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Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Vatican Archives, Volume 2, 1572-1578. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1926.

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'Rome: Miscellaneous 1573-1575', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Vatican Archives, Volume 2, 1572-1578, ed. J M Rigg (London, 1926), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/vatican/vol2/pp243-244 [accessed 2 April 2025].

Miscellaneous 1573–1575



1573–5. Vat. Arch. Nunt. di Inghilt. vol. i. f. 44.	467. — to Dr. [William] Allen. “I have given to the Pope the letter of the Queen of Scots enclosed with yours of 16 Feb.; and I have done my office with his Holiness as to the Duchess of Feria's going to Belgium. His Holiness, in conformity with his extreme good will towards the Queen, showed himself glad to have this opportunity of exerting his influence with the Catholic King on her behalf; and bade me write to the Nuncio at Madrid, as I have now done, that he in the name of his Holiness may take some suitable opportunity of discussing this matter with his Majesty in such sense and words as may seem to him best adapted to gain the end. We shall now await the Nuncio's answer, of which in due time I will apprise you. God keep you safe and prosperous for many a day, and ever cherish you with His Divine grace.” 28 March [1573–5]. Rome. Latin.
1575. Vat. Arch. Misc. Arm. ii. vol. 84. (Polit. 83.) f. 34.	468. [Sir Richard Shelley] to Pope [Gregory XIII]. Submitting, à propos of the refusal of the priests of the English Hospital at Rome to comply with the Pope's second motu proprio for the admission into their house of a young Englishman who desires there to pursue his studies for the degree of Doctor, that as the Hospital is now but a preserve of Oxford men of plebeian origin (there being a bitter feud between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge), who remain there for ten, twelve or even fourteen consecutive years, and are but benefice-hunters, it would be well to reform the Hospital, as proposed by Cardinal Pole, in accordance with its original constitution as a school for Englishmen of noble family. The date of this document is approximately fixed by references to the recent foundation by the Pope at Rome of the German College and to the Seminary being founded by him for the English at Douai. [1574–5.] Latin. Copy.