Appendix III: Non-payment of Bills

Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 2, 1509-1519. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1867.

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'Appendix III: Non-payment of Bills', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 2, 1509-1519, (London, 1867) pp. lxxiii-lxxiv. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol2/lxxiii-lxxiv [accessed 26 April 2024]

Non-payment of Bills

Table of Protests legalized by Notaries in London, fur Non-payment of Bills drawn at Venice on Merchants in London, from 1442 to 1512.

Date of Bill drawn at Venice. Rate of Exchange at Venice. Date of Protest in London. Rate of Exchange in London, and Date. Name and Address of Notary.
per ducat. d. per ducat. d.
1442, Sept. 26 44½ 1442, Dec. 31 40¼ 1442, Dec. 31 Styfford Willielmus Styfford, Lombard Street, Parish of St. Nicholas Acon. 19 Protests, 1442, December 31, to 1462, May 15.
1446, Aug. 27 43½ 1446, Nov. 28 41½ 1446, Nov. 28 ”
” Dec. 10 44 1446 (sic), March 13 40½ 1446 (sic), March 13 ”
1447, Feb. 9 43 1447, May 10 — 1447, May 10 ”
” March 1 43¼ 1447, June 5 40½ 1447, June 5 ”
” ” 7 43½ ” ” 7 40½ ” ” 7 ”
” Nov. 8 45 1448, Jan. 23 415/7 1448, Jan. 23 ”
1450, Sept. 2 46 1450, Dec. 2 431/8 1450, Dec. 2 ”
1453, ” 4 44¾ 1453, ” 4 39¾ 1453, ” 4 ”
1454, Oct. 2 45 1455, Jan. 2 40¾ 1455, Jan. 2 ”
1455, March 22 43½ ” July 4 41 ” July 4 ”
1457, Feb. 4 45 1457, May 4 43 1457, May 4 ”
1458, Jan. 20 45 1458, April 21 437/8 1458, April 21 ”
” Oct. 17 48 1459, Jan. 17 44½ 1459, Jan. 17 ”
1460, Jan. 11 47 1460, April 17 43½ 1460, April 17 ”
1461, June 8 47¼ 1461, Sept. 9 43¾ 1461, Sept. 9 ”
” Aug. 27 47¾ ” Nov. 27 44 ” Nov. 27 ”
” Nov. 20 47 1462, Feb. 22 44 1462, Feb. 22 ”
1462, Feb. 15 47 ” May 15 44 ” May 15 ”
” July 6 47 ” Oct. 7 44 ” Oct. 7 Bonamitié - Petrus Bonamitié, Lombard Street, Parish of St. Mary Wolnoth. 7 Protests, 1462, October 7, to 1467, Aug. 9.
” Aug. 15 47 ” Nov. 16 44¼ ” Nov. 16 ”
1463, Jan. 6 47 1463, April 15 41 1463, April 15 ”
” ” 11 47 ” ” 14 41 ” ” 14 ”
” Feb 27 47 ” May 27 43 ” May 27 ”
1464, April 26 47¼ 1464, Nov. 13 42¾ 1464, Nov. 13 ”
1466, ” 28 50 1466, Aug. 6 46½ 1466, July 29 Hydyngham Robertus Hydyngham, Lombard Street, Parish of St. Mary Wolnoth. 3 Protests, 1446, July 29, to 1471, October 21.
1467, May 8 51½ 1467, Aug. 9 48 1467, Aug. 9 Bonamitié
1468, June 4 52½ 1468, Sept. 9 49 1468, Sept. 5 Slade Willielmus Slade, Lombard Street, Parish of St. Nicholas Acon. 14 Protests, 1468, September 5, to 1479, October 20.
1469, April 21 53 1469, July 21 50 1469, July 21 ”
” June 27 53¾ ” Oct. 26 49¾ ” Oct. 26 Domy Ricardus Domy, Lombard Street, Parish of St. Mary. 1 Protest, 1489, October 26.
” Dec. 8 55¼ ” (sic) Mar. 8 50½ ” (sic) Mar. 8 Slade
1470, Jan. 23 55 1470, April 27 502/3 1470, April 26 ”
” March 12 54½ ” June 27 49½ ” June 14 ”
” June 8 54½ ” Sept. 10 50½ ” Sept. 10 ”
” July 6 54½ ” Oct. 12 50¾ ” Oct. 8 ”
1471, Jan. 8 55½ 1471, May 4 50 1471, April 9 Hydyngham
” July 20 55½ ” Oct. 22 50¾ ” Oct. 21 ”
1473, May 10 55½ 1473, Aug. 12 50 1473, Aug. 11 Slade
1475, July 21 56 1475, Nov. 4 51½ 1475, Oct. 23 ”
1476, Feb. 28 56 1476, June 1 51½ 1476, May 29 ”
” May 31 56 ” Aug. 31 52¾ ” Aug 31 ”
” Oct. 23 56 1477, Jan. 23 521/3 1477, Jan. 23 ”
1477, Jan. 1 56½ ” April 3 52½ ” April 2 ”
1479, July 20 55½ (sic) 1479, Oct. 20 50 1479, Oct. 20 ”
1481, July 31 54¾ 1481, Nov. 15 51¾ 1481, Nov. 15 Kyffyn Thomas Kyffyn, Lombard Street, Parish of St. Mary Wolnoth. 1 Protest, 1481, November 15.
1508, Jan. 15 52 1508, Feb. 29 — 1508, Feb. 29 Devereux Johannes Devereux, Lombard Street, Parish of St. Mary Wolnoth. 2 Protests, 1508, February 29, to 1512, October 29.
1512, June 22 54 1512, Oct. 29 51¾ 1512, Oct. 29 ”

Note. On the 4th November 1427, as seen by the original certificate in the Venetian Archives, the notary Robert Lockyng practised at Sandwich “by Apostolic and Imperial authority,” whereas the London notaries, Styfford, bonamitié, Hydyngham, Domy, Slade, and Kyffyn, throughout the fifteenth century—unlike Locking— dispense with Apostolic authority, but serve their clients Imperiali Auctoritate, always without the slightest reference to the jurisdiction of the English crown. In the sixteenth century (1507–12) the London notary Devereux, on the other hand, acts like Lockyng at Sandwich in 1427, by Apostolic and Imperial authority.

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