Appendix: Miscellaneous 1447

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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Miscellaneous 1447

May 10. Lettere di Principi Esteri. Archives of Modena. 21. Henry VI., King of England and France and Lord of Ireland, to Leonello, Marquis of Este.
Has heard of the favour and goodwill shown to Englishmen travelling through his territory, and especially of the extraordinary honour conferred on the King's well-beloved Reynold Chicheley, who continues to frequent his University of Ferrara. For this he is grateful to his Excellency, not merely on account of Reynold, but because Reynold's great uncle (magnus ei patruus), the Archbishop of Canterbury, (fn. 1) christened him the King. He also esteems Reynold for his natural application to classical studies (honestissimarum rerum studiis), and earnestly hopes he will continue in favour with the Marquis, to whom he recommends him warmly.
Windsor Castle, 10th May 1447, 26th (sic) year of the King's reign.
[Latin, on parchment.]

Footnotes

  • 1. By Hall's Chronicle, (p. 108, ed. 1809), it is seen that the King was born on St. Nicholas' day in November 1422, but though the names of his sponsors are given, there is no mention of Henry Chicheley, who had been translated from St. David's to Canterbury in the year 1414.
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