Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 6, 1555-1558. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1877.
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'Appendix: Miscellaneous 1461', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 6, 1555-1558, (London, 1877) pp. 1586-1588. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol6/pp1586-1588 [accessed 20 April 2024]
Miscellaneous 1461
| June 7. Officiali alle Rason Vecchie Notatorio 2o, c. 90. Venetian Archives. | 31. Notarial Act exculpating certain Venetian Merchants from charge of having defrauded the King's Customs, &c. |
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| Public instrument, dated 1461, third year of the Pontificate of Pope Pius II., on the 7th of June, in the orchard garden (arcincus gardinum) (sic.) of the well-known usual dwelling of Sir John Fry, in the parish of St. Bartholomew-the-Less, in the city of London, notifying that in the presence of the underwritten notable witnesses, Thomas Bray, otherwise called Thomas Castell, a youth of some education, publicly acknowledged, confessed, and affirmed that heretofore he, in certain places of the said city of London, in the presence of many trustworthy and other persons, falsely, iniquitously, and maliciously proclaimed, said, asserted, and affirmed with regard to certain persons, by name Pietro Diedo and Francesco Foscari, merchants, of Venice, that they had defrauded the customs of our Sovereign Lord the King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, by removing clandestinely to their houses divers goods and effects of which the duty was unpaid (non custumata), secreting and retaining them, without any special grant or license from our said Lord the King; moreover, that the said Pietro and Francesco, both one and the other, in their own houses had committed the damnable crime of sodomy with the said Thomas; none of which aforesaid charges were true, but utterly contrary to the truth and entirely false, and all that he uttered was for the gain of money, and at the desire or by the will of one Dimilot Vanbeh, who contracted with him to that effect. Present, the venerable and discreet men Sir Thomas Walgrave, Knight, Maurice Arvusaldi (sic), Esquire, Giacomo Duodo, consul of the Venetians, Lunardo Bondumier, merchant, of Venice, and William Woortelyn, junr., skinner (epilipario), of London. | |
| Attested by John Hyde, clerk, of the diocese of Lincoln, province of Canterbury, procurator-general and notary public by apostolic and imperial authority. | |
| Certificate by Giacomo Duodo, Venetian Consul in London, that the above written John Hyde is a public notary by authority and of good fame and condition, and that all that is premised was done with the consent of the parties; to which he affixed the official seal of the Consulate in London on the 20th August 1461. | |
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| June 27. Officiali alle Rason Vecchie Notatorio 2o, c. 90. Venetian Archives. | 32. The Doge and Senate to Giacomo Duodo, Venetian Consul in London. |
| Concerning the case of our noble citizens, Francesco Foscari and Piero Diedo, we have determined to write a letter to the Mayor and Aldermen of London, of which we inclose copy (fn. 1); and as we consider that the taking from them by violence of 40l. sterling is contrary to all humanity and equity, and may lead to inconvenient results hereafter, we charge you, together with our merchants in London, to appear before the said Mayor and Aldermen, and to present our letters, addressing them, and all others whom you may know to need it, in such strong and apposite language as shall seem fit to your prudence, in justification of this case; and in conclusion you will make all possible suit for full indemnity. All costs, past and present, on account of this matter are to be paid by the merchants there, proportionally. | |
| Venice, 27th June 1461. | |
| [Italian.] | |
| June 30. Officiali alle Rason Vecchie Notatorio 2o, c. 76. Venetian Archives. | 33. Shipment of Presents from the Signory of Venice, for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, and for Edward IV., King of England. |
| Charlo Donado, Piero Memo, and Piero Contarini, officials of the Raxon Vechie, to Miser Marin Malipiero, Captain of the Flanders galley. | |
| Announce shipment on board his galley of presents for the Duke of Burgundy, as on the 8th July 1460; and on board the London galley, Stefano Barozi, master, they have loaded eight butts of malmsey and two painted chests wrapped in mats, &c., &c., for consignment to the Venetian Consul in London. | |
| Venice, 30th June 1460. | |
| [Italian.] | |
| June 30. Officiali alle Rason Vecchie Notatorio 2o, c. 76. Venetian Archives. | 34. The Same to Stefano Barozi, master of a Flanders galley bound for London. |
| Instructions and particulars about the presents for the King of England, &c., as in the former official letter, date 8th July 1460. | |
| Venice, 30th June 1461. | |
| [Italian.] | |
| July. Officiali alle Rason Vecchie Notatorio 2o, c. 76. Venetian Archives. | 35. The Same to Ser Jacomo Duodo, Vice-Consul in London. |
| Give him notice that on board the London galley, Ser Stefano Barozi, master, they have loaded to his order (a vostro ordene), eight butts malmsey, sealed in Spanish wax, and directed, &c., four of which he is to present to his Majesty the King of England [Edward IV.], in the name of the most illustrious Signory; also two painted chests wrapped in mats, in one of which are 40 earthen pots (pignate) of confections in syrup (in siropi) stowed (stivadi) in cotton, viz., 20 pots green ginger, 10 pots melon, 10 pots quince, and in the other chest are 20 gilt-glass gourd-shaped flasks of rosolio, stowed in cotton, for presentation in like manner to his Majesty the King of England. He is to give the other four butts of malmsey to the Chancellor [George Neville, Bishop of Exeter], and to the Treasurer [Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury]; and both on the butts and on the painted chests he will find parchment labels; so on the arrival of the galley he is to present them immediately. | |
| Venice . . . , July 1461. | |
| [Italian.] | |