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1517.
1 May.
P. A. G. d. l'E.
S. H. K. K. 349. |
255. French Pensions paid to English Subjects.
The following sums of money were paid on the 1st of May
1517 to the following persons, as half-yearly instalments of
their pensions from the King of France :— |
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Livres Tournois. |
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To the Duke of Norfolk |
875 |
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To the Duke of Suffolk |
875 |
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To Thomas, Cardinal, Archbishop of York |
1,400 |
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To the Bishop of Winchester |
525 |
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To Charles Somerset, Earl of Worcester |
1,700 |
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To George, Earl of Shrewsbury |
875 |
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To Sir Thomas Lovel |
175 |
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To William Compton |
350 |
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To John Meautis, Secretary of the King of
England |
87 |
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To Clarenceux King-at-Arms |
87 |
French. Book of accounts concerning the payment of pensions
to the King of England and English subjects.
pp. 2. |
18 July.
P. A. d. l'E.
Mon. Hist. K. 1641.
No. 3a. |
256. Charles, King Of Spain, to All Persons.
Wanted money for his journey to Spain and for other purposes.
Begged the King of England to lend him 100,000
gold florins. The King of England has promised to lend him,
on good security, the 100,000 gold florins, or their equivalent
of 40,000 English gold nobles.
Binds himself to repay the King of England the 100,000
gold florins within three years, viz., 30,000 gold florins in
each of the two first years, and the remainder in the third
year.
Pledges his person, his successors and subjects, and all their
property for the repayment of his debt to the King of
England.—Middelburgh, in the county of Zealand, the 18th of
July 1517.
(Signed)
Charles.
Haneton.
Indorsed : "Security for the repayment of 40,000 gold
nobles."
The signatures are cut through.
Latin. Autograph. p. 1. On parchment. |
18 July.
P. A. d. l'E.
M. H. K. 1641.
No. 2. |
257. Charles, King Of Spain, &c., to Fray Bernardino De
Mesa, Bishop Of Elna, and Johannes De Le Sauch,
his Private Secretary.
Henry, King of England, has promised to lend him 40,000
English gold nobles, viz., 20,000 at once, and the remaining
20,000, payable in Bruges or Antwerp by Leonard Frescobaldi,
within two months.
Binds himself to repay his debt of 40,000 gold nobles to
the King of England within three years.
Commissions Fray Bernardino de Mesa, Bishop of Elna, and
ambassador in England, and Johannes de le Sauch, his private
secretary, to receive in his name the payment of the first
instalment, amounting to 20,000 English gold nobles.—Middelburgh,
in the county of Zealand, the 18th of July 1517.
(Signed)
Charles.
Haneton.
Indorsed : "Power of attorney of the King of Castile to
his commissaries for receiving 20,000 nobles."
The signatures are cut through.
Latin. Autograph. p. 1. On parchment. |
18 July.
P. A. d. l'E.
M. H. K. 1641.
No. 1. |
258. Philip Of Cleves, Seigneur De Ravenstein ; Charles
De Croy, Prince Of Chimay ; Henry, Count Of
Nassau, and Seigneur De Breda ; Guillaume De
Croy, Seigneur De Chièvres ; Johannes De Sauvaige,
Seigneur De Descanbelze, Chancellor ; Anthonius
De Lalain, Seigneur De Montigny, Treasurer of
the King Of Spain, to All Persons.
His Catholic Majesty has bound himself, with their knowledge
and consent, to repay in London to Henry, King of
England, the sum of 100,000 gold florins, being the equivalent
of 40,000 English gold nobles which have been lent by the
King of England to his Catholic Majesty, who was much in
want of money, especially for his journey to Spain. This sum of
money is to be repaid within three years after being granted,
viz., 30,000 florins in each of the two first years, and 40,000
florins in the third year.
Pledge themselves and all their property to the King of
England for the punctual repayment of the 100,000 crowns.
—Middelburgh, county of Zealand, the 18th of July 1517.
(Signed)
Philip.
Charles.
H. de Nassau.
G. de Croy.
A. de Lalain.
Indorsed in English : "Obligation of the Earl of Nassau
and others."
The document, written on parchment, is cut in the lower
part where the signatures are placed.
Latin. Autograph. p. 1. |
22 July.
P. A. d. l'E.
M. H. K. 1640.
No. 2. |
259. Charles, King Of Spain, to All Persons.
Henry, King of England, on a former occasion, sent the
Archduchess Margaret, his aunt, who was at that time
governor of his estates, a certain number of auxiliary troops
against the rebels of Gueldres, and especially of the town of
Venloo. As the Archduchess had no money to pay the troops,
the King of England lent her 35,000 scudos. Binds himself to
repay the said 35,000 scudos, in instalments of 10,000 scudos
a year. The repayment of this debt is to begin as soon as
the other debt of 40,000 gold nobles is paid.—Middelburgh
the 22nd of July 1517.
(Signed)
Charles.
Haneton.
Latin. Autograph. p. 1. On a large sheet of parchment. |
24 July.
P. A. d. l'E.
Mon. Hist. K. 1640.
No. 3. |
260. Charles, King Of Spain, to All Persons.
The King of England has promised to lend him 40,000
gold nobles ; 20,000 in ready money, and 20,000 gold nobles
in drafts on the bank of Frescobaldi in Antwerp and in
Bruges. Has promised the King of England that the knights
of his order of the Toison d'Or and his chancellor shall give the
King securities in due form. As he is undertaking a long
journey, his chancellor cannot easily despatch these securities.
Orders, therefore, that a special chancellor be nominated for
this purpose, who is to despatch the documents in question for
the King of England as soon as the drafts on Frescobaldi are
delivered.—Middelburgh, the 24th of July, 1517.
(Signed)
Charles.
Haneton.
Latin. Autograph. p. 1. On a sheet of parchment. |
21 Aug.
P. A. d. l'E.
M. H. K. 1641.
No. 3d. |
261. Charles, King Of Castile, &c., to All Persons.
The King of England has lent him 40,000 angel nobles, which,
according to the treaty concluded between them, he is bound
to repay in English money, or in crowns ad solem. Binds
himself to repay the 40,000 nobles in English, and in no other
kind of money.—Middelburgh, the 21st of August 1517.
(Signed)
Charles.
Haneton.
Indorsed in English handwriting : "Obligatio regis
Castelle pro solutione xl millium nobilium in moneta
Anglicana. R."
Latin. Autograph. p. 1. On a sheet of parchment. |
1 Nov.
P. A. d. l'E.
S. H. K. K. 349. |
262. French Pensions paid to English Subjects.
The following half-yearly instalments of their pensions from
the King of France were paid to the following persons :— |
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Livres Tournois. |
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To the Duke of Norfolk |
875 |
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To the Duke of Suffolk |
875 |
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To Thomas, Cardinal, Archbishop of York |
1,400 |
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To the Bishop of Winchester |
525 |
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To Charles Somerset, Earl of Worcester |
1,700 |
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To George, Earl of Shrewsbury |
875 |
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To Sir Thomas Lovel |
175 |
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To William Compton |
350 |
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To John Meautis, Secretary of the King of
England |
87 |
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To Clarenceux King-at-Arms |
87 |
French. Book of accounts concerning the payment of pensions
to the King of England and English subjects.
pp. 2. |
