Venice: April 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: April 1553', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 376. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol5/p376 [accessed 4 May 2024]

April 1553

April 15. Lettere del Collegio (Secreta), File no. 19. 747. The Doge and College to the Venetian Ambassador in England.
Enclose summary of advices for communication as usual.
[Italian.]
April 22. Deliberazioni Senato (Secreta). v. lxviii. p. 117, tergo. 748. The Doge and Senate to the Venetian Bailo at Constantinople.
Their letters from Rome state that the Pope, continuing to urge the agreement between the Empire and France, has despatched two Cardinals, one to his Imperial Majesty, and the other to France for this purpose; and by letters from England they hear that the King is sending two Ambassadors to Flanders, and two to France, to perform the like office. (fn. 1)
Ayes, 183. Noes, 4. Neutral, 1.
[Italian.]

Footnotes

  • 1. By the Foreign Calendar, p. 260, it is seen that for this mediation, the persons sent by Edward VI. to the Emperor were the Bishop of Norwich, Sir Philip Hoby, and Sir Richard Morysine; and their colleagues at the Court of Henry II. were Dr. Wotton, Sir William Pickering, and Sir Thomas Chaloner.