Venice: January 1542

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: January 1542', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 112. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol5/p112 [accessed 25 April 2024]

January 1542

1542. MS. St. Mark's Library, Cod. xxiv. Cl. x No date. Printed in v. iii. pp. 73, 74. “Epistolarum Reginaldi Poli,” without any date. 280. Cardinal Pole to Cardinal Marcello [Cervini].
Complimentary letter, thanking him for his congratulations on his (Pole's) appointment as Legate, and for his favourable opinion of his writings. (fn. 1)
[Latin, 24 lines.]
Jan. 2. Lettere del Collegio (Secreta), File no. 17. 281. The Doge and College to Girolamo Zuccato, Venetian Secretary in England.
As they have some idea of sending a squadron (una muda) of merchant galleys on the Flanders voyage, desire him to endeavour to ascertain, adroitly and amicably, whether this would or would not be, to the satisfaction of his Majesty without showing that he (Zuccato) had any order from them about this matter, but acting throughout, as of his own accord; and he is to give them immediate notice by letter of what he shall hear.
Ayes, 17. Noes, 3. Neutral, 1.
[Italian.]

Footnotes

  • 1. In the year 1542 Pope Paul III. appointed Cardinal Pole legate at the Council of Trent. (See Life, p. 369.)