Venice: March 1575 | British History Online

Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1890.

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'Venice: March 1575', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580, ed. Rawdon Brown, G Cavendish Bentinck( London, 1890), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol7/pp527-528 [accessed 25 November 2024].

March 1575



March 12. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives.	619. Giovanni Francesco Morosini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
	The day before yesterday his Majesty sent Monsieur de La Châtre to England to reply to the mission which the Queen of England sent to his Majesty by Lord North, and to endeavour to renew negotiations for peace, and to prevent, if in time, the Queen from giving assistance in money to the rebels, who are believed to have received the sum which I mentioned on the 17th of last month, because Monsieur de Meru, the brother of the Marshal de Montmorency who had gone to England on account of this negotiation, had not yet left that kingdom. An English gentleman, whose name is the Earl of Oxford, has arrived in this city; he is a young man of about twenty or twenty-two years of age. It is said that he fled from England on account of his inclination to the Catholic religion; but having returned he received great favour from the Queen, who gave him full licence to travel and see the world, when she ascertained that he had resolved to depart under any circumstances.
	Paris, 12th March 1575.
	[Italian.]
March 12. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives.	620. Giovanni Francesco Morosini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
	The deputies from the Huguenots have at last expressed their willingness to attend their Majesties; but they have deferred their arrival in order to tranquillize their Majesties by the hope of peace, and by this expedient they will endeavour to obtain money in England.
	Paris, 12th March 1575.
	[Italian.]
March 24. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives.	621. Giovanni Francesco Morosini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
	I have heard for certain that Monsieur de La Châtre, who has been sent to England, has been ordered to make some suggestions to the Queen with respect to her marriage with the Duke of Alençon, and although this report is difficult of credence, I have felt it my duty to notice it, because the English Ambassador resident here is my authority. The King continues to go stag hunting, and to tilt at the ring; but the Duke his brother, as is universally remarked by the Court, abstains from these exercises, and continues hourly more and more to show his dissatisfaction.
	Paris, 24th March 1575.
	[Italian.]
March 27. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives.	622. Giovanni Francesco Morosini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
	Yesterday a secretary who is in the employ of Mons. de Meru, who is the brother of Montmorency, and who has just arrived from England, was brought here as a prisoner. He was arrested a few days ago at Boulogne, in Picardy, and was on his way to join the Marshal Damville. He was taken before the King, who hoped to learn from him many particulars concerning the ideas and designs of his Majesty's enemies; but when he was removed from the King's presence to be conducted to a place of security, by some means unknown, he contrived to escape, and it is believed that he did so with the connivance of some of those who had him in custody. The gates of the city were immediately closed, and search was made for him with great care, through all the houses, but he was not found. To-day, by order of his Majesty, a native of Picardy was arrested, and an attempt was made to arrest with him one of his companions, who was believed to have some understanding with the fugitive secretary; but, after the former was taken, the latter disappeared. It is reported that his Majesty has been warned that some conspiracy of importance has been formed in Picardy, and that it is directed by the persons whom it has been desired to seize, and also by the secretary of Meru. It is believed that the Duke of Alençon, with the approval of the Queen of England, is concerned in this affair, and that his disagreement with the Queen-Mother gave rise to his acting thus.
	Paris, 27th March 1575.
	[Italian.]