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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: March 1540', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, ed. Rawdon Brown( London, 1873), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol5/pp82-83 [accessed 25 November 2024].

March 1540



March 22. Senato Terra, v. xxxi. p. 11.	211. The Doge and Senate to the Venetian Consul and his Successors in England.
	According to his suggestion, wrote to their secretary (Zuccato) in England to obtain from the King and the Magnifico Cromwell, the renewal of the permission to export wools from England to Venice. Do not doubt that the secretary will easily procure what they wish, but the consul nevertheless is not to fail giving him every assistance in his power for the attainment of a favourable result. On receiving the permit, is to keep it in his own possession, so that from time to time it may remain in the hands of the Signory's consuls, taking good care for the future to whom it be given, to avoid any repetition of the present disorder (fn. 1), having the exporters' names inscribed at the consulate (cancellaria), and making them give security and take oath that the wools exported in virtue of this permit shall be brought to Venice. To transmit their names in writing to the Signory, that they may be registered in the books of their [London?] factory.
	Is to send them likewise the names of all those merchants who during the last four years have exported wools from England in virtue of that patent, as already written to him.
	Ayes, 175. Noes, 0. Neutrals, 0.
	[Italian.]
March 22. Senato Terra, v. xxxi. p. 12.	212. The Same to the Secretary (Zuccato) in England.
	His letters of the 17th ult. acquainted them with the irregularity which occurred respecting the patent to export wools from England, and the offices performed by him with the Magnifico Cromwell to obtain for them the retention of this privilege, for which they praise him. But as he finds it difficult to obtain the permit to export wools from England to Venice, and as they desire its confirmation, not only for the benefit of their merchants and subjects, but also for the public, he is to use his best offices with the King and Cromwell, so that the King's subjects in Venice, and those of the Signory in England, having had constant intercourse and being well treated, his Majesty is requested to confirm the patent in the same form as it now stands. Should the King not choose to grant it for so great an amount, is to request him at least to renew it for some lesser weight, so that the Venetian merchants may thus be enabled to trade in England; telling him in the Signory's name that at this present time his Majesty could grant them nothing more agreeable. To this effect the secretary is to employ his utmost industry until their wish be obtained; and on receiving the permit for as many [sacks of wool] as he can, he is to consign it to the consul, with the orders contained in their preceding letters of the 26th January, so that for the future it may not be used unduly, to the detriment of the Venetian nation. To transmit a note containing the names of all those who during the last four years have had the “permit,” together with the quantity of wool exported by them in virtue of it; and to acquaint the Signory with the names of the persons to whom it may be consigned from time to time, that they may be registered in the London factory at Venice.
	Ayes, 175. Noes, 0. Neutrals, 0.
	[Italian.]