as Antichrist 181
Practice of perfection and Christian virtues, The 15, 229
prayer, FS’s 248, 316, 336–337
priests, unlettered, Ireland 264–265
Principle and foundation, Spiritual Exercises 173
privy council, & Gravesend port searcher 6, 44, 48
privy council, Irish 9, 21, 190, 312
procurator, English Jesuit Province (1636) 88
Protestant doctrine 100
provenance, FS materials 25–26, 30
psalms, quoted 85, 106, 126, 191, 310
Quayle, James, Rome 50
Rachel, book of Genesis 209
relics, John Gerard 33, 85
renunciation, act of (FS) 107–108
Risdon, William, SJ, procurator 87
Rocca, Giannantonio, mathematician 18, 24
Rodriguez, Alonso, SJ, author 15, 229
Roman College 17–18; repetitore 27, 134–138; students 318
romances, involving FS 282–283
Rome, FS (1633–1634) 2, 3–5; (1639–1642) 16–21, 28–29; relative visits 147; casa professa 50; Alban hills 19; Palazzo della Cancelleria 19; Sette chiese 145; paradise, for FS 56; Maurice Ward and FS in (1641–1642) 13, 272, 295
rosary, recite 337; beads 77
Rossetti, Carlo, papal envoy, London 11, 108, 111
saint, FS viewed as 317
St Omers, Jesuit school, Spanish Netherlands 6, 29n, 51, 72; war, Spain and France 72, 94; printing press 25, 43, 45, 229n
St Winefrid’s Well, north Wales 59–60
saints’ tombs, FS visits 338; see also Gonzaga, Aloysius
Samson, book of Judges 71
Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, Rome see novitiate
Savona, Italy 327
scaffold, Catholic persecution in England 134
Scevola (alias Vitelleschi) see Vitelleschi, Muzio
Scots mercenary 14
Servant of God (canonization process) 290–291
servants (of Ann Cosby) 180; of FS 279–280
sickness 47; sea sickness 124; see also gout
Simpson, Richard, author 34
Slingsby, Dame Elizabeth née Cuffe (FS’s mother), Munster planter family 21–22, 89, 168; sister Dorothea Coote 21; 20 years younger than husband 53; badly treated by husband 179–180, 260; couple’s annual income (estimate) 118; letter to FS (1634) 2, 5–6, 23, 47–48; conversion deferred 7–8, 14, 16, 56, 61; travels to Jesuits, Kilkea Castle 216–217; to suppress joke re Henry VIII 181; asks re FS’s marriage intentions 205; FS visits 65–66, 251; close to conversion 75; religious instruction from FS 68; court of high commission 10, 79–80; received into Church 84, 103, 120, 177, 187, 319; John Gerard: relic 33, 85, and masses for 90; Robert Nugent 75, 93–94; FS’s departure for Rome 93, 288; see also marital discord
Slingsby, Elizabeth (FS’s sister) 179; couple’s annual income (estimate) 118; see also Dodwell, William
Slingsby, Sir Francis (FS’s father), of Yorkshire family 22, 168; Hugh Cuffe (father-in-law) 218; Munster estates 63, 258; Irish privy council 22, 312; continental sojourn for FS 3; letter from FS (1633–1634) 176; letter to FS 6, 23, 46; family row re FS’s conversion (1634) 7, 28, 52, 177–179, 253, 312; sent Henry S. to England 180, 244; sent FS to Archbishop Ussher 178, 181, 187–188, 202, 312–313; present with Sir Charles Coote (brother-in-law) at this dispute 22, 188; charges against FS 8, 50; procures FS’s imprisonment 54, 103; sends FS heretical books 201; prohibits FS from contacting siblings 53, 72; invites FS to return home 61, 315; with FS (seeks patent for estates), Dublin (1636–1637) 9, 64, 68, 190–191, 257, 274; Henry S. returns home 278; travels with FS to Munster 65, 258; obstructed FS departure for Rome 45, 87, 206, 333; FS’s letter re departure (1637) 90, 191; FS’s letter from Rome (1639) 94, 105–107; to pay FS’s debt to Castlehaven 107; FS seeks conversion 9, 68–69, 98, 187, 276, 338; FS on father, natural and spiritual 261; ally of Lord Deputy Wentworth 63; alias Mr Irish 45, 68, 87; see also Cosby, Ann; Slingsby, Dame Elizabeth; Slingsby, Henry; marital discord
