Milan: 1485

Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives and Collections of Milan 1385-1618. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1912.

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'Milan: 1485', in Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives and Collections of Milan 1385-1618, (London, 1912) pp. 247. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/milan/1385-1618/p247 [accessed 25 April 2024]

1485

1485.
March 18.
Registro
Missivi
Ducale,
vol. 165.
Milan
Archives.
374. Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, to Richard III, King of England.
Venit nuper ad nostram inclitam urbem Reverendissimum Dominum Thomas Langton Sarisburiensis, Majestatis Vestre orator ad summum pontificem missus, nobisque reddidit litteras Majestatis Vestre, Quibus cum intellexerimus magnopere eum nobis commendare ut libere ei per dominium nostrum transire statim jussimus preberi sibi quecunque a nobis postulabat Majestas Vestra ut a nobis nullum officium desiderari permiserimus quod ad conservandum mutuam benevolentiam nostram pertinere arbitraremur, aut quod ad commoditatem itineris peragendi utile aut opportunum Domini Thome futurum putaverimus, sicut uberius ab eo cognoscet Majestas Vestra, cui nos nostrasque res plurimum comendamus.
Mediolani, xviii Martii, 1485.
Per Tristanum. B.C.
Sept. 30.
Carteggio
Generale.
Milan
Archives.
375. Cardinal Ascanio Maria Sforza, Milanese Ambassador at Rome, to his nephew, Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan.
This very evening news has reached the ambassador of the King of England that the people have cut in pieces that king. (fn. 1) Rome, the last of September, 1485.
[Italian.]

Footnotes

  • 1. The battle of Bosworth was fought on the 22nd August.