Venice: February 1540

Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1873.

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'Venice: February 1540', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 81. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol5/p81a [accessed 19 April 2024]

February 1540

A.D. 1540.
1540. Feb. 24. Senato Terra, v. xxx. p. 162. 210. Motion made in the Senate concerning English Wool.
As the prolongation of the Act passed by this Council on the 20th November 1535 about the importation of wools from England, Flanders, and Brabant, by land or sea, on payment of one-third of the freight to the arsenal, expires on the last day of the present month of February, it being necessary, to enable the merchants to bring wool hither,
Put to the ballot,—
That the aforesaid Act of the 20th November 1535, which was prolonged on the 26th September 1538 until the close of February 1540, be further prolonged in omnibus et per omnia until the close of February 1542.
Ayes, 110. No, 1. Neutrals, 0.
[Italian.]
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