Slingsby, Henry (FS’s brother), in Oxford, 6, 44, 251–252; conversion 7–9, 177–179, 217, 318, 324–325, 340; sent to England 61, 180–181, 224; Viscountess Falkland’s daughters 79, 226; in Great Tew (home of Lucius Cary 2nd Viscount Falkland) 16, 56, 69; cousin reports on 58; and Edward Knott 59; John Gerard’s concern for 70–72; return to Ireland 278; father gives annual portion 76; in France with FS and Castlehaven 12, 206; trip to Rome 53, 60, 79, 88; in Rome 106–107; his debts 11, 111–112; Cardinal Barberini’s support 11; in Kilkenny (1640–1641) 113, 340; letter from FS 108–110; letter to FS 110–113; letter to Father General (1644) 25, 340; Catholic Confederation (1642–1649), 20
Slingsby, Mary, d.1635 (FS’s sister) 47, 56, 179
Society of Jesus, rules 316
sodality, Dublin 190
Solomon, King, biblical figure 71
Southwell, Nathaniel, SJ 27–28, 54, 59
Spain, travel 47
Spanish Netherlands 4
spiritual exercises (Ignatian) 14, 28, 91, 122, 148, 207, 236, 275, 310, 313, 336; FS retreat notes 173–175; see also ‘Principle and foundation’
spiritual notebook 26–27, 208, 319
Spreul, Robert, SJ 14, 20, 26; illness 336; grief for FS 338; loan to 112; testimony of 310–338
Stafford, Robert, SJ 43
Stonyhurst College Archives 31
Stradbally, Queen’s County 77
sub utroque specie, theological issue 202, 314
Swynnerton, alias Thomas Fitzherbert 53
Talbot, William, SJ 43
tennis, metaphor for devil’s approach 70
testimonies, request for 25, 26
theological conferences see Bramhall, John; Loftus, Adam; Ussher, James
Tivoli, near Rome, Jesuit house 209
tobacco 15, 259
Touchet, James, 3rd earl of Castlehaven, wife and family 335; siblings: Frances 230–231, George 279, Mr Touchet 58; FS’s patron 63, 108, 189; visits FS in prison 9, 222; post prison, FS in his custody 55–56, 103, 204, 222, 227, 272, 315n; FS in household 12, 189, 204–205, 227–228, 279; devotional life 189, 279; reads Alonso Rodriguez, The practice of perfection and Christian virtue, 15, 229; meets FS, London 12, 334; travels in France with FS 12, 106–107, 192n, 206, 334; in Loudun 206; his sister, and FS 335; his sister, and Richard Butler 230; brothers George and Mervin 58, 279; studies mathematics with FS 15, 18, 206, 230, 334; in English College, Rome (1639) 27, 205, 207; Catholic Confederation (1642) 20
Trinity College, Oxford 2, 18, 25, 44
Turin, Italy 40
Urban VIII, pope 10, 48, 203, 264
Ussher, James, archbishop of Armagh, two theological conferences (1634) 8, 28, 50, 52, 103, 178, 181–182, 187–188, 202–203, 218, 312–313; William Malone, A reply to Mr James Ussher his answere (1627) 270
Valentine (term of endearment) 65, 89
Van Den Gheyn, Joseph, SJ 32
Vatican Library 4
Viceregal court, Dublin 7
Vita (genre) 28–29
Vitelleschi, Muzio, Jesuit father general, alias Scevola 44; meets FS (1633) 262–263; interest in FS 10–11, 16, 24; FS seeks guidance from 51, 62; wants FS in Rome novitiate 91–92; letters from 23, 64, 67, 72–73, 75, 87, 95–99, 205, 288; letters to 56, 70, 83; expects Henry Slingsby in Rome 89; letter packet to Robert Nugent 90; admits FS to novitiate (1641) 122
vocation to Society of Jesus 121, 173–175, 310–311
vows, of FS, to enter SJ 121, 319; to St Ignatius Loyola 121–122; vows as Jesuit, deathbed 129
walk, countryside, County Kildare 237, 250; Rome, novices 17
Ward, Maurice, 13, 20, 26; FS’s name, torn from letter 294; testimony by 212–300
Watten, Spanish Netherlands, novitiate 6, 43, 78
Wentworth, Thomas, Irish lord deputy meets FS 7, 54, 312; and Sir Francis S. 22; parliament (1634) 221; arrest of FS (1634) 8, 52, 313; Castlehaven intercedes with, for FS 189; Henrietta Maria intercedes with, for FS 10, 76, 315; Elizabeth Fitzgerald countess of Kildare intercedes with, for transfer of FS 13; fresh land patents required 63; travel permits 333; prosecution of a Catholic 267; viewed as anti-Catholic 312; see also Bramhall, John
Westmeath, earl of see Nugent, Richard
Willoughby, Sir Francis 47; see also Slingsby, Mary
Xavier, Francis, SJ 80, 93; relic 33, 85
Yorkshire, Slingsbys of 168
