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1517.
13 Aug.
H. H. u. St. A.
Belgien P. A. 1.
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Acknowledgment by De Mesa.
Bernardino De Mesa, Councillor of the Most Catholic King of
Spain, Bishop of Elne and ambassador to the king of England, and
Jehan de Salice [Jehan de le Sauch], his Catholic majesty's secretary,
acknowledge the receipt of 40,000 nobilium angelorum granted by the
king of England to the king of Spain and promise in his name, and
in that of the princes of his blood and the lords of his council, repayment
of the said sum at the time and place stipulated in the document
which they have placed in the hands of the king of England. They
have been deputed to receive this sum by letters patent from the
Catholic King, appointing them his proctors in England, dated
July 18, 1517. They acknowledge receipt of the money from
Master John Heron, Gent., treasurer of the king's chamber.
Dated, 13 August, 1517.
Contemporary copy. Latin.
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13 Aug.
H. H. u. St. A.
Belgien P. A. 1.
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Spanish Ambassadors to Wolsey.
Bernardino De Mesa, Jehan de le Sauch, and Leonardo
Frescobaldi, merchant of Florence, acknowledge that they are
bound to pay to Thomas, Cardinal Archbishop of York, etc. one
thousand pounds sterling on September first, 1517.
Dated, 13 August, 1517.
Signed.
The condition of this obligation being that if De Mesa, le
Sauch and Frescobaldi do not receive the loan for Charles'
voyage to Spain, or if Wolsey withholds the money, or if Charles
decides within the time agreed on not to accept it, this instrument
shall be void and of no effect.
Signed. Latin. pp. 2.
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18 Aug.
H. H. u. St. A.
Belgien P. A. 1.
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Receipt by De Mesa.
Bernardino De Mesa acknowledges that he has received from
the Most Catholic King the sum of 2,490 gold ducats by the hand
of Leonardo Frescobaldi, this sum having been deducted from the
20,000 nobles which Frescobaldi is to pay to the king of Spain in the
month of October. The sum received is owing to the ambassador
for salary and extraordinary expenses in the manner following :
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5 ducats a day from June 17, 1516, to
June 17, 1517
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1825 |
ducats
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For expenditures made at the order of the
late King Ferdinand, as appears by the
reckoning with Pedro de Quintana, for
which the ambassador was given orders
on the treasuries of Spain and of Aragon
which were never paid
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179
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ducats
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For extraordinary expenses in 1517
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266
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ducats
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For salary from June 17, to August 1, 1517
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220
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ducats
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This document is receipt and quittance by me, Bernardino De
Mesa, to his Most Catholic majesty for payment in full of all sums
due to me up to August 1, 1517, and authorization to Frescobaldi
to deduct the above sum from the aforementioned 20,000 nobles.
London, 18 August, 1517.
Signed, B. Pacensis. Latin.
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