Venice: May 1553

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: May 1553', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 376-377. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol5/pp376-377 [accessed 19 March 2024]

May 1553

May 5. Parti Comuni, Cousiglio X., vol. xxi. p. 18. 749. Motion made by the Chiefs in the Council of Ten.
That the jewels of St. Mark, and the armoury halls of this Council, be shown to Mr. Thomas Stafford, the nephew of the Right Reverend Cardinal of England. (fn. 1)
Ayes, 13. Noes, 0. Neutrals, 0.
[Italian.]
May 9. Parti Comuni, Consiglio X., v. xxi. p. 18. 750. Motion made by Chiefs of the Council of Ten.
That license be conceded to Mr. Thomas Stafford, an English gentleman, to carry arms, together with his two servants, Juan, a Spaniard, and Iseppo, a Vicentine, both in Venice and other places in the Signory's dominions, for two months.
Ayes, 8 — 9 Pendet ¾
Noes, 3 — 3
Neutrals, 2 — 1
[Italian.]
May 20. Deliberazioni Senato (Secreta), v. lxviii. p. 129. tergo. 751. The Doge and Senate to the Venetian Bailo at Constantinople.
Their letters from Brussels, dated the 7th instant, inform them that the Emperor was there, and that the English Ambassadors had arrived, but had not yet had audience of his Imperial Majesty, whose troops were besieging Terouenne, which was held by the French, and the King purposed succouring it. The Marquis Albert of Brandenburg, with a good number of troops near Bamberg, had routed the forces of the Bishops there, taking the city and the castle, and was going towards Nuremberg.
Ayes, 166. Noes, 3. Neutrals, 2.
[Italian.]

Footnotes

  • 1. The relationship between Cardinal Pole and Thomas Stafford, is also alluded to in a letter from Rome, dated 31st January 1551 (Foreign Calendar p. 71.) thus, “By a former letter he might perceive in what state Mr. Thomas Stafford, his Lord's nephew, stands with his Grace,” etc., etc.